Black Bean Soup Recipe

Hi all, yay TGIF...here comes my mood to write. As I promised, here is the 'Black Bean Soup' recipe. This is the simplest soup recipe for my family. You can try it too!

Black Bean Soup Recipe

Ingredients (4-5 persons):

• 1 cup of black beans
• 1/2 'kampung' chicken
• 7 cups of water
• Some cooking oil
• 1/2 teaspoon of salt or some light soy sauce
• White pepper powder (optional)

Steps:

1. Get ready a cup of black beans (I bought it from Tesco). Soak for few minutes, then wash and rinse them. Click here to read the benefits of black beans.
2. Grease the wok with some cooking oil and pour in the black beans. Stir fry for about 5 minutes.
3. Then transfer it to the slow cooker.
4. Add 7 cups of water.
5. Now, get ready the 'kampung' chicken and boil it  for few minutes before you transfer it to the slow cooker.
6. Let it cook in slow cooker for at least 4 hours. Then add salt/light soy sauce before you serve.
7. That's all, your soup now is ready!

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Cooking time: 4-5 hours

Enjoy!

You may want to refer to the photos here:

Smiley Nasi Pattaya Recipe

My girl, Sarah loves 'nasi pattaya' and she always hopes that i can cook for her. So, I decided to cook a simple dinner for her last week...and it turned out to be a cute 'Smiley Nasi Pattaya'! And healthy too...

Smiley Nasi Pattaya Recipe

Here are the ingredients (for 4 persons):
For fried rice:

1. 1 cup of white rice + 1/2 cup of unpolished brown rice (soaked & cooked)
2. 2 1/2 cup of water (to cook the rice)
3. 1 carrot (shredded)
4. 1/2 cup of sweet corn
5. 1/2 cup of celery (chopped into small cubes)
6. 8 fish balls (cut into 4 pieces)
7. 3 small garlic (cut into small pieces)
8. 4 eggs (for topping-smiley's face)
9. Some cooking oil

Mixture of sauce:

1. 1/2 tablespoon of thick soy sauce
2. 1/2 tablespoon of oyster sauce
3. 1/2 teaspoon of Maggi seasoning (Cukup Rasa)
4. A pinch of salt
5. A pinch of white pepper powder
6. 50 ml of water (add to the mixture 1-5 to dilute it)

Garnishing:

1. 1/2 cucumber (sliced)
2. 16-18 of cherry tomatoes
3. 4 sweet corn (from the fried rice)
4. Some tomato/chilli sauce
5. 8 black beans (optional-I got it from my 'Black Bean Soup')

Steps:

1. Fried the garlic with  some oil till brownish.
2. Add in fish balls and stir.
3. Then add in the sweet corn, shredded carrot and celery.
4. Continue to stir for about 5-6 minutes.
5. Then, add in the cooked rice.
6. Continue to stir for about 10 minutes and it is ready.
7. Use a bowl to portion the fried rice. Place the fried rice in the bowl and press it and then topple it onto a plate. (It will hold the fried rice in a nice mountain shape). Repeat till you get 4 plates.
8. Now, you can prepare the egg. Crack an egg and stir it. Then, spread it on a flat pan. (Tilt the pan in a circular motion to spread it equally). Cook for about 5 minutes and transfer it unto the fried rice in 7. (I didn't wrap it, so 1 egg per person. If you want to wrap it you may need a bigger pan and 2 eggs per person).
9. Now, you can garnish it as shown in the picture.

• 4-5 tomato cherries as smiley's hair
• 2 slices of cucumber as smiley's eyes
• 2 black beans as smiley's eye balls (optional)
• a corn as smiley's nose
• some tomato/chilli sauce as smiley's mouth

P/s: I served it with 'Black Bean Soup'...a simple and healthy soup :)

Preparation time: 20 minutes

Cooking time: 25-30 minutes

Enjoy!

Pumpkin-Potatoes Soup Recipe

Another pumpkin recipe that now become my family's favourite...It is 'Pumpkin-Potatoes Soup'. It started when i had the leftover of pumpkin from my previous recipe, 'Steamed Pumpkin Cake (Kuih)'.

Easy Pumpkin-Potatoes Soup Recipe (4-5 persons) - Non Dairy

Ingredients:

• 220 grams of pumpkin (chopped into small cubes)
• 250 grams/3 potatoes-medium size (chopped into small cubes)
• 150 grams/1 sweet potatoes-medium size (chopped into small cubes)
• 4-5 cups of water
• 1 small garlic (cut into tiny pieces)
• A pinch of white pepper powder 
• A pinch of Italian herbs (optional)
• A pinch of salt
• 1/2 teaspoon of Maggi seasoning (Cukup Rasa)
• Some cooking oil

Steps:

1. Chop the pumpkin, potatoes and sweet potatoes into small cubes. (The smaller the cubes, the shorter the cooking time.)
2. Now, place all the cubes in a pot and add in 3-4 cups of water. (The amount of water depends on your pot size. Just make sure there is enough water to cover the cubes.)
3. Boil it for about 15-20 minutes or until they are soft. Then set it aside to let it cool down a bit.
4. While waiting, you can chop the small garlic into small pieces and fry them in a pan till brownish.
5. Now, get ready your blender and pour in the mixture in no.3. Blend it till puree state.
6. Pour the blended mixture into the pan in no.4. Then, add in 1 cup of water (you may add more water if you want to, but I prefer thick soup!) and stir it.
7. Bring it to boil.
8. Then, add in white pepper powder, Italian herbs and Maggi seasoning (Cukup Rasa). Stir it.
9. Your pumpkin-potatoes soup now is ready!

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 15-20 minutes

Enjoy!

P/s: My girls love it when she dips her garlic toasts in it, a great combination. Yummy!