Stir-fry Longevity Noodles 长寿面食谱

Chinese New Year is around the corner. During Chinese New Year celebration, we often eat food that have symbolic meaning for good fortune, good health, prosperity, happiness etc.... and this Longevity Noodles symbolise a long and healthy life. 

2020 is year of Rat, so I added cute little rats made of quail eggs for the kid, aren't they adorable? ;)

Ingredients: 2-3 servings
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250g Longevity Noodles (cooked)

80g Shredded Pork/ Shabu-shabu Pork
(seasoned with 1/4 tsp Tapioca Flour, 1/2 tsp Soy Sauce, 1/4 tsp Sesame oil and a dash of pepper)

2 Prawns 
(peeled and halved, seasoned with salt, pepper and sesame oil)

1/2 tbsp chopped Garlic

1 Crab Stick (shredded)

4 Shiitake Mushrooms (sliced)

Handful of Cai Xin/ Veggies (blanched)

2 Baby Corn (sliced)


Sauce:

150g *Mushroom Water/ Stock
*The water used to soak shiitake mushrooms

1/2 tbsp Oyster Sauce

1/2 tbsp Soy Sauce

1/2 tbsp Maggie Seasoning 

Dash of White Pepper 

1 tsp Sugar

1/4 tsp Sesame Oil

1/2 tbsp Dark Soy Sauce

I cooked this longevity noodles using BRUNO hot plate, super easy and quick!

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Method:

1. Heat some oil in the hotplate (low heat). Stir fry garlic until fragrant. Add in mushrooms, baby corn, pork and prawn, stir fry till cooked. 

2. Add noodles, gradually stir in sauce and mushroom water/ stock, mix well. 

3. Stir in crab stick and veggies, mix well and serve. Decorate if desired ;)

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Nian Gao [Pressure Cooker Recipe] 椰糖年糕【简易版高压锅食谱】

Nian Gao, translated as Chinese New Year Cake is a kind of sweet sticky rice cake prepared from glutinous rice flour, sugar and water. Traditionally it is most popular eaten during Chinese New Year. It is considered good luck to eat Nian Gao during this festive season as Chinese believed eating Nian Gao has a symbolism of raising oneself taller, higher or wealthier in each coming year. 

I love Nian Gao, especially homemade, less sweet version. I usually make traditional Nian Gao at my parent's house using slow cooker. Really SLOW as I need to steam the Nian Gao for 22 hours to get a nice brown colour. When nearing Chinese New Year, my day to day routine is scheduled with back to back baking. Therefore, I used pressure cooker to shorten the steaming time. 

I'm using Song Cho Electric Pressure Cooker SC-EP5. It's ELECTRIC, means the pressure and cooking time were preset and taken care by the pressure cooker itself. So convenient and fuss-free. 

Song Cho Electric Pressure Cooker SC-EP5.
Find out more products details from Song Cho E-Shop

Ingredients: yield 3 mini Nian Gao
材料

200g Glutinous Rice Flour 糯米粉 200克

110g Brown Sugar 黄糖 110克

50g Gula Melaka/ Palm Sugar 椰糖 50克

285g Water 水 285克

Banana Leaves 香蕉叶 

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Method: 步骤

1. Blanch the banana leaves in hot water, pat dry with kitchen towel and line the ramekins. 
香蕉叶烫至软。抹干后铺在容器里。

2.  Heat water and sugar till full dissolved, let it cool. Mix the syrup with glutinous rice flour, pour through a strainer. Pour the mixture into the lined ramekin, cover with aluminium foil, tied and place in Song Cho Electric Pressure Cooker inner pot. repeat for the rest.
水和糖小火煮溶，待凉。加入糯米粉，拌均后过筛。倒入容器里，盖上锡纸。放进松厨高压锅里。

3. Close the lid and ensure the pressure cooker is properly locked and balancing weight is properly placed. Press <CONGEE> function (default cooking time is 20 minutes after sufficient pressure is formed, increase pressure time to 40 minutes if preferred darker colour Nian Gao). 
把盖子锁好，配重头戴正。按《CONGEE》 功能（默认烹煮时间在气压饱和后为20分钟。喜欢深颜色的年糕，可以把时间调至40分钟）。

4. When it is done, the control panel will indicate <bb> text and it goes into keep warm stage. Press <CANCEL> button and turn off the power. This step is important to ensure the pressure is released faster. When the indicator drop, it is ready.
烹煮完成后，显示荧幕会出现《bb》字体。按《CANCEL》即取消保温程式。关掉电源，这样能使压力比较快降低。当指示阀下降后，打开锅盖，即可取出年糕。若喜欢我的食谱，可以LIKE和追随我的面书专页，不要错过最新食谱发布。

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Enjoy!


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By Jeslyn See 

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