Category Archives: Vegetables

Stir Fry Cabbage With Pork


1. Heat a little oil in the pan. Put in pork belly slices. Stir fry till a bit golden brown.

2. Add in chopped ginger, garlic and chili. Stir fry a bit.

3. Put in chopped cabbage pieces. Stir fry till softened.

4. Add in 1 tsp light soy sauce, and 1 tsp oyster sauce. Stir fry till cabbage is done.

5. Sprinkle a little salt to season.

Stir Fry Mushroom With Bell Pepper, Carrot & Green Chili


It’s a quick and easy vegi dish.

1. Heat a little oil in the pan. Add in some chopped garlic. Stir fry a bit.

2. Put in mushroom ( torn into shreds) and thin carrot slices. Keep stir frying till mushroom turns softened. Cover the pan with lid. And braise for around 2 mins. If the pan is too dry, you can add a little water.

3. Add in chopped bell pepper and green chili. Stir fry a bit. 

4. Add in a little light soy sauce and oyster sauce. Stir fry evenly.

5. If the dish is too light, you can add a little salt. Stir evenly then dish out.

Pan-fried Pumpkin


When I was in university, my best friend liked to order pan-fried pumpkin when we went to school canteen together. I was a little surprised. Pan-fried pumpkin is really that delicious? And now I also love this dish like she did.

It’s a healthy dish and easy to cook. First, peel pumpkin and chop it into medium chunks. Heat a little oil in the pan. Put in pumpkin chunks. Stir fry till pumpkin turns a little golden brown. Add in a little light soy sauce and oyster sauce. Stir fry evenly. Cover the pan with lid till pumpkin turns softened. (If pumpkin gets a little burnt, spread a little water). Sprinkle spring onion and salt. Stir fry evenly. Then it’s done.

Stir Fry French Bean Slices

1. Cut French bean into slices. 

2. Heat a little oil in the pan.

3. Add in chopped garlic. Stir fry a bit.

4. Add in French beans. Stir fry till their color turns darker.

5. Add in salt and light soy sauce to season. Stir evenly. Sprinkle a little sugar. Add in 2 tsp water.

6. Cover the pan with lid for 2 mins. And it’s done.


Quick, easy and healthy.

Cheesey Farfalle Pasta

Ingredients:

Small onion 1 (chopped into small bits)

Bacon bits

Tomato 2 (peeled and chopped into small bits)

Frozen green peas ( in boiling water for 1 min)

Farfalle pasta (cooked)

Salt

Black pepper

Cheese

Tomato sauce

1. Heat a little oil in the pan. Add in bacon bits. Stir fry till bacon gets a bit burnt.

2. Add in onion bits. Stir fry a bit.

3. Put in all the tomato pieces. Sprinkle some salt. Add in 2 tsp tomato sauce. Braise for a while till tomatoes become tomato sauce.

4. Add in green peas. Simmer for 1 min. Turn off the stove.

5. Add in cooked farfalle pasta. Sprinkle some black pepper. And stir evenly.


Spread cheese on farfalle. Put in the microwave for around 2 mins till cheese melts.


Very yummy.

Creamy Corn Soup

Ingredients:

Butter 20g

Flour 3 tsp

Frozen corn kernels (as much as you like)

Water

Cream 3 tsp

Onion bits

Salt 

Black pepper
1. Heat butter in the pan. When it’s melted, add in flour. Quick cream flour with butter.

2. Add in onion and corn kernels. Stir fry a bit. Pour in water covers all ingredients. Simmer for around 10 mins. (I also add in several shrimps.)

3. Add in cream and stir well. Season with salt and black pepper.


It’s a ideal bread dip.

For the bread recipe:
https://chewbaccascook.wordpress.com/2016/10/18/easy-bread-no-knead/

Stir Fry Vermicelli With Vegetables

Ingredients:

Vermecelli ( cooked in boiling water till almost done, not completely done. Then rinse and drain)

Onion shreds 

Carrot shreds

Spinach ( cooked in boiling water for several seconds. Then squeese the water out and drain)

A little chopped ginger

1 tsp light soy sauce

1 tsp dark soy sauce

1 tsp sugar

A little salt

1 tsp white sesame 

1. Heat a little oil in the pan. Put in ginger. Stir fry a bit.

2. Add in onion and carrot. Stir fry till they turn softened.

3. Add in vermicelli, stir fry evenly with carrot and onion. 

4. Add in light soy sauce, dark soy sauce and sugar. Then stir fry evenly for around 2-3 mins.

5. Add in salt and spinach. Stir fry evenly.

6. Last add in sprinkle white sesame.

Stir Fry Bok Choy With Beancurd

It’s a vegetarian recipe. Quick and easy.

First, fry bean curd slices in the pan with a little oil till both sides turn golden brown. Take bean curd out. Stir fry chopped garlic a bit, then put in bok choy. Stir fry till leaves shrink and color turns dark. Put bean curd back in the pan. Spread some salt, stir fry evenly and quickly for another minute or two. Then dish out.

Pan Fried Eggplant

1. Cut eggplants into thick pieces. Cut several times on each side.

2. Heat some oil in the pan. Fry eggplants till each side gets golden brown. Then take out.

3. Put some chopped ginger and spring onion in the pan. Stir fry a little.

4. Put fried eggplants back in the pan. Add in 1 tsp light soy sauce, 1 tsp dark soy sauce and 1 tsp sugar. Stir fry evenly.

5. Sprinkle some chopped garlic granules and salt. Stir fry evenly for another minute. Dish out.

Pan Fried King Oyster Mushroom


It’s a very easy dish. And I think it keeps the nature of king oyster mushroom.

First, cut king oyster mushrooms into slices. Then heat some oil in the pan. Spread mushroom slices and fry them. When downside turns golden brown and curly, flip them over. Sprinkle some salt and black pepper at the same time. When the other side also turns golden brown, it is done. Very easy and quick.