from PM’c CC Vol I. PM steams a cake! It’s not that exciting, just an everyday sponge-type yellow cake, but it’s steamed! In the rice cooker! 馬拉 ma3la1 — Malay 糕 gao1 — cake PM’s recipe calls for 8 eggs and 3 cups of flour, which I thought was a little extreme. I halved the [...]
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Sponge cake Chinese style 馬拉糕
Posted in carbs!, sweet, tagged dessert, lard, steamed on July 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Stir-fried rice 炒飯
Posted in carbs!, eggs, tagged fresh shrimp, ham, peas, rice on June 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
From PM’s CC Vol I. I make fried rice only rarely. PM’s version is ordinary, as far as these things go. She does add some shrimp for pizzazz, and the colors are real purty at the end. 炒 chao3 — stir-fry 飯 fan4 — (cooked) rice Ingredients: 1/2 cup small shrimp, soaked or fresh 1/2 [...]
Steamed rice with Chinese sausage 臘味飯
Posted in carbs!, dim sum, oink, tagged baby bok choy, ham, rice, sausage on May 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
from PM’s CC Vol III. Chinese cured meats are just so yummy: sweet and salty and loaded with heart-stopping fats! This is a rice recipe for special occasions when the usual stuff just doesn’t cut it. While I usually eat brown rice, I don’t think it would go well in this recipe because brown rice [...]
Sesame cold noodles 川味雞絲涼麵
Posted in carbs!, cluck, vegetarian-ish, tagged bean sprouts, carrot, cold, cucumber, noodles, sesame paste on April 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
from PM’s CC Vol II. These cold noodles would make a great summertime lunch—tossed with chicken and veggies, you’ve got a whole bunch of food groups going here. Sesame is probably good for you, too, though if you don’t have sesame paste, you can probably substitute all-natural peanut butter. Vegetarians can leave out the chicken [...]
Dan-bings 單餅
Posted in carbs!, tagged dan bings, pwned on March 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
from PM’s CC Vol I. What PM calls dan bings are thin plain pancakes “always served with minced pigeon or roast duck, fried chicken slices or roast pork”. If you’ve had Peking duck, or mu-shu anything, you’ve encountered dan bings. 單 dan1 — single, like a single sheet 餅 bing3 — pancake (or cookie! but [...]
