Baked Eggs Recipe

I adapted this Baked Eggs from one of Lena's (Frozen Wings) Blog recipe. I did not use basil leaves here because I do not want to go outside my house at 4am plus in the morning to pluck the basil that I have planted in pots. Anyway, my son had this hearthy and healthy breakfast before leaving for school. Everyone in my family loves this simple Baked Eggs recipe. It is a good way to make use of your day old leftover bread.

Ingredients

Bread, enough to cover your baking pan

Tomato, 1 pc, cut into slices

Potato, 1 large, boiled till soft, cut into bite sizes

Bacon, 1/2 bowl, cut into small bits

Onions, 1 pc, cut into thin slices

Black Pepper, as toppings

Cheese, as toppings

Eggs, 4 pcs

Pour a litte water into a frying pan and put in the bacon. Fry until bacon is crispy. This is a good way to make the oil in the bacon come out and use it to fry the bacon with it. Put in the onions and saute it until fragrant. Put the crispy bacon and onions aside. Spread some oil evenly on the baking tray. Line the bottom of the pan with bread slices. Put in the boiled potatoes, bacon and onions. Cover the top with tomato slices. Gently break the eggs on top of all the other ingredients. Top everything with cheese and black pepper. Bake in preheated oven at 200 Deg C for 15 minutes. Serve while still hot.

Cauliflower with Quail Eggs Recipe

Hi Everyone, sorry for not visiting your blog lately. Too many things are happening at once and I hardly have time to blog.
Anyway, this is a simple cauliflower recipe. My kids love both cauliflower and quail eggs. They snapped up all the quail eggs during dinner time rather quickly. Somehow, I found that quail eggs go along well with cauliflower after experimenting with this recipe. However, you can also add in prawn and squid to enhance the flavour of this dish.

Check it out, your kids are sure to love this!

Ingredients
Quail Eggs, 10 pcs, hard boiled
Cauliflower, 1 small bunch, cut into bite sizes & boil in hot water until cooked
Carrot, 1 pc, cut to thick slices
Corn flour and water mixture
Shao Shing Chiew (Chinese cooking wine), 1 teaspoon
Light soya sauce, 2 tablespoon
Salt to taste
Pepper, to taste
Ginger, 5 slices
Shallots, 3 pcs, cut into slices
Sesame oil, 1/2 teaspoon
Oyster sauce, 1 teaspoon

Heat up wok and put in around 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil. Saute shallots until fragrant and add in the ginger. Add carrots, shao shing chiew, pepper, light soya sauce, sesame oil, salt to taste and oyster sauce. Put in the couliflower and add a little corn flour & water mixture to thicken the gravy. Lastly, put in the hard boiled quail eggs.

Sesame oil, Eggs, Ginger and Pork Soup - A Confinement Dish

My wife loves this soup which she used to take during her confinement period. We still cook this dish occasionally to eat with rice. The soup has very strong sesame oil aroma and sweet flavours from the pork. I normally use lean pork but those with a little fat would make the soup taste better.

It is good to drink this soup, especially during rainy days when you need some hot soup to perk yourself up!

Here is my recipe for Sesame Oil, Eggs, Ginger and Pork Confinement Soup.

Ingredients
Lean pork or pork belly, 100 gms, cut into bite sizes
Eggs, 2 pcs
Sesame oil, 1 tablespoon
Light Soya sauce, 3 tablespoons
Salt to taste
Celery for granishing
Garlic, 3 cloves, chopped finely
Ginger, 2"x1", cut into strips

Fry eggs, sunny side up and put aside. Add some vegetable oil in wok. Saute ginger and  garlic until golden brown. Pour in the sesame oil. Add lean pork and stir fry for a short while (Opps, missed this step, thank you Yvonne for highlighting it to me). Add aound 2 to 3 rice bowl of water. Put in the light soya sauce and salt. bring to boil. Pour the soup on the sunny side up eggs. Garnish with celery before serving.

Spicy Sour Fried Eggs with Udang Geragau (Dried Shrimps) Recipe

I missed the cincalok (fermented fresh shrimps) eggs that my late grandma used to cook. Since, I do not have any cincalok in stock, I just used udang geragau (dried shrimps) as replacement. Although the taste of this dish is way different from my grandma's cincalok eggs, it helps to remind me about all the nice food that she used to cook. LOL!

Ingredients
Onions, 1 pc, cut into slices
Udang geragau, 1/3 cup, soak in water
Lemon, 1 slice
Fresh chillies, 2 pcs, cut into slices (chilly padi, optional)
Light soya sauce to taste
Vegetable oil, enough to try the eggs
Eggs, 2 pcs, slightly beaten

Mix the soya sauce with eggs. Heat up wok, put in oil and saute the onions until fragrant. Add udang geragau and stir fry for a short while. Add in the chillies. Pour in the eggs mixture. Fry until eggs are cooked. Squeeze some lemon juice onto the Udang Geragau eggs before serving.

Fake Eggs Discovered in Penang- How they make fake eggs, grapes and pig intestine

Looks like fake eggs from China have found its' way into our country or maybe some of our unscrupulous locals had learned the way to make it. The discovery of these fake eggs in Penang was published in the newspapers today. Actually, fake eggs were discovered in 3 China cities in Jan 2006.

Fake eggs contain industrial chemicals like Alum which causes dementia, calcium choride causes liver deseases and benzoic acid is harmful to our nerves & brain.

How do we identify fake eggs? Fake eggs have rough shell, a little irregular in shape and they don't have the spiral or thin string liked chalaza (plural chalazae) commonly found in fresh eggs. Chalaza holds the egg yolk in place, thus protecting it.

At first I thought that the process of making these fake eggs must be rather complicated but after watching the video below, it seems very easy. One just need a few chemicals and coagulant to manufacture these fakes. The video below shows how fake eggs are produced in China. This video also has a short coverage on how fake grapes and pig intestines are made using almost the similar method as the fake eggs. What will they think of next?

Cheese Basil Potato, Hampalang Masuk (Everything goes in) Omelette Recipe

Well there is nothing to shout about this simple recipe but it really taste good with steamed rice. Actually, my fridge was running low on ingredients so I have to settle for whatever I can get my hands on! I tried adding basil to the omelette and it turned out quite good! LOL!

Ingredients
Eggs, 3 pcs,
Potato, 1 medium, cut into small cubes (Use US Russet potato....easily soften)
Prawns Meat, 6 prawns, minced
Onions, 1 pc, cut into small pieces
Spring onions, 1 stalk, cut into small pieces
Light Soya sauce, to taste
Pepper, a dash
Cheese (optional), enough to cover the omelette
Basil, 10 leaves, chopped finely

Heat up non-stick pan and add in a little vegetable oil. Fry potato until it turned soft. Sauté onions until fragrant and add in the prawns. Beat eggs; add in light soya sauce, basil leaves, spring onions and a dash of pepper. Pour the eggs into the pan and lower down the heat to medium. Put the cheese on top of the egg. Cover the pan until the eggs are cooked.

Quickie Egg Wrap Baked Beans Recipe (Telur bungkus kacang panggang, omelette)

Every kids love baked beans and it is very to prepare this dish. Some just stir fried it plain with garlic added, while other might add in some luncheon meat or eggs in it. I tried to make something difference with the can of baked beans I have. This is similar to omelette recipe. I used fried eggs to wrap the baked beans but unfortunately the eggs that I fried was not big enough to hold a big can of baked beans. So, my supposedly full wrapped eggs with baked beans became half wrapped eggs with baked beans! LOL!

Ingredients
Eggs, 3 pcs, slightly beaten, add a dash of pepper and soya sauce
Baked beans, 1 small can
Garlic, 3 pips, chopped finely
 Bacon or luncheon meat, ½ cup, chopped finely

Use a non-stick pan to fry the egg; making it as wide as possible. Put the garlic, baked beans and bacon or luncheon meat on the eggs. Turn to low heat to avoid burning the eggs. Cover the pan and let the ingredients cook for a while. Serve while still hot with bread or steamed rice. How do you normally cook baked beans?

Making Makisushi with leftover Fried Eggs with French Beans and Onions – Recipe

Sushi rolling mat and sushi vinegar

When I had some leftover fried eggs with beans and onions, I know it is time for me to take out my makisu (巻簾, bamboo rolling mat) to make some sushi rolls (makisushi). It has been quite some time ago since I last made sushi for my eldest son. He loves sushi and this is a good way for me to make good use of the leftover food I have. I did not use the short grain Calrose rice but just improvise with some leftover rice from dinner. Generally you just need rice, condiments, nori (seaweed sheets), a dash of vinegar (normal or sushi vinegar) and a little salt to make Makizushi (巻寿司, rolled sushi) or makimono (巻物, variety of rolls).

Ingredients

Calrose rice (or normal rice), steamed or cooked

Sushi Vinegar (or normal vinegar), a few drops

Salt, to taste

Nori (seaweed wrappers)

Fried Eggs with French Beans and onions

Put a few drops of vinegar into the rice and stir it until well mixed. Add salt to taste. Put nori on the makisu (bamboo rolling mat). Put the fried eggs on the nori. Add rice and roll the nori to compress the rice so that it will not all off when you cut the makisushi. Cut the sushi and eat with a little wasabi (horseradish with mustard powder) with soya sauce or shoyu.

XxxL Eggs – Wah So big!

My brother in law gave me a tray of eggs. At first glanced they look like normal eggs but when you put it next to normal eggs, the size is longer and bigger. These are double yolk eggs. I have eaten many of these types of eggs from my uncle’s farm when I was a kid. After visiting my late maternal grandma who stayed with my uncles, we would bring back trays of double yolk eggs! A tray of xxxl eggs, double yolk. The double yolk compared to normal eggs! Young hens that have just reach maturity will normally produce double yolk eggs. These young hens’ productive cycles have not yet being synchronised which resulted in rapid ovulation and two yolks joint together when the eggs are formed. But after a few batches of double yolk eggs, the young hen would start to lay normal eggs. Double yolk eggs, if fertilised would not produce any chicks because there would not be enough nutrients in the eggs for two chicks in it to grow. Mmmmm, it would be nice to see ‘twins’ small little chicks! Anyway, I guess it would be nice to use these eggs to make cakes because they have extra yolks! I love to eat egg yolks and immediately I fried two of them, sunny side up (hor pau tan, mata kerbau, mata sapi)! LOL! The best thing is, I don’t have to buy eggs from the market for the next few weeks. Ha ha ha!

The Making of Telur Bungkus, Opps Sudah Jadi Telur Gulung! (Egg Omelet Malay Style) – Recipe

Telur Bungkus (egg omelet) is one of the popular dishes that you can find in Malay stalls. I like to order both egg omelet and tomyam soup to eat with steamed rice. Both these dishes make a good combination for a satisfying meal. I have some leftovers roast beef in my fridge so I thought it would be good idea to turn it into telur bungkus. I made too much fillings and my telur bungkus ended up as eggroll (telur gulung). LOL!

Ingredients
Beef or Chicken, 100gms, minced
Onions, 1pc, chopped finely
Tomato sauce, 3 table spoons (use chilly sauce if you want the dish to be spicy)
Frozen carrot, corn and green beans mix, ½ cup
Eggs, 3 pcs to wrap the fillings

Heat up wok and add a little vegetable oil. Sautéed onions until fragrant and then add in the beef or chicken. Fry until the meat caramelizes a little. Pour in the tomato sauce and frozen vegetable mix. Add a little salt to taste. Put the fillings aside. Use a non-stick wok to fry the eggs to wrap the fillings. Make the fried egg diameter as big as possible so that it will be easier to wrap the fillings. Pour the filling onto the fried eggs and wrap it up into a square shape. Opps, too much fillings, so I made telur gulung (eggroll) instead! ha ha ha!

Quickie Bacon Omelets and Scrambled Eggs for Breakfast - Recipe

Instead for just frying bacon and eggs separately as usual, I decided to fry all of them together with some onions. To be honest, actually I was trying to safe some time and have a quick breakfast. I used some of the eggs mix to make omelets and some to make scrambled eggs, just to try out which one taste nice. I think I like the scrambled one more than the omelet!

Ingredients
Bacon, 3 pcs, cuts into bits
Eggs, 3 pcs
Pepper, a dash
Soya sauce, 1 table spoon
Onions, 1 pc, chopped finely

Break eggs and put in mixing bowl. Add bacon and onions. Put in the rest of the ingredients and beat the mixture with a fork. Heat up non-stick pan and put in some vegetable oil. Pour a ladle full of eggs mix into the pan. Cook for a while and then fold the eggs and turn it to make a half circle omelet shape. To make the scrambled eggs, heat up a little oil in the wok and pour in a ladle full of eggs mixture. Use the spatula to break the egg in the frying pan and fry for a short while. I used these omelet and scrambled eggs to make sandwiches!

My yummy breakfast!

Cooking Hard Boil Eggs Using Rice Cooker – Hassle Free and Easy Way!

We normally use boiling water to make hard boiled eggs but there is another easier and hassle free method that you might be interested to try. I learned how to cook hard boiled egg using rice cooker from an email forwarded to me recently. I don’t know where the original source of this email is from but the method works really well when I tried it! The best thing is the egg will not crack if you use rice cooker to cook it and the time taken is also faster than using boiling water. As you only use a very small amount of water, very little energy (electricity) is needed to generate the steam that cooks the eggs. Therefore this method saves energy, money, time and water!

1) First wet some tissue papers (3 to 4 pieces) and put them at the base of your rice cooker pot. Then put the eggs on top of the wet tissue papers.

2) Set the rice cooker to ‘cook’ just like you are cooking rice. When the light turns green, the eggs will be ready. Do not open the rice cooker cover yet. Leave the eggs in the hot rice cooker for another 2 minutes to ensure that they are perfectly cooked.

3) Tada!!!!!!, your perfect hard boil eggs!

4) Hard boil eggs with skin peeled off. See, they are perfectly cooked using the rice cooker way.

Then........I made some stripes on the eggs using dark soya sauce and put them in my ‘Tau Eu Bak’ (Soya Sauce pork belly). I told my kids that these are dinosaur’s eggs! Unfortunately, my kids didn’t believe me but they were very happy to eat the ‘dinosaur’ eggs. Gosh, it is not easy to bluff little kids nowadays! ROLF!

Eggroll from Leftover Spaghetti Sauce

My son loves spaghetti very much and would eat spaghetti for lunch and tea time. Spaghetti sauce is rather easy to prepare, therefore I always make my own spaghetti sauce using minced beef, tomato puree, onions, garlic and pepper. I would make spaghetti sauce eggroll for dinner whenever there is leftover sauce for my spaghetti bolognaise. I just have to fry some eggs and put in the sauce to make spaghetti sauce eggroll. Ingredients Eggs, 3 pcs, lightly beaten Soya Sauce to taste Pepper to taste Spaghetti sauce Vegetable oil, 2 table spoons Add the soya sauce and pepper into the egg. Fry eggs in vegetable oil using nonstick pan. Make the diameter of the egg as big a possible. Take the fried egg out of the pan and put it on a large plate. Pour the spaghetti sauce on the eggs and roll it up. Cut the eggroll and

Peteformation Nasi Lemak (Malaysian Coconut Milk Rice) Recipe

Nasi Lemak (coconut milk rice) is one of the most popular foods for Malaysian especially for breakfast. I have modified this nasi lemak recipe a little bit to suit my children taste buds. Instead of using normal anchovies, I used dried white bait anchovies which is more crispy and easy for them to eat because they are smaller in size. I cook vegetarian curry with long beans and okra as gravy for the nasi lemak.

Rice
Milk from ½ coconuts
Rice, 2 small cups
Pandan (screw pines) leaves, 3 pcs
A little salt

Wash rice and add in the coconut milk up to around 2cm above the rice. Put in the pandan leaves and salt. You can steam or cook the rice in a rice cooker. Stir the rice with a fork or wooden ladle immediately after it is cooked so that the coconut milk will be mixed well with the rice.

For vegetarian curry, please refer to my vegetarian blog through this link Simple Recipe – Vegetarian Curry - Halal The nasi lemak is best eaten with hard boil eggs and cucumber garnish. Bon appétit!

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