Showing posts with label Salad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Salad. Show all posts

Saturday, July 05, 2008

Simple Mayo Cucumber Salad

So easy and no cooking is request. By adding lime juice and onion, this can be a vegan version of Cucumber Raita (Indian Yoghurt Relish). Sprinkle some toasted sesame seeds for garnish, if desired.

Preparation: 5 mins

Ingredients (serves 2)
° 1 (100g) Japanese Cucumber, diced
° 2 tablespoons vegan mayonnaise or vegetarian salad cream, to taste
° salt (optional), to taste

Method
1. Combine all ingredients in a bowl, mix well and serve chilled.

Monday, June 30, 2008

Simple Mayo Corn

Simple and easy plus tasty. The secret to sweet and delicious mayonnaise is to use fresh corn on the cob.
Preparation: 2 mins, Cooking time: 10 mins

Ingredients (serves 2)
° 2 ears corn on the cob, cut or peeled kernels off the cob
° 2 tablespoons vegan mayonnaise or vegetarian salad cream, to taste

Method
1. Put the corn kernels in a heatproof serving plate and steam for 8-10 minutes.
2. Remove from streamer and leave to cool.
3. Mix well with mayonnaise and serve or serve chilled.

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Shredded Salad with Minty Mayo

If you are tire of cooking, you might want to have a light and simple salad like this. To make it more colourful, just add some cherry tomatoes and sprinkle some sesame seeds.

Preparation: 10 mins

Ingredients (serves 2)
° 75g round cabbage, finely shredded
° 25g red cabbage, finely shredded
° 25g carrot, peeled and finely shredded
° 25g lettuce, finely shredded
° 2 slices bread, diced and toasted

Salad Cream
° 50g salad cream or vegan mayonnaise
° 1½ tablespoons peppermint flavoured syrup
° 1 teaspoon lemon juice or rice vinegar or apple cider vinegar, or to taste
° 6 mint leaves, finely chopped

Method

1. Combine all the salad cream ingredients in a bowl and mix well.
2. Mix all the shredded vegetable in a bowl and pour the salad cream over.
3. Mix well and serve chilled.

Monday, November 19, 2007

Avocado and Mango with Plum Sauce

An easy and quick fruit salad!

Preparation: 10 mins

Ingredients (serves 2-4)
° 1 (150g) ripe avocado, diced
° 1 (150g) mango, peeled and diced
° 1 teaspoon roasted sesame seeds
° 30g salad sprouts (optional)

Sauce
° 1 tablespoon plum sauce, or to taste
° 1 tablespoon sugar, or to taste
° 2 tablespoons warm water
° 1 tablespoon (2 limes) freshly squeezed kalamansi lime juice, or to taste

Method
1. To make the sauce: Dissolve the sugar with water in a bowl. Add in the plum sauce and lime juice. Mix well and set aside.
2. Arrange the salad sprout, avocado and mango in a serving plate.
3. Drizzle the sauce over the salad. Sprinkle with some sesame seeds and serve immediately.

Saturday, November 17, 2007

Vegetarian Cuttlefish Kangkong

There are not many stalls selling cuttlefish kangkong now in Singapore. It is even very rare to find vegetarian cuttlefish kangkong. So far, I had tasted it from 2 vegetarian stalls and one of them no longer operates. One day, I saw the picture of vegetarian cuttlefish kangkong at Veggie Bun’s blog - Cuttlefish. She had it at Ma Zhi Su. To re-create this dish in vegetarian version, it is not that difficult as we don’t need to prepare the cuttlefish, as we use vegetarian squid (product of SuXianZhi). As for the sauce, I used the red sweet sauce for Chee Cheong Fun and got it from the supermarket. The only problem is that I have no control over the sauce. Add some freshly squeezed lime juice, if desired.

Preparation: 10 mins, Cooking time: 5 mins

Ingredients (serves 2)

° 200g kangkong/water Convolvulus, trimmed, blanched, drained and cut into 5cm lengths
° 50g vegetarian squid, blanched
° 100g sweet sauce
° warm water
° 1 beancurd puff (optional), toasted and cut into strips
° 1 teaspoon roasted white sesame seeds
° 1 teaspoon roasted grounded peanuts

Method
1. Mix some warm water with the sweet sauce to achieve the desired consistency.
2. Arrange the kangkong in a serving plate. Top with the vegetarian squid and beancurd puff.
3. Pour the sweet sauce over the kangkong, vegetarian squid and beancurd puff.
4. Sprinkle some sesame seeds, grounded peanuts and serve immediately.

Monday, September 03, 2007

Cucumber Salad

A no cook dish – cucumber salad.

Preparation: 8 mins, Cooking time: 5 mins

Ingredients (serves 4)
° 250g Japanese cucumber (weight after cutting), cut into match-stick length
° 2 slices ginger, finely chopped
° 1-2 cloves garlic (optional), finely chopped
° 1 tablespoon sesame oil
° 2½ tablespoons apple cider vinegar, or to taste
° 1 teaspoon sugar, or to taste
° salt to taste

Method
1. Place the cucumber, ginger and garlic in a salad bowl. Stir in the sesame oil, vinegar, sugar and salt.
2. Use your hand to mix well and serve.

Sunday, September 02, 2007

Simple Celery Salad

This is a very simple salad. To make it more interesting, scrambled tofu, onion, carrot or vegetarian ham can be added, if desired.

Preparation: 8 mins, Cooking time: 5 mins

Ingredients (serves 4)
° 250g celery (weighed after trimming), trimmed and cut into match-stick length
° 2½ tablespoons vegetarian salad cream or vegan mayonnaise, or to taste
° 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar, or to taste
° freshly ground black pepper, to taste
° salt (optional), to taste

Method
1. Place the celery in a salad bowl. Stir in the salad cream or mayonnaise, vinegar, pepper and salt.
2. Use your hand to mix well and serve.

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Seaweed Salad (Seasoned Kelp)

This is a simple seaweed salad dish or side dish/cold dish. I bought a pack of dried kelp (shredded), 20g for S$1.78, by AOK at the FairPrice Supermarket. There might be a need to rinse the kelp shreds well to remove the slime with several changes of water.
Soak the kelps in warm water instead of blanching, if desired. Usually, I like to use dried kelps in knot for boiling soup to lend some flavour to the dish. As some recipes call for clear soup, these kelps would need to be discarded. So, instead of wasting food, it can be used to make a small cold dish using this recipe.

Preparation: 3 mins, Cooking time: 5 mins

Ingredients (serves 2)
° 10g dried kelp shreds
° 500ml water
° 1 teaspoon sesame oil
° ¼ teaspoon salt, or to taste
° ½ teaspoon sugar, or to taste
° 1 tablespoon roasted sesame seeds

Method
1. Blanch the shredded kelps in a pot of boiling water for ½ - 1 minute. Drain well and set aside to cool for 5 minutes.
2. Place kelps in a salad bowl. Stir in the sesame oil, sesame seeds, salt and sugar.
3. Use your hand to mix well and serve.

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Spinach Salad

This is another Korean salad dish – spinach salad or Shigmchi Namul. Simple and Easy!

Preparation: 8 mins, Cooking time: 5 mins

Ingredients (serves 2)
° 250g spinach, trimmed
° 500ml-750ml water
° ¾ tablespoon sesame oil
° 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
° 1 teaspoon roasted sesame seeds

Method
1. Blanch the spinach in a pot of boiling water for 30-60 seconds. Drain well and set aside to cool for 5 minutes.
2. Squeeze out the excess liquid from the spinach and cut into 5cm section.
3. Place spinach in a salad bowl. Stir in the sesame oil, light soy sauce and sesame seeds.
4. Use your hand to mix well and serve.

Friday, August 17, 2007

Crunchy and Spicy Soybean Sprout Salad

This is a Korean salad dish – soybean sprout salad or Kongnamool Moochim. Just remember not to blanch the soybean sprout for too long to retain its crunchiness. Usually, the normal practice is to rinse the blanched vegetable with cold water to avoid been overcooked. To conserve resource, just reduce the cooking time and omit rinsing with cold water. As to how to mix the salad with hand, just watch any Korean Drama Series, quite often you can see a scene or two how it is been done.

Preparation: 10 mins, Cooking time: 5 mins

Ingredients (serves 2)
° 150g-200g soybean sprout, trimmed
° 500ml water
° 1 teaspoon sesame oil
° 1 teaspoon roasted sesame seeds
° ½ teaspoon apple cider vinegar
° Korean chilli powder or dried red chilli flake, or coarse chilli, to taste
° salt to taste
° sugar to taste (optional)

Method
1. Blanch the soybean sprout in a pot of boiling water for 30-60 seconds. Drain well and set aside to cool for 5 minutes.
2. Place soybean sprout in a salad bowl. Stir in the sesame oil, sesame seeds, vinegar, chill powder or dried chilli flake or coarse chilli, salt and sugar.
3. Use your hand to mix well and serve.

Monday, July 30, 2007

Simple Corn Salad

The simple recipe of corn salad again is to use fresh corn on the cob. Remove the kernels from the corn on the cob, stream and mix well with vegetarian salad cream or vegan mayonnaise. Frozen corn can be used but the result is not that desired.

Preparation: 2 mins, Cooking time: 10 mins

Ingredients (serves 2)
° 2 ears corn on the cob, cut or peeled kernels off the cob
° 2 tablespoons vegetarian salad cream or vegan mayonnaise

Method
1. Put the corn kernels in a heatproof serving plate and steam for 10 minutes. Mix well with vegetarian salad cream or vegan mayonnaise.
2. Serve chilled.

Friday, July 27, 2007

Vegan Coleslaw

There are few different ways to prepare this salad. The cabbage can be minced using the food processor or thinly shredded and mixed with the mayonnaise with a little mustard or vegetable oil and vinegar. I blanched the vegetables, as I prefer it to be a little bit softer and not that raw.

Preparation: 10 mins, Cooking time: 5 mins

Ingredients (serves 2)
° 250g round cabbage, finely shredded
° 25g carrot, peeled and finely shredded
° 250ml water
° 2 tablespoons vegetarian salad cream/ vegan mayonnaise
° salt and pepper to taste
° vinegar (optional)

Method
1. Blanch the cabbage in a pot of boiling water for 1 minute. Drain well and set aside to cool for 5 minutes.
2. Place cabbage in a salad bowl. Stir in the vegetarian salad cream/vegan mayonnaise and season to taste with salt, pepper and vinegar.
3. Stir well to mix and set aside for a few hours in the refrigerator to allow the flavour to develop.
4. Serve chilled.

Monday, June 11, 2007

“Satay” Salad

This can be serves as a meal in itself. I just love the cucumber, onion and ketupat (pressed rice cake cooked in coconut leaf) dipping in the satay peanut sauce, that I can eat a whole big bowl of it without the satay. In this recipe, I used cylinder pressed rice instead of ketupat which is easily available in the supermarket.

Preparation: 10 mins, Cooking time: 5 mins

Ingredients (Serves 2)
° 2 fresh red chilli, seeded and chopped
° 2 red chilli padi (optional), seeded and chopped
° 2 slices ginger, chopped
° 1 stalk lemon grass, peel off outer layers leaving tender whitish centre, cut out 7.5cm, chopped
° 2 candlenuts, chopped
° ½ teaspoons vegetarian belacan powder
° 1 tablespoon carotino oil or vegetable oil
° ½ teaspoon tamarind/assam paste, knead with 150ml water and strained
° ½ teaspoon salt, or to taste
° 2 tablespoons black sugar or palm sugar, or to taste
° 125g grounded peanut powder or finely crushed roasted peanut

Salad
° 1-2 cucumbers, cut into bite-sizes
° 1onion, cut into wedges
° 200-300g pressed rice cake, steamed and cut into wedges

Method
1. Grind chilli, ginger, lemongrass and candlenut into fine spice paste. Stir in vegetarian belacan powder and set aside.
2. Heat oil in a pot or wok, fry the spice paste for 1 minute or until fragrant. Stir in tamarind liquid and bring to a boil.
3. Stir in the black sugar, salt, peanut powder and bring to a boil. If the sauce is too thick, add some water. To thicken the sauce, add a little bit more peanut powder. Set aside.
4. Serve salad with peanut sauce or drizzle sauce over the salad.

Friday, June 01, 2007

Gado Gado (Indonesian Spicy Vegetable Salad)

Gado-gado is an Indonesian vegetables salad, accompany with prawn cracker around the plate and serve with a spicy peanut dipping sauce. Usually, hardboiled egg is part of the dish, but it had been omitted to make a vegan version. As for the peanuts sauce, coconut milk as be added, if desired.

Preparation: 30 mins, Cooking time: 5 mins

Ingredients (serves 2)
° 1 small firm tofu/beancurd, deep-fried and sliced
° 50g beansprout, tailed, washed and blanched
° 75g long beans, cut into 5cm section and blanched
° 25g carrot, peeled and cut into 5cm section and blanched
° 1 potato, peeled, diced and streamed or boiled
° a small handful of vegetable crackers (optional)

Peanut Sauce
° 2 fresh red chilli, seeded and chopped
° 2 red chilli padi (optional), seeded and chopped
° 2 slices ginger, chopped
° 1 stalk lemon grass, peel off outer layers leaving tender whitish centre, cut out 7.5cm, chopped
° 2 candlenuts, chopped
° ½ teaspoons vegetarian belacan powder
° 1 tablespoon carotino oil or vegetable oil
° ½ teaspoon tamarind/assam paste, knead with 150ml water and strained
° ½ teaspoon salt, or to taste
° 2 tablespoons black sugar or palm sugar, or to taste
° 125g grounded peanut powder or finely crushed roasted peanut

Method
1. Grind chilli, ginger, lemongrass and candlenut into fine spice paste. Stir in vegetarian belacan powder and set aside.
2. Heat oil in a pot or wok, fry the spice paste for 1 minute or until fragrant. Stir in tamarind liquid and bring to a boil.
3. Stir in the black sugar, salt, peanut powder and bring to a boil. If the sauce is too thick, add some water. To thicken the sauce, add a bit more peanut powder. Set aside.
4. Arrange all the vegetables and beancurd on a serving dish. Drizzle the peanut sauce over the vegetables or serve the sauce separately.

Sunday, May 27, 2007

Simplified “Yu Sheng” Salad

This salad is inspired by the raw fish salad which is commonly served during Chinese New Year in Singapore. This recipe calls for ingredients like the carrot and white radish shreds that are used for the dish. As for the dressing, oil is replaced by using water and salt is totally being omitted. The simplified combination of plum sauce, lime juice, water and sugar work just fine. Feel free to add any ingredients like green mango shreds etc to this dish to make up your own special salad.

Preparation: 10 minutes

Ingredients (serves 1)
° 100g carrot, peeled and finely shredded
° 100g white radish, peeled and finely shredded
° 1 teaspoon sesame seeds
° 1-2 tablespoons peanut power or finely crushed roasted peanuts

Dressing
° 2 tablespoons plum sauce
° 2 tablespoons water, boiled and cooled
° 1½ tablespoon (3 limes) freshly squeezed kalamansi lime juice
° pinch of Chinese five-spices powder, or to taste
° ½ teaspoon sugar, or to taste

Method
1. Mix the dressing ingredients in a bowl and set aside.
2. Put all the vegetables in a salad bowl, drizzled with the dressing. Add sesame seeds, peanuts powder and toss well. Serve immediately.

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Tauhu Goreng (Tofu Salad)

This is a street food, a salad that uses beancurd, shredded cucumber, beansprout and carrot, drizzle with spicy peanut sauce.

Preparation: 10 mins, Cooking time: 5 mins

Ingredients (serves 2)
° 2 (225g)firm tofu/beancurd
° 30g finely shredded cucumber
° 25g finely shredded carrot
° 30g beansprout (optional), tailed, washed and blanched
° oil, for deep-frying

Dressing
° 1 red chilli padi, seeded and finely chopped
° 1½ tablespoons peanut powder or finely crushed roasted peanut
° 2-3 tablespoons assam/tamarind paste, knead with 2-3 tablespoons hot water and strained
° ½ teaspoon sugar, or to taste
° ½ teaspoon dark soy sauce
° ½ teaspoon roasted sesame seeds (optional)
° 1 kalamansi lime (optional), squeezed
° salt (optional), or to taste

Method
1. Heat oil over a high fire and deep fry the beancurd until golden brown. Remove, drain on kitchen paper and leave to cool.
2. Combine all the ingredients for the dressing in a mixing bowl and mix well. Taste it, add more assam/tamarind liquid, sugar, salt, or lime juice, if necessary. If the mixture is too thick, add some water.
3. Cut the beancurd into squares and arrange on a serving dish. Top with shredded carrot and cucumber. Drizzle the dressing over the beancurd and sprinkle with some peanut powder and sesame seeds. Serve immediately.

“Chicken Rice” Salad

This is an oriental salad inspired by the Hainanese Chicken Rice. Using the ingredients for the chilli sauce and vegetables commonly found in chicken rice. If you like, you may even add grilled, baked or toasted king oyster mushroom and deep fried firm beancurd to this dish to make it a meal on its own.

Preparation: 8 minutes

Ingredients (serves 1)
° 100g cucumber, thinly sliced
° 20g carrot, thinly shredded
° 1 tomato, sliced
° 4 chinese lettuce leaves, tore into small pieces

Dressing
° ½ fresh red chilli, seeded and finely chopped
° 1 fresh red chilli padi (optional), seeded and finely chopped
° 2 slices ginger, finely chopped
° 2 tablespoons olive oil
° 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar or rice vinegar
° dash of sesame oil
° 1 teaspoon (1 lime) freshly squeezed kalamansi lime juice
° 1 teaspoon sugar, or to taste
° salt, to taste

Method
1. Mix the dressing ingredients in a bowl and set aside.
2. Put all the vegetables in a salad bowl, drizzled with the dressing and toss well. Serve immediately.

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Green Mango Salad !

This is a vegetarian version of simplified Thai green mango salad. It is a healthy salad and is so appetizing. Any one can just do it, basically it is a no-cook recipe.

Preparation: 8 minutes


Ingredients (serves 1)
° 150g shredded young green mango, chilled
° 1 teaspoon peanut powder
° ½ teaspoon sesame seeds (optional)

Dressing
° 1 fresh red chilli padi or green chilli padi, seeded and sliced
° 3 tablespoons (6 limes) freshly squeezed kalamansi lime juice
° 1 teaspoon sugar, or to taste

Method
1. Arrange shredded mango on a serving plate.
2. Mix the chilli, lime juice and sugar in a bowl. Add more sugar, or lime juice, if necessary.
3. Drizzle the dressing over the shredded mango and top with peanut powder and sesame seeds. Serve immediately.

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Rojak … A Spicy Salad !

Rojak is a fruit and vegetable salad dish which is very popular in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. It is a popular street food which needs to be consumed immediately, before it waters out after a while. To create that exotic flavour, do not forget to add tamarind liquid, lime juice and torch ginger bud.

Preparation: 20 mins

Ingredients (serves 4-5)
° 200g-250g pineapple, peeled and cut in bit-sized chunks
° 200g cucumber, cut in bit-sized chunks
° 200g yam bean, peeled and cut in bit-sized chunks
° 100g young green mango (optional), peeled and cut in bit-sized chunks
° 50g beansprout (optional), tailed, washed and blanched
° 1 chinese crullers, toasted and snip in bit-sized chunks
° 1 small torch ginger bud, finely shredded

Dressing
° 1 tablespoon assam/tamarind paste, knead with 3 tablespoons hot water and strained
° 2 tablespoons (4 limes) freshly squeezed kalamansi lime juice
° 1 tablespoon sugar, or to taste
° 4-5 tablespoons vegetarian rojak sauce
° 1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds
° 4-5 tablespoons grounded peanut

Method
1. To make dressing. Mix assam/tamarind liquid, lime juice, sugar, rojak sauce in a large mixing bowl. Remember to taste it, it should be spicy, sweet, sharp and smoky. Add more assam/tamarind liquid, sugar, or lime juice, if necessary.
2. Throw in all the entire ingredients and toss well. Sprinkle in most of the sesame seed and grounded peanut and toss again.
3. Top with more grounded peanut, shredded torch ginger bud and serve immediately.

Sunday, March 04, 2007

Potato Salad (curry flavour)




Wrap with Nori and garnish with Sesame Seed 

Curry Potato Salad Hand Roll ... 
Always a favourite, potato salad can be a star of any salad. Using curry power in this salad, because their exotic flavours and subtle aromas can add so much to any dish.

Preparation: 15 mins Cooking time: 20 mins
Ingredients (serves 2-3)
° 500g potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
° 2 stalks celery, chopped or diced
° 25g carrot, peeled chopped
° ½ onion (optional), chopped
° 5 tablespoons mayonnaise/vegetarian salad cream
° 1-2 teaspoons vegetarian curry powder
° salt and pepper to taste

Method
1. Cook the potatoes in a pot of boiling, lightly salted water for about 15 minutes, until tender when pierced with a fork. Drain well and set aside to cool for 5 minutes.
2. Place the potatoes, celery, carrot and onion in a salad bowl.
3. Add the mayonnaise/vegetarian salad cream, vegetarian curry powder to the potatoes mixture and season to taste with salt and pepper.
4. Stir well to mix, then set aside to cool and allow the flavour to develop.
5. Serve chilled.

Tip
1. Vinegar/fresh lemon juice, spring onion, chopped apples, mixed vegetables and cucumber dices can be added, if desired.

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