Chinese New Year of the monkey started yesterday, Monday (8 February). Reunion dinner are traditionally held on the eve but we have ours today with 2 relatives. 2 other relatives could not make it, due to health problems so we invited 2 friends. Plus Mike and me, there were 6 of us. I have enough food for another 6 people!
I cooked 10 dishes this year! Just felt like trying different recipes from the internet. Using their recipes to blend into my own, they turned out all good! And traditionally, we want to have lots of leftovers (plenty) for the new year. And we did have a lot of leftovers.
Pork leg with vinegar
(http://annieliciousfood.blogspot.com/2012/10/mdm-chais-pig-trotter-in-vinegar-with.html) - lots of collagen! This is my late dad's favourite dish.
(http://raymondskitchen.blogspot.com/2010/04/braised-chicken-feet-with-mushroom.html) - lots of collagen, as well! To those people who exclaimed this is yakky only by looking at the cooked feet and not even tasting it, I said they are not adventurous and they don't know what they are missing!
Stir fried ginger beef
(http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/stir_fry_ginger_beef/)
I prefer my braised version (the meat being more softer) but this turned out good too. This is beef and I probably had it in the pan too long.
Stuffed tofu with pork and prawns
(http://www.anyrecipe.net/asian/recipes/stuffed_tofu.html) - I made a sauce to dip them with. Delicious!
Chicken curry with potatoes
(http://rasamalaysia.com/chicken-curry-with-potatoes/2/) - one of my favourite dishes. My late mum liked to do this on a raining day.
Fried fish with soy sauce
(http://rasamalaysia.com/fried-fish-with-soy-sauce/2/) - love it!
Salt and pepper shrimp
(http://rasamalaysia.com/salt-and-pepper-shrimp-recipe/2/) - superb delicious!
Honey garlic spareribs
(http://chinesefood.about.com/od/spareribs/r/honeygarlicribs.htm) - would have been moist and grossy looking, if we haven't forgotten to brush the half way baked spareribs with honey and water mixture!
Monk's vegetables
(http://sunflower-recipes.blogspot.com/2010/02/buddhas-delight-or-monks-vegetables.html) - didn't turn out as good as I normally did, because I left it too long on the stove!
Spicy stir fried romaine lettuce
(http://bamskitchen.com/international-cuisines/chinese-cuisine/spicy-stirfried-romaine-lettuce/) - always love simple stir fried green vegetables cooked to right level of crunchiness.
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