Yam Cake (Wu Tau Kou)

Recipe and picture from http://chinneeq.files.wordpress.com

Ingredients
1 yam, diced (about 250g)
5 cloves garlic

(A) Mix Well
1 packet blended rice flour (about 125g rice flour)
2 tbsp tapioca flour
1 cup water

Seasoning – salt, 5 spice powder, sugar to taste

Garnishing – shallot crisp, dried prawns crisps

Method
1. Heat oil and sauté shallots and dried prawns (separately) till crisp. Dish out and set aside.
2. Saute garlic with remaining oil, add in yam and stir-fry till fragrant. Mix in water and bring to boil.
3. Add in mixture (A) and seasoning, cook until batter becomes thick. Pour out batter into a greased tray to steam (30minutes).

Once yam cake is cooled, add garnishing and serve with your favourite sauce (I use sweet black sauce from the market).

Bubur Lambuk

Recipe from www.mamafami.blogspot.com

Ingredients
Shallots ~ pounded
Garlic ~ pounded
Ginger (just a bit) ~ pounded
Minced meat Kurma powder
fried grated coconut (kerisik)
Salt to taste
Carrots ~ diced
Potato ~ cleaned and diced
Rice
Enough water

To garnish :
Spring onions ~ chopped
Crispy fried onions

Method :

1. Heat oil and add in the pounded ingredients. Fry till fragrant.
2. Add in minced meat and stir.
3. Add in the kurma powder and fried grated coconut (kerisik). Stir well.
4. Wash rice and put enough water like how you prepare porridge.
5. Pour (3) into (4) and stir to mix.
6. Let it boil and add in the diced carrot and potato and leave to cook.
7. Before serving, garnish with spring onions and crisp fried onion.

Note :

1. I added green beans cut to small pieces just for the color.
2. Before removing the pot from heat, I heat up a little bit of oil and add in some sliced onion. Fry till fragrant and golden brown, then pour all of them into the porridge and stir to mix. My mom said, this method is called tumis darat.

Quick Pizza Dough

Recipe and picture from www.taste.com.au

Makes 2

Ingredients
2 cups plain flour
8g sachet instant dry yeast
1/2 teaspoon caster sugar
3/4 cup warm water
2 tablespoons olive oil

Method
1. Sift flour into a large bowl. Add yeast, sugar and a pinch of salt. Combine warm water and oil. Add to flour mixture. Mix until dough comes together.
2. Turn onto a lightly-floured surface. Knead for 8 minutes, adding more flour if necessary, or until elastic (when you press the top it should bounce back and leave no indentation). Cut dough in half.
3. Notes & tips
4. The pizza dough can be made to the end of step 2 and frozen. Wrap in plastic wrap and freeze for up to 6 months. Thaw in the fridge then bring to room temperature before rolling out.

Egg-Free Breakfast Scramble

Recipe and picture from www.exploreveg.org

Ingredients
1 14-ounce package extra-firm tofu, drained
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
¼ teaspoon turmeric
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon onion powder
½ cup nutritional yeast
salt and pepper, to taste
½ pound mushrooms, chopped (optional)
1 green onion, finely chopped (optional)
1 bell pepper, finely chopped (optional)

Method
Using a fork or potato masher, crumble the tofu into small pieces and then sauté in oil in a frying pan. After a few minutes, add the remaining ingredients, turmeric through bell pepper, if used. Lightly toss in the pan until well-cooked. Serve warm.

Creamy Potato Salad

Recipe and picture from www.exploreveg.org

Serves 4 to 6

Ingredients
6 medium potatoes
½ cup eggless mayonnaise (try Nayonaise or Veganaise)
4 tablespoon yellow mustard
2 tablespoon distilled white vinegar
½ onion, chopped
½ cup chopped celery
Salt and pepper, to taste
Paprika (optional)

Method
Cut the potatoes into cubes and cook in boiling water for 20 minutes. Drain and let cool completely. In a large bowl, combine the potatoes with the remaining ingredients. Sprinkle paprika on top, if desired.

Classic Tomato Pizza Sauce

Recipe and picture from www.taste.com.au

Makes 1 1/3 cups

Ingredients
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
1 small brown onion, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
400g can whole peeled tomatoes
pinch white sugar
1 teaspoon dried oregano

Method
1. Heat oil in a non-stick frying pan over medium heat. Add onion and garlic. Cook for 5 minutes or until tender. Add tomatoes, sugar, a good pinch of salt, and pepper. Cook, stirring with a wooden spoon to break up tomatoes, for 7 minutes or until sauce comes to the boil.
2. Reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer for 10 minutes or until sauce thickens. Spoon into a food processor and process until smooth. Stir in oregano.

Absolutely No Cheese Mac'N'Cheese

Recipe and picture from www.exploreveg.org

Ingredients
3 cups macaroni
½ cup margarine
½ cup flour
2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon garlic powder
a pinch of turmeric
2 tablespoon soy sauce
1 cup nutritional yeast flakes
¼ cup oil
1 or 2 peppers, chopped (optional)
Paprika to taste

Method
1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. Start boiling water in a pot for macaroni. Also, boil 3 cups of water in a teapot for making the sauce. When water boils, cook macaroni, stirring occasionally.
3. In a medium saucepan, melt margarine over medium heat. Stir in flour. When it has reached an even, bubbly consistency, stir in boiling water from teapot. Reduce heat to low. Stir until smooth again and add garlic, salt, turmeric, and soy sauce. Then slowly fold in nutritional yeast flakes and oil and stir until smooth. Mix the peppers in.
4. When finished, drain the macaroni. In a casserole dish (or other dish that can go into the oven), mix the sauce into the macaroni. Sprinkle paprika on top
5. Cook for 15 minutes at 350F and then for 5 minutes on "broil".