Last Sunday..

As usual, we (hubby, YiWen and Me) woke up late at 8-9am.. hehehe.. :P

Went for breakfast at San Chai Restaurant. Ordered Cintan Mee Soup with veggie, minced pork, fishball and egg. Quite healthy right? Shared it with YiWen. She ate quite a lot.. As usual, she loves cintan mee.. :)

YiWen drank my MILO Kosong.. see how comot her face was.. hehe..

Went to nearby market to buy some fresh veggie.. Don't know why this morning i felt like cooking Braised Veggies with Red Fermented BeanCurb.. hehehe.. So, that's gonna be the main course for lunch today.. :)

Her naughty act in the car. (Don't worry, the gear is freed and hand brake was on). Got hissing sound? Ya.. came from YiWen.. she will put that hissing sound effect everytime she play with the sterling.. **roll eyes**

Since my taste bud has temporarily been ruined by blocked nose, I got to rely on my hub to taste the cooking for me. "Enough Nam Yu or not? Enough salt or not?? "

Dah-dang.. hehehe.. my simple home-cooked dish for family..

Here are the ingredients:

Chinese cabbage

cellophane noodles (or glass noodles)
1 carrot, sliced

2 sticks dried beancurd

5-6 fried tofu puffs

10 cloud ears (a kind of dried black fungus)

5 wood ears (a kind of dried black fungus)

3 Tbsp red fermented beancurd , mashed into paste

few slices ginger

1 cup water

Thickening:

2 tsp light soy sauce

1 tsp dark soy sauce

2 tsp oyster sauce

1 tsp cornflour

salt, to taste

a dash sesame oil

a pinch white pepper

Method:

1. Soak cloud ears, wood ears, beancurd sticks and cellophane noodles in water until softened.
2. Trim cloud ears and wood ears, remove the hard stems. Cut tofu puffs into two halves. Blanch cloud ears, wood ears and tofu puffs in boiling water for 3 minutes. Drain well.
3. Rinse Chinese cabbage and cut into sections.
4. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a wok or claypot over medium-low heat. Saute ginger until aromatic. Add red fermented beancurd paste and stir constantly, until fragrant. Toss in Chinese cabbage, increase heat to high. Add carrot, mushrooms, cloud ears, wood ears, beancurd sticks and 1 cup of water. Cover and cook until all ingredients turn soft, stir occasionally. Check the water and replenish, if necessary, with boiling water.
5. Add cellophane noodles, stir and cook until softened. Pour in thickening and cook to your preferred consistency. Serve hot.

Beside this I also boiled lotus stem soup and added 3 fried eggs.

No meat for Sunday, but it is definitely not pure vegetarian meal as there were lean pork meat in the soup and also I don't think egg is a vegetarian food neither.

But, overall the food was more than enough for 3 people in a family.. :)