Fried Beadcurd with Beansprouts, Carrots & Cucumber

This is another dish I made 2 sundays ago. Because I am cooking for the whole family and not just for my sick man, so I cant cook all the 'tasteless' dishes. Anyway, hubby can eat almost eveything from this organic dish except for the fried beancurd skin. Thus this is the next best dish I could think of to prepare.

I learnt this dish when I was eating at one of the AMK's hawker centre. It originated from a vegetarian stall. This first attempt is not too bad eh :))

Ingredients (for 4 pax share):

- 2 pieces of beancurd
- 1 carrot (of average size), sliced.
- 1 cucumber (of average size), sliced.
- 2 handfuls of beansprouts (costs me 20cts from wet market), boiled.
- 2 tablespoons of plum sauce, mixed with 1 tablespoon of drinking water.
- Cooking oil

How to cook:

- Heat the wok with cooking oil, amount of cooking oil enough to cover 3/4 of the beancurd.
- Add in the beancurd once the oil is heated.
- Remove the beancurd from the wok once it turns brownish and crispy.
- Slice each beancurd into four, like the shape of a blossomed flower.
- Stuff the carrot, cucumber and beansprouts on the opening of the beancurd.
- Finally, pour the plum sauce over the vege mixture (carrot + cucumber + beansprouts) and its ready to be served.

Notes:
For the plum sauce, you do not have to mix with drinking water if you like it thick.

French Beans + Baked Beans

I cooked this dish about 2 sundays ago when hubby was not feeling well after returning from KL work trip. He requested for porridge, so I cooked something light and not yet too 'tasteless' for him to eat with the porridge. Its something very simple and easy to prepare especially for working mothers like me :)

Ingredients (for 4 pax share):

- A packet of fresh french beans (bought from supermarket), each French bean sliced into threes.
- A can of baked beans
- Some garlic, chopped finely
- 1 tablespoon of cooking oil
- 1 tablespoon of tapioca starch
- Water
- Salt to taste

How to cook:

- Heat the wok with cooking oil.
- Add in the garlic once the wok is heated.
- Put in the French beans once the garlic turns slightly brownish and add in some water. The water must be able to cover at least 80% of the French beans so that the beans will be cooked thoroughly. Reduce the heat slightly so that the water will not dry up so fast and leave it to boil. This will not take longer than 10mins.
- Then add in the baked beans and half a can of water (used the tin can for the baked beans) and leave it to boil.
- Lastly, add tapioca starch to thicken the gravy and salt to taste. Leave it to boil for another 3-5mins before serve on dish.