Fry Mixed Vegetable with Korean Spicy Hot Sauces

Simple & quick vegetarian stir fry for healthier diet. This is great to serve with white rice. Extremely easy. Love the rainbow colour of this dishes. it is good to incorporate different colours vegetable in our diets. It will never go wrong with all sort of varieties of vegetables.

Ingredients (2-3 pax):

Vegetables:

50g Brown mushrooms

50g White mushrooms (or any mushrooms of your choice)

3 Napa cabbages leaves

1/3 Red bell pepper

1/3 Green bell pepper

1/2 Red onion

1 Knob of sliced ginger

2 Cloves garlic

Sauces:

2-3 tbsp Chongga Kimchi Sauce (TOS)

3-4 tbsp of Water

Salt to taste

1 stalk of spring onion cut into inches

1 red chili sliced

 Method:
1) Brown the ginger & onion with 2 tsp of oil in a wok pan.

2) Add in the mushroom & continue stir fry for a min or two.

3) Add in all the vegetables except the chili & spring onion. Stir fry with the kimchi sauces & water, add salt to taste. Reduce the sauces to the consistency that you like. Do not put the lid on. I like mine a little dry with very little bit of sauces.

4) Last in the spring onion & chili. Serve hot immediately.

Tips: For stir fry, try to use the non stick pan because we can reduce the stir fry oil that need to be used to brown the garlic & ginger at the beginning. The result is more or less the same.
Tips: Prefer to use ceramic coated wok pan. It doesn't stick at all.

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Easy Homemade Kimchi with Kimchi Based Sauces

Nowadays, we love to prepare quick & healthy food especially on busy weekdays. This is one of those simple but delicious recipes that you can prepare ahead of time. This Kimchi can be served immediately when you have done mixing it. You can keep it in the fridge for up to 1 month.

Ingredients for :
350g Napa Cabbage (half & wash clean, presoak with 1 tbsp of salt & water fully cover)
3g of salt
40g of  Chongga Touch of Spicy (TOS) kimchi based sauces

Method:
1) Pre-soak the cut napa cabbage in salt water for 1-2 hour, cover the cabbage with water & add 1 tsp of salt. Use a heavy plate to cover the soak cabbage to ensure it is fully soaked. Rinse the cabbage with running water after that.

2) Wear clean plastic disposable glove to sprinkle the salt  evenly on every leaves of the napa cabbage.  Or you can mix the salt & Chongga Kimchi based sauce before apply on the leaves. Hygiene is very important in Kimchi making process. Remember, we need to keep it for quite some time in the refrigerator.

3) Apply the Chongga TOS kimchi based sauces & salt evenly on every leaves.

4) Another option: you can cut the cabbage &amp & mix with the sauces to make Mat Kimchi.





5) Serve immediately or
6) Chilled it in the fridge for future usage.


Tips: You can double or triple the recipes if you family love Kimchi. It runs out fast.
Tips: Fresh Kimchi is good as salad or side dish.
Tips: Aged Kimchi is good for Kimchi Stew (Jjigae).
Once you know how to make this easy homemade Kimchi, you will never have to worry Kimchi shortagee from your fridge. Enjoy~

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Stir Fry Korean Firm Tofu (Dubu) with Minced Meat

Tofu & minced meat is always my 1st choice to cook for the kids. It is easy to eat, they do not need to use too much time to chew. Besides,tofu is another option of healthier plant based protein. I am training my kids to eat "everything" & do not be too choosy on food. They need to learn to appreciate whatever is served on the table. Granny & parents taught us the same idea when we were kids. Got to pass some of these wisdom to them.

I am using Chongga firm tofu for this dishes. Chongga offer two version of firm tofu (or Dubu -豆腐, 두부 in Korean language). 

• Soyrich tofu for stew 
• Soyrich tofu for frying ( I love the frying type)

I like the firm texture of these Korean tofu (口感很好).

Stew Tofu

Frying Tofu

In order to make the tofu taste better, you can fry it 1st See my previous recipes on the fry tofu:

http://fabulouscake.blogspot.com/2012/04/simple-delicious-fried-tofu.html

It is okay if you just use the tofu as it is.

Ingredients (2-3 serving):

150g minced meat (marinated with 1 tsp of soya sauces + 1tsp of corn starch)

1 box Firm tofu (210g)

Few slices of ginger

2 cloves of garlic

Sauces mixture:

1 tbsp of oyster sauce

1 tsp of dark soya sauces

1 tsp of soya sauces

4-5 tbsp of water

Pinch of salt to taste

some spring onion for decoration

Method:

1) Fry the garlic & ginger with the minced meat for 2 mins with 1 tbsp of oil in a wok pan (medium high heat).

2) Pour the sauces mixture & cook the meat for 2-3 mins , then add in the tofu. Lid on.

3) Continue simmer for another 2-3 mins, last in the spring onion.

4) Serve hot immediately  with white rice.

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