04/02/2012 by Shannon Lim-de Rooy | 18 Comments
This Carrot Okara Muffin is the Part 3 of the Soy Series:
1. First make your Homemade Soy Milk
2. With the leftover soybean pulp (okara), and turn into Seaweed Okara Cakes (that taste like fish cakes)
3. If you don’t like fish cakes, you have to try this moist Carrot Okara Muffin. Okara makes a very good egg substitute for muffins and cakes.
02/02/2012 by Shannon Lim-de Rooy | 24 Comments
Fresh Okara
After you have made your own soy milk, you will be left with the soybean pulp (okara) after all the “milk” is strained out. Don’t throw them away because okara is a nutritional powerhouse, containing soluble and non-soluble fiber, protein, calcium and other minerals. Fresh okara has a short shelf life, like soymilk or tofu, or you can freeze it or dry them in the oven for longer shelf life.
Okara by itself taste bland, but it is extremely useful when added to other food. You can add it to baked goods, use it as an egg substitute, add it to soups and stews, or mix it into veggie burgers.
27/01/2012 by Shannon Lim-de Rooy | 8 Comments
What a week it has been, I’m over my food quota for the month! Lots of cooking, delicious traditional Chinese festive food, sweet treats, laughter, firecrackers and more fabulous street food of Penang. Starting with the 10 dishes reunion dinner on the eve of Chinese New Year at my paternal grandparents house, steamboat lunch on 1st day of Chinese New Year and dinner at my 2nd Aunt’s house. Continue Reading →
26/12/2011 by Shannon Lim-de Rooy | 14 Comments
I’m happy to have found a new delightful easy lunch recipe, this time it’s a Japanese recipe I found on JustOneCookBook. Japanese cuisine is one of my favourite, so you will find me rather frequently popping into JustOneCookBook to gawk and drool at Nami’s gorgeous Japanese food photos.
30/11/2011 by Shannon Lim-de Rooy | 8 Comments
I’ve been missing in action for almost a week, caught a flu bug from my mama who caught it from my grandpa. I took the much-needed rest, time out from cooking and writing. The weather around South East Asia should be getting hotter end of the year, but the daily rain seems to be helping the flu bug spread around. Please keep yourself warm and well rested.
Feeling much better today enough to start writing a short post. Today’s recipe should be very familiar to you if you are of a Chinese descent. You most likely know this soup, and you’ve probably made it dozens or maybe even hundreds of times before. Some people call this Luo Song Tang (罗宋汤), others call it ABC soup. Some Chinese restaurants refer to it as Chinese borscht on their menu. Why ABC? My take is because the soup so ridiculously easy to make, as easy as ABC. Whatever you choose to call it, the simple ingredients are simple and yet delicious. Great taste with little effort, what’s not to love? Continue Reading →