My neighbourhood

It has been sometime I didn't update my blog due to some personal reasons. Today I have something to say about my neighbourhood.

Every evening, I will mingle around my kitchen to prepare a sumptuous dinner for me and my hubby. I do it everyday except on certain days when we have outings with friends or family. Two weeks ago, I did the same thing in one evening. While I was preparing my meals patiently, I was aware of the busy sounds of preparing meals, smells of food from my neighbourhood. I started to guess what type of food are they preparing. Frying egg? Frying fish? Stewing chicken with soy sauce? It was fun and I enjoyed it. I believe my neighbourhood will feel the same when I'm doing the same thing.

Suddenly, I feel so lucky that I'm living in this peaceful place.

Some sweet stuffs!!

I have to admit that I'm a 'sweetie' person. I like sweet things very much but due to the health reason, I managed to control my 'sweet' consumption.

Today I would like to introduce you a traditional Chinese dessert called 'Steamed Egg'. It's very easy to made and is nutritious too! Hope you enjoy it.

The Ingredients:

• fresh eggs
• water
• Chinese crystal sugar
  

The Steps:

1. Cook the Chinese crystal sugar with water till melt. Set aside the sugar water till it cool. Ready to use.
   Note: Sweetness of the sugar water depends on individual.
   
   
2. Boil some water using the wok/steamer, get ready a steam based/stand.
   
   
3. Beat the fresh eggs evenly using a bowl.
   
   
4. Measure the 'cooled' sugar water using another bowl, the portion of the fresh eggs and sugar water should be 1:1.
   
   
5. Mix well the beaten eggs and sugar water together.
   
   
6. Pour the mixture into several smaller bowls. (can use rice bowl)
   
   
7. Put the small bowls into the wok/steamer once the water is boiled.
   
   
8. Steam the mixture for about 5 minutes.
   Note: The timing for the steaming process may varied due to the utensils used may varied. You need to do some experiments on it to get the perfect results.
   
   
9. Ready to serve.
   Note: A well done steamed egg surface should be smooth and the textures should be tender and milky.

This picture was not a good example as I over steamed it for 2 minutes causing the surface not so smooth.