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Monday 10 October 2011

Cooking for my Daughter!




Beer Fish Pijiu Yu
(A local Yangshuo delicacy)


Ingredients: 
200 g of fish (we used catfish, as it had very little bones)
3 tablespoons of Peanut (ground nut) or Soya Bean Oil
1 Big Tomato or several small ones 
1 Green Pepper & 
1 Red Pepper (both thinly chopped lengthways)
25g of fresh Ginger finely sliced with the garlic
4 cloves of Garlic also finely chopped with the ginger (see above)
2 tablespoons of 1inch chopped Spring Onion
2 tablespoons of Soy Sauce
1/4 teaspoon of Salt
1 glass of lager/ beer TsingTao
1/2 tablespoon of Oyster sauce


 Instructions
Heat the wok until it steams, add the oil and heat until hot. place the fish skin side down into the centre of the wok and press firmly as it will try and rise and curl up. Sprinkle the salt on top of the fish. Fry on both sides for about 3 minutes each or until the skin is brown.


Place the vegetables, garlic and ginger into the wok with the fish, pour in the soy sauce and beer. Cover with a lid and cook for 5 minutes. 


Remove the lid and reduce the liquid for another 2 minutes. 


Serve with cooked rice! 





Sunday 9 October 2011

Mosie's version of Fried Egg Dumplings Yangshuo Style!

Mo's cooking for Hannah and Joe! Sorry you have to follow the recipe, its the best I can do!

Egg Wrapped Dumplings Recipe
Filling:
100 g of pork mince (or finely chopped pork, a handful of the stuff)
A small bunch of Coriander (or mint/chives/ or garlic tops)
A Red Chilli (deseeded if you require less heat)
2 cloves of garlic
25g of fresh ginger (or 2 cm cube)
Seasoning:
Pinch of Salt (1/4 of a teaspoon if you live in China)
1/4 teaspoon of ground black pepper
1 teaspoon of Oyster sauce (leave out if don't have)

I beaten egg (used 2!)
2 tablespoons of groundnut/Peanut oil or Soya Bean oil
3 tablespoons of water (for steaming)
  1. Crush the garlic and ginger, mix  together and finely chop
  2. Finely chop the coriander with the red pepper together
  3. Mix the minced pork with the ginger and garlic and coriander and red pepper
  4. Add the seasonings; pinch of salt, ground black pepper and oyster sauce into the pork mixture and set aside
  5. Heat your wok up until it steams on a high heat! Lower the heat and pour in the oil into the centre of your wok.
  6. Add a tablespoon of beaten egg into the pan, so it sits in the centre of the wok (see photo above) then immediately place a heaped teaspoon of the pork mixture to one side of the egg omelette, using a spatula lift from the stuffing side and fold over (see photo below) to make a crescent shape, sealing the sides down by pressing together, turn and cook for a further 15 seconds, set aside (remove to side of wok if you can) and repeat until you use up all the egg and pork mixture.
  7. Place dumplings in the centre of the wok and turn the dumplings over in the heat as pork mixture needs to cook on both sides, 15 seconds on each side before repeatedly turning.


 8.  When Oil has dried up, add water and cover with a lid cooking for a further 3 minutes or  
      until the water has evaporated, turning them over as you go

 Serve with a dollup of Sweet Chilli Sauce and enjoy!
Sorry I can't be there to do it for you!

The Mountain Rice Terraces: last day

 High in the mountains



 Tempting with a bad foot, but no... I walked


 Thats a snake for supper!


 Love the sign!


 There is life without a washing machine!

 Another way of saying 'Antiques Shop'!
 Beautiful and golden yellow, almost ripe for harvesting!


Saturday 8 October 2011

In search of The Giggling Tree

 Cycling out in search of the Giggling Tree
 Just love those tractors!
 Pomelo's growing!
 So big, much sweeter than a grapefruit and bigger too!
 Water buffalo
 Ah, The Giggling Tree, Bamboo rafts on my favourite tractor in the distance...
 here!
 The view as I turn


 Beautiful courtyard of old farmhouses
Ginger tea and Wan Hing's Spring rolls!

Moon Hill Meanders!

 Next stop!


 2 boat rides, yipee!
Bright lights as only China can and does... well?

 Love the misspelling!
 Eventually white light!



 Throwing coins into holes!
The wet ride home to the Hotel!

Trip to Moon Hill

 Ready for slaughter, I wanted to rescue them all... but alas...
 Mmm food...
 Street clinic...
 Cooking school by the Riverside
 Trip out to Moon Hill...
 Close up of Moon Hill
 Yangshuo Village Hotel, sister to Yangshuo Mountain Retreat at Moon Hill
 Roof top dining...
 Views across the village

 Moon hill looking misty and mysterious
 Kitchen area at the village hotel
 Rock carvings in the style of Pork!
 Village street
 Tibetan Yak carvings for 10 kwai, Where I got Guangyin
 Again, didn't like the look of it, but liked the photo!

 More of those weird Karst Mountains

Moon retreat!