: : Granny’s Cooking : :
Had dinner at home today and surprise surprise! Granny has come up with some favourites. Yummy.
Stir-Fried Veggies : Cauliflower and Celery
Pork Stew in Soy Sauce
Pork Stomach Soup with Black Peppercorn
Stir-Fried Veggies : Cauliflower and Celery
One of the many many versions of mixed vegetables, otherwise known in the western world as chop suey! This one was with cauliflower and celery. Of course, chopped garlic is added into the dish to remove any unwanted smell or taste in the vegetables.
Pork Stew in Soy Sauce
This is an extremely easy dish to do for beginners to Chinese cooking. You can boil it for as long as you like and nothing can go wrong. Even if the pork turns out soft, it’s okay as the taste would have gotten into it. This stew is more of a soup as it’s not thick at all. Put a slab of pork meat (500-600 g) into a pot of water with dark soy sauce and garlic. How much garlic? Well, try a few cloves first, maybe 5-6 pieces with the skin on. Can always add more in. Don’t worry about the garlic taste because it’ll all go into the soup and pork. Can’t even taste the garlic taste in the pork but somehow it brings out the taste in the pork. Boil the soup on a slow fire until the pork is cook. Remove the pork meat and wait for it to cool. Then slice it into slices and put it back into the pot. Boil again on a slow fire, adding in black mushrooms and fried tauhu cut into big cubes. Boil until the meat turns brown. Add sugar and salt to taste. MSG is up to you : usually less than 1/4 of a teaspoon is enough. Or, you can put everything into a crock pot and leave it cooking overnight. It’s real easy to do. However, remember to add more water if the pot runs dry.
Pork Stomach Soup with Black Peppercorn
This is seriously an adventorous dish for anyone but it is definitely tasty from the black peppercorns. Also, it’s an extremely easy dish to do just like the pork stew above. Can cook it for as long as you like and it still tastes as good. Granny added in a small slice of ginger to bring out a slight spicy, tangy taste to the meal. Yummy! Nowadays, one can find this soup in herbal hawker stalls all over Kuching. So, don’t worry about not finding it as you can do so.