Tofu with Minced Pork Balls 鲜肉豆腐丸

Gabriel told me he has another shaky front teeth, he said he can't chew food, he claimed he is a vegetarian but the problem here is he also can't eat the green vegetable...another big challenge for me to make a new dish for him! 

Today dig out a pack of Japanese tofu crumbs from my pantry, with a box of medium firm block tofu and a pack of minced pork I made this new dish Tofu with Minced Pork Balls for him. He finished 8 meat balls in a meal!!! I wonder is this because he is a picky eater or I have problem with my cooking! Lol!  

This meat ball is soft and fluffy, not the bouncy firm texture. With the fluffy tofu in the minced meat, it created a unique combination of flavor. 

近来我家小孩好像又要长恒牙了，他说不能咬嚼食物。。。他说他是不吃肉的素食者！！那不吃肉的素食者连菜也吞不下。今天只好想办法弄了一道鲜肉豆腐丸，那自说不吃肉的孩子竟一餐吃下八粒鲜肉豆腐丸，我看了只有在心里偷笑！

Kueh Kodok （Deep Fried Banana Balls 炸香蕉丸)

Finally squeeze out some time to try a new recipe, this deep fried banana balls (kueh kodok or Jemput Jemput Pisang) is a traditional nyonya kueh. If you are tired of using your left over banana for banana cake, this kueh kodok is a good option. I have modified a bit from the original recipe because I just have 400g of banana and I added one teaspoon of rice flour into the batter. The end result is lovely, I like its a bit crisp crust with sweet soft inner. No water added to the batter, just use the mash ripe banana to combine well with the flour, I let my batter rest for 15 mins before deep fried! 

Recipe refer to The Nyonya Love cookbook by Ricky Ng with changes.

今天趁儿子上课，弄了一道很棒的娘惹糕点。如你吃腻了香蕉蛋糕，那把剩余的香蕉弄这道炸香蕉丸是很好的选择。我把原食谱变动了因为我只有400克的香蕉，也加了一茶匙的粘米粉。成品是内软外脆的，我家人都很喜欢。记得这道糕点是不加水的，那炸出来的糕点型状才会包满。

Ingredients:
170g plain flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
a pinch of salt
1 tsp rice flour
400g ripe banana (peeled and mashed)
80g sugar (optional as depends on the sweetness from the banana you use)

Method:

1. In a bowl, mash the ripe banana and combine well with the rest of the ingredients.

2. Let the batter rest for 15 mins.

3. Use an ice-cream scoop, scoop a spoonful of batter and deep fry in a medium hot oil till golden brown. Use a chopstick to keep pressing and turning the banana ball while you are frying, this will help the banana ball to puff up nicely. Place the banana balls on a kitchen tissue to drain away oil before serve.

Yam Rice (Taro Rice 芋头饭）

近来很少爬部落，没时间上贴没心情写文章选新食谱，名单排位虽然没落得倒数第一名但也惨不忍睹! 经营了几个年头的部落， 心如冷了那还能谈些什么，今年还是要加把劲，多上几道好菜肴!

I like to eat Bak Kut Teh (pork rib garlic pepper soup) with Taro or Yam rice, how about you? This cooking was done last November, still a long list of back log to clear.

This dish is not complicated but there are a few steps and lot of slicing need to be done before hands. However, after stir fry the ingredients I moved it into rice cooker and let it continue the other half of the cooking process, so it is really painless to cook Yam Rice \^o^/  It was an attempt worth trying as the end result is satisfying aromatic yam rice! I love to have my yam rice with Bak Kut Teh! Recipe from Rasa Malaysia.