Today's Recipe?

What to do with a big bunch of pandan leaves besides using it to cook dessert or baking? Found this recipes on Bakericous's Blog and decided to give it a try :) As I do not want to add any green colourings to the rice, I increase the amount of pandan juice instead. The result is a lightly pale green coloured rice which my camera does not managed to capture it well!!

Recipes adapted from Bakericious

For Pandan Rice :

• 2 cups rice, rinsed thoroughly
• 2 cups water (remove 4 tbsp )
• 4 tbsp concentrate pandan leaves juice
• 2 tbsp butter
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 3 blades pandan leaves, knotted
• a pinch of salt
  

1. Combine all ingredients into the rice cooker and leave to cook. Fluff up rice before serving.

Above : A mini set meal for my son, consist of 2 balls of pandan flavoured rice, pan-fried salmon, baked potatoes & carrot & papayas...

Below : My one serve with 红糟盐酥鸡, cherry tomatoes & japanese cucumber...

红糟盐酥鸡
Ingredient

• 500gm chicken breast, cubed
• 1 tbsp garlic, minced
• 1 small egg, lightly beaten
• 2 tbsp cornflour
• 2 tbsp light soya sauce
• 3 tbsp rice yeast, 红糟
  
• 2 tbsp rice wine
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1/2 tbsp white pepper
• sweet potato flour for coating, 地瓜粉
  
• pepper salt powder, 椒盐
  

Method

1. Marinate chicken fillet cubed with seasoning for at least 2 hrs or overnight.
2. Drain marinate sauce and evenly coat with sweet potato flour. Deep fried in batches till golden brown. Drain on kitchen paper.
3. Place fried chicken popcorns in a mixing bowl. Sprinkle over pepper salt powder and toss to coat evenly.

Rainbow Chiffon

Not exactly 7 rainbow shades but still pleasing to the eyes :) but quite tedious to divide the batter into portions...4 colours = 4 mixing bowl = more washing up to do! hahaha...After moulding the cake, I used a serrated knife to shave off the outer skin of the chiffon to reveal the rainbow layer. As I added strawberry paste instead of red colouring in the pink layer, the cake has a slight trace of strawberry flavour :)

Ingredient

• 6 eggs, separate
• 130gm sugar
• 4 tbsp corn oil
• 4 tbsp milk
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 110gm cake flour
• 1/4 tsp cream of tartar
  
• red (i used 1/4 tsp strawberry paste) , green, blue, yellow food colouring

Method

1. Beat egg yolk & 50gm sugar until smooth. Stir in corn oil, milk & vanilla essence.
   
2. Sift in cake flour and mix to form batter.
3. Divide into 4 portions, approx. 90gm each. Add in colours into individual portion.
4. In a clean & dry mixing bowl, beat egg whites & cream of tartar until foamy. Add in balance sugar gradually and beat on high speed till stiff peak formed.
   
5. Divide egg white foam into 4 portions, approx. 75gm each. Gently fold into individual coloured batter.
6. Pour in each batter in sequence into a 9" ungreased tube pan. Tap the pan on the table top each time before adding the next coloured batter. Bake in preheated oven at 180 deg cel for 35mins.
7. Remove from oven and immediately invert the tube pan on table top. Cool completely before unmoulding.

Glazing (optional)

• 225gm icing sugar
• 45ml hot water
• food coloring (optional)
  

Method

1. Sift sugar into a bowl, gradually stir in water.
2. Stir until white and smooth, colour with a few drops of coloring.
3. Use immediately to cover the top of the cake.