Do you like bean sprouts?

They are highly nutritious and easy to cook. It can be served on its own as a dish or it can be added into stir-fried noodles, kueh teow or rice vermicelli.

According to the Answers.com, bean sprouts are rich in vitamins, minerals, amino acids, proteins and phytochemicals, all necessary for a germinating plant, and rich in essential nutrients for humans. It is thus essential that bean sprouts are cooked quickly to prevent loss of its nutrients.

This is my recipe for Bean Sprouts in Two Minutes.

Ingredients

• 300 gms bean sprouts (remove root part)
• 1 pot of water
• 3 tsp of cooking oil (palm oil / peanut oil)
• 3 shallots (sliced thinly)

Sauce

• 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
• 1 tsp light soya sauce
• A sprinkle of sesame oil

Garnish

• spring onions (cut into 2 cm lengths)

Method

Prepare and clean bean sprouts.

Heat cooking oil and fry shallots till golden brown. Remove from oil and drain. Reserve the oil (*).

Boil water in a large pot (enough to cover bean sprouts). Put bean sprouts into rapidly boiling water and cook for 2 minutes. Remove and drain.

Place cooked bean sprouts onto plate. Add sauce over the bean sprouts, followed by cooked oil (*), fried shallots and spring onions. Serve with fried rice.

I am back. I just had tom yam for lunch.

Tom Yam is a Thai-style spicy soup which is bound to increase one’s appetite (and sweat). It is hot and sour and is served hot. Great accompaniment to a steaming bowl of white rice, especially in cold weather. I do cook it once in a blue moon.

This is my recipe for Seafood Tom Yam

Ingredients

• 400 gms medium prawns
• 200 gms squid (cut into rings)
• 150 gms oyster mushrooms
• 100 gms baby corn (quarter-cut lengthwise)
• 3 tomatoes (quartered)
• 4 cups prawn / chicken stock
• Salt and sugar to taste
• 2 stalks lemon grass, bruised
• 4 kaffir lime leaves
• 4 fresh birds-eye chillies (cili padi)
• Lime juice to taste
• 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
• 2 onions cut into rings
• 2 tablespoon tom yam paste (can be obtained from supermarkets)

Method

Shell and devein prawns. (The heads and shells can be boiled to make prawn stock)

Bring to boil 5 cups prawn / chicken stock. Add all the above ingredients (except prawns, squid, lime juice & coriander leaves) and simmer till baby corn and mushroom are cooked.

Add prawns and squid and simmer for three minutes, or just until prawns and squid are cooked.

Stir in lime juice to taste, making it nicely piquant. Serve sprinkled with coriander leaves