Cooking lessons

Today is my first day to seriously take up cooking and i shall blog about wat i learn so that i can remember it.

Pumpkin Soup
1) Fill 3/4 pot with water and boil (High fire)
2) When boiling, add in wolfberries (one handful), red dates (another handful), ginger (small piece) and a chicken breast bone (Still High fire)
3) When chicken has cooked slow down the fire and add in the pumpkins
4) Allow the soup to cook under slow fire.
*Then boil as long as you can.

Spinach with ikan bilis
1) Add oil into the wok (*make sure enough)
2) Then when hot, put in a handful of ikan bilis and fry till brown (Still high fire)
3) Then add in the stalks of the spinach first. (Medium Fire)
4) Then add one quarter mug of water
5) Then cover for about 1 to 2 mins to allow the stalk to cook
6) After opening the cover, add the leaves in and stir fry.
7) Cover for about 3 to 4 minutes then take out of wok

Chinese cabbage with chili
1) Wash the wok with water, allow it to boil then throw water away into sink.
2) Put oil into wok
3) Add in onions, chinese celery, ginger plus spring onion + secret chili sauce(2 x tablespoon)
4) Stir fry evenly
5) Then add the cabbage in plus 1/4 mug of water
6) Cover for 2 to 3 mins

Steam cod fish
1) Marinate cod fish with salt
2) Place ginger, onion, chinese celery, tomatoes, chilli padi over it.
3) Pour hua diao wine to cover the base of the plate and a dash of sesame oil over it.
4) Then steam for 5 mins

Hoisin Chicken with ginger and spring onion
1) Marinate the chicken with hoisin sauce (2 tablespoons), salt and black pepper, sesame oil, ginger strips and corn starch (1 tablespoon)
2) Fry onion, spring onion, garlic (jus smash it without removing the skin), ginger strips and chunks into the wok. (High Fire)
3) Then add water to allow the concoction to boil (Medium Fire)
4) Then add the chicken into the wok and stir fry. Then add one teaspoon of honey
5) Then add more water until the chicken is almost all submerged in the water
6) Cover and wait for 15mins
7) Then when cooked turn up the fire and add hua diao wine into it again to spice up the flavour
8) Then you are done.