Recipe: Fried Carrot Cake

 really hungry this morning.

Guess what we cooked?


Will post recipe some other time.

Recipe: Fried Oyster (Or Orh Jian in Hokkien)

One of my favorite foods of all time (bordering on addiction) is the all-time favorite Fried Oyster.  Ahh, the nice fragrance of the egg mish-mashed with the oily, crispy layer of starchy goodness topped with a few oysters is enough to make me salivate typing this.

As a glutton who constantly badger my other special half, let's call him K for now, to bring me to Newton Circus to savour the guilty pleasures of Orh Jian, I finally found a way to make myself, (and K who kinda isnt a fan of Orh Jian) happy.

I will cook it myself.

Thus, recipe below:

I will not take credit for this one, mainly, its a mix of what I have learn from tv shows, books, recipes and magazines all these time.

Fried Oyster Recipe

Tried and tested on my entire family who survived with hearty Ompphhmms and second plus third servings.

I am convinced that one day I shall be hawker peddling these when I get sick and tired of the corporate race.

Servings: For a gluttonous family of 6 or 7

Trick is to cook each serving individually and serve them piping hot.

Ingredients:

- 2 cups sweet potato starch flour

- 1/3 cup normal plain flour

- A pinch of salt

- A bag of frozen oysters from Sheng Shiong (S$13) or for the true gourmand you could get freshly shucked big juicy oysters from the Green Grocer (S$19 for a dozen)

- Fish Sauce

- Cooking Oil (arteries-clogging folks can whip up their own fried pork fat oil)

- 10 eggs (beaten lightly)

- 10 garlic (chopped)

Chilli Dipping Sauce:

- Taiyo Sambal Balachan Chilli Paste

- 20 small green limes

(Squeeze the lime juice, remove seeds, and mix with the chilli paste - adjusting to personal tastes.)

Method:

Mix the two types of flour together with appproximately 4 cups water, the mixture should be thin and easy to stir. Add the pinch of salt, approx. half a teaspoon.

If oysters are freshly shucked, place them at the side. If you have bought the frozen oysters, defrost in a majorly big bowl of salty water for 5min.

Once ingredients above are ready, heat a flat frying pan with 4 teaspoons of oil per serving. On high to medium fire, fry a teaspoon of garlic till slightly browned and fragrant, then use a ladle to spread a full serving of flour mixture on the frying pan. When the flour mixture has turned slight translucent, add in another ladle of eggs.

Wait till the egg has became partially cooked, flipped them over, the bottom should be nicely browned. Wait till the other side is browned, then break them into little pieces.

Splash in 1 teaspoon of fish sauce. Turn and toss them around.

Throw in the osyters. If they are fresh ones, just toss them for a minute or so. For the frozen oysters, I suggest 2 to mins on the fire.

Lastly, add the green onions. And serve with chilli on the side.

Repeat above for subsequent servings.

The result? Delectable dish that can fully satisfy my orh jian cravings till the next time my lovely K brings me to Newton Circus again.