I always know what to order when this dish is on the menu. I found a top recipe in a book named “The food of China” by Murdoch Books. I love it because it is healthy, low in carbs, sipmle to create and it is authentic. This recipe sets off the soft, cool smoothness of the tofu by adding a hot, highly spiced dressing. Great for lunch by itself or dinner served with rice and steamed greens. Wine Match: A German riesling ( Dr Loosen Dry Riesling is great) or a Spanish Tempranillo or Rioja.
A healthy Cantonese dish suitable for both young and old. It is easy to digest. Both tofu and pork are rich in protein that they are very nutritious. You can cook other Chinese dishes and serve with rice. Try it!
A soy-free version of the Chinese Sticky Rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves, known as Joong, or Zhongzi that are traditionally eaten in late Spring for the Dragonboat Festival. You can buy them at Asian supermarkets (like T&T here), and my husband’s family makes them, but they all have ingredients my son can’t have. Usually these have dried shrimp or scallop, mushrooms, nuts, soy sauce, 5-spice powder, chinese sausage and egg, but yummy as they are, these all make my son itchy, so I improvised! Special thanks to W.K. Leung for his pictorial description here: http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic=88644 You may want to see the pictures of the various packages he uses. If you don’t need to avoid all those ingredients, you’ll probably want to follow his recipe, as this one is a little bland (shhh, don’t tell my son…) Wrapping the dumplings is tricky – I had to watch a few different videos, and even then, my first one took about 20 minutes! Eventually I figured it out. My best ones ended up as somewhat rectangular pyramids, rather than the tetrahedrons I usually see. This is a fairly time-consuming project, most families make it a group activity! Preparation time below is for one person doing it all herself for the first time, with a little “help” from my little man, and does not include overnight soaking time.
Make and share this Chinese Wife Cake (Lo Paw Bang) recipe from Food.com.
This classic Cantonese starter is simple to make, but for real success, there are a couple of rules you need to follow. Most important: always use clean oil for your deep-frying. The resulting batter will be crisp, crunchy and light, as opposed to heavy, greasy and ‘dirty’ in flavour. And be sure to serve it immediately: this dish is best eaten piping hot.
