00:15 Mdm Koh’s Bak Chang (Rice dumplings) – perfect for the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival!
03:42 Mrs Lam’s Hakka Noodles – make your own minced meat noodles at home.
06:51 Mdm Tseng’s Or Luat (Oyster/Clam Omelette) – popular hawker fare.
09:50 Mdm Ong’s Red Wine Chicken Mee Sua – a traditional birthday dish!
CNA Insider’s series of Vanishing Home Recipes features the secrets of home cooks from Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia.
Below are the ingredients you’d need for each recipe. Watch the video to learn how to make each of these dishes!
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MDM KOH’S BAK CHANG
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This recipe makes approximately 35 rice dumplings.
INGREDIENTS FOR THE FILLING
Braised pork belly:
2kg pork belly
Salt
2-3 cups water
¼ cup sugar
½ cup dark soya sauce
1 tsp MSG
¼ tsp five spice powder
¼ tsp cinnamon powder
2 cinnamon sticks
2 tbsp Martell cognac
10 star anise
20 slices blue ginger
1 Chinese bowl garlic cloves, unpeeled
Braised mushrooms:
1 tbsp oil
4 cloves garlic, chopped
¼ tsp dried oysters
200g dried mushrooms, soaked for 3 hours.
1 tbsp dark soya sauce
1 tbsp Hua Diao wine
¼ cup water
1 tsp mushroom seasoning granules
¼ tsp cinnamon powder
1 tsp cornflour, dissolved in water
Chestnuts:
300g dried chestnuts, soaked overnight
1 tbsp oil
3 cloves garlic
1 tsp salt
A dash of MSG
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp pepper
INGREDIENTS FOR THE GLUTINOUS RICE
5 tbsp oil
½ cup shallots, sliced
3 handfuls dried shrimp
¼ cup garlic, chopped
2 tbsp dried oyster, chopped
2kg glutinous rice, soaked for 2 hours
1 tsp cinnamon powder
2 tsp five spice powder
1 tsp coriander powder
2 tsp white pepper
1 tbsp salt
1 tbsp lard
3 tbsp dark soya sauce
TO WRAP THE BAK CHANG
You will need 70 bamboo leaves and raffia string.
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MRS LAM’S HAKKA NOODLES
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This recipe feeds 15 people.
You will need:
Noodle/Pasta maker. Mrs Lam uses the Italian Ampia Tipo Lusso 150.
For the noodles (makes 12 clusters):
1 kg of wheat flour
1 tsp potassium carbonate
450ml water
For the minced meat:
1 cup cooking oil
500g minced pork
10 cloves of garlic, finely chopped (or to taste)
3 – 4 tbsp fish sauce (or to taste)
3 tbsp Dark Soya sauce
Garnish:
500g Bean sprouts, cooked
Spring onions, chopped
Fried garlic + garlic oil
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MDM TSENG’S OYSTER/CLAM OMELETTE
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INGREDIENTS
3 eggs
1 tsp shallot oil
½ tsp soya sauce
Peanut oil
Lots of coriander
As many oysters or clams as you can fit
For the batter
4 tbsp sweet potato flour
1 tbsp rice flour
3 tsp shallot oil
1 tsp sesame oil
1 tsp chicken stock powder
1 handful of spring onion
½ cup water
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MDM ONG’S RED WINE CHICKEN MEE SUA
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This recipe feeds 20 people.
INGREDIENTS
For the rice wine:
Red glutinous rice wine
1kg glutinous rice (nuo mi)
150mg red yeast rice (hong ju mi)
1-2 pieces small yeast balls (also known as wine biscuits) – available at chinese medical halls
1 glass jar
This will make about 2 litres of wine; the yield may vary.
For the red wine chicken mee sua:
2 whole chickens, cut into pieces
2 whole gingers, julienned
¼ cup sesame oil
750 ml red glutinous rice wine
1 tbsp red glutinous rice wine residue
1 pot boiling water
Mee sua
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