Posts Tagged ‘beans/peas’

Chickpea Garbanzo Beans (Channa) Curry 鸡豆咖哩

Tuesday, February 26th, 2013

This post is a reprint of a post by tigerfish that originally appeared at Teczcape-An Escape to Food.

Chickpeas is the preferred bean to use for this dish, compared to black beans when the flavors of black beans did not really quite hit the correct spot for curry the other time.


When able to plan ahead, dried chickpeas is recommended for this dish as the texture using cooked dried beans results in (Read more...)

Black Bean Potato Cakes Patties 黑豆马铃薯(土豆)煎饼

Monday, January 21st, 2013

This post is a reprint of a post by tigerfish that originally appeared at Teczcape-An Escape to Food.

I have said before that I don't cook legumes (beans) often enough and it is still true. More beans and legumes, please.

Self-reminder.

So today, this Black Bean Potato Cakes/Patties 黑豆土豆煎饼 is vegetarian, with Black Beans replacing the "meat" proteins.


Like other beans, black beans is a good sou (Read more...)

Gai Lan Chinese Broccoli Soup 芥兰黄豆汤

Wednesday, January 16th, 2013

This post is a reprint of a post by tigerfish that originally appeared at Teczcape-An Escape to Food.

Though the idea is not exceptionally wild or creative, this is (indeed) my first time having Gai Lan (in) Soup.


And you know what? I will cook this soup again when stir-fried Gai Lan (Chinese broccoli) gets boring once in a while. Truth is: the same stir-fried Gai Lan can't be posted repeatedly in (Read more...)

Stir-Fry Carrots & French Beans 清炒胡萝卜

Tuesday, January 15th, 2013

This post is a reprint of a post by tigerfish that originally appeared at Teczcape-An Escape to Food.

I have been using more and more onions in my everyday cooking. From 2-3 medium-size onions for every week's grocery shopping, to 4-6 onions. With an average of half or more onion used in any single dish, the onions in my pantry can be used up really fast!

Onions contain flavonoids such as quercetin (Read more...)

Soybeans Ikan Bilis Stock, Broth 黄豆江鱼仔汤底

Thursday, January 3rd, 2013

This post is a reprint of a post by tigerfish that originally appeared at Teczcape-An Escape to Food.

Never be stingy on tomatoes, here I said.

An aura of insecurity fills the the kitchen one day....

Not a single tomato at home!

NOOOooo.....!!!


It's like losing the ability to cook! A little exaggeration maybe but truly, I feel comfortable when the kitchen is well-stocked with tomatoes. Even a s (Read more...)

Roasted Garlic Black Bean Stew

Monday, October 29th, 2012

This post is a reprint of a post by tigerfish that originally appeared at Teczcape-An Escape to Food.

It was supposed to be only part of the roasted garlic going into this dish but in the end, it's an entire whole bulb of garlic (about 6-8 cloves) into this Roasted Whole-Garlic Black Bean Stew.

Garlic-ky!!!


Black beans is a great way to up the intake of fiber and protein; also relatively nutritio (Read more...)

Healthy Zhajiang Meat Sauce Noodles 炸酱面

Wednesday, September 12th, 2012

This post is a reprint of a post by tigerfish that originally appeared at Teczcape-An Escape to Food.

This healthy Zhajiang (meat sauce) can be a topping for noodles or a side dish with steamed rice.


Other than the edamame-tofu-carrot-meat-sweet potato toppings, thinly shredded or finely grated cucumber gives ZhaJiang noodles 炸酱面 its signature look.


If the meat sauce were leftovers, the cucumbe (Read more...)

Healthy Meat-Sauce with Edamame, Tofu, Carrots, Sweet Potato 健康炸酱

Thursday, August 23rd, 2012

This post is a reprint of a post by tigerfish that originally appeared at Teczcape-An Escape to Food.

ZhaJiang Mian 炸酱面 is a dish of wheat noodles topped with a mixture of ground meat stir-fried and simmered with bean-based sauce. I have always enjoyed a good bowl of ZhaJiang Mian. In one of my trips back to Singapore, I started to wonder if ZhaJiang Mian has turned healthier? At least, I thought th (Read more...)

Pasta with Peashoots Carrot Greens Pesto

Tuesday, June 26th, 2012

This post is a reprint of a post by tigerfish that originally appeared at Teczcape-An Escape to Food.

This is not your authentic pesto, as any Italians would say. However, the modern cook at home looks for ways to improvise and utilize ingredients that sometimes just appear at the right place at the...errrr...not-so-right time


With some pea shoots remaining in the fridge and some carrot tops leave (Read more...)

Leeks Stir-Fry Sugar Snap Peas 青蒜炒甜豌豆

Monday, May 7th, 2012

This post is a reprint of a post by tigerfish that originally appeared at Teczcape-An Escape to Food.

Leeks, are certainly dominating the farmer's market right now, early May. As soon as I picked a bunch from the farmer's market last weekend, I have to use them fast before freshness calls a day; and not be lazy in kitchen prep., as leeks usually need some rinsing/cleaning due to the grits trapped wi (Read more...)