Sweet Potato Pancakes / 蕃薯餅/ Fan Shoo Beng

~ Sweet potatoes
~ Glutinous rice flour
~ Spring onion (optional)
~ Brown sugar to taste (one tablespoon)
~ Salt to taste
~ Oil

Peel, dice and boil the sweet potatoes for 10 minutes or until soft.

Mash the sweet potatoes up and mix in the brown sugar.

Scoop the mash into a clean bowl.

Stir fry some diced spring onions. Mix the spring onions in with the mash.

Fold in the glutinous rice flour to the mixture (a small amount at a time) until a dough texture is achieved. This part of the process can take quite a long time.

Make into balls and fry in pan with a tiny bit of salt and oil.

Chinese Watercress Soup / 西洋菜湯

~ Mature watercress (two bags will serve two people)

~ Lam Buk Hung
~ Mut Jo
~ Spare ribs or pork chops
~ Slices of ginger

Place all ingredients into a saucepan and add water.

Bring to the boil.

Simmer for 2/3 hours.

Add salt to taste before drinking.

Note:
Lam Buk Hung = 南北杏 = Sweet-bitter Apricot Kernals
Mut Jo = 蜜棗 = Preserved Honey Dates

Shu Uemura Eyeshadows

Current collection

~ M Beige 804
~ ME Purple 700
~ ME Brown 850 


EDIT: Please refer to the newer post entitled "Eyeshadow Addict" published in 2012.