Meme

Thanks to Gattina who tagged me for this 10 Things I Miss of Mum's Cooking Meme, because it helps to 'invoke' the memories of my mum, who has passed away when I was in my teens. She is a wonderful cook, it's a pity I didn't get to learn even 10% of her skills. She hardly baked things like cakes or cookies, mainly home-cooked meals. Here's what I miss most:

1) Abacus seeds - this is a traditional hakka dish, made from yam and shaped into abacus seeds -like shapes. Though my mum is a Cantonese, she makes the most delicious abacus seeds.

2) Chicken wine - a dish comprising of chicken cooked in a generous amount of chinese wine, very aromatic.

3) Curry chicken - best paired with french loaf

4) Steamed fish - cantonese style, steamed to perfection.

5) Fish porridge - Teochew style, where soup made from the freshest fish is poured over rice, with a topping of fragrant fried dried shrimps(something which my mum 'invented').

6) Assam fish - cooked in a tangy tamarind gravy, I always have one whole fish to myself

7) Sweet and sour pork - a dish found regularly during festivities such as Chinese New Year, Mid-Autumn Festival etc.

8) Ngor Hiang - meat rolls. I made this some time back.

9) Peanut puffs - each one is painstakingly moulded into the shape of a curry puff, but much smaller, filled with a sweet peanut filling, usually made during Chinese New Year.

10) Agar agar jelly - different colors and shapes. Simply but very comforting.

Next I shall hand the 'baton' over to Evelyn and Ching :)