Some recipes to try for CNY

Chinese New Year is the most important Chinese festival in the calendar, marking the start of the new year. The year 2016 coincides with the Year of the Red Fire Monkey on the Chinese calendar, with millions of people around the world celebrating and welcoming the new year with their families and friends. Apart from firecrackers, lion dances and red envelopes, families will not miss gathering for their annual reunion dinner.  

Home cooked dishes will be prepared and enjoyed for the reunion dinner, so here’s a little something to help you prepare and cook your favourite dishes easily. 

Philips’ kitchen appliances will help you save your energy on cooking and spare it for a mahjong session or just simply spend more quality time with your loved ones.

Read on for some simple recipes you might enjoy making....

Philips Viva Collection Food Processor (RRP MYR349)

Prepare your dishes conveniently and fast with Philips’ Viva Collection Food Processor. This Philips Food Processor has a 3 in 1 compact set-up with a 2 litre bowl, blender and grinder mill. It also has 5 stainless steel disc inserts enabling you to effortlessly create a wide variety of your favorite recipes. For best results, use the low speed setting (speed 1) to whip cream, beat eggs, and create pastries and bread dough. The higher speed setting (speed 2) is well suited for chopping onions and meats, blending soups and smoothies or shredding, slicing, grating or rasping vegetables. Now who needs another hand in the kitchen? Not anymore!

DAN DAN NOODLES

Ingredients:

Meat Mixture

·         150g Beef, ground

·         1 tbps Peanut Oil

·         2 cloves Garlic, minced

·         1 tbps Ginger, minced

·         50g White cabbage, thinly sliced

·         2 nos Scallion/Leek, chopped

·         1 no Red pepper, chopped

·         1 tbps Chinese rice wine (optional)

·         ½ tsp Salt

·         To Taste - Roasted peanuts, crushed (optional)

Noodle

·         300g Philips fresh egg noodle

·         To Taste - Salt

Sauce

·         50ml Chicken Stock

·         2 tbps Soy Sauce

·         ½ tbps Sesame paste/Tahini

·         2 tsp Sesame oil

·         1 tsp Sugar

·         1 tbsp Black rice vinegar

·         ½ tsp oGround Sichuan pepper

·         To Taste - Chilli oil

Method:

1.      Bring large pot of salted water to boil.

 2.      For the sauce: Whisk together the ingredients. Set aside

 3.      Heat in a wok or skillet over medium-high heat. Add garlic, ginger, white parts of scallion and cabbage. Cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add the meat and stir-fry until crispy and brown. Add rice wine to deglaze the pan. Season to taste

 4.      Meanwhile, cook Philips fresh egg noodles for 6 minutes in boiling salted water, drain. Rinse shortly under cold noodle so that it stop the cooking process, but it stays warm. Drain and transfer to a serving dish.

 5.      Pour the sauce over the noodles and serve with the meat, topped with the chopped scallion greens and roasted peanuts. Serve immediately.

Tip: You can use Balsamic vinegar instead of Black vinegar. Dry sherry instead of Chinese rice wine and White pepper instead of Sichuan pepper.

Philips Viva Collection Digital Airfryer HD9230/20 (RRP MYR1,699)

Let’s not forget our favourite fried dishes during Chinese New Year. From spring rolls to fried chicken, we don’t know when to stop feasting on all these delicious foods. The Philips Viva Collection Digital Airfryer will ensure you feast on fried food without guilt. Philips’ unique Rapid Air Technology lets you fry with air to make food that is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside with up to 80% less fat. You can even grill, roast and bake using the Airfryer.

CHINESE SCALLION FLATBREAD

Ingredients:

·         2 cups All-purpose flour

·         1 cup Warm water

·         3 tbps sesame oil

·         ½ tsp salt

·         1 cup Scallion/ Spring onion, chopped, green parts only

Method:

1.      In a medium bowl, add in flour and gradually add in warm water until it forms a smooth dough.

2.      Knead the dough for about 10 minutes or until the dough is smooth and elastic. Cover with the damp kitchen towel and set aside for about 20 minutes.

3.      After 20 minutes, dust some flour on a flat surface. Divide the dough into two equal sized balls.

4.      Roll the dough into a thin circle to form a round flatbread. Brush the flatbread with a teaspoon of oil, then sprinkle some salt evenly.

5.      Sprinkle ½ cup of scallion all over the flatbread. Roll up the flatbread tightly, creating one long snake of rolled up dough

6.      Cut the rolled flatbread into 5 small pieces. Spread each piece into small 5 inch disc.

7.  Brush the bread with some sesame oil on both sides.

 8.      Place into the Philips Airfryer. Set the temperature at 170°C and cook for 10 minutes

  

Philips Pure Essentials Collection Steamer (RRP MYR339)

One definite dish that we won’t miss out during Chinese New Year would be fish. “年年有余” – ‘may you have surplus and abundance every year’ is a common blessing expressed during Chinese New Year, and is represented with a dish of fish. The Pure Essentials Collection Steamer can steam fish and more. You can prepare your favourite soup, stew, porridge, rice and more

CHICKEN RICE

A)    CHICKEN SOUP

Ingredients

·         1 large onion

·         4 clove garlic

·         1 inch ginger

·         1 whole large chicken

·         10 cups or 2 1/2 liter water

·         2 tsp salt

·         2 tsp pepper

·         1 stalk Chinese parsley, cut thinly to sprinkle on soup when serving

Marinade ingredients for chicken:

·         1/4 cup sweet soy sauce

·         1/4 cup salty soy sauce

Method:

1.      Boil all the above ingredients for approximately 1/2 an hour.

2.      Remove the whole chicken & put it in a large bowl. Save chicken broth for rice, chili and soy sauce.

 3.      Pour the marinade ingredients over the chicken & rub evenly. Let it rest for 15 minutes in the marinade.

 4.      Airfry the chicken whole...until done & crispy on the outside.

 5.      Cut the chicken when you are about to eat.

B)    RICE

Ingredients

·         3 cups Basmathi rice

·         4 1/2 cups chicken broth,(made above)

·         1/2 onion, slice thinly

·         2 slices ginger, julienne (cut into thin fine strips)

·         2 cloves garlic, sliced thinly

·         1 screwpine leaves, tied into a knot

·         1 stalk fresh coriander leaves, to decorate when serving

  

Method:

1.      Wash 3 cups of Basmathi rice and drain.

 2.      Put the drained rice into a rice cooker.

3.      Put the onion, ginger and garlic together with the rice.

 4.      Pour the broth into the rice cooker.

 5.      Put the screwpine leaves in & begin cooking.

C)    CHILLI SAUCE

Ingredients

·         10 fresh red chillies, deseeded

·         1 tbsp vinegar

·         2 tbsp sugar

·         1 tsp salt

·         2 cloves garlic

·         1/2 cup cooled chicken broth

Method:

1.      Blend all the above ingredients.

 2.      Pour into a small pot.

 3.      Boil till the sauce of the right consistency.

 4.      Taste & put aside.

  

D)    SOY SAUCE

Ingredients

·         1/2 cup chicken broth

·         4 tbsp sweet soy sauce

·         2 tbsp salty soy sauce

Method

1.      Simmer the soy sauce till it boils.

 2.      Remove from heat & put aside.

Philips Viva Collection Electronic Pressure Cooker HD2139 (RRP MYR529)

Why worry if your soup is overboiled or if you have enough time to make soups? Step aside and let the Philips Viva Collection Electronic Pressure Cooker take the pressure away from you and assist you in making your favourite soup. The pressure cooker has an auto pressure release device to ensure safety during cooking while you are away from the kitchen and spending some time with your family. It also has the ability to help you keep your soup or rice warm. So all you have to do now is throw all your ingredients into it and press the ‘start’ button.

Philips’ kitchen appliances are available at any Philips authorised retailer located nationwide, at the Philips Brand Store in Publika Shopping Gallery in Kuala Lumpur and online via www.blipmy.com. For more information, log on to www.philips.com.my.