New Dishes

New Dishes

Heard so much about sharkfin's melon so tried it out. If successful, was thinking of cooking and bringing to fil's house for Chu Yi. But ha ha I think taste still not up to standard so better not lose face. But the kids enjoyed so lucky to have support from the lil ones. Must work hard to make it taste right for adult too.

Also tried sharkfin omelette. Dun play play it is quite nice leh. But too bad hb cannot take eggs and is having flu so cannot really comment if this dish pass or not.

Sharkfin's Melon Soup by Wokking Mum
Ingredients:
1/3 Shark's Fin Melon, skin and seeds removed and cut into smaller pieces
250g Pork Ribs or 1 liter broth
1200ml water if not using broth.
1 handful Wolfberries
8 Red Dates, pitted
Salt to taste

How to do it:
Blanch pork ribs.
Boil ribs, melon, wolfberries, red dates in a pot of water.
Reduce heat when it starts to boil.
Simmer for another 3 hours.
Add salt to taste.
Serve hot

Alternative for Thick Soup (羹):

Additional Ingredients:
2 egg whites or 1 egg, beaten
1/2 cup cornflour mixture
4 - 5 dried scallops, steamed and shredded (optional)

How to do it:
Add scallops during the last hour of simmering since it's already steamed.
After adding salt to taste, thicken soup with cornflour mixture to desire thickness.
Let the soup continue to simmer.
Gradually add in egg while slowly stirring.
Serve hot.

Notes:
You can add in shredded carrots during last hour of simmering to give the soup extra colour and texture.
If you like, you can also add dried scallops for the clear soup
I do not add in Wolfberries when I make thick soup (羹).
Add a bit of black vinegar to the thick soup, just like you are having Shark's Fin Soup.

Shark's Fin and Crab Meat Omelette

Ingredients:

6 eggs

1 cup imitation shark's fin1 cup crab meat (freshly picked or frozen)

1/2 cup thinly sliced cabbage

1 tablespoon oyster sauce

1 tablespoon Shaoxing wine

1/2 teaspoon sesame oil

3 dashes white pepper powder

1/2 teaspoon fish sauce

1/4 teaspoon sugar

3 tablespoons cooking oil

Some chopped scallions

Method:

Beat 6 eggs in a big bowl. Add in all the ingredients above (except crab meat and cooking oil). Stir well. Heat up a wok and add in the cooking oil. Drop the crab meat into the wok and lightly stir it around for about 1 minute. Pour the beaten eggs mixture into the wok and continue to stir until the eggs start to cook. Break the eggs into small lumps/pieces and make sure they are completely cooked (but not overcooked). Toss in the chopped scallions, do a quick stir, dish out and serve hot.

Cook's Notes:
If you can't find imitation shark's fin, you can use glass noodles (also known as cellophane noodles or mung bean noodles) instead.
I used freshly picked crab meat from a 1 1/2 pound crab. I saved the orange roes from the crab and top the omelette with them.
You can also use lettuce if you wanted to make this dish into omelette cups.