Ridiculously easy steamed bean curd wrap

A dish created by my mother in the kitchen by trial and error…the natural sweetness and MSG of the cabbage and seaweed will season this dish naturally. No artificial ingredients necessary.

Steam bean curd wrap

Ingredients:

Bean curd skin

Seaweed

Chinese cabbage (Bak choy)

Minced pork (or other meat if you wish)

Seasoning: Sesame oil

Preparation:

1. Soak the bean curd skin in water for 15mins if it is too salty.

2. Mix the minced meat with sesame oil.

3. Each package is made out of one sheet of seaweed, one piece of cabbage, and 1-2 tablespoons of minced meat, wrapped together in the bean curd skin. First, lay the bean curd skin. Then lay the seaweed. Next is a leave of cabbage, and finally minced meat in the centre.

4. Seal the package by folding it like a present. Lay them side by side on your steaming dish to prevent them from opening. Put it over boiling water and steam. Serve hot.

Banana Cake

Makes 3 18cmx8.5cmx6.5cm loaf tins.

A. Cream butter and sugar

B. Beaten eggs and mashed banana

C. Fold flour into mixture (cream, eggs, water, banana, walnuts)

E. Let cake cool in tin.

D. Pour batter into tins. Optional: Decorate with banana slices.

F. Alternative: Muffin

Ingredients:
250g unsalted butter
200 g sugar
5 eggs, beaten
3 tablespoons water
6 large bananas, mashed
100g walnuts, crushed
500g self-raising flour, sifted

Pre-heat the oven to 200 deg C and line a cake tin with grease-proof paper.

Beat the butter with the sugar usign an electric mixer until smooth and creamy (See A).

(See B) Mix the water with the beaten egg. Add the beaten egg, water and mashed bananas to the creamed mixture. Add a bit of flour if the mixture curdles.

Fold in the sifted flour (See C). Do not over-mix. Pour the batter into the loaf tins and bake at 200 deg C for 1hr, until the skewer comes out clean (See D).

Allow the cake to cool in its tin before cutting (See E). Cake can be refrigerated for a week if not eaten immediately.

Alternatively, filled the batter into muffin cups to make banana muffins. Bake at 200 deg C for 30mins.