Baked Salmon with Potatoes and Broccoli

Ingredients

1 Pc Salmon ~125g 

1 head Broccoli, chop to florets

2 Baby Potatoes

Salt and Pepper

Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Sauce 

1 egg + 1 egg yolk

50g Pecorino cheese, finely grated

50g Parmesan Cheese, finely grated

Method

1. Boil potatoes for 10 mins in salted water

2. Lightly press the potato to break the skin, arrange on tray and drizzle Extra Virgin Olive Oil.

3. Season with salt and pepper.

4. Place salmon in foil with light drizzle of Extra Virgin Olive Oil, salt and pepper.

5. Bake salmon and potatoes in a pre-heated oven of 220 degrees C for 20 mins

6. Bring water to a boil, add in broccoli and drain after 3 mins. Season with  light drizzle of Extra Virgin Olive Oil, salt and pepper.

7. To make sauce, whisk all in a bowl. Heat up a saucepan on low heat. 

8. Pour egg mixture in saucepan and keep whisking. 

9. Once u see the egg start to curdle, off flame and whisk continuously to prevent curdling.

10. Plate up and enjoy!    

Roast Broccoli with Ham

Ingredients

2 stalks Broccoli

2 slices Ham, sliced 

Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Salt and Pepper

Method

1. Cut Broccoli into Florets

2. Coat Broccoli with olive oil and arrange in roasting pan.

3. Season with salt and pepper and add in slices of ham.

4. Roast at 180 degrees c for 20 minutes

5. Enjoy! 

Braised Broccoli with mushroom, tau pok, carrot and beancurd skin

Ingredients

1 Broccoli, cut into chunks

4 pieces Shitake mushroom, sliced to half

1 piece bean curd skin, break into smaller pieces, soaked and drained

3 piece tau pok, cut to squares 

1 carrot, chop to chunks 

3 cloves garlic

Seasonings

3 Tbsp oyster sauce

2 Tbsp light soy sauce

1 Tbsp hua diao wine

1/2 Tsp sugar

3/4 cup of corn flour mixture (mix 3/4 cup of water with 1 tablespoon of corn flour)

Method

1. Heat a wok with 2 tablespoon of oil.

2. Add in the garlic to stir fry until fragrance.

3. Add in the carrots, mushroom, bean curd skin, tau pok and seasoning

4. Bring to a boil then simmer for 10 minutes.

5. Add in the broccoli and cook for another 5 minutes. 

6. Enjoy! 

Stir Fry Broccoli with Carrots and Chicken Fillet

Ingredient

2 Broccoli, cut to florets and stems separated

2 small clove Garlic, minced

2 Carrots, sliced

Handful of dried prawns, soak in 100ml water

100g Chicken Fillet, season with salt and pepper and dice to 1 cm cubes 

Salt and Pepper 

Oil

100ml Dried Prawns water

Method

1. Heat up some oil in a frying wok on medium-high heat

2. Add in minced Garlic and dried prawns, stir for a while

3. Add in the Broccoli stems and carrots, stir fry for 5 mins

4. Add in florets with the water, stir fry for 5 mins 

5. Add in Chicken fillet and stir fry for another 5 mins

6. Enjoy!

Butter Broccoli

Ingredients

2 Broccoli Florets

Salt

20g Butter

Pepper to taste

Method

1. Chop up broccoli into similar size florets

2. Boil a pot of water, adding in salt till desired saltiness

3. Add broccoli into boiling water, turn down heat to simmer

4. Cook for 5 minutes

5. Drain

6. In a wok, heat up butter. Once butter melts, toss in drained broccoli

7. Mix well and serve on plate. Sprinkle pepper to taste
8. Enjoy!

Cream of Broccoli Soup

Ingredients

2 clove Garlic, sliced
500g Broccoli, Chopped
salt
freshly ground black pepper
50ml Extra Virgin Olive Oil

1 cup Water 
Parmesan Cheese, Grated or Shaved (Optional)

Method

1. Infused about 50 ml Extra Virgin Olive Oil with the Garlic overnight (Or use Ready-made Garlic infused Extra Virgin Olive Oil)

2. Heat infused Extra Virgin Olive Oil in pan

3. Add the broccoli and cook stirring for 2 minutes. Add water and cook for another 4 minutes.

4. Purée the broccoli with the liquid using a blender and transfer the liquid back to the pan. 

5. Allow to simmer and  season with salt and pepper to taste. Add some water (or milk) if needed to reach the right consistency.

6. When serving, add a few drops of olive oil and scatter the Parmesan Cheese

7. Enjoy!

Pan-seared Halibut with Sweet Sour Vinaigrette and Broccoli

Ingredients

1 Halibut Fillet, Skin On

1 head Broccoli

Cooking Oil

Salt

Pepper

Vinaigrette

1 tsp mustard
2 tsp Balsamic vinegar
1 tsp soy sauce
1 tsp honey
Pinch pepper
1/4 cup Extra Virgin olive oil 

Method

1. Combine Vinaigrette ingredients in a mixing bowl. Drizzle in olive oil, whisking to an emulsion.

2. Prepare a non-stick frying pan and put on medium flame.

3. Season both sides of Halibut with salt and pepper.

4. Using a brush, brush cooking oil on skin of Halibut (Do not pour oil in the pan before adding fish.)

5. Place Halibut skin down on pan and fry for 4 minutes. (Do not touch it for 4 mins)

6. Blanch the broccoli in boiling water for 5 mins and immediately soak in Ice cold Water.

7. After 4 mins, flip over the Halibut and fry for another 1 min.

8. Remove fish, and arrange with broccoli florets and drizzle Vinaigrette all around and on the fillet.

9. Enjoy!

Stir Fry Broccoli with Mushrooms

This is a very good dish to lose weight. i managed to lose about 30 kg just by having this alone for every dinner for 3 months. Broccoli is a "Super" food which is very high in the good stuff (Vitamins). Its also a Negative Calorie Food. Thats how i managed to lose the weight by following my Broccoli Diet.

If i were to show you my before and after photos, it will definitely scare you. You can see the photos here.

Ingredient

2 Broccoli, cut to florets

2 small clove Garlic, minced

4 large fresh Shitake mushrooms

Salt and Pepper to taste

Oil

50ml water or stock

Method

1. Heat up some oil in a frying wok on medium heat

2. Add in minced Garlic, stir for a while

3. Add in the Broccoli and stir fry for 5 mins, season with pinch of salt and pepper

4. Add in Mushrooms and water/stock and stir fry for another 5 mins

5. Enjoy!

Crab Pasta

Ingredients 

1 LIVE Sri Lanka Crab

1 Packet of Pasta (I use Linguini)

1 head of broccoli

1 can ready-made Pasta Sauce (Buy any that you like)

Salt and Pepper

Oil

Method

1. Clean and cut up the crab and steam for about 15 minutes

2. Boil a litre of water with drops of oil and handful of salt, empty 1 packet of pasta to cook to Al Dente (about 11 mins)

3. Blanch the broccoli for 5 minutes in hot water and place them into a ice bath

4. Once the crab is steam, extract the flesh from then body and keep the pincers (See Photo)

5. Coat the pasta with your sauce (warm the sauce) and place them into your plate

6. Add your crab meat and broccoli and the 2 Pincers

7. Pepper to taste

8. Enjoy!

Pork Cordon Bleu with Broccoli

I first stumble on this was when i went to India in late 90's. Over at Kochi, it was a popular dish at this hotel called Taj Malabar Hotel. But they use chicken instead of pork. I again tasted this when i went to Visakhapatnam in 2004 at this hotel called Dolphin Hotel. Again it was chicken cordon bleu. (They used chicken breast which made the dish a bit dry)

Recently, when i was in Thailand, Pattaya in 2009 and Phuket in 2010, i had the oppurtunity to taste Pork Cordon Bleu. Both times, it was at a fusion restaurant. In Pattaya, it was at Walking Street. In Phuket, it was along Patong Beach. I love the pork version better then the chicken so i experimented and enjoyed this dish when i'm home in Singapore. Here is the recipe.

Ingredients 

(Makes 1 Pork Cordon Bleu)

2 slices Pork Loin Patty about 1 inch thickness

1 slice of Ham

1 slice of cheese

1 Packet Breadcrumbs (I can make 4 Pork Cordon Bleu)

1 Egg

Few florets of Broccoli

Method

1. Using the back of your cleaver, flatten the pork loin patty. (They should expand in size to about 1.5 times)

2. Lay 1 patty on a plate, line the ham and cheese on top of it.

3. Lay the other patty over, sealing the ham and cheese in-between the patties

4. Place the pork into the egg liquid

4. Coat the pork with breadcrumbs and pan fry the patty till golden brown

5. While pan-frying, blanch the broccoli florets for about 5 mins in hot water, remove and place in ice bath

6. Serve the Pork Cordon Bleu with Broccoli and enjoy!