Fusion Cusine- Malay/ Western - Chicken 'Bergedil'

Ingredients:
Potatoes- Baked and Mashed - 200g
Vegetable oil - 15ml
Garlic Chopped - 5g
Shallots- chopped - 20g
Leek - Chopped Finely - 20g
Minced Chicken -100g
Nutmeg powder -11/2 tsp
Egg Beaten - 2pc
Salt & pepper to taste

Method:
1. Heat the vegetable oil and sauted garlic., shallot and leek over medium heat for 2 mins. Stir constantly. Add in the minced chicken and saute for another 5 mins. Set aside. in a bowl, combine the mixture with mashed potato. Season with salt, nutmeg and pepper. Shape the mixture into round shape. Dip each patty into the egg and fry on each side till golden brown.

Or :

you may want to dip into egg then roll on breadcrumb for addtional flavors. Then deep fried it for about 2-3 mins.

Cream of Asparagus

Ingredient:Fish Stock - 1 litre
Shallot - 100gm
Garlic - 30gm
Butter - 50gm
Salt - to taste
Asparagus dices 250gm
Cream -150gm

For Decorative purpose:
Whole crayfish
Poached Quail egg
Chervil
Home dried tomatoes

Methods:

Sauteed Shallot and half  cut garlic in butter on a slow fire in a thick bottomed pan until translucent,now add the aspsargus to it and cook for another 10-20 mins. Season it with Salt.
add the crayfish stock to it and let it stimmer, cook the asparagus through, add cream to it and boil.
Use a hand blender to blend, Check the seasoning again and strain with fine sieve.
Blanc the whole live crayfish -tail in boiling water for 3 mins. Refresh shell out and cool it down, cut into medalluion, use 2 medallions per potion.
Serve with crayfish and top with dried tomatoes and egg.

Pan Seared Codfish with Dry Scallop and wolfberry sauce

Ingredients:

Codfish fillet- 120gm

garlic- 30gm

Red Onion - 30 gm

Dried Scallop- 30gm

wolfberry - 10gm

Abalone mushroom- 80gm

Chicken Stock - adequate

Cooking oil - 100ml

oyster sauce- 1 1/2 tsp

Light Soya Sauce- 1/2 tsp

Dark Soya Sauce- few drops

Chinese wine- 1tsp
Salt to taste
pepper to taste

Methods:
Season codfish with salt and pepper. Heat saucepan with cooking oil, pan sear codfish on both sides till it turns golden brown. Fry Garlic, red onion, dry scallop and wokfberry till fragnant, Add oyster sauce, light soya sauce, dark soya sauce, Chicken stock and chinese wine, let it reduce for 10mins. Suateed abalone mushrooms and golden mushroom with chopped garlic , season with salt and pepper.Serve.

Norwegian Salmon Cutlet Grilled with Rosemary & Carameliazed Lemon

Ingredient:
4 pcs Salmon Fillet
Fresh Rosemary(bruised)- 1 sprig
Virgin Olive oil 30ml
sea salt 1 tsp
freshly ground black pepper to taste
mesclun salad 100gm
extra virgin olive oil- 20ml

Caramelized lemon
butter- 1 tsp
lemon- halved 2 pcs

methods:
Marinade salmon with rosemary , olive oil, sea salt and black pepper in a bowl for 20mins. Remove rose,ary and grill the 2 cm thick salmon for 1 min on each side. Set aside for 3-5 mins before serving.

Make caramelized lemon. Rub butter over halved lemons, grill flesh side down till caramelized for about 2 mins.

Place Grilled Salmon onto centre of the serving plate. Garnish with caramelized lemon. Drizzle olive oil over the mesclun salad before serving.

Baked apricot with lavender honey, served with greek yoghurt and muesli

Ingredients:
6 fresh apricots
150g honey
50g lavender tea
120g plain greek yoghurt
50g Muesli( toasted)

method:

1. Cut fresh apricots into halves, remove seeds.
2. Mix honey and lavender tea will well combined.
3. Place Apricot halves on baking tray. drizzle lavender honey onto apricot.
4. Bake in oven at 180 deg for 12 mins.
5. Remove from oven and cool.
6. Place baked apricot on plate, drizzle with natural juices( the juices from the baking tray).
7. Top apricots with greek yoghurt, sprinkle with muesli and serve.

Cooking tips:
- Serve low fat plain yoghurt ice cream instead of Greek yoghurt.

Poached turkey breast with shitake mushroom, potato, carrot in coriander and lime broth

Ingredient:
160g Turkey breast
500ml Chicken stock
40g Shitake Mushroom
80 Potato(local)
50g Carrot
20g Coriander (fresh)
5g lime leaves
5g salt
3g pepper
40ml fish sauce

method:
1. Diced Mushroom, potato and carrot.
2. Bring Chicken stock to a boil. Reduce heat add in turkey breast, potato, mushroom, carrot and simmer for about 8 mintues.
3. Add in chopped coriander and lime leaves.
4. Season the dish with fish sauce, salt and pepper.
5. Serve turkey breast with the vegetables in coriander and lime broth in a soup plate.

Cooking tips:
- Poaching chicken meat is a healthier cooking methods.
- Do not overcook the meat as it will affect the texture.
- When handlinh meats, always remove skin to reduce excess fat.

Salad of tuna, dried cranberry, almond flakes and balsamic dressing

Ingredients:
100g Mesclun greens
60g fresh tuna
20g Dried Cranberries
20g Almond flakes
8 Cherry tomatoes
40ml Balsamic Vineger
20ml Olive oil
5g salt
3g pepper
2g sugar

Methods:
1. Season tuna with salt and pepper, sear tuna over high heat, till nicely brown on the outside( 10s on each side), Slice Nicely.
2. Whisk balsamic vineger, olive oil, sugar, salt and pepper in a bowl to make dressing.
3. Toss Mesclun greens with dressing, add in cherry tomatoes, toasted almond flakes and dried cranberries.
4. Place sliced tuna on top of tossed salad.

* Cooking tips
- When searing tuna, make sure not to overcook it, as it will affect the texture of the fish.
- Always choose olive oil which is healthier then normal cooking oil as it is more beneficial to the heart.