A Respite From the Haze! (Part 1)

We had a much needed break early this month.

Drove 400km down to Singapore and tried out a new service apartment: Somerset at Liang Court.

FREE FROM HAZE!!!!!

The small but clean kitchen

The small but cosy hall

Bedroom 1

Master Bedroom

The awesome night view!

The service apartment was scent-free except for my bed during the first night. The sheets smelt of detergent smell. They changed them the next day and was scent free from that time until the day we left. 

I brought all my frozen cooked food. I only boiled chicken soup twice. That was it. I really had a break from cooking for 8 days! Hip-hip hooray!

Thermomix Stir-Fried Baby French Beans & Carrots

Ingredients:

1. 400gm baby french beans (cut into 2cm length)
2. 2 medium sized carrots (outer layer peeled and cut into fine thin strips and 2cm in length)
3. Sea-salt
4. Sunflower oil
5. 2 cloves garlic

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1. Place the garlic into the TMX jug. Cover lid AND MC and set 5seconds/Speed 4 Reverse.

2. Remove the garlic skin.

3. Pour some sunflower oil into the jug. Cover the lid and MC and set 1min/100C/Reverse spoon.

4. Then add the french beans and carrots. Season with the sea-salt.

5. Set 6mins/110C/Reverse spoon.

6. (*If you find that the vegetables are not soft enough, add another minute.)

7. Pour onto serving dish. Serve hot with rice or eat it on its own.

Bon appétit!

Washing the Thermomix Jug

The very dirty jug.

Add 1.5L water and add one dollop of washing dish. Set to 6 minutes/Speed 4. In between, set to Reverse and then back to normal position. (If there is no butterfly inside jug, I would set the speed to 6.)

Voila! Clean jug with no excessive scrubbing needed.

Thermomix Fried BeeHoon (Rice Noodles/Vermicelli)

Ingredients:

1. 1/2 clove of garlic (peeled)
2. 60gm sunflower oil
3. 100gm taugeh (bean sprouts)
4. 100gm carrot (grated)
5. 500gm minced chicken (seasoned with sea-salt, oil and potato starch)
6. Pepper (optional)
7. 500gm of bee hoon
8. 300gm of hot water
9. Sea-salt
10. TMX chicken powder seasoning

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1. Place carrots into TMX jug. Cover with lid and MC. Set 5seconds/speed 5.

2. Scrape down the grated carrot from sides of TMX jug. Add the garlic and oil.

3. Set 5mins/Varoma/Reverse spoon.

4. Meanwhile soak the beehoon. After the beehoon is softened, drain the water away. Set beehoon aside.

5. Add the minced chicken and set 10 mins/Varoma/Reverse spoon. At about 6 minutes, add the taugeh (beansprouts) through the hole in the lid. Replace the MC on the lid.

6. Next, add the TMX chicken powder seasoning, sea-salt, pepper (optional), beehoon and hot water.

7. Set 5 minutes/Varoma/Reverse spoon.

8. Use the spatula to mix it thoroughly.

9. Pour onto serving dish. Serve hot.

Bon appetit!

Steamed Minced Pork & Egg

Ingredients:

1. 500 gm of minced pork belly (seasoned TMX chicken powder seasoning and potato starch)
2. 4 eggs
3. Spring onions
4. Sunflower oil

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1. Mix all ingredients above and place inside a steaming dish.

2. Place in steamer and steam for 1/2 hour.

3. Serve hot with rice.

Bon appetit!

Thermomix Mince Meat

Ingredients:

1. 500gm of chicken breast (about 3cm cube size - PARTIALLY FROZEN)
    - You can use any kind of meat (pork/beef.. etc)

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1. Place approximately 100gm into TMX jug. Close the lid AND mixing cup.

2. Set 10seconds/Speed 6.

3. Scoop up the minced meat into a bowl. Repeat step 2 with the rest of the partially frozen meat.

4. Many feel that the jug will be hard to wash after meat is minced in it.

5. Add 1L tap water and a drop of dish detergent.

6. Set 6 minutes/Speed 6 (Switch blade back and forth from Reverse to Normal)

A clean jug and no scrubbing needed!

7. Proceed with removing the parts and wash normally with no rigorous scrubbing needed!