Mango Sticky Rice

This is popular desert at Thai restaurant and easy to make at home. 

Ingredients

Glutinous rice - 1 cup
Coconut cream - 1 cup
Sugar - 1/4 cup  or to taste
Salt - 1 tsp

Fresh mango - 1-2, peeled and sliced
Topping

Coconut cream - 1 cup

Salt - 1/4 tsp

Corn starch - 2 tsp

Steps

1. Rinse and soak glutinous rice for at least 3 hours or overnight. 

2. Drain water off rice; use a steamer, steam rice until cooked, about 20-30 minutes.

3. In a cooking pot, boiling the coconut cream, sugar, salt and set aside.

4. Mix the cooked rice and coconut cream well for a few minutes, and then let it rest for 10-20 minutes until the coconut cream is mostly absorbed the the rice. Plate it and arrange mango slices on or around it. 

5. In a cooking pot, mix and boiling the topping ingredients until the mixture thickens. Pour the topping over  rice and mango.  

Stir Fry Carved Squid(爆炒鱿鱼花)

A simple home dish. 

Ingredients

Squid carved - 1 lb bag, defrost if frozen

Red bell pepper - 1, cut in pieces

Green bell pepper - 1, cut in pieces

Onion - 1, sliced

Garlic - 5 cloves, sliced

Ginger - a few slices

Oyster sauce - 1 TBSP

Cooking wine - 1 TBSP

Soy sauce - 2 TBSP

Sugar - to taste

White pepper power - to taste

Dark soy sauce - to taste

Red chili pepper - optional to taste

Steps

1. Mix in a small bowl oyster sauce, soy sauce, dark soy sauce, white pepper power, sugar, set sauce aside.

2. In a pot with boiling water, blanch the squid pieces.

3. In a frying pan, heat up oil, put in garlic, onion, ginger until fragrant; Add squid pieces, cooking wine, stir fry for a couple of minutes; then add peppers, and pour in the mixed sauce, stir fry until cooked.