Hakka cuisine!

To sharpen my cooking skills, I asked my mom to teach me something more challenging this time. I don’t know the name of this dish, so I call it “the Hakka cuisine”. The reason is that this dish is Hakka people’s traditional and classic food.

You don’t need to prepare costly ingredients when making this dish. Just prepare pork, dried squid, dried bean curd, and some celery. Soak the dried squid in the water for about an hour beforehand to make it tender. And then slice them into pieces. Don’t forget to chop the dried bean curd and the celery as well!

The next step is to grease the frying pan and fry the pork until it give off a pleasant smell. Next, stir fry the dried bean curd and celery with the pork for 5 minutes. When they perform a beautiful golden color, it’s time to add some seasoning. Season with rice wine, sugar, salt, and soy-bean sauce, and add a pinch of pepper. Our great work is done!

 

              A Wonderful Experience with Karasumi
   Last weekend is moon festival, all of my relatives got together at my grandmother's home and celebrated it. Because my mother and my aunt are good at cooking, I sneaked into the kitchen, in order to learn some skills. There is one stuff caught my eyes, which is called Karasumi. I found it cool to cook this thing.
   Karasumi is a food made by mullet's roe and dried in sunlight. Its price is very high, so we usually have it on special days. The way to cook it is very simple : we usually soak it into rice wine for half of an hour, and then start roasting it! This step is quite important, because once you lose your attention, the  Karasumi would become too dry, and its color would be imperfect,either. After I haved its 2 sides equally roasted, its presented beautiful golden look and gave off savory smell! To make it a dish, my mother cut several slices of Chinese radish to accompany it. With this arrangement, the  Karasumi will become more tasty and refreshing!
   Although this dish is not difficult to cook, it can be a delicacy if you deal with it with the right method. I'm so contented with the result this time, I hope I can learn some more challenging the next time!