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牛奶鸡蛋水饺皮 (Niu Nai Ji Dan Shui Jiao Pi) Typical dumpling wrapper dough uses flour and water. This recipe tries using milk and egg. Milk makes the wrapper more white, egg adds a more smooth texture. Check how to turn the dough into dumpling wrapper ,  dumpling recipes  and pot sticker recipes . For more fun cooking ideas, see Recipes by Category . We also have lots of fun vegetarian dishes . If you like to see the recipes in other languages, feel free to look at how to use google translate in this blog . Ingredients 1 egg Milk less than 1 cup 3 cups all purpose flour A pinch of salt Preparation Time: 10 minutes Preparation Steps 1. Get 1 measuring cup, crack an egg into it. 2. Add milk up to 1 cup mark. 3. Add the milk and egg to a bread maker, add a pinch of salt. 4. Add 3 cups of all purpose flour. 5. Use dough setting to mix the mixture for 10 minutes or so. Follow the steps  to turn the dough into dumpling wrapper. For travel lovers, checkout my travel blog Rainbow Pla...

自制甜辣椒油 (Zi Zhi Tian La Jiao You) It took me years to figure out the difference between paprika and chili powder. Paprika powder is not spicy at all, it has sweet flavor and very deep red color. I have used paprika powder for many roast meat recipes . While I love the spiciness from hot chili pepper, I believe it would be nice to have a convenient condiment like homemade chili oil but not spicy at all, for example, adding to soup or salad. Luckily paprika oil fits in this role really well, this is really nice for kids who refuse to eat spicy food. This uber easy recipe uses microwave to cook the oil directly in a glass jar, no hassle for cleaning pots and pans. For more fun cooking ideas, see Recipes by Category . Ingredients 2 tablespoon paprika powder 8 tablespoon canola oil Preparation Time: 2 minutes Cooking Time: 1 minute Servings: 1 small jar of paprika oil Cooking Steps 1. Get a clean and dry small glass jar, I used a fruit jar I cleaned after finishing the fruit. I feel so go...

自制虾丸(Zi Zhi Xia Wan) Fish balls, shrimp balls are popular ingredients for Chinese fire pot. There are a lot of varieties in Chinese super market. Making them at home turned out to be so easy as well. For more fun cooking ideas, see Recipes by Category . Ingredients 1/2 lb. shrimp 1 pinch of salt A few slices of ginger 1 green onion (why buy from store? grow your own green onion ) Preparation Time:  15 minutes Cooking Time: 10 minutes Servings:10 balls Cooking Steps 1. Get 1/2 lb. shrimp, remove shell and veins, rinse clean. 2. Cut into small bites, add to blender, add 1 fine chopped green onion, sprinkle a pinch of salt, blend to make a smooth paste. 3. Measure 4 cups of water, add a pinch of salt, 1 coarse chopped green onion, a few slices of ginger, do not boil. 4. Use a small spoon to scoop a tablespoon shrimp paste, sprinkle some water on left hand palm, put the shrimp paste to hand palm, use the spoon to smooth the sides of the shrimp paste to make a round ball. There is n...

油炸食物用的面糊 (You Zha Shi Wu Yong De Mian Hu) I have been searching for the perfect batter for deep frying food for a while, and now I can claim I found one that is too simple to make a mistake. For more fun cooking ideas, see Recipes by Category . Ingredients 1 cup all purpose flour 1/2 cup corn starch 3/4 cup milk 1 egg Preparation Time: 5 minutes Servings: deep frying batter for about 2 lb. seafood or other meat Preparation Steps 1. Measure 1 cup all purpose flour, put in a large mixing bowl. 2. Measure 1/2 cup corn starch, add to the bowl. 3. Measure 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon black pepper, add to the bowl, using chopsticks to mix the ingredients evenly. 4. Add 3/4 cup milk (I use 2% milk), 1 egg to the bowl, mix all ingredients evenly. Note: The above portion can be used for deep frying about 2 lb. seafood or other meat.  

五分钟微波炉自制辣椒油 (Wu Fen Zhong Wei Bo Lu Zi Zhi La Jiao You) Chili oil is my favorite condiment for many types of noodle soups, especially the wonton soup. The simple spicy flavor is a perfect company to soups that are going to warm you soul in cold and wet days. You can make the chili oil easily at home, this recipe onle takes 5 minutes and saves you the hassle of cleaning any pots and pans. Recipes by Category . Ingredients 1/2 cup  canola oil 2 tablespoon chili powder Preparation Time: 2 minutes Cooking Time: 1  minute Cooking Steps 1. Get a clean and dry glass container (you can reuse pickle container, jam container). 2. Place 2 tablespoon chili powder to the jar, add 1/2 cup of canola oil,  use chopstick or spoon to mix the oil and the chili powder evenly. 3. Use microwave high power to cook 1-2 minutes or until the oil is bubbling. Tip: Microwaves have different powers, so cook 30 seconds in multiple times, watch if the oil bubbles, if so, then no need to cook more. ...

怎样自制早茶用的水晶饺子皮？ I really love the varieties of dim sum , and the steamed shrimp dumpling is one of my favorite entrees. The transparent wrapper of this dish has always been a mystery to me, and today I had the luck to make the wrapper. Love dimsum ? More traditional Chinese breakfast ? Planning a party ? For more fun cooking ideas, see Recipes by Category . Ingredients 120 grams wheat starch (橙粉, available in most Chinese grocery store) 40 grams corn starch  120 grams boiling water Preparation Time: 5 minutes The dough can make about 24 dumplings wrappers. Prepare the dough 1. Get a medium size mixing bowl, measure 3:1 portion of wheat flour and corn starch. Start with small portions for your experiment, in this recipe, I use digital scale to measure 120 grams wheat flour and 40 grams corn starch. Note : Do not use all purpose flour for the dough. The wheat flour has 0 protein content, while all purpose flour typically has 10 % protein. Wrapper made from all purpose flour wi...

I love homemade noodle soup, no store sold version can beat the freshness and unique texture from homemade version. I have posted a handmade noodle recipe , it is very easy to make, the only problem is that it needs quite some labor, and most suitable for small groups of people. When we need to make large portions of noodles, getting help from a machine saves is well worth it. I recently purchased an Italian made  pasta maker , I could not wait to give it a try. It took no time to start using it, even without reading the menu first. Now it comes the hard part: what pasta recipe should I use? I looked at a few pasta noodle recipes online, they all use egg. What will be simplest noodle recipe? And this recipe is my answer. One small tip is that the dough used by the pasta maker needs to be relatively drier, otherwise the dough will be easily stuck in the machine. It will be super helpful if you have a bread maker or any other tool to make the dough for you. For more...

怎样做干香菜 ( Zěn Yàng Zuò Gàn Xiāng Cài) I love fresh cilantro, but most of the times I only use small portion as garnish for some of my dishes. I came up with this simple method to dehydrate the unused cilantro. For more fun cooking ideas, see Recipes by Category . Ingredients 1 bunch of fresh cilantro Preparation Time:  10 minutes Drying Time:  1 week or so Cooking Steps 1. Clean one bunch of fresh cilantro, drain, cut into small bits, spread on a large alum sheet. 2. Let it dry in room temperature naturally if the room humidity is low. Flip occasionally to let all sides of the leaves dry. 3. This process could take a few days or a week. 4. If you use small tabletop oven to toast or bake other food, just place the alum sheet with the cilantro on top of the oven, the heat will speed up the dehydration process. You are essentially utilizing a free heat! 5. Place the dried cilantro inside a bottle.   Top 10 Most Popular Recipes Deep Fried Silver Fish (Whitebait) with Sa...