Baked Tapioca Cake

Recently I bought a 1 kg packet of peeled tapioca which was vacuum packed from NTUC. Then I recalled that I had a recipe book on cakes and I found the baked tapioca cake recipe in it.

With 500 g of tapioca left, adjustments had to be made to the recipe's ingredients. I did not follow all the steps required but the tapioca cake turned out well.

Ingredients that I used were:

500 g tapioca
110 g white sugar
200 ml coconut cream (I used Kara brand)
1 egg beaten
pinch of salt
30 ml water

Steps:

1. Cut the tapioca into smaller pieces and put inside a food blender to grind them,

2. Combine the grounded tapioca with the coconut cream, white sugar, egg and salt. Mix well.

3. Brush the inside of the baking tray with vegetable oil. Pour the tapioca cake mixture into the baking tray.

4. Put the baking tray into a preheated oven at 200 degree celsius for about 60 minutes or until golden brown.

5. Wait till it had cool down before cutting the cake into smaller pieces

Shrimp Paste Pork Belly on Beancurd

I found this recipe on Youtube and tweaked it slightly. This dish was easy to prepare and not time consuming. 

Ingredients:

Pork belly 150g

Beancurd 1 pack (300g)

Ginger, cut into thin strips

Seasoning:

Sesame oil 1 tsp

Shrimp paste 1 tbsp

Light soy sauce 1/2 tsp

Wine 1 tsp

Sugar 1 tsp

Water 1 tsp

Steps:

1. I used the frozen pork belly bought from NTUC which were meant for Shabu Shabu. As they were already thinly sliced, I only need to cut it into slightely shorter/smaller pieces. After cutting, I put the pork belly in a bowl.

2. I used beancurd that was meant for steaming. I cut the beancurd into smaller pieces and placed it onto a plate that had some depth.

3. I added the ginger strips, sesame oil, shrimp paste, light soy sauce, wine, sugar and water to the pork belly and mixed them.

4. Next, I poured the marinated pork belly onto the beancurd.

5. Then, I placed the dish in my Tefal electric steamer and steamed for 15 minutes.

After 15 minutes, the dish was ready to be consumed. 

This dish was tasty and very appetizing :). 

Last Episode of "The Truth Seekers"

Last night was the last episode of "The Truth Seekers" .

There were quite a number of surprises that were slowly unraveled throughout the last few episodes.

As it turned out, neither Huang Deliang nor Bai Qingxiong was Huang Yuyang's biological father. Wang Kunxing was also not her father. So who was Yuyang's biological father? Drum roll...

It was Ye Rongtao (starring Guo Liang).

How did that happen in the first place?

Yuyang's maternal grandmother worked in a hotel owned by Rongtao's father. Rongtao fancied Xiulian in their younger days and he tried to date Xiulian but was rejected by her.

Huang Deliang, also an employee in the same hotel, promised to help him. He organized a party for all of them and got both Rongtao and Xiulian drunk. Rongtao ended up having a one night stand with Xiulian. Rongtao's father was subsequently blackmailed by Deliang constantly.

Anyway, Xiulian got pregnant and married Huang Deliang as she thought that the child was his. She only knew about the trap set up by Deliang and his friends when Yuyang was 12 years old. She tried to commit suicide but was saved by Wang Kunxing. From then on, Wang Kunxing helped her plan her revenge on Huang Deliang and his accomplice.

Wang Kunxing was resentful towards Xiulian and Qingxiong when Xiulian refused to accept his love after she met Qingxiong recently. He wanted to kill Xiulian and opened fire but Qingxiong shielded her from the bullet. The rest of the CCI members arrived to help Qingxiong and the police came in time to save them.

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Quote from Episode 13 of《真探》"The Truth Seekers"