眨眼一年,旱通又當茬,施姐姐催要新菜譜,她說留了500克在她店雪櫃給我造菜拍照。
一聽已知不妙,菜到手時,莖的水份被抽乾,葉就被倒汗水浸濕,與菜會一貫的「早上收割,下午到手」的質量冇得比。
請教高人,添媽話:通菜當魚辦,一於半煎煮,包好味。
通菜洗淨,莖葉分家,開水半杯,芝麻醬4茶匙。
大火燒鑊,少油,先下菜莖加蓋爆香後,加開水半杯,加蓋收慢火煮5分鐘,再下通菜葉,兜兩兜上碟。
再燒鑊,少油,下芝麻醬爆香後,整碟通葉回鍋,收慢火炆兩分鐘,開蓋上碟。
果然別有一番風咪。09Fs.WD
Braised Water Spinach (Dry)
Time flies. A year gone by and Water Spinach (dry) is in season again.
Ahz urged me for a new recipe with 500g veggie left in the fridge for me to make the dish and take photos.
When I got the veggie, the stems were dried while the leaves were damp from shutting in the plastic bag for too long. The quality was so far away from Local Produce’s jargon “harvest in the morning, deliver in the afternoon”.
I sought advice from my cooking master TimMom. Her advice: Treat water spinach (dry) like fish, half-cooked-half-fried; delicious guaranteed.
Wash water spinach properly, separate stems and leaves, half cup water, 4 tsp sesame paste
Heat wok in maximum heat with a tiny bit of oil. First, pour in the stems and cover them up with wok cover till the scent comes out. Add in half cup of water; cover it up again to boil in minimum heat for 5 minutes. Add in the leaves, stir-fry quickly and dish.
Heat the wok again with a tiny bit of oil; pour in sesame paste and cook till it smells good. Pour the whole dish of water spinach back into the wok, stew with minimum heat for 2 minutes. Serve.
TimMom was so right, this is a unique dish!

風乾蒜炒旱通
今日阿添和添媽來我家吃晚飯,添媽帶了她的私伙風乾蒜來炒旱通菜。
風乾蒜(左圖一)是在室內乾燥的蒜子,味道非常香濃,是浸蒜油的佳品。
風乾蒜(左圖一)對切後,把切面向下放入油鑊(左圖二)。開大火,加蓋爆香後,先下通菜梗(左圖三),加蓋爆香後,再下通菜葉,加蓋,讓附在葉子上的水份加熱,把葉子蒸軟後(左圖四),開蓋快炒兩三下上碟。08Gl.添媽炒菜-WD拍照記錄
Tim and his mom came to my house for dinner today. TimMom brought along her homemade dried garlic for the water spinach dish. Dried garlic (Photo 1 on the left) is made by drying the garlic indoors. The flavour is very strong, superb for making garlic oil.
Stir-Fry Water Spinach (dry) with Dried Garlic
Cut the dried garlic in halves (Photo 1), and place it cut-side-down into the wok with oil (Photo 2). Cover the wok. Use maximum heat to fry garlic till the fragrance comes out. Remove the cover and put in water spinach stems (Photo 3), cover the wok and wait till the lovely fragrance comes out. Finally, take off the cover and put in water spinach leaves, cover, let the water content on leaves heat up through the steam (Photo 4 on the left). Take off the wok cover again, use the spatula to turn the veggies a few times quickly. Serve.

一人午飯… 懂妙玲網友作品貼堂
這碗飯有白米、藜麥和紅米,昨天已經煮好,今天蒸熱吃。
旱通菜約4兩,用素湯灼熟,上碟。巴西果仁4粒打碎,灑在旱通菜上。 08Gj.留言2
懂小姐來電郵說要交功課,她講得出做得到,我還未及更新這版,她已經貼了帖。
到低是甚麼功課?原來是7月3日龍哥的生機午餐裡,用即磨果仁碎不用油的油菜。

花生醬通菜
通菜500克(13兩)、花生醬2茶匙、橄欖油1茶匙、原蔗糖2茶匙、幼海鹽少許。
過濾水煲滾,通菜洗淨切段,放進煲內,加蓋滾水大火煮1分鐘,撈起,隔水,上碟。把花生醬和橄欖油攪成糊狀,隨意滴在通菜上。
有人說吃腐乳致癌,這道菜以施姐姐的有機花生醬取代,一樣好味。06I8.WD.全有機
Water spinach with peanut butter
Water spinach 500g(13 tael), Peanut butter 2 teaspoon, Olive oil 1 teaspoon, Cane sugar 2 teaspoon, a pinch of sea salt.
Bring filtered water to boil. Cut water spinach into sections and put them into the pot, cover it and cook in maximum heat for 1 minute. Take water spinach out and drain excess water. Mix the peanut butter, olive oil, cane sugar and sea salt into a sauce, pour the sauce onto the veggie the way you wish.
Some people claimed that preserved beancurd might cause cancer, so I replace it with the peanut butter I bought from ah Z's shop. Taste equally yummy.