Garlic Noodles

We made garlic noodles for Thanksgiving (one of many dishes) and used this recipe, more or less. We couldn't find Maggi's seasoning sauce (what is that?) and, the first time we made it, we didn't have any fish sauce. It still came out OK.

Here's the recipe from http://rasamalaysia.com/garlic-noodles-recipe/2/, with our edits:

Garlic Noodles

Ingredients: 
20 oz yellow noodles [-- preferably the fat, yellow, "Shanghai-style" ones (they come in the refrigerated section)]
1 heaping tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese
Water, for boiling the noodles

Garlic Sauce:
1 stick unsalted butter (same as 1/2 cup) [-- I strongly recommend cutting this in half!!!!]
2 heaping tablespoons minced garlic, or more to taste
1 tablespoon Maggi seasoning sauce [-- I couldn't find this, so I left it out. Apparently it's similar to soy sauce.]
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
1 tablespoon fish sauce [-- also leave-out-able, if needed]
1 tablespoon sugar

Method: 

1. Rinse the yellow noodles with running water to discard the oil from the noodles. Drain and set aside. 
2. Heat up a pot of water until boiling. Add the noodles into the boiling water and cook the noodles unitl al dente, or for a few minutes. You can taste the texture of the noodles while cooking. Do not overcook as the noodles will turn soggy. Transfer the noodles out and drain dry.
3. Prepare the garlic sauce using a saute pan on medium to low heat. Add the butter into the pan and when it melts, add the garlic and saute until aromatic but not browned. Add all the seasonings into the pan, stir to combine well. Transfer the garlic sauce into a small bowl.
4. To serve, just toss all the noodles with the garlic sauce. Add the cheese, toss to combine well. [With the omission of the Maggi seasoning sauce and the fish sauce, I found it necessary to season with salt and pepper, to taste.]
5. Serve immediately.

Matcha Mochi Cake Recipe

To the Mochi Cake Recipe that Mai sent me, I added matcha (green tea powder). It made for a very tasty cake with a deep green center that everyone loved!

I used pretty normal matcha from Ten Ren. This is pretty cheap for that quantity of matcha, which can get very expensive very quickly, depending on the quality.

Mochiko is glutinous rice flour, or sweet rice flour. You can find it at many Asian grocery stores, usually in 1lb packages (boxes or bags).

(Matcha) Mochi Cake Recipe

Ingredients: 
1 box Mochi Ko powder (=1 lb)
1 can coconut milk (Chao Koh brand)
1/2 cup butter
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp vanilla extract (plus a little extra dash if making matcha flavor)
4 eggs
2-1/2 cups sugar
If making matcha flavor: 3 heaping spoonfuls of matcha 


Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. If making matcha flavor: sift the matcha with the mochiko until evenly mixed
3. Cream eggs, butter and sugar with mixer on medium
4. Add Mochi powder (with matcha mixed in already), baking powder, coconut milk, vanilla extract.
5. Mix all until well blended
6. Grease and flour 9x13 inch pan and pour mixture into pan
7. Bake at 350 F for 1 hour (or ~45 min, depending on your oven, type of pan, and thickness of cake)
8. Cut into pieces and serve

Try not to eat too many pieces at once...mochiko isn't exactly the best for digestion. :)