Food Allergy

If you note any food allergy reaction whenever you or your love ones ate certain food ... from rashes, cough to asthma and anaphylactic reaction ... confirm it with an allergy test ... besides taking food allergen off the recipe and menu ... you need to ensure that there are no cross contamination from the worktop to equipments used ... read labels of packaged products ... unsured don't use ... it can be life threatening for someone with severe allergy and anaphylactic reaction.

Braised Mushroom with Roast Pork Knuckle

Ingredients:
  • 1 roast pork knuckle
  • 1 kg dried Chinese mushroom
  • 100 gm dried oysters
  • 100 gm dried scallops
  • 10 gm black moss
  • 20 gm salt
  • 30 gm rock sugar cube


Procedure:
  1. rinse dried oyster and scallop ... cut into smaller pieces if you want to ...
  2. rinse and soak mushroom till soft  ... cut off stem ... strain soaking water ...
  3. add dried oysters, scallops, mushroom and soaking water into a large pot ... add more water to cover the mushroom ... bring to a boil ...
  4. add roast pork knuckle ... bring to a boil and simmer till mushroom is soft ... pork meat falls off the bone ...
  5. take out the pork knuckle and shred it ... add the shredded pork and bone back into the pot ...
  6. add salt and rock sugar to the pork ...
  7. soak black moss in water till soft ... strain and soak in hot water ... strain and add to pot ...
  8. bring to a boil ... this dish take a few hours of simmering ... its done when the mushroom is soft ...  


Note:
  • this dish is my family favourite dish during  the lunar new year ... I don't have the recipe from my late father-in-law ... after many attempts, this recipe is the best and I putting it on my blog for my children future use ...
  • you may replace pork knuckle with roast pork