This is an easy Chinese soup dessert that is cooling and sweet, which is suitable for the perpetual hot weather in Singapore. Green beans aka ‘mung beans’ are considered by Chinese as a ‘cooling’ food, and some believe it is a good natural alternative home remedy for acne. I just love boiling this because it is so low price, easy and tasty. Some love the look and texture of sago but this is optional. Tips: "Green bean soup is cooling, while red bean soup is 'heaty' food".
Chinese Green Bean Soup
Ingredients (Serves 4)
- 100g green beans (aka mung beans) – soaked overnight, rinsed and drained (w/o Ecoramic Pots) If you own one, you do not need to soaked overnight... - 2 pandan (screw pine) leaves, dried ends cut, tied in a knot - 2 litres water - 50g rock sugar, to taste (your own sweetness) - 3 small pieces (10g) of dried orange (tangerine) peel (optional) - 80g canned or vacuum-packed lotus seeds or ginkgo nuts (optional)
Method 1. In Ecoramicpot, add green beans, 2 litres water, dried orange peel and pandan leaves. Bring to a boil. 2. Once water boiling, add green beans. Top up with hot water at any time if necessary. 3. To speed up cooking of green bean soup, place a porcelain spoon in the pot to cook together with the green beans. 4. Stir in rock sugar (to taste) until the sugar is dissolved. Discard orange peel slices and pandan leaves. 5. Serve warmed or chilled.
This is my proper meal after two days of hectic, 'stressing' and cold. More to share what we had done during the past two days...... Stay tune for more details in coming posts.
How do I cook this Quick meal
Ingredient:
1) Noodle (I bought no frills from Cold Storage, Mushroom flavour)
2) Leftovers bacon
3) Egg
4) Curry powder
Method:
1) Fill 1/4 water into HCP and start fire. Closed lid.
2) About 30secs, put noodle into boiling water
3) Add bacon (or your own preference items). Closed lid.
4) Another 30secs, add water accordingly (soup based or dry based, as you wish)
5) Add egg into boiling water
6) Add curry powder (your preference). Closed lid for a min.
My hubby placed an order Gmarket from the vendor iKorea on 26 Sept and it should have arrived on 30 Sept. But there was nobody home. I have wait eagerly for Singpost to redeliver the parcel on Tuesday. My whole weekend is fill with excitement thinking of Ecoramic Pan.
The parcel is about 6.5Kg, send via EMS
The condition of the arrival parcel is quite great. The parcel show that the item was posted out from Korea on 29 Sept via EMS. EMS service is really fast. 2 working days only.
Let take a look inside the parcel. The Ecoramic pots and pans are nicely pack in the insulation package and also bubble wrapped to as a second layer of protection.
The handle for the Ecoramic Pot Covers fresh out of box
Notice that the handles of the cover is not attached on the pot / pans cover. The handle is provided in this sale which is better than the knob advertise on Lejel. It allows it to pot cover to stands, also holding away from the steam gushing out. It is good ergonomic feature.
The Lejel TV offers the knob above
The Pot Handle and Cover, Stand nicely on the tap
I must confess that it took me a while to figure out how to assemble the handle on to the cover. The instruction in Korean is not very helpful. Once i figure it out, I ask my husband to assemble for me. Haha! Thank you Hubby! And below are the steps.
1. Handle 2. Vending Ring 3. Washer and 4. Screws
The Vending Ring show face away from the Handle
This assembly here is wrong, the vending ring (red box) is facing the handle, will scald you when the steam come out of it
Cross section view of wrongly assembly handle, note the vending hole (in red box) is facing the handle
Step 1. Place the vendor ring onto the handle and place the set on the surface of cover as shown
Step 2. Place the washer and the screw in place
Step 3. Use the Philips Screw Drive (+ sign) to secure and tighten the screw onto the handle
Here are the whole set been assembled, stacked nicely on top of each other and ready to cook!
Nicely Stacked
We decided to take a easy try, to fry the sunshine egg. The ceramic coating is really good. The egg really does not stick to the pan. If i could add a little bit of oil, the sunshine eye will be easy slide off the pot.
The Ecoramic Pan is so light, easy to clean and so easy to clean. No messy stain and the pot is still smooth and shining after use, No need to scrub off the carbon like normal glass or stainless steel pot. It is so easy to maintain!
Final Thoughts
This is really a good series of kitchenware to own. Not really expensive and is easy to maintain. The four piece Ecoramic Pots and Pan are bought for S$148 exclude the steamer (Steamer can be bought from this vendor S$39) and silicon pot handler sold by Lejel for S$248. If they could include an English operating manual, it will be fantastic! Will be trying out cooking with food soon. (PS. I have clean up my 20cm stainless steel pan for sale)
I believe many busy mums have already read my blogs on Happycall Pan. I received some questions from some busy mums and wishes i could answered them so as to aid their decision on buying the Happycall Pan. I will share some of the most frequently asked questions (FAQ) here. Cheers :)
The best answer lies in the video. See is always believing. A quick summary is provided below.
Summary of Benefits for HappyCall Pan
No more oily and messy kitchen! (It does not spills!)
No more smoke and odour!
Cleans easily! (No more scrubbing, even better than Tefal!)
Cook fast! Far Infrared (Yes! Cooking frozen food straight out of freezer!)
Cook healthier food! (Grilled. Less or no oil!)
So Easy to use, instant chef overnight for newbie! (Just place the food in, flipped and Viola!)
Q2. How many types and how to choose the right Happy Call pan for me?
Basically there are 7 basic types of Happycall double sided pressure flip pan. Also known as Flip 'N' Cook, Chefel (An export version mainly sold in US, Europe, is detachable and has grills at the lower pan) and and ZuanJ (Chinese division). The latest series is now Ocher. There are also new Happycall products but not yet available in Singapore. We will get hold of the new series in June 2012.
Standard Features
FDA approved, Dow Corning's food grade Silicon Tubing (Common known as sealer or rubber) and grooved rim to prevent leaking when flipping.
Ceratinium Coating (Ceramic & Titanium Coating) for low nutrient lose cooking & shorten cooking time, more resistant to abrasion & corrosion coating.
Strong magnetic lock to the pan to prevent leaking and opening up of pan when flip.
Hook holes in handle. (Not available for earlier and domestic version)
Type 01 - Standard Happy Call Pan
Also known as basic happycall pan, new happycall pan or standard happycall pan.
Standard happycall pan is use in video demos, YouTube or Channel U Home Shopping .
Easy to use for newbie or small family of 4.
Lady friendly weight version (1.5~1.6Kg)
Can cook a 2kg chicken in it.
3 layers of Ceratinium Coating (Refer to standard features for details)
Type 02 - Thin HappyCall Pan
Grilling thin items like cuttle fish, pantries, etc. (See above, a picture means a thousand words)
Type 03 - Deeper HappyCall Pan
Cooks larger serving of food.
2cm deeper than standard Happycall Pan.
3 Layers of Ceratinium Coating (Refer to standard features for details)
Slightly heavier (1.7Kg), i use both of my hands to handle it, so it is still ok.
Type 04 - Jumbo Happy Call Pan
Heavy weight pan. (Almost 1.9Kg)
3 Circle rings
4 Layers of Ceratinium Coating (Refer to standard features for details)
Can cooked a feast!
A new variant has grill lines similar to Jumbo Grills, no 3 rings that encircle the Happycall word
New Version - Ocher
Latest Version
Look like Chefel (US, Europe Export Version)
Coated with 5 Layer of Ceratinium (Ocher Deeper only) plus Ocher (Loess, Brown Clay) which is for better food tasting, health and stronger prevention of abrasion.
Deeper and Jumbo size (Jumbo has grills so non oily will not chars and extra oil will be drain for oily food)
The newer version has the silicon tubing (sealer) should not leaks.
Silicon tubing (sealer) does wear and tear as mention in the manual, do order some extra sealers.
Steam escapes thru the ventilating hole at the back of the pan, do not tilt the pan to the back.
Q4. Where can i buy Happycall Pan?
There many vendors selling HappyCall Pan. If you are particular about product warranty, you may want to engage your local seller or distributor but it is usually more costly. (A list of online vendors are included at the end of this question).
I bought mine from South Korea thru Gmarket's vendors, the price is almost 40% cheaper than the retail on on commercial TV. Some of the Gmarket's vendors also ship internationally. Click here to access the list of HappyCall vendors in Gmarket. Do look at the customers' feedbacks of the vendor before you buy.
Example of Gmarket Vendors Goods and Reviews
Also read the Vendors Gmarket's QnA, this will give you a good impression whether the vendor delivers good product or simply painting a nice picture. Some vendors has plenty of premium reviews but the numbers only reflects total premium reviews has commented on the product not really an indicator they are good vendors.
Best Bargain on Gmarket (By Popular Demand)
Some busy mums are worry about the buying at Gmarket. Who to buy? Which are selling genuine goods? I will updated if possible, everyday the best Happycall bargain from Gmarket. (I know one or two vendors offer a bit lower price but they are new with no feedback, so i don't recommends) You can find the bargain on the top right corner of this blog.
List of Errand Vendors 1. **miles - Gmarket
Selling genuine pan, tell buyers to beware intimation, yet **miles are selling non happycall sealers. Looking at **miles Q&A and Premium reviews, list of backlogs and negative comments. Avoid this vendor.
**miles claims their sealer is from happycall
Q5. Where to download Happycall Pan English Manual?
Since our post on Oct 2011, many recipes has spawn as many busy mums have contribute their personal online. We updated some sites for Happycall recipes, notable Munching Ministry by Mama Bless and friend which has many step by step video for many good food.
HappyCall Dual Pan cannot be use on induction cooker. Happycall is make of die cast aluminum, induction cooker only work with ferrous made pan like Stainless Steel. Even if you really can get it to start, it will take up too long to heat up.
Happycall Electromagnetic Cooker
My Personal Overall Reviews on HappyCall Pan
Happycall double sided pressure flip pan is a life saver for me. I am quite fortunately growing up in a family where my parents just want my sister and I to focus on our study and do not want us to help in kitchen. When I got married, i am really scare to cook as i afraid i will not cook as well as my husband (He really cooks wonderful food). Happycall pan reignites my cooking instinct as a woman. It is so easy to cook, healthy and no more messy grease, smoke and odours.
I love cooking food for my husband
My aunt also bought a happycall pan, she love to cook. She commented, when she was cooking fried food and cooking, it is enjoyable, but not the mess you need to clean up later. Now she have the Happycall pan, she can enjoys cooking again, she is buying another two more happycall pans for her sister. It is a modern kitchenware that will help you to save time as you need more cleaning now and the family can enjoy good grilled food. Get your HappyCall Pan from Gmarket's vendor here today!
For those busy mums, the happycall pan is an asset and assistant for us. It will definitely help you to regain some lost time with your love one.
New HappyCall Spree Organized by SuperbMothers Coming Soon!
