Thursday 16 April 2015
Avocado & cucumber mix rice


Ingredients:
Avocado
Japanese cucumber
Roasted sesame
Seaweed
Japanese rice
Wasabi
Japanese soy sauce

*Simple yet healthy dinner when you are lazy!
*Just boil the rice and top all the cut ingredients on top on the boiled rice.
*Add in wasabi and soy sauce to your liking.
*Can add chilli powder too.

Dinner is served!
Spongy Cheese Cake


Ingredients:
Fresh milk 120g
Butter 50g
Cream cheese 180g
Flour 12g
Cornflour 20g
Egg yolk (about 6) 72g
Egg white (about 4) 115g
Cheese powder 10g
Sugar 80g
Cream of tartar 4g

1. Melt butter, fresh milk and cheese over boiling water. (Double boil) Blend well.
2. Mix egg yolk, blend in flour and corn flour then set a side.
3. Whisk egg white, sugar and cream of tartar until fluffy and stiff.
4. Take a portion of egg white and mix into the cheese mixture until well blended.
5. Then pour the mixture into the balance of egg white and mix well.
6. Lastly, pour into moulds.
7. Bake over a tray of water approx. 40mins at 180C.(or until golden brown)
Thursday 18 September 2014
Blueberry cheese cake

Ingredients for cake base:
Orea biscuits 137g (small pack)
Melted butter 50g

*Mashed the biscuits and blend with melted butter.
*Press them well on the base of the mould and chill for 15-30minutes.

Ingredients for cake:
Cream cheese 250g
Sugar 50g
Butter 50g
Blueberry yogurt (2 small bottles) about 270g
Plain flour 2 tablespoons
Fresh fruits

1. Cream the butter and sugar, then add in cream cheese. Mix well.
2. Add in yogurt
3. Sift the flour into the mixture and blend it using spatula.
4. Add in the fresh fruits.(amount depends on your preference.
5. Steam Bake in 170C preheat oven for 30 mins.

*steam bake = put a tray of water under the cake mould while baking.
Wednesday 17 September 2014
Spaghetti Carbonara

Ingredients:
Spaghetti (enough for 2 persons)
Vegetarian ham ( 1 packet)
Chopped Garlic ( 3 table spoon)
Shredded Cheese ( 3 table spoon)
Eggs x 2

Seasoning:
Sea salt
Mix herbs

1. Boil spaghetti according to the time suggested on the packaging
2. Drained the cooked spaghetti and drizzle with extra virgin olive oil
3. Fry the chopped garlic till light brown and mix it with the eggs and cheese in a separate bowl.
4. Fry the vegetarian ham with mix herbs
5. Add the spaghetti into the ham
6. Last, pour in the egg mixture and stir well about 1-2 mins. (Do not overcook, or it will be very dry).

*** Cooking + preparation time only 30mins. Good for quick
*** Add some milk if it's too dry
Matcha Chiffon Cake

Ingredients A:
Egg yolks x 5
Sugar 30g
Soy Milk 70g
Melted butter 50g
Flour 85g
Matcha powder 8g

Ingredients B:
Egg white x5
Sugar 70g

1. Beat the yolks and sugar
2. Add in soy milk and melted butter and mix well
3. Add in the sifted flour and matcha powder and mix again
4. In a separate bowl, whisk the egg white in slow speed till a little fluffy, add in 1/3 of the sugar, repeat the same process and add the remaining sugar in another 2 times.
5. Whisk until it is stiff.
6. Divide the egg white mixture into 3 portions, add into the egg yolk mixture and mix well using spatula. Repeat the same process for another 2 times.
7. Pour the mixture into mould and bake in 160C preheat oven for 20-30mins depends on the size of your mould. (Test with toothpick, poke it in the cake and if the toothpick is dry then is done.)
8. Once you take the cake out from oven, put it side way or upside down to let it cool down.


Sunday 17 August 2014
Dorayaki

Ingredients:
Red beans paste:
200g Red Beans
200ml water
110g sugar

1. Rinse red beans and soak for 3 hours or overnight
2. Boil red beans with soaking water, till boiled, pour the water away.
3. Steam cook again with 200ml water till fully cooked.
4. Drained the beans.
5. Add in sugar, slow fire cook & stir at the same time.
6. Done and let it cool down.

Tips:
*To save you time, buy the Can red beans from Japanese store.

Pancake:
A. 50g Egg
B. 2 tablespoon of sugar
C. 3 teaspoon of Sake
D. 4 Tablespoon of milk
E. 1/4 teaspoon of soysauce
F. 80g flour
G. 1 teaspoon Baking powder

1. A,B,C,D&E mixed well.
2. Add in sifted F&G and blend well.
3. Cover with cling wrap & chill in fridge.
4. Slow fire to heat the pan, scoop a big tablespoon of mixture into it, till you see bubble on the surface, slowly flip it over to another side.
5. Till you get both surface light brown in colour, that's done!

Last, wrap the red beans paste with 2 pancakes!

***Tip: can buy the pancake premix too from store.

Sunday 3 August 2014
Japanese Mochi

Ingredients:
A. 220g Glutinous Rice Flour
B. 110g Sugar
C. 200ml milk or coconut milk
D. Fried glutinous rice flour to coat

Red Bean paste ingredients:
100g red beans
70g sugar

Optional:
Matcha powder for coating
Strawberries for filling
Sesame for coating

1. Combine A & B (mixed well)
2. Gradually stir C in until smooth. (Mine not as smooth this round, good luck to yours!)
3. Transfer into shallow plate, steam over high heat with cover for 30mins or until cooked. Use chopstick to test, if not much flour mixture sticks on it, it's done.
4. Fried D for about 5mins or until you can smell the nice aroma.

For Red Bean Paste:
1. Rinse red beans and soak for 3 hours or overnight
2. Boil red beans with soaking water, till boiled, pour the water away.
3. Steam cook again with 100ml water till fully cooked.
4. Drained the beans.
5. Add in sugar, slow fire cook & stir at the same time.
6. Done and let it cool down.
( I used the same Red Beans paste for my Dorayaki.)

Tips:
*I was using the Can red beans I bought from Japanese store, save your time!
*As usual I was using organic brown sugar, that's why the skin colour is brown. Using white sugar is prettier.
Strawberry with Mochi taste awesome! Must try!