‘Dango’ Dumplings are often made with ‘Shiratamako’ (白玉粉), Japanese Glutinous Rice Flour, but it is not easy to find where I live. I make these very rubbery and chewy Mochi Dumplings for desserts and soups using the commonly available Glutinous Rice Flour, which is available from most supermarkets in Australia. Imported Mochi is expensive. These …
Canned Beans are very handy to stock in the pantry. Using them, a nice salad like this one can be made very easily. You may wish to cook Lentils by yourself as it doesn’t take long to cook them. I still enjoy using Canned Lentils. Today I used Cucumber, Grape Tomatoes, Carrot, Red Capsicum and …
You will never come across a dish like this at any Japanese restaurants in Australia, but this is what ordinary Japanese people often eat. Ingredients are simmered in Dashi Stock, and seasoned with Sugar, Soy Sauce and Mirin. Today I cooked ‘Kōya Dōfu’ (Freeze-dried Tofu), a Japanese food that originated in the mid 16th century …
My ‘Basic Pound Cake’ recipe requires 125g of each Butter, Sugar, Eggs and Self-Raising Flour (OR Plain Flour & Baking Powder). I replaced Butter with 1 Avocado, which was about 125g when mashed. I didn’t add any Oil at all. The cake is moist and the texture is almost the same but obviously not oily …
My ‘Coffee Panna Cotta with Kahlúa’ has become popular. Then I decided to make Tea Flavoured Panna Cotta. I used the fragrant Earl Grey Tea which I love, and 1/2 Milk and 1/2 Cream for lighter texture. The fragrance of Earl Grey in the Panna Cotta is quite subtle. You need Earl Grey Tea Syrup …
‘Chan-Chan-Yaki’ is originally a fishermen’s dish from Hokkaido, Japan’s northern island. Salmon is used for the dish, but it is delicious with Mackerel. I have shared my ‘Mackerel Chan-Chan-Yaki Rice Bowl’ on this website. This is Udon Noodle version of the dish. I used Canned Mackerel. It’s another quick & easy dish, very filling and …
I used Earl Grey Tea, but you can use your favourite Tea. The fragrance of Tea can be easily lost when it is boiled. That happened when I made Earl Grey Tea first, then added Sugar and simmered into syrup. I recommend to make syrup first, then add Tea (bags OR leaves) to infuse. Makes …
Today I found Kransky Sausages in the fridge. There are many options that I can cook with them, but I always prefer cooking them in curry flavour. ‘Curry Flavoured Smoked Sausage & Potato Salad’ is the dish that I cook with Kransky most frequently. Today I made a soup, but it turned not quite soupy. …
If you are living on a tight budget, stock Rice. There are endless ways to create nutritious and delicious rice bowl dishes quite cheaply. This is one of them. With just 1/2 Carrot and 2 Eggs, you can cook this amazingly delicious rice bowl dish. It’s super easy to cook. It won’t cost you much. …
I used to make these doughnuts with finely grated Carrot only. One day I added some leftover canned crushed Pineapple, which I always add to ‘My Legendary Carrot Cake’, the flavour was improved and I liked it very much. Then I started adding Pineapple. Carrot only version is also very nice. If you use just …
You won’t add Noodles to a soup if you want to make the soup low in calories. However, you can add Konjac Noodles, which are called ‘Shirataki’ OR ‘Ito-Konnyaku’ in Japanese, because they are mostly water and dietary fibre, and extremely low in calories. This soup is packed with a variety of nutrients, low in …
There are very many different recipes for Toffee. Some recipes require a lot of ingredients. I use Sugar and Butter to make Toffee, but I always add Almonds. You can use other nuts such as Pecans, Walnuts OR Peanuts. I don’t want to make a huge amount, because this Toffee is high in calories and …
