Archive for June 18th, 2023

  • Vegetables

    ‘Kara-age’ Fried Okra

    ‘Kara-age’ (kah-rah-ah-ge) is a Japanese cooking technique, commonly used to cook meat and fish. The other day, I cooked Broccoli into ‘Kara-age’ and it was really yummy. Today I cooked Okra into ‘Kara-age’. You know what? This ‘Kara-age’ Fried Okra made me wish if I had chilled Beer. If you like this ‘Kaki-age’ Fried Okra, …

  • Baked & Fried Sweets

    Soft & Moist Chocolate Cake

    Auntie Lorna’s Boiled Chocolate Cake is delicious, but it cracks badly every time I bake it. I don’t know what I am doing wrong. Then I started to modify the recipe. I first reduced Flour. Then replaced Butter with Oil. The cake turned very soft and moist, but too fragile. So I reduced Oil. The …

  • Sweets

    Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

    My favourite frosting to coat a Chocolate Cake is Sour Cream Cocoa Frosting. It can be made with Butter, Sour Cream, Sugar and Cocoa Powder. However, I don’t have Sour Cream always. This Chocolate Buttercream Frosting is easy to make using 4 ingredients that I always have. Makes Enough to cover a 20cm Cake Ingredients …

  • Chicken

    Fried Chicken Gizzards (Giblets)

    I received a message from a person who saw my ‘Kara-age’ Fried Chicken Gizzards recipe. She and her dog love Chicken Gizzards but she has never cooked Chicken Gizzards like I do. I asked her how she normally cooks Chicken Gizzards. She says she washes them first, then coat with seasoned flour and fry them. …