I first made Custard Stuffed Cupcakes using my ‘Basic Plain Cupcakes’ batter that was made with Butter instead of Oil. The texture was not right with the soft Custard. The cake needed to be softer, so I used my ‘Basic Plain Muffins’ batter, that is quite similar to pancake batter. The result was very lovely. …
This is a very popular dish of Chicken in Japan where I grew up. Please use Tenderloins OR Breast fillets as they can be cooked fairly quickly. Nori sheets that you bought to make Sushi Rolls might be sitting in your pantry. They can be used for a variety of dishes. This is one of …
A quick and easy way to use up a leftover Egg White is adding it to a soup. The flavour of the soup can be anything, but this is my favourite. I use Salt, White Pepper, Sesame Oil and Soy Sauce to season it. At least one vegetable should be added and today I added …
Today I realised that I had a lot of Spring Onions, a bunch I had bought and another bunch my daughter had bought, and some of them were VERY thick. As I had leftover ‘Abura-age’ (Fried Thin Tofu) to use up, I just stir-fried the VERY thick Spring Onions and ‘Abura-age’. It was a quick …
There is a Japanese rubbery sweet called ‘Kuzu Mochi’, which is made with starch of a plant called ‘Kuzu’. You may know a similar sweet called ‘Warabi Mochi’, that is traditionally made with starch of a plant called ‘Warabi’. As those starches are difficult to produce, substitutes are used these days. Tapioca starch might be …
This dish is called ‘Oroshi-ni’ (おろし煮) in Japan, and a variety of fish can be used. My absolute favourite is Mackerel, but Salmon is also nice. You may prefer white fish such as Cod. If you don’t want to deep-fry Fish, you can shallow fry. The important part of the dish is the sauce, that …
This is one of the dishes I frequently cook for my family and everyone enjoys. When I bought Tomatoes and realised they were not ripe and sour, I most likely cook this dish. You can add extra ingredients such as Tofu, Prawns, Black Fungus, etc. If you added extra ingredients, just add extra Soy Sauce. …
Steam-frying in a frying pan is the easiest and best method to cook Broccoli. Then, I tried to cook Green Beans in the same way. I have been loving this Green Been dish so much and lately, and I cook it very often. Today I seasoned with Salt & Black Pepper, but salty Anchovy is …
This popular dish is called ‘Hayashi Rice’ in Japan, and it is often cooked using store-bought roux, just like Japanese curries. However, I never enjoyed it, even when I was a young child, because the dish is quite sweet. I cook it in the similar way to cook Beef Stroganoff. Canned Demi-glace is supposed to …