• Donburi (Rice Bowl) Lamb

    Lamb & Vegetable Stir-fry Rice Bowl

    This might be a new way to eat Lamb for you. It is a very simple stir-fry dish. As I always eat it with Rice, I made it into a rice bowl. This stir-fry is absolutely easy. Make the marinade in a mixing bowl, add all ingredients and mix to combine, then stir-fry. Of course, …

  • Potato Vegetables

    Potato & Carrot Pancake

    To make batter for this type of savoury pancake, I use Plain Flour, Potato Starch and Egg, just like ‘Tempura’ batter. You can use Plain Flour only, OR you may prefer Self-Raising Flour for softer texture. Today I made a large pancake and cut into bite-size pieces. Of course you can make smaller pancakes. Enjoy …

  • Mazegohan

    Shiso (Perilla) & Seasoned Kombu (Kelp) Mazegohan

    Thinly sliced Kombu (Kelp), that looks like coated with Salt, is sometimes called ‘Shio Kombu’ (塩昆布), Salted Kombu. It is seasoned with Soy Sauce and Mirin as well. It can be mixed with hot Cooked Rice to make a delicious ‘Mazegoahn’. You can add a variety of extra ingredients, but today I added Green Shiso …

  • Baked & Fried Sweets Fruit

    Banana & Oats Pancakes

    It seems many people are making Banana & Oats Pancakes. Some people use store-bought Oats Flour, some people grind Oats by themselves, and some people use a blender to make the batter. If you use Quick Oats, you don’t need to process Oats. I use my stick blender to make the batter slightly smoother, so …

  • Chicken Curry Pork Vegetables

    Quick & Easy Pumpkin Curry

    There are many Pumpkin Curry recipes out there, but I just don’t have the ingredients that are required for those recipes. I always have a tin of S&B Curry Powder which I love, and I make a variety of curries using it. Today I seasoned this Pumpkin Curry with the S&B Curry Powder, Soy Sauce …

  • Donburi (Rice Bowl) Egg

    Egg & Parmesan On Rice

    There is a very popular dish in Japan, and I believe it can be considered as a Japan’s national food. It’s ‘Tamago Kake Gohan’, a raw Egg on freshly cooked hot Rice. People drizzle with some Soy Sauce and mix all together before they eat it. The raw Egg would be slightly cooked by the …

  • Donburi (Rice Bowl) Lamb

    Lamb ‘Sukiyaki’ Rice Bowl

    Very thinly sliced meat OR fish is called ‘Sukimi’ in Japanese. Sukimi Beef cooked in a sweet sauce is known as ‘Sukiyaki.’ Thinly sliced other meat can be used. Today I tried with Lamb. As I always eat it with rice, I made it into a rice bowl dish. It was absolutely delicious! Makes 1 …

  • Prawn & Shrimp Spaghetti & Pasta

    Creamy Prawns & Pasta Bake

    This dish is called ‘Ebi (Prawns) Macaroni Gratin’ in Japan, as Macaroni are commonly used. It is a very popular dish. However, in Melbourne where I live, Macaroni are very short and small, and I don’t like to use them for this dish. I use other Pasta such as Pennette, Trivelle, Gemelli, etc. You can …

  • Baked & Fried Sweets

    Dates & Carrot Cake

    My husband bough a pack of Dried Dates by mistake as he believed they were Prunes. Dates and Prunes are very different, though he didn’t know the difference. Anyway, I needed to use those Dried Dates. I chopped them up and added to Butter Cake. The brilliant idea of mine was adding Carrot as well. …

  • Vegetables

    Sweet Corn & Cheese Bake

    The other day, my daughter took me to a Korean restaurant and introduced me some Korean dishes. One of her favourites was grilled Corn & Cheese which was served in a cast iron plate. It was very sweet. I recreated it in my way using my pie dish, and in the flavour that I like. …

  • Cold Sweets

    Lime Yoghurt Ice Cream

    I needed to clean up my fridge completely. I had a little bit of Yoghurt, Condensed Milk and Thickened Cream. I decided to mix them together and make Ice Cream. I didn’t have Lemon but I had 1 Lime. I added its juice and zest as well. Result was a unique flavoured Ice Cream. Makes …

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