Kimchi is a traditional Korean food that is fermented vegetables with a variety of seasonings including a lot of Garlic and Chilli. The smell of Kimchi overwhelms my kitchen every time I open the jar, but I absolutely love it. Do you know that Kimchi is really lovely in the Miso Soup? Makes 4 Servings …
This is probably one of the very traditional home-style dishes that most mothers cook. My family recipe is always meat-free but you may wish to add chicken to this dish. This can be mixed with freshly cooked rice to make “Hijiki Mazegohan’ which is also popular. Makes 4 Servings Ingredients 20 to 25g Dried Hijiki100 …
Using left-over cooked rice, I often make Onigiri. For seasoning, I use only Salt. Sometimes I grill them after brushing with some mixture of Soy Sauce and Mirin and make the outside slightly burnt. It is yummy! And this one with Miso Sauce is even yummier! Makes 6 to 8 Rice Balls Ingredients 500 to …
One of my favourite rice dishes is ‘Green Peas Rice’ which can be enjoyed only in the season when I can get fresh peas just removed from pods. This ‘Edamame Rice’ used to be an alternative dish to me because Frozen Edamame are available any time, but now it is my another favourite rice dish. …
‘Kurumi’ means walnuts in Japanese. ‘Kurimi-ae’ is a dish of vegetables dressed with sweet soy sauce base ’Walnut Sauce’, that is very similar to ‘Goma-ae’ Sauce. I always toast walnuts first to get rid of unpleasant bitterness. As you know, walnuts are widely recognised as nutrient-dense food. This dish is absolutely nutritious as well as …
This cake is not particularly difficult, but it takes many hours to make it. I made this cake for my daughter’s birthday several years ago. It was a special day to celebrate and I wanted to make a special cake. It took a day to complete. If you are going to make this cake, I …
‘Mentsuyu’, the noodle dipping sauce, is a very versatile seasoning sauce. It contains Soy Sauce, Mirin and Umami from Dashi Ingredients. I use ‘Katsuobushi’ (Dried Bonito Flakes), but you can use other Dried Fish, Kombu (Kelp), Dried Shiitake or Instant Dashi Powder. It is very handy to keep a bottle of ‘Mentsuyu’ in fridge. I …
Since I discovered that store bought Granola often contains quite a lot of sugar, I started making this Granola (Oven-baked Muesli) by myself. The ingredients are almost identical with my Muesli Bar ingredients. Basically sweetness comes from ripe bananas and dried fruit. This Granola is so good with my fresh home-made yogurt. Ingredients 5 to …
‘Ponzu’ is such a versatile sauce. These Chicken Wings, Winglets or Nibbles are cooked in the Ponzu based sauce which contains a lot of rice vinegar. But the result is not sour. These types of Chicken pieces are quite greasy and the vinegar improves the greasy flavour. I used to bake these finger licking sticky …
My daughter found some Chocolate Mouse recipes on the internet and made these. She said she should have made one end of each ball more pointy for the face. This can be a good family activity for Halloween. Ingredients Crushed Plain Biscuits 1& 1/4 cupsCocoa Powder 1 tablespoonCondensed Milk 1/2 cupDesiccated Coconut 1/4 cupMars Bar …
This would be the most popular Halloween desert. To make it look spookier, you might wish to place spiders and scorpions as well. At my daughter’s Halloween birthday party, this desert was eaten up instantly! By the way, the guests were all girls. Ingredients Cream 600mlDark Chocolate Buttons 200g *meltedCocoa PowderChocolate Ripple Biscuits 1pkt (250g) …
Cheese is a very popular party food. Using cheese sticks, you can make these spooky Halloween food. This can be done using skinless Cocktail Frankfurts, but that would be really spooky… I don’t know if children would eat them. (Of course they will!) Ingredients Stick Cheese or String CheeseTomato SauceAlmond Method Cut Stick Cheese in …
