‘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 …
It’s not real brain!!! Actually it is Strawberry Bavarois, a creamy jelly desert moulded in human brain shape. We bought a plastic brain jelly mould on eBay. I guarantee this Strawberry Bavarois will make your guests scream at your Halloween party. By the way, none of our guest touched it! Makes 1 Moulded Brain You …
At my daughter’s birthday that was also a Halloween party, this was the most popular food. It is easy and fun to make and they look great and taste yummy. I recommend to make them bite size especially for children. Ingredients Hot DogsFrozen Puff Pastry SheetsMustard & Tomato Sauce Method Cut Hot Dog in half …
Dark red fruit juice looks like blood. In there you see screaming heads made of apple. So this fruit juice punch is not only spooky but also refreshing and yummy. We made the faces dried and slightly shrunken to look spookier. Ingredients Dark Red Fruite Juice *cranberry, black currants, blood orange, etcSmall Apples Method Peel …
A perfectly spooky and nutritious Bake Hand would be a popular food for your Halloween party. You may divide the beef mixture to make multiple small hands, but that would be even spookier. Be creative and have a lot of fun! It’s Halloween! Makes 1 Big Baked Hand Ingredients Beef Mince 500gOnion 1 *finely choppedGarlic …