There is a traditional Japanese sweet snack called ‘Karinttō’ which I love always. It’s a deep-fried sweet biscuit sticks coated with unrefined dark brown sugar same as muscovado. I have never made ‘Karinttō’ but this easy-to-make ‘Muscovado Coated Nuts’ are even tastier than ‘Karintō’ and healthier. However, I always make a small amount at a …
Daikon Radish is so sweet and juicy when in season. I often cook this dish, sometimes with fish or beef, but Daikon itself is very nice. Many Australians don’t cook radishes, but they are so beautiful when simmered, stewed or even stir-fried. Makes 4 Servings Ingredients Daikon 400 to 500g *about 16cm if large oneWater …
There is one dish that I have been very fond of since my childhood. It’s a dish of Mackerel simmered in sweet miso sauce. Sadly I can’t cook it here in Melbourne because it is too hard to find fresh Mackerel, that is called ‘Saba’ in Japanese. Then I created this dish using canned Mackerel …
When I had some left over roasted potatoes on the other day, I cooked them in a sweet soy sauce. The cold roasted potatoes were reborn in the Japanese flavour. Then I invented this dish. Cut the potatoes into small cubes and pre-cook them in the microwave so that you can save the cooking time. …
I love Avocado. I love Tofu. I love Wasabi & Soy Sauce. How about combine all of them. It’s a simply heavenly dish and one of the easiest dishes to make. No cooking required. If you don’t like Wasabi, use only Soy Sauce. It’s still so good. Makes 2 Servings Ingredients Avocado 1/2 to 1Tofu …
It doesn’t take long to cook a chicken breast fillet and you can easily cook it in the microwave. While you wait for the chicken to cool, slice cucumber and make the sauce. This dish can be made in ten minutes. A perfect dish on a hot day. Makes 4 Servings Ingredients 1 Continental Cucumber …
If you are Italian, you might say ‘this is not Italian Potato Salad!’ Well… I just created a potato salad with the ingredients that I think are Italian such as Italian herb mix and semi-dried tomatoes. This is my favourite potato salad and I like it more than My Family’s Potato Salad! Makes 4 Servings …
When you buy a bunch of celery, what do you do with the leaves and thin stalks? You are not throwing them away, are you? I sometimes use them for soup and stir-fry, but this is my favourite way to use them up. Try it once and you will never waste the celery leaves again. …
One day I simply placed the leftover Cinnamon Crumble mixture on top of some cupcakes and baked them. It worked perfectly. Then next time, I added Apple and Sultanas to the cupcake mixture. Here is my new recipe of Cinnamon Crumble Apple Cupcakes to share with you. Makes 12 Large Cupcakes Ingredients 125g Butter *softened1/2 …
This salad is seasoned with just Salt, Garlic and Sesame Oil. Yet it is so delicious because of the flavour and the texture of Soybeans. This type of vegetable salad, often seasoned with Sesame Oil, is called ‘Namul’ and it’s a Korean dish. Soybean Sprouts are available from many Asian grocery stores. This dish is …
There are two method for this dish. One is deep frying the eggplant and the other is shallow frying. I definitely prefer shallow frying, but you need fairly good mount of oil even for the shallow frying. This dish taste better when cooled to room temperature or even chilled. I generally don’t like too much …
When you buy a bunch of celery, what do you do with the leaves and thin stalks? You are not throwing them away, are you? I sometimes use them for soup and stir-fry, but this is my favourite way to use them up. Try it once and you will never waste the celery leaves again. …