All posts by Hiroko

  • Chicken Curry Mazegohan

    Biryani Inspired Chicken Mazegohan

    I always wanted to cook Biryani, but I was discouraged every time I read recipes and methods. There is a long list of ingredients and it’s not easy to prepare. So, I decided to cook a similar rice dish using similar ingredients, but in the Japanese way using my rice cooker. It’s a ‘Mazegohan’. Rice …

  • Vegetables

    Cucumber & Tomato Yoghurt Salad with Cumin

    This is an absolutely quick and easy salad. Just cut Cucumber and Tomato into small pieces and mix them with Greek Yoghurt. Season with Salt and Sugar, then sprinkle with ground Cumin. I strongly recommend to add some Toasted Cumin Seeds as well. This salad goes very well with curry flavoured rice dishes. Makes 4 …

  • Donburi (Rice Bowl) Fish

    Salmon Rice Bowl with Chilli Oyster Sauce

    Salmon seems to be the most popular fish in Melbourne where I live. Fresh OR frozen Salmon fillets are available from any supermarket stores. I use skinless fillets to cook this easy Salmon Rice Bowl. There are many sauces that go well with the pan-fried Salmon, but this spicy sauce is my favourite at the …

  • Egg Vegetables

    Shakshouka

    ‘Shakshuka’ has become so popular and I don’t need to explain what it is, but it is a North African and Middle Eastern dish of Eggs cooked in Tomato based sauce. It is easy to cook and you don’t need to spend a lot of money at restaurants. This recipe is for 1 serving. It …

  • Chicken Donburi (Rice Bowl) Egg

    Scrumptious Chicken & Egg Rice Bowl

    There is a Japanese dish called ‘Oyako Don’. It is Chicken & Egg Rice Bowl and one of the most popular dishes. Today I cooked this rice bowl in a totally different way using the exactly same ingredients. It’s easier and quicker than ‘Oyako Don’, and absolutely scrumptious! Makes 1 Serving Ingredients 1 small Chicken …

  • Baked & Fried Sweets

    American Style Brownie Cookies

    I tried a few American recipe to make Brownie Cookies, but I found them too sweet and the amount was not right for me. This is the recipe I made for myself. Cookies might be not sweet enough for you, but they are absolutely sweet for me. I use an Australian standard size baking tray …

  • Fish

    Gochujang Chikuwa Rice Bowl

    I use Soy Sauce, Sugar and Mirin to season many dishes. They are the Japanese staples. I added Gochujang (Korean Spicy Miso), Garlic and a little bit of Vinegar to this dish, and the flavour instantly changed from Japanese to Korean. The spicy and sweet sauce is very suitable for Chikuwa (Japanese tube-shape fish cakes) …

  • Baked & Fried Sweets

    Rhubarb Cake

    My ‘Whatever Fruit You Have’ Cake is very easy and the recipe is absolutely versatile. You can use ‘Whatever Fruit You Have’. However, depending on the sweetness and sourness of the Fruit, you need to alter the amount of ingredients, especially Sugar. When you use fresh Rhubarbs, you need extra Sugar because Rhubarbs are sour. …

  • Vegetables

    Roasted Gochujang Carrots

    Today I wanted to cook Asian flavoured Roasted Carrots. I was going to use my ‘Char Siu’ sauce, but the sauce is very sweet and I was afraid it would be too sweet for Carrots. Then I decided to use Gochujang Sauce that I often use for Chicken and Tofu dishes, e.g. ‘Gochujang Tofu Rice …

  • Fruit

    Grape Jam (made from Grapes full of seeds)

    My daughter gave me Grapes that she had been given by someone. Those Grapes were not fresh, skin was thick and tough, each Grape was small and full of seeds. I didn’t want to eat them as it was too hard, but I couldn’t waste them. So, I made them into Jam. If you are …

  • Other Seafood Spaghetti & Pasta

    Creamy Oysters & Spinach Pasta

    Oysters that are available in Melbourne where I live are for eating raw, most of them are small, and VERY expensive. I don’t enjoy raw Oysters but I love cooked Oysters. If you have not-so-fresh Oysters and you need to cook them, this is a good recipe to try. If your Oysters are large ones, …

  • Fish

    Chikuwa & Konnyaku (Konjac)

    This is another popular and traditional Japanese dish that you would never come across at Japanese restaurants. Some people cook it in a saucepan with a fair bit of Dashi Stock, but I cook it quickly in a frying pan. I would need freshly cooked Rice to enjoy this dish. Makes 3 to 4 Servings …

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