In the evening after a busy day, I could only think of easy stirfry for dinner but I had only lamb mice. Lamb mince stir-fry? Serve with what? So I wrapped the stir-fried lamb with frozen pastry sheets and baked them while I was making salad. Wow! Look at the result. Makes 2 Pies Ingredients …
Temaki-zushi is basically Sushi Rolls that everyone rolls by themselves at dinner table. This is so easy to prepare and perfect for entertaining. Sushi Rice, Nori Sheets and a platter of variety of fillings are served. Everyone at the table places some Sushi Rice and filling on Nori Sheet and rolls by themselves to eat. …
It’s school holidays and my daughter is home. I just wanted to make something different for lunch using left over rice. Not fried rice, not rice soup, not Onigiri. What would you cook? I cooked Rice Burgers. Today’s filling was Yakiniku Stir-fry and I used Nori Sheet instead of lettuce for the burgers. Makes 4 …
I use a frying pan to cook Teriyaki Chicken, but baking the chicken in the oven is a very convenient way because it frees me to cook other dishes. When you serve, drizzle plenty of Japanese mayonnaise which does a magic to this Teriyaki Chicken. Makes 4 Servings Ingredients Chicken Thigh Fillets 600 to 800gSaltJuice …
I often see bottled ready-made Teriyaki sauces on the supermarket shelves. You don’t need to buy Teriyaki Sauce. It is easy to make. This is a very simple, quick and & easy, yet delicious recipe! Try my recipe, then you can alter it adding more sugar or less sugar, and creat your own recipe. Makes …
This is a recipe for not-so-great Tomatoes. Of course it would be delicious if you use sweet & ripe Tomatoes. But we sometimes buy fairly good looking Tomatoes on special and later find out they are not really great, don’t we? Then try this recipe! Makes 4 Servings Ingredients 4 Tomatoes400 to 500g Tofu *I …
My family’s Potato Salad recipe has been handed down from my grandmother to my mother and to myself and to my daughter. It is nearly a century old recipe as old as our favourite Kewpie Mayonnaise. This salad is great for sandwiches, especially with toasted bread. Makes Enough for 4 Ingredients Large Potatoes 4Carrot 1Cucumber …
This is my daughter Sachi’s recipe. To be precise, this is the recipe that she learned at her school. I loved these cookies, so I asked her to write down the recipe in my recipe book, which will belong to her one day. There are many Coconut Cookie recipes out there, but I think this …
‘Korokke’ is a deep fried potato cake coated with Panko bread crumbs. ‘Korokke’ is very popular in Japan and we can buy many different types of Korokke anywhere. One very popular flavour is spicy curry! Makes 12 to 16 Ingredients 5 to 6 Large Potatoes *dry & fluffy types are better250 to 300g Beef Mince …
‘Korokke’ is a deep fried potato cake coated with Panko Crumbs. It doesn’t seem to be a very traditional Japanese food, but actually it is! In 1872 ‘Korokke’ has become very popular, and these days we can buy many different types of ‘Korokke’ anywhere in Japan. But I am living in Australia. I have to …
In the place in Japan where I am from, dried baby sardines are called ‘Chirimenjako’ and those tiny fish are used for many dishes. One of my favourites is ‘Tsukudani’. ‘Tsukudani’ is commonly small fish, shellfish or seaweed cooked in Mirin, Sugar and Soy Sauce to preserve the ingredients. Makes 4 Servings Ingredients Chirimenjako (Dried …
’Namasu’ is vinegared vegetables and most commonly Daikon and Carrot are used because of their joyful red & white colours. There must be some different recipes for this dish, but my family’s recipe is simple. This is what my mother used to make. It is always quite sour. I sometimes have a craving for this …