A delicious chocolate flavoured spread can be made using Canned Butter Beans and you can find the recipe here, but you need to add Sugar to make it. This Date Spread doesn’t require Sugar at all. You only need 3 ingredients, Dates, Milk and Cocoa Powder. Makes About 250g Ingredients 1 cup (about 125g) Dried …
There is a Japanese rubbery sweet called ‘Kuzu Mochi’, which is made with starch of a plant called ‘Kuzu’. You may know a similar sweet called ‘Warabi Mochi’, that is traditionally made with starch of a plant called ‘Warabi’. As those starches are difficult to produce, substitutes are used these days. Tapioca starch might be …
To make Basic Custard, I use 2 to 3 Egg Yolks for 1 cup Milk, and that makes lovely yellow custard. However, that means I will have 2 to 3 Egg Whites to use up later. That’s bothersome sometimes. Here is a recipe for Whole Egg Custard. The colour of the custard is not very …
Dorayaki, a popular Japanese sweet, is delicious as it is, but you can add extra filling such as Whipped Cream, Butter Cream, OR Peanut Butter if you like it. Matcha Cream is my favourite at the moment. Because Dorayaki’s pancakes and ‘Tsubu-an’ (Sweet Azuki Paste) are very sweet, Matcha Cream shouldn’t be too sweet. And …
This is quick and easy Matcha flavoured Whipped Cream, that can be used for cake decoration, Japanese sweets such as parfait, OR whatever you wish to use. Some people mix Matcha Powder with water before mix it with Cream, but you really don’t need to do it. You don’t need to sift it through a …
I made ‘Corn Starch Matcha Milk Jelly’ the other day. I wanted to eat it with Matcha Syrup, but I didn’t bother making it. I was just about to pour Condensed Milk instead, then this idea hit me. Why don’t I add Matcha Powder to the Condensed Milk? So I did. It’s a super quick …
This is an old recipe that I had in my recipe book for decades. I don’t remember where it came from, but I am sharing it with everyone. It can be made with basic ingredients only, and great with Ice Cream, Waffles, Churros, Crepes, Pancakes, etc. Makes About 180ml Ingredients 1/2 cup Brown Sugar2 tablespoons …
‘Kinako Candies’, a very old Japanese sweet, is traditionally made with ‘Kinako’ (Finely Ground Roasted Soy Beans) and starch syrup called ‘Mizuame’. My recipe uses Honey instead of ‘Mizuame’. However, some people can’t eat Honey. This is a new version of ‘Kinako Candies’, and it can be made with Sugar and Cream. Makes 16 to …
There is a very popular Japanese sweet called ‘Ichigo Daifuku’ (Strawberry Daifuku Mochi). I crave it sometimes, however, it is not easy to find in stores where I live. I have to make it if I want to eat it. This is a quick and easy alternative to it. Mochi part is cooked like pancakes. …
Someone gave my husband their homemade Honey. It was totally different quality from the Honey I buy from supermarkets and absolutely delicious. I have been enjoying the Honey with toast, but today I made this mug cake. I cooked it for 80 seconds in my 1000W microwave, and it seemed a little too long. The …
Today I craved a Matcha flavoured cake. If it is just for myself, the quickies and easiest option is a mug cake. I used Cream Cheese instead of Butter, but the flavour of the Cream Cheese was not strong. This cake is not very sweet, so enjoy it with Vanilla Ice Cream, Muscovado Syrup, Maple …
Sweet Azuki Paste, ‘Tsubu-an’ and ‘Koshi-an’, are often called ‘Anko’ in Japanese. Freshly made Mochi covered with ‘Anko’ was one of my favourite foods when I was a young child. For the new year’s celebration, my family used to make an enormous amount of Mochi by pounding steamed Glutinous Rice. To make ‘Anko Mochi’, my …