This Asian flavoured salad of Wombok can be made very quickly. The thick white parts of Wombok often takes longer to get seasoned and softened, but I have found a trick. I use Salt and Microwave. It’s very quick and easy. Makes 4 Servings Ingredients 1/4 Wombok *Today it weighed 450g1/2 teaspoon Salt *reduce the …
Do you know Sanshō? It is often called Sanshō Pepper OR Japanese Pepper. Ground Sanshō peppercorns are available from many Asian grocery stores. I have never used Sanshō peppercorns for cooking. To me, it is the spice to sprinkle over grilled eel and I haven’t eaten eel for decades.The other day my sister gave me …
The other day, I saw a video of a woman grilling Rice Paper over hot charcoal and making something that looked absolutely yummy. It seems it was a popular Vietnamese street food. I tried to recreate a similar thing using a frying pan. The essentail ingredients are Rice Paper and Egg, then you can add …
Here is another simple stir-fry dish that you can try. I like to use Chicken Breast Fillet for this dish, but you can use Thigh Fillet OR Tenderloins instead. Pork OR Beef can be used. You might be familiar with the flavour of this stir-fry as many Chinese takeaway stores sell dishes in this flavour. …
Pan-fried Sausage and Egg, you may wish to eat it with toasted Bread OR fried Potato. It is actually nice with Rice, too. You can enjoy this Rice Bowl with any sauce you like, but I have found Curry Sauce is the best. You don’t want to cook Curry Sauce just for this dish. Try …
The mixture of Spring Onion and Garlic seasoned with Salt and Sesame Oil is very versatile. I often use it for ‘Spring Onion & Tofu Salad’, but you can use it for Omelette, Pasta dishes, Rice dishes, and many more. Today I enjoyed it with Silken Tofu. I strongly recommend to add a softly cooked …
This stew is super easy to cook and really delicious. It takes at least 1 & 1/2 hours, but you don’t need to do anything really. Just simmer the ingredients until ready. Chicken Drumsticks would be very soft after 1 & 1/2 hours. You may wish to add Noodles such as Ramen Noodles OR Rice …
I bought a new tub of Gochujang (Korean Spicy Miso) to cook ‘Topokki’ the other day. Now I need to use Gochujang. ‘Dak-galbi’ is another popular Korean dish. As my family members are very sensitive to the spiciness of Gochujang, I added only 2 tablespoons today, but it was quite hot for us. If you …
There is a popular Japanese dish called ‘Hiyayakko’. It is basically cold soft type Tofu. You can eat it with just Soy Sauce, but we often add a variety of condiments, herbs, vegetables, etc. Spring Onion and Bonito Flakes are popular. I like Kimchi. ‘Hiyayakko’ is a quick and easy dish that is perfect on …
It was my daughter who introduced this Korean dish to our family. It was a very sweet and spicy dish, I actually found it too sweet for me, but I enjoyed it, especially the rubbery Rice Cakes. This is my version of Topokki. My method might be different from the authentic method, but it is …
These are savoury pancakes that have unique rubbery texture similar to Mochi. You can make these Mochi Pancakes using Plain Flour only, but the texture would be slightly different. If you use Plain Flour only, alter the amount of Stock. The batter should be quite thin. These Enoki ‘Mochi’ Pancakes are great for snack OR …
My lates craze is Sweet Miso Sauce. I have been cooking many things in the sweet Miso flavour. Fish, Chicken, Pork, Tofu, Vegetables, Mushrooms, and so many things go very well with this flavour. And Sweet Miso Sauce is easy to make. You only need Miso, Sugar and a little bit of Soy Sauce depending …