Dried grapes cake

Ingredients: 65g low gluten flour, 4 eggs, 30g oil, 30g milk or water, 60g icing sugar, desired amount of dried grapes

Method: Separate egg yolk and egg white. Whisk egg whites. At the mean time, add 40g sugar to egg white separated 3 times until 5 times larger and hard form. For egg yolk: 20g sugar added into egg yolk and mix until dissolved. Add oil and milk and stir. Add sieved flour and stir well. Pour egg white into egg yolk separated 3 times and stir well. Put a sheet of oven paper in rice cooker and pour mixture into rice cooker. Spread dried grapes on surface. Press button cook. Cook for 25 minutes.

Basic cake

Ingredients: 90g low gluten flour, 3 eggs, 20ml oil, 60g sugar

Method: Whisk eggs until hard bubble form. Add sugar separated 3 times and whisk well. Fast speed beat until thick, then use low speed until egg become hard. Add oil and stir through until corporate. Add sieved flour separated 2 times and stir through. Pour into greased rice cooker. Press cook button. After 5 minutes of the button jumped to keep warm, press cook button again. Leave it for 10minutes after the button jump to keep warm. Take it out and leave it upside down for 20minutes.

Black sesame cake

Ingredients: 170g Low gluten flour, 4 eggs, 140g sugar, 40ml oil, 1 tsp black sesame.

Method: Sieve flour. Break eggs into a clean bowl and mix well. Add sugar and fast speed for 5 minutes (5 times larger). Add sieved flour and mix well. Add in oil and stir gently. Grease rice cooker and pour mixture into rice cooker. Sprinkle sesame on surface. Press cook button. When button jumps to keep warm (about 40minutes), let it for 5minutes take it out and let it cool for 1 hour.

Chocolate cake

Ingredients: 130g Low gluten flour, 30g cocoa powder, 4 eggs, desired amount of dried grapes, 110g sugar, 45ml oil.

Method: Break eggs into a clean bowl and warm it to 40'C. Off from heat, add sugar and whisk for 6minutes until the size increased 5 times bigger. Sieve cocoa powder and flour. Add into the egg mixture gently. Then, add oil and stir gently. Grease rice cooker and pour mixture into rice cooker. Put dried grapes on surface. Press cook button. When button jumps to keep warm (about 40minutes), let it for 5minutes take it out and let it cool for 1 hour.

Basic cake

Ingredients: 300g Low gluten flour, 4 eggs, 1 liter milk, 3 tbsp sugar. 

Method: Separate egg yolk and egg white. Add sugar into egg yolk and mix well. Then, add milk and stir well. Separate flour into 3 portion. Add 1 portion into egg yolk per time. Finish all flour. It will become thick mixture. For egg white, add 1 tsp sugar and whisk until it is hard. Separate whisked egg white into 2 portion. Add 1 portion per time into egg yolk mixture and stir gently. Grease rice cooker and pour mixture into rice cooker. Press cook button. When button jumps to keep warm, let it for 20minutes then press cook again. Let it cook until button jumps to keep warm button. Leave it for 10minutes. Take it out and let it cool for 1 hour.

Apple cake

Ingredients: 100g flour, 6 eggs, 1 liter milk, 1 tsp oil, 1 tbsp sugar, 2 apples (green)

Method: Separate egg yolk and egg white. Add 1/2 of 1 tbsp sugar into egg yolk and mix well. Then add milk into egg yolk and mix well. Add 1/4 of 100g flour and mix well. Finish 100g flour and mix well until paste like liquid dough. For egg white, add the rest sugar into egg white and whisk until solid form (hand whisk- 15min, rotatory machine - 5-10min fast speed).  Add 1/2 of whisked egg white into paste and mix gently. Add the rest whisked egg white into paste and mix gently.  Slide/chop apple as thin (or desired thickness). Add apple into paste and stir gently. Grease rice cooker and pour all paste into rice cooker. Gently shake for couple of times (to prevent bubble in paste - smooth texture). Press cook button. When it is cooked and the button jumps to keep warm, let it for 20min and then press cook again. Let it cook through and and wait for the button jumps to keep warm. Leave it keep warm for 20min. Take it out and let it cold for 1 hour.

Churros chocolate dip

Ingredients: 1 cup water, 1 cup flour, 2 tbsp sugar, 1 tsp salt, 1 egg, 1 cup dark chocolate, 1 cup chocolate chips, 1/2 cup cream/full cream milk, 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder.
Method: Churros: Bring water to boil. Off heat, add sugar and salt until dissolved. Add flour and mix until the mixture become a ball. Add 1 egg to the ball and whisk until it form a form ball (still maintain its shape but a soft one compared to flour water ball earlier). Pour into plastic bag with piping tip. Heat frying oil until 190'c. Press churros a desired length into frying oil and use knife to cut it off from piping tip. Fry for 2-3minutes or golden color medium high heat. Use kitchen paper to absorb excess oil. Chocolate sauce: Melt chocolate and chocolate chips. Off heat, add cream/full cream milk and stir it until corporate. Add cinnamon powder and gently mix.

Muffin

Ingredients: Dry: 250g self raising flour, 50g brown sugar, 125g castor sugar, 2 tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp cinnamon powder. Wet: 125g meltd butter, 175ml whole milk, 2 eggs, 1 tbsp vanilla extract

Method: Preheat oven 400'F. Sieve flour, baking powder, castor, brown sugar, salt and cinnamon in a bowl. Melt butter and add vanilla, 2 eggs and mix low speed for couple minutes until smooth. Mix mixture with the dry ingredients in bowl until thick and smooth. Pour into (cup cake paper) mold. 70% full as muffin will raise while cooking. Oven 20 minutes 400'F or until muffin expand (use toothpick to test the middle is not wet, that means muffin is cooked).

This is basic ingredients of muffin. Add any thing as you want example, chocolate flavor and chocolate chip, lemon zest  with vanilla flavor etc. For chocolate chips melt it together with butter.

Chocolate molten lava cake

Ingredients: 45g Chocolate, 50g butter, 17g low gluten flour, 25g sugar, 1 whole egg, 1 yolk

Method: Pre-heat oven 220'C. Double boiler, melt butter and chocolate. Mix egg, yolk, 1/2 of total prepared sugar mix well. Add and mix the rest sugar and flour.  Mix the mixture with melted chocolate butter. Pour into greased mold. Oven 6 min (small cup). The surface should be set like a cake and expand a little bit.

Tips: do not over cook as the molten will be dried out inside. Always check.

Brownie

Ingredients: 3 3/4 cup flour, 1 3/4 cocoa powder, 1 cup chocolate chips, 3/4 cup butter, 1 cup sugar, 3 large eggs

Method: Preheat oven 325'F (162'C). On double boiler, add chocolate chips until melted and corporate. Add sugar and stir for minutes. Let cold down. Add 1 egg in a time to the mixture (complete 3 eggs). Sieve flour and cocoa powder into mixture and gently mix. Place baking sheet in mould and pour mixture into mould. Oven for 25-30min (top no burn, lighter color as compared to dark chocolate color). Let cold down 2 hour before serving/cutting.

Triple chocolate cheesecake

Method: Chocolate biscuit - powdered . Unsalted 80g butter (melted). Mix butter and biscuit then press hard as base. Freeze for 20 min. Dissolve 20g gelatin in hot water. Mix slow speed 400g cream cheese + 1 cup milk (240ml) + 1/2 cup (125g) icing sugar. Add dissolved gelatin gradually and mix. Divide into 2 portion. 1 portion add melted white chocolate and stir gently. Another portion added melted dark chocolate and mix gently. Beat whipping cream/heavy cream until hard and double in size. Divide whipped cream into 2 portions (white and dark chocolate). Mix gently. Pour on top of base and refrigerate for 1 hour or until cake is set.    

Chocolate moist cake

Method: Pre-heat oven 300'F (148'c), grease oven pan and put some flour. Mix, slow speed 2 cup flour, 2 cup sugar, 3/4 cup cocoa powder, 2 tsp soda, 2 large eggs, 1 tsp salt, 1 cup buttermilk, 1 cup oil (mazola) and 1 1/2 tsp vanilla. Speed up gradually until smooth, thick and corporate. Pour 1 cup almost boiling water gradually and blend until smooth. Poor into greased pan and over 1 hour until expended, no stick at the middle.

Black bean rice

Celery, garlic, onion, carrot, rice. Stir fry and cook.
Add black bean and cook for 3 hours.

Crispy bottom.

weekend dishes

Churros chocolate dips
Churros coconut
Triple layers cheesecake
Chocolate moist cake
Hazelnut mouse cake
Cucumber salsa
Sardin stuffed and orange reduction
Crispy prawn
Ravioli
Brownie

Chinese vegetables noodle soup

Ingredients: 1 package noodle, 1 medium + 1 small carrot, 1 celery, bunch of scallion + 1 scallion , 4 slides ginger, 3 cloves garlic, 1 onion 2 L water and 1 tbsp salt

Method: stock: stir fry chopped onion, garlic and slides of ginger. Add all other ingredients (except noodle, 1 small carrot and 1 scallion) and stir fry for couple minutes. Now, add water and bring it to boil. Turn heat low and let it cook for 1 hour. Filter stock (remove vegetables). Rinse noodles with hot water and then put in bowl and add stock. Slide scallion and carrot for topping.

Homemade caramel sauce

Ingredients: 1 cup white sugar, water (enough to cover sugar in pot), 1/2 cup full cream milk, and 6 tbsp butter, 1 tsp salt

Method: Heat sugar and water until water is vaporized (no mixing/whisking or anything). Sugar will turn into golden caramel color slowly. Low the heat and add milk gently mixing. Then, add butter and gently mixing until it is thicken. Add salt. Off heat, continue mixing for couple minutes. Allow to cool down.

Oreo cheesecake pudding

Ingredients: 1 large package vanilla flavor oreo, 8 oz cream cheese,  1 1/2 powdered sugar/icing sugar, 1/2 cup milk + 4 cup milk, 1/2 tsp vanila, 1 cup cream, 6 oz instant chocolate flavor pudding.

Method: Blend oreo until fine crumbs. Put aside. Whip cream until it double in height (stiff). Put aside. Beat cream cheese (room temperature) until soft and then add 1/2 cup milk, vanilla and sugar. Mix well. Then, mix gently with whipped cream. Put aside. Beat pudding and milk.

Filling: Add a layer of crumbs followed by cream cheese. Then, add pudding and starts again layer of crumbs and continues until finishes.

Garlic mayonnaise

Ingredients: 2 garlic cloves, olive oil and 2 large egg yolk, coarse salt and peppers

Method: Place egg yolk in processor, add garlic and mix until well mixed. Add oil slow as the motor runs slowly. Last, season with salt and peppers.

Norwegian Lefse Fried Potato Bread

Ingredients: 1 kg medium potatoes, 400g all purpose flour, pinch of salt
Method: Boil potatoes until cooked, skin peeled. Mashed (or use meat grinder) *not blender because it will make potato sticky. Add flour to the mashed potatoes and mix through. Add salt and cook on non sticky pan (no oil added). Cook until the big brown black dots appear (as follow).
While still hot, roll it with sausage and tomatoes/chilli/mustard sauce .

   

Pastries

Ingredients: 1 1/4 cup all purpose flour, 3-5 tbsp ice water, 1 stick cold unsalted butter and pinch of salt
Method: Mix flour, butter and salt in bowl (or use blender), add 1 tbsp water and mix again until the dough is film and non sticky to hands (add water as necessary). Wrap in wet towel or plastic food wrap and put in refrigerator for at least 1 hour. Take it out and roll to the desired thickness (add flour as necessary to prevent sticky).

Pasta dough

Ingredients: 100g sieved all purpose flour and 1 large egg
Method: Mix flour and egg (demonstrate as below)

 

Homemade cottage cheese

Ingredients: 1 L Whole milk, 2 tbsp distilled vinegar, pinch of salt

Method: Warm whole milk until bubble coming out around the pot. Then, add distilled vinegar into it and stir slowly. The curb (solid cheese) will  appear soon after distilled vinegar added. Off heat and let it for 10 minutes. Filter cheese and liquid. Last, add salt to cheese and further dehydrate the cheese. Nice, dry solid cheese.

Tips: store in freeze for 3 months, store in refrigerator for 1 week.

 

  

Homemade beancurd jelly (自制豆腐花)

Ingredients: 1 L packaged soy milk, 2 tsp gelatin, icing sugar 

Method: Warm the soy milk (until the bubble around the pot seen). Then, put gelatin and stir until dissolve. Add icing sugar until your desired sweetness.

Deep fried chicken with lemon honey sauce

Ingredients: Chicken pieces, deep fried powder or bread crumbs, 1 egg, parsley, 2 medium lemons (juice), 4 tbsp honey

Method: Heat oil to 180'C. Dip chicken pieces into egg and then deep into the powder/crumbs. Deep fried chicken pieces until golden color. For the sauce: Mix all together.

 

Hainanese chicken rice

Ingredients: 1 Whole chicken, 3 spring onion (scallion), 4 slides ginger, pinch of salt, ice tubes and water. Dressing: spring onion, ginger, 2 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tbsp sugar, 3 tbsp sesame oil and 3 tbsp peanut oil.

Method: Select a pot that fits the chicken and pour water half full of the pot. Bring spring onion, ginger and salt to boil. Put chicken into the pot and using medium low heat for 14-16 minutes. Take it out and soak in ice tube water for couple of minutes. For the dressing/sauce: bring peanut oil to heat (off heat when you see the smoke...it is real heat. Becareful.). Chop spring onion and finely slide ginger. Then, add sugar, soy sauce and sesame oil. Pour the hot peanut oil into the dressing. Cut the chicken into the size you want and pour the dressing on the chicken.

Tips: If chicken piece is chosen instead of whole chicken then the cooking time should be lesser.

 

Spiced corned eggs 卤蛋

Ingredients: 5 Eggs, 1 L water, 3 tbsp thick black sauce, 4 tbsp soy sauce, pinch of salt, 1 cup brown sugar and 2 slides ginger.

Method: Boil the eggs for 6 minutes (half boil - egg white is cooked, egg yolk is still soft and runny). Rinse with water and peel it when it's cold. Boil water and put all ingredients into the boiling water. Put eggs and cook for 1 hour medium heat. Off heat, and let it for 30 min.

                             

Mango sauce

Ingredients: 1 large mango, 50g room temperature salted butter, 1/4 cup sugar (less sugar if mango tastes sweet enough for the sauce), 1 tbsp corn flour, water (add gradually until your desired mango sauce concentration)

Method: Melt sugar till caramelized then add corn flour water. Mix it. Add mango and butter

                               


Tips:  Make the dessert to restaurant level by just using oil plastic bottle.


                                                  
                                          

Homemade ice cream

Ingredients: 1 1/2 cup whipping cream/Heavy cream/Full cream milk, 1/2 can condensed milk, 1 tbsp vanilla, chocolate chips/oreo etc.

Method: Freeze cream/milk and condensed milk for 2 hours. Add vanilla and choco chip and mix gently. Freeze for 5 hours or until it set. 

                              

Garden salad

Ingredients: Fennel, onion, carrot, spring onion, parsley, capsicum,  green leaf (lettuce), tomatoes cherries, olive oil, honey, apple cider vinegar, salt and pepper.

Method: Chop fennel, onion, carrot, spring onion, capsicum, and green leaf. Season it with ingredients listed. Tear parsley and put on top of salad.

Tips: Individual's favorite: cream, blue cheese, egg, mustard, mayonnaise and etc.



                         


                          

Mango salsa

Ingredients: 2 medium finely chopped onions, 2 medium finely chopped red capsicum, 2 medium mango chopped, 2 medium tomato chopped, parsley chopped, 2 medium lime (juice), 4 tbsp olive oil, 3 tbsp honey, salt and pepper.

Method: Chop all and mix well, season it with the ingredients listed.

*Tips: classic serve with pork, beef, prawn and etc

                                    

Black sesame soup/paste

Ingredients: 100g black sesame powder, 1/4 cup rice (any brand) or 2 tbsp corn flour, rock sugar/brown sugar.

Pre-preparation: Soak rice for 1 hour to soften it. (if you choose corn flour, skip soaking process). If you choose black sesame seeds, blend it or powdered it using food processor.
Method: Using blender, blend black sesame and rice for 2 minutes. Then, bring it to heat for 2 minutes using medium high heat, keep stirring. Add sugar and keep stirring for another 2 minutes. Add hot water if the paste become too thick (also depends individual's favorite thickness).

                                   

                                   

Lasagna

Ingredients: Minced beef, onion, lasagna pasta, canned tomato paste, fresh tomato, olive oil, salt and pepper.

Method: Cook dry pasta in boiling water for 5-6 minutes. Take it out, let it dry and add oil to prevent cracking. Cook filling by heating up olive oil and caramelized chopped onions. Add in minced beef and stir well for couple minutes and then add chopped fresh tomatoes and canned tomato paste. Cook it for 10 minutes. Season it with salt and pepper. At last, add cheese and finely chopped parsley. Make lasagna layer as in the picture and then topping with cheese. Cover it with foil. Put it in preheated oven 350'F for 15-20 minutes.

*Add water if it is too thick.
*Amount of ingredients depend on serving.

                                     

                                     

                                     

Sugar decoration

Ingredients: 1 cup Granulated sugar, water (just enough to cover sugar in pot, the more water in pot the longer it takes to evaporate).

Method: Heat sugar and water until water vaporized and sugar turn into caramel color. Off heat, let caramel drop to 25'C ( almost stick, stabilized but still move able). Use anything for shape such as soup scoop, dough roller and etc. Let it set.

*You can use dry method for making caramel which caramel sugar without any water. It is faster but higher risk burning the sugar.

Caramelize sugar and water.

Example of sugar decoration using dough roller.

Example of sugar decoration.

Dishes for weekend

Garlic prawn butter with lemon juice


Seafood pasta with white wine sauce and parsley


Dory with lemon butter sauce



Prawn salsa



Roasted pumpkin seed (5min 350F)