Eggplant BokkEum

Eggplant BokkEum

Main Ingredients

• Eggplant (10 oz)
• 1 Cup Onion
• 2½ Tbsp Cooking Oil
• 2 Tbsp Soy Sauce
• 2 Tbsp Water
• ½ Tbsp Minced Garlic
• 1 tsp Sesame Seeds
• ½ tsp Sesame Oil (optional)

Methods
1) Chop the eggplant into 1½ by ¼ inch strips.
2) Slice 1 cup of an onion into ¼-inch pieces.
3) Add cooking oil, add the eggplant and onion. Fry it for about 1 minute on high. Then add 2 Tbsp of soy sauce, 2 Tbsp of water, and ½ Tbsp of minced garlic. Fry it for 7 to 10 minutes on medium-high until the eggplant becomes soft.
4) Lastly, sprinkle 1 tsp of sesame seeds on top. Depending on your taste, you can drizzle about ½ tsp of sesame oil on top too.

 

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Potato JoRim

Potato JoRim from Aeri's kitchen

Main Ingredients

• 3 Medium Sized Potatoes (2 Cups)
• ½ Cup Water
• 2 Tbsp Oil
• 2½ Tbsp Soy Sauce
• 2 Tbsp Corn Syrup
• 1-1½ Tbsp Sugar
• 1 Tbsp Minced Garlic
• ⅛ tsp Fine Sea Salt
• ½ tsp Sesame Seeds

Method
1) Cut the potatoes into cube, soak the potato in the water for 30 min. This is to reduce the starch in the potato.
2) Heat the pan, add oil and potatoes . Fry the potatoes for 5 minutes on medium-high until they are about ⅓ cooked.
3) After 5 minutes, add ½ cup of water, 2½ Tbsp of soy sauce, 2 Tbsp of corn syrup, 1-1½ Tbsp of sugar, and 1 Tbsp of minced garlic.
4) Cook it for 5 more minutes on medium-high.
5) Taste it and if you need to, add up to ⅛ tsp of fine sea salt depending on your tastes.
6) Cook until the liquid is reduced to a paste, which should take about 5 minutes.
7) Reduce the temperature to medium and fry 5 to 7 more minutes until the potatoes are completely cooked. Then add ½ tsp of sesame seeds.

This side dish tastes good whether it is warm or cool. Serve it with rice and other Korean side dishes.

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Mushroom bacon ham spaghetti

Mushroom bacon ham spaghetti

Ingredient

Barilla Spaghetti

Barilla's Basilico sauce

buttom mushroom

2 slices of bacon

1 onion - roughly dices

4 slices of ham

Method:

1. Cook the spaghetti in a pot of water with salt.
2. Chopped the bacon into 1 cm strip, cook in a saucepan with olive oil till bacon is crispy.
3. Add in onion, mushroom and ham.
4. Add in around 4 tbspoon of sauce, warm it up.
5. Add in spaghetti and mixed well.
6. Serve immediately.

Afternote: Because of the sauce, it is still tasty even when the dish turn cook. That is how amazingly nice the dish can be. If you note that I did not even add any seasoning like herb of salt. The bacon is already salty and the onion give out the sweetness have added flavour to the awesome sauce that you dun required to add anymore. Easy right! Easy and good for kids.

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Sugee Cake

I did no baking this year given reason that I was tired but the itchy to do something is there. I cannot remember did I try Sugee cake before but I have the itch to try making it.

rich sugee (semolina) cake (sample recipe taken from the 'Delicious Asian Baked Treats' boostprints cookbook) Ingredients:
220g unsalted butter, diced and softened slightly at room temperature
120g caster sugar
3 tablespoons milk or water
100g semolina (sugee) flour
3 whole eggs and 2 egg yolks
120g caster sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla essence
80g plain flour (all-purpose flour)
1 teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
120g ground almonds
 50g finely chopped almonds (almond nibs)

Method:
• Cream butter and 120g sugar in a mixer for about one minute at medium
high speed. With the mixer still on, add milk gradually, followed by the
semolina flour. Mix till combined. Switch off the mixer and let the mixture
stand for an hour. This allows the semolina to absorb moisture.
• Preheat oven to 180°C. Use cooking oil or melted butter to lightly grease
the bottom and sides of a round cake tin measuring 7 inches (17.5cm) in
diameter. Line the bottom of the tin with greaseproof paper.
• Beat eggs and egg yolks in a mixer till frothy. Add 120g sugar gradually
and beat at medium high speed for a full five minutes till pale-coloured. Stir
in essence.
• Sift flour, baking powder and salt. Add ground and chopped almonds. Mix
well.

• Add half the egg mixture to the butter mixture. Fold gently till almost
combined. Then add half the flour mixture to the butter mixture and fold.
Add remaining egg mixture and flour mixture alternately. Fold till all
ingredients are combined. Do not overmix.
• Pour mixture into cake tin and smoothen the surface with a spatula.
• Bake for 45 minutes. If the top of the cake starts to burn, remove the cake
from the oven after 35 minutes, cover the top of the cake with aluminium
foil, then bake for another 10 minutes. The cake is ready when an inserted
skewer or satay stick comes out clean. Allow the cake to cool for 10 minutes
at room temperature before removing it from the tin. Run a knife round the
side of the cake and overturn it onto a wire rack to cool.

recipe notes (www.boostprints.com)
• Milk adds richness and flavour to this cake. If not available, replace with
water but expect a slight loss in flavour.
• The extra egg yolks add moisture and richness to the cake.
• It is important to beat the eggs well. This incorporates air into the mixture,
which helps the cake rise during baking.
• It is not necessary to toast the almonds before use in this recipe.
• Chopped almonds add flavour and some crunch to this cake. Do not omit.
• Buy ready ground almonds and chopped almonds to save time and effort.
• Plain flour gives the cake structure and should not be entirely replaced
with semolina flour.
• When folding the flour and egg mixture into the butter mixture, do not
overmix as this will result in a heavy and dense cake.
• Sifting icing sugar over a baked cake does wonders to its appearance. Or
spread whipped cream and sprinkle toasted chopped or sliced nuts. Refer
to cake decorating books for more ideas.

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Super quick teriyaki chicken bento

You dun need alot of time and preparation to get this bento ready. What u need is to cut out the chicken meat beforehand and getting all ur seasoning standby for a quick heat up.

Lets get down to do a 10 mins bento box for urself and kids.

Ingredient
Rice - I cooked the rice at night and keep it warm. U can always set timer if your cooker has this function.
Diced chicken thigh meat - more tendered part of the chicken
Diced onion - the onion taste great when caramelised and mt kids love it.

Seasoning
1.5 tbsp Teriyaki sauce
1 tbsp Water

Method
1. Pack the rice as the base of the bento box.
2. Heat up pan, add oil n onion for 3 min.
3. Add in chicken n cook till near cooked.
4. Add sauce n water n bring to boil.
5. Top it on the rice.

You can fried an egg or boil some broccoli to go with it.

Tata.... Easy right!!!

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Japanese dinner

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Lemongrass fried chicken wing

I am planning to cook this for my girl 9th birthday celebration. 1st time trying so pray hard it is going to turn out well for me.

Reciep taken from Nasi Lemak Lover.

http://nasilemaklover.blogspot.sg/2010/12/malaysian-lemongrass-fried-chicken.html

1.5kg chicken pieces (I use chicken wings)

Marinate ingredients to be pounded or blended :-
4 stalks lemongrass
1” fresh turmeric
1 big onion
8 shallots
4 cloves of garlic
2” young ginger

Seasonings
1 and 1/2tsp salt or to taste
2tbsp sugar
1tsp sesame oil
A dash of white pepper powder
1tbsp fish sauce

3/4cup rice flour
1/4cup water

Method
1. Marinate chicken wings in the marinate ingredients and seasonings for several hours.
2. Add rice flour and water into marinated chicken, mix and combine well.
3. Deep fry till golden brown.
4. Serve hot.

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