Rolled Cabbage

Few days ago mummy saw some cooking program on tv and inspired her to make this dish. Then she went to search for recipes online and decided to try this recipe out http://erecipe.woman.excite.co.jp/features/okazu/o37.html

However, she made some adjustment from the original recipe.

Ingredient:
1 ball of cabbage (diced some and mix into the meat mixture)
350g minced meat of your choice
Half an onion (diced)
Breadcrumbs (1/4 cup)
Milk (3 tablespoon)
1 egg
some flour

Soup base
1 Chicken cube
Water 300-400ml
Tomato Puree 200ml
Ketchup 4 tablespoon
Sugar, salt, pepper to taste

Directions:
Cut out the stem of the cabbage as shown in the above link
remove the leaf of the cabbage one by one carefully (picking out about 8-10pcs of the biggest leaf and diced up some of the smaller ones that wont be used)
put the big leaves into a big pot of boiling water and boil for a few mins until soft. Drain.
Fry the diced onion and set aside
Mix in the cooled onion, minced meat, breadcrumbs and milk together and mix till well mix
Thin down the stem of the boiled cabbage leaf as shown in the link above
Sprinkle some flour onto the cabbage leaf
Take a handful of the mixed minced meat mixture and place on the cabbage leaf (place at the end nearest to u)
Fold in the 2 sides of the cabbage and rolled it up from the bottom. Secure the rolled cabbage with a tooth pick
Place the rolled cabbage into a big pot and pour in water to boil
Pour in the soup base ingredients and let simmer for 30mins.

Mummy made a total of 8 rolled cabbages and there are some meat left over so she rolled them into meat balls and throw them into the pot of tomato soup for my dinner. hee

Pizza Hamburger

Mummy made this for our dinner tonight. The directions to make this is exactly the same as the normal japanese hamburger. the only difference is the sauce used and the topping(green pepper and mixed cheese)

Ingredients:
Minced chicken (about 600g. 200g for 1 person. 100g per hamburger)-ok to use minced beef or pork as well
1 Onion (diced finely)
1 egg (beaten)
3/4 cup of bread crumbssome milk to mix with the bread crumbs to soften it.
salt n pepper to taste

Directions:
Fry the diced onion in strong fire till frangrant and let cool
Put the bread crumbs into a bowl and mix in some milk to soften the crumbs.
Squeeze out the milk lightly with hands and put into a big bowl
Add the cooled onions, minced meat, beaten egg, salt n pepper into the big bowl and mix everything well.
Shape the hamburger into the size u like.
Heat some oil in the frying pan and put the hamburgers into it letting it fry under strong fire
After the base turned brown, flip it over and turn the fire to medium
Cover the hamburger with a cover to let it 'steam' under medium fire so that the hamburger will be cooked through and not just the surface of it
Check for doneness
Once the inside has been cooked, add some pizza sauce(buy those ready to use type in a bottle), sliced green pepper and some mixed cheese onto it and return the cover
let it fry for a few more secs
Serve

Omelette Hayashi Rice

We took this for dinner yesterday hehe. I ate a big big bowl of it! However, mummy didnt give me the egg.. only the hayashi chicken plus rice..

Anyway, the hayashi chicken rice is very easy to make.

Ingredient(serves 4 adults plus 1 toddler):

Half a big onion (sliced thinly)

300g of chicken fillet/breast (sliced thinly)

** Fry the above in 2 Tablespoon of oil till cooked, add in 900ml of water and bring to a boil and reduce heat to low and simmer for about 15mins

Turn off the fire after 15mins and add the packet of hayashi sauce (can be bought at japanese supermarkets). Stir to dissolve and simmer again with low heat for about 10mins. Serve.

For the egg:

Heat the frying pan with oil/butter with high heat then add in the 2 beaten egg (add salt, pepper n some milk). Immediately, lower the heat to low and keep stirring the egg with chopstick for few secs and let it sit for another few secs to cook. Serve.

** U dun want the egg to be over cook or raw thus got to be very careful and watch the fire.

Ban Mien

Mummy tried making ban mien today (not mee hoon kway). BUT she didnt need to make the noodles as she found a supermarket opposite my school which sells it. Phew~ so all she need is to fry the shallots, the ikan billis and make the stock.. but but but... she failed! The ikan billis are all burnt and so are the shallots. somemore the shallots are not at all crispy.. She spent a LONG time in the kitchen though she is making only these few things! Imagine if she needs to make the mee hoon kway also? OMG...

Anyway daddy says the noodle taste just like japanese udon.. so somehow this ban mien is a total failure though it taste ok, it is just too far from those ban mien in sg.. so.. no pt to post up the recipe also anyway lol

Hayashi Rice

Today's dinner is Hayashi Rice hehe. Its a popular dish here in japan as well.. its basically just sliced beef(mummy uses chicken), sliced onions and the hayashi paste. THATS ALL! lol. fast and easy and most imptly... i LOVE it~ mummy gave me some of the hayashi sauce mixed into my rice today for my dinner(only a bit as she worries i wont like the strong taste). Then stir fried some spinach and minced chicken for my side dish hehe. I opened my mouth so BIG and clear the bowl so fast! Even faster than mummy can clear hers! Hehe.

Thai Green Curry

Mummy cooked green curry for dinner tonight hehe. Its been long since daddy and mummy last had green curry.. think the last time they had it was around august?

Ingredients:

Bai Makrut Leave 3g

Coconut milk powder 40g (dissove in 300ml of boiling water)

Green curry paste 30g

Fish sauce (nampla) 10ml

Chicken 250g-cut into chunks

2 Egg plants-cut into chunks

1 packet of shimeji mushroom

1 red and 1 green Pepper-sliced (mummy uses 2 green pepper instead)

Sugar

Directions:

Heat 3 tablespoon of oil and fry the green curry paste till fragrant with low fire

Fry chicken with the paste till cooked

Add in the 'coconut milk' , bai makurt leaves and mix well. let it boil

Add in shimeji mushrooms, Egg plant and green peppers, fish sauce and simmer till ingredients are soft

Add sugar to adjust the spiciness

Serve

Yaki Soba (Japanese Fried Noodle)

Mummy made this quick and easy yaki soba for lunch today.. Basically she just bought the noodle which comes with the yaki soba sauce in the pack. All she need to do is to fry the veg and noodle and add the sauce and TA DA! DONE!

Prawn Mee

Recently mummy has been cooking almost daily as she is trying to save $ haha. And also because daddy comes home early often.. Another reason is ME! Cos mummy says ive been taking hrs n hrs to finish my dinner and i dun eat well outside so she rather cook and stay home so she can feed me for HRS! 2.5hrs or so has become the norm for my dinner!

Mummy has been craving for prawn mee thus she cooked few days ago using singapore's prima taste pre pack (pre pack AGAIN~) lol.

Lotus Root Soup

Mummy made lotus root soup(her fav) last night using a slow cooker for today's meals but daddy says its tasteless though mummy felt it taste good! Hmm.. Guess mummy prefers a blender taste compare to daddy.. i drank a bit too hehe.

Ingredients:

a handful of wolfberries

250g of lotus root

250g of spare ribs(about 3pcs)

water just enough to cover ingredients

some salt to taste

The soup already looks very dark in colour this morning when we wake up.. Guess it might be because of the wolfberries.. mummy wanted to put red dates but was worry that i might not like the taste as she made chicken soup with red dates for me before and i hated the soup..

Together with this soup, mummy also made 'kong pao chicken' and chicken mayo(a popular dish in japan) for dinner and daddy says they are nice! But then.. those are frozen pre packs thus no recipe hehe. Mummy forgot to take photos too.. lol. Well, mummy cant really cook so she often depend on frozen food or pre packs lol. Poor daddy...

Chicken Rice

Today mummy cooked chicken rice for our dinner(yes u r right. its OURS including me hehe). Its the first time for me to try chicken rice! And almost the first time i try long grain rice. In fact i tried once when i was back in singapore for holiday when i was about 9mths old.. that time, grandma(mummy's mummy) cooked porridge with ngoh he(dunno wat fish is it in english) and brocoli for me but i only took a few mouth.. Today's chicken rice, i almost cleared my bowl! Mummy gave me a full bowl and i left a few mouth in it hehe. BTW, dun misunderstand. mummy didnt really cook this from stretch. She used the pre pack from prima taste which girl girl yiyi(mummy's elder sis) brought here that time she came for holiday LOL.

The photo look so ugly.. mummy says she is unable to take everything inside a photo so just make do with it. Lousy photographer.. Opps.

Japanese Hamburger(chicken)

Today grandma (daddy's mummy) came to visit me and she cooked lunch for us. its the first time mummy tasted wat grandma made. Daddy always praise grandma's culinary skill in front of mummy thus mummy was looking forward to her visit today as she promised to cook something which mummy would like to eat and also give mummy a 'cooking lesson' haha.

Usually in japan, the 'hamburger' is beef thus mummy has never tried them outside since she dosent eat beef so grandma made her a chicken hamburger! Its soooooooooooo yummy! of cos mummy helped in the kitchen as well and learn from grandma hehe. next time she shall try making for daddy and me!

This photo is not well taken haha. Mummy has lousy photo taking skills! She should emphasize on the hamburger and not the veg! Stupid mummy...

Hmm what's this??

Looks nice! Can i eat grandma??

BTW, i took a whole bowl of udon for my lunch slightly before grandma and mummy completed cooking this but anyway i took some of this dish from mummy and grandma too and also some more rice! hehe.

As for the recipe, grandma just make it base on her sense thus there is no exact qty of ingredients to use. Using her estimation, mummy drafted out the recipe here below:

Ingredients:
Minced chicken (about 600g. 200g for 1 person. 100g per hamburger)-ok to use minced beef or pork as well
1 Onion (diced finely)
1 egg (beaten)
3/4 cup of bread crumbs
some milk to mix with the bread crumbs to soften it.
demiglace sauce
salt n pepper

Directions:
Fry the diced onion in strong fire till frangrant and let cool
Put the bread crumbs into a bowl and mix in some milk to soften the crumbs.
Squeeze out the milk lightly with hands and put into a big bowl
Add the cooled onions, minced meat, beaten egg, salt n pepper into the big bowl and mix everything well
Shape the hamburger into the size u like
Heat some oil in the frying pan and put the hamburgers into it letting it fry under strong fire
After the base turned brown, flip it over and turn the fire to medium
Cover the hamburger with a cover to let it 'steam' under medium fire so that the hamburger will be cooked through and not just the surface of it
Check for doneness
Once the inside has been cooked, add some demiglace sauce onto it and flip it over a few times so that is is well covered with sauce and let it fry for a few more secs
Serve with extra demiglace sauce on top

Gapao-Thai style fried minced chicken with basil leave

Today mummy made Gapao for lunch and daddy says its yummy! Its her 2nd try though. the first time, it was simply too spicy so she decided to reduce the chilli padi's amt this time round..

Mummy found some recipe online and she modified them a bit. also, as mummy and daddy are big eaters, she double the recipe she found online and make a 4 ppl's portion. It should be enough for 2 meals hehe. Its easy since a cooking idiot like mummy can make it. hehe.

Ingredient:
Minced chicken 400g
Basil leave - 1 box of about 10-12pcs
1/2 Onion-diced
2 small pcs of garlic-diced
2 slices of ginger-diced
1 chilli padi-sliced
4 Green Peppers-sliced
a pinch of salt and pepper
a pinch of sugar
1 tablespoon of 豆瓣酱
4 tablespoon of nampla(fish sauce)
2 tablespoon of oyster sauce

Directions:
1. Heat oil, fry the chilli padi, ginger and garlic in low heat till fragrant.
2. Add in diced onion and fry in low heat till they becomes translucent.
3. Add in minced chicken and fry in high heat till they are cooked.
4. Add in the diced green peppers, some salt and pepper to taste.
5. Add in the seasonings(nampla, 豆瓣酱,oyster sauce and sugar) and continue to fry for a while and lastly, mix in the basil leave.
6. Fry the eggs in a seperate frying pan and serve the egg, minced meat and cooked rice in a plate.

Ma Po Tofu

Its mummy's first try to cook this dish (daddy's fav). She cook it for his bday dinner hehe. but its belated though..anyway nothing to boost about since this is actually instant haha. she just needs to cook the minced meat, tofu and sprinkle some spring onions into it thats all. hehe