Chawamushi

Chicken Katsu-Don

Ingredients:

1) 60ml water

2) 1/3 tsp granulated dashi

3) 1tbsp japanese soyu

4) 1tbsp mirin

5) 1 tbsp sugar

6) boneless chicken le

7) japanse breadcrumbs

Agedashi Tofu

Ingredients:

1) chinese tofu for frying

2) potato starch

3) tempura sauce

4) white radish

5) bonito flakes

6) cut nori (seaweed)

sushi

Japanese cuisine

is actually quite easy to make...

the sauces / ingredients are the expensive part

with the right items, you can easily whip out a meal

here are 2 simply sushi

the preparation of the rice takes about 4 hrs

advanced preparation is possible

ingredients:

1) Rice - use short grain japanese rice

2) sweet rice vinegar

3) ebiko

4) tamago

5) crab stick

6) japanese cucumber

7) avocado

8) black sesame

9) mayonnaise

Fish baked rice

Rem to add salt to taste

Adjust cream and water to suit the quantity of rice

do not add all the rice at one go...add half and mix

make sure the rice absorb the sauce

if there is not enough sauce, adding all rice at once will cause it too be too dry....

Almond butter cookies

the temp of the room is impt
it is good to make the dough in the air-con environment if possible
this will make the dough easier to manage as butter will not melt easily

also keep some flour around to dust the rolling pin, cookies cutters and table for making cookies

challenges include (1) ensuring the thick of each dough is about the same size
this will make sure the final cookies are of similar thickness for presentation

(2) keeping the cut-out dough to the cookie shape....consistency for presentation too

as the dough maybe a bit soft in the hot sg climate, it is difficult to keep to the shape after cutting it out....similar to making pineapples tarts....

Kueh Baulu

look like i may have found the reason for the less-than-desired sponginess of the kueh baulu
i probably followed the wrong recipe
will adjust the next round and see how