Monday, December 24, 2012

It Is An Authentic Massaman Curry Chicken Recipe

Massaman Curry Chicken, as delicious and healthy foods for us. Much of people have know, this foods, because Massaman Curry Chicken was familiar in some Countries. For that reason, I tell you about How to Make Massaman Curry Chicken. Well, here are some materials or ingredients on Massaman Curry Chicken Recipe, and completed with Steps.


Ingredients:
  • 2 tbs Massaman curry paste
  • Jasmine rice
  • 1 x 375ml can light and creamy evaporated milk
  • 600g chicken thigh fillet, cut into3cm pieces
  • 1 tbs vegetable oil
  • 2 tsp finely grated palm sugar
  • 450g desiree potatoes, peeled, cut into 3cm pieces
  • 1/3 cup (30g) desiccated coconut
  • 2 cinnamon sticks
  • 1 cup (250ml) chicken stock
  • 2 tsp cornflour
Steps:

Firstly, you must Soak coconut in evaporated milk for 15 mins. Heat oil in a wok over a low heat, add curry paste and palm sugar. Stir for 1 min or until the paste becomes caramel and fragrant. Add the potatoes, cinnamon and stock and cook, covered, for 8 mins, stirring.

After that, Drain coconut mixture through a sieve into a bowl. Squeeze out the milk from the coconut, making certain the coconut is dry. Set the coconut aside. Place cornflour into a small measuring jug, whisk in the milk until smooth.

And then, You should Add chicken to wok, coating well in paste. Stir in coconut milk. Simmer on low for 8 mins or until thick. Place reserved coconut into a frying pan, toast over a very low heat for 5 mins.

And Finally, just Sprinkle toasted coconut over curry and serve with jasmine rice.

Monday, December 17, 2012

This German Pancake Recipe Is Really Wonderful For Your Breakfast

German Pancakes are incredibly simple and they taste amazing to say the least. If you've never had one before, I'd say the best comparison would be french toast meets pancakes meets crepes. So really how could they not be good? I make breakfast a LOT in my home (probably more often for dinner than an actual breakfast meal) so I'm incredibly excited to have come across such a simple and delicious breakfast recipe.


German Pancake

Ingredients:
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 Tbsp granulated sugar
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup whole milk
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 Tbsp butter
Directions:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a mixing bowl, whisk together eggs until well blended. Add in flour, sugar and salt and whisk until smooth. Add in milk and vanilla and whisk until combine. Place butter in a large cast-iron skillet and place skillet in oven and allow butter to melt completely. Working quickly, remove pan from oven and slightly tilt pan to evenly distribute butter across the bottom of the pan (not edges). Pour batter into hot skillet and return to oven. Bake 15 minutes until puffed and golden. Remove from oven and cut into 4 - 6 pieces (I just used a pizza cutter) and serve warm with Vanilla Cream Syrup, maple syrup, honey, powdered sugar, cinnamon sugar, jam, fresh fruit, or fruit syrup (this blueberry syrup is excellent).

Monday, December 10, 2012

The Facts About So Famous Italian Ice Cream

Italian ice cream - also known as gelato - is treasured throughout the world. Have you tried it If not, you should. You will be delighted when you discover what you have been missing. Do you love ice cream Then there's a good chance you will also enjoy Italian ice cream. It has a lot more flavor than typical ice cream and the consistency tends to be more dense. If you are interested in learning more about gelato, you will enjoy this report which is full of interesting information about this Italian ice cream.

The word used for Italian ice cream is gelato which, when translated, means frozen. Rather than being a specific dessert, gelato is more of a classification of many different types of frozen Italian desserts. Due to this, recipes for "genuine" gelato will vary from person to person. During the Renaissance in Florence, Italy, gelato was first prepared. As it spread through Italy, different cooks and different regions altered the original recipe. If you visit Sicily, for example, you will find Italian ice cream prepared with milk and fresh cheese, in addition to vegetable starch. The cooks in the northern regions of Italy like to add cream to their Italian ice cream. You will also find some recipes that include eggs, and others that do not. With all the different types and variations of ingredients that are available, you will have to try several before you can decide which one you like the best.


If you can't find a store or gelateria that sells Italian ice cream in your city, and a vacation to Italy isn't feasible, there are other ways you can delight in the robust flavors of Italian ice cream. You could, of course, make it yourself, though that does require some work and perhaps an ice cream machine Visit Your URL. The choices don't stop there, however. There are other options available to you. Due to the popularity of Italian ice cream, grocery stores and health food stores are beginning to carry different flavors of gelato and placing them in the freezer compartment with the ice cream and toffuti. Have you thought about ordering ready-made gelato from the many companies that can ship it wherever you desire These companies are available to cater to your gelato needs if no other alternative is available to you. You can find them online and place your order. Needless to say, shipping will be expensive. The product has to be shipped Overnight or 2nd Day delivery and must be specially packed in dry ice and styrofoam.


Which is healthier - ice cream or gelato Compare the ingredients and you can make this decision for yourself. The ingredients for making gelato vary so much that it's impossible to draw any conclusions about the amount of calories in a normal serving. In the final analysis, if you are a calorie counter, you would be better off eating a fruit-based sorbet instead of either ice cream or gelato. It's not really an ice cream, as such, but you can usually find it sold alongside the gelato and ice cream in the freezer section of your supermarket. American ice cream is made with cream, and has a higher calorie content than gelato, which is usually prepared with milk. Soy or yogurt are two alternative ingredients you can use in your gelato recipes that would reduce the caloric content even more. If sugar is an issue, there are varieties of gelato that are sugar-free.

It's easier to find American ice cream, obviously, than it is to find Italian ice cream, especially in America. But that trend could be changing as gelato becomes more popular. American consumption of gelato may never overtake the amount of American ice cream that is traditionally eaten in the USA. Some reasons are that gelato shouldn't be stored for more than a couple of days and, due to the use of fresh ingredients, gelato is more expensive. Even better, you can learn how to make it so you can enjoy Italian ice cream whenever you're in the mood for it.

Sunday, December 2, 2012

There Is A Traditional Chinese Ma Po Tofu Recipe

It feels like months since I last updated my blog and prior to giving birth I used to update my blog every week or so, but recently I've spent a lot of time working towards my new illustrator business, setting up a website for it and most importantly working on my portfolio. While I have still been cooking in recent times, with both Chris and my workloads we don't really have time to sit down and eat elaborate meals so we've been eating fairly simply.

One thing I have felt though is a bit lost for not having time to cook. I'm due to go back to working in the same restaurant I worked in before part-time and I do actually miss the feeling of cooking properly. I also spent roughly two years working on this website so it's upset me a litle not being able to update it.


Just recently as well, Chris has been incredibly busy with his photography business so he hasn't had the time to photograph any dishes for me and we've both been really sick with baby flu which Amelia picked up at nursery. Seriously, if you haven't had a baby, be warned, baby flu is literally 10 times worse than adult flu.

So to get back into the run of my blog, I had a re go at cooking and photographing one of my original recipes from this website, Ma Po Tofu. Here is the orignal blog with the story behind this dish and the recipe. I hope you will like it.

Ma Po tofu is a well known dish from Sichuan. The creator is a lady who has
pockmark on her face and pockmark is Ma in Chinese and Po is a respectful form for a old lady. Ma Po had this small restaurant in Chengdu city and the most of her customers were porters. They usually bought some tofu and mince to ask Ma Po to cook them something to eat. After a long time, this tofu dish got more and more popular and famous, so people named this dish after Ma Po's name. That's how we called this dish Ma Po tofu.


I also know of a British chef called Fuchsia Dunlop who is a so called expert on Chinese food after she learnt some Chinese and spent some time at a cookery school in China. The way she pronounces this dish in Chinese translates to "Pock-Marked Mother Chen's Bean Curd" but if you ever go to a Chinese restaurant in Sichuan or Sichuan restaurant in Taiwan and China . Ma Po Tofu is the proper way to call this dish.

I went to the original site of Ma Po's restaurant in Chengdu when I was 14 year-old. But this restaurant was burned down in 2005. Many people felt really sad about this as Ma Po's restaurant plays an important part in the history of Sichuan cuisine. So, the Sichuan government rebuilt it again at another address in Chengdu city.

Here is one of the cooking methods for Ma Po tofu which was taught to me by my grandpa. My grandpa originated from Sichuan and was a really excellent cook and some of my happiest memories are of the time I spent with him in the kitchen learning to cook many different delicious dishes.