cooking - Swiss roll

made this Swiss roll with my buddies. I like the step rolling a thin layer of sponge cake with the help of clean towel. love it.

cooking - hard boiled egg in herbal tea

bought chinese herbal from a good friend. boiled fresh eggs to 70% cooked in salted water. crack the egg gentlely to get cracked surface of shell. reboil them in chinese herbal soup flavored with chicken stock, salt and black soya sauce.

cooking - dried prawn sambal

my favorite sambal. I can eat two plates white Rice with this:) every nyonya chili paste has this basic ingredients...shallot, garlic, ginger, lemon grass n grilled dried chilies paste. tamarind paste and sugar flavor them. this sambal can use for curry puff, can serve with bread and use as stir fried paste for vege. try it.

cooking - laksa ala mum

too many spices and ingredients...and a lot of works. but i can't stop cooking it. cooking with love to family and friends.

laksa ala mum - soup

laksa ala mum - garnish

laksa ala mum

cooking - pumpkin pie

i have some left over millet, on the other hand pumpkin in the fridge seems like calling... let me in ! okay let's see what shall i do...hmm, how about a pie? the curry puff pastry receipe which my sis catherine learned from school suddenly pop up in my mind...

same portion of flour & butter? let's modify, how about flour (flour & millet):butter using ratio 1.5:1 (who said math never help in practical life?)...both dumped with some castor sugar into my food processor, let's pulse till powderly like milk powder. hey ice cold water, it's time for you to shower in. done my pastry crust at this point.

cooked pumpkin, let's mash u and then massage you with egg, milk and some cream (optional)...then flavor with sugar and salt. standby ya....

time to assemble, bake the pie till 75% cooked... pour in the pumpkin mixture. let it sauna... here u go...

and never forget...a slice for u

pumpkin pie

 

cooking - roasted beet root

try out recipe from AFC program River Cottage...



beet root, garlic, rosemary and salt

 

after roasted

 

flavor with balsamic vinegar & pepper