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QUICK & SIMPLE RECIPES – JAPANESE YAKITORI (GRILLED MEAT SKEWERS)

Hi there,

I have got a quick & simple recipe here for you, Japanese Yakitori, those little tantalizing skewers of meat & seafood that you get from stores like Tori-Q & yakitori restaurants.

During my schooling days, I have worked in a yakitori restaurants for few years, so I have always have a soft spot for this Japanese dish. It is so versatile, you can use anything you can think of & make your own Yakitori, vegetables, seafood, meat, even sweets. The combination is only limit by your imagination!

Today dinner, I have made some Yakitori for my family, menu include :

Meat Balls (instead of chicken meat balls, I used pork meat balls)
Prawns wrapped with pork
Enoki mushroom wrapped with pork
Asparagus wrapped with pork

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QUICK & SIMPLE RECIPES – JAPANESE POTATO SALAD

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Do you love to order Japanese potato salad at Japanese restaurant or finding it hard to replicate the taste when you make it at home? I have this quick & simple recipes just for you.

I usually make this when I cook fried pork chop or western food, or just a snack on it’s own. This goes well as a side dish as well and I guaranteed it is so simple, all you need is a big bowl, a pot, and a fork, no hard labor on the washing too! ^^

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QUICK & SIMPLE RECIPES – VIETNAMESE FRESH SPRING ROLL

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I make quite a lot of salad at home and the Vietnamese Fresh Spring Roll is one of my favourite when I want something light and especially when I cook up Vietnamese beef noodles, to pair with them. Not only Quick & Simple recipes but also very delicious & healthy.

I have tried a few brands of Vietnam spring roll skin, but either they are very tough or they tear really easily when I wrap them around, I got this brand from Sheng Siong supermarket when I was looking for some mala steamboat soup base. So thought will try it out, & to my delight this brand is really good!

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SIMPLE & QUICK RECIPES – KOREAN BBQ KIMCHI PORK RICE

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I have got here a simple & quick recipe which you can whip up during weekdays, no multi pots or pans, just 1 non stick pan will do ^^.

You will need below Ingredients :

Carrot x 1
Onion x 1
Garlic x 3 cloves, crushed
Frozen Pork Belly x 1 pack, thawed
Cucumber x 1
Corriander & Spring Onions x 2 stalkseach
Top Gourmet Kimchi x 1/2 – 1 pack (depends on your preference)
CJ Korean BBQ Pork Sauce x 3 table spoon

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WEDDING GATECRASH RECIPE IDEAS (FOR THE GROOM & BROTHERS)

Hi there,

Yesterday, I was helping my dear friend with her wedding and was responsible for the food game during the gatecrash part of the day. So I have planned some wedding gatecrash recipe ideas for her on her big day.

Objective of the game is that the food must look great for the photos taking, and also “taste memorable & great” enough for the grooms & brothers.

Theme of the game was the groom & brothers will need to answer some questions, those failed will “have the honor” to get to taste the 4 special delicacies that are in store for them.

Hope these recipes ideas might come in handy for those that is planning for their next torturing session to the future grooms & brothers ^^

SOUR – Apple Cider with lemon & grapefruit juices & sour plum
SWEET – Honey & Condensed Milk with pretz biscuits
BITTER – Raw Bitter gourd with grape fruit cubes & orange or grapefruit peel
SPICY – Chilli paste with wasabi on crackers

These recipes are colorful, ( I can’t guarantee the taste of it thou :p) and great for photos that you will use in your wedding scrapbook, a little effort does goes a long way!

p.s. Congrats to both Mr & Mrs Tan, wishing you a blissful marriage!

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QUICK & SIMPLE JAPANESE RECIPES – JAPANESE CURRY RICE

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Ever wonder how to cook the delicious aromatic Japanese Curry Rice that you always order from Japanese restaurant? Some might think it might be a daunting task, but it is actually a very easy & simple Japanese recipe.

During my schooling days, my Japanese flatmates always debate whose own concoction of curry is the best, you can get all these weird curry ideas, like putting in ketchup, or mixing different brands of curry powder, some even put in mayo, talk about innovative recipes ^^”>….

I cook this dish rather frequently, especially on Sunday nights, because my husband LOVES this dish, it fits his requirements, (1) taste great & (2) easy to eat, ok don’t even need to use chop sticks to pick your food. hmm…

And it also fit mine, easy to cook & easy to wash as this is really a one pot wonder.

All you need to cook Japanese curry is as below :

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QUICK & EASY JAPANESE RECIPE IDEAS – TACO RICE & TACOS

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I first got to know about this dish when I was in Okinawa Japan visiting my relatives there. I have all the while love Mexican dish, but how Japanese put a twist to this dish is beyond brilliant, It is a combination of Tacos & rice, so instead of using Tacos shell, you will put all the ingredients over the rice. Very quick & easy recipe.

You might feel apprehensive initially, tacos + rice!? Tacos like Taco Bell Tacos!? yup, it is, but you will be a convert if you try this out once. It is a very popular dish in Japan, and in Singapore, if you head down to Okinawa Japanese restaurant like Nirai Kanai, Mimigar or En Japanese Dining, you will get to try this too.

Fret not, you will still get to have your fix of tacos ingredients, the fresh lettuce, tomatoes, taco seasoned mince beef, cheddar cheese, all combined together and you will get a fuss free meal and better still, a balance meal of veges and meat. You can taste the sweetness of lettuce & tomatoes and the savory spicy beef.

Basically what you will need will be :

Old El Paso Taco Shells X 1 box (you can choose Jumbo shells or regular shells)
Amirs Mince Beef X 2 packs
La Costena Salsa sauce X 1 bottle
Old El Paso Taco / McCormickPowder X 1 pack
Lettuce X 1
Baby Tomatoes X 1 pack
Cheddar cheese X 2 slices

1) Fry mince beef over high heat with just very little oil (1 tsp), pour in Taco powder and fry till fragrant and pour a little mirin (japanese sweet cooking wine or chinese cooking wine) to give some depth to the taco flavour

Tips : As mince beef after fried can become rather oily, I recommend to tilt the pan and scoop out the excess oil after frying the mince beef

2) Next, finely chop up lettuce and tomatoes in cubes.
3) Scoop some steam rice into a dish, put some cheddar cheese on it
4) Layer mince beef, lettuce, tomatoes and a spoon of salsa on it

5) You can use this same ingredients on regular tacos or cook up taco rice like above.

The whole recipe is really quick and you can get a nutritious meal all in one.

This is also a great party recipe, using small portions instead and placing it on small spoons instead of bowls.

I further tweaked this recipe to a Korean BBQ beef version, but I will leave it on my next posting ^^

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Dawn

KIDS RECIPES IDEAS – BENTO SETS

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I was cooking a lunch bento set for my son the other day, and suddenly thought about it will be a great idea to share some of the recipes that I usually make for my son. I love to cooking for him during weekends as I am a busy mummy who works 5 days a week, so weekends will be the only time I could cooking something special for him.

There are some of my friends and colleagues who have children who can be fussy in their diet, so I have recommended them to try out some recipes where you just practically hide the veges into the food. One of my favourite is tofu meat balls.

Ingredients :
Tofu X 1/8 of a pack
Lean pork X 1/4 palm size
Spinach X 1 stalk (soak into hot water)
Carrot X 3 slices
Egg X 1
* You can add garlic or grated onions into the mixture, which I usually do, as I believe garlic, leeks, onions can boast immune system.

Directions :
1) Soak spinach into hot water, or in boiling water with a little salt, boil the carrots at the same time (for 2 mins).
Tips: Putting salt into water, can retain the color of green vegetables and also the salt can bring up the heat so the cooking process can be shortened.

2) Mix all the ingredients into a bowl, and mold into small little balls so that you can serve it with some cute Daiso bento toothpicks, and let the little one to pick it up and eat it with fun.
Tips : Tofu is the binding agent in this dish, if you do not have tofu, try using bread soaked in milk, I use my son’s milk powder if I run out of tofu, that way you do not need to buy a new carton of milk and worry the left over.

3) Pan fry the meat balls, until cooked, add a little soya sauce or ketchup at the end and fry it for a further 10 – 15 secs and is ready!

This is one of the bento set that I made for my son, the ginger bread man is cheese sandwich which is being cut out using a ginger bread cookie cutter. And the brown color “trees” is tau kwa which is being cut out using the Daiso bento cutter too! ^^

Please drop me a message or share with us your creative kids recipe ideas here, hoping to meet up with mummies who have interest in this and share ideas of cooking nutritious meal for our kids ^^

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Dawn

QUICK & EASY RECIPE IDEAS – DUMPLINGS / JAPANESE GYOZA

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One of my recent favourite recipe is to make Japanese gyoza or chinese dumplings, this happen ever since I got this magnificent piece of kitchen gadget from Daiso, it is called the patty folders, it basically is a small piece of plastic which can fold together, you just place the dumpling skin on it, add some ingredients to it, press the plastic together and there you go, the dumpling is done! So here is a quick & easy recipe idea for you – Japanese gyoza.

You don’t even need to dip your fingers into water and sweat it out just by attempting to fold the dumpling skin into the perfect shape, this gadget just do all the work for you!

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JAPANESE RECIPE IDEAS – TONKATSU (DEEP FRIED PORK CUTLETS)

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This is one of my favourite dish in our household, you can get to eat this in almost all Japanese restaurants, it usually comes with the deep fried pork cutlet, with sesame dressing or tonkatsu sauce ( a thickened worchershire sauce that goes very well with deep fried dishes)

* Meal for 4
Ingredients :
Pork Chop or Pork Loin x 4 – 6 pcs
Breadcrumbs x 1/2 pack, enough to coat all the pork chops
Egg x 1, beaten
Corn starch or plain flour X 1 table spoon

Directions :
1) Use paper towel to dry the pork chop, and pat it with corn starch and dip into the egg batter. (some of my japanese friend mix the corn starch with eggs together, that works as well)
2) Coat it with breadcrumbs, slightly pressed on it to let the crumbs stay firm on to the meat.
3) Heat oil (medium heat) during preparation of the pork chop, check oil temperature by dipping your chopsticks into the oil, if you see bubbles forming around the chopsticks, you are ready, fry for 1 min with high heat and turn to low heat, fry until golden crispy
4) Always sieve out any burnt crumbs from the oil
5) After finished deep frying, place it on paper towels to soak up any excess oil
6) Slice it or just cut it up with scissors, place it over the rice and dress it up with Japanese mayo & tonkatsu sauce or set it up on a nice plate & enjoy!

Sauce to go with :
Japanese mayo : great for making potato salad

Tonkatsu sauce

Salad for side dishes :
Salad Greens or Romaine Lettuce – spin dry
Baby Tomato
Frozen corn kernels
Avocado
* Quantity are optional, and I prefer to get frozen corn kernels, because you can get to keep the rest in the fridge and use for longer time, compared to tin can or carton corn kernels.

I usually make a few more pieces so that I could pop them into the oven until crispy and make Tonkatsu sandwich, great for brunch or a lunch itself with some salad or coffee!

You can have different varieties of garnishes with it comes to deep fried pork chop (Tonkatsu), you can cook up some Japanese curry and make it Tonkatsu curry rice, or put some grated raddish (daikon oroshi) with citrus soya sauce (ponzu) and some spring onions, for a refreshing twist to the meal. ^^

Happy Cooking!

Cheers!

Dawn