Oyakodon

For this week, the theme is focused on Asian Cuisine, on Japanese and Korean foods to be exact, this post will be about a Japanese dish. Oyakodon, it might sound a bit weird to you, but you will absolutely hooked to it once you know what it is. Basically, it literally means "parent-and-child", is a Japanese rice bowl dish. It is because, the ingredients the main ingredients are chicken and eggs. Judging by the picture, it looks quite yummy right?

So, I will stop rambling and give you the ingredients since you seem to be excited to try it out.
You will need :-
4 cups steamed rice
1 onion
3/4 lb of chicken thighs or chicken breasts
1 2/3 cups of soup stock
7 tablespoons of soy sauce
3 tablespoons of sugar
1-2 eggs

As for cooking directions

Cut chicken and other ingredients into bite-sized pieces. Heat 1/4 cup simmering sauce in a small frying pan. Add chicken and simmer. Add green onions and other ingredients. When ready, slowly pour 1-2 lightly beaten eggs evenly over the whole dish. Slide topping onto the steamed rice once the eggs start to cook. The rice will finish cooking the eggs.

There you have it, serve while hot and enjoy your meal.

Results of your cooking should look like the ones in this link
http://www.akitahinaiya.co.jp/farm/restaurant/oyakodon_made/index.html


Sources: -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyakodon

ICE CREAM

Ice cream is a frozen dessert that made from dairy products,such as milk and cream and often mixed with fruits ,chcolate chips or nuts and with other ingredients also various flavours. Ice cream recipes first appear in 18th century, England and America. It was published in Mrs.Mary Eales's receipts in London. Ice cream nowadays can be found anywhere and known throughout the world. Thera are many kind of ice cream recipes you can found in this world. Not to forget  you can also find varips kind of flavour,such as mint,chocolate,strawberry,sweetcorn and etc.Ice cream is delicious when you eat during a hot day.The chocolate ice cream recipes:
   

1. 2 cups(480ml)
2. 2 tablespoons(50grams)unsweetened  
3. 1/2 vanilla bean or 1/2teaspoons pure vanilla extract 
4. 2 ounces (55grams)semi-sweet chocolate chopped 
5. 4 large egg yolks 
6. 1/2 cup (100grams) white sugar 

emm..tasty..  

                                                                      

 This is what I called mixed flavours ice cream.  

 

 

You can find ice cream anywhere with many kind of different flavuor and colours. Ice cream is yummy but make sure not  to eat too much or you have to meet dentist.

Recipe link:http;//www.joyofbaking.com/chocolateicecreamhtml

Sources:www.google.com

            http;//enwikipedia.org/wiki/ice-cream

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Chocolate Brownies!

This week’s theme is on heavenly sweet foods. For this blog entry, it will be on Chocolate Brownies. It was first discovered in Chicago, Illinois during the 1893 Columbian Exposition.


The confection was created by a chef at the city's Palmer's House Hotel after Bertha Palmer requested a dessert for ladies attending the fair; it should be; she said; smaller than a piece of cake and can be easily eaten from boxed lunches. These first brownies featured an apricot glaze and walnuts and they are still being made at the hotel according to the original recipe.


To make Chocolate Brownies, you will need the ingredients listed below, but this isn't the real recipe made by the chef at Palmer's House Hotel though. So here we go:



• 120g good-quality dark chocolate
• 125g unsalted butter
• 200g caster sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 85g plain flour
• 2 tbs good-quality cocoa
• 100g walnuts, chopped

The cooking instruction to make the Chocolate Brownies to this recipe can be found at http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/6805/brownies and there you have it! It will look almost the same as the picture above.


You might as well add on something else that you would like to have in your brownies or maybe make your own recipe for your brownies just like this!

Tasty looking, isn't it?

Sources:

• http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/6805/brownies

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate_brownie

• http://snookydoodlecakes.blogspot.com/2008/08/double-chocolate-brownies.html

• www.google.com

Good luck on trying and bon appétit!

Spaghetti alla Carbonara

Pasta alla carbonara is one of the many famous Italian pasta dish created in the middle of the 20th century. name is derived from the Italian word for charcoal, hence it is believed that it was first made for Italian charcoal workers. It also has been said, that it was a tribute to Carbonari, a secret society prominent in the unification in Italy.
The traditional Italian version uses the cream, but nowdays most people are used to having a bit of cream in their carbonara. Thus the taste varies to every person. Making your own carbonara is so easy, you could whip it up yourself at home. The ingredients needed will be;

1 pound spaghetti
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 onion, chopped
1 tablespoon olive oil
4 eggs
4 cups shredded chicken
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 pinch salt and black pepper
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese

As for cooking instructions, I have included the link down there.

It doesn't take long to prepare this dish, so its a much recommended dish to serve during dinner and perfectly yummy too.

Serve while its hot and bon appetite!

Recipe link
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/chicken-carbonara-recipe/index.html

Sources:
www.google.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbonara

Pizza Frenzy

PIZZA FRENZY

This week theme’s is Italian. There are all kinds of Italian cuisine, but today it will be Pizza. Everyone loves pizza, but what do you know about it? Mostly through research, pizza originated from Italy. The word pizza is thought to have come from a latin word, pinsa, which mean flatbread. By 997 it had appeared in Medieval Latin, and in 16th century Naples (a city in Italy), a Galette flatbread was referred to as a pizza. Galette is a general term used in French to refer various types of flat, round or freeform crusty cakes. Other countries also spoke that pizza is discovered by them, so there is no questions on variations of pizza flavor. Margherita, Tuna Delight, Pepperoni, Super Supreme,BBQ Chicken, they are all pizza flavors. So what is the best pizza flavor? You will be the judge of that. All of this talking must have made you all hungry, so take your phone and order up a pizza or you even can make your own. I have also given you pizza recipes links. They are the best and most simple recipes that I have searched. Making your own pizza with your OWN recipe is even better. All you need is a ready-made flatbread, cheese, pizza sauce and all the toppings you ever wanted. Next, put it in an oven and heat it for 20-25 minutes. The minimum temperature would be 50 degree Celsius. Then, voila! Your pizza is ready to be served. Happy cooking and bon appétit!

(250W)

Recipe Links:
www.google.com
www.italiana.co.uk/CookingAuthenticPizza
www.kidscanmakeit.com/CK0001

Sources:
www.google.com
www.inmamaskitchen.com/FOOD_IS.../pizzahistory
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_pizza
www.lifeinitaly.com/food/pizza-history

Credits:
Aneesa, Fiifah Hana, Afifah, Marina.