How to make mashed potato

Recipe for mashed potatoes

My doraemon do not like those instant mashed potatoes, so I always have to make from scratch :)

Here's my recipe :)

ingredients
russet potato
salt & pepper
butter
milk
1) Peel the potato

2) Slice the potato into thick slices (1/2 inch thick)

3) Boil the sliced potatoes in water until cooked

3) Add butter, milk, salt & pepper to taste and mash, mash, mash.

5) The mashed potato is ready to serve!!!

Happy Portobello Mushrooms

After eating mushroom monsters from NYDC cafe & restaurants, I like the side dish so much that I decided to make some at home myself. I bought some mini portobello mushrooms, ham and swiss cheese, Put the prepared mushrooms into the oven and hey presto! The finished product is so delicious, that doraemon and me finished all the twenty over mushrooms in a snap!

What a nice Sunday Dinner =)

Added recipe as requested

Ingredients
Mushrooms (portobello mushrooms preferred =p)
Ham/Sausage (cut into small pieces)
Shredded Cheese

Lay the mushrooms with shredded ham/Sausage, then fill up with shredded cheese.
Heat it inside toaster over for about 10-12 minutes or when cheese are browned.

Home with Grandma

Today's a saturday, but I spent most of my time with my grandma, woke up at 8am today, despite it is a weekend for me. I cooked some chicken porridge using chicken drumsticks i bought yesterday at NTUC choa chu kang.

I'd like the porridge a lot! and it taste Very good, especially for people like me with weak teeth. Can i sell it for $2.50 with youtiao at the market stall in the morning? =P

It's very simple to prepare:
Keelyn's Recipe
Ingredients:
Two chicken drumsticks,
3/4 cup of rice (washed),
Water enough to cover the rice at least 2 inch
Ginger & Garlic
Seasonings - Salt, Pepper, Soya Sauce, Sesame Oil
Method & Directions:

1. Bring Water to boil, put chicken drumsticks inside for a while (like stir 5-10 rounds)
2. Take out the chicken drumsticks and discard the water.
3. Boil fresh pot of water.
4. After the water is boiled, put in scaled chicken drumstick, washed rice. ginger and garlic
5. Bring to small flame after the mixture boiled.
6. Add seasonings to taste.
   

Today is the first time we do major manvouring with the wheel chair as my sis and I took my grandma to IMM. All my relatives were so worried about my grandma! My father come to fetch us, but ended up with a dead engine halfway through. It's our first experience! My second uncle, cousin & Husband came to our rescue! We tried a unsuccessful jump start. Followed by the evergreen pushing of the lorry just like in the movies and It works!!!

My feet were badly "injured" by the wheel chair and it hurts so much when I bathe. My stupid sister keep bumping the wheel chair into my ankle also =(
I think it's going to hurt for a few more days...

Chicken Pie & Saussage Roll

Went for Hands On Baking class with Maggie. It's so fun, cos we can bake our stuff and bring home. Today's Recipe is Chicken Pie & Saussage Roll. It's done with Shortcrust pastry.


First, we do the dough with Rubbing-in Method. I dislike this method most cos my hands, fingers get tired so easily...

Next is kneading and resting the dough, we need to repeat 5 or 6 times every 15 minutes interval. Very tedious hor.

Kneading... Kneading....

Resting the dough... Of course not here, Rest in the fridge:)

While waiting through the interval, we started to prepare the fillings....

Filling for Saussage Roll
Filling for Chicken Pie :)

Demostration by the Teacher, Irene Yip

Saussage Roll

Chicken Pie

Now is our turn =)
My finished Product =)

My baked Saussage Roll
Me with my Saussage Roll & Chicken Pie

How to do Fruit Tartlets

Sorry for being so late! I am quite tired these few days and quite busy too! These two days hor, I dun even have my proper lunch break :(

Anyway, here's how to do fruit tartlets. It's quite simple, cos i always use super shortcut methods which will works due to my laziness.

So here goes...

1) Tartlet shells, These baked shells can be bought off shelves from phoon huat, I bought most of my things from there, so it's very easy. One tray (less than $4-$5) consist of 30 tart shells.

2) Super Instant Custard Powder, Just follow the directions on the package, this pack cost $4-$5 also. I estimated that it can makes about 120 tartlets (abt 4 trays of 30s). Which means, 100g for each tray of tart shell.

Here's how the mixture looks like after it's done. I dun have an electrical mixer, so gotta do with a hand whisk. Chilled the custard in the fridge and use when needed. Remember to cover properly to prevent a harden layer to form.

3) Fresh fruits. Fresh fruits like kiwi, strawberries and peaches are excellent fruits to be used for fruit tartlets, any other ingredients can be used too! Just cut them into small pieces and put onto stuffed custard shells. You never try, you'll never know.

4) Glazing gel. Add a teaspoon of this gel plus roughly equal amount of water, heat up a bit using small flame for the gel to melt. Remove from flame and put glazing gel enough to just cover the fruits. This small bottle ($2-$3) is enough to last quite some time.

Extra Tips:

It's important not to make the tartlets too early from consumption time. As the custard is wet and shell is dry. The fruit tartlets will taste sloggy if it's put for too long.

I prepare some for my colleagues in one of morning (lol, not the night before). It took me less than 10 minutes to prepare the tarts. With the custard and cut fruits in the fridge lah.. So don't worry about not enough time.

Hope you like the "recipe" anything dun understand, can ask.

Custard Recipe

Custard
2 egg yolks
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup flour
1 cup milk (full fat)
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

To make custard: In medium bowl, whisk egg yolks, sugar and flour until thick and pale; heat milk in saucepan until almost boiling; remove from heat. Slowly dribble in hot milk into egg mixture, whisking continuously, until all of milk has been added. Return custard to pot and cook, over medium-low heat, until custard has thickened and coats the back of a spoon (5-7 minutes). Place piece of plastic wrap directly onto surface of custard (this prevents a 'skin' from forming) and allow to cool completely.

I've found a Custard Recipe, maybe will try out tomorrow. :)