Rilakkuma Omurice

I remember seeing someone doing this on the internet a few years ago.

And my first thought was…

“Geez, that’s a lot of work for a meal!!!”

And here I am, a few years later, attempting something i thought was so frivolous.

I must have had a personality transplant or something!

Or rather, the process of ageing does funny things to your brain.

So, if you are old and aged like me, and would like to do frivolous things, here’s a step by step pictorial.

One word of advise though, for the sake of your sanity,, please use the shorter grained Japanese rice for this.

Short grained Japanese rice have a stickier quality, which saves you from tearing your hair out when the balls of rice refuse to ball together.

I learned this the hard way using the regular Chinese (or was it Thai?) long grained rice.

Rilakkuma Omurice:

2 Cups of cooked Japanese Rice

1 TBS of fish sauce

1/2 TBS of soy sauce

2 cloves of garlic, chopped

3 TBS of oil.

Salt and Pepper to taste

Directions:

Heat the oil in a wok, Throw in the chopped garlic and cook till fragrant

Throw in the rice and the sauces. Mix well to combine. Taste and add salt and pepper if necessary

Japanese Omelette

2 eggs

1/2 TBS mirin

1/2 tsp soy sauce

Oil to coat the pan

Beat the eggs, mirin and soy sauce together in a bowl.

Coat your frying pan with a bit of oil and pour just enough of the mixed egg to form a thin layer of omelette.

Repeat the process till all the eggs are used.

Assembly:

I am really bad with words, so i think it is easier if you refer to the pictorial. Or if you are a youtuber, please head on over to theKKSshow’s video for her comprehensive steps on how to make the rilakkuma omurice

But do take note that her recipe differs from mine. Hers was done with tomato ketchup. Mine was soy sauce.

Cheers!

Happy Idul Adha

This cake is made to honor the cows to be slaughtered tomorrow.

And to wish all my Muslim Friends Happy Idul Adha.

Happy Holidays everyone!

 

Biscuit with Gravy

When i was making these biscuits this morning. I didn’t think that i was going to write  a blog post about them.

All i wanted was to use up the gravy that i made the day before.

My impression of biscuits was never fantastic. Gone were the days where I would nibble on a piece of tasteless, unsavoury Popeye’s biscuits.

In addition to that, biscuits were never photogenic.

Biscuits doused in pale, white-ish sauce were even less impressive.

However, i decided to weather all the negativity. Because it is of utmost importance that i were to journal this recipe.

The recipe that had the power to erase all the bad judgement i passed on all the biscuits that i ecountered before.

I’m sorry Biscuits, I’ve been harsh on you.

Original recipe makes 6 grand sized biscuits Change Servings

(taken from allrecipes.com)

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• 1/3 cup shortening ( I used butter)
• 1 cup milk

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
2. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar. Cut in the shortening until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Gradually stir in milk until dough pulls away from the side of the bowl.
3. Turn out onto a floured surface, and knead 15 to 20 times. Pat or roll dough out to 1 inch thick. Cut biscuits with a large cutter or juice glass dipped in flour. Repeat until all dough is used. Brush off the excess flour, and place biscuits onto an ungreased baking sheet.
4. Bake for 13 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges begin to brown.

And in case you were wondering about the gravy, the recipe can be found HERE

Minion Birthday Cake

Just a short post, to flaunt my cake.

There are flaws in this cake. The straps of the goggles were falling off. Parts of the fondant was wrinkled.

But i choose to ignore them all and reach for a nearby banana.

seriously, the song was stuck to my head as i was creating this

“ba ba ba.. ba ba nana, BANANAAAH, Potato- naaahh”

 

Happy Birthday to my nephew Brian who just turned 4!

I hope you liked the cake auntie made for you!

 

And I dont know how Gru creates his minions. But here’s how i created mine:

Popay!!!

 

DIY Rice Noodles in Soy Sauce

Besides being swamped with handling the payroll at work on the first day of every month, I like to do a little what i call “blog event browsing”

It’s the time of the month where i poke my nosey nose at the various blogs that’s hosting some of my favourite blog events.

So, the theme of this month’s Little Thumbs Up is Soya Bean

And since Mich, the host, was kind enough to open this event to dishes with at least 2 tsp of soy sauce. Our breakfast of DIY Rice Noodles automatically qualified as they were practically swimming in soy sauce!

The rice rolls came out so silky soft that i decided that they were fitting for my 14 month toddler with +- 8 teeth.

Her version was drenched with carrots, corn and some bone broth.

So here goes!

Homemade Rice Rolls

Makes about 5 rolls

150ml water

40 grams rice flour

1/2 tbs cornstarch

1/2 tbs wheat starch

1/2 tbs cooking oil

pinch of salt

Sift the rice flour, corn starch, wheat starch and salt into a large bowl

Gradually, while whisking, pour the water into the flour, making sure that there is no lump.

Add the oil and set aside for 30 minutes

Place an oiled tray into a steamer. When the water in the steamer has come to a boil, Give the batter a good stir and ladle a think layer of batter into the oiled tray.

Cover and steam on high heat for 5 minutes.

Remove tray from steamer, let cool.

Using a spatula, carefully lift one edge of the cooked rice roll and roll it up into a cylinder.

Continue to steam the rest of the batter until it is used up.

Soy Sauce dressing

1 TBS oil

4 slices of ginger

2 TBS sugar

50 ml of soy sauce

50 ml water

Heat the oil, ginger and sugar till the sugar turns syrupy. Add the water and the soy sauce. Let the mixture come to a boil

To serve. Place the rice rolls onto a plate and ladle the soy sauce dressing over it.

This post is linked to the event, Little Thumbs up organised by Doreen from my little favourite DIY and Zoe of Bake for Happy Kids, hosted by Mich of Piece of Cake at this post.