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Eggs in Bread Cups (Simple Baking) Ingredients 200g Bread flour 4g Instant dry yeast 1/2 tsp Salt 1 egg for the dough and 4 eggs for the filling 100 ml Milk 20g Butter 1 Tsp Sugar Method Add flour, sugar, yeast,egg in to a mixing bowl and start mixing. Next add butter & salt. Start adding milk little by little until forms a smooth dough.  Keep on kneading 10-15 min. Leave the kneaded dough in a greased bowl to prove. When its double in size cut in to equal parts and make balls. Then roll to a circle and put that in to ramekins or baking cups.  (watch video) Brush with butter and break in to the cups. Sprinkle salt & pepper. Leave to prove . Bake on 180c about 20- 35 min or until golden brown.

Vegetable Pancakes (Simple & Quick Meals) Ingredients 1-2 Cups of Leeks 1 Carrot grated 1/4 cup Capsicum 1/2 cup Sweet corn 6 Eggs Enough flour to make a batter Salt & pepper 1-3 tblsp Cream Margarine Enough water to make the batter (Or Milk) Method Add eggs flour, salt & pepper and mix well. Add vegetables and mix. Add more flour and water and mix to the right consistency. Add a spoon margarine or butter on to the pan. Pour a spoon full of batter and spread with the back of the spoon. Cook on low heat. Turn when it starts setting. Cook until golden brown.  Serve with chutney or sauce.

Lamingtons (A traditional  Australian Cake) Ingredients For the sponge cake 3 Eggs 75g Caster Sugar 25g corn Flour 25g self raising flour 35g Plain flour For the Chocolate dipping 1/2 cup Milk 15g Melted butter 1/4 Cocoa Powder 2 cups Icing Sugar For Covering      1 cup Desiccated coconut Method Add eggs in to a mixing bowl & beat 8 minutes until its creamy and fluffy. Rain sugar in to the bowl while mixing. Add flours and mix well. Transfer to a greased tray and bake 30-40 min until a skewer inserted comes out clean. Next Cover the wire rack with baking paper and transfer the cake on to the wire rack and cover with another baking paper and leave to cool down. Make the chocolate dipping by mixing all the ingredients and leave on apot of simmering water and stir to dissolve everything together. Cut the cake to the desired size. (you can sandwich them with jam or cream if you like.) Dipped the cakes in ch...

When ever we go out my daughter orders sushi if available. One sushi cost above 2 dollars depending on the filling. But make them at home is very simple. Good for parties as you do it earlier and leave in the fridge. I do it as a big batch and leave in a box for them to snack when ever they are hungry. :)  Home Made Sushi Rolls (Party / Finger Food) Ingredients For the Rice 3 Cups Sushi /Arborio/ medium grain Rice 1/2 Cup Rice vinegar 1 Tblsp Sugar 1 Tsp Salt Filling Several slices of smoked slamon Avocado Carrot Roasted Capsicums Wasabi Paste Method Wash the rice several times and add water to 1 to 1.5 ratio. Cook on high until boils and then reduce to simmer. When cooked add mixed vinegar, sugar and salt and mix well. Leave the rice to rest 30 min. If in a hurry use a fan to cool the rice. Put the bamboo mat on the bench top and arrange a yakinori sheet on it. Spread the rice and the filling on to the corner. Next Roll (Watch video) Cut i...

These buns are my daughters favourite. If she gets a chance to visit Chinese style bakery she grabs these with some other filled buns ( I will post the recipes of them too). It cost a lot of money for a single bun. If you make them at home its only couple of dollars and can freeze and leave in freezer up to 3 months. Chinese pork Floss  (Rousong) Buns Ingredients 500 g bread flour 20g Milk Powder (Optional) 2 Eggs 1/2 tsp Salt 30g Butter 7g yeast pork floss or any shredded meat 200ml Water 30g Yeast Method Add eggs,sugar, yeast, flour,salt and knead 2 minutes. When kneading add water little by little by little and keep on kneading about 10-15 min. After five minutes of kneading add butter and continue kneading. Grease a bowl and transfer the dough and leave in a warm place until double in size. Flour the bench top and transfer the dough on to the bench when doubles and press down and cut in to 8 equal parts. Nest take one piece and roll to t...

Savoury Leek & Bacon Muffins Ingredients Cooked 150g bacon & 1 white part if the leek. 280g Self Raising flour 300Ml Thickened cream 2 Eggs 1/2 tsp Baking soda (Bi carb) 1/4 cup Cheddar cheese 55g Melted butter Method. Cook the leek and bacon and leave to cool. Add eggs, butter, flour , thickened cream with butter and mix well. Add cooked bacon mix and fill muffin holes and bake 180 about 20-30 min.

Chicken & Cashew With Vegetables (One pot meal) Ingredients Chicken thigh Chops 1 cup Cashews (Soaked) 1 potato Several Garlics 1 Onion Diced 1 Stock cube Celery Olive oil Tomato Paste Several snow peas Salt & peper 1/2 Cup White wine 2 Zucchini 1 White part of a leek Handful of Spinach Method. Add oil to a pan and cook onion, Garlic and celery. Next add white wine and leave a minute to evaporate the alcohol. Next add the chicken thighs. After add salt & pepper, with the stock cube. Next add cashew carrots & potatoes. Add tomato paste dissolved in two cups of water and cook 20 min . Next add Zucchini and leeks and after add the spinach . Serve hot as it is or with crusty bread.

Aloo Bonda / Ala Bola (Finger Food) Ingredients 2-3 Potatoes Mashed  Diced Chillies 1 Onion diced 1 Cup Peas Salt & Pepper Turmeric powder Flour for dipping Oil for frying For the batter 1 Cup Chick pea flour 1/2 cup Rice flour Salt 1/2 tsp Baking powder Enough water to make the batter Method Mix the batter ingredients together and leave aside. Cook onion, peas and potatoes adding spices. Make balls out from the cooked ingredients. Dip the prep balls in flour and then in the batter. Fry until golden brown. Serve with a chutney or tomato sauce.

Every recipe make this bread very complicated. There is nothing to worry when making Focaccia. The recipe I have given works very well and very simple for you all to enjoy baking. Home Made Focaccia bread from Scratch Ingredients 410g Bread flour 1/4 cup Semolina or corn meal (Polenta) 7g Yeast 1 Cup warm water 6 Tblsp olive oil Fresh rosemary leaves cut in to small pieces. Salt Method Add warm water, 2 tblsp olive oil, yeast ,sugar in to a mixing bowl and use a whisk to mix. After add flour, semolina or polenta and knead 10 min adding rosemary while kneading. Make sure you do not add the flour at once. There will be some left over flour. Next put that on to the bench top and knead several min. Put in to a bowl to double in size covering with olive oil. When double in size put that to a greased tray and press down as directed in the video and leave to rest 10 min. Next poke the bread & sprinkle salt , olive oil and bake 200c about 20 -30 min until the br...

Adukku Roti (Layered Pancakes with Chicken & Pastry) Ingredients 500g Chicken cooked as a dry curry 360 g Plain flour 1 egg 1 tsp sugar 1 Tsp Baking Powder 1/2 cup margarine For the pancakes 1 cup plain flour 1 Egg Salt Enough water to make the batter Method Cook the chicken to a dry curry as you wish. Leave to Cool. Make the pastry as instructed in the video. Leave in fridge several min and take out to work and make a very thin round one. Next mix the pancake ingredients and make pancakes. Put one on the pastry fill chicken and then put another pancake and fill until you finish last layer with a pan cake. Cover with the remaining hanging pastry and bake 180 about 30-40 min or until golden brown.

Spanish Style Chicken & Vegetable Rice (One pot meal) Ingredients 21/2 cups long grain rice Bay leaves 1 Cup Asparagus 1 cup Beans 2 Tomatoes cut in to chunks 6 Cloves of garlic Onion 1/2 cup red wine or stock water 1 Tblsp Cumin powder 1 Tblsp Coriander powder 1 Tsp chilli powder Salt & pepper 1/2 cup parsley 300g diced chicken thighs Method Add oil in to a pan and cook garlic,parsley, bay leaves, onion and chicken . Brown the chicken and add all the ingredients  Add water and cook in the oven for 35-45 min. Check the water levels and put more water to cook rice.

T his Bread comes out soft like a feather if you follow the kneading process with the right roux. Sweet tea buns with Sultana Ingredients 18g Plain flour 75 ml of cold water 280g Bread flour 45 -50 g 0r 100g if you like vey sweet 1 Egg 25g Margarine 30g Milk Powder 30 ml Water or Milk 6g Yeast Salt Sultana soaked in hot water Method Cook the first two ingredients in the microwave or on the stove until it becomes a smooth paste. Next add flour , yeast, margarine, prepared roux , sugar , salt and egg. Knead well about 10 min adding water little by little. This dough will be a bit sticky , so add to a greased bowl and leave in a warm place to double in size. After use flour on bench top and for hands too. Cut the dough to 6 parts. Roll as described in the video. Put some sultana and make to round shape. Next Put them on baking trays and bake on 180 about 15-20 min.

Spicy Noodle Soup (One Pot Meals) Ingredients Rice Noodles Soaked in hot water 4 Spring onions cut in to pieces 1 boiled Egg 250g Prawns Fried Tofu For the Spice Mix... Red chillies (Dried) soaked in hot water 1 salad onions / Asian shallots 1 tsp Salt 2 stalks Lemon grass 1tsp Sugar 1 Tblsp Shrimp paste 2 Tblsp Oil Mix together.... ! Lemon 2 Tblsp Soy Sauce 1 Litre water 1 can (400ml ) Coconut cream 80 ml Tamarind paste Method  Soak rice noodles Make the spice mix. Mix the third lot together. In a pan stir fry prawns and leave aside and fry the spice (ground) in the same oil. Add the mixed coconut and water mix and cook until boils. Next add prawns and spring onions. Place noodles in a bowl. Add the prawn and coconut broth. Next put chives, eggs, and the tofu and serve hot.

Rice Pie Crust With Prawns & Spring Onions Ingredients 4 Cups Leftover rice 5 Spring Onions 6 Eggs 250g Prawns Salt & Pepper 2 Stock Cubes 2 Green chillies or a large capsicum diced 1 Onion diced 3/4 cup Thickened cream or coconut cream Method Add eggs, Salt ,Pepper,Stock cube in to rice. Grease a 9x9 inch baking dish. Mix egg with cream and salt pepper mix well. Spread the rice and press throughly on to the dish. Bake 180 about 15 min. Cook prawns and spring onions with other remaining ingredients. Spoon the cooked prawn mix on to the pie crust. Next pour the egg mix over the prawn mix. bake 180 about 20-30min.

Dark Chocolate Mud Cake (With a Ganache or with out) Ingredients 250 g Softened butter 2 Cups caster Sugar 1/2 cup of Milk 1/4 cup strong black coffee 25g Cocoa Powder 2 Eggs 200g Dark Chocolate 1 Tsp Vanilla 1/2 cup sherry/ whisky, or brandy or Apple juice 11/2 cup Plain flour 1/4 cup self raising flour For the chocolate ganache 1/2 cup of cream 200g milk chocolate Method Grease a 9 x9 inch pan Preheat oven to 180c. Beat butter &sugar until creamy. Next add eggs and mix Add dark chocolate in to milk and put in the microwave or on the stove to melt. Next add coffee cocoa powder and flour with the alcohol. Mix well. Then add melted chocolate and milk. Mix and pour in to the tray. Bake 180 c about 1 hour to 11/2 hours. (Until a skewer inserted comes out clean.) Cool on wire racks. To do the ganache mix chocolate with cream  in a pot and heat until the chocolate melted. Leave aside for 15-20 min until it is thick enough to spread. Then s...

Onion Ring Eggs Ingredients Salad Onion Rings Green Chillies Onions 5 Eggs 2 Tblsp Flour 1/4 cup Thickened cream Salt & pepper Method Add eggs cream and flour with salt and pepper . Next add onion & chillies. Mix well. Add some oil in to a pan.  Next put one onion ring and fill with the mix. Cook covered on low heat about 5 min.

Sausage Flower Bread Ingredients 450g Bread flower 70g Margarine 9g Yeast 40g Sugar 1 Egg 105 ml Warm Milk 50g Refrigerated dough (Optional) Sausages Mayonnaise Chives/ Spring onions Method Mix flower and refrigerated dough in a mixing bowl while adding, yeast, sugar, salt,egg,margarine and warm milk. Next knead the dough 10-15min. Leave the dough in a greased bowl in a warm place until double in size, Next take it and cut in to equal size portions. Make balls and roll to a rectangular shape. Put the sausage in middle and cover & cut as shown in the video, Next Make circle by pressing both ends. Twist each piece to make like a petal of a flower. Leave to prove again on a baking tray about 30-40- min. Apply mixed mayo and chives on top and bake 180c about 20-30 min.

Thai Style Fried Noodles. ( Quick & Easy Meals) Ingredients 1 Pack Flat Rice Noodles Sausages Chives Chillie flakes Garlic Eggs Sugar Salt Soy sauce Vinegar 1 Tblsp oyster sauce Dark Soy Sauce Method Add oil in to a pan and add garlic and cook 1 min. Next add sausages and fry about 2 min. Meanwhile make a mix sauce using soy , vinegar and oyster sauce. Add sauce mix in to the sausages and next the noodles. Add eggs  and scramble it too. Next add chives and chillie flakes.  Serve hot.

Baked whole Cauliflower Ingredients 1 Whole cauliflower Lime or lemon Juice Several cloves of garlic finely chopped 1/2 cup Fresh dill or any other herb 2 Tblsp greek style yoghurt/ curd 1 Tblsp Margarine or softened butter Salt & Pepper Method Mix all the ingredients in a bowl. Cut and separate the cauliflower florets slightly. Next apply the mix on and in to the cauliflower. Add cheese on top if you like. Bake 180 about 40 min-1 hour,

Please note that you can half this recipe with out a problem.  Home Made Oats Bread From Scratch (Soft, Moist, Healthy) Ingredients 300g Quick Oats 12g Yeast 1 Tsp Salt 50g  Sugar 750g  Bread Flour 470 ml Water Pre prep bread dough (Optional) Method Add flour, Oats, Pre prep dough, Sugar, Salt and yeast in to the mixing bowl. Start kneading adding water little by little. Knead 10-15 min until forms a smooth dough. Next grease a bowl and put the kneaded dough in and leave in a warm place until doubles in size. After take the dough & punch down and cut in to 6-8 equal parts. Next Roll to a rectangle and then roll to a log and put in the loaf pan to prove until double in size. After brush the tops with milk and bake 180c about 40-45 min.

My Mums Mixed Vegetable Curry Ingredients 1/2 a Leek 1 cup Cabbage 1 Cup Beans 1 cup Carrot Onion  Garlic 1 Cup Capsicum Cinnamon Rampe/ Pandan leaves 1 cup thick coconut milk Curry powder Turmeric powder Chilli powder Fenugreek seeds 2 Tblsp oil Method Add oil in to a pan and then fry pandan leaves, cinnamon, garlic and onions. Next add sprats and fry several minutes. Add carrots , beans with the spices & cook about three min. Next add coconut milk, leeks, capsicum  and cabbage. Cook several minutes. Serve hot with rice.

Bacon & Cabbage Pies (Quick & Easy Meals) Ingredients 600g Plain four/ Bread flour Salt Enough boiling water to knead the dough Half of a small cabbage 1/2 cup Chives Bacon Spices to your taste Method. Knead the dough adding enough boiling water to make a smooth dough. Next fry bacon and cabbage in a little oil and leave a side. Leave the dough to rest 30 min, Divide the dough in to equal size portions. Next take one and roll to a circle. Put a big spoon full of the cabbage mix in to the middle. Seal edges and roll using a rolling pin. Cook that in a sandwich press or in a pan until golden brown.

Chicken Quesadillas  (Quick & Easy Meals) Ingredients Shredded chicken Tomatoes Onions Chillies (optional) Salt & pepper Tortilla wraps Cheese slices or shredded cheese parsley Method Add oil in to a pan and cook parsley, & onion mix altogether. Next add chicken & cook several min. Spray tortilla wraps and put the filling in the middle. Sprinkle or place a piece of cheese  and  overlap the edges.  Next put in a sandwich press or on a grill pan and cook both sides until golden brown.

Pad Thai (Quick & Easy Meals) Ingredients 1 packet flat rice noodles Sliced onions 2 Cups bean sprouts Pad thai Sauce Eggs Garlic chives Tofu (Sliced) Prawns Dried shrimp (Optional) Pickled Raddish Pad Thai Sauce 1-or 1/2 of a lime juice 3 Tblsp light soy sauce 1 tblsp dark soy sauce 2 Tblsp fish sauce 1/4 cup tamarind pulp Method Mix all the ingredients for pad thai sauce and leave aside. Next add oil in to a pan and add prawn and onion fry 1/2 a min. After add tofu and two eggs. Don't scramble the eggs. Just stir. Add garlic chives bean sprouts and pad thai sauce. Next add noodles and cook one minute. Serve with roasted peanuts and fried shallots.

How to make Baguettes Ingredients First dough 125g Bread flour 75 ml Water 1/2tsp yeast 1/2 Salt 2nd Dough 270g Bread Flour 30g Plain Flour  200 ml Water 1/2 tsp Yeast 1 tsp salt Method Mix all the ingredients to the first dough and knead 5 min and leave to prove 2 hours in a warm place. Next add the 2nd dough ingredients to a mixing bowl and then  knead adding the fist dough too in it adding water and knead 10 min. Leave to prove in a warm place. Next take the risen dough punch down and cut in to two equal parts. Roll to a rectangle and roll to a log and roll to rectangle again and roll to a log and place in a baguette pan or in a tray and leave to prove cutting tops in an angle slightly. Brush the tops when its double in size and bake 180 c until golden brown and once knock shold give a hollow sound.

Chicken & Vegetable Tortilla Stacks ( Quick & Easy Meals) Ingredients Tortilla wraps 300g Cooked Chicken 1 Cup Capsicum 1 cup Cheese 1/2 cup carrot 6 cloves garlic 2 large onions Leeks 1 Can Tomato Salt & pepper Method Add oil in to a pan add onion & garlic. Next add leeks. After add salt add capsicum and carrots with salt and pepper. Next add chicken & tomatoes. and cook several min. Take  tortilla wraps and put one in to a round tray. Next add a layer of mix on to it. After add a layer of cheese. Repeat it & finish with a layer of cheese. Bake 200c about 15-20 min or until the top is golden brown. Leave 5 min to rest before cutting.

Kurakkan (Finger Millet/ Ragi) String hoppers Ingredients 1 Cup Kurakkan Flour 1 Cup Rice flour Salt  Hot Water (around 90c) Method Add both flours and salt in to  a mixing bowl. Add enough hot water to mix. (It has to be smooth but not runny) Mix several minutes. Next fill the string hopper maker. Use moulds press the mix. (Watch Video) Steam 2-3 min and press the string hoppers to see they are cooked.  Transfer to a plate and enjoy with a curry.

Mix Seafood & Vegetable Pasta Ingredients 500g Pasta Tomato paste 150g Prawns 100g barramundi 100g pink salmon 100g Squid 2 Tblsp cream Salt & Pepper Celery Onion Carrot Garlic Parsley Method Boil pasta . Add oil to a pan and fry parsley, garlic, onion and celery. After add carrots then the tomato pate. Next add finish and prawns. Next add pasta and cream. Stir well and enjoy hot.

Microwave Chicken Curry Ingredients 500g Chicken thigh fillets cut in to cubes Salt Garlic Onion Chillies Soy Sauce 1 Tblsp white wine 1 Tsp Curry powder 1 Tblsp pepper 1 Tsp Chilli powder 1-2 Tblsp Vinegar Method Mix all the ingredients with chicken. Next cook in the microwave 10 min. After take out mix again and cook 15 more min. 

Tuna Bread Rolls Ingredients For the Dough 400g Bread Flour 180g Plain/All purpose Flour 10g Yeast 1 Tsp Salt 50g Sugar 90g Butter 130ml Water 2 Eggs For the filling 2 Cans of Tuna 2 Eggs 1/2 cup Cheese 1 Cup Spring Onions Salt & Pepper Method Add All the ingredients listed under dough in to a mixing bowl and mix until it forms a nice smooth dough kneading about 10-15 min. Grease a mixing bowl and put the dough and leave it to double. Mix all the ingredients listed under filling and leave a side. Take the dough once double in size and cut in to 12 pieces. Roll each piece to a circle. Put one full spoon of the mix in the middle. Brush the edges with water and seal the edges. Using your palm roll them on the bench top. (Watch video) Leave them to prove again on a baking tray leaving room to double in size. Brush the tops with milk and bake 180 about 20-30 min or until golden brown.

These parcels are easy to prepare and also easy to cook. The main thing is not to over cook. Then it will go hard. Add oil to a pan and put them and cover to cook . Can keep in fridge for several days too. Chicken & spring onion Parcels Ingredients 450g Plain Flour 240-250 ml Water Cooked chicken with any spice 1 Cup Spring onions. Salt & pepper Method Knead the dough adding water and salt. Leave to rest and knead again. Put the chicken in a food processor and make smooth paste. Add spring onions. Mix well. After leaving the dough to rest put it on a floured bench and cut in to equal size portions. Take one and roll it to a rectangular shape. put the filling on a corner and then seal edges as shown in the video and then roll to the other end.  Next press the roll down using the palm and roll it to a circle. Can panfry easily or oven bake. Make sure not to over cook.