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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.