Sweet Cakes and Savory Vegetable Cutlets

My mom used to say that after eating sweet stuff, she would crave for something salty or savory and that is strange. After all, mouth watering sweet stuff does look tempting enough you want to gulp it pretty much like how Garfield does it ..'Waaagh,,' there no more.. Or maybe we can act a little fair lady and eat slowly cutting each corner by the spoon slowly and savoring each mouthful .. 'wam wam wam...'

Somedays ago, my colleague came to visit us and she made something called the 'vegetable cutlet'.. and that is because she was so modest and afraid of naming her own creation.. It tasted really nice and we all loved it very much. Thank You! Anyway, I surely can finish those vegetable cutlets easier than all those Mother's day cakes!!

Glutinuous Rice Dumplings! or Zong Zi!!

It is part of a chinese tradition to eat glutinuous rice dumplings. They can be extremely tasty with their fillings made out of red beans (sweet ones) or peanuts and soya beans (salty ones). The salty ones are my favorites as they usually stuff mushrooms, chestnut, salted eggs and meat inside. Exceptionally, there is one type that has nothing inside and they are meant for the sugar coating of your choice.

 Glutinuous rice dumplings are never easy to make but some great mamas at home do know how to make them well, and usually it takes many hours just to prepare the rice, the fillings and the wrappings using banana leaf as shown. Once you buy them, you can eat them straight or place them in the fridge. They will keep up to 3 days in the fridge and if you just have to reheat them in the microwave before eating them. The best hawker stalls that boast these would be able to sell them at a good price each and still leave people queueing for all the more!

Pizza Mania Weekend!

Ever wonder how to make your own pizza? You get to put in whatever you like onto it.. Onions.. Radish, Olive, Capsicum.. Ham. Pineapple? Chicken strips? Sausage cutlets? whatever and you can do it .. All you need is to make the dough properly and that part is the hardest.. Use yeast instead of self raising flour.. Use potato flour and the crust would have its own natural moisture post bake.. Box the dough to ensure you get that nice texture.. and Here is the before version..

Bake it for at least 20 minutes at 200 degree celsius. You should research the correct temperature and timing based on the condition of your oven. Because it does matter.. :) So here is what it looks like post bake..

Yum yumm... pizza for Mom's day? no?? something funny when it turns out to be pizza biscuit.. :)

What you should do with Stomach Discomfort?

When you ate too much and you start to feel some slight discomfort around the lower parts of the belly area.. It is perhaps due to too much acidity in the stomach due to irregular eating patterns. It is not healthy if you leave it as it is, because the acid would burn the linings of your stomach. Aim to treat it right away by taking anti-acid or anti-flatulent tablets or liquids to ease.

It would help ease the pain almost instantly. Then after that, it may be time to examine your eating patterns. Eat regularly and take fruits and vegetables. Here is one of the best solution in available in the Asian market. Without it, the pain continues and the stomach feels heavy with flatulence. Bloating feeling causes a lot of discomfort.

Shisamo or Tuna Fillet??

Shisamo or (Pregnant fish some may call it ..)can be eaten best grilled on hot stone.. It becomes crunchy then and mostly it will not disappoint any food lover .. The whole little fish can be eaten and it really tastes like eating fish.. Tuna fillet on the other hand can be eaten raw at the Japanese restaurant..

Reddish and freshly prepared to be put to serve. It is different from Salmon as the color differs on a gradient. Salmon is slightly more pinky than Tuna. Both are nice.. but when it comes to eating out at the Japanese restaurant.. its really difficult to choose Shisamo or Tuna.. different in taste and in the way they are prepared.. definitely shisamo is great to go with soya sauce ..