English Bread

This English bread was different from my recipe here English Bread. I got the recipe from my Facebook friend, she had share her recipe via Facebook post and many people tried it and all said nice. I must try too.

 After made and test it, I must say... wowwww!  it's really nice bread, it was fluffy and moisture texture. I should try long time :-)

I'll post her recipe later this week. 

Young Coconut Jelly

This time is really hot, have to find something cold to eat. I got a young coconut, I have bought since last week and put in my fridge and was thinking to make young coconut jelly. 

• Open up the coconut on top and pour the coconut juice into a pot. 
• I used a spoon to scrape a coconut meat out and pour also into a same pot as juice. 
• Add about 2 tbsp of sugar and add 2 tsp of agar agar power into the pot and bring to boil. 
• Boil until the sugar dissolve and a bit thick, then remove from the heat. let it cool for a mins and then pour into a coconut, then put in the fridge for 2-3 hour. 
• Use a spoon to scoop and eat when it's cold. 

Rainbow Cupcakes

  

My daughter came across the rainbow cupcake from some where and asked me can make for her. I'm a bit lazy this few day because of hot weather and I don't want to on my oven, but as a mother when she want it, I have to make fro her ;-)    

I just made a simple vanilla sponge cupcake and butter cream. She did herself for the color and piping. After she have done it and eat, she post this cupcake to her Facebook page and one of her friend asked whether I can make these cupcake for her sister birthday next month. My daughter told her friend "yes" I can make it and she got the order for 40 cupcakes. that's cool! huh.... :-)      

Deep Fried Batang Fish with Fish Sauce

This dish it similar with the dish, when I went to visit my sister in law in Chonburi -Thailand. She had a food store next to the Bangsan beach and she cooked this dish for us to eat, but she use a Sea Bass fish and we love it so much. I asked her how she cooked it so nice and yummy, then she told me.

Today I follow her but I used Batang fish (Spanish Mackerel Fish) and the deep fried the fish until cook or golden color. Remove fish from hot oil, and spoon out the oil but leave a bit in the pan. Add fish sauce and a bit sugar and heat until boil and pour over the deep fired fish, and serve with rice.  

That's our delicious meal !! 

Happy Songkran's Day

Songkran is a Thai traditional New Year which starts on April 13 every year and lasts for 3-5 days. Besides the throwing of water, people celebrating Songkran as a Buddha festival may also go to a temple (Buddhist monastery) to pray and give food to monks. They may also cleanse Buddha images from household shrines as well as Buddha images at monasteries by gently pouring water mixed with a Thai fragrance (น้ำอบไทย) over them. It is believed that doing this will bring good luck and prosperity for the New Year. 

Fresh Milk, Sago & Peach Pudding

Ingredients for sago: 

• 1 cup sago 
• 10 cups water 
• 210 ml fresh milk
• 1-2 piece of tin peach in syrup, cut into cube

Ingredients for syrup 

• 1 cup sugar 
• 1-1/2 cup water

Method; 

1. Make syrups by mix water and sugar together and bring to boil for 10 minute or until the sugar a bit thick but not too thick. Remove from the heat and set aside for cooling. 
2. Bring the water to boil in a large pot. Add in the sago and cook for 10 minutes or until the pearls are almost fully translucent, with just the barest while flecks in the center of pearls (they will continue to cook after you turn of heat). Remove from the heat.
3. Pour the contents of the pot through a large fine-meshed sieve and shake to drain off the excess water. Working quickly, spoon the sago into the syrups bowl.
4. To serve, add fresh milk into a small bowl, grass or ramekins about 1/4 cups and spoon the sago in syrup, and top with chopped peach. If you find not sweet enough, you can add in the syrups.     

Note: you can use fresh mango or other fruits instead of peach as well.         

American Sandwich Bread

American Sandwich Bread

Original Source : browneyedbaker, I had adapted the recipe a bit as below and I did the knead by hand if you use electric stand mixture or bread maker, please refer to original method or refer from your machine. 

Sweet Mango with Glutinous Rice

I bought a Thai mango from the market yesterday and think of eating it with sticky rice or glutinous rice. This is common dessert in Thailand. For the olden time, we usually eat this dessert during a summer time,  because this time a lot mango come out to the market, but now a day mango in Thailand so easy to find it and whole year, you can eat this dish for all season or whenever you go market or restaurant.

Glutinous rice cooked with coconut cream, sweet a bit and topping with coconut cream, which it more salty than sweet. I don't like to cook the rice too sweet because the mango is already sweet. If you like to try to cook your own, I got a recipe below

Khanom Krok - Coconut Rice Cake

Khanom Krok

Ingredients;

• 1 cup rice flour
• 2 cups water
• ½ cup cooked rice
• ½ cup white coconut grated
• ½ tsp. salt 

Coconut for topping;

• 1 cup coconut cream
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 ½ tsp. salt

Preparation:

1. Add flour into a bowl, mix with 1 cup water and stir, and then soak them for 12 hours or overnight.
2. Mix cooked rice, grated coconut, and 1 cup of water into the blender and blend all together.
3. Pour the blended mixture into the rice flour mixture, add salt and stir well. Used it as flour (batter) Khanom Krok.
4. For the topping, mix coconut milk, sugar and salt together. Stir to dissolve sugar.
5. Set the stove to low heat, plate the Khanom Krok mold on top and spray the cooking oil or gently wipe each socket.
6. Spoon the flour/batter 1/3 into the socket. Add the coconut topping, cover and wait until around the edge turn brown; use a spoon to shovel up.
7. Serve with coffee for breakfast, afternoon tea or as a snack as well.

PS. I have bought this electric takoyaki pan from Bangkok and I use to make Khanom Krok Mold.  

Peach in Syrup

I had stop drink cold water or cold drink for long time ago but this month the weather so hot, we need some cooling dessert. In my cupboard got a can of peach in syrup. I got an idea to make dessert, just open it and slice it put in the fridge about 30-40 minutes, or you can add some ice into the bowl and just eat like that too. Make yourself fresh and cooling after taking this easy dessert.

In Thailand in summer time, there use a many kind of fruit to make dessert like this e.g. mango, young coconut, lychee, also use a sour fruits too. 

I usually bought can fruit from Monte brand, I find the piece of peach its quite big size and testy too. If you find the syrup too thick or too sweet, you can add some ice water to dilute.