3-in1 Sushi

I haven't been very diligent in writing my blog, was going through a lazy phase, but I'm still trying out dishes and all. Especially during the weekend, I was kinda in a multinational mood, was trying out different countries' dishes during the last few weekends.  Here's Japanese sushi.  I served it with Mayonese instead of wasabi and my boy loves it.  I have to make this dish repeatedly over 2 weekends as my boy kept requesting for it.  Here's the recipe, enjoy:

3-in-1 Sushi

Ingredients for the Rice

• 2 cups of Japanese Rice
• 1 tsp of vinegar
• 1 tsp of mirin
• 1/2 tsp of salt
• 2 tsp sugar

Ingredients for the filing

• 2 Japanese Cucumber
• 1 pkt of Japanese Seaweed sheet
• 2 Eggs
• 1 tbs sugar
• 1 tbs of flour
• 1/4 tsp of salt
• 1/2 pkt of mock crab stick

Directions

1. Cooked Japanese rice as per package instructions.  Once the rice is cooked, mix in the sugar, salt, vinegar and mirin. Kept the rice warm in the rice cooker for 15 mins. Then scoop it out in a container ready to roll.
2. To cook the Japanese Egg.  Gently beat the eggs, add sugar, flour and salt and mix well.  Then, hit up a frying pan and fry the eggs mixture in low heat until cooked. Make the eggs thick by using a smaller frying pan. Cut egg into strips.
3. To prepare the cucumber, roll the cucumber with salt and then wash it away, this will help get rid of some excess water in the cucumber.  Then cut cucumber into strips.
4. For the crab stick, gently cooked the crab stick with boiling water for about 5 mins.  Then cut stick into strips
5. To assemble the sushi.  Use a bamboo sushi roll, put a piece of seaweed sheet, then cover the sheet with a very thin layer of cooked rice, put a strip of cucumber, a strip of eggs & 2 strips of crab stick in the centre.  Then roll them up tightly & slice into 3/4" thickness.
6. Served with Mayonese and Enjoy!

Soft Bread in a cup

Brought Baby FAN to a shopping trip one day and a lady offered her a piece of home-made milk bread as a sample for the Bread Machine that she was selling and Baby FAN loves it.  So I thought, maybe I can try making a milk bread myself. Of course, I don't have a Bread Machine, the one that the lady was selling cost $300 plus, so I ended up kneading the bread with my bare hands for 15 minutes.  It was a really good work out for me...hi hi...

Well, here's how the bread turns out, I added some dry cranberries on top to make it looks more appealing.  The bread was really soft and just the right sweetness.  Going to served this for my breakfast tomorrow and see if the kids like it.

Soft Bread in a Cup Recipe
(modified from Do What I like)

Ingredients & Directions

• 310g Bread Flour
• 60g Self-raising Flour
• 40g Milk Powder
• 115ml Warmed Milk
• 20g Condensed Milk (about 1 tbs)
• 55g Castor Sugar
• 3g salt (I put about 1/4 tsp)
• 7g instant yeast (I put about 1 tsp)
• 1 egg + 2 egg yolk
• 40g butter (room temperature)
• Egg Glace - 1 egg lightly beaten with 1 tsp water

1. Sieve bread flour, self-raising flour, milk powder and salt into a large mixing bowl.
2. Mix warmed milk, condensed milk and sugar into a bowl, then sprinkle on it to form the yeast mixture.
3. Make a well in the middle of the flour mixture and pour the yeast mixture and eggs into the flour.
4. Mix till dough is formed and knead in the butter until you get a smooth  dough.
5. Proof dough for 50 minutes or until double in size.
6. Divide dough into 12 equal portion and put it into the greased muffin cups. Make 3 cut on the surface of the cup bread with a pair of floured sissors. Proof for another 50 minutes until double in size.
7. Put cranberries on the cup bread and glace it with the egg glace.
8. Bake cup bread in 190 deg cel preheated oven for about 15 minutes or until cooked.
9. Enjoy!

Wholemeal Pizza

Suddenly got the urge to make pizza and thought that it would be fun to get the kids involved in assembling it.  So, I plough through my stack of recipes and found this one that I used to make when SMALL FAN was a baby.  I top the pizza with ham and cheese for the kids, as well as pork floss and mayo.  I think the kids really enjoy putting the pork floss onto the pizza while eating it at the same time.  However, was really disappointed with how the pizza turn out.  The crust was ok, but the Regu pizza sauce doesn't have much taste and the mozzarella cheese I used was totally wrong.  I used the slice version and thought it would be easier, but the cheese doesn't melt like the normal mozzarella cheese ;(  My boy keep telling me he don't like the cheese....sigh....  I will probably make it again but this time round, going to just go for the traditional mozzarella cheese instead.

Here's how the pizza look inside

Kids enjoying themselves putting the toppings for the pizza.

Final product before baking.

Here's the recipe:

Wholemeal Pizza

Pizza Crust

• 1 teaspoon white sugar
• 1 1/2 cups warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
• 1 tablespoon active dry yeast
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups wholemeal flour
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

Pizza Toppings

• Japanese Mayonnaise
• Pork Floss
• Pizza Sauce
• Ham Mozzarella Cheese

1.  In a large bowl, dissolve sugar in warm water. Sprinkle yeast over the top, and let stand for about 10 minutes, until foamy.
2. Stir the olive oil and salt into the yeast mixture, then mix in the wholemeal flour and 1 cup of the all-purpose flour until dough starts to come together. Tip dough out onto a surface floured with the remaining all-purpose flour, and knead until all of the flour has been absorbed, and the ball of dough becomes smooth, about 10 minutes. Place dough in an oiled bowl, and turn to coat the surface. Cover loosely with a towel, and let stand in a warm place until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
3. When the dough is doubled, tip the dough out onto a lightly floured surface, and divide into 8 pieces for 8 thin one-person size crust. Form into a tight ball. Let rise for about 45 minutes, until doubled.
4. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Roll a ball of dough with a rolling pin until it will not stretch any further. Then, drape it over both of your fists, and gently pull the edges outward, while rotating the crust. When the circle has reached the desired size, place on a well oiled pizza pan. Spread pizza with mayonnaise, then sprinkle with pork floss or ham, and cheese.
5. Bake for 15 minutes (depending on thickness) in the preheated oven, until the crust is crisp and golden at the edges, and cheese is melted on the top.