How to Make Pineapple Pudding

How to Make Pineapple Pudding

Tuesday, 26 May 2015 / No Comments

Hello everyone, how was your Monday? Monday is not always such a monster day right? If you can doing everything you like. Well, we already talked about some kind of pudding such as tofu pudding, banana pudding, panna cota, and so on. This time again and again will talk about the other fresh pudding. this is about Pineapple Pudding. let’s try the recipe at home…

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Ingredients:
1 can (14 oz.) condensed milk
1 3/4 cans water (use the condensed milk can)
3 tsp gelatin (10g)
3 tbsp corn flour
2 tbsp sugar
1 Pineapple medium size
Raisins
1 tsp vanilla
Colouring (yellow is preferred)

Steps:
1. Peel and slice the pineapple into small pieces.
2. Cook the pineapple. Add the sugar and a bit of water. But if you use fresh pineapple you don’t need to add the water. Cook until the color of the pineapple changes to a bit fade. Wait until cool.
3. Dissolve gelatin in a small amount of warm water and keep aside.
4. Dissolve corn flour in water until all the flour is dissolved and keep aside.
5. Cook milk and water and keep stirring until it boils.
6. Add vanilla, pineapple, colouring and raisins and keep continue stirring.
7. Add cornflour and keep stirring.
8. When the mixture become thickens turn off the fire and add gelatin.
9. Pour the mixture to a dish. You can garnish with the other pineapple and raisins.
10. Refrigerate until 5-6 hours.

And you have your own fresh pineapple pudding. happy cooking everyone.. next time we will share about the other sweet pudding…
Have a great life…

Chinese Symbolic Food

Chinese Symbolic Food

Monday, 25 May 2015 / No Comments

Hello everyone… do you like Chinese food? Do you that Chinese food has several meaning or symbol that influence the demand of the food. This time I want to tell you about come Chinese food meaning or symbol. Here we go…

1. Noodle

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For Chinese, noodle is the symbol of long life. When you eat noodle, it’s not good to cut off the noodle. The story said that cut the noodle will give you bad luck. So, if you eat noodle it will be good if you don’t cut the noodle.

2. Spring Rolls

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Because the shape of spring rolls are similar with the golden bar, this food become the symbol of wealth.

3. Lettuce Wrap

Some Chinese food are wrapped with lettuce. Lettuce become the symbol of rising fortune because in Cantonese word for lettuce sounds like rising fortune, so it is very common to serve a lettuce wrap filled with other lucky food.

4. Fish

In Chinese language the word for fish is ‘Yu’. In chinese language ‘Yu’ also means wish and abundance. In the New Year most of Chinese people serve a full fish (with a head and tail), it’s the symbol of the abundance from the beginning until the ending of the new year.

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5. Steamed Cake

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Cakes such as Sticky Rice Cake have symbolic significance on many levels. Their sweetness symbolizes a rich, sweet life, while the layers symbolize rising abundance for the coming year. Finally, the round shape signifies family reunion.

After we know about some food that become a symbol of wish, now the foods are not only something to full my body. But foods are something to express our hope. Because life is beautiful, and the food also.

See you next time…

Dessert Around The World: United Kingdom

Dessert Around The World: United Kingdom

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Hi there guys! So, my sister requested UK as our next destination because she's obsessing on Thomas Sangster lately (since the Scorch Trials is coming out, Woohoo fan girl!) Enjoy!!

Angel Delight 

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Angel Delight is an instant dessert that is designed to be mixed with milk to create a Mousse-like dessert. It was launched in 1967 by a company named Bird's with Strawberry and Cream flavor. In 2006 Angel Delight was the best-selling brand in the Instant Dessert sector. To make Angel Delight mix 1 sachet ( 59gr) with a bowl ( 300 ml ) of milk with the help of electric mixer for 5 minutes until smooth and creamy.

Bedfordshire Clanger

Bedfordshire Clanger, a dessert originally from Bedfordshire, is a two flavored suet crust dumplings with savory and sweet fillings on each ends. The savory filling is made from meat, diced potatoes and vegetables. While the sweet filling is made from jam or sweetened fruit. As the history recorded, Bedfordshire Clanger is a dish women made for their husbands to take with for their midday snack at the fields. 

Eton Mess

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Eton Mess, usually served on Eton's College annual crickets game, is a dessert made from the mixture of strawberries, blueberries, meringues, and cream. This dish is well known from the 19th century, and was first served in 1930s in the school's sock shop. The original ingredients of the dish was banana or strawberries mixed with ice cream or cream. The meringue was a later addition to the dish.

So, that's all for today's dessert destination guys. See you on our next trip! Bye!!

Dessert Around The World: Korea

Dessert Around The World: Korea

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Hi there everyone! So today's destination is Korea (go figure, since i like Korea so much)! Enjoy!

Bungeoppang

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Bungeoppang is a stuffed pastry similar to waffle in the shape of a fish. Bungeo 붕어 is the Korean for Carassius Fish and Ppang 빵 means bread. It's similar to Japanese fish-shaped bread, Takiyaki, since it is introduced to Korea by the Japanese in the 1930. This pastry are commonly eaten during winter and are sold by street vendors across Korea, and usually stuffed with red bean paste.

Patbingsu

Patbingsu literally means red beans with shaved ice. But not to worry, this dessert doesn't only serve shaved ice along with red beans, it also have chopped fruit, milk, and syrup on it. Now days, patbingsu also served with marshmallow, ice cream, and jelly. The earliest history of patbingsu was recorded in the Jeoseon dynasty and it was only shaved ice with red bean paste, ground nuts, and Tteok. 

Hotteok

Hotteok is a filled pancake sold on streets vendors during the winter int Korea. It's made with wheat flour, sugar, milk, water and yeast and is filled with sweet filling such as honey, chopped peanuts, brown sugar, and cinnamon. It's shaped to a large circle and served with baking paper or tissue as the holder. Hotteok was brought to Korea by a Chinese merchant in the 19th century, They changed the filling from savory to sweet fillings to suit the Korean taste. 

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So, That's for today's destination guys, See you on our next destination! Bye!

Dessert Around The World: Canada

Dessert Around The World: Canada

Sunday, 24 May 2015 / No Comments

Hi there everyone! Today's destination on Dessert Around The World is Canada! Enjoy!

Butter Tart

This little dessert is highly regarded in Canada and is considered as a Canadian classic dessert. This dessert consist of butter, syrup, sugar, and egg baked until half solid and crunchy on top. Butter Tart shouldn't be confused with other tart, cause it has runnier filling. The origins of this tarts recipe is unclear, but this tart is commonly eaten on English-speaking region on Canada.

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Date Square

Date Square is a coffee cake made with cooked date palm and oatmeal or ground nuts as crumb layer. In Western Canada, this dessert is known as Matrimonial Cake. This dessert is often found on coffee shops as a sweet snack while drinking coffee or tea.

Nanaimo Bar 

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This dessert requires no baking and is popular across North America. The name of the cake is named after a west coast city Nanaimo, British Colombia. In Canada, this dessert was popular starting from 1985, and by 1988, this dessert was sold on Colleges and Campuses all through Ontario. 

So, that's all from me today guys! Until our next destination, Bye!!

Dessert Around The World: Italy

Dessert Around The World: Italy

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Hi everyone! So, today's destination is Italy! Enjoy!

Gelato

Gelato or Gelati is the Italian word for ice cream. This type of ice cream is made with Milk, Cream, Sugar, and various flavorings such as fruits or nuts. Gelato have lower calories, fat, and sugars than normal ice cream. Gelato is popular in 1920s-1930s in the city of Varese.

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Angel Wings

This traditional pastry dessert is made of thin dough shaped to twisted ribbons and deep fried and topped with sugar powder. Angel Wings are usually eaten on Festivals and Carnivals, such as lent, mardi gras, fat Thursday, and Friday the 13th.

Semifreddo

Semifreddo means semi-frozen, is a typical Ice-cream cakes, semi-frozen custards, and fruit tarts. The texture is like a frozen mousse, cause it's made by uniting two equal parts of ice cream and whipped cream.

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That's all from me today guys. Until next time! Bye!

Dessert Around The World: America

Dessert Around The World: America

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Hi there everyone! Today's destination on our dessert around the world series is America! Enjoy!

Apple Pie

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An Apple Pie is a double crust tart filled with apple served with whipped cream or ice cream and cheddar cheese. Apple Pie was brought to English colonies by the British, Dutch, and Swedes during the 17th and 18th centuries. And was popular by the 18th century in Delaware. The ingredients used in apple pie are ordinary pie crust and cooked apple (the apples can be Bramley, Empire, Northern Spy, or Granny Smith which have a crispy texture and sour taste).

Fudge

Fudge is a Soft and sweet dessert made with Sugar, Butter, and Milk at 116 C, then beating it to a smooth, creamy texture while it cools. The traditional American Style fudge is a chocolate fudge, and was popular from the 19th century.

Fried Coke

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Well, you've got the image from the title right? It's a coca-cola flavored deep fried dough! Basically you make a dough batter with coca-cola poured in the batter, deep fried it, and then top it off with coca-cola syrup, whipped cream, and cherry. This food was invented by Abel Gonzales on 2006 Texas Fair. 

So that's all from me today guys! See you next time on our next destination on Desserts Around The World! Bye!

Popular Dessert Around The World: Brazil

Popular Dessert Around The World: Brazil

Saturday, 23 May 2015 / No Comments

Hi there everyone! So, we're back with Popular Dessert Around The world, and this time, our destination is Brazil!! Enjoy!!

Brazil

Quindim is a Brazilian Dessert, with yellow color, shinny surface, and a custard consistency. The ingredients to make this baked dessert are coconut, sugar, egg yolks, and butter.

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This Dessert was originally from Portuguese and was brought to Brazil by slaves on the 17th century. 

Bolo De Rolo or roll cake in English, is another Brazilian desert that looks like a cake. The cake batter is made from flour, eggs, butter, and sugar (the typical cake batter ingredients), and the dough of the cake batter is coated and layered with melted guava. After baked, the outer cake of the Bolo De Rolo is coated with sugar. This dessert is the intangible heritage of Pernambuco.

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That's all from me today, We'll see what country we'll be discussing next. Until Next time! Bye!!

How to Make Panna Cotta

How to Make Panna Cotta

Monday, 18 May 2015 / No Comments

Happy weekend everyone…
This time I want to share about the steps to make our smooth Italian dessert panna cota. Have you try this before? I think it so easy to make by yourself at home. Let’s see the recipe below…

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Ingredients
• 1/3 cup skim milk
• 1 (.25 ounce) envelope unflavored gelatin
• 2 1/2 cups heavy cream
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Steps
1. Cool the ramekins uncovered at room temperature. When cool, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 4 hours, but preferably overnight before serving.
2. Stir the milk and gelatin powder in the small bowl. Set milk mixture aside.
3. In the other place, stir the heavy cream and sugar in a saucepan, cook in the medium heat.
4. Cook it until full boil. When it full boil, pour milk mixture into the cream, stirring until completely dissolved. Cook for one minute and keep stirring constantly. Remove from heat.
5. Add the vanilla, and stir it.
6. Pour it into the ramekin dishes.
7. Cool the ramekins at room temperature. When cool, cover the ramekins with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 4 hours or it will be better if you can refrigerate it for one night.

After you refrigerate the remekins, your panna cota are ready to serve. It will very nice if you can make any sauce from fresh fruit, my favorite is strawberry sauce.
Have a nice day…

How to Make Mango Sticky Rice

How to Make Mango Sticky Rice

Friday, 15 May 2015 / No Comments

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Happy happy happy Friday… such a really good day if we can meet our friend and make a noise with them. Its very common if you make some snack while you gathering with your friend. I just found a good classic thai food that easy to make and also very delicious. This food is contain mango, if you can’t find mango in your place you can change the mango with other tropical fruit that similar.

Here we go…

Ingredients:

1 ½ cups sticky rice

1 ½ cups canned or fresh coconut milk

½ cup palm sugar, or substitute brown sugar

½ teaspoon salt

2 ripe mangoes

Steps:

1. Before you cook the rice, you need to soak the rice in the water for 20 minutes to 4 hours. Drain the rice, and cook. You can cook the rice by steaming in the rice cooker or cook the rice on the stovetop.

2. In the other place, heat the coconut milk on the low medium heat until it is hot, but not until it is boil. Remove from heat, add the sugar and salt.

3. When the rice is cooked pout ¾ cup of the coconut milk mixture over the rice. Stir the rice and the coconut milk and make sure they are mixed. Let it sit for 20-30 minutes to blend the flavors.

4. Peel and slice the mango into thin, long portions.

5. Place a scoop of sticky rice in a bowl. Put a few slices of mango on the top or side. Drizzle the coconut milk on the top to taste.

And your sweet mango sticky rice is ready to eat. I’m sure you can make this dish to the children too and they will enjoy the mango soooo much…

have a great day…

The History Of Donuts

The History Of Donuts

Tuesday, 12 May 2015 / No Comments

Hi there everyone! How's your weekend? it's a shame today's Monday right? oh well, Let's just start this so called 'cursed day' with a cup of coffee and a box of donuts. And, speaking of donuts, today i'm going to write the History of how donuts was created. bet you guys don't right? hehe, Enjoy!

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So, Doughnut or Donut is basically a deep fired dough. It usually have holes on the middle or it's filled with injected fillings. But, there are also donuts that are shaped as balls, flattened, and fritters. The filling of donuts are usually fruit jelly, cream, custard. While the toppings are usually chocolate, glazed (sugar), sweet frosting, etc.

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One story tell us that donuts were made in North America by the Dutch Shelter in the 19th century by the name of OilKoek or Oil cake. In 1847, an American claimed that he was the inventor of the ring shaped donuts. He claimed to be dissatisfied with the original greasy ball donuts. So, he punch a hole on his donuts and teach the technique to his mother. The first cookbook that mentioned Donuts in one of its recipe was found in 1803. And in the mid-19th century, donuts was looking as donuts looked now. 

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Donuts are best enjoyed with a cup of tea or coffee, and can be eaten as your breakfast (if you aren't familiar with eating big at breakfast) or you Afternoon snack or dessert. so, that's all from me today guys, don't sulk and enjoy the rest of your Monday's, and don't forget to eat your donuts!! Until next time, BYE!!

Fun and Classic Milkshake Recipe

Fun and Classic Milkshake Recipe

Saturday, 9 May 2015 / No Comments

Hi there everyone! Welcome back to Our Foods and Cuisine Blog. Lately, I've been thinking about blended drinks all the time. The one with ice cream and creamy texture. I don't know why though. and because of that i start carving sweet things like chocolate, candy, ice cream, smoothie, and milkshake. So, since i wrote about Smoothie recipe, now i'm going to write about Milkshake Recipe! And the recipe i'll be writing is simple, i promise you, so you can enjoy your home made and cheap milkshake at home without going through weeks of craving! Enjoy!

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Vanilla Milkshake: This is the most simple milkshake you will find i guarantee. Just pour 1 cups of plain milk, 5 scoops of vanilla ice cream, and 1 tsp of vanilla extract in to a blender, and blend them all together until it's mixed. Your Classic Vanilla milkshake is ready to serve!

Caramel Milkshake: This is a fun milkshake. Cause, you can use 2 Flavor Ice cream and Caramel syrup! all you need is 1 cup of plain milk, 2 scoops of vanilla and caramel ice cream (one scoop each), and LOTS of Caramel syrup (actually, not too much, just as you deem fit :)). Blend it all together, and your Caramel milkshake is done!

Cookies and Cream Milkshake: If you are an Oreo lover, than this milkshake would definitely suit you! so, as usual, 1 cup of plain milk, 2 scoops of vanilla ice cream (if you want to use other flavor it's also okay, but the taste won't be the same as when you use vanilla ice cream), and 4 pcs ( i like to put 5) of original Oreo, or other Oreo flavor. Blend it all together and your Cookies and Cream Milkshake is ready to enjoy!

Banana Milkshake: This one includes real fruit! all you need is 1 cup of plain milk, 2 scoops of vanilla ice cream, 1 ripe banana, and 1 tsp of vanilla extract. blend it all together and your banana milkshake is ready to serve!

Choco-Strawberry Milkshake: This milkshake is also a fun and two-flavored milkshake! But if you don't like chocolate or strawberry flavor be free to change one or the other ingredient to the ones you like. So, you will need 1 cup of plain milk, 2 scoop of chocolate ice cream, 1/2 cup of strawberries, and 1 tbs of chocolate chips. blend it all together and your two-flavored milkshake is done!!

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So, that's all the milkshakes flavor i could think of right now, tell us of what milkshake flavor you like the most! and also don't forget to tell us what to write next on the comment section. Don't forget to experiment with your milkshake and have fun! until next time! BYE!!

How to Make Tofu Pudding

How to Make Tofu Pudding

Friday, 8 May 2015 / No Comments

Hello my lovely friends… listening to our favorite music is such a good way to boost our mood, because it will make us relax and forget some problem that we are thinking about. How about you? What is your way to boost your mood?.

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Beside of listening to the music, eating a sweet food also make my day effectively. Because today our star is the soft tofu, today I will tell you about how to make tofu pudding, or in Chinese called as ‘dou hua’, and  in my place called as ‘kembang tahu’. If you make this dessert at home, you can have new experience to try new way to enjoy healthy tofu. The pudding is so soft and melting in your mouth. Even just writing about this can make me hungry ha-ha. Okay, just check this out…

Ingredients:

• ⅓ cup (100 ml) boiling water

• 10 g gelatin

• 175 g firm silken tofu

• 5 Tbsp. honey

• 1½ cup (350 ml) unsweetened soymilk

• ½ tsp. almond extract

Instructions:

1. Mix the boiling water and gelatin in a bowl until it was completely become mixture.

2. Mix tofu, honey, and soymilk together. You can use food processor to make sure it will completely become smooth.

3. Transfer the mixture to the large bowl. Add the gelatin mixture and almond extract and whisk. Make sure you don’t making too much bubbles.

4. Transfer the mixture into individual ramekins. Put it in the refrigerator at least one hour until set.

Your pudding is ready to serve. You also can put the sauce like fruit sauce or ginger sugar sauce depend on your taste. I hope you can enjoy the pudding well, because it is healthy and also softy delicious.

See you next time…

About Crepe

About Crepe

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Hi there! Welcome back to Our Foods and Cuisine blog. Today i'm going to write about a French food. It is sweet, sometimes savory. It's thin, crispy and mad from wheat. It's curled and fold so you can eat it on your way to work. Did you guys guess it? Exactly! I'm going to write about Crepe!

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Crepe is basically a pancake. But it's thinner and and curled before served. Crepe comes from the word Crispa in Latin meaning Curled. Crepes are usually made from Wheat Flour or Buckwheat Flour.  Crepe is made by pouring the pancake batter on to a flat surface pan, with slight butter on the pan, and spread it evenly with a special spatula. The consistency of the batter cannot be too thick or too Watery, and the pan cannot be too hot. There are 2 kinds of filling for the crepe, the savory one and the sweet one. The savory ones usually consist of meat, cheese, mushrooms, ham, and eggs. It usually served for dinner and lunch. While the sweet ones usually filled with various kinds of fruit, sugar, honey, jams, chocolate, and many more. It usually eaten for breakfast or dessert.

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Traditionally in France, Crepe was served on February the 2nd known as Virgin Mary's Blessing Day. But now know as the National Crepe day. It is believed that, when you toss and could catch a crepe with a frying pan on your right hand while holding a golden coin in your right hand, in that year you will be rich.

So, that's all from me today guys. Hope you enjoy the article, tell us what to write next on the comment section, until next time! Bye!!