Ingredients :(12 serves) For the sponge cake:5 eggs 1 1/4 cups sugar, plus a little extra for sprinkling1 cup cake flour, sifted For the rum syrup:1/4 cup sugar1/4 cup water1/4 cup rum For the filling:1/2 cup seedless raspberry jam1/4 cup Cassis liquor or water For the chocolate glaze:1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips1 tablespoon light corn syrup1/2 cup skim milk For garnish:powdered sugarwinter greens, such as holly, boxwood and pine needles small fruits, such as kumquats, cranberries and... Read Full Story

Ingredients :4 cups Shrimps, shelled, cleaned and minced or pounded1 cup Boiled hard pork fat, cut to very small dices1/4 cup Chinese parsley roots and stems, chopped2 tbs. Garlic, chopped2 tbs. Paper corn1/2 cup Sifted flour1/4 cup Sifted tapioca starch1 tbs. Salt2 Eggs BeatenVegetable Oil for cooking1/4 cup Fish gravy2 tbs. Tomato paste2 cups Small shallots, peeled10-15 Red and green chillies1 cup Fish stock or waterDirections :Pound Chinese parsley, garlic and peper to paste.Add to shrimp,... Read Full Story

Ingredients :6 cups Mushroms, sliced and blanched1 cup Cooked bamboo shoot, cut to strips1 cup Crispy fired bacon strips1/2 cup Onion, coarsely chopped1 tbs. Garlic, finely chopped1 tbs. Paprika1/4 cup Celery, chopped1/4 cup Fish gravy2 tbs. Vinegar2 tbs. SugarDirections :Toss all ingredients together.Serve on lettuce bed.And you will know that everyone can cook !!!http://cookingidea.blogspot.com/ Read Full Story

Ingredents :3 whole Eggs, beaten 1 tbsp. Spring onion chopped 2 tbsp. Shallots, peeled and sliced thin 8 oz. Tuna, canned tuna 1 tbsp. Fish sauce 1 tsp. White pepper, ground 1/2 cup Vegetable oil for cookingDirections :In a mixing bowl, beat together 3 whole eggs. Add spring onions, shallots, fish sauce and ground white pepper. Beat this mixture well and add tuna and beat the mixture again to evenly distribute the tuna in the egg. Set a frying pan or wok on the stove, add vegetable oil... Read Full Story

Olive OilFour decades ago, researchers from the Seven Countries Study concluded that the monounsaturated fats in olive oil were largely responsible for the low rates of heart disease and cancer on the Greek island of Crete. Now we know that olive oil also contains polyphenols, powerful antioxidants that may help prevent age-related diseases.Yogurt In the 1970s, Soviet Georgia was rumored to have more centenarians per capita than any other country. Reports at the time claimed that the secret o... Read Full Story

Ingredients:2 cup cooked rice,fluffy white rice10 shrimps ,grilled or baked1/4 cup dried shrimps,pounded1 1/2 tbsp.shrimp paste3 tbsp. lime juice2 tbsp. palm sugar5-10 hot green Thai chilli peppers, sliced in rounds1-2 tbsp. red onion and garlic, sliced1 salted eggsliced omlet (or not) vegetable as you like itDirections:Grill shrimp paste until smelted, Mix with lime juice,palm sugar,sliced Thai chilli peppers and test as you like.Mix the mixed shrimp paste with cooked rice and pounded dried ... Read Full Story

Freshly grated long strands of coconut meatIngredients :(6 serving) 3 cups Fresh banana, pureed in a food processor or blender 1 cup Freshly grated fresh coconut meat 3 cups Pre-sifted rice flour 2 cups Granulated sugar 1 tbsp. Salt 1 cup Cream of coconut milk Directions :Mix together all the ingredients except the bananas.Once everything is in a mixing bowl and well mixed, puree the bananas and immediately pour it into the mixture.Pour this mixture into an either round or square baking pan a... Read Full Story

Ingredients :(1 serving)1 1/2 cup Left over rice, at room temperature 1/4 cup Vegetable oil 3 tbsp. Garlic, chopped1 whole Egg6 Spring onions, chopped1 tbsp. Butter 3 tbsp. Japanese soy sauceSalt/pepper To tasteDirections:Heat oil in a wok or large frying pan. Add chopped garlic and stirfry until almost golden.Add rice to the frying pan and stirfry rice until hot and well mixed.Create space at the center of the pan. Add butter to the space and when melted, crack an egg into the space ... Read Full Story

Ingredients:2-3 small, slight green bananas 4 cups/ 900 ml thin coconut milk 1cup / 175 g sugar 1/4 teaspoon saltDirections:Slice the bananas lengthways, then in haft. Pour the coconut milk into a pan, add the sugar and salt. Bring to the boil, add the bananas, bring back to the boil for minutes and then remove from heat. Serve hot or cold, Make servings.And you will know that everyone can cook !!!http://cookingidea.blogspot.com Read Full Story

Pad Thai is a mixture of flat rice noodles fried with bean curd,vegetables, egg, peanuts and dried shrimps.Ingredients:3 cups narrow rice noodle 1/2 cup sliced chicken meat, small strip 4 shrimps 1 egg1/3 cup soya bean curd, cut into small silvers 1 tablespoon pickled white radish, chopped 1/2 cup cooking oil 1 teaspoon garlic, chopped 1 teaspoon shallot or onion, chopped 1 teaspoon ground dried red chilli or paprika 4 tablespoons sugar 4 tablespoons fish sauce 4 tablespoons vinegar 1/2 cup b... Read Full Story