Taro Cake

22 Feb 2011
I have got 2 yam in my fridge which I have almost forgotten about.  I have to get rid of like 1/4 of it as it has already started to soften and rot.  I am glad I still have 650 gm left to make 1 recipe of taro cake.

A)  Boil the yam cubes in 2 cups of water over medium heat so the water still remains after the yam soften. 

B) Fry the garlic (I just run out of shallots so I use garlic instead) and shrimps with some oil till fragrant, then add in the mushrooms to fry....then the pork till they are well mixed.

Add in the shredded yam to fry till all the ingredients are well mixed together.
Pour in to (C) mixture.

C) Mix these ingredients well together (make sure there is no flour clumps)
Pour in (B) - the fried ingredients.
When (C) is ready, pour in right away and stir immediately to mix them together. 
When done, put to steam for 1 hour or so. 

Now it is ready to be cut into pieces ......

......to be fried lightly in pan with little oil.  If you are using a non-stick pan you do not need much oil.  I just spray mine lightly with oil which comes in a spray can.

 

 

Pan fry the taro cake pieces till lightly brown and crisp.

You will note that the yam cubes are still in good shape and they give you a good taste of yam.

It will go well with chilli sauce or the Crispy Dried Shrimp paste of Cosway.

PICKLED GINGER

20 Feb 2011
I bought some more ginger. I wasn't able to find any young ginger when I was out shopping so I just got the best I could.  I reboiled the solution which I used previously and make another new portion of the sugar solution as I have more than enough ginger for one recipe. 

So here are the pics with the  ingredients.  This is a recipe for 250gm of young ginger.

 

I used bigger sized rock sugar but it took a much longer time to melt because I forgot to break it down to small fragments. It is better to use the CRYSTAL BROWN ROCK SUGAR, which is in finer form and melt faster so the solution won't dry up so much.

 Bring this ingredients to boil till the sugar dissolves.

Leave in the fridge and it will be ready for consumption after 3 days.

BABY DIAPER STACKERS

It has been a long time since I have done any sewing and it is good to be back.  My sewing machine is a wedding gift from my mum so it has been with me for 30 years.  I also have an old model of a simple Electrolux sewing machine.  It was a second hand which I bought many years ago.  I was able to sew some simple patterns with it but I have not used it for a long time after the connector to the paddle fails to function.  It is my wish to own a really good sewing machine some day which will help me to create lots of designs and patterns with it. 

16 Febuary 2011
This is what I made today, a baby diaper stacker for Kenneth+AiWei's baby.  They have a baby girl so I designed it like a dress.

Full front view

It has 2 side-pockets.

Close-up of the pocket.

I used laces for the waist line; sleeves and pockets.

And rope-ribbon to edge the blouse.

17 February 2011

I made another one for RuiDi+Shing Siew's baby.  They have a baby boy and I designed it as a shirt this time but I think it is not boyish enough.  Maybe checks and stripes would work better.

Front view

With 2 side-pockets

 

With a bow-tie to it :)

I hope they all like it or at least find it useful :)