Rice and Coconut

This  butternut squash soup recipe is one of my first blog post That I never share,I got the recipe from my friend Kitty,originally butternut squash with pears,but this time I made with sweet potato/yam, I made this soup so many times :) Ingredients : - 1  butternut squash - 3  sweet potato - 2  Tbsp olive oil - 1  yellow onion - 3  cloves garlic - 4 cups chicken stock / vegetable stock - 1 Tbsp Montreal's steak seasoning - 2  bay leaves - 1 tsp curry powder - 1 tsp salt or/by taste - 1  tsp black pepper - 1  tsp red pepper ( optional ) - 1 cup heavy cream Preparation : Peel butternut squash and  sweet potato and cut in cube chop onion and garlic then fry until cook/soft,add  chicken stock and all seasoning  ingredients except heavy cream Bring to boil until soft, and ready to blend or puree ( take bay leaves before you blend,and  )  pour heavy cream while you blend / hand blender or puree on food processor ready to serve with toa

Thank you to Mary mitchell barnett for this homemade strawberry jam,I just have a chance to use up for the right recipe that I found from Cupcakes cookbook by Susanna Tee, I slightly change little bit with the ingredients I had for this recipe. top with whole strawberry is recommended if you like.  Ingredients: - 8 tbsp softened,plus extra for greasing - 4 Tbsp strawberry jam - 1/2 cup sugar - 2 eggs lightly beaten - 1 tsp vanilla extract - 3/4 cup self-raising white flour - fresh strawberry for topping ( optional ) - confectioner's for dusting Preparation : * preheat the oven to 350 degree F,grease six heavy ,round teacup with butter,spoon 2 teaspoon strawberry jam in the bottom of each teacup * put the butter and sugar in the bowl and beat together until light and fluffy,gradually add the eggs,beating well after each addition,then add the vanilla extract,sift in the flour and using large metal spoon,fold it into the mixture,spoon the butter into the

The avocado salad dressing/vinaigrette on this salad is an experiment,but I definitely will make it again,I topping with grilled prawn on the salad as our dinner meals,It was Yummy,if you like avocado I recommended this avocado vinaigrette :) Ingredients : - Asparagus - sweet pepper - English cucumber - cherry tomato - 10  fresh large  prawns ( wash and trim asparagus,boil for few minutes until soft,and transfer to ice cold water to keep a fresh color and set aside,slice cucumber and sweet pepper and cut half cherry tomato,mix them all together in the salad bowl ) grilled prawns : - peel the skin - sprinkle with peppercorn chili oil,salt,pepper and paprika powder - grilled about 3 minutes each side or until color change to pink Avocado vinaigrette : - 1 ripe has avocado - 1 tbsp avocado oil - 1 lemon/zest+ juice - 1/2 tbsp honey - 3 tbsp citrus vitamin water - 1 tsp poppy seeds - pinch of salt ( smash avocado with fork until smooth add the rest of

Homemade sweet and sour sauce, you can use as tofu dipping sauce or stir fried sweet and sour tofu Simply just mixing all the sauce ingredients and simmer in low heat and thickened with cornstarch you can add red flakes pepper for slighly spicy if you like. Ingredients : - 1 block extra firm tofu /fried tofu/ cut in cube - 1/2 of fresh pineapple / peel and cut in cube - 2 sweet pepper/ cut in cube - 1/2 of yellow onion /slice - vegetable oil for fry for the sauce - 1/3 cup rice vinegar - 2 tbsp brown sugar - 1 Tbsp ketchup - 1 Tbsp soy sauce - 2 tsp cornstarch mixed with 2 teaspoon water ( Mix rice vinegar,brown sugar,ketchup and soy sauce together and bring to boil in the small pot and mix cornstarch with water and add to other ingredients and stir to thicken ) set aside preparation : Heat vegetable oil in the fry pan,fry tofu until slightly golden brown and drain tofu on plate with paper towel,set aside/ if use cooked tofu just cut in cube.

The combination pineapple and coconut it's just perfect on this pancakes, drizzle coconut cream or good coconut milk and salted caramel is a treat, slightly rich and sweet. Unlike regular pancake, I make it thinner and filled with chunk of pineapple and fold them to serve, and it can be served as a dessert too. Ingredients : serve 4 - 1 1/4 cup all purpose flour - 2 tbsp super fine sugar - 2 eggs - 1 3/4 cup coconut milk - 1 medium pineapple - peanut oil/ butter for grease pan - coconut cream to serve - toasted shredded coconut for garnish (  optional ) Preparation: - sift the flour and sugar into a bowl and make a well in the center - add eggs and coconut milk to the well and stir into the flour then whisk to a smooth bubbly batter - cut the fresh pineapple into chunks,set aside - heat a small amount of oil into nonstick  small skillet over high heat and pour in a little batter swirling to cover the pan - cook the pancake until

it's a simple mango pineapple salsa,fresh, sweet and sour at the same time,,,dip with Chips or serve with taco's or nachos !! Ingredients : - 1  ripe mango /peel and dice - 1/2 of fresh pineapples/ peel and dice - 1/4 cup thinly slice red onion - handful of cilantro/finely chop - 1 lemon /zest and juice - 1/2 tsp salt - 1/2 tbsp honey ( in a  salad bowl,mix diced mango,pineapple,red onion and cilantro together,add lemon zest and lemon juice,salt and honey mix it until combine )

This dinner recipe is very easy simple and ready in short time  especially if we have leftover cooked rice otherwise  it doesn't  take longtime to cook rice,I'm sure everyone have different method how to cook rice,mine is simple most of the time I cook jasmine rice or long grain rice in the rice cooker. By the way I bought this large fresh prawns in Costco is little bit cheaper than I got from other grocery store.  Ingredients for prawns : - 12 Large fresh prawns - 2 tbsp peppercorn chili oil - 1 tbsp lime juice - 1/2 tsp garlic powder - 1/2 tsp salt - 1/2 tsp paprika powder - pinch of black pepper - peeled the prawns just keep the tail on,set aside - in the small bowl mix all spice ingredients together,and whisk it pour in to fresh prawn - let marinated about 5 minutes or so,,, - heat flat pan grill on medium high temperature,and cook prawns about 2-3 minutes each side or until the color is looks perfectly change to brown/pink I don't want to over p