Ground Beef Chili

Ingredients
 300g to 500g minced beef
1 large onion
4 cloves garlic
1 yellow bell pepper
1 can of diced tomatoes
1 can red kidney bean (rinsed and drained)
2 tbsp. chilli powder
1 to 2 cups of beef broth
2 tbsp. tomato paste
1 tbsp. ground cumin
1 tbsp. ground paprika
2 tbsp. worstershire sauce
1/2 tsp salt


Method
1) Heat up oil in a non stick pan. Add in chopped garlic, onions and bell pepper.
2) Stir in minced beef and cook till it half done .
3) Add in all the remaining ingredients.
4) Stir thoroughly, cover and simmer for 30 minutes .
5) Serve warm with bread or rice

Chilled Mango Cheesecake

Recipe from The Baking Biatch

A
180g digestive biscuits
80g butter, metled

B
250g cream cheese
70g sugar
250g mango yoghurt (2 small tub of Meiji yoghurt)
100g water
1 1/2 tbsp. gelatin
100g fresh mango cubes

C (Topping)
125g fresh mango puree (blended from fresh mangoes)
125g water
25g sugar
1tsp gelatin


Method
A
1) Use a blender to blend biscuits.
2) Double boil the butter in a pot.
3) Combine biscuits crumbs and melted butter.
4) Fill each cup case with the crumbs , each weighs 20g or 1.5 tbsp. This recipe can make 12 to 14 cup cheese.
5) Put the cup case in the freezer.
6) Now you can prepare the cheese mixture

B
7) Double boil the 1.5 tbsp. gelatin with 100g water till it dissolve then put aside.
8) Use a mixer to whisk the cream cheese and sugar till creamy.
9) Add mango yoghurt and gelatin mixture and mix well . (still using the mixer)
10) Add in mango cubes and mix well.
11) Remove the cup case from freezer and fill the cup with cream mixture.
12) Put the cheesecake in the freezer.
13) Now you can prepare the topping

Topping
14) Blend mangoes and pour it into a pot.
15) Add water , sugar and gelatin and stir till dissolve.
16) Remove from fire.
17) Bring out the cheesecake and scoop the mixture on it and put back in the fridge for 4 hours before you eat.

Beef Lasagna

I got this recipe from noobcook

Bolognese Sauce Recipe

• Serves: 6
• Prep: 15 mins
• Cook: 60 mins

Bolognese sauce is a meat-based pasta sauce originating in Bologna, Italy. Cook a big pot of sauce and freeze the excess sauce in individual serving bags for quick meal solutions. Thaw and warm the sauce in the microwave or saucepan and you have a quick pasta meal in under 15 minutes.

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 100 grams streaky bacon chopped
• 1 large onion peeled and diced
• 2 carrots peeled and diced
• 500 gm minced beef
•  1 glass dry red wine
• 2 x 400g canned chopped or diced tomatoes
• 80 grams tomato paste
• 400 ml water
• 300 ml milk
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 tbsp dried oregano double amount if using fresh herbs
• 1 tbsp dried basil double amount if using fresh herbs
• salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

1. In a pan, add oil and chopped bacon. Lightly brown the bacon for a few minutes.
2. Add chopped onion and carrots. Fry for about 6 minutes on gentle heat until the vegetables are softened.
3. Add minced meat, red wine and fry for a brief moment, browning and distributing the meat evenly.
4. Add chopped tomatoes, tomato paste, water, milk, bay leaf and dried herbs. Simmer for 1 hour, stirring occasionally. Season with salt and pepper.

Note: For lasagna ,you need to get one box of lasagan sheet and a packet of morzella chedded cheese.

 I soak my lasagna sheet in water for 15 mins , before I use.

I am using a 10 inch baking tin . Put some bolognese sauce on the baking tin then put the soaked lasagan sheet on it ,spread some bolognese sauce (make sure you cover the sheet ) then sprinkle some cheese . Repeat the layer again. Lasagna sheet , sauce then cheese  Stop when you are on fifth layer. Last layer should be sauce and cheese only.
Bake the beef lasagna @200 for 25 mins till cheese turn golden brown.

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Mushrooms with Cheesy Tuna

Ingredients

1 canned of light tuna in springwater, drained, flaked
some cheddar cheese
1 small red onion, finely chopped
1 red capsicum, finely chopped
1 tsp dried mixed herbs
8 flat mushrooms

Method
1) Preheat oven at 200
2) combine tuna, cheese ,onion, capsicum and herbs in a bowl.
3) Place mushrooms upside down on baking tray. Fill evenly with tuna mixture.
4) Bake for 20 mins or until golden and tender.

Gingerbread Cookies

Recipe from a blogger

Gingerbread Cookies (30 cookies) For this recipe , i used the handheld mixer

Ingredients
65g butter
80g light brown sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 egg (I used 65g egg)
180g Molasses ( I used 160g, can get it from phoon huat)
445g Plain Flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 1/4 tsp ground ginger

Method
1) Sieve flour, baking soda, ground cinnamon & ground ginger together and set aside.
2) Cream the butter, sugar & salt together till it is light and fluffy.
3) Add in the egg slowly into the butter mixture and mix well.
4) Add in flour and molassed alternately until well combined .(add in some flour if dough is too wet. Dough must be soft not stickly)
5) Divide the dough into 3 portions and wrap it with cling wrap and put the dough in the fridge for 20 mins
6) Pre heat oven for 10 mins at 180
7) Put baking sheet on baking tray. Get ready 2 baking sheets and place the dough in between the sheet and roll . (Take one dough at a time)
8) Use a cookie cutter and cut out the dough and then put them on the baking tray.
9) Then put the baking tray in the fridge for 5 mins before baking them.
10) For soft texture cookies , bake for 8 mins. For hard texture cookies, bake for 12mins.

 I baked mine for 8 mins.


Royal Icing

4 tsp meringue powder
4 tbsp water
300g icing sugar (sieve)
1-2 tsp lemon juice

1) Whisk meringue powder and water until soft peak stage
2) Add icing sugar gradually and whisk until stiff and fluffy . Scrape down the bowl occasionally.
3) Add lemon jucie and whisk for another 1 -2 mins until very stiff.
4) Ready to use now.
5) Divide them into different colour and add in lemon juice accordingly.
6) Add 2-3 tsp of lemon juice to get writing consistency,
7) Put the royal icing in the piping bag and get ready to draw the pattern.

Steam egg tofu with minced meat

This is a simple dish shared by my colleague.

Ingredients
2 Eggs
2 tofu tube
100 to 200g minced pork (marinate it with your usual seasoning)
3 tbsp of water or chicken stock
a pinch of chicken seasoning powder

Steam for 15 mins.

Cendol agar agar

I got this recipe from Table For 2.

CENDOL AGAR AGAR BY TABLE FOR 2

Cendol Layer

 

500ml water

170gm sugar

250ml water

1.5 Tbsp agar-agar powder (12.5gm)

250ml coconut milk

a pinch of salt

30gm corn starch

500gm cendol (2 cups, drained)

 

1) Mix agar powder with 250ml water, set aside.

2) Mix cornstarch, salt and coconut extract together, set aside.

3) Bring 500ml water and sugar to a boil. When solution has come to a boil, pour in agar mixture. 4) Bring a a boil again, lower heat and pour in cornstarch mixture, stirring all the while.

5) On medium heat , bring back to a boil. Remove from heat and put in drained cendol. Mix well.

6) Pour into a 10 inch square pan.

While the cendol layer is cooling down, do the brown layer.

 

Brown Layer

 

200gm gula Melaka

500ml water

2 blades pandan, shredded and knotted

250ml water

1.5 Tbsp agar-agar powder (12.5gm)

250m coconut milk l + a pinch of salt

 

i) Bring 500ml water, palm sugar and pandan knot to a boil and simmer until palm sugar has totally dissolved.

ii) Mix agar powder with 250ml water and pour into the pot. Bring to a boil again.

iii) Lower heat and pour in coconut extract, stirring all the while. When there are small bubbles on the side of the pot, remove pot from heat.

iv) Test cendol layer by touching surface. It should have slightly cooled and developed a film on top that does not stick to ur fingers, but should be wobbly. Pour in brown layer slowly, carefully using a sieve(there might be unwanted stuff in the palm sugar) and let it set and cool down.

v) Chill in fridge before cutting.