Tuna Rissoles

I am finally back! It took me ages to post this recipe because I was pretending to be busy hehehe… My Mum in-law taught me how to make my first tuna rissoles. It was simple and delicious. That was 6 years ago in Bali, Indonesia when she visited us, and our first bonding together hehe... Alright enough of the story, here is the recipe.

You need:

3 potatoes
185g can of Tuna in water
1 tsp onion powder
1tsp garlic powder
½ lemon juice
1 tbsp Worchester sauce
2 eggs
1 tsp dried Parsley
½ Vegetables stock cube
2 tbsp breadcrumbs
Canola/ Vegetable oil
Salt and Pepper

1. Boil potatoes
2. Mash potatoes and set aside
3. Mix eggs, stock cube and worchestire sauce
4. Drain the tuna
5. Combine mashed potatoes, tuna, onion powder, garlic powder, juice of ½ lemon, eggs, stock cube, worchester sauce, parsley, breadcrumbs and season with salt and pepper.
6. Make into patties
7. Heat a reasonable amount of oil in the pan
8. Fry the patties until brown in a medium heat

A little advice: Make a tiny patty and fry in the pan before you start making big patties. Try the cooked tiny patty and add more seasoning or Worchester sauce to check if you are satisfied with the taste. I normally do more than one try before I could get the taste that I like.

Pumpkin and Broccoli Soup

When I was pregnant with my daughter I always like soup when I am not too hungry. My husband likes the Spinach Chicken soup in Cedela café in Singapore and he would have that every Sunday. Sometimes he would buy any soup available 3x a week. This encouraged me to find a simple yet tasty soup recipe. I have a number of cook books so I started reading them. Here’s what I found:

What you need are:

2 cups pumpkin
4 florets of broccoli
1 small-sized onion
1 small head garlic
1 tbsp butter
1 ½ cup vegetable stock or chicken stock
½ tsp dried parsley leaves
½ tsp dried rosemary leaves
Pinch of pepper

What to do:

1. Heat butter in the pan.
2. Add garlic and onion
3. When onion is transparent add the pumpkin and broccoli
4. Add the vegetable stock, parsley and rosemary leaves
5. Simmer for 20 minutes or until the vegetables are soft
6. Add pepper
7. Turn the fire off and puree the soup in the food processor according to your liking (you can have a chunky vegetables if you like)
8. Put it back to the pan and adjust the taste
9. Add more stock if it’s too thick
10. Serve with toast

Mum's birthday cake!

My husband ordered a cheesecake for my Mum in-law's birthday in "The Mulia" hotel. I had one slice but wasn't able to eat it all because I was already full from the buffet food in the restaurant. It wasn't the best cheesecake though.

Fish and Chips

We normally keep lots of ready mix batter for our fish and chips. I didn’t know how to make the batter until one day we run out of it. We get our ready mix batter in Australia. Anyway, my husband requested for fish and chips one day and I did some research on how to make the batter for the fish. It took me awhile to find the best batter and now we are enjoying our battered fish anytime we want it. After a few experiments from the recipes on the net, here’s what we like.

What you need:

Dory fillet
1 cup plain flour
½ cup cornstarch
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
1 cup water

What to do:

1. Set aside Dory fillet
2. Mix flour, cornstarch, baking powder, salt, sugar and water
3. Heat soya oil in a pan over a medium heat
4. Put battered fish in the hot oil
5. Cook both sides
6. Drain excess oil from the cooked fish in the kitchen towel
7. Serve hot with chips or green salad

my Casserole

I am trying to remember what I did and how I cooked this casserole….

1. Cook beef cubes in the olive oil.
2. Add Worcestershire sauce.
3. Set aside.
4. Heat soya oil in the pan and sauté garlic, onion and tomato.
5. Add potato, carrots and beef stock.
6. Let it simmer for 10 minutes.
7. Add the beef cubes as well as 2 tsp of tomato paste and 1 piece bay leaf.
8. Add 1 tbsp of Kikkoman soy sauce.
9. Adjust the taste.
10. Serve with rice

My Mum in-law reckons it’s tasty!

Barbeque Lamb chops

Got this marinated barbeque lamb chops in the shop. I just grilled it in the oven and served it with mashed potato, carrots and gravy. Very nice!

Expensive Chocolate

This pretty container filled with different types of chocolates is one of my husband's gift for my birthday last month. He knows I love chocolate.