Cheesy garlic swirls

I got inspired to do this by DNA. Recipe looks easy enough and it turned out awesome. I've been playing around with this recipe and made awesome variations lol.

Ingredients for basic dough

300g bread flour
100g plain flour
30g sugar
1 tsp yeast
1/2 tsp salt (omit if using salted butter)
250 ml milk
30g butter

Method:

The queen of efficiency (thats me) says dump everything but the butter into a mixer, let it do its thing for 10min before adding the butter and letting it mix for another 5.

Leave it to rise for 1 hr.

Filling:
50g softened butter (add pinch of salt of using unsalted)
1 tsp dried/fresh parsley or chives or spring onion (make sure pieces are small n dry)
2 garlic, mashed
1 tbsp parmesan or any dry cheese

Mix everything up.

Once dough has risen, roll it out to abt 1cm thickness, spread the filling before rolling it (think swiss roll) and cutting it up into 3 cm pieces. You can arrange the pieces into any pan or into muffin cups.

Let it rise for another 15 min while you preheat the oven at 160C and bake.

Cheesy garlic swirls

I got inspired to do this by DNA. Recipe looks easy enough and it turned out awesome. I've been playing around with this recipe and made awesome variations lol.

Ingredients for basic dough

300g bread flour
100g plain flour
30g sugar
1 tsp yeast
1/2 tsp salt (omit if using salted butter)
250 ml milk
30g butter

Method:

The queen of efficiency (thats me) says dump everything but the butter into a mixer, let it do its thing for 10min before adding the butter and letting it mix for another 5.

Leave it to rise for 1 hr.

Filling:
50g softened butter (add pinch of salt of using unsalted)
1 tsp dried/fresh parsley or chives or spring onion (make sure pieces are small n dry)
2 garlic, mashed
1 tbsp parmesan or any dry cheese

Mix everything up.

Once dough has risen, roll it out to abt 1cm thickness, spread the filling before rolling it (think swiss roll) and cutting it up into 3 cm pieces. You can arrange the pieces into any pan or into muffin cups.

Let it rise for another 15 min while you preheat the oven at 160C and bake.

Wak Eton's Roti Jala / Roti Kirai with chicken curry

Roti Kirai/ Roti Jala is  a comforting staple. Beautiful and soft latticed pancakes. Theyre awesome.

Wak eton (my mum's eldest sister with her angelic cooking hands) does it like this:

Ingredients:
500g flour
2 eggs
1 can evaporated milk
Pinch of tumeric powder
2 tsp salt (to taste)
Water as needed
Oil to cook

Equipment:
Flat pan/gridle
Roti jala scoop
Fish slice

Throw all this in a food processor and let it do the hard work. It should have the consistency of pancake batter. Once its ready, grease the pan, use the scoop/bottle to form a lattice (google it yo!) And once cooked, fold it in eighths and youre good to go.

Traditionally, we have this with curry. This is my aunt's curry

200g shallots (ground)
7 cloves garlic (ground)
1 inch ginger (ground)
1 tsp each cardamom, star anise and cloves
1 stick cinnamon
2 stalks curry leaves
4 tbsp curry powder
500g chicken
3 potatoes
2 carrot
3 tomatoes
1 bunch coriander leaves/stem
200ml yoghurt
500ml water
Salt
Oil

1. Grind the shallots, garlic and ginger to a smooth paste.
2. Mix the paste with the curry powder.
3. Add the chicken into this paste for at least 30 min while you prep the rest of the stuff
4. Peel and quarter the potatoes and carrots
5. In a large pot, heat the oil.
6. Add the cardamom, star anise, cloves, cinnamon and fry at low heat till fragrant. Be careful not to burn!
7. Add the curry leaves before adding the chicken. Mix constantly to make sure you dont burn it!
8. Once the chicken is 3/4 cooked and the spices are fragrant, add in salt, water and vegetables and let it simmer. Do stir occassionally.
9. Once the gravy has thickened, add the yoghurt and coriander. Mix thoroughly and thats it!

Tom Yam Pasta

Ingredients:

500g pasta (boiled al dente in salted water, reserve 1/2 cup of the liquid)
3 tbsp olive oil
4 cloves garlic, chopped
10 medium sized prawns
300ml whipping cream (if youre using thickened cream, use 200ml of that and 100ml milk)
1 cube tom yam stock
2 eggs (whisked)
A dash of thyme and nutmeg powder
Salt and pepper to taste
Parsley for garnish

Directions:
Heat oil, brown garlic and add prawns.
Once prawns are cooked, add the cream, tom yam, thyme and nutmeg and bring to a gentle boil. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Turn off the heat before whisking in the eggs.
Toss the pasta into the prepped sauce. Add water to loosen the sauce if necessary.
When serving, sprinkle a bit of parsely.
Done!

I cooked everything in 20 mins and should be enough for 5.

Mango-avo salsa

This salsa is easy, light and delish.

2 large tomatoes or two handfuls of cherry tomatoes
1/2 cup diced capsicum (i used red and green)
1 medium sized mango (peeled cored and diced)
1 ripe avocado diced
1 small red onion
Optional: 2 serrano peppers (sliced thinly)
A bunch of coriander leaves
Salt and pepper to taste

Mix everything up and leave the flavours to mingle in the fridge. Top it over baked chicked on eat it as a dip. Done!

Crispy sweet potato fries

Sweet potatoes, cut into match sticks, patted dry before being sprinkled with oil salt and pepper. Thats all you need for these snack!

Cheese pizzas

So Ive discovered that the easiest and softest pizza doughs only need these:

300g bread flour
2 tbsp honey
1 tsp salt
5g yeast
Warm water (amount depends on where you are)
3tbsp olive oil

You simply put everything but the oil in and knead for 10 min. Add the oil last and knead for another 5 min and leave it to rise. Thats all! An hour later, dough is ready. Ive used this to make dinner rolls, bread sticks, pizza balls...

Bake at 220C for 15 min