Thursday, October 29, 2009

Recipes

Gyouza (Dumpling)

I made some Gyouza (Dumpling) from scratch.


I made some rolled doughs.


This is boiled Gyouza.


This is baked Gyouza.

~Gyouza dough~

-Ingredients- (For 40 pieces)
150g Flour
150g Bread flour
150ml Water
Some potato starch

-Recipe-
1. Put the flour and the bread flour into the bowl.
2. Pour the water into the bowl little by little and mix.
3. Keading the dough until smooth the surface.
4. Let rest the dough about 30 mins to an hour. (Longer is better)
5. Cut into small pieces then rolled into round.
6. Put potato starch rolled dough. It makes not put it together when you cook.

~Gyouza~

-Ingredients-
150g minced pork
4 or 5 pieces Chinese cabbage (Minced, rubbing salt and drain)
1/3 bunch of Syungiku/garland chrysanthemum
2 Spring onion (Minced)
2 Shitake mushroom (Minced)
1/3 head of Shimeji mushroom (Minced)
Small piece of ginger (Minced)
1 pinch of salt and sugar
2 table spoon of soy sauce and cooking sake
1 table spoon of Sesame oil

-Recipe-
1. Put all the ingredients into the bowl and mix well.
2. Put on the mixture middle of the one piece of Gyoza dough and wrap. When you wrap need to press the edges for sealing.

You can make maked or boiled from avobe recipes.
Boiled Gyouza: Just put Gyouza into bolind water until Gyouza is floating.
Baked Gyouza: Put Gyouza on the pan which already heated up. Then pour about one cup of water and lid on the pun. Bake it until it becomes golden brown.

Normally put Ponzu (Soy sauce with lemon and vinegar) a little. For baked Gyouza, if you like spicy one, put Ra-yu (chili sesame oil) into the Ponzu.

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Went out.

~Morikoro park~

It was gorgeous day today (11th).
I went out with my mum. We went to Morikoro park. It used to be Expo (World Exposition).
The events were held this Saturday and Sunday (10th and 11th). There were many people and various kind of things. The park has nature and foreign culture displays.


They are baby ducks. They are so cute.


These are loggerhead turtle. It's kind of sea turtle.


These flowers are cosmos. There was cosmos garden.


I found an intersting building which still under construction. I don't know what they are making.
You can tell the weather from photo above. It was bit warm day.
I had really good time.

Thursday, October 08, 2009

Strawberry

~Morning sweet~



The other day I picked two strawberries, but this morning I picked one more.
It's typhoon day, so I thought it might be gone, but there was... there were two. One of them are pink one. Maybe later I will pick.
Anyway I'm happy that strawberry was there. I tasted it. It was sweet. The aroma is really strong.

Australian wine...

~Australian Wine~



The other day went grocery shopping with my mum.
I sometimes check wine section. Near my shops there is wine section, but not many Australian wine. I found one reduced the price.

My opinion...
The colour: Yellowish
Looks : Bubbly
Smell: Muscat (As its name of label)
Taste: Bubbly, very sweet and little bit dry.


I guess it is dessert wine.
Taste is really good and nice aroma.

Saturday, October 03, 2009

Plumpest...

~Jyuugoya (Full moon night)~

Today (03/10/2009) is Jyuugoya, so we are doing Otsukimi (Moon viewing). Otsukimi is traditional Japanese culture.
This is a day of viewing harvest moon. Usually pepole decorate Otsukimi dango (Round rice cake), Susuki (Japanese silver grass).



This is Otsukimi dango with some flowers. Actually special one. Nomally just rice cake, but this Otsukimi dango is my mum's made. Inside has sweet potapo's paste. One is normal sweet potato, the the other one is purple sweet potato.
On the back of the flower including Susuki, Black rice and Siso (Japanese basil).


This is havest moon. It was great night to looking up the sky.
I wish I have a good camera...
Thank God you're here...

Present from Australia...

~From Australia~





It's my present from Australia.
My friend of a friend's family gave it me. It was kind of surprise. I didn't expected get this. I really happy to get this present.

I met them few times. They are really nice and kind people.
I'm so glad to have such a gorgeous friends in Australia. I wish to meet them again as soon as possible.
I'm bit shy person. Especially someone who meet first time or few times, so at that time I couldn't talk much... Next time I meet them I want to talk more.
Thank you so much!! I really like your present.
I hope everything going well there...

Cute

~Strawberry~



It's tiny strawberries. About 1cm.
It was grown at my house.
I had one. It was sweet and good taste.