Kristygourmet Cook Book

I have a few vegetarian cake recipes but have yet tried any with mayonnaise in my vegetarian baking. This vegetarian mayonnaise is the only branding available in the market right now. Best to use it as a substitution of egg replacement. I am truly I have finally tried it and now I have more option in baking my vegetarian cake. The texture turns out really satisfying. Love it so much. Please read on for more. *This is not a paid post* Ingredients : 250gm  all purpose flour 1 tspn  baking powder 1 tspn  baking soda 50gm   cocoa powder 150gm   fine sugar 1 tspn   vanilla essence/extract 250ml   hot brew coffee, leave cooled 230gm  vegetarian mayonnaise (one bottle) Method : (1)  place all dry ingredients into a big bowl and mix well. (2)  next, stir in coffee, vanilla and mayonnaise mix till well cooperated. (3)  transfer mixture to a 8" silicon baking tray, greased. (4)  then bake at preheat...

I made for the New Year party a couple weeks ago. This special dish was introduced to me by  Elin .  She had this at a restaurant for her pre Chinese New Year gathering lunch. It looks like a weird combination and seems so strange as well. I have never had anything like mixing up taro with other green vegetables in my cooking before. Well, never try never know, right! It's quite interesting though. And would love to give it a try. And here's what I did. Ingredients : (serve 10) 400gm baby Kai Lan 150gm taro, sliced 50gm dried shrimp 2 tbsp chopped garlic 4 scallion, sliced a few slices ginger, chopped 1 pce red fermented bean curd 2 cups water salt & pepper to taste Method  : (1) firstly, fry the sliced taro till slightly brown, set aside. (2) by using the same wok or frying pan, stir in ginger, shallot, garlic and dried shrimps. (3) saute untill fragrant, add in red fermented bean curd & fried taro and mix well. (4) ad...

HERE, what else you can work out with your air fryer ???  Yeap, the easy pitsy homemade scones. This is something you shouldn't miss out. Best to enjoy it with family & friends for afternoon breakie, and even merrier to enjoy it fresh from your air fryer instantly. Please read on for more. Ingredients : 250gm  all purpose flour 3/4 TB  baking powder 1/2 tspn  salt 30gm  cold butter, chopped 130ml   cold milk 100ml   water handful of raisins & some dried cranberries *20ml  milk for brushing the top dough Method : (1) put together flour, baking powder & salt till well cooperated. (2) add in cold butter and rub by fingers till everything is well combined, as picture shown below. TIPS  : you may replace all purpose flour to self raising flour then omit the baking powder. (3)  next, stir in the mixture of milk and water till soft & sticky dough is formed, as picture shown the above. ...

A couple days ago, a friend gave me two half raw pineapples but till now the pineapples still tasting sour. No good at all ! And the first thing came to my mind was this  nyonya style pineapple. Nyonya & Baba  is also called as  Peranakan Chinese.   ( click to read more  regarding nyonya cusine   &  the history of nyonya & baba )   Most nyonya cooking contains of lots of spices and special ingredients such as preserved soy beans,  buah keras (candle nuts) ,  belacan (shrimp paste ),  asam (tamarind juice )  and more.  Nyonya heritage  is not only famous in all kinds of cooking and also very famous with its own designated  kuih-muih ,  such as  ang ku kuih, kuih talam, kaya jam, bubur cha cha and more. And here's what I did with the pineapple. Ingredients : 2  small pineapple, skinned & cut into medium chunks 2  cinnamon sticks 4  pcs   cloves 4  pc...

A great dish to start with on 2016 and its also my number 8th blogging year. What a lucky number ! It happened that I bought a packet of  deboned chicken feet  a couple of days back. I knew hubby will loves it. Its been ages since he taken this chicken feet, at least more than 20 years. Back then, we can easily found this dish all around Singapore and  also in Kuala Lumpur. It is also called as  Glass chicken feet  玻璃鸡脚.  So, this is a surprise for him ! I'm planning to prepare this deboned chicken feet with Thai mango salad. You may also learn  how to debone your chicken feet from here   and  here . This is a very easy to prepare dish with just few simple ingredients. Ingredients : 8 pcs   deboned chicken feet 1 large raw mango, julienned & keep chilled 2  Japanese cucumber, julienned & keep chilled 2 large  onion, thinly sliced 1 bunch of cilantro, rinsed then thinly cut 2 TB   homemade   p...

Ingredients for bread dough : 255gm  all purpose flour 255gm  bread flour 2 tspn  yeast 3 TB  sugar 300ml  water 1 tspn  salt 60gm  cold butter, diced **1 cup  mushroom floss **125gm   cheddar cheese block ** 2 TB  cheese powder (optional) ~ it looks great on the rolls **2 TB  nori flakes Method  : (1) combine all the dry ingredients into a big mixing bowl. (2) slowly stir in water to form a soft dough, then add in butter & salt and knead till smooth. (3) set aside to rest for an hour or till dough double in size. (4) once it's ready, punch dough to release air and again knead till smooth. (5) next, place dough to working table and divide into 12 portions (about 78gm each) or 10 portions (about 100gm each). (6)  round them and again leave to rest for 10 minutes. (7)  once its ready, shape dough into the shape as shown as the above picture, with a big head on one end and sharp end ...