Saturday, April 19, 2008

Chocolate Banana Roll !!!

Haha Chocolate Banana Roll~!!!! That will rock your taste-buds!!!




Now have yet to try out the "Ultimate Banana Tempura"

:D~

Friday, April 18, 2008

Month of April = )

Been spending quite some money this week...
Firstly, i bought a recipe book which costs around $18/-... It's a dessert book... what tempted me to buy this book was, the "chocolate banana roll". I hope i'm able to spend sometime over this coming weekends to fulfill my long time wish... It's been my dream to make/bake/cook food... But being lazy in nature, i alway find myself doing nothing over the weekends... I shall try to push myself over this coming weekends...

Secondly, as my birthday is around the corner, i bought myself a present... A present which i thought for quite some time before purchasing... with the help of ahbui over the past weeks, asking him of the good places with best bargains... Hahaa, i finally bought a watch which i thought over the months... It cost me two hundred over bucks... and i think it's worth the price tag...

Maybe it's because my birthday i near, i tend to spend abit more money than usual... Very unlike me... I don't really spend so much money at one go unless i have to spend or something which i like(very unlikely) even for the things i like, i will give some thought to it before buying by first, considering the price and the "value" of the thing/s which i'm buying... That's me :)

Below are the pictures of the 2 items which i have spent... To me, they are good investments :)
I hope i'll be able to make the chocolate banana roll and upload some pictures :)

Item number 1:
















Item number 2:



:D

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Banana Tempura

Yes, this is my very first blog on food... hahaa...
I am currently reading a magazine which i just opened from the mailbox... It's the appetite magazine which advertises/showcase some of the high end food and stuff like that... As a matter of fact, it's not a magazine which caters for me because i don't earn much and don't really able to afford the food they show... Inevitably, i know they will showcase of how to prepare food... afterall, it's appetite, you can't just showcase some famous good food without telling people, hey you buy my magazine just for the food location stuff like that right? Hahaa... Yes and this issue, what caught my eye is this Banana Tempura inside the notebook FOODIENOSH!!!

It says,
First, Peel and slice two "firm" and ripe bananas into 2cm thick, preferably 2 to 3.5cm... not too thick or thin...
You need to mix an egg and 2 Tablespoon of milk in a bowl - and i shall call it the egg milkar...
Now lightly dredge the "cut" banana pieces in some flour ~ Not so sure what kind of flour, but i guess it's just the tempura flour? and quickly dip them into the egg milkar...
Afterwhich, quickly coat the egg milkar banana pieces with tempura flakes!!!! And now time to throw them into some fryer!!!! OH YEAH!!! Seems easy!!! =D~ Definitely yummy for a simple dish....
And hahaa, here's the catch, they didn't really teach you on how to deep fry the stuff right? First on your stove and let the oil heat up... Wait for at least 5mins for the oil to be very hot... To test that the oil is ready for frying, put abit of the platter, and it turns golden brown immediately, it's ready for frying : )

Things you need for the above dish, the banana tempura aka eggmilkar banana
1) Bananas ( a must) ~ Choose those that are firm and yellow green in color.
2) Tempura Flakes (must) ~ Or else there won't be any tempura effect. You want crispy right?
3) An Egg
4) Should be Full Cream Milk
5) Normal Flour

Question about yellow green banana ~ Best to buy yellow green banana on one of the weekdays if you intend to make the eggmilkar banana over the weekends. So by the time it's weekend, it's yellow color as a whole instead of over-yellowish bananas!!!! Unless you intend to make it tonight, buy those that are already in yellow color!!! Heeheee~~~ Yup Up ~~