Banana and Raspberry Butter Cake

Bananas are one of our best sources of potassium, an essential mineral for maintaining normal blood pressure and heart function. Since the average banana contains a whopping 467 mg of potassium and only 1 mg of sodium, a banana a day may help to prevent high blood pressure and protect against atherosclerosis.Bananas are a very good source of vitamin B6 and a good source of vitamin C, potassium, dietary fiber, and manganese.
All the time I keep a bunch of banana in my kitchen.Since I know banana is a very healthy fruit full of good health benefits ,I encourage my family to have one a day but sometime but before we can finish it ,the fruit turn to brown dots.Most of the time I just trash out the brown skin banana but today I'm in the mood to bake some banana cake..The best banana for baking is over ripe banana which the skin turn from yellow to brown.I  really like this buttery spongy texture banana cake.This recipe is for keeper!!

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Ingredients:
(A)
250 gm unsalted butter
230 gm caster sugar or granulated sugar
4 large eggs
80 ml cold fresh milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
(B)
250 all purpose flour
5 gm baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda

(C)
200 gm ripe banana or 1 1/2 banana,cut or mashed
1/2 cup raspberry



Method:

1: Sieved ingredients dry flour (B) in a bowl and set aside.Prepare a  grease square  7 inch pan lined with parchment paper.Preheat oven to 320 F or 160 C.

2:Combine butter and sugar in an electric mixer,beat until creamy.Add in egg,one at a time,beating well after each addition.Use spatula to scrape the mixer together.Pour in cold milk and vanilla extract, beat until blended.

3:Fold in sifted flour mixer ,mashed banana and raspberry with the batter,mix well until combined.

4:Spread batter into a prepared pan.Bake in oven for 50 minutes to 1 hour or until cooked.use a clean tooth pick and insert in the middle,if comes out clan then it's cooked.

5:Remove cake from oven and cake from pan to a cooling wired rack.Rest for 10-15 minutes before cut and serve with tea or coffee.

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Steamed Yellow Rice with Fish and Chicken

One of my favorite flavor Spanish rice is yellow rice "Goya brand".This Arroz Amarillo is so easy to cook with any of your desire ingredients (fish,meat or seafood) because the rice it's comes with seasoning. This type of yellow rice do not needs add extra seasoning.The yellow rice is not only taste delicious but also look superb good!!

Ingredients:

1 large pack yellow rice (Goya brand preferred)
3-4 chicken tender,cut cube
1 medium onion,peeled and diced
1 cup green peas
3 tilapia fillet fish,cut about 2 inch each
1 1/2 cup water

Method:

1:Prepare wok with water at high heat.If you don't have wok ,used rice cooker instead.If you use rice cooker dump everything in the cooker except green beans.

2:Place yellow rice chicken ,onion and water in a 8 inch pan,mix well(yellow rice packet included all the seasoning).When water rolling boil,place the pan in the wok.Steam for 20 minutes with cover on.Then add in fish and green pea into the steamed rice.

3:Steam for another 10 minutes.Remove wok from heat.Dish rice out and serve warm.

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Cheddar Cheese Pandan Bread

Certainly there is abundance of breads with all kinds of variety in the market.When I have the mood ,I will try to bake for fun especially if the bun that I desire is not available in the market.I can't get pandan flavor bread or bun in any bakery store here.Since I have all the baking ingredients  at home,why not make something interesting? Home bread texture and taste usually are different from the store bought but when you eat your own DIY bread you feel so proud of yourself,right?

Ingredients:
(A)
350 gm bread flour or high protein flour,plus some for dusting
5 gm milk powder
1 tsp bread improver
(B)
50 gm granulated or castor sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 large egg
200 gm cold milk (1%)
6 gm  instant active yeast
few drop pandan essence
(C)
30 gm unsalted butter
(D)
1 cup shredder cheese
1 egg yolk + 1 tbsp water for brushing

Method:

1:Prepare a electric mixer,combined (A)+(B) into a mixer at medium speed,mix well.
2:Remove the dough from mixer and place on a flour counter.Add in (C).Knead with hand the dough to form a smooth dough.
3:When the dough become elastic,that means it's the right texture.Place dough in a container with cover (damp clothes or saran wrap) and let it prove for 30 minutes or double size.
4:When the dough was double size,use your fist to press out the air from the dough.Place the dough in your desire pan.Brush the top with egg wash before sprinkle some shredded cheese on the top.
5:Bake at 350 F or 180 c or until golden brown on the top for 30 minutes.Remove bread from pan and serve warm.

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Pan-fried Salmon with Brown Sauce

Salmon is a healthier alternative to red meat and one of the best sources of omega-3 fatty acids, particularly EPA and DHA, which are nature's heart medicines. Much of the salmon you see in supermarkets is farmed; in fact, farmed salmon outnumbers wild salmon by 85 to one.Some people have expressed concern that farmed salmon has higher levels of contaminants than fresh, but researchers evaluating the risks/benefits of farmed over wild concluded that either is fine.Fresh salmon should look moist, shiny, bright and firm. It should smell sea-fresh, not overwhelmingly fishy.

Ingredients:

8 oz salmon with skin off
1 tsp sesalt
1 tsp ground black pepper
1/4 cup all purpose flour
3 tbsp olive oil

Sauce:
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp steak sauce
2 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp butter
3 cloves fresh garlic,peeled and slice

Garnishing:
2 handful of clean spinach,microwave for 1 minute
1/2 tomato,slice

Method:

1:Rub seasalt and ground pepper allover the salmon.Coast the coat with flour.Heat a skillet at medium high heat.Grease it with olive oil before place season salmon on it.Cover with lid.
2:Pan-fry for 2 minutes on each side .Do not over fry or lose the moisture.
3:Meanwhile heat a small pan at medium heat with butter, fry garlic until lightly brown.Add in steak sauce,sugar and soy sauce,stir well for 1 minute.
4:Microwave clean spinach,place on a dinner plate with tomato slices.Then place fried salmon on top of spinach.Pour the brown sauce on the salmon.
5:Serve warm with rice or pasta.

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Cottage Cheese Chiffon Cake

I love baking chiffon cake.Once I understand the theory how to make a perfect chiffon cake that was light and fluffy,I never stop trying to make others flavors or incorporate others ingredients to make various type of chiffon cake at second thought.Actually it's quite an experiment and interesting,not to said it's also fun and delicious!! Today I used cottage cheese instead of regular cheese or cream cheese.This chiffon is slightly damp but still fluffy. Maybe the cottage cheese has the density of water or milk.Honestly, chiffon cake it's not hard to bake.If you never try why not try it's today?? 

Ingredients:
(A)
1 cup cake flour,sieved
1/4 cup all purpose flour,sieved
1 tsp baking powder
6 large egg yolk
1/2 cup cottage cheese
1/2 cup granulated sugar

(B)
1 stick unsalted butter
3/4 cup milk (1 % or 2%)
1/4 cup vegetable oil

(C)
6 large egg white
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 tsp tartar powder

Method:

1:Prepare 2 x 18 cm  or 1 large tube pan.Preheat oven at 350 F.
2:Double boil ingredients (B) until melted and cool completely before use.
3:Whip ingredients (C) ,slowly increase speed to high.Beat for 10 minutes or until it's stiff peaks.
4:Combine ingredients (A) in a large mixing bowl,whip until well mix,then pour ingredients (B) into the mixture,keep whipping until well mix,set aside.
5:Use a large spatula,scoop 1/4 of ingredients (C) into ingredients (A+B), fold the egg white into the yolk mixture,then continue to scoop the white egg and fold until the batter well mix.Do not beat or whip the mixture!!.
6:Pour the batter into the tube pans.Bake in middle rack oven for 45-55 minutes.Remove from oven and top it upside down until it's cool. It's should be cooled upside down to prevent a dense result.
7:Use a knife to remove the cake from tube pan.Slice and serve.

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Braised Chuck Beef with Potato and Carrot in Beer(Pressure cooker)

This is the 1st time I had used beer to braised beef chuck with baby carrot and potato in pressure cooker.This meal is comfy and easy to prepared..By using pressure cooker the braising time was cut to an hour.Not to said the meat was silken soft and tender.

Ingredients:

3 lbs chuck beef,cut cube
6 potato,peeled and cut into 4 each
2 cups baby carrot
1 large onion,peeled and cut

Seasoning:

1 bottle of Heineken beer
2 tbsp chicken bullion powder tomato flavor
1 tbsp ground cumin
1 tbsp ground black pepper
1 tbsp ground sage
2 tbsp salt
3 tbsp canola oil
5 cloves fresh garlic,peeled and chopped

Method:

1:Prepare pressure cooker at high heat with garlic and canola oil.Saute for 30 seconds,then toss in cube beef.Seal the beef at high heat for 1 minute.
2:Add in all the seasoning ,baby carrot ,onion and potato in the pressure cooker.Close the pressure cooker with lid and knob.
3:Cook for 15-20 minutes,then remove pressure cooker from heat Slowly remove the knob to release the hot air (becareful of the hot air from shooting out)
4:Check the seasoning.Dish out and serve warm.

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Fresh Beet,Strawberry,Carrot,Pineapple and Apple Juice

Nowadays, I make fresh juice for Mishu almost everyday. Although she don't likes the beets taste but she still able to finish the whole glass at the end of the day.I tried to incorporate various nectar fruits like strawberry,apple,grape and pineapple with the beetroot to enhance the juice flavor.

Ingredients:

4 medium size beets,scrape clean and remove both end
10 large strawberries,washed and remove top stem
2 apples,remove cord
2 slices of pineapple
4 medium carrot,clean and remove stem

Make 2 large glass of juice

Method:

1:Wash and clean all the fruits and vegetables,soak in cold water before use.(Do not needs to peel) Clean juice extractor machine,assemble all the parts in place.Make sure all the parts are in place before begin.

2:Feed the juice and vegetables one by one into the feeder.Alternate feeding fruits and vegetables when extracting the juice into 2 portion or glasses to get the well balance mixed in taste.

3:After all fruits and vegetables are crushed,recycle all the pulps again to get more juice if the pulps is still wet.

4:Toss some ice and serve the healthy juice immediately.

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