Double Chocolate Brownies

Salut,

I must admit that I've been obsessed with brownies lately, I've tried few brownies recipes before but this one is my choice. This recipe is perfect! What can I say, these brownies are extremely chocolatey, moist and gooey inside, and of cause it's delicious. I am sure that I wouldn't buy any boxed brownies again.

This recipe as easy as boxed brownies, with not too many ingredients needed and most probably all things we have in our pantry. Mon mari and I love brownies, we don't really like dry brownies, we prefer a moist and gooey brownies.

Enough said, these rich brownies for any chocolate lover and now let's just get right to the recipe!

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE BROWNIES

Ingredients:

150g butter
250g sugar
100g cocoa powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extraxt
2 eggs
60g all purpose flour
100g white chocolate, cut chunk, (can use white chocolate chip)

METHOD:

- Preheat oven to 180° and prepare baking pan and line with parchment paper.
- In a medium saucepan, combine the butter, sugar and cocoa powder and melt the butter over low heat.
- Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
- Add the eggs one at a time and whisk to combine until the batter looks thick and shiny.
- Add the flour and stir until well combined.
- Fold in the white chocolate chunk until almost mixed but do not overmix.
- Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and bake for 20-25 minutes.
- Test with a skewer, if it come out sticky and still clinging to the skewer, brownies should be done.
- Cool in the tin before slicing.

Enjoy! Bon weekend!

Prawns Chilli Fry

Bonjour,

In my previous posted, I keep making a lot of recipes with prawns because prawns were a favourite in my house back in Malaisie and here too. This time, I cooked prawns chilli fry in Indian style with what ingredients I had at home.

I liked Indian food because everything comes down about the spices. It's quite hard to find a good Indian food around here like we had in Asia. Even if we find one with the good taste and there are spices, but it's not all chilli and not the spicy fiery kind but more like just plain curry or onion. I do understand that people here don't eat spicy food, that's why I prefer to cooked some Indian food at home.

Alors, these prawns chilli recipe is simple, quick and delicious, Let's cook indian style prawns chilli to have a little taste of Indian food.

PRAWNS CHILLI FRY

Ingredients:

300g prawns
1 onion, thinly sliced
1 tomato, chopped
2cm ginger, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 teaspoon chilli powder
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
Salt and pepper to taste
Oil for frying

METHOD:

- Wash prawns and marinate the prawns with chilli and turmeric powder for 10-15 minutes.
- Heat little oil in wok and sauté onion, garlic and ginger until aromatic.
- Add tomato and cook on medium heat until the tomato are slightly soft.
- Add in the marinated prawn and fry on high heat till the prawn are lightly cooked.
- Season with salt and pepper and stir to combined well.
- Serve while it's hot with rice or breads.

Bon appetit!

Sweet and Sour Fish

Bonsoir,

Sweet and sour fish or chicken is a popular dish in Asia and easy to find almost in all Chinese restaurant. I cooked these dish sometimes when we feel we wanted to eat chinese food, so sweet and sour fish is the choice. They are easy to prepare and the taste is good.

Others types of fish will work in this recipe either whole or in fillets. I used whatever fish and ingredients I have on hand so any kind works really. Below is the recipe of simple sweet and sour fish.

SWEET AND SOUR FISH

300g fish fillets
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 bell pepper, cut chunk
1 tomato, cut chunk
1 onion cut chunk
1 clove garlic, chopped
4 tablespoon tomato ketchup
4 tablespoon white vinegar
1 tablespoon light soy sauce
1/2 cup water
Salt, pepper and sugar to taste
Oil for frying

METHOD:

- Toss fish and coated with cornstarch, Fry fish until cook and set aside.
- Heat little oil in pan and fry garlic until aromatic.
- Add onion and bell pepper and fry for a minute.
- Add  ketchup, vinegar, soy sauce and water and bring to boil and simmer for 5-6 minutes.
- Once the sauce has slightly thickened, add tomatoes and taste with salt, pepper and sugar.
- Remove from heat and pour the sauce over fish.
- Serve hot with rice.

Enjoy the sweet and sour fish.

Penne Arrabbiata with Fresh Tomatoes

Buonasera!

Cooking pasta is simple and obviously there are many type of pasta and there are all kinds of flavors we can add to pasta. One of the famous Italian recipe is penne arrabbiata, a spicy sauce for pasta but it's easy and quick to prepare.

For the arrabbiata sauce, I'm using only basic ingredients that I have at home. There are as many recipes for tomato pasta sauce and we can use most any kind of pasta with any kind of sauce. Let's have a look of my penne arrabbiata recipe below.

PENNE ARRABBIATA WITH FRESH TOMATOES

Ingredients: (2 serving)

250g penne
1 tomato, diced
3 cloves garlic, chopped
2 dry chillies, chopped
1 teaspoon dried parsley
Salt and pepper to taste
Olive oil

METHOD:

- Cook penne according to package direction.
- Heat up a little olive oil in pan and fry garlic and chillies until aromatic.
- Add tomato and a little water and simmer for a few minutes.
- Once the tomato becomes soft and the sauce has reduce, add in penne.
- Season with salt and pepper and parsley. Mix well until penne is coated in the sauce.
- Serve hot and spinkle with grated cheese.

Buon appetito!

Peanuts with Spicy Cornflakes

Bonsoir à tous,

Nuts are popular in Asia either they are eaten plain as snacks or mashed into other food or cooked as a peanut sauce. Peanuts probably one of the most common snacks and it can be enjoyed at any time. J'aime beaucoup les cacahuètes. Peanuts are one of my all time favorite snacks.

There are many interesting and creative ways to enjoy peanuts and one of the recipe that I liked is peanuts with spicy conflakes. They're sweet, salty, a little spicy and crunchy. Let's have a simple snack and enjoy this spicy peanuts.

PEANUTS WITH SPICY CORNFLAKES

Ingredients:

250g peanuts
50g anchovies (optional)
2 cloves garlic
1 shallot
1 tablespoon chilli powder, mix with little water (can use fresh chilli paste)
2-3 tablespoons butter
2-3 tablespoons honey
3 cups cereal corn flakes
Salt and sugar to taste
Oil for frying

METHOD:

- Heat the oil and fry peanuts until golden brown. Drain and set aside.
- Fry anchovies until golden brown and set aside.
- Pound or chopped garlic and shallot.
- Heat butter in a frying pan and fry garlic and shallot until fragrant.
- Add the chilli paste and simmer for a minute.
- Add in honey, salt and sugar, keep stirring for a few seconds.
- Turn of the heat and add in peanuts, anchovies and cornflakes, mix well until they are well coated.
- Allow nuts to cool before serving.

Bon appetit! C'est parfait pour l'apéritif.