Month: January 2021

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dairy free gluten free plant based Sweet Vegan Whole food recipes

How to make Plant Based Dark Chilli Chocolate

Dark chilli chocolate
Plant based dark chilli chocolate

Hello~~

This recipe is how to make plant based dark chilli chocolate. When you bite into this chocolate first you get the bittersweetness of dark chocolate followed by a subtle chilli warmth. This recipe is an idea for the Valentine’s Day, step by step to make a perfect plant -based chocolate that’s not only nutritious also a good balance dark chocolate and chilli.

WHAT YOU NEED:

Virgin Coconut Oil, you can buy at supermarkets, healthy shops, vegetable markets.

Cacao powder, you can buy at supermarkets, healthy shops.

Peanut butter, I use organic such as MAYVER’S or Absolute Organic and you can buy at supermarket, healthy shops.

https://www.absoluteorganic.com.au/

*I don’t use peanut butter that contains sugar or other additives.

Maldon, you can buy at supermarkets, healthy shops.
*You can also use your sea salt flakes if you like.

Maldon sea salt and Organic peanut butter
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Plant based Dark chilli chocolate

Rich dark chocolate with chilli
Course Dessert
Keyword plant based, quick, Vegan
Prep Time 20 minutes

Equipment

  • Moulds

Ingredients

  • 200 g Coconut oil Virgin
  • 170 g Peanut butter
  • 95 g Cacao powder
  • 100 g Maple syrup
  • a pinch Salt
  • ½ tsp Chilli powder
  • 1 tsp Vanilla bean paste
  • chilli flakes For garnish
  • Maldon sea salt For garnish

Instructions

  • Put salt and chilli flakes into chocolate moulds.
  • Pour hot water in a bowl and put another bowl top of the bowl. This will help dissolve the ingredients.
  • Melt 200g of coconut oil and pour it into the bowl.
  • Add 100g of maple syrup, a pinch of salt, ½ tsp of chilli powder and vanilla bean paste, and whisk it.
  • Add 170g of peanut butter into the bowl and whisk it.
  • Sift 95g of cacao powder into the bowl and whisk it.
  • Pour the chocolate into moulds.
  • Put the moulds into your fridge for at least 4 hours.
  • After 4 hours, remove chocolate from moulds.

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Benefits of using virgin coconut oil,
Coconut oil contains naturally occurring medium chain triglycerides that can boost energy and help to burn fats.

Cut in half coconut

Also believed to strengthen the immune system, help with aging control, and prevention of colds.
*However, still it’s oil so don’t use too much. 🧐

What different between Cacao and Cocoa,
The processing method is what separates for these two. Cacao is cold pressed and cocoa is heat pressed. The heat pressing process can reduce the nutrients.

Benefit using Cacao powder,
Cacao contains magnesium, iron, flavonoids, and PEA(Phenylethylamine).
Flavonoids are powerful antioxidants that have a wide range of health benefits like helping to lower cholesterol and reduce the chance of heart disease.

What different between peanut butter and peanut cream,
Peanut butter is dried out peanuts that are roasted then crushed to make paste.
Peanut cream contains sugar, syrup, cream, vegetables oil and salt.

Benefit using peanut butter,
Peanut butter is rich in nutrients, and contains oleic acid, linoleic acid, unsaturated fatty acid, vitamin B1, B2, mineral, etc.

cacao

Why is valentine being 14th February?
The third century A.D. Roman emperor, Claudius 2nd though young people didn’t want to go to war because they had to leave their loved ones, so he forbad marriage.
A Cristian priest named Valentinus married young people in secret. When Claudius heard about Valentinus he had him executed on 14th of February.
I thought it’s sad but quiet romantic.

rose and candles

In Japan, 14th of February girls give boys chocolate, the opposite to here in Australia.
We also we have White Day which is 14th of March when boys give girls chocolate.

We also have GIRI chocolate which is chocolate you give to friends or colleagues and HONMEI chocolate which we give to that special someone.

Different country, different culture, I think.

This recipe is also good for vegans and also people that have issues with lactose, or egg allergies.
However, this chocolate melts easily so using an esky or ice pack is better if you want to take it somewhere.

How about chocolate Ice cream

Recipe Plant Based Chocolate Ice cream

 

 

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Japanese food recipes plant based Vegan

How to make Inari-Sushi and Recipe!

2 of inari on plate

Hi!!

This blog is how to make Inari at home and a short introduction to Inari. Inari is Sushi rice wrapped with in a cooked sweet soy deep fried tofu pocket.

cooked with sweet soy sauce

Is Inari Vegan? Yes, it is!! Aburaage is made of soy and Dashi powder is Konbu which is made from kelp.

Where you can buy Aburaage?
• Asian shops.
• Coles online. Yamato Bean curd
This is already cooked one, so you don’t have to cook.
• Japanese grocery shops.

*Aburaage is soy pocket deep-fried in a sweet soy sauce. Inari is these pockets stuffed with sushi rice.

Usually, they sell Aburaage in the cold section at shops but you can also keep it in your freezer if you don’t use it all.

Aburaage

Where you can buy Konbu-dashi? Konbu is kelp.
• Asian shops.
• Japanese shops.
• Amazon au
• Healthy shops.

Konbudashi

You can use this product for making miso soup, soup for Udon or Soba, etc.
I will do a blog post and YouTube video one day.

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How to make Inari and recipe

cook aburaage with sweet soy sauce broth and pack sushi rice
Course Main Course
Cuisine Japanese
Keyword plant based, quick, Vegan
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings 18 each

Ingredients

For Inari

  • 9 each Aburaage 3 pack
  • 1.5 cup Water
  • 4 g Konbu-Dashi powder
  • 3 tbsp Soy sauce
  • 4 tbsp Sugar
  • 1 tbsp Mirin

For Sushi vinegar

  • 200 g Rice vinegar
  • 40 g Sugar
  • 20 g Salt

For Sushi rice

  • 500-600 g Cooked rice See my video on How to cook rice
  • 3 tbsp Sushi vinegar
  • 40 g Frozen peas *
  • 1 tsp Sat *
  • 2 tsp White sesame

Instructions

  • Roll Aburaage with a long chop stick or rolling pin to open the Aburaage pouches.
  • Cut Aburaage in half.
  • Boil Aburaage in water for 1-2 mins to remove excess oil.
  • Remove them from boiling water and let them cool.
  • Add 1.5 cup of water into a pot and add 4g Konbu- Dashi powder, 4 tbsp of soy sauce, 3 tbsp of sugar and 1 tbsp of Mirin into the pot.
  • Turn the heat to mid and add the Aburaage. Squeeze them gently as doing so to remove excess water.
  • Cook them until the broth is nearly gone (10-12mins).
  • Place the Inari on a tray and allow to cool.
  • In the meantime, make some sushi vinegar. Pour 200g of rice vinegar into a pot and add 40g of sugar and 20g of salt. Over a mid heat cook until the ingredients dissolve then let it cool down.
  • Boil water and add 1 tsp of salt, add 40g of frozen peas, and cook for 1-2mins.
  • Strain the peas and cool them down.
  • 500-600g of cooked rice into a bowl and add 3 tbsp of your sushi vinegar, the peas, and 2 tsp of white sesame and mix well.
  • Open the Inari of pouches and pack the sushi rice into the pouches.

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Where does the word Inari come from?
There’s a Japanese God (Kami) called Inari Okami. He’s the god of foxes and soil fertility. Today, Inari Okami is the God for industries which is why my grandfather and grandmother’s business has an Inari Okami there. My mother places food, flowers, water, and incense there every day.

We believe foxes chase rats from rice or grain fields. The fox’s tale is also the same golden colour of ready-to-harvest rice, so foxes are believed to be Inari Okami’s messenger.

rice paddy

One the front of Inari-Okami shrink, foxes sit and protecting Inari Okami. Foxes are meat eaters but killing living animals is a sin so Aburaage made of soy was given.
Later on, Inari Okami was for soil fertility and foxes like Aburaage so we packed cooked rice into Aburaage and called it inari-sushi.

Inari-Okami

East Japan and west Japan have different Inari. In East Japan they’re shaped like straw bags called Tawara, and West Japan’s they’re triangles like a fox’s ears. Cooking style is also different as well. East Japan deep fries the tofu pouches with soy sauce and sugar for strong flavour then pack them with sushi rice. West Japan adds carrot, shiitake mushroom and sesame to the sushi rice before packing the Inari.

cooked with sweet soy sauce

Today, you will see Inari at sushi shops,. They look like brown pouches and are usually inside the refrigerated display case.

In Japan, they are very cheap and you can buy at convenience stores, supermarkets, or deli shops. People also make them at home for picnics and school or work lunches.
How about making Inari at home for a party or lunch boxes for you and your family.

inari sushi on a tray

Watch theses

How to cook rice the Japanese way without a rice cooker

How to Cook Multigrain Rice without Rice Cooker

Recipe is click here

How to Cook Multigrain Rice without Rice Cooker

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Bento Ideas Japanese food recipes

How to Make Japanese Lunch Bento Box

JAPANESE LUNCH BENTO STYLE

Hi All~~

Bento’s are getting popular all around the world these days so this blog is an introduction to making a bento box for lunch, or a picnic etc.
I have stories about bento, when I was at Junior High School we had to take bento box as we didn’t have a cafeteria or tuck shop like western schools. My mother had to wake up early and make my bento for me, my father, and my brother. Her bento style didn’t use colourful foods like reds, greens, or yellows and was mostly just brown. Don’t get me wrong it tasted good but I complained to my mother that other kids lunch box were so colourful and mine wasn’t! She didn’t get upset and just laughed.

BENTO INGREDIENTS


One day, my mum had to go to work really early so my aunty made bento for us. They were so colourful, there was yellow, green, red and it looked great. I was very proud of my bento at school that day so after school I told my mother all about it and said I wished my aunty made me for me every day and again she didn’t get angry just laughed.
After that I felt so bad because I maybe hurt her feeling. My parents worked 6 days a week and long hours then she had to take care of my father, my brother and me. She didn’t have time to make a bento pretty but she made them for us every day instead of doing what she wanted to do. I never complained again and felt thankful to my mother. Now I think I should help my mother more.

 

Another story is one day my mother made bento for my lunch on a day I was off from school. I was cleaning the house because she was at work and I opened all house to change the air. I was washing dishes in the kitchen and my bento was on the dining table when a cat snuck in ate my bento!!!!! I was so upset🤬. I swore at the cat and called him some bad names. Hahahah.
Enough bento stories. Thank you for reading.

Now! I am going to talk about what you need for a good bento.

This will give you an idea for choosing the right bento box for you.
• Choose the right size for you, if you choose too small, you will be hangry soon or if it’s too big you will not be able to drink coffee after lunch 😭 (This is me).
• Choose one you can heat up in with a microwave.
• Choose Thermos so you can bring soup for winter or cold salad for summer.

Ides of guideline for bent box size for men
6-8 yeas old 500ml
9-11 600ml
12-40 900ml
50- 800ml

For woman
6-8 500ml
9-11 600ml
12-17 700ml
18-60 600ml

Next tips,
• Cook ingredients though completely, especialy proteins like fish, meat, egg.
• Remove any excess moisture and using a paper towel.
• Cool down your food completely before packing you lunch.
• Use soy sauce or vinegar as there will naturally kill bacteria.
• When you marinate chicken, marinate extra and make small portions for lunches and freeze them in ziplock bags.
• Cut vegetables for whatever you need.
• Wrap asparagus with bacon the day before. (You can also use green beans)
• Prep salad for your bento before day. (such as cauliflower mayo).

These are some tasty bento ingredients.
• Karaage
• Egg frittata
• Boiled egg
• Carrot salad
• Stir fry capsicum and bacon
• Boiled vegetables.
• Frozen mix vegetables, stir fry with a little and salt and pepper (green, yellow and orange colour)
• Furikake 
• Pumpkin
• Chili cone cane
• Corn butter
• Tonkatsu
• Frozen mini spring rolls
• Fish fingers
• Frozen chicken bites

JAPANESE LUNCH BENTO STYLE


There are lots of ideas for bento menus, above is just the tip of the ice burg. I will make more bento idea videos in the future.
Also, when I cook rice I make extra and them separate it in to small portions and keep it in the freezer. In the morning, lots of people don’t have time especially mothers, so using frozen products or prepping for bento when you make dinner will make it easier for you. Just cook and pack lunch boxes.
Use ice packs or if you have a fridge at work keep your bento in there.
Try not to use nuts because lots of kids are allergic to nuts.

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Japanese bento box

Course Bento
Cuisine Japanese
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings 1 people

Equipment

  • Bento box

Ingredients

*Asparagus wrapped with bacon

  • 30 g Asparagus Mini
  • 50 g Bacon

Cauliflower with curry mayo

  • 80 g Cauliflower
  • 2 tsp Mayonnaise
  • ⅛ tsp Curry powder
  • ¼ tsp Salt
  • ¼ tsp Pepper

*Grilled salmon

  • 100 g Salmon
  • ¼ tsp Salt

Tamagoyaki Japanese omelette

  • 3 each Eggs
  • ½ tsp Dashi powder
  • ½ tsp Soy sauce
  • 1 tsp Sake
  • ½ tsp Sugar
  • ⅛ tsp Salt
  • 1 tbsp Oil Rice oil

*Teriyaki chicken

  • 90 g Thigh chicken
  • ½ tbsp Soy sauce
  • 1 tsp Sake
  • 1 tsp Sugar

Cooked rice 150-200g

    *1tbsp of Oil for cooking the salmon, the asparagus and teriyaki chicken.

      Instructions

      • Prep for asparagus wrapped with bacon: wash asparagus and cut in half.
      • Use long bacon strips to wrap the asparagus and a toothpick to hold it in place.
      • Prep for Cauliflower curry mayo: cut 80g of cauliflower in to bite sized pieces and boil them until the cauliflower is nice and soft but not mushy.
      • Cool the cauliflower down and put it into a bowl.
      • Add 2 tsp of mayonnaise, ⅛ tsp of curry powder, ¼ tsp of salt and ⅛ tsp of pepper into the bowl mix well.
      • Prep for teriyaki chicken: cut the chicken thigh into bite sized pieces and put them into a bowl.
      • Add ½ tbsp of soy sauce, 1 tsp of sake, and 1 tsp of sugar into the bowl and marinate the chicken.
      • Prep for Tamagoyaki: crack 3 egg into a bowl and add ½ tsp of dashi powder, ½ tsp of soy sauce, 1 tsp of sake, ½ tsp of sugar and ⅛ tsp of salt into the bowl and mix well.
      • Add the 1 tbsp of oil into a bowl and soak the paper towel.
      • Using a Tamagoyaki pan (which you can buy from Daiso), heat up the pan to mid heat and with our oil-soaked lightly coat the surface. Check the temp is correct with a small drop of egg. If it sizzles you’re good to go.
      • Pour the ⅓ of the egg mixture into the pan and move the pan to spread the egg mixture evenly. Break any bubbles with the end of a chop stick.
      • When the egg’s surface starts to firm up, fold and push the egg into edge of pan.
      • Spread the oil again then pour another ⅓ of the egg mixture into empty space in the pan.
      • Lift the already folded egg up with chop stick and let the egg mixture run under it.
      • Break any bubbles again, cook until it starts to firm up again then fold and push to the end of the pan.
      • Repeat this process with the last of the egg mixture.
      • Turn off the heat and place the Tamagoyaki on a board to cool down.
      • Cooking our prepped ingredients: heat up a fry pan and add 1 tbsp of oil over a mid-heat.
      • First, starting cook the salmon and add ¼ tsp of salt.
      • Next add the teriyaki chicken in to the same fry pan.
      • Next add the asparagus.
      • Check the salmon and turn it over. Also check the teriyaki chicken and the asparagus.
      • Cook them through and turn off heat.
      • Put cooked rice and all cooked ingredients to a bento box.

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      オーストラリアパブ/カフェメニュー おうちカフェ

      お酒、ビールのおつまみ！ハラペーニョポッパーの作り方

      新しく日本語サイトを作りました. The Grazing Wombat Japan

      今後日本語のレシピはこちらからになります。↑

      新年も明けましたね！昨年は皆さんも大変な思いをしたと思います。まだまだ続くと思いますが、頑張ってください。
      今回はオーストラリアのパブ、カフェ、レストランでよく見かけるメニューを
      シリーズ化して皆さんにお伝えしていこうと思った企画です。
      第１弾はハラペーニョポッパーです。時期は夏から秋にかけて新鮮な唐辛子が手にはりやすいですね！


      多くのパブやカフェは冷凍加工のものを使用しています。作るよりもコストが断然に安いからです。（もちろん最初から作っているところもあると思います。）
      でも食べると冷凍加工のものはあのハラペーニョーの辛さがないのですよね！
      辛いのが好きな方には残念ですね。
      実は結構簡単にできるのです。日本ではハラペーニョが手に入りづらいかもしれませんが、ししとうでも大丈夫です。冷凍ものではなく新鮮なハラペーニョを使用してくださいね！


      レシピにはピザ用チーズと書いてありますが、私はモッツレラのチーズを使用しています。お好きなチーズをお使いください。
      辛子を使用するときは手袋をお勧めします。ビデオ撮ったとき私は忘れてしまい、１日中、手が痛かったですわ！
      今回はベーコンも入れてみました。
      スモーキーベーコンを使用したのでビールがすすむ！！
      ぜひ、今年の夏にチャレンジしてみてくださいね。ビール、酒のおつまみにもとても合います。

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      ハラペーニョポッパーの作り方

      辛さとクリームチーズでビールがすすむ！
      Course Appetizer
      Cuisine パブ/カフェメニュー
      Prep Time 15 minutes
      Cook Time 15 minutes

      Ingredients

      • ５ ケ ハラペーニョ
      • 90 g クリームチーズ
      • 30 g ピザ用チーズ
      • 40 g ベーコン
      • ¼ 小さじ 塩
      • ⅛ 小さじ 胡椒
      • ¼ 小さじ パプリカスパイス
      • 1 大さじ 小麦粉
      • 50 ml 牛乳
      • ５−６ 大さじ パン粉

      ソース

      • ２ 大さじ マヨネーズ
      • １ 大さじ スウィートチリソース

      Instructions

      • クリームチーズ９０gは室温に戻しておく。
      • ハラペーニョを洗って、縦半分に切り、タネを取る。（手袋を忘れないように）
      • クリームチーズをボールに入れてスパチュラでクリーム状にする。
      • ベーコン４０gを細かく切っておく。
      • クリームチーズのボールに３０gのピザ用チーズと切っておいたベーコンを入れてよく混ぜる。
      • 小さじ¼ の塩、小さじ⅛の胡椒、小さじ¼のスパイスパプリカをクリームチーズミックスのボールに入れてよく混ぜておく。
      • クリームチーズミックスをハラペーニョに詰めていく。
      • ソースを作る。大さじ2のマヨネーズと大さじ1のスウィートチリソースをボールに入れて混ぜておく。
      • ハラペーニョに衣をつけていく。最初に牛乳につける、その後、小麦粉をつけて、牛乳に戻してパン粉をつける順番。牛乳→小麦粉→牛乳→パン粉。
      • ハラペーニョを揚げていく。油の温度はあまり高すぎないこと。１５０−１６０度がいいでしょう。あまり高いと、衣が先に揚がってしまって、中に火が通っていない。
      • 揚がったポッパーはソースを添えてどうぞ。

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