Modified Homemade Japanese Shirogoma Salad Dressing

Shirogoma or white sesame dressing is my favorite salad dressing. First time i tasted it when i was a student in Kitakyushu and i loved it ever since. Unfortunately this kind of dressing is rare here in Leuven. One day i blogwalked and strolled in youtube and found Ochikeron's channel showing how to make a shirogoma dressing. This recipe i made was modified from her recipe, since i don't use shoyu (which usually contains alcohol that i am forbidden to consume) and common mayonaise had alcohol vinegar in it.

So here it goes:
2 tbsp roasted white sesame seed
1 tsp finely ground white sesame
100 ml plain yoghurt
1/2 tsp vinegar
1/2 tsp thick soy sauce
1 tsp sesame oil
2 tsp fine sugar
A dash of lemon juice

Mix together all of the ingredients and smakelijk! ;9
P.S.: If you want this sauce to have a little bit nutty flavor, you can add 1/2 tsp ground roasted peanut.

Shepherd Pie

Hello~~
It's spring oficially!

I always feel that i can make many kind of foods using these lovely three colors of carrot, bean, and potato. This time i made a shepherd pie from what was left inside my fridge. You only need extra onion, left over frozen meat, egg, and a little bit of flour.

This recipe is for two cups.

6 sticks long bean or sperziebohnen

1 stick carrot, cut into dice shape

2 rounds potato

1 egg

2 spoonfuls minced meat

1spoonful flour

Half round onion

1 clove garlic

Nutmeg powder, salt, pepper

Peel potato and make mashed potato from it. When it's done and hot, batter egg and stir together with potato. Set aside.

Saute crushed garlic and minced onion until fragrant, add flour, stir.

Put into pan: meat, diced carrot and bean. Add 3 spoons of water stir until vegetables are tender. 

Prepare 2 ceramic or glass cups. Fill the bottom side with vegetables and meat batter until 2/3 of its height. You can add cheese into this mixture. Cover up with mashed potato. Bake in 170 degreecelcius oven for 25 minutes. Smakelijk eten!

I'm back! (with Bread Pudding in my hand)

Yooohooo! Back in Leuven after 7months. Hoe gaat het? Goed???
Now i live with my daughter and husband and life is sooo busy, almost no time to write or TO COOK anything decent. Well, at least i still can do experiment with my daily cooking and sometimes make dessert for myself.

This time i made bread pudding, a survival recipe for someone who got starving in the middle of spring night but lost appetite on main carbs. A warm and sweet pudding to be eaten while watching tv with your loved ones. (I actually had fallen asleep when my husband came home and asked "can i eat this?")

Written below here, recipe measurement for two cups of 3 inches ramekin.

3leaves of white bread (or anykind of bread you have in your kitchen)
100 ml milk
50 gr sugar
1 egg
Vanilla powder or essence

That's the basic recipe for the bread pudding. Actually, you can add anything for toppings but this time i picked green apples and dry grated coconut.

What you have to do is:
Beat egg together with milk, sugar, and vanilla.
Cut bread into 2x2cm size and put inside ramekin cup. I made layers of bread-apple-coconut and repeat until all bread chunks were done.
Pour liquid mixture into cups.
Meanwhile, preheat oven at 170 deg.celcius.
Prepare a flat baking tin and fill with water approximately 1-2cm. Put your ramekin cups in the water.
Bake this bread pudding for about 45 minutes until it turns golden.

Voila! Smakelijk eten!