Tomyum flavoured tuna quiche

Got leftover pie crusts made this today. Stir fried tuna with tomyum paste, onions, garlic and capsicum. Added some fish sauce. For the egg mixture I used plain yogurt and some milk.

Hot from oven 

tomyum flavoured tuna quiche

Tuna and quinoa casserole

Tried a healthy option today, tuna and quinoa casserole by The Cooking Foodie. Cooked the quinoa then mixed in chopped onions, garlic and whatever vegetables to your liking. As seasoning, add some salt and black pepper, cumin and oregano. Sprinkle with cheese and bake at 180C until golden about 30 mins.

tuna and quinoa casserole

Blueberry jam tarts

Attempted this tart today with limited resources during MCO. Turnout ok.

Blueberry jam tart

Savoury bread pudding

It's time to clear the fridge a bit, so I tried to make a savoury bread pudding. Ingredients are up to individual's liking and availability. I added cauliflower, seasoned (with cayenne pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, Worcestershire sauce) mince meat, onions and garlic to my stale bread. On top of that we need eggs, cream, milk and cheese. Also added thyme, sage, cayenne pepper, salt and black pepper to stir fry cauliflower with onion, garlic and mince meat. Soak bread in beaten eggs, milk and cream then add cauliflower n. sprinkle with cheese. Bake till top is crispy.

Savoury bread pudding 

Rava Thosai and Punjabi style chole chickpea curry

Due to covid-19, it's been more than 2 weeks now we were advised to stay home and today it enters the 2nd phase of the movement control order. We kind of craved for Indian curry, so I made this store bought rava thosai and Punjabi style chole chickpea curry (as I do not have dhal) for brekkie.

chickpea curry

rava thosai 

the set

Ingredients for curry: 

• 3 large onions (sliced thin, divided)
• 2 large tomatoes (chopped)
• 1 tablespoon ginger paste
• 2 tablespoons garlic paste
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil (or canola or sunflower cooking oil)
• 2 bay leaves
• 5 to 6 cloves
• 3 to 4 green cardamoms
• 5 to 6 peppercorns
• 1 teaspoon cumin powder
• 2 teaspoons coriander powder
• 1/2 teaspoon red chili powder
• 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 2 teaspoons garam masala
• 2 (15 1/2-ounce) cans of chickpeas
• salt (to taste)
• Water (enough to make a gravy)
• 1-inch piece of ginger (julienned)
• 2 tablespoons fresh coriander leaves (chopped fine)

Garlic and scallion bun

Ha... finally I really gave it a try to bake a proper but easy bun, plus its delicious too... hehehe
My very first attempt of bun making...

Garlic and scallion bun... hot from the oven 

soft and aromatic

closer look

Recipe: 

(A) Butter & scallion mixture:- 1. 25g ( 2 1/2 tbsps ) Soften butter 2. 1 tbsp Scallions / green onions ( sliced into small size ) 3. 1 tsp Garlic ( finely chopped ) 4. A pinch of salt 5. Sprinkles of black pepper (B) Dough:- 1. 180g ( 1 1/4 cup ) Bread flour 2. 3g ( 1/2 tsp full ) Salt 3. 25g ( 2 tbsps ) Caster sugar 4. 4g ( 1 1/4 tsp ) Instant dried yeast 5. 100ml Warm milk 6. 1 Egg 7. 15g ( 1 1/2 tbsp ) Soften butter (C) Topping:- 1. 60g ( 1/2 cup ) Mozzarella cheese 2. 40g ( 1/4 cup ) Cheddar cheese 2. Scallions (green onions) for sprinkes on top of bread Bake in a preheated 165°C ~ 185°C oven for 13 ~ 15 minutes. Baking time & temperature may vary depending on the type and accuracy of oven. You may need to adjust your oven temperature accordingly.

Quesadilla

Decided to make a simple snack for the boys for school. I found a new food blogger named Nagi from RecipeTinEats. She got tons of nice recipes that I will try in future. This is one of them.

QUESADILLAS:

6 - 8 flour tortillas (20cm/8")
2 cups (200g) shredded Monterey Jack cheese (or other of choice) 
3/4 cup roughly chopped coriander/cilantro1 cup corn kernels (frozen thawed or can drained)

QUESADILLA SPICE MIX:

1 tsp each onion powder, dried oregano, salt2 tsp each cumin powder, paprika1/4 tsp each black pepper, cayenne pepper (optional)

meat FILLING:

1/2 tbsp olive oil

2 garlic cloves , minced1/2 onion , finely chopped

500g / 1 lb ground beef/chicken /pork / mince

1 small red capsicum/bell peppers , diced

2 tbsp tomato paste

1/4 cup (65 ml) water

Quesadilla