Sunday, June 23, 2013

Korean side dish: Kongjaban



This is one of my favorite korean side dish and it's very easy to make too.

What you need is:

1 1/2 cups black beans
3 cups water
1/2 cup soy sauce 
4 tbsp honey (original recipe use corn syrup)
2 tbsp sugar (original recipe use 4 tbsp)
1/2 tbsp  sesame seeds

Let's start~
1. Soak the beans for 8 hours or overnight.
2. Put the beans in a deep pan with 3 cups of water.
3. Turn on high heat and boil for 20-25 minutes or until water reduce to half.
4. Add soy sauce, honey and sugar.
5. Reduce the heat to medium high and continue to cook until the water dries up. Be careful don't burn your your bean!
6. Add sesame seeds and cook on low heat for another 5 minutes. 
7. Done! Keep in refrigerator once it cool down.

Recipe adapted from: Aeri's Kitchen

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Wholemeal Cinnamon Cranberry Bagel


Here's my all time favorite~Bagel. 
It's not a common bread that you can get in Malaysia bakery. 
That's why I decided to bake my own bagel.
This is my 3rd attempt and I'm still not satisfy with the bagel shape. 
I'll keep trying until I get a smooth and round bagel!!


Here's the recipe (adapted from Barbara bakes)
Note: If you like wholemeal bread, just substitute half of the bread flour with wholemeal flour.
You will notice the recipe requested to retard the bagel dough in refrigerator but I skipped the step (too lazy to do so). I just straight away bake and eat it..YUM!!!