Almond Biscuit

Ingredients :
160 gm of butter
150 gm of sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp of vanilla
220 gm of flour
80 gm of cornstarch
60 gm of almond nibs

Glaze :
1 egg yolk
some chopped almond

Method:
1) In a medium bowl mix flour, cornstarch and almond nibs. Mix well.
2) Cream sugar and butter until light and creamy. Add in egg and vanilla until well combined.
3) Slow down the speed of your mixer and slowly add in the flour until everything became
dough.
4) Lightly dust your work surface with some flour and roll out the cookie dough to about 0.5cm
thickness. Cut out dough with a cookies cutter into desire shapes. Arrange cookies into a
lightly greased baking tray.
5) Brush the top of the cookies with beaten egg yolk and sprinkle some almond on top.
6) Bake in a pre-heated 350 degree F oven for 15 minutes or lightly brown. Cool and wire racks.

Source by : Mazna

Tears

Beancurd

Dear friends,

The sambal in above picture is look like a curry. Because my father in law like curry type of food. So, to satisfy him, i add in more water but the taste is still there. Those like gravy,cook the sambal until it become gravy.

Ingredients :
400g Beancurd (cut in to squares and lightly fry)
5 big onion (chopped)

2 cloves garlic (grind)

1 inch ginger (grind)
1 tsp tumeric powder

3 tbsp chilli powder
2 small tomatoes

Seasoning:
1/2 tsp sugar to taste
1/2 tsp salt to taste
2–3 tbsp oil

Method:

1) Heat oil in a wok. When hot, fry onion for few second. Add in garlic and ginger paste. Fry it for

few minutes until soft.

2) Add in chilli and tumeric powder. Than tomatoes. Pour little bit of water and seasoning. Cook

for 3 minutes. Keep stiring and let fire slow.

3) Put in fried beancurd and simmer the gravy becomes thick.

4) Remove from fire when gravy bubbles. Serve hot with rice.

Fried vegetable

Ingredients :

75gm Beans

75gm Cabbage

75gm Carrot

75gm Mushroom

1/2 tsp Mustard seed

1/2 tsp Tumeric powder

1 tsp Chopped garlic

1/2 tsp Corn flour (mix with 1 tbsp water)

Oil

Method :
1) Heat oil in a wok and fry mustard seeds and chopped garlic. Leaves for one to two minutes;

keep stirring until seeds pop up and fry till soft.

2) Stir in all the vegetables and mushroom. Add in tumeric powder and salt.

3) Cook for four to five minutes or till vegetables are cooked but still crisp.

4) Add in corn flour mix. Leave for 2 minutes. Serve immediately.

Aloe Vera in a drink

Method:
1) Simply take 2 Aloe Vera leaves, and peel the green skin off.
2) They are very slippery, so be careful they don’t slip out of your hand.
3) Wash the translucent flesh under running water and then cut them in little cubes.
4) Put in a saucepan and top it with water, add 2 tablespoons of sugar and boil them for 10 mins.
5) The cubes will absorb the sweetness and are now ready to add to any drink.
6) You can add them to fresh fruit juices, fruity drinks, cold teas, cocktails, jelly desserts, fruit salads, anything your heart desires.
7) Bringing a crunch to every sip, aloe vera in a drink really adds a new dimension to summer coolers.