Therapeutic cooking

There's so much life lessons to learn from cooking.. no wonder i'm attracted to it..

The process of preparing & cooking is therapeutic.. but not so when it comes to washing the dishes.. ;P

Beef Stew with Red Wine

Beef stew with red wine
500g beef cubed 2cm size
1 mid size potato
1 tomato, 1 big carrot cubed.
1 large onion
Half seasoning cube
half teaspoon salt
Garlic, shallot, oyster sauce, cooking oil, tomato ketchap 1 pkt, red
wine, water

1. Marinate beef cubes with seasoning cubes, oyster sauce, salt. 30mins.
2. Stir-fry with oil, garlic, shallot first. Then add beef cubes till fragant.
3. Add ketchap & water just covering. Simmer 30mins.
4. Add potato, onion, carrot, tomato & enough water to cover. Simmer 30mins.
5. Off heat & add red wine 60ml.

Cookery Schools in Singapore

tomato roses..

just attended a cooking class by an executive chef.. one of the things he taught us is to create a rose out of tomato skin.. and in order not to have waste, i would probably use the remaining tomato flesh to cook as topping for my fried egg! ;-)