Beef stew

2 Oct 2008 - Under Food, Recipe By Mandrake

XT’s mom passed me this recipe which she had been using for more than 30 years. She told me stories of how she would feed the two of them sitting at the entrance to the kitchen.
Anyway, here is what I cooked today. Its not totally the same but almost there.
These are the raw ingredients

Carrot, […]

Oven Fried Chicken

30 Sep 2008 - Under Food, General, Recipe By Mandrake

Delicious Oven Fried Chicken

Deep fried Coca Cola anyone?

8 Aug 2008 - Under Food, Recipe By Mandrake

Anyone tried deep fried coca cola before? Here is the recipe.

Tom Yam Goong

4 Sep 2006 - Under Food, General, Recipe By Mandrake

Tom Yam Soup.
Thai hot and sour soup.
I learnt this as one of the dishes from my trip to Chiang Mai. After coming back, I’ve tried to make it a few times. The first few times were quite alright, but the latest, was so so. Coz I didn’t proportioned the raw ingredients correctly, it ended up […]

Rich lemon cake with lemon glaze

22 Aug 2006 - Under Food, General, Recipe By Mandrake

I think I would make this soon. Seems simple enough. Got this from Goumet Traveller.
250gm unsalted butter, coarsely chopped, at room temperature
225gm caster sugar
1tbsp finely grated lemon rind
4 eggs
250gm self-raising flour, sifted
100 ml lemon juice
500gm icing sugar
Candied lemon rind
220gb caster sugar
zested rind of 4 lemons
1.
Using an electric mixer, beat butter and caster sugar for 8-10mins […]

Roast Leg of Lamb

25 Nov 2005 - Under Food, General, Recipe By Mandrake

I only made this dish twice in my life and thats like 4 years ago.
The first time I made this dish was for a friend’s birthday. Well, since its a cook out and there is an oven, I decided to try something new and something I always wanted to do. I went to buy a […]

Sweet corns

13 Nov 2005 - Under Food, General, Recipe By Mandrake

I had a late lunch and then got hungry in the afternoon.
So I went to make those sweet corns that they sell at the cinema. Its $0.70 for the corns and negible cost for the butter. Over all it was alright..
I just open the corn and dropped it into a pan with one melted […]

Cooking with a pot

10 Nov 2005 - Under Food, General, Recipe By Mandrake

During the period when I cooked quite a bit, I tend to cook more than one dishes, even though I am eating by myself. This is the opportunity to test out my own creation and make sure no one will die by eating it.
Its a hassle to wash things up, and I have a habit […]

Cooking for engineers

19 Oct 2005 - Under Food, General, Interesting Links, Recipe By Mandrake

Here is another site which has interesting cooking tips and recipes.
http://www.cookingforengineers.com
I am looking at the various ways he tried to cook bacons. The microwave one seems quite easy.
Go read some of the articles on kitchen basis like Material for Cookware or even Cutting boards.
Want to make your own butter at home? Read on.

Chicken in a pot

17 Oct 2005 - Under Food, General, Recipe By Mandrake

Every once in a while, I come across an interesting recipe on cooking shows and they look easy to cook. I decide to just blog about them so that I can search them up anywhere if I want to cook. This particular dish is a french version of the chicken soup. It looks quite easy […]



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