Archive for April, 2008

Recipe Raya : Braised sauerkraut

April 16 2008No Commented

Categorized Under: Living

Resipi Hari Raya
Ingredients

800g sauerkraut
1 onion
50g shortening or cooking fat
A few juniper berries or 1/2 tsp cumin or caraway seeds
Salt
Sugar
1/8 litre stock
A little white wine (optional)
1 small raw potato or 1 tablespoon potato flour
Method
1. Peel the onion, chop finely and fry in the fat.
2. Add the sauerkraut, juniper berries or cumin/caraway, salt, sugar and a [...]

What is Poka-Yoke?

April 4 2008No Commented

Categorized Under: Tips

A poka-yoke device is any mechanism that either prevents a mistake from being made or makes the mistake obvious at a glance.
As Shingo writes, “The causes of defects lie in worker errors, and defects are the results of neglecting those errors. It follows that mistakes will not turn into defects if worker errors are discovered [...]

Resepi Raya : Chilli prawn

April 3 2008No Commented

Categorized Under: Living

Recipe for Raya:
Ingredients
2 tbsps oil
500g prawns
1 large onion, chopped
Maggi Chilli Prawn Mix
3/4 cup water
2 tomatoes, chopped
spring onions, finely sliced
Method
1. Heat oil and fry onions over a high heat for five minutes and fry prawns.
2. Blend chilli mix (pre-mixed with 3/4 cup water) with tomatoes, and cook until sauce thickens.
3. Serve on bread, baguette, buns or [...]

Strawberry Charlotte

April 2 2008No Commented

Categorized Under: Living

THERE’S no better accompaniment to strawberries than cream strawberry charlotte cake.

To make this delightful dessert, boil straw puree with sugar and leave it aside to cool.
Warm fresh milk and mix it into the earlier mixture. Dissolve gelatine and beat full cream.
Mix all the ingredients together.
Make a round of lady fingers in a mould. Fit the [...]