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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 and eliminated beforehand„ [Shingo 1986, p.50].

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 Chinese dumpling. Garnish with spring onions.

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 vanilla layer in at the bottom of the mould. Pour the mixture into the mould.

Place another layer of vanilla sponge and lastly pour in the remaining mixture into the mould.

Ingredients

10 eggs
600g sugar
600g flour
1/2 bottle ice-cream soda
1/2 coconut
2 pandan leaves
red and green colouring

Method
1. Beat eggs and sugar until fluffy. Mix in sieved flour and ice-cream soda. Stir well.

2. Divide mixture into two portions. Colour one portion red and the other green.

3. Line mould with greaseproof paper. Place red and green mixture alternately in mould and steam.

Note: This apam is best eaten with grated coconut (remove the kulit ari or brown skin).

To keep the coconut for a longer period, steam the coconut with pandan leaves. This will also make the coconut fragrant.