Friday, January 17, 2014

How to Make Yaki Karē Pan (Baked Japanese Curry Bread) - Video Recipe

Thick leftover curry is perfect for Karē Pan filling!
I recommend this Keema Curry :)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFXP8eIESv8

Please watch 0:30-2:49 for the basic bread dough.



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Yaki Karē Pan (Baked Japanese Curry Bread)

Difficulty: Medium
Time: 90min-120min
Number of servings: 8

Ingredients:
200g (7.0oz.) bread flour
20g (0.7oz.) butter
1 tbsp. sugar
1 tsp. dry yeast
100ml warm water *30C/86F
20g (0.7oz.) beaten egg
1/2 tsp. salt
A
* 150g (5.3oz.) leftover curry *retort-packed one is OK
* 1 chopped boiled egg
* 25g (0.9oz.) pizza cheese
4 sausages
beaten egg
Panko (bread crumbs)
olive oil if you like

Directions:
((Kneading))
1. You want all the ingredients at room temperature.
2. Mix warm water, salt and beaten egg together.
3. In a large bowl, place bread flour, butter, sugar, and dry yeast. Keep the dry yeast away from butter as the salt (in the butter) will kill the dry yeast.
4. Gradually mix in the warm water mixture. Use your hand to mix together until formed.
5. Transfer the dough to the counter, stretch the dough for a few times using your palms, fold it in half, turn it around (90C), and stretch again. Repeat and knead until smooth, without adding any extra flour for 10-15 minutes). The dough should be very elastic which when stretched becomes almost translucent.
((1st Proving / Proofing / Rising))
6. Lightly oil a large bowl. Form the dough into a ball and place it in the bowl seam side down. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap (to keep the surface of the dough from drying out), and leave to proof in a warm place (30C/86F) for 30-60 min or until it has doubled or tripled in size. (In winter, you can use the proof function on your home oven!)
((Finger Test))
7. Coat your finger in flour and poke the dough. If the hole stays, it's ready. If the dough springs back, it needs to proof more. If the dough shrinks, it is over proofed. In this case, you'd better flatten out and make a pizza…
((Knock-Back & Bench Time / Resting))
8. Place the dough onto a floured surface and punch out the air with your palm.
9. Divide it into 8 equal pieces using a bench scraper or a knife. Quickly form them into balls.
10. Place them on a baking sheet, cover with plastic wrap (to keep the surface of the dough from drying out), and rest for 10 minutes. The dough is surprised because you punched, so please let them rest for a while before you start shaping.
---Up to here, please watch the Burger Buns video (0:30-2:49)---
((Shaping))
11. Cut sausages in half diagonally. Mix A very well. If the curry is too runny, simmer it down until it becomes thick, then cool completely before you use.
12. Flatten out the dough with your hand. Place the curry mixture and sausage, pull and pinch the dough to seal like making a dumpling. Make sure you don't pinch it with curry, otherwise it won't stick together.
13. Dip in beaten egg, and coat with Panko.
((2nd Proving / Proofing / Rising))
14. Place rolls seam-side down on the baking sheet. Cover with plastic wrap (to keep the surface of the dough from drying out), and leave to proof in a warm place (30C/86F) for 20-30 min or until they have doubled in size. (In winter, you can use the proof function on your home oven!)
15. Preheat the oven to 200C (392F).
((Baking))
16. Sprinkle with olive oil if you like.
17. Bake at 200C (392F) for about 10 minutes. OR Deep fry in oil at 170C (338F) for about 5 minutes until golden brown.

* To keep the surface of the dough from drying out, a wet towel is okay but plastic wrap is easier!

* This recipe is for 8, so make 4 Kare Pan and 4 Ham and Corn Buns to enjoy 2 flavors at once!
Ham and Corn Buns Recipe is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8cqftxE1bo

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Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Souvenirs from Kinugawa Onsen

On the weekend, my family and I went to Kinugawa Onsen to celebrate my dad's 60th birthday!!!

Kinugawa Onsen (鬼怒川温泉) is a popular hot spring resort in the city of Nikkō, Tochigi, Japan. It is located 2 hours by train from Tokyo. BTW, Bento on the train is nice! We always get it at a department store. Not Ekiben! hehe


Not many but there are some amusements such as Tobu World Square (東武ワールドスクエア) and Nikko Edomura (日光江戸村) theme parks.

Here are some souvenirs from the places we went!!!

Tobu World Square (東武ワールドスクエア):
A theme park with more than 100 famous sites from around the world, in 1/25th of the original sizes. You can also enjoy nighttime illumination from 12/1-3/2. It is freezing cold though. haha


Tom and Maimu Colorful Print Cookies (カラフルプリントクッキー)


Kinugawa Confectionery Castle (鬼怒川お菓子の城):
You can taste and buy all sorts of popular Wagashi (traditional Japanese confections) from Kinugawa. It is not a castle-like place, but they have great freshly made sweets!


Top 5
#1 ごま・胡麻クッキー (Sesame Seed Cookies)
#2 胡麻まんじゅう (Sesame Seed Manjyu)
#3 かりんとうまんじゅう (Deep-Fried Brown Sugar Manjyu)
#4 チーズケーキ (Cheesecake)
#5 塩羊羹 (Salty Yokan)

Nikko Hanaichi-Monme (日光花いちもんめ):
Begonias and more than 600 varieties of flowers are full in bloom all year round. You can also enjoy strawberry picking! I found a Hello Kitty strawberry XD


Strawberry Curry (いちごのカレー) *you can find at any souvenir shop


Tasty Salt for Boiled Egg (ゆでたまごの塩) *you can find at any souvenir shop
マヨネーズ (mayonnaise), 醤油 (soy sauce), 抹茶 (Matcha green tea), ゆず (Yuzu Japanese lemon) and さくら (Sakura cherry blossom).
It goes great with Tempura, fries, salad, meat, fish, rice, pasta, sweets, etc...


Tochigi is known for strawberries. Most souvenirs are in PINK :)


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Saturday, January 11, 2014

How to Make Umaki (Japanese Eel Rolled Omelette) - Video Recipe

Umaki is broiled eel wrapped in Japanese rolled omelette (called Tamagoyaki, Dashimakitamago, or Atsuyakitamago). Egg is juicy and eel makes it very tasty. It tastes great even when it is cold, so it is a perfect side dish for bento lunch box!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR9DFQ-Xg_0

I usually put Umaki in our Osechi-ryori (New Year's foods).
http://createeathappy.blogspot.jp/2014/01/happy-new-year-2014.html



FYI: Broiled eel on skewers is called "Unagi no Kabayaki".

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Umaki (Japanese Eel Omelette)

Difficulty: Easy
Time: 15min
Number of servings: 2

Ingredients:
1/2 Unagi no Kabayaki (broiled eel on skewers)
eel sauce if attached
4 eggs
A
* 50ml Dashi broth (you can use Dashi powder to make it)
* 1 tsp. soy sauce
* 1 tsp. sugar
* a pinch of salt
cooking oil
Daikon Oroshi (grated Daikon radish)
soy sauce

Directions:
1. Cook the eel as directed on its package. Cut into thin portions. Pour some eel sauce over the eel if available. (I found Hamanako Broiled Eels at a supermarket and it also tasted great! You can maybe get it online since it has a long expiry date!)
2. Beat eggs in a bowl, add A and mix well.
3. Coat a Tamagoyaki Nabe (rectangular omelette pan) with a bit of cooking oil - you can use folded paper towel but Takoyaki oil brush is very convenient to use! Put on medium, and pour a thin layer of egg mixture in the pan. Place the eel strips, cook the egg until half done, then roll the egg. Move the rolled egg to one side, coat the empty space with a bit of oil, pour a thin layer of egg mixture in the space and under the rolled egg. Cook it until half done and roll the egg again. Repeat this until the egg mixture is gone.
4. Wrap the rolled egg while hot in a bamboo sushi roll mat to even out the shape. Allow it to cool and cut it into bite-sized pieces.
5. Garnish with grated Daikon radish (grate the top part of Daikon because it is sweeter) and a few drops of soy sauce: this is called "Someoroshi" because the radish is dyed with soy sauce.

↓レシピ(日本語)
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