Week 5: Fried Chicken

This week, my partner and I have cooked fried chicken . This time, we cooked with our own recipe. Fried chicken is one of the most famous food and it is many people's favorite food.

Ingredients:

• 5 wings of chicken
• 500g of flour
• 40 ml of onion oil
• 1 L of vegetable oil 
• Salt

It took about 3 hours to finish the whole process. The fried chicken was tasty as if professional made it. To improve, I should cook with specific flour for fried chicken available in any supermarket.

Week 4: Ice Cream

This week, my partner and I have made an ice cream  . We found the recipe from http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-vanilla-ice-cream-221812#recipe. As we both liked ice cream, we were excited and happy to make them. 

Ingredients:

• 4 large egg yolks2/3 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 cups whole milk
• 1 vanilla bean (split and scraped of seeds), or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups heavy cream

Equipment:

• Mixing bowl
• Strainer
• Whisk
• Measuring cups and spoons
• Medium saucepan
• Spatula
• Instant-read thermometer
• Ice cream machine

The first ice cream tasted very nice that it can compete with ice cream of "Hargen Datz". However, the second time, our carelessness resulted in putting salt instead of sugar and the ice cream was salty in contrast to its appearance. 

Week 3: Mix Juice

This week, my partner and I made mix juice . We decided to make it with our own recipe.

Ingredients:

Melon

Carrot

Apple

Orange

Banana

Blueberry Jam

Sugar

Kiwi fruit

Method: mix up the ingredients for 30s using mixer. Then cool it in the refrigerator.

It was extremely easy to make it because the only thing we needed to do is mixing ingredients. The juice was fresh and sweet.

Next week, we're making ice cream!

Week 2: Spaghetti Bolongnese

This week, my partner and I have cooked spaghetti Bolognese . We found the recipe from http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1502640/the-best-spaghetti-bolognese?IGNORE_GEO_REDIRECT_ONCE=true. As we both knew how to boil spaghetti and make Bolognese source, it proceeded smoothly all the way through. 

Ingredients:

500g Fresh Beef Mince.

400g Dried Spaghetti.

4 Rashers of Smoked Streaky Bacon, finely diced.

2 Tins of Plum/Chopped Tomatoes.

6 Fresh Cherry Tomatoes.

2 Medium Onions, peeled and finely diced.

2 Sticks of Celery, trimmed and finely diced.

2 Carrots, trimmed and finely diced.

2 Cloves of Garlic, peeled and finely diced.

1 Medium Chilli (optional), seeded and finely sliced

75g Freshly grated Parmesan Cheese, plus extra for grating over.

2 tbsp Tomato Puree

1 Beef Stock Cube.

Glass of red wine (optional)

Herbs:

2-3 Sprigs of Fresh Rosemary.

Handful of Fresh Basil, plus extra for Garnish.

1 tsp Dried Oregano.

1-2 Fresh Bay Leaves.

Olive oil.

Sea Salt and Black Pepper.

Crusty bread, to serve.

Method: Visit the website above.

The spaghetti itself was very tasty, but the source was not as good as expected because we mistakably put sugar instead of salt. If we get a chance to cook it again, we would cook better.

Next week, we're making mix juice!

Week 1: Chicken Curry

This week, my partner and I have cooked chicken curry. We found the recipe from http://panlasangpinoy.com/2009/04/05/chicken-curry-pinoy-style/. Our first practicle was not as good as expected. But since it was our first time cooking it was not too bad.

Ingredients:

2 lbs. chicken, cut into serving pieces

1 big potato, chopped

1 tbsp garlic, minced

3 stalks celery, cut into 2 inches length

1 medium onion, chopped

1 small red bell pepper, cut into cubes

2 tbsp fish sauce

1 cup coconut milk

2 tbsp curry powder

1 thumb ginger, cut into strips

1 cup water

On our first attempt on cooking this meal, we burnt the chicken. But after another attempt we correctly cooked the meal, according to me parents, the meal was ok.

Planning

Cooking meals 

We will try and learn and cook the following meals, we will record our progress on a blog showing pictures of all the foods we cook. 

Mazen and Yohei 

Week 1- chicken curry 

Week 2- spaghetti bolognese 

Week 3- mix juice 

Week 4- ice cream 

Week 5- fried chicken 

Aim of the project: We are cooking meals with the aim of learning skills needed to live independently because right now, students like us are depending on parents, maid or restaurant for food and we think that is not good for future. So we are going to use this opportunity to learn cooking by practicals.