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 Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2022 8:57 am
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Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2022 2:09 pm
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No recipes. I just start cooking as a hobby (also as a way to save money and get healthier), so I am far from being a professional cook. I've been experimenting different blends of spices and cooking methods, but with very similar starting ingredients. I use the same vegetables throughout stir fries, roasting, soups, etc.
Made a mexican-ish blend with paprika, chili powder, cumin, cinnamon, pepper, salt, garlic powder and onion powder. This is good for tacos and burritos, especially how cheap rice and beans are. How much of each ingredient though? Well, it will vary depending on how many portions I'm cooking for myself, the quality of the spice itself, and whether it was freshly grounded (or haven't been used for years). I smell the spice and take small taste of each spice, and adjust accordingly.
There's also this Korean youtube channel that I watch to learn some Korean dishes. Common ingredients used are Soy Sauce, Korean Chili Powder, Mirin, Oyster Sauce, Sesame Oil, Corn Syrup, and Sugar. This is useful to spice up vegetable stir fries or noodle/rice dishes (though I like to limit my carb intake). Usually equal parts of each ingredients, but less on the Corn Syrup, Mirin and Sugar (since they both are mostly used to sweeten the dish).
Chicken bullion, beef flavor powder, and the like can be added to soup-broth/sauces if it is lacking in flavor, but you're better off using certain cooking skills to attract the most flavor out of your ingredients. Caramelizing and roasting certain ingredients are such examples, such as cooking down onions, roasting your whole spices before grinding them and saute-ing in oil of choice (peppercorns, star anise, cinnamon sticks), and boiling your chicken/beef bones for hours (or, you can use pressure cooker).
If you want to add an extra "umami" (I typically call it the savory flavor) taste to the dish, using seaweed/sea-kelp, mushrooms, tomatoes, dry fish/anchovies (or fish sauce) is typically recommended for natural alternatives, rather than something that is man-made/chemical or highly processed, aka MSG.
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Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 12:30 pm
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Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 4:12 pm
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2024 1:55 pm
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Summer rolls my mother usually make.
Filling for the summer rolls: Saute butter, sliced beef, and onions until caramelized.
Construct the summer rolls: Wet rice paper with warm water, add lettuce/mint, add cooked beef/onions, and wrap/roll it up like a burrito.
Dip it into fish sauce: which is prepared with water, fish sauce, sugar, lime juice, pineapple, and lemon grass.
My brother recommend adding a slice of avocado for that extra creamy touch.
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