How to Make Perfect Milo?

How to prepare a perfect cup of hot milo.


Firstly, perfect basically means that it suits your taste and what you want. Some people like it sweeter and some not. So be sure to look and change according to what you like! Experiment!

Ingredients

Powdered Milo

Sweetened Condensed Milk

Fresh Milk / Pasteurized Milk

Hot Water

Instructions
1. Put in about 4 tablespoons of Powdered Milo into a cup.
2. Add Hot Water until it reaches about 3/4 of the cup.
3. Stir and make sure all of the Powdered Milo is dissolved.
4. Add in 3 tablespoons of Sweetened Condensed Milk and stir.
5. Then, add in some Fresh Milk / Pasteurized Milk. Its amount should be around 1/10 of the cup.
6. Add a little more Hot Water until nearly full and stir once more.




In the end, you should get a smooth and slightly creamy chocolate-y drink. The feeling should be as if you bought the Milo packet drink. If it's iced it's also very yummy.



Love,
Nicholas.

How to Prepare Tang Yuan?

Tang yuan is a dish of glutinous rice balls served in a sweet broth. In Chinese culture, it is traditionally served on Dong Zhi, the winter solstice. By eating tang yuan, you welcome in the winter and become one year older.

Tang yuan makes a delicious winter snack and is easy to prepare. Despite its association with mid-winter, it can be enjoyed at any time of year.



Ingredients:

• 1 cup glutinous rice flour
• 4 ounces water
• Brown sugar to taste
• Food colouring (optional)
• Fresh ginger (optional)

Preparation:

1. Pour the glutinous rice flour in a bowl and slowly add water until the mixture becomes the texture of dough.
2. You may not need the entire 4 ounces of water to reach the proper consistency.
3. Knead the dough for about 5 minutes.
4. You can divide the dough in half and add food coloring to one half.
5. Pinch off pieces of the dough and roll it into small balls.
6. Drop the balls into boiling water and cook them until they float - about 5 to 10 minutes.
7. While the balls are cooking, prepare a sweet soup by boiling water and adding brown sugar.
8. Fresh ginger can also be added to the soup.
9. Put the cooked balls into the soup and serve.
10. Tang Yuan can also be stuffed with a paste made from peanut, black sesame seeds or red beans.

This Tang Yuan below was made by me!





Love,
Nico.

Chocolate Muffin Recipe

~Chocolate Chip Muffin~

Ingredients

• Chocolate Chip Muffin Mix (500g)
• 3 Eggs (160g)
• Water (120g)
• Corn Oil / Butter (196g)

Method

1. Leave the oven on at 190°C before baking. (Preheat)

2. Add 500g of chocolate chip muffin mix, 3 eggs and 120g of water.

3. Beat the mixture for 5 to 10 mins.

4. Pour the butter into the mixture and fold it till the mixture is smooth.

5. Then let the mixture rise for 10 to 20 mins.

6. Fill the mixture into muffin cups.

7. Use a toothpick and cut a cross in the middle of each muffin.

8. Lastly, lower temperature to 175°c for baking. (15-20mins)

Fresh chocolate chip muffins baked to perfection!

Honey Lemon Recipe

A soothing Honey Lemon recipe as a remedy for sore throats.

Alex gave me an idea to post up the "Perfect" Honey Lemon recipe, but perfect or not is always dependant on your own preference. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder! Here's my recipe anyway.


This serving is for one cup, if you're gonna make a big jug of it, vary the amounts by ratio.


Ingredients:
1 Cup of Water
4 teaspoons of Honey
2 teaspoons of Lemon Juice

Steps:
1. Honey doesn't mix in water well, so we need heat. Either you get some hot water or just pour normal temperature water, put in the honey and heat it up later on in a microwave or something.
2. Put in your lemon juice. (If you want you can drop in a slice of lemon as well)
3. Stir, stir, stir.



Honey is denser than water, if you don't mix it well in water using heat, all the honey is going to settle to the bottom, that's the stupid thing that I always get in restaurants.

You can either add less or more honey for its sweetness, or add less honey, include a teaspoon of sugar. It all depends on your taste, experiment. You can also vary the amount of lemon juice for the lemon flavour. This seems to be the one for me.



Health Warning!
Do not allow children under 2 years of age to consume anything that has honey to be safe! Honey contains clostridium botulinium spores. This bacteria can produce toxins in children, mainly infants less than 12 months due to the low acidity in the digestive system.



Ahh, another post to remind ourselves of our love.



Love,
Nicholas.