Wholemeal Bread 全麦土司

I'd failed on making this bread before until recently I'd like to give myself another try as I'm very keen about wholemeal bread. This time, I've got the right texture and better appearance unlike the failed one which was rough crumbs and the shape was rectangular rather than square.

I think I could bake this bread quite often now for my breakfast as I probably know the mistake which is insufficient kneading. The recipe extracted from 孟老师的100到面包. After reading this recipe book, I've understand some the bread making technique and that's increase my confidence on making bread. Although it's not hundred percent similar with the commercial one but it's good enough as a homemade bread. I'm quite happy with the result as I've got the soft crumbs and right texture, it could be even store until the 3rd day and yet soft.

The recipe could be extracted from Happy Home Baking, she is one of my idol chef and very experience in making bread. Happy browsing!

Narali Bath(Sweet Coconut Rice)

I wish coconut was good for health! I would add it generously to all my dishes :) I made this rice today to send it to Tongueticklers and FIC white event hosted by kitchen flavours.

Ingredients:
Basmathi Rice-1/2 cup
Sugar-1/3 cup
Cloves-2
Ghee-1 tbsp
Chopped almonds-4
Saffron-a few strands
Cardamom-a pinch
Coconut-1/3 cup
Condensed milk(optional)-1 tbsp


Method:
Soak rice in water for 15 minutes.
Heat ghee. Roast almonds and set aside.
In the same pan, add rinsed rice and fry for a minute. add 1 cup of water, cardamom, coconut, saffron, cloves and bring the mixture to a boil. Simmer and cover with a lid and cook till the rice is 90% done(approximately 10 minutes). Add sugar and condensed milk and mix everything well and cook for another 2 minutes. Garnish with roasted nuts.

Note:Condensed milk can be replaced with regular milk for a lighter version of this rice.

drywall finishing; priming

We’re making big progress over here at Project Rowhouse. 

The drywall finishing is finally complete (on the first floor).  For the most part, we’re really happy with the results.  I was quite nervous when we started the process, and we still have much to learn, but most of the errors that we made were fixable with some determination, patience and rigorous use of various sanding implements, i.e. screens, sandpaper and blocks.  Here are some in progress shots – these were taken just after the first coat of filler:

And these were taken tonight.  Primer is on the walls and the smell of KILZ is in the air – it’s intoxicating.  Literally.  

For Drywall tips, I found THIS site helpful (and many others resulting from your basic search).  I also called my Dad quite a few times, email me for his phone number – I kid. 

One new way of getting help that we’ve been taking advantage of is searching YouTube for demonstrations of various jobs.  Sometimes seeing someone do something helps with the explanation.