Mini puto cheese squares

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (or rice flour 7/8 + apf 1/8)
3/4 cups white sugar
3 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/8 cups milk
2 med. eggs
3 tbsp. butter
cheese strips

Mould:
ice cube tray

Procedure:
1.  Combine all dry ingredients (except cheese) then add eggs and milk.
2. Mix well until smooth.
3.  Pour in greased mould and top with cheese strips then steam for 10-12 minutes.

Fudgy banana chocochip round brownies (stove-top baked)

My ingredients:
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 1/8 cups all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon iodized salt
1/2 cup melted margarine
2 large eggs
1/2 cup mashed overripe table top bananas

My method:
*In a mixing bowl, combine melted margarine, white sugar, mashed bananas and cocoa
*Add in flour, baking powder and salt
*Mix well with wire whip or fork
*Add eggs and mix thoroughly (it's okay to overmix :).
*Transfer in 8" round baking pan and bake in pre-heated oven for 20 minutes or until cooked.
*Tip:Cover with aluminum foil before baking to preserve a bit of moisture.

My stove-top baking experiment that worked:
Since I have no oven in my home, I tried this shot to the moon technique and unexpectedly, the brownie turned out to be a success :)
*I used the same round baking pan to put the mixture in, then I preheated a large cooking pot (with a stainless steel round wire rack in it) on the stove.  I then placed the baking pan on the rack and covered the pot with a cloth first, then the lid.  I set the stove to very low fire and after 45 minutes, voila! My very first stove-top baked brownie came out way better than expected.:).

Unsorted food pics.

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Thai-style spicy ground pork salad smothered with sweet basil, saw-leaf herb and spring onions!

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Beefy beef steak

Beefy beefsteak blended with a brigade of sweet onions sitting beside boiled bright white rice!

Level: Easy

Ingredients:

Beef, white onions, ground pepper, sugar, soy sauce, lime, garlic, vinegar, vegtable oil, all-purpose flour or cornstarch, cooked white jasmine rice.

Procedure:

Everytime I cook, except for baked goods, I always apply the "tancha-tancha" (approximation) strategy in measuring the ingredients I use so you may notice that I use alot of "about" in my post. For this particular dish, I used about 300grams of lean beef from the "talaat" (local market) and I was lucky that the meat they sold me was tender :). I haven't really mastered (or just too lazy to memorize) the names of beef-parts appropriate for this kind or that kind of dish.

*Slice beef into thin pieces that look like flattened spoons then mix it in a bowl with about half a cup of soy sauce, 1 teaspoon ground black pepper, 2 tablespoons of sugar, 1 tablespoon vinegar, 3 tablespoons of lime juice, and about 2 tablespoons of minced garlic.

*Set aside for about 30 minutes.

*Heat a pan (frying pan, wok, caserole, whatever...as long as it can contain all the ingredients that you will put in) with about 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil in it then fry the marinated beef pieces until they turn brown.

*Add in what's left of the marinade, a cup of water, 1 tablespoon of all-purpose flour diluted in 2 tablespoons of water.

*Cover and reduce fire or heat (whatever you're cooking on-fire, coal, electric or gas stove:).

*Simmer for about 30 minutes or until beef is tender.

*Garnish with white onion rings before serving with cooked rice (of course!)