Stir Fried Daikon Greens

 

My friend gave me this DAIKON seeds to plant.  I have never planted DAIKON before, but I thought it would be fun.  Thanks to all the rain after rain after rain.  The rain has been keeping pesty snails and bugs off the greens.  I didn't really see the DAIKON growing.  So, I decided to scissor those green off the top and stir fry them.  I figure with all the rain we are getting, it will take no time for the leaves to regrow.  And actually I am right.  Two weeks after I made this stir fried DAIKON greens, I just had another bunch to cooks with.  However, this time, I had to soak the greens in salt water to be 100% sure that there are no micro bugs and slugs on the leaves.  The outside temperature right now is just right for their appearance. 

 Sprinkled some KATSUO BUSHI.  Added some Garlic.  Wanted to kill off some ... whatever, there maybe.  It's a bit overkill, but when you stir fry greens, you should always add a couple of garlic.

 

 I added this, too.

 Delicious!

Photo Journal of Holiday Cooking Adventure

Homemade UME SHU - 4 years in the making.

Beautiful taste.

Home grown Avocado.  It last so much longer than the store bought Avocado.

This is not the best thing to do, but just to prove that Tajin with lime flakes can really preserver the half cut avocado wrapped in plastic for a few days without turning dark.  (This one is sadly 1 week old - no, I didn't eat it.)

Even though the skin looks quite shrivelled, the home grown avocado's meat is fresh.

Home grown Limes left on the tree to use as needed turns yellow by late winter.  To save them, make zest, then, squeeze them into ice cube tray.  Make simple syrup (water + sugar), then, drop 4 or 5 cubes into the cup to make Limeaid.

 

HOLIDAY TAMALES ADVENTURE

 Thank goodness for the pressure cooker.  A time saver.

Steam in Chinese stainless steel steamer for an hour and half.  Rotating the trays at 35 min interval.

 Time for delivery!

Testing  TAKOYAKI

 

My brother's Green Onion Pancakes - Thick and Thin types

 

FURIKAKE CHEX MIX  - very creative!

 

Mexican wedding cookies

 Chocolate Chip cookies

 Christmas party menu:  TAKOYAKI, YAKISOBA, CHIRASHI SUSHI, BRAISED CHICKEN, OKONOMIYAKI, 7 LAYER SUSHI...maybe 5 layers.

 TAKOYAKI without toppings

 Braised chicken

 7 Layer Sushi

 

CHIRASHI ZUSHI

 OKONOMIYAKI ( better job next time.)

TAKOYAKI Making Style - IMPORTANT - start with well season'd iron TAKOYAKI skillet.

 

Try a few times and get the hang of rolling the dough over.

 Making Holiday Biscotti

 Wow, this time, this portable Convection oven is for real.  It's fast.  I don't know why my red one (same brand by Oster) with the convection does not work since I purchased it.

 Time to tan the other side.

 Time for chocolate dip (glacage)

 Try with Chili Flakes.  Yum!   delicious.

 Didn't have the time to bake the 2018 Holiday Yule log because of the sink and garbage disposer fiasco, but had a great times with family.