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Visit my website at
www.jinisethnicgourmet.com
You will find more wonderful recipes there to try out tonight!
Upcoming Events
Delta Chamber of Commerce Trade Show
May 17: Delta Chamber of Commerce Trade Show
Tsawwassen Inn: 8:30-11.30 am.
Free admission.
Ladner Pioneer May Days
May 26th & 27th: Memorial Park in Ladner.
I will be demonstrating "Fruit Art" baskets at the fair on the 26th.
Food and Wine Tasting at Mud Bay Wines
May 27: Food and Wine Tasting at Mud Bay Wines
Tsawwassen, BC.
Mexican Cooking Class
May 30: Mexican Cooking class in Langley.
This is a girls' Night Out cooking class hosted by Melanie Merkley. She also offers A Pole Lot of Fun - Pole dancing parties in your home, which I believe are a lot of fun!
Her number is 604/514-8546.
June 10-16: I will be in Toronto visiting friends and also doing my Book promotions. If you have friends in Toronto who would want to contact me for a cooking class or copy of my cook book, I can be contacted through Email at Jini@jinisethnicgourmet.com.
Please visit here for course descriptions on Jini's private classes offered.
Delta School Board Classes
There will be no Delta School Board courses during the summer. Regular Monday Night cooking classes will resume 2nd week in September.
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Bits & Bites from Jini
| "A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take." |
Dear friends,
May is one of my favourite months. Apart from the gorgeous sunshine and the garden bursting with blooms, May brings us mothers a very special day - Mothers' Day!
Here are some of the greetings I received from my friends....
I hope you all enjoyed a wonderful Mothers' day. The deepest need for a human being is to be appreciated for what we do. So I really appreciated all the things that my family did for me. The Highlight of my day was when my 18 year-old daughter Serena treated me to a special mom & daughter day at a Spa. It was far more enjoyable than just receiving a gift certificate where I would have had to go alone. The adventure for me began when we both hopped on the Sky train to go downtown, (rather than driving and looking for parking) we got a little lost and had to hop a cab to get to get to our destination on time. We had a quick lunch, and then enjoyed the experience together at the Spa. When I returned, there was a big bouquet of flowers from my son. My husband and I then rushed off to our Sunday evening Salsa class and ended the day with a delicious Malaysian dinner at a new restaurant we thoroughly enjoyed.
If you like spicy and flavourful food like I do, the name of the restaurant is Kedak House at 1652 S.E. Marine Drive, Vancouver. Don't expect a great ambience in fine dining, but the food was fabulous and affordable, and staff friendly and helpful. Malaysians use similar spices as in Indian cooking, with the addition of herbs and ingredients like lemon grass, pandan leaves, tamarind, dried shrimp and anchovies to add a richer flavour. The dinner buffet had fried rice, Mee Goreng (noodles), lamb curry, eggplant, cabbage curry in coconut sauce, peanut & anchovy sambal, a rich peanut sauce and an assortment of desserts.
Recipe of the Month
Here are some of the traditional Malaysian recipes you can enjoy at home, and there are similar Indonesian recipes in my cook book "Ethnic Pleasures", which you can download from my website: www.jinisethnicgourmet.com
With the great weather we are enjoying now, it is so easy to fire up your barbecue and make a delicious and heathy dinner - and also relax while cooking! Make a salad and some rice to accompany this meal Here's a recipe for the famous peanut sauce served with Indonesian and Malaysian satays or skewers of barbecued marinated meat or prawns which can be easily done on a barbecue.
| Peanut Sauce |
1 cup sugar
1 large onion
1 T. tamarind paste
1 T. shrimp paste
1/2 cup water
2 stalks lemon grass
1/2" piece ginger
1 T. crushed chillies
1 cup peanuts, roasted
1/2" piece of galangal(optional)
Water - as needed to make a thick sauce
Method:
Grind the roasted peanuts, and set aside.
Dissolve the tamarind paste in 1/2 cup water.
Grind lemon grass, ginger and galangal until fine.
Slice onion and stir fry until slightly browned.
Add in all the ground ingredients.
Add in chillie and tamarind juice and lastly peanuts, sugar and salt. Simmer until the gravy thickens.
To serve, arrange a few sticks of satay on a plate and seve with a bowl of peanut sauce, cucumber and sliced onions.
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Calling all moms!
Family Meal Planning & cooking classes
Are you stressed out trying to do all the shopping, chopping, cooking and cleanup? Don't you wish your family members would help?
Why not schedule an In-home cooking class to involve the whole family?
I will help you plan 5 weekly menus, delegate tasks and demonstrate how to put each meal together. This will not only help you de-stress your life, but will teach your children valuable food prep and survival skills they will use when they move out of the nest!
Contact me today to get you started!
Family and friends or Girls' Night Out - Cooking Classes
 I am also available for In-home cooking classes with family and friends. This is a fun way to get together with friends and also learn to cook and enjoy a great meal! I bring all the ingredients and help you cook and enjoy the evening!
Class size: minimum - 6; no charge for hostess.
Contact me today to book this fun night out!
| Marinated cucumber/onion salad |
3 medium cucumbers
2 small red onions
4 tbsp. sugar
4 tbsp. wine vinegar
1/2 tsp. salt
Method:
For salad, cut cucumbers in half lengthwise, then cut into crosswise slices about 1/4-inch thick. Cut onions in half lengthwise, then in 1/4-inch thick crosswise slices. Stir together sugar, salt, and vinegar. Add cucumber and onion and mix gently together. Cover and chill before serving.
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If you have acquired a taste for these dishes, watch out for more recipes in my cook book "Ethnic Pleasures".
Don't forget that I am available for that special event you need catered or to have some friends over for a special cooking class!
Until next month... happy cooking!
Jini
jini@jinisethnicgourmet.com
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