Candy Corn

Hey Guys!

Today Ame & Rain teach you how to make homemade candy corn just in time for halloween (:

Give these treats out to trick or treaters or make them for your next halloween party!

Ingredients:

-4 1/2 ounces powdered sugar

-1/2-ounce nonfat dry milk

-1/4 teaspoon salt

-3 1/2 ounces granulated sugar

-3 3/4 ounces corn syrup

-2 1/2 tablespoons water

-2 tablespoons unsalted butter

-2 to 3 drops yellow and orange food coloring

*make sure to measure out your ingredients by weight for the best tasting candy corn.

Directions:

-Put your powdered sugar, dry milk powder, and salt in a food processor and pulse till fine (4 or 5 times) and set aside.

-In a medium saucepan put in the corn syrup, granulated sugar, and water. Turn the stove onto medium heat and let dissolve for 4 minutes.

-Add your butter to the boiling sugar mixture and keep on the heat until it reaches 230 F.

-Take off the heat and add in your powder mixture, stir until fully incorporated.

-Put the dough on a silicon mat or a piece of wax paper.

-Cut into 3 equal pieces.

-Color one piece yellow using your food colors and one piece orange. If you don't have orange mix yellow and red.

-Roll the dough into long logs and place them in a line.

-Press them together and cut them into triangles.

-Let cool/hard for at least 15 minutes.

-Enjoy (:

Butter Chicken

Hey Guys!
Today Ame & Special Guest Zee teach you how to make Butter Chicken.
First off we would like to say thank you to Zee's mom for sharing this recipe with us (:

Spices:
-A pinch of Sugar
-A Tbsp. Salt
-Chicken Tikka Masala
-Chili Pepper

Ingredients:
-1 Cup Heavy Whipping Cream
-3 Cups Tomato Sauce
-2 lbs Diced Chicken
-2 Tbs. Oil

Directions:
-Turn your oven onto the broil setting on high
-spread you chicken covered in the chicken Tikka Masala on a baking sheet that has a piece of aluminum foil
-put the chicken in the oven for 10 minutes and when its done set to the side
-take a saucepan and add the oil
-sweat the onions for 15-20 minutes
-after the onions are golden brown and soft add the tomato sauce, simmer for 10 minutes
-now add you spices to taste (ame can't handle spicy food so we didn't use much chili powder)
-now add your heavy cream and let simmer for another 5 minutes
-add your chicken and stir until fully incorporated
-enjoy (:


serve your butter chicken with rice or naan (:
Thanks for reading!
Happy Cooking (: 

Alton Brown

Hey Guys!
Guess who got to meet Alton Brown today????
Ame & I (:
First off I have to say he is so nice and he is hilarious.
We bought his new book Good Eats 3: The Later Years and you should totally check it out.
Heres some pictures from our day (:

Alton Brown wearing a bow tie <3

his new book

Ame & I getting our books signed

Keep an eye out for a new cooking tutorial using one of Altons recipes. (:
If you could meet any cook dead or alive who would it be? Leave your answer in the comments below!
Thanks for reading!
Happy Cooking!

Okayu

Hey guys!
Today Rain teaches you how to make Okayu.
Okayu is the perfect thing to eat when you are feeling under the weather because it is soft, easily digestible, and warm.

Ingredients:
-1/2 cup rice
-3 cups water
-1/2 teaspoon of salt

Optional:
-sesame seeds
-umeboshi

Directions:
-place half a cup of rice and 3 cups of water in pot.
-set your stove to medium heat and let simmer for 30-40 minutes.
-add your own toppings & enjoy.


Here are some other things you can put in your Okayu. Experiment and see what you like best.
-egg (popular in japan)
-chicken stock
-spring onions
-mushrooms

Whats your favorite thing to eat with Okayu? Leave a comment with you answer below (:
Happy Cooking!

Lunchtime with Ame & Rain! #1

Hey Guys!
Today Ame & Rain go to Buca di Beppo for lunch!
Sorry we couldn't make a cooking tutorial this week, but we will be posting one soon! Let us know if you like lunchtime with ame & rain, and if you do, let us know where we should eat next!

here are some extra pictures of our lunch (:

Ame in from of Buca

Ame & Statue

The walls were covered with photos

Gyoza

Hey Guys!

Today Ame & Rain and Rains Mama teach you how to make gyoza!

Ingredients:

Filling:

-1/2 pound ground pork

-1/3 cup diced cabbage

-1 teaspoon sesame oil

-1 tbsp. diced ginger

-1 clove garlic

-1 tbsp. chopped spring onion

-1/4 cup diced onions

-3 tablespoons water

- 1 egg

Outside:

-1 package gyoza wrappers

-4 tbsp. water

-2 tbsp. vegetable oil

Step One:

-Mix all the filling ingredients together in a bowl.

Step Two:

-Fill gyoza.

(Click on the link for step by step instructions for how to properly fold and fill gyoza wrappers)

http://1tess.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/gyoza-pleating-the-dumplings/ 

Step Three:

-Heat two tablespoons of oil in a pan and cook the gyoza bottom side down until the bottom becomes golden brown.

Step Four:

-Add 4 tablespoons of water to the pan and cover with a lid. This will steam the gyoza and cook them all the way through. Leave the lid on for at least four minutes.

Step Five:

-Take the lid off and let cook for another couple of minutes.

Step Six:

-Plate the gyoza and enjoy (:

*for a special treat make ame and rains gyoza sauce (:

Ingredients:

-2 tablespoons soy sauce

-1 tablespoon vinegar

Stir together and dip your freshly cooked gyoza into the sauce and enjoy (:
Happy Cooking!

Onigiri

Hey Guys, today Rain teaches you you how to make three different variations of Onigiri!
Onigiri (more commonly known as rice balls in america) is a ball of rice with salt and any topping you want. It is a popular snack to put in Japanese Bento's.

Ingredients:
Traditional:
-Rice
-Salt
-Nori

Visible Inside:
-Rice
-Umeboshi

Mixed Rice:
-Rice
-Furikake

I also found this super awesome picture diagram on how to properly shape ongiri into the traditional triangle shape.

But remember, rice balls can be any shape you want. Get creative and send us pictures or post a video response of the onigiri you make (:

Thanks for reading,
Happy Cooking!