Left Overs

Today I had a very quick and easy to cook dinner: left over Gyoza filling with rice vermicelli. What you need to do is put the filling in a pan and fry until cooked. In the meantime put rice vermicelli into a bowl and add hot water, drain after two minutes and add noodles to the filling. Fry for as long as you like, then put it on a plate and garnish with fresh coriander. Et voilà!

One Song A Day: We Have Band - Divisive

I went to one of their gigs on Monday and had a great night full of dancing :)

One Song A Day: Grimes - Oblivion

Gyoza/Jiaozi

To celebrate International Women's Day I made some homemade dumplings today. In Japan they're called 'Gyoza', in China, the country of their origin 'Jiaozi'. They're best when you first cook them in water and then fry them in a pan.

Here's a good video that teaches you the 'folding technique'. But as a beginner you can fold them however you like to make it a bit easier and buy readymade dough skins.

I stuffed mine with minced pork, chinese cabbage, onions, garlic, soy sauce, sesame oil (in fact I only used rape seed oil and added a few sesame seeds) and coriander. The sauce consisted of soy sauce, vinegar, fresh coriander and garlic. Delicious!

Good Morning!

Let's start this day with my current favourites: Tribes - Coming of Age (live version)