My Carrot Sticks

Very often, a picture could be a good inspiration for a successful recipe. Sometimes, it is a measure of the success - or failure - of an amateur cook. 

In my case, I started by being mesmerized for a couple of seconds by this wonderful picture, and went as far as away as I dared to try my own variant. In my picture, the result doesn't look too tasty. Or even not tasty at all. But, believe me, at the end of the first 5 minutes of complaining about how unskillful cook I am, half of the products were eaten - and not by me, as a form of extreme punishment. At the end of the day, maybe I am only a bad photographer.

The ingredients, for 2 persons:
10 carrots peeled and boiled and thereafter sliced
2 cloves of garlic
100 ml. sesame oil
2 tablespoon of sesame seeds
1/2 teaspoon of sugar
1/2 teaspoon of salt
All ingredients are fried at 250C for between 15 - 20 minutes.
Bon Appetit!

Simple tofu receipe - Mushrooms, tomatoes and sesame seeds

From the book of Tofu recipes, a simple and affordable choice

For 3 persons

4 tomatoes, sliced

250 gr. white mushrooms

2 eggs

2 tablespoons sesame seeds

7 slices of white tofu

With 100 ml. of olive oil in pan, add the ingredients one by one. Mix them slowly and wait maximum 15 minutes, at 100C for having a very good breakfast, dinner or lunch.

And, anyway, here it is an amazing air of spring so be ready to finish fast the good cooking for spending more time outdoors.

Baking bread

Not very long time ago, I used to be extremely jealous of my girl friends posting pictures with their successful bread and exchanging their successful experiences in the field of doughs. How could I confess them, without being considered the black sheep of the cooking world, that I am simply afraid to think about me baking bread and I would rather prefer to starve than to get involved in the magics of producing out of flour, yeast and other ingredients a crunchy bread. 

But one winter day - maybe I have to be thankful to the bad German weather for all my progresses - I studied several recipes of bread, made a list of the most-haves and back home, started the experiment. This poppy bread is one of my best, but almost none of my experiences in the field by now were a failure. Thus, I will keep going and going.

For the poppy seeds bread, you need the following ingredients:

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

5 cups of white flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 cups of vegetable oil

1/2 teaspoon butter

3 eggs

3 tablespoons poppy seeds

Mix all the ingredients - but only 2 tablespoons poppy seeds - and put the dough in a warm place. Wait for 30-40 minutes. Preheat the oven at 170 C. Bake the dough - use the 1 tablespoon of poppy left as glaze - for another 45 minutes. 

Enjoy it! It is simply delicious!