05.11.10

Aaron in the Kitchen

Posted in cooking, family stuff, hobbies at 2:34 pm by Administrator

I’m not sure where Aaron got his interest in cooking, but he’s been working on it off and on for years now.  He’s tried making coconut ice cream once, made some Thai custard desserts for Christmas, learned to make great cinnamon rolls, and other things.  He currently makes fantastic omelettes. I think his first recipe was some sort of meatball mix when he was around 10 years old or so.  If I recall correctly, it was tasty, too!  Or perhaps I’m just being a biased mom who thinks everything her son makes is wonderful?  Ha!  Anyway, since our travels to Asia, Aaron’s interest in trying new recipes have once again ignited.  Last time we returned home from the Philippines he cooked some pancit.  This year he wanted to make some lumpia.  Now this I have to hand to him. . . he makes great homemade lumpia wrappers!

These wrappers are made from scratch and are specifically for lumpia sariwa.  Here’s what the filling of the roll looks like.

He could use a little practice wrapping the lumpia, but not bad for his first go!

I should mention that Aaron also made the sauce from scratch as well, which turned out to be really delicious!

The next recipe Aaron worked on was Red Lentil Dosas.  The lentils and brown rice has to be soaked for 8 hours then the ingredients have to be blended and allowed to sit for another 24 hours (boy, this kid has patience!)  This is what the mixture looked like just before cooking.

Just before cooking minced cilantro is added.   The final dosa looks like this.

Not bad!  Looks pretty much like the pictures in the recipe book!  He has since made more, which turned out even tastier.

Okay, so in Aaron’s spare time he has been enjoying looking up how-things-are-made videos as well as cooking videos.  We got a kick out of watching some such as “Cooking with Dog.”  Hehehehe.  Cute videos.  Not only do the recipes look great and tasty, but the cook gives nice tips.  Then Aaron found some videos on “pulled noodles.”  This inspired him to try making handmade noodles.  The problem we’ve encountered is that we only use whole grains, which seems to be a problem with elasticity, or rather the lack of elasticity.  So Aaron decided to try to make buckwheat soba noodles instead.  Here’s his first attempt.

Not bad!  Only I didn’t take a picture of the finished product. . . oye, my bad.  I will say that the noodles were tasty although a tad on the thick side. . . hee hee.  But no complaints from this mom!  Any of the boys cooking in this house is welcome!  Brian and I joke around that Aaron’s wife is going to be one happy woman, heheheh.  And as a mom, I don’t worry about him knowing how to feed himself when one day he flies the coop.

Marlakins

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