homemade yogurt

ingredients:
- 3 1/2 cups milk
- 4 tbsp instant milk powder

- 2 tbsp plain yogurt that contains live cultures

1. Mix 1 cup of milk and instant milk powder.

2. Add the rest of the milk together, then boil until thermometer reach 85C degree.

3. Remove from the heat and let it cool until room temperature.

4. Mean while, sterilize all the yogurt jars. I use baby bottle sterilization to clean the jars.

5. Pull some milk out, mix with yogurt until all combine.

6. Mix everything together. Pull it to individual yogurt jars.

7. Put them all in the yogurt machine and start heating.

8. After 8 to 10 hours the yogurts are done. You can eat it when they are warm, or keep them in refrigerator when they cool down.

*you can follow the instruction and recipes of your yogurt making machines 

*note: it's perfect to sweeten with fruit enzyme. They are perfect match!!

banana bread

ingredients:
- 3 ripe banana (熟透的香蕉)
- 1 egg (雞蛋) 

- 1/3 cup (60g) melted butter (牛油, 先行融化), or 50ml vegetable oil

- 1/2 cup (100g) white or brown sugar, brown sugar will get darker colour (糖, 白糖或黃糖都可以。如果喜歡深色些，就用黃糖啦)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract (雲呢拿香油) 

- 1 tsp baking soda (蘇打粉)

- pinch of salt (鹽, 少許)

With milk:
- 1½ cup (245g) plain flour / all-purpose flour (中筋麵粉)

- 1/4 to 1/2 cup milk, depends the batter (牛奶，視乎麵糊的濕度而定）

Or with sourdough starter:
- 1 1/8 cup (144g) plain flour / all-purpose flour (中筋麵粉)

- 1 tbsp instant milk powder (optional) (奶粉)
- 1/2 cup sourdough starter (麵種)

- 1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips (少甜朱古力粒)

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- 3 ripe banana (熟透的香蕉)

- 1 egg (雞蛋)
- 1/3 cup (60g) melted butter (牛油, 先行融化), or 50ml vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup (100g) white or brown sugar, brown sugar will get darker colour (糖, 白糖或黃糖都可以。如果喜歡深色些，就用黃糖啦)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract (雲呢拿香油)
- 1 tsp baking soda (蘇打粉)
- pinch of salt (鹽, 少許)

1. Preheat the oven to 350F. (先把焗爐預熱到175C/350F.) 

2. Mash well the banana, add butter, sugar, vanilla extract, baking soda and salt.  Mix well. (壓爛的香蕉成蓉,，加入融化了的牛油、糖、蛋、雲呢拿香油、蘇打粉和鹽，拌勻。)

With milk:
- 1½ cup (245g) plain flour / all-purpose flour (中筋麵粉)
- 1/4 to 1/2 cup milk, depends the batter (牛奶，視乎麵糊的濕度而定）

Or with sourdough starter:
- 1 1/8 cup (144g) plain flour / all-purpose flour (中筋麵粉)
- 1 tbsp instant milk powder (optional) (奶粉)
- 1/2 cup sourdough starter (麵種)

3. Add "with milk" or "with sourdough" ingredients, mix well. (加入With milk或With sourdough starter的材料，拌勻。) 

- 1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips (少甜朱古力粒)

4. Add chocolate chips and mix well. (加入朱古力粒拌勻。)

5. Light coated the pan with butter.  Pour the batter in the pan.  Bake about 1 hour.  If insert the toothpick in the middle of the cake, and pull out is clear,  the banana bread is done.  Set aside until cool. (在糕盤底部及四週，輕輕掃上少許牛油。把拌好的粉漿倒入糕盤。放入焗爐約1小時。可以用一枝針插入中間部分，拿出的針沒有粉漿黏著的話，即是蛋糕熟了。放在鐵架上待涼。 )

note (溫馨提示)：

This is an easy recipe, don't need a hand mixer, use spatula or wooden spoon is ok.
(這個食譜非常簡單，不用打蛋器，只需要一個木匙羹或膠刮。)

Original recipe from: www.christinesrecipes.com/2008/04/banana-cake-recipe.html

shio koji

ingredients:
- 200 g (7.05 oz) rice koji (it can find @ Japanese store)
- 4 tbsp. (50 g) sea salt (salt can be 10-30% of koji quantity - Do not use table salt.)
- 1 cup good water

1. In a large bowl, rub the koji grains into smaller pieces with hands.

2. Add salt and rub until all mixed.

4. Add water and rub again.

5. Transfer to sterilized container with a lid. Koji gain must cover with water, add more water if needed.

6. Ferment the shio koji at room temperature without sunlight, mix it once a day.  After 1 to 2 weeks or more, it depends on the room temperature.  If cooler, it takes longer to fully ferment.  The shio koji taste will change from salty to sweet.  And shio koji will become thicker. Store in the refrigerator for up to 6 months.

Original Recipe from Namiko Chen of Just One Cookbook.