Love Is In The Air

It's already February now, usually people associate this month with the Month of Love. I think i will see many Love theme bento this month. Do you agree with me? Today i tried to make one too, it's about a girl and a boy who filled with lots of love. Inside the box: Rice onigiri, pork woku, sausage flower, blanched broccoli and carrot. I put mango yoghurt in the pink cup and love cupcake sprinkles on top of it.

Mama El's Pork Woku Recipe.

Ingredients: 

3/4 kg Pork

4 pcs lemon grass

1.5 handful Basil

Lime juice

10 pcs lime leaves

2 leeks, cut 3cm

1/2 cup water

salt

Ground Paste:

15-20 pcs shallots

8-10 pcs candle nut

1 tsp ground turmeric

5 bird's eye chili ( could be substitute with 1/2 paprika for those who doesn't like spicy )

Direction:

1. Cut cube the pork, sprinkle with lime juice.

2. Mix the pork from step 1 with ground paste, lime leaves and lemon grass.

3. Put the pork in the pan, put water and simmer until tender ( Stir occasionally to prevent the pork sticking to the bottom of the pan)

4. After tender, put in the leeks and basil and cook it for 10 minutes more.

I will enter today's bento to a bento contest held by Japan The Wonderland. Wish me luck, friends..

 

Couple Onigiri

Today's bento was inspired by Akinoichigo's latest bento book. I love her books because it contains clear pictures, cute bentos and clear tutorial. 

Here is Akinoichigo's latest bento book. 

There are many characters bento inside it and tutorial to make garnish from sausages, tamagoyaki, eggsheet and ham.  It also including tutorial  to make various onigiri and fancy bread. In the end of the book, there  are many patterns that we could trace it and apply it on cheese, ham and eggsheet.

 

 

The Royal Wedding

Congratulation, William and Kate!

Inside the box: rice and egg sheet for the decoration. In the other box: pork and egg stew, stir fry green beans, egg flower.