How to prepare Potato Salad with Mayonnaise

Potato Salad with Mayonnaise

This type of salad is very easy to make, just boil the potatoes and dress with ingredients.

What you need to make Potatoes Salad with Mayonnaise.

1.5 pounds or 0.7 kg of potatoes.

Salt to taste

Pepper (as you require)

½ cup of finely chopped parsley ( scent leaves)

¼ cup chopped onions

Mayonnaise (to your taste).

How to prepare Potato Salad with Mayonnaise

  1. Peel and wash the potatoes, then put inside a cooking pot, add little salt and boil for about 15 minutes. Make sure not to overcook. After cooking, drain the potatoes, you can use cold water to rinse and drain again.
  2. Put the warm potatoes on a plate and toss it with the chopped parsley,pepper & onions. Next, add mayonnaise, you just add on top of the potatoes or gently mix it with the potatoes.
  3. Serve in its slightly warm state or refrigerate for 4 hours then serve.

How to make Cherry Tomato Salad with Soy Sauce

Tomato salad with soy sauce

Cherry Tomato 🍅 salad with soy sauce recipe

4 teaspoons of soil sauce. You can add more to taste.

Pinch of sugar

2 teaspoon of sesame oil

10 pieces of cherry or grape tomatoes, steamed and cut in half.

Some Fresh basil leaves.

Grind pepper.

Procedure

In a large bowl mix the soy sauce, sugar and oil.

Next add the steamed and sliced tomatoes and sprinkle lightly with pepper.

You can add more soy sauce to taste.

Leave the salad to stand for 15 minutes before serving.

Vegetable Salad: Tomato, Mozzarella and Basil Salad

Tomato, Mozzarella, Basil leaf salad

How to make Tomato, Mozzarella and Basil Salad. The salad is very simple to prepare.

Ingredients.

4 ripe tomatoes

Salt

Pepper

8 Basil leaves

One large Mozzarella 

Procedure.

Cut the tomatoes into small slices of about ¼ inches thick. Put inside a bowl, drain the tomato liquid then sprinkle lightly with salt.

Cut the mozzarella into 8 slices

Next layer the tomato slices, Basil leaves and mozzarella slices on a flat plate. Sprinkle salt and pepper. Drizzle with oil and serve.

How to make Pop Corn at Home

home made popcorn

Making your own popcorn at home is fast and easy. All you need is corn grains ( that can pop), butter or vegetable oil, sugar and a cooking pot that has a thick base.

Make sure you purchase popcorn grains. Not all corn grains are suitable for popcorn.

Procedure for making popcorn

Put butter the size of a teaspoon into the cooking pot ,place it on a cooker and melt on medium heat.

Next, put in some popcorn grains and use a spoon to mix with the melted butter. 

popcorn mixed with melted butter

Cover the pot and wait for all the corn grains to pop.

Switch off the cooker, open the pot cover and add sugar to the popcorn and stir gently.

sugar added to popcorn

Popcorn is ready to be served.

Further Notes on making popcorn

Make sure you cover the pot while corn is looking otherwise the popcorn will fall to the ground.

Use low to medium heat to cook your popcorn otherwise it might get burnt.

After  all the corn has popped, switch off the cooker before adding sugar and mixing with the popcorn. Otherwise the sugar will melt and then burn giving your popcorn a burnt taste.

Don’t put too many corn grains in the pot. The amount of grains you put should barely cover the base of the cooking pot

How to make Quick Mayonnaise

Homemade mayonnaise

Mayonnaise is getting expensive these days. I know you have heard you can make it on your own at home. It is true, I have tried it and it worked.

Ingredients you need to make your homemade mayonnaise

  • Vegetable oil
  • One egg
  • Pinch of salt
  • Sugar to taste
  • Lemon/vinegar

Vegetable oil should be of good quality, canola oil, Avocado oil, soya oil and the normal vegetable oil will work.

The egg should be fresh and of good quality otherwise mayonnaise will not form. Note that it is the egg and oil that forms the mayonnaise. The rest ingredients are just to give taste/flavour and preserve.

Just a pinch of salt. 

You can add sugar to taste. 

2 teaspoons of either lemon or vinegar juice should do. It adds flavour and preserves the mayonnaise.

Equipment you will need

  • Blender/mixer

Any blender or mixer will do. 

Procedure of making Mayonnaise (Using a blender)

Put the egg, pinch of salt, two teaspoons of lemon or vinegar Into the blender jar and cover it. 

Set the machine to the lowest setting then mix. 

Next open the hole provided within the cover of the blender jar, switch on the blender then very slowly pour the vegetable oil into the jar as it mixes.

The sound of the blender will change when the mixture has thickened. That is your homemade mayonnaise.Switch off the blender. Store the mayonnaise in a bottled container and use within 24 hours.

[Optional] You can also add two or more teaspoons of sugar to the mayonnaise and mix for two seconds in the blender if you like.

How to make Puff Puff snack

Puff puff

Puff puff is a very popular snack and very easy to make.

What you need to make Puff Puff:

Flour

Yeast

Sugar

Warm water

Salt ( optional)

Pepper/spicing (optional)

Vegetable oil

Frying pan

Cooker.

Quantities of ingredients

3 cups of flour will need ½ cup of sugar, one tablespoon of yeast, half teaspoon of salt and also half teaspoon of spicing.

Procedure.

Put about 3 cups of flour in a bowl. Add sugar, yeast and spicing. Mix the combination with warm water until a thick paste is produced. Cover it with foil paper and you can place it in a warm oven for about 30 minutes. After 30 minutes the mixture should have risen. Put a frying pan on the cooker and let it heat up the oil. With a scoop spoon or your hand, put small lumps of the flour mixture into the frying pan. Let them fry until their colour changes to brown red. There you are, you have just made your own delicious puff puff.