Comments on: Chawanmushi

By: wiffy

wiffy — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:53:26 +0000

Hi joeline, are you from Singapore?

I got the tea cups at Daiso Singapore. I think they can be placed in electric steamer, you can check out the manual for instructions.

I bought frozen kamaboko fish cake at supermarket. It usually come in a long tube form, you just have to slice them to smaller pieces.

By: joeline

joeline — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:46:27 +0000

Sorry, i means the tea cuo but bowl… :P

By: joeline

joeline — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:45:45 +0000

Hi wiffy, where to buy the bowl & Kamaboko fish cake slices? can out the bowl into the eletric steamer? Thanks

By: wiffy

wiffy — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 05:39:07 +0000

Hi spinach, the bonito stock I used is the powder type, mixed with 1 2/3 cups water to form the stock, which is the main “liquid” for the chawanmushi. Hope this helps.

By: spinach

spinach — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:55:56 +0000

Hello Wiffy

Check with you the bonito stock you used is it the liquid type or powder? Do you add water so that the egg will be smooth? My MIL style of cooking she adds water, if yes, how much water should I add?

Thanks!

By: Christine

Christine — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:28:03 +0000

Hi,

so for the konbu and bonito stock, you simply add 1 and 2/3 cup of hot water to one sachet and dissolve the granules?

Do I need to let it cool before adding it to the egg mixture?

Also do the eggs need to be well combined i.e. like omelette mixture?
Thanks in advance.

By: wiffy

wiffy — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:32:11 +0000

Hi spinach, I think middle flame is ok. To prevent bubbles, refer to the cooking notes found at the end of this post. Basically you need to seal the cups when steaming. You have reminded me to update this post with the tips.

By: spinach

spinach — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:57:07 +0000

hi wiffy
how can I control the stove “fire” so that the egg will turn our smooth and not with holes? My MIL used to prepared but with lots of holes that makes it looks ugly? I heard if the stove “fire” is too high than it will have lots of “holes”.

By: j

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:23:58 +0000

Hi i tried steaming it for 15 minutes, cos i saw that it was too dry.

I tried the 2nd batch, and reduced the stock but it turned out the same!

Please help:)

By: wiffy

wiffy — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:28:45 +0000

Hi j, how long did you steam it? If it’s too watery you may need to steam a little longer. Did you also follow the same amount for the stock? You can try reducing the stock used too.