Comments on: Chawanmushi

By: wiffy

wiffy — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 06:20:17 +0000

you can make your own by buying kelp and bonito … but easier short cut is buying powdered stock. Both options available at Japanese supermarkets. the latter is easy to find – Cold Storage and NTUC have it.

By: wiffy

wiffy — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 06:18:27 +0000

sorry for my late reply. I don’t own an electric steamer but I don’t see why it can’t be used. But as for the temperature, I’m not very sure, could u see if they have any recommended timings for steamed egg?

By: cat

cat — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 05:45:50 +0000

Where do you get kombu and bonito stock?

By: joycee

joycee — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:43:46 +0000

Hello!

just like to check if i can use an electric steamer for this, and if i can, then what is the temperature i should set it at? can’t wait to try this out!

**really appreciate your style of writing- simple to understand(especially for kitchen noobs like me). have tried some of your recipes and they all turned out well! keep writing=)

By: Rach

Rach — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 08:29:13 +0000

Hihi

Thanks for this post! I followed your steps and my chawanmushi turned out very smooth on the first try even though I didn’t strain the mixture in the second step!

My only problem was that the ingredients all sank to the bottom instead of floating in the middle. Any idea why? :)

By: Joann

Joann — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 13:47:57 +0000

Hi, i am a singaporean living in germany for work. I miss all the home cooked singapore food from my mum.. regrets not learning the skill from my mum T_T.. i would like to try to make some Chawanmushi. But what is kombu and bonito stock? How can i make them? Sorry.. i am a real noob..

By: wiffy

wiffy — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:45:14 +0000

you need to cover the cup during steaming. If no lid, you can use aluminium foil :)

By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:42:11 +0000

Hi, is there a need to cover the lids after the chawanmushi is cooked and take out from the steamer? what if my cups have no lids?

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