Homemaker extraordinaire :)

I spent last weekend trying to develop my homemaking skills. Somebody introduced me to homemade soya mayonnaise and I really loved the taste. So I looked up the recipe on the www and it turned out pretty simple to make.

I. Making the soya milk :

• Bought 1 kg of soya seeds from the market. They were mixed with little stones and other debris, so required a good cleaning.
• Soaked a little less than half kg overnight in water. This amount proved to be way too much, a quater kg (250gm) would be more appropriate for personal use.
• Next day, I blended the soya beans with thrice the volume of water in a blender. Since my mixie jar is small, I had to do it in several batches.
• I strained the whole slurry through a muslin (read cotton) cloth and boiled the milk for around 10 minutes.
• I got around 2 litres of soya milk.

II. Making the soya mayonnaise: 
  You need:

1.   1 cup of soya milk
2.   Half a tsp of salt
3. 1 tsp of lime juice
4. 1/4th tsp black pepper powder
5. 2 egg yolks (optional)
6. 1 cup of vegetable oil.

The procedure is simple. Blend 1-5 in a mixer. Add the vegetable oil a few drops at a time and blend till the whole cup is added to the mixture. Adding the oil slowly seems to be the most important part. If you add it too fast, the oil tends to float. I got 2 jars and a half from 2 cups of soy milk. Taste great!! Just like store bought mayonnaise, but better than the Funfood brand. Only problem is you can keep it only for a week or so.

I also made these moist chocolate cakes. I think they taste better than they look :P

And some pictures of Ruatfeli

With her new umbrella...