By Request
The "Mother's Favorite Recipes" cookbook, originally published in 1961, is being re-released by the Friends of Waialae School (Parent Teacher Council).
The 100-page softcover collection features classics such as chow fun, Waioli Tea Room apple pie filling, pineapple pickles, and chafing dish doves or squabs.
The Waialae School Fair unveils the reprint for $7 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the benefit fair's country store. Or order the cookbook by sending a $9.50 check made to: Friends of Waialae School, 1045 19th Ave., Honolulu, Hawaii 96816. For information, call 733-4883.
A recipe from the cookbook follows at the request of Ann Temporal, an Aiea mother of two - first- and second-graders - who's a candidate for a Mother's Day copy.
Mix mochiko and sugar. Add water slowly, mixing to prevent lumping. Stir in 2 or 3 drops of food coloring.1-1/4 cups mochiko (rice flour)
2/3 cup sugar
1-1/4 cups water
Food coloring
Nonstick baking spray, such as Pam
Potato starch
Spray a microwaveable Bundt cake pan with nonstick baking spray. Pour mixture into Bundt pan. Microwave under cook control 60 for 3 minutes. Then cook under cook control 80 for an additional 3 minutes.
Cover a 9-by-13-inch pan with potato starch to prevent sticking. Flip Bundt pan over 9-by-13-inch pan to remove the mochi. Use a plastic knife to slice mochi. Coat each piece with potato starch.
Editor's note: Coconut milk can be used instead of water.
Send queries along with name and phone number to: By Request, Honolulu Star-Bulletin Food Section, P.O. Box 3080, Honolulu 96802. Or send e-mail to features@starbulletin.com
