Kokopu

Butter Chicken by Ryan

What went well today was the taste of the butter chicken. The butter chicken was very yummy with the right amount of spice. It tasted like this because we added in extra spice. Another thing that went well was our timeline. Our timeline was nearly exactly on time, except that the chicken took longer to cook. This did not impact our cooking too much. 

What did not go well today was the large mess that was made. We made a big mess around the wok, and there were a lot of dishes that we used but we didn't need to use. 

The changes we made to the recipe were we added extra spices, I did this because our group wanted extra spices. 

If I was to make this recipe again, I would not cook the butter chicken for as long as the butter chicken sauce was a little too thick. 

Kūmara & Ginger Cupcakes by Mischa

Today we made kūmara cupcakes. We learned how we could use fruit and vegetables in baking. In this evaluation I will tell you about the positives, improvements, and negatives.

The cupcakes were soft and moist. Surprisingly they tasted terrific like a yummy sweet treat. The kūmara and the ginger didn't affect the cupcakes. 

Though these were good I would love to try a different vegetable e.g carrot. When pouring the mixture into the tin I would use less mixture in each. This would avoid the mistake of uneven cupcakes and improve them when making them next time.

When making the cupcakes the batter had chunks of kūmara in it. You would take a bite of the cupcake and taste the bits of kūmara. The batter was watery but was all right once cooked. They tasted more like carrot cake than anything else. Next time we can maybe add a bit more flour and use less kūmara.

The Kūmara Cupcakes were amazing and were nice and soft. But there were bits of kūmara throughout the cupcake. Next time when making these I would like to try a different fruit or vegetable.