Personal Project Comic Book

Plot
An era where people is no longer interested in desserts. They think that main course is the most important and they have no time to eat desserts seeing their busy time. A girl named Nini always wished to open an asian dessert shop and seeing people’s happiness because of her dessert. The problem is that she has no idea what asian dessert is and she can’t learn anything because people is not interested in dessert. One day when she is walking aimlessly, she find a run down shop called Asian Palace. Seeing the asian design, she goes in and find a hint that the place is actually a dessert shop. A spirit with long hair named Nessy suddenly appear and beg her to help rebuilding the place.

Main Character:
Name : Nini
Description: A girl from Indonesia whose dream is to open a dessert shop. She is very happy to have a free chance to learn about desserts.

Name : Nessy
Description: A spirit from Indonesia who is always waiting for a person to come to the closed dessert shop, the place where she waits for hundreds of years. She is very happy seeing Nini come in to the shop.

China
Name : Chi
Description : A spirit from China who will guide Nini to know more about Hong Kong and Chinese dessert. Never open her eyes. Notes: Do not say anything about her eyes.

Japan
Name : Pan
Description : A spirit from Japan who will guide Nini to know more about Japanese dessert. Very girly and kind of slow.

Vietnam
Name : Nam
Description : A spirit from Vietnam who will guide Nini to know more about Vietnamese dessert. She has a very mother-like personality.

Cambodia
Name : Dia
Description : A spirit from Cambodia who will guide Nini to know more about Cambodian dessert. She cannot stand germs and will warn you to choose a good quality ingredients.

Afghanistan
Name : Tan
Description : A spirit from Afghanistan who will guide Nini to know more about Afghanistan's dessert. She is very happy if someone from far away would come to visit Afghanistan.

Israel
Name: Issy
Description : A spirit from Israel who will guide Nini to know more about Israelis dessert. She is very proud of Israelis fruits.

Specification of the Product

Specifications:
- Asian country only
- Pictures of each recipe
- Unique form of book
- Minimal 1 page of comics for each country’s recipes
- Comic character introduction at the beginning of the page
- Map at the beginning of the book to show the origin of the desserts that I make
- Colorful recipe book
- No more than 2 hours for making desserts
- Not using too much cream or milk for desserts
- Make desserts with main ingredients that I like

I just add new specifications for my product.

PP Creating Outline

1. Interview about types of book cover with Pak Benny
2. Brainstorming about the structure of cover
3. Make a design for the cover
4. What should be collected (flag images of each country included in the recipe book, a character 5. for the comic (can be from internet, can be draw), another character that is drawn by me)
6. Choose some of dessert photos that I have made to be made into the cover
7. After everything has been collected, use photoshop to make the cover
8. Make comics for each recipe

I have brainstormed about my book format, as for the character I will make a simple character. The guide character for my book will be kokeshi-like character so that it would be simple and attractive. While the other main character will be the one who is questioning every detail of each desserts. This way, I think the readers will get the history and information behind each desserts

Research + Criteria D Draft 2

Defined Problem/Background
Most people in life now, only think about fast food and buying food to save their time. Some people think that cooking is interesting especially when it comes to dessert and I was one of those people. I have a special interest in pastry and dessert. When I first came to this school I never thought of cooking but one of the subject in this school which is Design Technology has change my perspective towards food. I found it interesting and fun especially when I have to create a jam for my assignment. When I was first presented about personal project in grade 9, I immediately think about something related to cooking because it was my personal interest out of all things that I have experienced and enjoy. Personal project is not all about impressing people but we have to like and enjoy it in order to create an amazing product that reflects ourselves well. One thing is that if I only created one single cooking it will be too usual for people. I wanted to make something extraordinary but the project has to reflect myself and I have to enjoy it. After I did some brainstorm, I decided that it would be desserts recipes book with unusual design unlike normal recipes book that I usually found in the bookstore to attract people because I like designing things and making desserts. I think this project is well suited for myself.

Goal: To enjoy the experiences of making Asian’s desserts and compiles it in a form of book creatively for personal collection

What are your inquiry questions? What kind of information are you looking for?
Guiding Questions
What does Nina personally like and dislike about books and dessert?
What does Nina have for skills in creating dessert and books?
What type of desserts would be made? (Origin/history, material, equipment, skills)
4. How to create a unique recipe book?

Skills for Desserts
Based from all the cooking that I have done during the holiday, I find out about the things I am capable to do and things that I don’t about making desserts and book. First, in making dessert I am capable of cutting and shaping fruits like melon balls and making a melon bowl. I also can do simple things like boiling and cutting but not frying because I realized that I am still afraid of hot oil. I can make simple things like fruit salad, fruit in syrup, jelly and desserts that only involves simple skills. I cannot cut some fruits like avocado, because I don’t know the technique to cut it. In the end, I ended up using random technique as long as I can get the flesh of it to blend. I am not professional in creating traditional snacks like klepon and pisang goreng so I need the help of a professional like my mother.

I have the skill to decorate fruit, I realized so aft
er I made a fruit salad with my own design. This is indeed the first time I ever make a fruit dessert but the result is not so bad instead, I think it is the greatest out of all of the desserts that I have made so far. I also found enjoyment in cutting and designing fruit.

After doing the cooking for my personal project, I realized that I am not that good in cooking and that I still have much to learn. I am not giving up and I am willing to learn because after all cooking is my interest.

Like/Dislike for Desserts
Even if I like to make desserts the most out of all courses, there are desserts that I dislike too. I don’t like desserts that is using fruits or other ingredients that I don’t like as the main ingredients. For example Avocado that is the main ingredient for Sinh To Bo, a Vietnamese avocado smoothie that I created or lemongrass leaves as the main ingredient of lemongrass tea. I also dislike desserts that are using too much cream or milk because they make my stomach feels sick. Not only the ingredients, if the recipe of the desserts are difficult to understand or too complicated I would not make them. I dislike desserts that are taking too much time to make.

I like desserts that are using my favorite ingredients as the main ingredients, sweet flavored, and not taking too much time to make it. For example desserts like fruit salad or jelly. Everything that involves fruit, agar-agar, or jelly is my favorite type of desserts because they taste good, simple, and not taking much time to make. The rate of difficulty is not that high either.

Skills for Books
The only way I can think of in creating an interesting book is to create a comic book. It is my hobby to draw a character in a blank paper. I am not that good in writing and expressing my ideas, the only skills for book that I have is to draw and make a short comic. At first, I was thinking to combine an encyclopedia about the desserts that I am making and the recipe of them but I think they will be too boring and I cannot write that much. Looking at my skills, I came up with an idea. The idea is to make a recipe book that is compatible with my skills in book. This leads to my idea which is to make a recipe book with comics inside.

I also have the skill to design by using Adobe Photoshop since I like to use photoshop even if I am a beginner. I know the basic skills to use photoshop and all I need is to let out all my creativity towards it. I was thinking to use this skill to create a cover for my recipe book.

In the process of creating a good recipe book, photos of each recipes are required. In other words, I need a photographic skill in order to produce a good photo which will be used in my recipe book. Considering it, I have never been interested in photo and I don’t know anything about how to produce a good photo. After taking photos in my cooking in this holiday, I realized that I can only take an ordinary photo. Experiencing this, I brainstorm about how can I solve this problem. After I have been thinking for several days, I came up with an idea to overcome this lack of skill. I decided to take an ordinary photo like I usually do, then I will edit it using Adobe Photoshop. As I said before, I have the basic skill to edit photo so this way I will be able to work to the fullest to create good images for each of the desserts that I have created. In conclusion, I need 2 skills required to create my recipe book. They are drawing skill and design skill (using photoshop)

Like/Dislike for Books
I dislike types of books with a little amount of image, books with small images, books with no colors, books that is only contains texts, thick book, and books with small fonts size. I think of the types of books that I mentioned before as boring and they are not entertaining at all. I think book with colors and images will provide a fun time for the reader. For example thick novels or encyclopedia books without image, they are the types of books that I dislike. The information contained are difficult to be absorbed because they are not entertaining.

I like books with an appealing and colorful cover, full of images, and provide a medium sized fonts. They are appealing and fun to read. The type of book that I like so much is comic book. For me they are fun to read, entertaining, and informations contained are quickly being absorbed into my head so it is easy to understand things through comic books. I often read a knowledge book in the form of comic book called Educomics they give knowledge through each story and it was easy to understand it and moreover, they are colorful. They really inspire me, and giving me new ideas which is very helpful for my Personal Project. Not only an education comics, I also like usual comic for entertainment. Out of my liking of comics, I decided to create some comic panels for each of the food in my recipe book. Not only teenagers my age, some adults also like to read comics so I think comic is the most appealing and interesting type of book.

How the information suited to the project?
The information above is considered as the start of my project so of course start is important. The information helps me to decide things to do such as what kind of format should the recipe book be, skills needed for this project, and what kind of desserts should I make in order for them to match with my taste. It is because I know all of them that I can decide things interesting for my book. Without knowing them, I cannot step into the next step which is cooking. Without knowing all of that, I cannot start anything. It is also connected to the AOI Human Ingenuity, I answer all of the information above based on my thinking and I freely lets out my idea for creativity which represents the AOI.
Is the information reliable (authority)?
The information comes from me directly and I think of them clearly so it is reliable. First of all, I have to know my interests and taste for books and desserts. I am the target audience for my project and I simply lets out my taste about desserts and books for the start of my project.
Is the information accurate?
The information is accurate because it is a primary information, it comes directly from me and it cannot be found in other source other than me. It is accurate because I simply know my interests and taste and I just write down how I feel and what I want.
Is the information objective/not biased? (Objectivity)
The information is objective because I answer right to the point without clearly comparing anything just because I don’t like them.
What information do I still need?
The information is all written and so the information is enough for me to start my project.
What new questions does my research bring?
There is no new questions brought from the research above bring because I simply write down how I feel and there is nothing to ask for.

Criterion D. Application of Information
Students should transfer and apply information to make decisions, create solutions and develop understandings in connection with the project’s goal.
(Note: Please include reference/in-text citation)

How is this information useful throughout the project to achieve the goal for :
1. Specifications of the product/outcomes:
The information can be used to achieve 4 of my specifications:
Asian country only
Unique form of book
Colorful recipe book
Pictures of each recipe

2. The techniques chosen in different stages:
Design: the information can be used to brainstorm the basic things for my product
Plan: the information can be used to make specific steps and basic information of my product, the roots for my product
Create : can be used to make product that reflects my liking
Evaluate/Testing Method: the information can be used to make evaluation of my products according to my liking.

Type of Desserts
South Asia
Afghanistan (Sheer Yakh)
Cambodia (Orange in syrup, Kuay Namuan)
Bangladesh & India (Mango Lassi)
Indonesia (Klepon, Bubur Mutiara, Kolak Pisang, Nagasari)
Vietnam (Sinh To Bo)

East Asia
China (Sweet Potato Soup, Double Skin Milk, Peaches in Sweet Glaze)
Japan (Orange Kanten Jelly, Coffee Jelly, Imo Yokan)

West Asia
Israel (Fruit Salad)
Saudi Arabia (Mango Creme)

I don’t have any specification for the amount of desserts but I intend to take some country from each continent. As for South Asia, the amount of country is bigger than other because it has more country than others. On the internet and also bookstore there are no information about north asian desserts, I can conclude that they are not well known in desserts so I didn’t include them.

My goal is to enjoy the experiences of making Asian desserts. Looking at my goal, I decided to choose simple and easy recipes in which the ingredients are easy to get in my society. I decided to match the type of desserts with my skills. This is the first time I get to make desserts and so I choose the best way so that I can make a good result while I learn the proper way to make desserts. I decided to create 20 desserts from Asia with more amount of desserts from Indonesia, China, and Japan because they are mostly easy to find and also people are familiar with it by looking at the amount of recipe books from those country sold in bookstore. By searching for the recipes from books, internet, and asking people. After trying the recipe I find out the material, skills, and equipment. I came up with the following results:

JAPAN
Orange Kanten Jelly
Kanten (agar-agar) is a very popular product in Japan, it keeps a delicate figure and beauty. Kanten contains ferrum, phosphor, calcium, vitamin A, B1, B6, B12, C, and D. Kanten is usually recommended for overweight people. The first reason is because it contains almost no calories and it is made of laminaria (kelp).The second is because it satisfies our stomach. It prevents from soaking fats and sugar. The calcium and ferrum contained resulting a beautiful hair and skin. Many women in Japan like kanten due to the mentioned reasons. Kanten is traditionally used in Japan for preparing dished with vegetables, some fruit sauces, and desserts such as puddings and stuffing for pies.
Material
Kanten powder
Water
Sugar
Orange juice
Orange
Equipment
Spoon
Cup
Jelly moulds
Saucepan
Stove
Skills
The skills needed to make orange kanten jelly is boiling, stirring, and peeling orange. Boiling is a very basic skill but it is needed to make the jelly. Stirring has to be done properly and we have to know when to stop stirring. Stirring is needed in order to make the kanten powder fuse completely with water. Lack of stirring will resulting a bit of rough texture on the surface of the jelly. Peeling an orange may seems simple but actually is pretty hard if we’re not used into it.


2. Imo Yokan
Yokan is a variety of wagashi. Originally, Yokan is a thick jellied dessert that is made from read bean paste, agar, and sugar. Though Yokan had been famous in Japan for a long time, originally it was a chinese snack. In chinese, the word “Yokan” is translated as Yang Geng, meaning “sheep broth”. It was because the main ingredient which was gelatin was made from cooled and congeal sheep broth. There is a rumor that in the fifth century in ancient China, a high ranked general started a war against his own country because he refused a bowl of Yang Geng.

This dessert was introduced to Japan in the 12th century by Buddhist monks, because they were only allowed to eat vegetarian food they had to find a way so that they can eat the sheep broth. They replaced the Yang Geng with a dark colored broth made from red bean soup and mixed it with agar which is a seaweed substance that turns into jelly when boiled. The result was an original Yokan from Japanese, made with red bean paste. There are 2 types of okan, mizu yokan and neri yokan. The only difference between the two is that mizu yokan is softer. There are many varieties of yokan
Chak Yokan = A yokan made with green tea
Kuri Yokan = A yokan made with steamed chestnuts
Yoru no Ume = A yokan made with dainagon beans
Imo Yokan = A yokan made from satsumaimo sweet potato

Wagashi originated from the Yayoi Era around B.C 300 - A.C 300, at those times wagashi is no more than natural fruits, berries, and nuts.
China greatly influenced the Japanese with the grain processing skills and the Buddhist culture introduced during the Nara Era (A.C 710 - 784), then people started to make Mochi and Dango (another type of rice cake). However, at that time, they were used for religious purposes and were considered exclusive by average person. The basic forms of wagashi today are from that era.
During the late Muromachi Era (A.C 1336-1573), foreign trade happened in Japan. The trade with Portugal and Spain influenced the making of wagashi because of new recipes and ingredients from those country. The introduction of sugar changed the formula for sweetness.
In the early Edo Period (A.C 1603-1867), the wagashi trade was experiencing great development in Kyoto, Edo, and other regions. Average people started to enjoy them. Wagashi started to be used in tea ceremonies, afternoon snacks, and gifts.
During the Meiji Era (A.C 1868-1912), Western cakes and desserts started to entered Japan and they greatly influenced the development of Wagashi.
During the last part of Taisho Era, the word “Wagashi” was used to name the Japanese confectionaries in order to differentiate them from the Western ones.

Throughout the centuries, Wagashis have been influenced by foreign culture but they have always contain the sense of Japanese art. Wagashi is a very important part of Japanese culture and it will grows as new skills come along.

Material
Satsumaimo sweet potatoes
Sugar
Agar-agar (kanten) powder
Water
Equipment
Spoon
Knife
Saucepan
Cup
Stove
Strainer
Rectangular containers
Skills
The skills needed to make imo yokan is peeling, cutting, boiling, stirring, and mixing. The recipe of imo yokan is simple but a lot of simple skills are needed to make this dessert. Peeling the sweet potato has to be done quickly because this sweet potato easily turns black. Cutting has to be done with extra strength because the sweet potato is hard before it’s being boiled. Boiling is normal but be sure to add enough water to cover the sweet potato so that all part of it will be soft. Make sure not to turn off the heat before the sweet potato softened. Stirring is being done normally when we stir the agar but be sure to keep stirring so that it will dissolve. Mixing is needed twice, first is to mix the sugar and the mashed sweet potato and second when mixing the water and the mashed sweet potato. It has to be done quite long so that sugar will completely mixed with the sweet potato and so that the sweet potato fuse with the agar water. This way, the result will be nice with a yellow imo yokan.

3. Coffee Jelly
Coffee was first introduced to Japan in the 19th century. Japanese people were very slow to take coffee drinking because green tea has been a national drink for approximately 1000 years. Japanese people believes that coffee contains certain elements that bring benefits for skin. They found a creative way to use coffee, and so delicious desserts have been made from it. Coffee jelly is very popular in Japan.
Material
Coffee
Sugar
Gelatin powder
Whipped cream
Equipment
Saucepan
Stove
Spoon
Serving cup
Skills
The skills needed to make coffee jelly is very basic and simple. Quite similar to Orange Kanten Jelly. They are boiling and stirring. One thing to pay attention with is that we cannot stop stirring till the gelatin powder completely fuse with the coffee. Lack of stirring will resulting a rough texture on the jelly surface because some of the powder is still there.



CHINA
Peaches in Sweet Glaze
Peach is a very popular fruit in China, it has many cultural stories and legend. A long, healthy, and prosperous life is the highest goals of humanity. Chinese establish many symbols to represent it. One of the symbols is peach. The peach tree is a chinese symbol used to represent longevity. The wood of the tree was said to prevent evil, and so ancient warriors crafted weapons from the wood of the tree. It is also said that taoist magic was made with the petals of peach flower, it is said to be able to put men into love. It is said that the peach plant in the Kun Lun mountain would produce fruit only once every 3000 years. Peach originally came from China and has been cultivated since 1000 B.C.E. In chinese culture, peach tree is considered as the tree of life and also the symbols of immortality and unity. The flowers are used by chinese bride. Since it’s very popular many types of desserts have been made from it.
Material
Peaches
Honey
Sugar
Water
Equipment
Steamer
Heat-proof bowl
Knife
Spoon
Serving bowl
Skills
The skills needed to make this dessert is also simple. One of them is actually to peel the peaches but since peach is very difficult to find in Indonesia, I have to use the canned one so this skill is no longer needed. Stirring is also needed. One thing to pay attention for is to stir until the syrup thickens and there is no need to rush. For the original one, peeling, cutting, and stirring are needed but for my cooking only cutting and stirring are needed.

2. Sweet Potato Soup
Sweet potato soup is a type of Tong Sui. Sweet potato grows in China and it is also the highest rank in the production of sweet potato in the worlds. Around 100 varieties of potatoes are grown.
Tong Sui
Tong Sui is translated as “sugar water”, but it is not actually sugar water, it is more of a warm soup that is usually eaten during winter. Most of chinese restaurant serve Tong Sui as dessert at the end of meal. There are many variety of Tong Sui, it can be made of mung beans, red beans, sweet potatoes, or water chestnuts. Tong Sui is really popular among Chinese communities itself and among tourists as well.
Types of Tong Sui
- Red bean soup 紅豆沙
Black sesame soup 芝麻糊
Sai mai lo 西米露
Sweet potato soup 番薯糖水
Mung bean soup 綠豆沙
Dou fu fa 豆腐花
Guilinggao 龜苓膏
Sweet Chinese pastry 糕點
Coconut bar 椰汁糕
Shaved Ice 刨冰
Steamed egg custard 燉蛋
Steamed milk custard 燉奶
Double Skin Milk 雙皮奶
Material
Sweet potato
Sugar
Ginger
Rock sugar
Water
Equipment
Saucepan
Stove
Knife
Spoon
Serving Bowl
Skills
The skills needed in order to make this dessert are peeling, cutting, and boiling. Peeling the sweet potatoes have to be done quickly because they turn black easily. The cutting needs extra strength because raw sweet potatoes are hard. Lastly, make sure that when we turn off the heat, the sweet potatoes are soft already.

Double Skin Milk
Double skin milk, also called milk custard, or Shuang Pi Nai in chinese, a famous dessert known as delicious and nutritious and also a type of Tong Sui. It is a specialty of Guangzhou, China. Both young and old people like this dessert. It is actually a simmered milk with a mixture of egg white and milk as the cover. The quality of this dessert depends on the selected milk (must be fresh).
Material
Egg white
Full cream milk
Sugar
Equipment
Steamer
Stove
Chopstick
Saucepan
2 bowls
Skills
The skills needed in order to make this dessert is boiling, mixing, and steaming. Making this dessert may seems simple but we have to be extra careful in the first making. When the skin of milk forms in the bowl, make sure to pour the milk into another bowl without breaking the skin. Boiling is only normal, we only need to boil the milk. Mixing has to be done carefully so that the sugar, egg whites, and milk completely fused so the taste will be great. Steaming is done normally at the end.

INDONESIA
Klepon
Klepon (coconut rice ball) is an original traditional recipe from Indonesia, the javanese cuisine. Klepon is a boiled rice cake filled with palm sugar, and rolled with grated coconut. The color is usually green using an extract from Suji leaves. In Sumatra, people refer to klepon as onde-onde but in Java, onde-onde refers to rice cake that is coated with sesame seed paste and filled with green bean. Klepon is usually eaten as a snack in the morning or evening.
Material
Glutinous rice flour
Water
Suji leaves
Pandan leaves
Palm sugar
Coconut
Pinch of salt
Equipment
2 Large plate (for grated coconut & flour)
Saucepan
Pot
Grater
Bowls
Skills
The skills needed to make klepon, they are shaping, boiling, and grating. To make klepon is simple but we have to be careful and quick. Shaping is needed in order to make the flour into balls but we have to be careful so that when boiled, the palm sugar will not pop out of the ball. When shaping we cannot hold the dough for a long time because it will softened and we cannot shape it anymore because it fuse with the palm sugar. Grating is needed to make grated coconut. Actually grated coconut can be bought but it will not be as fresh as our own newly grated coconut. When grating, we must be careful with our finger by not grating a really small pieces of coconut because it will wound the finger.

2. Kolak Pisang
Kolak pisang is an Indonesian dessert made from coconut milk and bananas. It uses a natural sweetener known as gula jawa or palm sugar. Kolak pisang also has many variations of ingredients they are cassava, sweet potato, jackfruit, and palm seeds. Kolak pisang is very popular and can be found on restaurants and street vendor. Kolak can only be eaten in one day, it cannot keep longer even it’s stored in refrigerator. The coconut milk used is squeezed from a freshly grated coconut.
Material
Pandan leaves
Freshly grated coconut to make coconut milk (thick & thin)
Palm seeds
Banana
Palm sugar
Water
Equipment
Saucepan
Spoon
Stove
Knife
Grater
Strainer
Serving bowl
Skills
The skills needed to make Kolak Pisang is cutting, grating, boiling, squeezing, and stirring. Cutting is needed to cut the banana, some people ended up breaking the banana meat. Actually there is the skills to cut the banana faster without damaging the inside. It is to peel the upper part of the banana and easily take the meat. Grating is needed to grate the coconut, it has to be carefully done because it can bleed fingers. Boiling is a usual skill in cooking but it is the main skill in kolak pisang, needed to boil all ingredients in a saucepan. Squeezing is needed to make a fresh coconut milk, has to be carefully done to make a thick and thin coconut milk. Stirring is a usual skill, it is needed to keep the kolak from being too burnt.

3. Bubur Mutiara
Material
Pearl sago
Water
Grated coconut
Sugar
Equipment
Saucepan
Spoon
Serving bowl
Strainer
Skills
The skills needed to make bubur mutiara is boiling, stirring, and squeezing. Boiling is needed to boil the pearl sago and sugar in order for the pearl sago to be cooked and sweet. Stirring is done to make it faster for the pearl sago to be cooked. Squeezing is done to make coconut milk, by squeezing the grated coconut with water.

4. Nagasari
Nagasari is a traditional steamed banana rice cake (dessert) from Indonesia. It is creamy on the outside with smooth texture and sweet on the inside. The sweetness also depends on the sweetness of the banana. Nagasari is made from rice flour, coconut milk, bananas, sugar, and salt, wrapped in banana leaves.
Material
Grated coconut
Rice flour
Hungkwe flour
Sugar
Water
Bananas
Pandan leaves
Salt
Banana leaves (wrapper)
Equipment
Saucepan
Stove
Spoon
Knife
Strainer
Steamer
Skills
The skills needed to make nagasari is peeling, cutting, squeezing, stirring, boiling, and wrapping. Peeling and cutting are used when you take out the banana from the skin and then cut each of them into 2 or 3 pieces. Squeezing is necessary to make a fresh coconut milk. Stirring is needed when boiling the coconut milk, sugar, and salt. Also, stirring is done to mix the both of the flour with water. The flour stirring is a bit hard because sometimes the flour is hard to mix with the water so it takes some times andhas to be done carefully.

VIETNAM
Sinh To Bo
Sinh To Bo is luxuriously rich and creamy, a favorite Vietnamese dessert or mid-afternoon snack. Avocado is known as a butter fruit in Vietnam. It is used as a dessert ingredient throughout Southeast Asia. This avocado smoothie contains a lot of calories but the fat is the kind of fat that is good for your body.
Variations
Es apokat (Indonesia) : The milk in Sinh To Bo is changed to strong coffee. For another Indonesian version, the Sinh To Bo is dripped with about 1/4 cup of chocolate syrup around the edges of the glass before pouring in the shake.
Creme de Abacate (Brazil) : The Sinh To Bo is added with a squeeze of lime juice.
Lower fat version : Substitute the sweetened condensed milk. Brown sugar or palm sugar can also be used. Choose nonfat or low fat milk.

Material
Avocado
Ice cubes
Milk
Sweetened condensed milk
Equipment
Blender
Cup
Serving glass
Spoon
Skills
The skills needed to make Sinh To Bo is cutting and peeling. Both of the skills are used to take the avocado meat. People who do it for the first time, make mistake by taking the green part of the avocado. The green part makes the taste bitter. Also, they are mistaken by peeling the skin. The skin doesn’t need to be peeled since the meat can be taken with spoon.

CAMBODIA
Orange in Syrup
Material
Orange
Sugar
Water
Equipment
Saucepan
Stove
Spoon
Serving bowl/serving glass
Skills
The skills needed in order to make orange in syrup is peeling, and boiling. Peeling is done to remove the skin and pits of the orange. Boiling is needed to make the syrup which then poured over the orange.

Kuay Namuan
Kuay Namuan is a traditional cambodian dessert. The coconut milk and sugar is boiled until it becomes creamy, then poured over the banana while it’s still hot. Kuay Namuan is highly popular and loved by Cambodian nation.
Material
Bananas
Grated coconut
Equipment
Grater
Strainer
Saucepan
Spoon
Knife
Plate
Serving bowl
Skills
The skills needed to make Kuay Namuan is boiling, cutting, stirring, and squeezing. Boiling is needed to simmer the sugar and coconut milk which then poured over the banana. Cutting is needed to make the banana into small size so it is easier to eat. Stirring is done so that the coconut milk and sugar fuse together until thick and ctreamy. Squeezing is done to make a fresh coconut milk. Coconut milk can be bought but it’s not really fresh compared to the one that is made by ourselves.

BANGLADESH
Mango Lassi
Lassi is a traditional dessert from India, made from yogurt or buttermilk. Often found in many Indian restaurant. This drink is usually eaten with spicy Indian food as an accompaniment because yogurt and other dairy products can help cooling down the heat of chilies. They also made it easier to digest spicy foods. Available in roadside stands in India. Spices also used in lassi, they include cumin, turmeric, ground chili powder, mace, and cardamom. Fruit is also used to make lassi, mango lassi is one of the most popular lassi although other fruits can also be used. There are also sweet lassi, flavored with honey or sugar and rosewater, and other sweet flavors.
Material
Mango pulp
Plain yoghurt
Milk
Sugar
Equipment
Blender
Cup (for measuring)
Serving glass
Skills
Actually, the skill for making mango lassi is only blending but mango pulp is hard to find in supermarket so I made it by myself. Overall the skills that I used are cutting and blending. To make mango pulp, peel the mango and take the meat, then blend them with a very little water. Blending is used to blend all the ingredients until smooth.

AFGHANISTAN
Sheer Yakh
Sheer Yakh is a famous Afghan ice cream, sprinkled with chopped green pistachios. It is a locally made ice cream prepared during spring or early summer.
Material
Vanilla ice cream
Pistachios
Equipment
Ice cream scoop
Spoon
Serving bowl
Knife
Skills
The skill needed to make sheer yakh is only chopping. Chopping is done in order to make chopped pistachios to sprinkle them on top of the ice cream.

ISRAEL
Fruit Salad
Fruit salad is the abundance of Israel’s fresh fruits, usually fresh from the fields and orchards. Fruit salad is the natural choice in Israel. After a meal, nothing is more refreshing than this dessert. Fresh fruit was considered as one of Israel’s best meals. Israel’s orchards produce some of the world’s best citrus fruits. Even United State’s grocery stores often have grapes and oranges with “grown in Israel” stickers.
Material
Oranges
Apples
Lemon juice
Sugar
Peaches
Grapes
Melon
Pears
Fruit cocktail
Equipment
- Knife
Skills
The skills needed to make fruit salad are peeling, decorating, and cutting. Some fruit does not need to be peeled and cut like grapes. Oranges do not need knife to peel them. Cutting is necessary for melon, pears, and apples. Peaches are hard to find in Indonesia, so I use the canned one. After all of them have been peeled and cut, decorating has to be done in order to make the fruit salad attractive.

How the information suited to the project?
The information suited to the project by completing the content of my recipe book later. Recipe book contains recipe and the information above is the recipes that later will be the main part of my personal project. It is also the cause of the recipes that I can produce photos and also researching about the background of them which is the cause that I can create comics. These informations also help me to accomplish my goal. It is also connected to my AOI, Human Ingenuity which lets out my creativity by taking pictures and researching which later will be made into comic panels as my creativity. My goal is “to experience the making of asian deserts and compiles it in a form of book”. Without the informations above I cannot experience anything and my goal will never be accomplished. With the goal unaccomplished, my personal project is classified as a failed personal project.
Is the information reliable (authority)?
The informations come from 3 source, one is a book bought from a book store titled “Koleksi Resep Jajanan Pasar”. It is reliable because the one who wrote this was a woman that wishes for girls to learn cooking for their family. It can be seen from the preface of the book that she is an experienced person in cooking. The second source is internet. Many of the website I found is reliable because some other websites also have the same information and there is also some books about it. The third source is my mother, she knows how to make many indonesian dessert so some of the recipes I get them from my mother.
Is the information accurate?
I think the information from the book is accurate because it came from an experienced housewife which that cooking is her part. As from the internet, I think it’s accurate because some other websites also have the same information and there is also books and blogs with the same information.
Is the information objective/not biased? (Objectivity)
I think the informations from both sources are objective because there is no comparison of food compared inside the book and internet. They talk about the reality which that if the food is popular in some country, they say so and not comparing things.
What information do I still need?
Some information about Bubur Mutiara and Orange in Syrup (the background of the food) are missing. It is very hard to find them on the internet. There are couples of website about their recipes but there is no information about them. They only say that they are desserts from a particular country. Actually both of them can be found in wikipedia but it is not a reliable source since people can edit them.
What new questions does my research bring?
My research for this topic does not bring anymore question except for the “skills” part. The skills part is written from my point of view because I already tried to cook all of them so that I can know what skills needed to make them. One single question from it is “How can I be better at this?”.

Criterion D. Application of Information
Students should transfer and apply information to make decisions, create solutions and develop understandings in connection with the project’s goal.
(Note: Please include reference/in-text citation)

How is this information useful throughout the project to achieve the goal for :
1. Specifications of the product/outcomes:
The information can be used to achieve 5 of my specification which is:
Asian country only
Minimal 1 page of comics for each country’s recipe
No more than 2 hours for making desserts
Not using too much cream or milk for desserts
Make desserts with main ingredients that I like

2. The techniques chosen in different stages:
Design: The information can be used to brainstorm the content of the comic panel.
Plan: After knowing the content, make the appropriate steps of the making of comic panel using the information
Create : Create an appropriate contents for the book by looking at the planning steps and the informations above
Evaluate/Testing Method: Use the informations to refer back about what I have done to create evaluation


BOOKS
Design (layout, color, font)
Based on the survey and also my opinion, people would like for the photo of each recipe to take one page. In other words, one page for the recipe and one page for the photo. It is revealed that teenager’s most favorite book format is comics. For the cover of the book, they would like for it to be colorful (more than 5 colors). Their opinion happened to be the same as my idea and my most compatible book form. As I have said in this research, colorful layout and comic form of book are my favorite things. As for the font, I do not ask them the question about font in the survey because since this personal project refer to myself as one of the resources. I only ask some basic things about the recipe book to people in order to know about their taste. I decided that the font should be big and of course, stand out with the colorful background (cover). For the inside of the book, the font should not be too ordinary in order to create interesting sense.

The comic is drawn by myself, with the font of the comic also being written by me, and also the coloring will be done by hand so that some of the recipe book will look natural. The designed characters in my comic will be the guide who explains about the origin or information of each of the foods in the book.

Overall this is the structure of my recipe book:
Cover
The picture of the cover
My intention of creating the recipe book
Table of content (each country section)
Title page of the country (with different design for each country)
Comic panel (discussing the background of the food)
Recipe of the food
Full page photo of the food
And so on until done (number 5-8)
Notes from me

Printing
It has been decided for the book to be hard cover and the pages of the book to be thick.

Unique
Based from the survey teenagers classify a recipe book as unique by “Big food picture with recipe (one page picture, one page recipe) with background of the food in comic format. Their most chosen answer is also the same as my thinking. By looking at this, I can conclude that it is very rare for people to see comic inside a recipe book. That was what I called unique, something that people rarely see or have never seen before. As for me, I have never seen a single recipe book with comic inside. It is very rare for me to be interested in a recipe book, so I decided to make the first most interesting recipe book that I can think of. I let out all my idea about “interesting recipe book” to my personal project.

How the information suited to the project?
The information suited to the project by letting me know the basic things to do later in the creating process of my recipe book. By doing the research above, I know the structure of the recipe book, layout, color, design, printing, and the font. Later in the creating process I already know what to do because of the information. They are the basic things that make up my project and my focus which is the book. One important thing is the “unique” part. Unique is my specification which has to be accomplished in this personal project. I know what people classify as unique and finally I can create an extraordinary recipe book that people rarely see.
Is the information reliable (authority)?
The information came from a survey and myself as the references. It is reliable because i take them from majority of answers and I find them reliable because they quickly answer my questions. As for myself as the references, I can answer the questions quickly since I can answer them based on my likings.
Is the information accurate?
The information is accurate because a survey, unlike a website cannot be found in another source because it is a direct information come directly from other people. As for myself, of course it is accurate because it comes directly from myself. To answer the questions and express my idea in my personal project, I simply let out my likings, interests, and ideas.
Is the information objective/not biased? (Objectivity)
The information is direct and there is no comparison, moreover the choices for my survey is objective so the information it gives is also objective. As for my idea, my information is also objective because I simply let out my idea without comparing my taste or interests to other that don’t like.
What information do I still need?
As for this part, the information is enough and all the section is this topic is filled out.
What new questions does my research bring?
The answers of the survey give me one single question, this time the answers happened to be the same with my ideas. My question is “If the answers are not the same with my idea and I keep on using my idea, will my personal project satisfy them?”

Criterion D. Application of Information
Students should transfer and apply information to make decisions, create solutions and develop understandings in connection with the project’s goal.
(Note: Please include reference/in-text citation)

How is this information useful throughout the project to achieve the goal for :
1. Specifications of the product/outcomes:
The information above can be used to achieve 4 of my specifications which are:
Pictures of each recipe
Unique form of book
Minimal 1 page of comics for each country’s recipes
Colorful recipe book

2. The techniques chosen in different stages:
Design: The informations can be used to brainstorm what kind of recipe book will be made in order to meet with the specification. They are very important information because it contains the basic things for the book (layout and design)
Plan: After knowing what kind of unique recipe book will be made, planning what specific steps can be done (making comics, designing the book, and printing them out to make a recipe book)
Create : By referring back to design and planning, the creating steps can be done into making design and layout to be organize
Evaluate/Testing Method: The information can be used again to help remembering what have I done

Specifications:
- Asian country only
- Pictures of each recipe
- Unique form of book
- Minimal 1 page of comics for each country’s recipes.
Colorful recipe book
No more than 2 hours for making desserts
Not using too much cream or milk for desserts

Criterion D Appendix 10

1. What does Nina - have for skills (dessert, books), like/dislike - dessert, like/dislike about books?
Criterion D. Application of Information
Students should transfer and apply information to make decisions, create solutions and develop understandings in connection with the project’s goal.
(Note: Please include reference/in-text citation)

How is this information useful throughout the project to achieve the goal for :
1. Specifications of the product/outcomes:
The information can be used to achieve 3 of my specifications:
Asian country only (because I like asian dessert the most)
Unique form of book (brainstorming what type of book seems unique to me)
Colorful (because I like colorful book, it seems interesting)

2. The techniques chosen in different stages:
Design: the information can be used to brainstorm the basic things for my product
Plan: the information can be used to make specific steps and basic information of my product, the roots for my product
Create : can be used to make product that reflects my liking
Evaluate/Testing Method: the information can be used to make evaluation of my products according to my liking

2. Type of desserts, origin/ history, material, skills, equipment
How is this information useful throughout the project to achieve the goal for :
1. Specifications of the product/outcomes:
The information can be used to achieve 2 of my specification which is:
Asian country only (the information above is only about recipe and the history behind them which is the min content of the recipe book)
Minimal 1 page of comics for each country’s recipe (the history behind the food is needed in order to make a comic panel for each country’s)

2. The techniques chosen in different stages:
Design: The information can be used to brainstorm the content of the comic panel.
Plan: After knowing the content, make the appropriate steps of the making of comic panel using the information
Create : Create an appropriate contents for the book by looking at the planning steps and the informations above
Evaluate/Testing Method: Use the informations to refer back about what I have done to create evaluation

3. Books - design (layout, color, font), unique
How is this information useful throughout the project to achieve the goal for :
1. Specifications of the product/outcomes:
The information above can be used to achieve 4 out of 5 specifications which are:
Pictures of each recipe (can be achieved according to my ideas and based on survey as stated above, part of “Unique form of book)
Unique form of book (finally understand what kind of recipe book stated as “unique”)
Minimal 1 page of comics for each country’s recipes (comic panels as a part of a unique recipe book, this specification is related to “Unique form of book”)
Colorful (part of unique recipe book, colorful makes a book interesting according to survey and myself as stated above)

2. The techniques chosen in different stages:
Design: The informations can be used to brainstorm what kind of recipe book will be made in order to meet with the specification. They are very important information because it contains the basic things for the book (layout and design)
Plan: After knowing what kind of unique recipe book will be made, planning what specific steps can be done (making comics, designing the book, and printing them out to make a recipe book)
Create : By referring back to design and planning, the creating steps can be done into making design and layout to be organize
Evaluate/Testing Method: The information can be used again to help remembering what have I done

Nagasari

Nagasari is a traditional steamed banana rice cake (dessert) from Indonesia. It is creamy on the outside with smooth texture and sweet on the inside. The sweetness also depends on the sweetness of the banana. Nagasari is made from rice flour, coconut milk, bananas, sugar, and salt, wrapped in banana leaves.
Material
Grated coconut
Rice flour
Hungkwe flour
Sugar
Water
Bananas
Pandan leaves
Salt
Banana leaves (wrapper)
Equipment
Saucepan
Stove
Spoon
Knife
Strainer
Steamer
Skills
The skills needed to make nagasari is peeling, cutting, squeezing, stirring, boiling, and wrapping. Peeling and cutting are used when you take out the banana from the skin and then cut each of them into 2 or 3 pieces. Squeezing is necessary to make a fresh coconut milk. Stirring is needed when boiling the coconut milk, sugar, and salt. Also, stirring is done to mix the both of the flour with water. The flour stirring is a bit hard because sometimes the flour is hard to mix with the water so it takes some times andhas to be done carefully.

Process Journal (Design, layout, color, font, printing, unique)

BOOKS
Design (layout, color, font)
Based on the survey and also my opinion, people would like for the photo of each recipe to take one page. In other words, one page for the recipe and one page for the photo. It is revealed that teenager’s most favorite book format is comics. For the cover of the book, they would like for it to be colorful (more than 5 colors). Their opinion happened to be the same as my idea and my most compatible book form. As I have said in this research, colorful layout and comic form of book are my favorite things. As for the font, I do not ask them the question about font in the survey because since this personal project refer to myself as one of the resources. I only ask some basic things about the recipe book to people in order to know about their taste. I decided that the font should be big and of course, stand out with the colorful background (cover). For the inside of the book, the font should not be too ordinary in order to create interesting sense.

The comic is drawn by myself, with the font of the comic also being written by me, and also the coloring will be done by hand so that some of the recipe book will look natural. The designed characters in my comic will be the guide who explains about the origin or information of each of the foods in the book.

Overall this is the structure of my recipe book:
Cover
The picture of the cover
My intention of creating the recipe book
Table of content (each country section)
Title page of the country (with different design for each country)
Comic panel (discussing the background of the food)
Recipe of the food
Full page photo of the food
And so on until done (number 5-8)
Notes from me

Printing
It has been decided for the book to be hard cover and the pages of the book to be thick.

Unique
Based from the survey teenagers classify a recipe book as unique by “Big food picture with recipe (one page picture, one page recipe) with background of the food in comic format. Their most chosen answer is also the same as my thinking. By looking at this, I can conclude that it is very rare for people to see comic inside a recipe book. That was what I called unique, something that people rarely see or have never seen before. As for me, I have never seen a single recipe book with comic inside. It is very rare for me to be interested in a recipe book, so I decided to make the first most interesting recipe book that I can think of. I let out all my idea about “interesting recipe book” to my personal project.

How the information suited to the project?
The information suited to the project by letting me know the basic things to do later in the creating process of my recipe book. By doing the research above, I know the structure of the recipe book, layout, color, design, printing, and the font. Later in the creating process I already know what to do because of the information. They are the basic things that make up my project and my focus which is the book. One important thing is the “unique” part. Unique is my specification which has to be accomplished in this personal project. I know what people classify as unique and finally I can create an extraordinary recipe book that people rarely see.
Is the information reliable (authority)?
The information came from a survey and myself as the references. It is reliable because i take them from majority of answers and I find them reliable because they quickly answer my questions. As for myself as the references, I can answer the questions quickly since I can answer them based on my likings.
Is the information accurate?
The information is accurate because a survey, unlike a website cannot be found in another source because it is a direct information come directly from other people. As for myself, of course it is accurate because it comes directly from myself. To answer the questions and express my idea in my personal project, I simply let out my likings, interests, and ideas.
Is the information objective/not biased? (Objectivity)
The information is direct and there is no comparison, moreover the choices for my survey is objective so the information it gives is also objective. As for my idea, my information is also objective because I simply let out my idea without comparing my taste or interests to other that don’t like.
What information do I still need?
As for this part, the information is enough and all the section is this topic is filled out.
What new questions does my research bring?
The answers of the survey give me one single question, this time the answers happened to be the same with my ideas. My question is “If the answers are not the same with my idea and I keep on using my idea, will my personal project satisfy them?”

Evaluation of The Recipes Information

How the information suited to the project?
The information suited to the project by completing the content of my recipe book later. Recipe book contains recipe and the information above is the recipes that later will be the main part of my personal project. It is also the cause of the recipes that I can produce photos and also researching about the background of them which is the cause that I can create comics. These informations also help me to accomplish my goal. It is also connected to my AOI, Human Ingenuity which lets out my creativity by taking pictures and researching which later will be made into comic panels as my creativity. My goal is “to experience the making of asian deserts and compiles it in a form of book”. Without the informations above I cannot experience anything and my goal will never be accomplished. With the goal unaccomplished, my personal project is classified as a failed personal project.
Is the information reliable (authority)?
The informations come from 2 source, one is a book bought from a book store titled “Koleksi Resep Jajanan Pasar”. It is reliable because the one who wrote this was a woman that wishes for girls to learn cooking for their family. It can be seen from the preface of the book that she is an experienced person in cooking. The second source is internet. Many of the website I found is reliable because some other websites also have the same information and there is also some books about it.
Is the information accurate?
I think the information from the book is accurate because it came from an experienced housewife which that cooking is her part. As from the internet, I think it’s accurate because some other websites also have the same information and there is also books and blogs with the same information.
Is the information objective/not biased? (Objectivity)
I think the informations from both sources are objective because there is no comparison of food compared inside the book and internet. They talk about the reality which that if the food is popular in some country, they say so and not comparing things.
What information do I still need?
Some information about Bubur Mutiara and Orange in Syrup (the background of the food) are missing. It is very hard to find them on the internet. There are couples of website about their recipes but there is no information about them. They only say that they are desserts from a particular country. Actually both of them can be found in wikipedia but it is not a reliable source since people can edit them.
What new questions does my research bring?
My research for this topic does not bring anymore question except for the “skills” part. The skills part is written from my point of view because I already tried to cook all of them so that I can know what skills needed to make them. One single question from it is “How can I be better at this?”.

Processs Journal

Defined Problem/Background
Most people in life now, only think about fast food and buying food to save their time. Some people think that cooking is interesting especially when it comes to dessert and I was one of those people. I have a special interest in pastry and dessert. When I first came to this school I never thought of cooking but one of the subject in this school which is Design Technology has change my perspective towards food. I found it interesting and fun especially when I have to create a jam for my assignment. When I was first presented about personal project in grade 9, I immediately think about something related to cooking because it was my personal interest out of all things that I have experienced and enjoy. Personal project is not all abo ut impressing people but we have to like and enjoy it in order to create an amazing product that reflects ourselves well. One thing is that if I only created one single cooking it will be too usual for people. I wanted to make something extraordinary but the project has to reflect myself and I have to enjoy it. After I did some brainstorm, I decided that it would be desserts recipes book with unusual design unlike normal recipes book that I usually found in the bookstore to attract people because I like designing things and making desserts. I think this project is well suited for myself.

Goal: To enjoy the experiences of making Asian’s desserts and compiles it in a form of book

What are your inquiry questions? What kind of information are you looking for?
Guiding Questions
What does Nina - have for skills (dessert, books), like/dislike - dessert, like/dislike about books
Type of desserts, origin/ history, material, skills, equipment
3. Books - design (layout, color, font), printing, unique

Skills for Desserts
Based from all the cooking that I have done during the holiday, I find out about the things I am capable to do and things that I don’t about making desserts and book. First, in making dessert I am capable of cutting and shaping fruits like melon balls and making a melon bowl. I also can do simple things like boiling and cutting but not frying because I realized that I am still afraid of hot oil. I can make simple things like fruit salad, fruit in syrup, jelly and desserts that only involves simple skills. I cannot cut some fruits like avocado, because I don’t know the technique to cut it. In the end, I ended up using random technique as long as I can get the flesh of it to blend. I am not professional in creating traditional snacks like klepon and pisang goreng so I need the help of a professional like my mother.

I have the skill to decorate fruit, I realized so after I made a fruit salad with my own design. This is indeed the first time I ever make a fruit dessert but the result is not so bad instead, I think it is the greatest out of all of the desserts that I have made so far. I also found enjoyment in cutting and designing fruit.

After doing the cooking for my personal project, I realized that I am not that good in cooking and that I still have much to learn. I am not giving up and I am willing to learn because after all cooking is my interest.

Like/Dislike for Desserts
Even if I like to make desserts the most out of all courses, there are desserts that I dislike too. I don’t like desserts that is using fruits or other ingredients that I don’t like as the main ingredients. For example Avocado that is the main ingredient for Sinh To Bo, a Vietnamese avocado smoothie that I created or lemongrass leaves as the main ingredient of lemongrass tea. I also dislike desserts that are using too much cream or milk because they make my stomach feels sick. Not only the ingredients, if the recipe of the desserts are difficult to understand or too complicated I would not make them. I dislike desserts that are taking too much time to make.

I like desserts that are using my favorite ingredients as the main ingredients, sweet flavored, and not taking too much time to make it. For example desserts like fruit salad or jelly. Everything that involves fruit, agar-agar, or jelly is my favorite type of desserts because they taste good, simple, and not taking much time to make. The rate of difficulty is not that high either.

Skills for Books
The only way I can think of in creating an interesting book is to create a comic book. It is my hobby to draw a character in a blank paper. I am not that good in writing and expressing my ideas, the only skills for book that I have is to draw and make a short comic. At first, I was thinking to combine an encyclopedia about the desserts that I am making and the recipe of them but I think they will be too boring and I cannot write that much. Looking at my skills, I came up with an idea. The idea is to make a recipe book that is compatible with my skills in book. This leads to my idea which is to make a recipe book with comics inside.

I also have the skill to design by using Adobe Photoshop since I like to use photoshop even if I am a beginner. I know the basic skills to use photoshop and all I need is to let out all my creativity towards it. I was thinking to use this skill to create a cover for my recipe book.

In the process of creating a good recipe book, photos of each recipes are required. In other words, I need a photographic skill in order to produce a good photo which will be used in my recipe book. Considering it, I have never been interested in photo and I don’t know anything about how to produce a good photo. After taking photos in my cooking in this holiday, I realized that I can only take an ordinary photo. Experiencing this, I brainstorm about how can I solve this problem. After I have been thinking for several days, I came up with an idea to overcome this lack of skill. I decided to take an ordinary photo like I usually do, then I will edit it using Adobe Photoshop. As I said before, I have the basic skill to edit photo so this way I will be able to work to the fullest to create good images for each of the desserts that I have created. In conclusion, I need 2 skills required to create my recipe book. They are drawing skill and design skill (using photoshop)

Like/Dislike for Books
I dislike types of books with a little amount of image, books with small images, books with no colors, books that is only contains texts, thick book, and books with small fonts size. I think of the types of books that I mentioned before as boring and they are not entertaining at all. I think book with colors and images will provide a fun time for the reader. For example thick novels or encyclopedia books without image, they are the types of books that I dislike. The information contained are difficult to be absorbed because they are not entertaining.

I like books with an appealing and colorful cover, full of images, and provide a medium sized fonts. They are appealing and fun to read. The type of book that I like so much is comic book. For me they are fun to read, entertaining, and informations contained are quickly being absorbed into my head so it is easy to understand things through comic books. I often read a knowledge book in the form of comic book called Educomics they give knowledge through each story and it was easy to understand it and moreover, they are colorful. They really inspire me, and giving me new ideas which is very helpful for my Personal Project. Not only an education comics, I also like usual comic for entertainment. Out of my liking of comics, I decided to create some comic panels for each of the food in my recipe book. Not only teenagers my age, some adults also like to read comics so I think comic is the most appealing and interesting type of book.

How the information suited to the project?
The information above is considered as the start of my project so of course start is important. The information helps me to decide things to do such as what kind of format should the recipe book be, skills needed for this project, and what kind of desserts should I make in order for them to match with my taste. It is because I know all of them that I can decide things interesting for my book. Without knowing them, I cannot step into the next step which is cooking. Without knowing all of that, I cannot start anything. It is also connected to the AOI Human Ingenuity, I answer all of the information above based on my thinking and I freely lets out my idea for creativity which represents the AOI.
Is the information reliable (authority)?
The information comes from me directly and I think of them clearly so it is reliable. First of all, I have to know my interests and taste for books and desserts. I am the target audience for my project and I simply lets out my taste about desserts and books for the start of my project.
Is the information accurate?
The information is accurate because it is a primary information, it comes directly from me and it cannot be found in other source other than me. It is accurate because I simply know my interests and taste and I just write down how I feel and what I want.
Is the information objective/not biased? (Objectivity)
The information is objective because I answer right to the point without clearly comparing anything just because I don’t like them.
What information do I still need?
The information is all written and so the information is enough for me to start my project.
What new questions does my research bring?
There is no new questions brought from the research above bring because I simply write down how I feel and there is nothing to ask for.

Kolak Pisang

Kolak pisang is an Indonesian dessert made from coconut milk and bananas. It uses a natural sweetener known as gula jawa or palm sugar. Kolak pisang also has many variations of ingredients they are cassava, sweet potato, jackfruit, and palm seeds. Kolak pisang is very popular and can be found on restaurants and street vendor. Kolak can only be eaten in one day, it cannot keep longer even it’s stored in refrigerator. The coconut milk used is squeezed from a freshly grated coconut.
Material
Pandan leaves
Freshly grated coconut to make coconut milk (thick & thin)
Palm seeds
Banana
Palm sugar
Water
Equipment
Saucepan
Spoon
Knife
Grater
Strainer
Skills
The skills needed to make Kolak Pisang is cutting, grating, boiling, squeezing, and stirring. Cutting is needed to cut the banana, some people ended up breaking the banana meat. Actually there is the skills to cut the banana faster without damaging the inside. It is to peel the upper part of the banana and easily take the meat. Grating is needed to grate the coconut, it has to be carefully done because it can bleed fingers. Boiling is a usual skill in cooking but it is the main skill in kolak pisang, needed to boil all ingredients in a saucepan. Squeezing is needed to make a fresh coconut milk, has to be carefully done to make a thick and thin coconut milk. Stirring is a usual skill, it is needed to keep the kolak from being too burnt.

Double Skin Milk

Double skin milk, also called milk custard, or Shuang Pi Nai in chinese, a famous dessert known as delicious and nutritious and also a type of Tong Sui. It is a specialty of Guangzhou, China. Both young and old people like this dessert. It is actually a simmered milk with a mixture of egg white and milk as the cover. The quality of this dessert depends on the selected milk (must be fresh).
Material
Egg white
Full cream milk
Sugar
Equipment
Steamer
Stove
Chopstick
Saucepan
2 bowls
Skills
The skills needed in order to make this dessert is boiling, mixing, and steaming. Making this dessert may seems simple but we have to be extra careful in the first making. When the skin of milk forms in the bowl, make sure to pour the milk into another bowl without breaking the skin. Boiling is only normal, we only need to boil the milk. Mixing has to be done carefully so that the sugar, egg whites, and milk completely fused so the taste will be great. Steaming is done normally at the end.

Coffee Jelly

Coffee was first introduced to Japan in the 19th century. Japanese people were very slow to take coffee drinking because green tea has been a national drink for approximately 1000 years. Japanese people believes that coffee contains certain elements that bring benefits for skin. They found a creative way to use coffee, and so delicious desserts have been made from it. Coffee jelly is very popular in Japan.
Material
Coffee
Sugar
Gelatin powder
Whipped cream
Equipment
Saucepan
Stove
Spoon
Serving cup
Skills
The skills needed to make coffee jelly is very basic and simple. Quite similar to Orange Kanten Jelly. They are boiling and stirring. One thing to pay attention with is that we cannot stop stirring till the gelatin powder completely fuse with the coffee. Lack of stirring will resulting a rough texture on the jelly surface because some of the powder is still there.

Klepon

Klepon (coconut rice ball) is an original traditional recipe from Indonesia, the javanese cuisine. Klepon is a boiled rice cake filled with palm sugar, and rolled with grated coconut. The color is usually green using an extract from Suji leaves. In Sumatra, people refer to klepon as onde-onde but in Java, onde-onde refers to rice cake that is coated with sesame seed paste and filled with green bean. Klepon is usually eaten as a snack in the morning or evening.
Material
Glutinous rice flour
Water
Suji leaves
Pandan leaves
Palm sugar
Coconut
Pinch of salt
Equipment
2 Large plate (for grated coconut & flour)
Saucepan
Pot
Grater
Bowls
Skills
The skills needed to make klepon, they are shaping, boiling, and grating. To make klepon is simple but we have to be careful and quick. Shaping is needed in order to make the flour into balls but we have to be careful so that when boiled, the palm sugar will not pop out of the ball. When shaping we cannot hold the dough for a long time because it will softened and we cannot shape it anymore because it fuse with the palm sugar. Grating is needed to make grated coconut. Actually grated coconut can be bought but it will not be as fresh as our own newly grated coconut. When grating, we must be careful with our finger by not grating a really small pieces of coconut because it will wound the finger.

Peaches in Sweet Glaze (Chinese Dessert)

Peach is a very popular fruit in China, it has many cultural stories and legend. A long, healthy, and prosperous life is the highest goals of humanity. Chinese establish many symbols to represent it. One of the symbols is peach. The peach tree is a chinese symbol used to represent longevity. The wood of the tree was said to prevent evil, and so ancient warriors crafted weapons from the wood of the tree. It is also said that taoist magic was made with the petals of peach flower, it is said to be able to put men into love. It is said that the peach plant in the Kun Lun mountain would produce fruit only once every 3000 years. Peach originally came from China and has been cultivated since 1000 B.C.E. In chinese culture, peach tree is considered as the tree of life and also the symbols of immortality and unity. The flowers are used by chinese bride. Since it’s very popular many types of desserts have been made from it.
Material
Peaches
Honey
Sugar
Water
Equipment
Steamer
Heat-proof bowl
Knife
Spoon
Serving bowl
Skills
The skills needed to make this dessert is also simple. One of them is actually to peel the peaches but since peach is very difficult to find in Indonesia, I have to use the canned one so this skill is no longer needed. Stirring is also needed. One thing to pay attention for is to stir until the syrup thickens and there is no need to rush. For the original one, peeling, cutting, and stirring are needed but for my cooking only cutting and stirring are needed.

Imo Yokan

Yokan is a variety of wagashi. Originally, Yokan is a thick jellied dessert that is made from read bean paste, agar, and sugar. Though Yokan had been famous in Japan for a long time, originally it was a chinese snack. In chinese, the word “Yokan” is translated as Yang Geng, meaning “sheep broth”. It was because the main ingredient which was gelatin was made from cooled and congeal sheep broth. There is a rumor that in the fifth century in ancient China, a high ranked general started a war against his own country because he refused a bowl of Yang Geng.

This dessert was introduced to Japan in the 12th century by Buddhist monks, because they were only allowed to eat vegetarian food they had to find a way so that they can eat the sheep broth. They replaced the Yang Geng with a dark colored broth made from red bean soup and mixed it with agar which is a seaweed substance that turns into jelly when boiled. The result was an original Yokan from Japanese, made with red bean paste. There are 2 types of okan, mizu yokan and neri yokan. The only difference between the two is that mizu yokan is softer. There are many varieties of yokan
Chak Yokan = A yokan made with green tea
Kuri Yokan = A yokan made with steamed chestnuts
Yoru no Ume = A yokan made with dainagon beans
Imo Yokan = A yokan made from satsumaimo sweet potato

Wagashi originated from the Yayoi Era around B.C 300 - A.C 300, at those times wagashi is no more than natural fruits, berries, and nuts.
China greatly influenced the Japanese with the grain processing skills and the Buddhist culture introduced during the Nara Era (A.C 710 - 784), then people started to make Mochi and Dango (another type of rice cake). However, at that time, they were used for religious purposes and were considered exclusive by average person. The basic forms of wagashi today are from that era.
During the late Muromachi Era (A.C 1336-1573), foreign trade happened in Japan. The trade with Portugal and Spain influenced the making of wagashi because of new recipes and ingredients from those country. The introduction of sugar changed the formula for sweetness.
In the early Edo Period (A.C 1603-1867), the wagashi trade was experiencing great development in Kyoto, Edo, and other regions. Average people started to enjoy them. Wagashi started to be used in tea ceremonies, afternoon snacks, and gifts.
During the Meiji Era (A.C 1868-1912), Western cakes and desserts started to entered Japan and they greatly influenced the development of Wagashi.
During the last part of Taisho Era, the word “Wagashi” was used to name the Japanese confectionaries in order to differentiate them from the Western ones.

Throughout the centuries, Wagashis have been influenced by foreign culture but they have always contain the sense of Japanese art. Wagashi is a very important part of Japanese culture and it will grows as new skills come along.

Material
Satsumaimo sweet potatoes
Sugar
Agar-agar (kanten) powder
Water
Equipment
Spoon
Knife
Saucepan
Cup
Stove
Strainer
Rectangular containers
Skills
The skills needed to make imo yokan is peeling, cutting, boiling, stirring, and mixing. The recipe of imo yokan is simple but a lot of simple skills are needed to make this dessert. Peeling the sweet potato has to be done quickly because this sweet potato easily turns black. Cutting has to be done with extra strength because the sweet potato is hard before it’s being boiled. Boiling is normal but be sure to add enough water to cover the sweet potato so that all part of it will be soft. Make sure not to turn off the heat before the sweet potato softened. Stirring is being done normally when we stir the agar but be sure to keep stirring so that it will dissolve. Mixing is needed twice, first is to mix the sugar and the mashed sweet potato and second when mixing the water and the mashed sweet potato. It has to be done quite long so that sugar will completely mixed with the sweet potato and so that the sweet potato fuse with the agar water. This way, the result will be nice with a yellow imo yokan.

Research Note

Defined Problem/Background
Most people in life now, only think about fast food and buying food to save their time. Some people think that cooking is interesting especially when it comes to dessert and I was one of those people. I have a special interest in pastry and dessert. When I first came to this school I never thought of cooking but one of the subject in this school which is Design Technology has change my perspective towards food. I found it interesting and fun especially when I have to create a jam for my assignment. When I was first presented about personal project in grade 9, I immediately think about something related to cooking because it was my personal interest out of all things that I have experienced and enjoy. Personal project is not all abo ut impressing people but we have to like and enjoy it in order to create an amazing product that reflects ourselves well. One thing is that if I only created one single cooking it will be too usual for people. I wanted to make something extraordinary but the project has to reflect myself and I have to enjoy it. After I did some brainstorm, I decided that it would be desserts recipes book with unusual design unlike normal recipes book that I usually found in the bookstore to attract people because I like designing things and making desserts. I think this project is well suited for myself.

Goal: To enjoy the experiences of making Asian’s desserts and compiles it in a form of book

Skills for Desserts
Based from all the cooking that I have done during the holiday, I find out about the things I am capable to do and things that I don’t about making desserts and book. First, in making dessert I am capable of cutting and shaping fruits like melon balls and making a melon bowl. I also can do simple things like boiling and cutting but not frying because I realized that I am still afraid of hot oil. I can make simple things like fruit salad, fruit in syrup, jelly and desserts that only involves simple skills. I cannot cut some fruits like avocado, because I don’t know the technique to cut it. In the end, I ended up using random technique as long as I can get the flesh of it to blend. I am not professional in creating traditional snacks like klepon and pisang goreng so I need the help of a professional like my mother.

I have the skill to decorate fruit, I realized so after I made a fruit salad with my own design. This is indeed the first time I ever make a fruit dessert but the result is not so bad instead, I think it is the greatest out of all of the desserts that I have made so far. I also found enjoyment in cutting and designing fruit.

After doing the cooking for my personal project, I realized that I am not that good in cooking and that I still have much to learn. I am not giving up and I am willing to learn because after all cooking is my interest.

Like/Dislike for Desserts
Even if I like to make desserts the most out of all courses, there are desserts that I dislike too. I don’t like desserts that is using fruits or other ingredients that I don’t like as the main ingredients. For example Avocado that is the main ingredient for Sinh To Bo, a Vietnamese avocado smoothie that I created or lemongrass leaves as the main ingredient of lemongrass tea. I also dislike desserts that are using too much cream or milk because they make my stomach feels sick. Not only the ingredients, if the recipe of the desserts are difficult to understand or too complicated I would not make them. I dislike desserts that are taking too much time to make.

I like desserts that are using my favorite ingredients as the main ingredients, sweet flavored, and not taking too much time to make it. For example desserts like fruit salad or jelly. Everything that involves fruit, agar-agar, or jelly is my favorite type of desserts because they taste good, simple, and not taking much time to make. The rate of difficulty is not that high either.

Skills for Books
The only way I can think of in creating an interesting book is to create a comic book. It is my hobby to draw a character in a blank paper. I am not that good in writing and expressing my ideas, the only skills for book that I have is to draw and make a short comic. At first, I was thinking to combine an encyclopedia about the desserts that I am making and the recipe of them but I think they will be too boring and I cannot write that much. Looking at my skills, I came up with an idea. The idea is to make a recipe book that is compatible with my skills in book. This leads to my idea which is to make a recipe book with comics inside.

I also have the skill to design by using Adobe Photoshop since I like to use photoshop even if I am a beginner. I know the basic skills to use photoshop and all I need is to let out all my creativity towards it. I was thinking to use this skill to create a cover for my recipe book.

In the process of creating a good recipe book, photos of each recipes are required. In other words, I need a photographic skill in order to produce a good photo which will be used in my recipe book. Considering it, I have never been interested in photo and I don’t know anything about how to produce a good photo. After taking photos in my cooking in this holiday, I realized that I can only take an ordinary photo. Experiencing this, I brainstorm about how can I solve this problem. After I have been thinking for several days, I came up with an idea to overcome this lack of skill. I decided to take an ordinary photo like I usually do, then I will edit it using Adobe Photoshop. As I said before, I have the basic skill to edit photo so this way I will be able to work to the fullest to create good images for each of the desserts that I have created. In conclusion, I need 2 skills required to create my recipe book. They are drawing skill and design skill (using photoshop)

Like/Dislike for Books
I dislike types of books with a little amount of image, books with small images, books with no colors, books that is only contains texts, thick book, and books with small fonts size. I think of the types of books that I mentioned before as boring and they are not entertaining at all. I think book with colors and images will provide a fun time for the reader. For example thick novels or encyclopedia books without image, they are the types of books that I dislike. The information contained are difficult to be absorbed because they are not entertaining.

I like books with an appealing and colorful cover, full of images, and provide a medium sized fonts. They are appealing and fun to read. The type of book that I like so much is comic book. For me they are fun to read, entertaining, and informations contained are quickly being absorbed into my head so it is easy to understand things through comic books. I often read a knowledge book in the form of comic book called Educomics they give knowledge through each story and it was easy to understand it and moreover, they are colorful. They really inspire me, and giving me new ideas which is very helpful for my Personal Project. Not only an education comics, I also like usual comic for entertainment. Out of my liking of comics, I decided to create some comic panels for each of the food in my recipe book. Not only teenagers my age, some adults also like to read comics so I think comic is the most appealing and interesting type of book.

Type of Desserts
My goal is to enjoy the experiences of making Asian desserts. Looking at my goal, I decided to choose simple and easy recipes in which the ingredients are easy to get in my society. I decided to match the type of desserts with my skills. This is the first time I get to make desserts and so I choose the best way so that I can make a good result while I learn the proper way to make desserts. I decided to create 20 desserts from Asia with more amount of desserts from Indonesia, China, and Japan because they are mostly easy to find and also people are familiar with it by looking at the amount of recipe books from those country sold in bookstore. By searching for the recipes from books, internet, and asking people. After trying the recipe I find out the material, skills, and equipment. I came up with the following results:

Sweet Potato Soup

About 5 days ago, I made a sweet potato soup which is a dessert from Hong Kong. Desserts from Hong Kong and China are similar, you can find this dessert in both country. This dessert is part of Tong Sui (sugar water), a Cantonese specialty and are rarely found in other regional cuisines of China. There is a wide variety of Tong Sui in Hong Kong and Malaysia. Usually eaten in Winter.
Here is the recipe of Sweet Potato Soup:

Sweet Potato Dessert (Hong Kong Style)
Ingredients:
1 sweet potato (about 350gm)
3 cups water (cover the sweet potato)
rock sugar (to your taste)
2 to 3 slices of ginger

Method:

1. Bring water to the boil, add ginger into it.

2. Quickly peel sweet potato and cut into small pieces as it turns black easily. Put them into the boiling water and turn to medium heat once the water boils again.

3. Add rock sugar to your taste when the sweet potato turns soft. Serve hot or cold.

I didn't find any difficulties in making this dessert. It's just that no one helps me in recording so it's a bit difficult to do both.

My Ideas about Photographic

I absolutely have no knowledge and skills in photographic so it is very hard to take a good shots for my recipe book. I came up with an idea, I do quite well in editing photos so I change my ideas about taking photos. I will edit the image so I will take a clear photo of the food then I crop it and after that I will paste images that is related to the food so it can be a great image later in the recipe book. I will use adobe photoshop for this work.

Orange Kanten Jelly

Today I make an orange kanten jelly, a japanese dessert. I make this dessert twice because the first time I make this dessert, it turns out to be bad. I made a mistake by not stirring it as I boil it. The second time I made it. it turns out well. Here is the recipe of orange kanten jelly:

Ingredients:
2 tsp kanten powder
1 1/4 cup water
3 Tbsp sugar (*adjust the amount of sugar depending on the sweetness of orange juice)
1 1/4 cup orange juice
1 orange, peeled and sectioned

Preparation:
Put water in a medium sauce pan and dissolve kanten powder in. Put it on medium heat and bring to a boil, stirring well. Turn down the heat to low and simmer for a few minutes. Dissolve sugar in and stop the heat. Add orange juice and stir well. Place the orange flesh in jelly moulds or serving cups. Pour kanten mixture over the orange. Cool until set.

The negative side of making this jelly twice is that I waste too much time. I get to learn the mistake that I made before so I also get the benefit.

Sinh To Bo (Vietnamese Avocado Smoothie)

Today I make a cold dessert from vietnam. It is very easy to create this dessert. I struggled a bit on cutting the avocado but aside from that I have no difficulties. Here is the recipe of Sinh To Bo:

Ingredients

- Ripe avocado -- 1
- Ice cubes -- 1 cup
- Milk -- 1/2 cup
- Sweetened, condensed milk -- 1/3 cup

Method

Scoop the avocado flesh from its shell and remove the seed.
Add the avocado flesh, ice cubes, sweetened, condensed milk and half of the regular milk to a blender. Process until smooth. Add more milk if needed to get the consistency you like.
Serve in tall glasses with a spoon or straw.