Programme Structure

Intensive Cooking Programme Basic Cooking Programme Referral Benefits For Domestic Helpers Introduction Enjoy great discounts and benefits when you introduce friends to The Cooking House’s courses After a long and exhausting day, all any of us want to do is to relax and immerse ourselves in In this basic cooking program, participants will learn how to Lesson II: Nutritious breakfasts for domestic helpers! good, warm and hearty comfort food. While some people consider cooking to be an activity handle common kitchen equipment and appliances. Lessons will • Introduction to preparing a nutritious breakfast • A one-friend sign-up entitles you to a 10% discount on your next course. in which to indulge themselves, not all find it so. If you empathise, why not let your domestic include ways to hygienically handle and store food. Participants will • Different types of bread helper take charge? learn the ins and outs of the following recipes and making basic • Healthy sandwiches: tuna, chicken and cucumber, egg mayo • A two-friend sign-up entitles you to a 15% discount on your next course. adjustments, as well as how to tweak these recipes to incorporate • Homemade pancakes • A three-friend sign-up entitles you to a 20% discount on your next course. The Cooking House presents a series of classes, tailor-made to teach your domestic helper different vingredients. • Healthy the ins and outs of running a kitchen on a budget. You will gain a vast array of healthy and • Eggs cooked five ways: scrambled, omelette, boiled, poached, delicious recipes to add to your family recipe book, all of which are easy to learn and replicate. Course duration: 4 lessons once a week for 4 weeks fried Your helper will even learn how to adapt these recipes to include or exclude ingredients to suit Duration of lessons: 4 hours per lesson • Preparing delicious oatmeal your family’s taste buds. Price: RM500 Time: 9:30 am to 1:30 pm Lesson III: Quick and Easy Lunches Private Classes If this sounds deliciously appealing to you, sign up with us today! • Introduction to preparing vegetables: blanching and roasting • Principles of making salads Private one-to-one or group classes are available upon request. Recipes can be customized according to your preference. Lesson I: Basic kitchen skills • Exploring different salad dressings • Food hygiene • Cooking grains: and Price: RM200 to RM250/hour per pax, with a minimum block of four (4) hours. • Handling common electrical appliances • Easy pasta: tomato-based sauce (Bolognese), cream-based • Measuring ingredients sauces (carbonara), olive oil-based sauce (aglio olio) About The Cooking House • Using basic kitchen utensils Based in the convenient heart of Desa Sri Hartamas, The Cooking House has chalked up over • Basic knife skills Lesson IV: Comfort dinners six impressive years of experience in culinary training since inception in 2006. Enjoy lessons • Methods of preparing ingredients • Planning a menu in our clean and comfortable teaching areas, the optimum environment for learning and • Methods of cooking • Preparing vegetables: stir-frying, blanching and steaming studying. Fully-equipped kitchens ensure maximum exposure to methods and techniques • Storage of ingredients • Chicken: roasting, steaming and during practical training, making sure no one is left out of the learning loop. • Reading and following a recipe stir-frying • Cooking rice – rice cooker and steaming • Fish: steaming and frying • Preparing healthy juices • Managing leftovers

The Cooking House 20-1 (First Floor), Jalan 31/70A, Desa Sri Hartamas, Your Solution To Healthy, Home-Cooked Food, Everyday 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur. T 03-2300 1070 W www.thecookinghouse.com Programme Structure ~ Steamed Teochew-style fish ~ Belachan kangkung Advanced Cooking ~ Fried fish with ginger and soy sauce ~ petai prawns Basic And ~ Kam Heong Prawns ~ Assam fish Programmes ~ Steamed prawns with Chinese wine ~ Sunkist rice Baking Programme ~ Yau mak in fermented beancurd ~ Assam ~ Deep-fried with egg sauce ~ Advanced cooking classes will focus on a wider selection of culinary ~ Spinach in superior stock ~ Fish head noodle In this basic baking program, participants will learn how to use Day III: Muffins, cookies and scones cultures, from Chinese to Malay to Western styles. Participants will ~ Stir-fried kailan with salted fish common baking utensils and equipment. Beginners’ principles • Learning types of ingredients learn to focus on different types of cuisine while placing emphasis Module III: Italian and Western cuisine (4 days) of baking will be covered, as well as commonly-used ingredients. • Controlling mixing speed upon the various cooking techniques required to perfectly replicate ~ Claypot brinjal with salted fish • Learning different types of ingredients, herbs and spices Participants will learn how to avoid basic mistakes in baking and • Methods of rolling and folding basic recipes. Participants will also learn how to adapt and create ~ Steamed trio of egg • Cooking methods (pan-fry, grill, shallow-fry, bake, , roast) how to prepare simple and delicious and for the recipes to suit personal tastes. Recipes: Carrot walnut muffins, Homemade banana muffins, ~ Braised hairy gourd with mushroom • Different types of pastas and sauces whole family. ~ Stir-fried bitter gourd with fermented • Making your own salad dressings Classic butter cookies, English scones Module I: (6 days) black bean • Plating and presentation Course duration: 4 lessons once a week for 4 weeks • Practical techniques on cutting, slicing and mincing Day IV: Cupcakes, brownies and puddings Duration of lessons: 4 hours per lesson • Oil heating and temperature management Module II: Malaysian and Nyonya cuisine (4 days) Course duration: 4 lessons, once a week for 4 weeks • Learning types of ingredients Price: RM600 • Art of steaming, braising, stir frying and deep frying • Usage and understanding of herbs and spices Duration of lessons: 4 hours per lesson • Temperature control Time: 9:30 am to 1:30 pm • Usage of various herbs • Preparing basic Malaysian and Nyonya cuisine Price: RM600 • Modifying recipes to suit your own taste • Timing management • Understanding different cultural foods and preferences in cooking Time: 9:30 am to 1:30 pm • Baking cupcakes, brownies and puddings • and stocks methods • Handling and cooking seafood • Choosing meat and seafood for different cooking methods Recipes Include: Day I: Easy : tong sui and other sweets Recipes: Oreo chocolate cupcakes, Butterfly vanilla cupcakes, • Cooking with meats and poultry • Making homemade curry and chili paste ~ Stock • Learning ingredients for each (from sugar type to different dark chocolate and walnut brownies, bread and butter pudding • Cooking Chinese style vegetables ~ Mushroom soup textures) Course duration: 4 lessons, once a week for 4 weeks ~ Pumpkin soup • Differentiating types of desserts for each occasion Course duration: 6 lessons, twice a week for 3 weeks Duration of lessons: 4 hours per lesson ~ Classic Caesar salad • Handling ingredients and cooking steps Duration of lessons: 4 hours per lesson Price: RM600 ~ Grilled chicken salad with honey mustard dressing Price: RM900 Time: 9:30 am to 1:30 pm Recipes: Red Bean tong sui, , Tofu fa, Steamed egg Time: 9:30 am to 1:30 pm ~ Fettuccine carbonara with ginger Recipes Include: ~ Spaghetti Bolognese Recipes Include: ~ ~ Aglio olio pasta Day II: Cakes: sponge cakes and butter cakes ~ Old cucumber soup ~ Chicken curry ~ Vegetarian lasagna • Understanding varieties of baking ingredients and their values ~ Lotus root and black bean soup ~ Beef • Step by step instructed lesson to bake each ~ ABC soup (potato, carrot and onion) ~ Sambal ikan bilis ~ Beef stew with mashed potato • Differentiating butter cakes and sponge cakes ~ Winter melon and dried oyster soup ~ Fish and chips • Working with sponge mix ~ Mango kerabu ~ Baked chicken chop ~ Steamed chicken rice (with homemade chili sauce and ~ Nasi ~ Roast chicken with butter rice stuffing • How to make easy pound cakes ginger oil) ~ Sambal belachan • Useful and important tips in baking ~ One pot chicken rice with Chinese mushroom and chest nut ~ Percik chicken ~ Thin & crispy pizza Recipes: Classic butter cake, Victoria sandwich, Dark chocolate ~ Fish head noodles ~ Bruschetta with tomatoes and basil sponge cake, Banana and walnut cake ~ Fried vermicelli with chicken and vegetables ~ Chicken cordon bleu ~ Baked fish with lemon butter sauce ~ Sour plum chicken ~ Steamed herbal chicken ~ Deep-fried chicken ~