Simple Entertaining- Shall We Play Cards?

My friends and I love to play cards, and we decided to come together and play the night away. Since everyone don't have time for dinner, and will get a little engrossed with the cards, it's good to have something that fills the stomach fast, at the same time not messy.

As for me, the host, i want to participate in the card games, so, I was thinking.. if everything can be done earlier, it would be PERFECT!!

So, i came out with this menu....

Mango Sago Dessert recipe

Mango Sago Dessert

Ingredients
600gm mango
400ml mango juice 1
25ml evaporated milk
80g sago pearls
250ml water
2~3 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp cornflour+3 tbsp water
extra 100ml water

Prepare beforehand:
Soak sago in water for about an hour, boil it with water till it turns translucent.
Drain water and pour some water to let it cool down.

Instructions:
1. Boil 250ml water and sugar till sugar dissolves.
2. Mix cornflour mixture in and stir, make sure there's no lumps. Remove from heat. Cool.
3. Cube mango. Scrap the rest, and add to blender. Add in 100 ml of water, mango juice, sugar syrup. Blend it.
4. Stir in evaporated milk and sago pearls.
5 Taste and add more juice or sugar. Chill.

Mango Lassi Recipe

(taken from allrecipe)

Ingredients:
2 mangos, peeled, seeded, diced
2 cups plain yogurt
1/4 sugar
1 cup ice

In a blender, combine all. Blend till smooth and serve.

Simple Entertaining-Mango Party!!

It's the time of the year, when we get mangoes everywhere!! We get it cheaply, a mere RM10 for 3 kgs!! There are different kinds of mangoes, but the easiest to find are the thai mangoes..
So, it's an opportunity to go mango crazy!! There are so many dishes to serve at a mango party,
there's thai mango salad, mango pancakes, mango chicken etc..
I'll be posting a few mango dessert recipes i tried. It's a bit more asian based, so stay tune..

pics credits:www.pe.com

Chinese Whisper Game

Get everybody to sit in a circle or form a line.
The first person chooses a phrase or sentence. This first person then whispers it to the next, no-one else should hear it. The next person whispers what they think they heard to the next person, and so the phrase passes down the line. The last person to get the whisper announces it to the group and then compares it to the original.

The original sentences should be a little more complicated, so that the effect will be better.
For example:

Susie skips to school except on Saturdays
Send three and four pence, we're going to a dance
Goofy Grinning Gophers gobbled gigantic grapes while juggling
(taken from answers.yahoo.com)

Variation: Act out a scene without the rest seeing to the first person, and then the first person to the second one, and thereafter, the last one guess what action it is.

example: blowing bubbles and popping it

Fried Prawns/ Prawn Fritters

Ingredients:

About 30 pieces of prawns

1 egg

4 tbsp flour

150ml water

1/2 tsp salt

Batter:

Mix flour, egg and water, make sure its not watery. Add salt, and mix well.

Cooking:

Dip prawns in batter and deep fry. Dish up and serve.

Stir Fried French Beans Recipe

Ingredients:

300gm French Beans

3 tbsp dried prawns

1 tbsp minced garlic

1 tbsp shallots

oil

pepper

1)Cut french beans into 3 cm length.

2) Put some oil in wok, saute dried prawns, garlic and shallots till fragrant.

3) Add french beans, then pepper.

4) Fry till cooked. (Crunchy but a little soft)