Mrs. GoodThings@Home

Wonderful reunion!!

2009-10-06T23:12:00.010+08:00

My good friends from school days finally made it to my place last weekend. I have not met them for the longest time. It was wonderful to meet them ... after 22 long years. (okay now I'm feeling old).
To mark the special occasion (especially that Mun Keong and wife Wai Chui are now living in China), I've decided to cook something special. I started preparing the night before (thank god, niece Syida was on hand to help). Excited punya pasal. The menu of the day includes:

Nasi Tomato
Rendang Ayam
Daging Masak Hitam
Paceri Nenas
Acar Timun
Pulut Kuning
Nasi Himpit
Kuah Kacang
Sambal Jawa
Lontong Kering

As for the dessert (we also went overboard):

Carrot cake
Chocolate cup cake
Fruit Trifle (courtesy of husband)
Raspberry Vanilla Mousse
A variety of fruits and the much dwindling biskut raya.

It was worth it! Thanks Guys!

Main spread

Dessert Station

Carrot Cake

Chocolate Cup Cakes

What a Raya!!! Alhamdulillah!!

2009-09-27T23:13:00.004+08:00

Salam Hari Raya and Maaf zahir Bartin from us all here in USJ 17.

Phewwwww.... what a Raya! This year, for some reasons, we did not balik kampung at all. So its Raya in USJ this year and although it'll have been better if my mom and MIL can Raya here as planned, we still managed to pull off a fun Raya.
And I've been on cooking marathon since the last day of Ramadan to jamu the tetamu..... (and now on the eve of school day... suddenly I felt exremely exhausted).

Here are some of the dishes that came out of my kitchen this Raya ....

First Raya - My two brothers and their family came over and we had some serious makan-makan session....

Marble cream chesse cake, cup cakes, kek lapis and fruit cake

The First Syawal spread ... consisting of

Nasi minyak, dalca and jelatah

Mee kari..

And the compulsory lemang, ketupa, rendang ayam and also rendang tok

Fourth Day Raya - We decided to go kampung style... (on second day we went to Sg Buloh for raya and on the third day, well, we were doing absolutely nothing)

Acar telur and Kerabu Tauge

Ulam, Sambal belacan and tempoyak kacau

Kari ikan and udang goreng

and Gulai lemak nenas ikan masin

Eighth day - More guests came over and they were served with

kuih-muih Raya and cream cheese carrot cake

Rendang ayam Mak Nor (Mak Nor is my aunt who came over on the fourth day and I sempat tanya her of this recipe.... which incidentally I went a bit overboard with the cili padi heheheh)
and Butter prawns, which I absolutely adore.

My August Girls!

2009-08-26T10:49:00.003+08:00

In our household, birthdays are huge. Although, we no longer hold big parties to celebrate birthdays (like we used to when the girls were smaller), it is something that all of us still look forward to in all our eagerness. Even when nowadays, birthdays are celebrated just among ourselves!
And August is particularly special as my two eldest daughters celebrated theirs this month. Alia turned 15 on the 10th while Asma turned 14 on the 24th. However, as this August is also a month of Ramadan (plus the recession, H1N1 and Alia's looming PMR), we decided to tone down our celebrations.
We went to New York, New York Deli in One Utama (their choice not ours) to have a combined birthday lunch earlier this month. On the day of the birthdays, it was just a cake and a simple dish at home. But really, it was still fun!

What a delightful wedding!!

2009-06-03T10:34:00.005+08:00

My husband's cousin Yang Khairun (Yone) got married to Azri of Kuala Pilah last weekend. So we went up north to Penang to attend the reception. What a pleasant kenduri kahwin it was!!!! Yone the bride is simply stunning. The hosts and co-hosts (namely Ayah Anjang, Wan, Anom, Nasir, Meor, Rina and Cha) are forever gracious. And Azri is one lucky addition to the family.

On top of that, I must say that the decorations from the pelamin to bunga telur are also top notch - classy, practical and beautiful with a capital B.

For example, take this pelamin at Ayah Anjang's home in Island Glade (there's no pelamin at the reception hall in Tabung Haji, by the way). It's everything that a pelamin should look like - cantik sangat!!!! And I was surprised that this was not the pelamin 'created' by those people that my aunt engaged in the first place. Apparently, they came and erected ... er.. a "not so nice looking" pelamin. It was so dreadful that the bride's sisters Anom and Cha decided to redo the entire pelamin (they rushed out to buy the kain-kain) and put up this new 'masterpiece." Amazing.

But what impressed me the most were the bunga telur or rather the wedding favours at the reception which are really cute little boxes filled with chocolates. What made it so special is that these boxes were hand made by the bride's family. They recycled the many Hari Raya and wedding invitation cards still kept by my aunt, Wan. Just you imagine, banyaknya kad-kad yang dia simpan. Such a clever idea!!!
They managed to save on the boxes so much so they filled it with sweets yang sedap-sedap. Best sangat!
And of course the bunga pahar by Anom is outrageously elegant, as expected, though!!

Selamat Pengantin Baru Yone and Azri!!

Corn Muffin

2009-05-17T22:47:00.006+08:00

For some reason, my husband loves corn muffin (especially that of a certain fast food variety). So the other day, I decided to make some at home. It was not the same recipe as the ones you may find at that certain fast food joint but it came out nice. The verdict: the husband loves it as he said the ones baked at home are less sugary - which in turn is suitable for us who aspires to eat a more healthy diet.

Ingredients:

275g self-rising flour
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
pinch of salt
1 tin cream corn
100 g brown sugar
50 g castor sugar
1 egg
50 ml fresh milk
75g butter

Method:

Preheat the oven 180 C
Line a muffin tray
Add salt and bicarbinate of soda to the self raising flour
Melt butter and side a side
Combine brown sugar, castor sugar , egg, fresh milk and melted butter
Mix the texture with cream corn
Add this to the flour and stir gently until the texture rather like batter in consistency.
Spoon the mixture into the muffin cases and bake .

Muffins are easy to make because they need a little mixing. Best eaten when it's still warm.

Love Notes from My Daughters!

2009-05-11T00:15:00.005+08:00

I almost forgot about this whole Mother's Day thingy until the husband and daughters treated me to a dinner last Saturday night. That's because I am truly blessed with three amazing beautiful daughters so much so that to me, everyday is already a Mother's Day.

I wish for nothing but happiness for my three angels. And I could have not ask for anything else as the joy that they brought me everyday are simply phenomenally satisfying!!

As we normally don't really celebrate Mother's Day, it still came as a surprise that Alia, Asma and Arissa created hand-made Mother's Day card for me (no wonder they were huddling in their room this morning). And that means a world to me!!!!

From Alia:
Happy Mother's Day, Mere (apparently this is how the French call their Mak!!! hahaha ) Thank You for being so caring and supportive and always be there when I need you. For that I love you more than ever. Sorry, if I am not the world's greatest daughter, but I try to be nice Sorry, if I did not turn out to be a genius many parents wish upon their kids. Sorry, if I don't really like Science and Maths, but I do love other stuff. Last but not least, thank you for being the greatest mother in this whole wide world

From Asma:
Happy Mother's Day, Mak No matter how many time I disappoint you, I will make you proud, eventually. I will make sure that your pretty smile will always stays on your pretty face.

From Arissa:
Happy Mother's Day, Okasan (this is in Japanese) You are chibi!!! (Chibi is cute in Japanese)

Thanks my daughters (I didn't know I have a French, Malay and Japanese as daughters today, but I'm still happy...hahahaha)

Puding Kelapa Muda

2009-04-26T22:16:00.003+08:00

Malays call it agar-agar but most would probably refer it as pudding. Well, it does look like a pudding anyway and not agar-agar (jelly).

I learned of this recipe from my sifu - Kak Joy (of Seri Ain Cakes in Taman Tun) and it has been a favourite in my family ever since. I even made these puddings as the main desserts when I was helping my aunt during her son's wedding reception. Not only this pudding look nice, it tastes good too.

Ingredient A:

5gm instant agar-agar (that would be jelly)

400gm water/young coconut water

30gm brown sugar

Slices of coconut scrape

Ingredient B

5gm instant jelly

400gm water

300gm coconut milk

300gm sugar

Pink colouring

Method:

Boil both Ingredient A and B separately

Line the coconut scrape at the bottom of the mould

Pour Ingredient B first into the mould. Leave the texture to set for 15 minutes

Then pour ingredient A on top.

Refrigerate it and then makan

Such gesture means a world to me!!!!

2009-04-19T13:00:00.003+08:00

Okay, I don't expect that I'll be so thrill to celebrate my birthday as I was last Friday. Yes, who likes to turn 40 years old, right? And to top it off, my husband and daughters, apart from wishing me Happy Birthday, just went about the day as usual... you know busy with school and all. But a suprise was in store come dinner time. Apparently father and daughters are planning to throw me a birthday dinner. I was barred from the kitchen, which suited me just fine. Hahaha. And they did slave all over the kitchen to come up with these.....

Beef tortilla and delicious tomato salsa

A gourmet burger - really high end spread you know

and a strawberry cake.. mostly done by Asma and Alia

What a birthday!!! Sometimes you don't need fancy celebration to make your day... this seemingly simple birthday dinner was simply delightful and it means a world to me!!! Thanks with lots of love!!!

Percuma: Majalah i-Dapur

2009-04-15T12:29:00.002+08:00

Introducing Majalah i-Dapur. Ini sebenarnya sebuah e-majalah (as in ebook) dan Insya Allah akan dikeluarkan setiap bulan ini. Matlamat kami ialah untuk berkongsi kisah-kisah kejayaan terutamanya kejayaan mereka yang berniaga dari rumah. Semoga kisah-kisah sebegini akan memberi semangat dan inspirasi kepada kita untuk terus berusaha mencipta kejayaan.
Majalah i-Dapur secara khususnya akan membincangkan perihal bagaimana kita boleh mengoptimasikan rumah terutamanya dapur kita baik dari sudut bisnes mahupun penggunaan seharian.

Insya Allah ia akan dipenuhi dengan pelbagai cerita bisnes dari dapur, tips-tips dan petua-petua menarik.Majalah ini juga akan menitipkan informasi, tips dan berita terkini tentang perniagaan dari dapur dan rumah. InsyaAllah.

Malahan sekiranya anda juga ada perkara-perkara yang boleh dikongsi bersama-sama, bolehlah anda emel kepada kami agar boleh kita siarkankan untuk edisi yang akan datang.

Di dalam edisi bulan ini, kami memberi fokus terhadap perniagaan kelas memasak. Perniagaan sebegini boleh diketengahkan dengan memberi pendekatan dan penampilan yang boleh menarik minat orang ramai dan yang bagusnya ia boleh dijalankan hanya dari dapur atau rumah anda sahaja.

Apa yang penting ialah kita perlu mempersiapkan diri secara mental dan fizikal sebelum terjun di bidang ini. Bisnes dari dapur bukan sekadar main tangkap muat sahaja. Oleh itu sebelum memulakan langkah pertama kita perlu tingkatkan pengetahuan, kemahiran dan pengalaman. Iringkan dengan doa dan tawakal kepada Allah sentiasa, kami pasti anda akan berjaya mencipta kejayaan yang diimpikan.

Harapan kami semoga anda mendapat manfaat dari majalah ini. Kami juga mengalu-alukan pendapat dan pandangan dari anda.

OH ya majalah ini percuma sahaja. Untuk dapatkan satu cuma emelkan pesanan kepada majalah@duniadapur.com. Sharing is Caring!!

By the way, I was featured in NST (Tech&U) a couple of weeks back. Huyooo. Hahaha. Thanks Ana.

Earth Hour Dinner

2009-03-29T12:24:00.005+08:00

I know there are many people out there who think Earth Hour is a ridiculous event (why, there's even Anti-Earth Hour group in Facebook).

But I support Earth Hour. To me Earth Hour is just that. It’s one hour, 60 minutes of life. I am fully aware that turning off your lights for those 60 minutes will not stop the glaciers from melting. It won’t save one endangered species on the brink of death due to Global Warming, but it will send a message. And I support that message. Earth Hour is a symbolic gesture.

And on that note, we at home decided to "celebrate" Earth Hour with a candle light dinner. Okay, its my husband's idea to get the kids to be more aware of the issues. (And before anyone comments about the greenhouse gasses or whatever effects that the candles released, thus negating the effects of turning off the lights, remember, its symbolic.)

Anyway, we decided to do it rather formally and what do you know, it was quite fun having dinner in semi-darkness and without the fan spinning at full speed above. And we decided to go for something different... as you may see from the menu below:

Appetiser

Green Peas Soup - sedap ler pulak

Main course: Marinated grilled lamb and roasted vegetables

The dessert: Chocolate caramel vanilla and sweetened strawberry

(P.s: Sorry gambor tak clear... maklumle ambik dalam gelap)

All about a person my daughters call Bapak

2009-03-21T09:32:00.002+08:00

I've been tagged by Wanshana on facts about my husband. She tagged me earlier on somethimg else but I think I’ll do this first. Sorry ye! I'll get to that one later.

So, here goes -

1) He’s sitting in front of the TV, what is on the screen?
E!entertainment, America’s Next Top Model. Hehehe, okay, he follows The Amazing Race quite seriously.

2) You’re out to eat; what kind of dressing does he get on his salad?
He prefers ulam over salad. So the dressing must be a sambal belacan

3) What’s one food he doesn’t like?
I can't think of any.

4) You go out to eat and have a drink. What does he order?
Drinks- Kopi ais, Ice lemon tea
Food – depending in his ‘perut’, full, half full or empty. Mee Goreng Mamak.

5) Where did he go to high school?
ACS Kampar

6) What size shoes does he wear?
A 10

7) If he was to collect anything, what would it be?
Books.

8) What is his favorite type of sandwich?
Scramble egg sandwich

9) What would this person eat every day if he could?
My Rendang Ayam

10) What is his favorite cereal?
Cornflakes. And .. er .. is Nestum a cereal too?

11) What would he never wear?
Anything that does not fit him

12) What is his favorite sports team?
Malaysia punya pasukan bola..boleh! But seriously he's not into sports la except sometimes he would watch tennis on the sports channel.

13) Who did he vote for?
PAS

14) Who is his best friend?
Me

15. What is something you do that he wishes you wouldn’t do?
Ungkit-mengunkit hal-hal yang dah lepas. Uhuh, I can't help it... but usually he will ignore me la.

16. What is his heritage?
True blue Perakian. Perak and Perak. His parents are second cousins.

17. What is his favourite colour?
Blue

18. What is his habit?
Menyakat anak-anak and he has to read before going to bed

19. What is he proud of?
His family

20. Lastly, do you think he will read this?
Of course, definitely!

Okay I'm supposed to tag others as well. So i tag
Yah (Drama Mama),
PB and
Mumsies.

I love baking.... just lovin' it

2009-03-03T20:34:00.008+08:00

I don't really remember when exactly but my 'love' affair with baking started when I was still schooling. Some even find my fascination with baking a little weird. I simply love baking (and cooking la sekali). And of all things baking, I love baking cakes (over cookies and breads and others).

Somehow deliciously beautiful looking cakes always attract my attention (and yes, Mawi's wedding cake at Palace of Golden Horses was glorious, no?). And ever since I was young, I always wanted to be able to bake and decorate cakes.

I love baking so much that I've already spent thousands of ringgit attending baking and decorating classes. And I'm still learning.
My first cake recipe (and the only recipe I knew for quite sometimes) was given by my college mate back in early 1990s when I was in UiTM. It was a chocolate cake. During holidays, I would baked the cake at home. It turned out quite okay, I guess. In fact, I baked one during my surprised engagement ceremony (another story for another time) as one of the hantaran.

So when I got married, I would baked that cake often, especially when people came visiting. A few friends even ordered the chocolate cakes, to my surprise, of course. But I wanted to know more. I wanted to be able to bake like a pro.
So when I received an offer to do my Masters in the UK in Actuarial Science, I declined. First, I could not imagine studying the subject for another three years but more importantly, I've decided that if I'm going to continue learning, it has to be something that's related to baking.

So I enrolled into one-on-one baking classes. It took me almost two years to complete the whole course, from beginner's to advanced levels. In between I also attended other classes, baking and decorating. And I was happy as slowly but surely, my 'repertoire' increases. Suddenly, my family (especially the husband) have moved on from forever requesting chocolate cakes to carrot cake and tiramisu.
You know something, watching people clean up cakes that I bake give me immense pleasure. Baking de-stresses me. I guess it's a bit like karaoke for many people. Since I can't sing to save my life, I guess baking is my karaoke.

Over the years, I've baked many cakes for friends and families. I've decorated cakes for hantarans. But still I don't see myself as an expert. I'm still learning.

Having said that I must say that baking is not really an easy thing to do. And I understand why many people view baking as tedious and difficult process. I guess it's true to a certain extent. One wrong move and you'll get one unedible cake. And worse still, you'll be the laughing stock of your friends and family.
Because of that, I've spent the last one year, trying and experimenting with cake recipes to make baking an easy peasy task. In the end, I've managed to come up with quite recipes that are easy to bake. As easy as 1,2,3.

I've compiled 15 of those recipes into a mini e-book... which is given free for those who purchase my Dapur - Lubuk Duit Anda e-book. For more details of the easy bake recipe click HERE

Dunia Dapur 2.0

2009-02-12T13:53:00.008+08:00

Pada bulan Oktober 2008 lalu saya telah melancarkan e-book Bisnes Dari Dapur melalui Dunia Dapur.Com. Saya akui memang masih banyak kekurangan baik dari segi ebook tersebut mahupun laman web Dunia Dapur.Com. Hasil dari itu saya telah berusaha untuk memperbaiki mana yang kurang dan dengann bantuan profesional Sabri dari SaifulSham.Com .... kini laman web milik saya tampil dengan wajah baru yang lebih segar. E-book yang ditawarkan juga telah diberi nafas baru dengan tambahan maklumat yang lebih terkini sesuai dengan suasana bisnes di Malaysia.
Versi baru ini juga menampilkan dua pakej berlainan.
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Doa Dari Kami

2009-02-07T23:04:00.002+08:00

Tumpah juga air mata
pabila insan yang
Aku tahu
Aku kenal
Dihina dan dicerca
Oleh manusia yang berhati busuk

Namun bangganya diri ini kerna
Kekuatan dan pengorbanannya
Persis khalifah Islam yang agong
Lantas aku mengesat airmata ini

Aku tahu kesusahan yang kau tanggung
demi membela nasib rakyat
Biarlah apa pandangan yang lain

Kami menyanjungimu
Kami sentiasa mendoakan
Moga Allah s.w.t memberkatimu
Harapan kami tidak akan pudar

Old Table New Look!

2009-01-29T20:35:00.002+08:00

The above is my husband's old study table. If my calculation is correct, the table is already 30 years old. Apparently my husband and his two brothers each own similar table back home at my MIL's place. I've always been impressed by its hard-wearing finishing.
Last weekend, when my husband went balik kampung to send his mother, I've asked him if it's alright for him to bring back his table. I'm so eager to embark on a DIY project, dah lama tak buat anything, anyway.
Despite my husband's grumbling as the table, although small, is quite heavy (and he has to haul it all by himself), the sturdy table successfully made its way to USJ17 that day.
After a quick trip to Ace Superstore to buy the necessary, the girls and I went to work. Our aim was to transform the table to become a new worktable in our living room.
We started off by sand paper the wood and removed the table top made of formica. Can you imagine that? Yes, the top was covered with formica! Very 60s. Then we painted it all white.
As expected Asma stayed on to help till the end, while Alia and Arissa dissapeared mid-way. And oh yes, the husband was never in the picture. He was surfing the Net dengan selambanya while the ladies of his life were covered with paint.
But I like the end result. Simple yet elegant.

Sotong Masak Nyonya

2009-01-10T07:05:00.004+08:00

Sebenar cerita saya tak ingat dari mana resipi ini saya dapat. Most probably dari 703 kot. Apapun, memasaknya tidak sesusah mana dan hasilnya is like yummy! Apatah lagi kalau sotong memang kegemaran, like in my home. Oh ya... hari ni sukatan main agak2 aje ya.

Bahan-bahannya:
Sotong (dah tentuler kan?)
Bawang merah
Bawang putih
Cili merah
Cili sos
Sedikit sos tiram
Sedikit tepung jagung
Daun pudina
Garam dan gula ( mesti)
Sedikit sos ikan untuk bagi kick

Cara-caranya:
Kisar bawang merah, putih dan cili. Sampai hancur, kalau tak ... kisar lagi!
Tumiskan bahan-bahan ini sampai satu dapur dah berbau.
Masukkan cili sos dan sos tiram (ini ikut suka lah ya).
Masukkan sotong dan tambahkan sedikit air (oh ya! jangan lupa bersihkan sotong ni dulu ya. Janganler pulak masukkan sotong dengan dakwat2 dia sekali... menangis mak mertua nanti)
Bancuhkan tepung jagung (dalam dua sudu besar) dengan sedikit air dan masukkan ke dalamnya.
Akhir sekali masukkan sedikit daun pudina, garam, gula dan sos ikan.
Jangan masak terlalu lama. Ditakuti sotong akan liat.
Dah pun siap!

Farewell 2008

2009-01-01T21:47:00.003+08:00

It's already 2009. And the school will reopen soon. It's back to normal routine for many of us.
It has been a bouncy 2008 for us at home. And I'm quite exhausted. Really. The school holiday has been one long and tiring 'break" for me. From the very first day of the holidays, about one and half month ago, streams of relatives came over to enjoy their year end break. And it has been a cooking marathon for me.. non stop. Not that I'm complaining.

I enjoy having my family over. Apart from the usual suspect like my sister's family, niece and nephews from Cheras and Lumut and my brother in law's family from Shah Alam, who came over memeriahkan suasana during Hari Raya Haji, we also played host to a few others. For instance two nights ago, Pak Halim (my mom's cousin) and family came over for dinner.

At the same time my husband's cousin Iza and family also came. Iza lives not very far from our place (like5 minutes away) but we hardly saw each other. In fact the last time we met was more than a year ago. We used to be very closed many years ago ... before we succumbed to busy routine of our own.

But the most "enjoyable" tetamu during this past month would be Ayah Anjang and his family (my husband's uncle who lives in Penang). They (which include Wan (the wife) and children, Anom (too bad husband Nasir could not make it), Meor (and wife Rina plus a handsome Adi), Yone and Cha) came over for lunch and stayed on until night time. We ate and chatted non stop.

Of all my husband's relatives, I'm particularly very close to them. In fact, my husband's cousins used to lepak at our place before they got married. Those good old days. Naturally they are especially very close to my daughters.

For their visit I decided to cook something special and the result was my very own Chicken Roasted Berempah.

Before roasting the chicken

Ingredient;
1 whole chicken
100 gm dried chillies (blended)
3 cloves of red onion (blended)
2 cloves garlic (blended)
Cumin powder (serbuk jintan manis)
Cardamon powder (serbuk buah pelaga)
Coriander leaves
Oregano
Olive Oil
Butter
Salt and sugar to taste

Method:
Marinate the chicken with the blended ingredients as well as the cardamon and cumin powders.(overnight)
Upon roasting, cover the chicken with butter and olive oil as well as salt and sugar.
You may roast the chicken together with potato and carrot.
Also sprinkle the chopped coriander leaves and oregano beforehand.
Roast for 30-40 minutes at maximum temperature.

To serve, put the chicken onto a plate of salad, tomato and lemon. Then its makan time.

Anyways, I wish everybody Selamat Tahun Baru 1430H and 2009M. Enjoy!!

My very own honey nestum cookie

2008-12-19T00:44:00.004+08:00

It's school holidays and I have been busy than ever. Really. My nieces and nephews and one sister descended upon my house since the start of the holiday. They even spent Hari Raya Haji here. So I have been busy cooking non stop. Raya Haji was fun as my siblings and in-laws also came over to "memeriahkan suasana". But tiring jugak ler. Now that most of them have gone back (plus Alia and Asma who are now in Lumut at their aunt's place), I decided to pay a visit to this blog. Hehehe.. lamanya tak update (but I've been updating my other blog though).

Okay untuk pelajaran hari ini, puan-puan... I present you my very own honey nestum cookie. So simple and I created it on the spur of the moment when the brood were craving for something to eat (they really can eat non-stop!!). So I baked these with the help of Asma and Izzati (my very loud niece).

Ingredient:
250g butter
1 1/2 cup of flour
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
2 tbsp honey
1 cup brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon (optional)
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp soda bicarbonate
4 cups Nestum
2 cups chocolate rice or chips

Method:
1. Beat butter with brown sugar until mix well
2. Pour in egg, honey, vanilla, cinnamon and salt.
3. Then add in flour and baking soda.
4. Add in Nestum and cholcolate rice.
5. Spoon the mixture onto the baking pan (pattern as you wish)
6. Bake for 15-20 minutes at 170'C

Colourful Cupcakes

2008-12-02T21:36:00.004+08:00

After breaking dawn, I made these colourful cupcakes. And it was sooo twilight nice. And I invited all during midnight sun and new moon. Then all the cupcakes eclipsed away quickly.
Hahahaha, I have been rather busy and sort of neglecting this space. The truth is I have nothing new and special to share and write. So just look at these pictures...

Hot from the oven

Citrawarna

Happy Anniversary

2008-11-19T18:34:00.002+08:00

My husband,

Thank You for love and care,
Thank You for accepting me as I am,
Thank You for your smile that lights up my whole world..and
I love you for being just the way you are,

You are the one and only for me!
Happy Anniversary!

SubhanAllah dah 15 tahun.....Thank You Allah!

Twilight Chicken Rendang

2008-11-16T22:11:00.006+08:00

In anticipation of a movie called Twilight that seems to be taking over my daughters' waking hours (heard it will be coming out soon and it's a movie based on a novel by Stephanie Meyers), I decided to name his newly inspired chicken rendang - Twilight. That's how uncreative I can be!!!
Anyway, I was experimenting with my usual chicken rendang the other day when something overcame me and I decided to tambah-tambah (add in) other ingredients not normally used in my rendang. Hence the Twilight Chicken Rendang. And my daughters simply love it!!!!
Definitely one of the menu for the upcoming Hari Raya Aidil Adha in early December (so that I can show off to my sister again).

Ingredient:
a. 1 whole chicken (clean and cut to 16 or 18 pieces)
b. 1/2 kg of coconut milk
c. 4 tbps chili paste
d. 3 tbps chicken curry powder
e. 3 cloves of red onion
f. 3cm of ginger
g. 3 stocks of lemon grass
h. 2 packets of kerisik
i. 1 tumeric leaf
j. 5 daun limau purut
k. Oyster sauce
l. salt and sugar to taste

Methods
1. Blend items e,f and g together.
2. Heat oil in wok and put in the blended stuff.
3. Add in chili paste, and curry powder and stir until fragrant.
4. Pour in the coconut milk and chicken to follow
5. Add the rest of the ingredients (make sure you slice the leaves).
6. Cook until dry and serve.

Happy Birthday Arissa

2008-11-09T22:33:00.006+08:00

My youngest daughter turned 12 yesterday. Naturally, Arissa was very excited about her 12th birthday do. She kept asking me about the food, the cake and presents for the past few days. I decided to bake a chocolate mud cake with fresh blueberry for her pre-birthday celebration that we did two days earlier at the Cyberview Lodge, Cyberjaya. The main menu of the evening was satay kajang....her favourite. Arissa being Arissa, she was rather clueless that evening as she was adamant that birthdays must be celebrated on the day itself. No kompromi la...
So she was a bit 'off' that evening and she didn't eat as much as she should be. But the rest of us, makan dengan riang rianya.
Upon reaching home, Arissa being Arissa was counting the minutes to her birthday....the real exact date. She refused to acknowledge that we have had already throw her a birthday party. Dia buat derk aje......susah betul anak bongsu sorang ni...To make it worse, on her birthday I won't be around for the whole day as I was attending a seminar in KL (hence the early birthday celebration).
However, since she still clearly expect a birthday do on that day itself, we decided to have another round of makan-makan after I come back from the seminar.
It means that my husband has to take over the task of organising the makan-makan. Although we agreed(and with Arissa's request) to simply serve Domino's pizza, my husband surprised Arissa and the rest of the household when he made a marvellous butter cream cake and a yummy spaghetti bolognese. Arissa was simply speechless.

To my darling Arissa, 'Happy Birthday' and here's hoping you have a very happy future
and feel the heartloads of love so many, many people have for you!

Chocolate Mud cake with a chocolate butter cream and a fresh blueberry.

Another angle of the cake.

Birthday cake number 1

Our pre-birthday celebration

The food......mouth-watering

Arissa with her birthday cake number 2 baked by 'bapak'.....boleh bagi A+

Dunia Dapur

2008-10-21T11:40:00.003+08:00

Salam Semua,

I have been working on this e-book project (with the intention of making money, obviously) for the past 2 years. I figure since I am surfing the Net, might as well leverage on its opportunities available. So finally, after endless days and weeks trying to come up with this e-book (based on my experience), we finally are able to launch it a couple of days back. I'm no writer and definitely not good with technical stuff.
But with the support from my husband, I managed to come up with www.duniadapur.com that sells my very own e-book on how to make money from your kitchen. It's in Bahasa Malaysia as the tips and pointers are meant for local business set up.
It's only a beginning for me. InsyaAllah.
Want to take a peek at my website, click here. And I have also set up a business blog here.
Tolong doakan ya.

(P.S: The e-book cover above was designed by my daughter Arissa)

Ice Cream Cake

2008-10-13T10:54:00.004+08:00

Last weekend, our daughters invited their friends over for some Raya makan-makan. As usual I wanted to surprise them with something new. And the result was this Ice Cream Cake.
I've gotten this recipe from Chef Anuar's cookbook (the chef is one of my sifus - a very sincere and charming person, I must say). If you had a chance, do attend his cooking classes, or at least buy his book... usually published by Berita Publishing (kes promote company husband ler pulak ni). Once he went out of his way to help me with my business. Thank You!!!

The recipe for this can particular cake be found in his book - Langkah Demi Langkah Bersama Chef Anuar. And I am happy that the cake became a huge hit (along with chocolate brownies) among the girls and my anak-anak buah who came over... so much so both my husband and I did not get to taste it. Must bake it again la.

Biskut Samprit

2008-10-11T12:13:00.002+08:00

Pix by Asma

This is Samprit. It has been one of the many staple cookies during Hari Raya in many households since as far as I can remember. It is still popular but not many people knows how to make it as it can rather tedious. But in actual fact, samprit is one of the easiest cookies to make and the ingredients are easy to find.

In fact my husband has been bragging that he too know how to make a good and tasty samprit (which he claimed he did before we got married). Unfortunately, until this very day, we have yet to taste his famous samprit. Ye la tu!!!!! He doesn't even help me when I'm making samprit nowadays. Haaah!

I've been making samprit for quite a number of years. Not too long ago, I even sell samprit during Raya. Not this year though but I still have to make quite "banyak" for my mother, MIL, sisters and aunts... jadik buah tangan Raya. For those who wants to make a samprit for Open House.. here's the recipe:

Ingredient:
25og butter
1 cup icing sugar
1 egg yolk
1 cup flour
1 cup corn flour

Method:
Beat the butter and icing sugar until fluffy
Add egg yolk and the flours
Use the samprit mold and press slowly onto the baking pan
Bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes at 100-150C

Pix by Asma

Tips:
Use butter instead of margarine
Don't over mix the "adunan" as it may make your samprit out of shape
Be patient... it takes quite a while to get the hang of mooulding sampriit into the desired shape
Add more flour if the texture is too soft

Salam AidilFitri.... 2008

2008-09-29T01:30:00.009+08:00

Hari Raya is yet again here.... it has been a rather uneventful Ramadan (which is good I suppose) for us here. It is pretty much a quiet Ramadan too as I decided not to sell cookies this year (barang mahal la) and just made cookies for our own and of course for my mother as well as my mother in law.
InsyaAllah, we are driving back later today (alhamdulillah! the man of the house was given one week's Raya leave - something he did not get in last three years at his previous employment). I've just packed a few biskut raya to bring home ... (pix above).

But we did the unthinkable yesterday (Sunday 28.9.2008) - as we went to Jalan TAR to shop for some tudung Raya and other stuff. HUGE MISTAKE!!! It took us almost 2 hours (yeay that's right!) to find a parking spot. We circled the Jalan TAR for god how many times! Finally, my husband swung into Pertama Complex parking space. Then we walked over to Jalan TAR, which was not really that far, actually but the crowd was crazy. Jalan TAR was sooo jam packed with people that we find it difficult to move. Yeah, it's that bad!!! My husband was muttering "what economic slowdown? semua orang banyak duit ni ha!!!". Yes, and we were there too!!!
But the drama began when we were at one of the road side stall selling tudungs and suddenly the skies open up. Naturally, we ran up to the front of Jalan TAR (near Globe) to take shelter. Suddenly Alia turned white and was close to fainting. It was real drama!@!@, I tell you. I was panicking real quick and blaming myself for coming down there in the first place. We sat her down by the shop's pillar and husband rushed off to buy drinks (Alia mmg tak leh puasa pun.. hahahah). Luckily, the fainting spell was not that bad and soon after she's feeling better. And the five of us quickly walked back to the car. Nak balik! Never again. Ever.

Anyway, di hari baik bulan baik ini, kami sekeluarga mengucapkan:

Andai langkah membekas lara
Andai kata merangkai dusta
Andai tingkah menoreh luka
Izinkan saya bersimpuh sila
Menghulurkan tangan di bulan mulia
Memohon ampun meminta maaf
Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri

Salam Ramadhan and Kuih Keria

2008-09-01T14:17:00.006+08:00

To all,

Selamat Menyambut Ramadan Mubaak. Semoga amalan kita diterima Allah.

Salam,
Azian

Di bulan puasa sebegini teringat pulak masa kecil-kecil duhulu.... kalau berbuka mesti ada kuih-muih memenuhi meja... paling diingati ialah Kuih Keria seperti di atas dan bawah ini... kami panggil kuih gelang... (yang ini pula dimasak beberapa minggu yang lalu.)

Birthday Asma

2008-08-25T23:40:00.004+08:00

Our second daughter Asma turned 13 last Sunday. To Asma, semoga terus jadi anak solihah, murah rezeki, panjang umur dan berjaya dunia akhirat. Amin.
Unlike Alia's birthday about two weeks earlier, Asma decided to celebrate just among us.. at home. So I decided to throw a western style lucheon too.

My birthday girl cutting the cake. The girls spent a considerable amount of time making each other up for the occasion.
The table setting fit for my princess
Main course - roasted chicken (sendiri punya resipi)
The starter - the salad
Asma wanted a Chocolate Banana Cake .. something like the Secret Recipe's Indulgence.. The topping unfortunately was not as smooth as I was making it in a hurry. But janji Asma likes it.... and she did. Alhamdulillah.

Birthday Alia

2008-08-10T21:46:00.012+08:00

I always wanted to organise a small sit-down lunch/dinner do. A western style (must be due to numerous AFC channel shows).
I've got a chance to showcase my desire today when Alia invited her friends over for her birthday. She is 14 today. Happy Birthday Alia, semoga menjadi muslimah sejati.........
Since the lunch for teenage girls, I decided to incorporate youthful theme. So I used a lot of colours and flowers. No, I did not splurge but I utilised whatever yang ada kat rumah.

For table mats I cut off gift wrapping papers into two and it looks nice, kan. I simply bought a hair band (pengikat rambut from Mydin, murah aje 90 sen each) and tie it with the napkins. And the girls got to keep the hairband. And for sitting arrangement, I simply printed out their names on a manilla cards and cut it, punched a hole on it and tied a ribbon. They can keep that too.....to be used as bookmark.

The table setting from a wider angle.

As there were nine person in the party, we have to set up a smaller table by the side.

The lunch started off with a bun and butter + a chicken mushroom soup.

Followed by the main course. A fusion of spaghetti bolognese and roasted chicken.

A cake cutting session. Alia requested for a tiramisu cake which I baked a day earlier. Her friends seems to like it soooo much.

Birthday girl, my Alia.

Acar Nenas

2008-08-07T11:39:00.003+08:00

Kami dapat buah nenas from my brother in law - Chor, recently. And buah rambutan too. From his dusun.
Since we don't normally eat nenas raw, I came up with this acar nenas instead. So here goes...

Ingredient
2 cloves of garlic (hancurkan)
1 clove of big onion (dice)
1 table spoon of chili boh
Sedikit udang kering (pounded)
2 tablespoon biji sawi
Oil
A pinch of salt and sugar
1 tablespoon of cuka
and of course don't la forget the pineapple...

Cara-cara
Saute the onion and garlic till fragrant. Add the udang kering and chilli boh as well as the biji sawi.
Masukkan the pineapple (did I tell you to dice it too?_ and stir it well.
Lastly add the rest to taste.

Tarrraaaaa.... Let's makan

Puteri Hangus

2008-07-15T18:29:00.003+08:00

This is Puteri Hangus. My favourite. It is basically a lepat pisang bakar . Lepat pisang is steamed. Senang untuk dibuat, all you need to do is to mash bananas and mix it with flour and sugar. Spread the texture onto a banana leaf. Then sprinkle grated coconut on top and then cover it with another layer of mashed bananas. Fold the banana leaf and bakar using non-stick wok. Makan panas-panas with kopi-o.

Chocolate Cupcakes

2008-07-11T17:43:00.004+08:00

Yesterday, I baked chocolatey cup cakes for the girls. I seldom baked cup cakes as I don't really fancy them. Tak tau kenapa? However, if I ever attempted to make cupcakes, I tend to keep it simple.... very basic. Like these ones...

See? Kan kan kan....

Fun weekend!

2008-06-23T10:11:00.003+08:00

Last Saturday, we attended a wedding at my cousin's place in Ipoh and met so many sedara mara that i have not seen for a longest time.

An, me and Liza..... The sisters are actually my nieces... they are arwah Yeop Lil's daughters. When I was growing up, these girls were my playmates. Since Yeop was one of the closest nephews of my bapak, we often spent school holidays together. Those good old days.

This is my partner in crime masa kat sekolah. My cousin Pilus. Now he is the MB's youngest brother.... hehhehehe.
Tuan rumah greeted my mom. And Asma is standing next to her Opah cam whoring.....
Oh by the way, the real reason we went to Ipoh was to meet up with the latest addition to our family.. Dania. Now my sister Kak is a grandmother.

Kerabu Kacang Panjang

2008-06-16T18:38:00.008+08:00

Kerabu....aaah... the Malaysian salad. When I was growing up, kerabu pucuk paku and kerabu tauge are some of the popular ones in my household. Nowadays, there are many more varieties of kerabu. Very progressive.
The other day, I made a kerabu kacang panjang plus ikan bilis. Hmm it tastes as good. You can just eat it by itself.
The best part about making kerabu is that you don't have to follow strict method. So simple... main campak-campak aje....
For this particular kerabu, all you need to is to chop and slice all the ingredients like the kacang panjang, bunga kantan, red chillies and onion. Heat the wok, tumis with garlic and campak the whole stuff into it. Sprinkle some sugar, salt and a dash of fish sauce. Masukkan fried anchovies and perah limau. There.. siap untuk di makan.

Faizal Tahir - Aku Punya Kamu (FULL SONG + LYRICS PROVIDED)

2008-05-30T17:56:00.001+08:00

saat kau tersemyum
saat itu kau memberi
saatku merasa bahagia

selama ku tersemyum
selama itu ku memberi
selama yang kamu disini

namun ku bicara
pada bulan dan suria
tak ku punya cara
tuk menyatakan cinta
dan kamu hanyalah satu
ku mahu ada kamu saja
bisa ku menunggumu
selamanya aku milikmu
takkan pernah lelah
tuk menunggu
hingga aku punya kamu

sesaat kau tiada
saat itu ku rasa
saat hidupku terlena
selamanya kau ada
selama itu ku rasa selama hidupku bahgia

namun ku bicara
pada bulan dan suria
tak ku punya cara
tuk menyatakan cinta
dan kamu hanyalah satu
ku mahu ada kamu saja
bisa ku menunggumu
selamanya aku milikmu
takkan pernah lelah
tuk menunggu
hingga aku punya kamu

selama yang pernah ku merasa belum ada rasa yang ku rasa ini fahamilah cintaku lebih dari cinta tiada mungkin aku kan teruja andai bukan kamu yang dihadapanku bisa ku buktikan pada kamu

kamu hanyalah satu
yang pernah lelah
ku menunggu
hingga aku punya kamu

selamanya aku milikmu
takkan pernah lelah
ku menunggu
hingga aku punya kamu

Gulai Tempoyak Ikan Patin

2008-05-13T11:39:00.004+08:00

As both my husband and I are from Perak, we grew up with tempoyak (fermented durian) as part of our staple. Besides Perakians, tempoyak is also famous among those from Pahang. And Gulai Tempoyak Ikan Patin is the best. (Although Alia, who had acquire the liking towards tempoyak, only prefer sambal ikan bilis with tempoyak).

Recently, when my nieces and nephews from Cheras came over for a visit, I decided to prepare Gulai Tempoyak Ikan Patin. It's rather easy to do... but I always make sure that I ask the fish to be cut first when I go buying it.

Ingredients:
Ikan Patin
Tempoyak
Red Chilies
Lemon Grass
Tumeric Powder
Pinch of sugar and salt
Water

Method:
This is fun. Blend the chilies. Pound the lemon grass. Pour all ingredients in a pot. Leave it to simmer for about 10 to 15 minutes. And you are done. How easy can it be?
Note: For some reasons, my family did not use onions in this recipe ( in fact my arwah great aunt once hit the roof when she found someone cook a gulai tempoyak with onion). And it tastes as good if not better.

Stuffed baked potato

2008-04-04T17:07:00.011+08:00

During this rainy season, I have just the right menu for everybody. This is a baked potato stuff with a delicious sambal meat . It is soooo easy to do and it taste good too. I don't really follow a specific recipe for this dish as it is too simple to make.

Any potato can be baked, but for the perfect baked potato with the desired flaky texture, it is recommended that mature, baking-type potatoes such as the Russet be used. Make sure that the skin has a nice even brown tone without a greenish cast.
To make the cooking easier, boiled the potatoes half cook. Drain . You make a hole in the centre of the potato and stuff it with a sambal meat. Wrap it with an aluminium foil. Bake it in the oven.

NOTE: Wrapping the potato in aluminum foil will produce a soft skin, too, but technically this is steaming rather than baking (as the moisture in the potato remains trapped) and the light, flaky texture will be missing.
To make the sambal, all you need to do is to fry garlic, add minced meat with a tomoto puree. Stir until the meat turn colour then add in thymes leaves. Lastly fold in with the mayonaise.

Tahniah Abang Tan!

2008-03-17T22:29:00.002+08:00

This is Perak's new MB. YB Ir Haji Mohamad Nizar Jamaluddin. Kalau my arwah bapak is still alive, I'm sure he will be very proud of Abang Tan's achievement - one of his closest nephews.
Alhamdulillah. I hope he would be able to carry out his duties effectively and efficiently. InsyaAllah.
Tahniah Abang Tan and Kak Timah! (err, tak de kenduri ke?)

Strawberry Muffin

2008-03-16T13:27:00.011+08:00

My apology to all for neglecting this space for quite some time. Sibuk a bit - been busy with a new project (can't tell yet lah! Will inform once all system go).

I'll try to update this blog more regularly. In the meantime, yesterday my Alia and Asma baked this simple muffin - strawberry muffin. By right, they should have been using fresh strawberry but found out that it was all rotten. So they fell right back to plan B - used strawberry paste instead and some pink colouring (for that extra colour lar).

Here is the recipe.

Ingredients:
125 gram butter
100 gram sugar
180 gram self rising flour
150 l fresh milk
2 eggs
2 tsp soda bicarbonate
1 tsp strawberry paste
pink colouring

Method:

1. Preheat your oven to 350F-Grease and floor muffin pan-Melt kan butter and add in sugar-stir it and then pour milk .Add in eggs and strawberry paste.

2. In another bowl, mix the flour with the sodium bicarbonate.

3. Combine the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and fold it.

4. Pour into the muffin pan ( only fill each cup 1/2 or 2/3 full) and bake for about 15-20 minutes.

More info about making muffin

The main method is to combine the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. You can use the spatula or fork to combine the mixture.

Do not over mix, it will make your muffin tough.

Use paper or foil muffin cup to keep the muffin moist and cantik.

Muffins should be baked in the centre of the oven.

Cuba lah....

Biskut dari Gopeng

2008-02-08T15:06:00.000+08:00

Went back to my kampung last weekend. We dropped by a charming old Chinese grocery store in Gopeng. And found these two delightful "biskut kering" of yesteryears.

This, if I'm not mistaken, is known as Biskut Kepala Lutut. Silly name, I know. This is good if eaten while you are having a Kopi O or Teh O. Steaming hot. With loved ones. When I was younger, we used to crush the biscuit before mixing it with grated coconut and lots sugar. Ahh, heaven!

This I do not know the name. Can someone help here? It's coated with sugar and tasted as good.

Chilled Blueberry Cheese Cake

2008-01-24T15:03:00.000+08:00

This a lazy person's cheesecake. It is so easy that you don't even have to bake. How's that? And it tastes good too... a bit like ice-cream. But it is still a cake. Here I'm using blueberry filling. But you can also use strawberry.

Ingredients:
500g cream cheese
60g butter
100g biscuit crumbs
200g whipped cream
100g caster sugar
250g blueberry filing
1 tbsp gelatin+3tbps water (dissolve in hot water)

Methods:
Mix biscuit crumbs with butter. Press it into the base of spring foam cake tin and chilled for 10 minutes.
Mix whipped cream, cheese and sugar. Blend all these until smooth. Then add in he dissolved gelatin. Finally pour in the blueberry filling.
Pour the mixture on top of the biscuit base. Chilled the cake overnight. In the fridge.
You wake up the necxt day and there's a cheese cake waiting for you in the fridge. Isn't that cool?

Tips:

1. Blend the cheese cream before you add in the sugar and whipped cream for that fluffy texture.

2. You may replace whipped cream with sour cream.

3. Depending on your preference, you may mix the blueberry filling with the cream cheese mixture (like I did) or you can just pour it on top of the mixture as a topping.

Pulut with Gulai Taucu

2008-01-19T19:38:00.000+08:00

This morning, I made this for breakfast. A rather nostalgic breakfast fare, actually. Pulut (glutinuous rice) with gulai taucu ikan bilis dengan cili hijau (taucu with anchovies and green chillie soup). When I was young, my arwah bapak would have this as his main breakfast staple. On our way to school, we would usually stopped by a small warung in Sungai Lesong (somewhere in Tapah/Kampar area) for him to have his daily dose of pulut with gulai taucu. He wouldn't let me joined in as he figured I was too young to be having a pulut so early in the morning. No wonder he suffered from hypertension.

Nowadays, when we balik kampung to my sister's place in Kuala Dipang, husband and I would frequent this one gerai near her place for breakfast. Reason being, the gerai sells pulut with gulai taucu. Sedap.

Honey Curry Chicken

2008-01-04T16:15:00.000+08:00

My family and I love eating. And we enjoy sampling a wide variety of food.
Obviously I love cooking too. I love food that's bursting with fantastic aroma and flavours. Like this Honey Curry Chicken. A recipe taken from my sister. Of course I reworked the recipe to my liking.
This recipe is deliciously special that I truly suggest you to try it. It allows you to combine something simple with a few other ingredients to create a dish that is perfectly full of flavours.

Ingredients:

1 whole chicken ( cleaned and cut into 16 pieces)
2 small packet of chilli powder
10 dried chilies (blended)
3 clove of large onions
2 clove of garlic
2cm of ginger
curry leaves
2 sticks cinnamon
2 star anise
a bit of oyster sauce
1/2 cup honey
salt and sugar to taste
oil for frying

Method:

Fry the chicken until 3/4 done. Set aside
Heat the pan with oil. Add in onions, ginger, garlic, cinnamon sticks, and curry leaves.
Stir fry for 5 minutes until the beautiful aroma fill your kitchen
Add in dried chillies (blended) until the colour changes.
Meanwhile, add water to chili powder and pour it into the pan.
Add in the honey and oyster sauce. Sprinkle the sugar and salt to your liking
Finally, add in the chicken,. Stir fry for another 5 minutes.
It's now ready for you to enjoy. Try it.

Tips and tricks:

Only add in the honey and chili powder towards the end of your cooking time as it will make the taste of the dish bitter if you overcook it.

Steamed Chocolate Cake

2007-12-31T09:06:00.000+08:00

Received a call that my husband's young cousins from the other side of KL wanted to come over during the weekend. So I've baked these cup chocolate cakes. Or rather steamed the cakes. Really simple. There's no need even to use a mixer. And it doesn't take you long. Bak kata orang, you are done in a jiffy!

Ingredients:

1/2 cup of chocolate powder

1 cup caster sugar

125gm butter (melted)

1 cup water

1/2 cup condensed milk

1 1/2 cup plain flour

1 teaspoon soda bicarbonate

1 teaspoon baking powder

3 eggs

Method:

1. Melt the butter with sugar, chocolate powder and water

2. Let it cool for 15 minutes

3. Pour the condensed milk into the mixture

4. Stir it and gradually add in the eggs

5. Lastly add the flour, baking powder and bicarbonate soda

6. Steam it for 30 to 40 minutes

Chicken Tomato Sandwich

2007-12-28T00:05:00.000+08:00

My daughters and I are not really into sandwiches. Okay, occassionally, I did serve up the usual Malaysian-style sandwiches fare like sandwich sardines of sandwich telur. You know, the ones that we usually buy from the Kedai Serbaneka at petrol stations.

However, a little imagination can turn a platter of sandwiches into a sensational assortment of unexpected combinations of chicken, eggs, and tomato. Which I accidentally unearthed this morning while preparing breakfast. And the best part is that my daughters and (and later on the man of the house as well when he got home) simply love it.

I called it chicken tomato sandwich. It is rather simple. It only took me 10 minutes to prepare the whole thing up (but then again sandwiches should be ready in the shortest possible time pun kan?)

All I did was to firstly marinate the chicken with salt, white pepper and black pepper. Marinate it for a minute. Then put the chicken in a wok and add in a spoonful of butter. When the chicken turns brownish, add in the onion and tomato (cubed). Stir for another minute and do not forget to add a dash of Lea & Perrins sauce as well (kalau tak de kicap biasa pun boleh). And in no time, sandwiches' filling is done. Then toast the bread (the usual white bread from Gardenia will do but if you are health conscious then the wholemeal it is).
Put the chicken tomato in between two slices of bread and untuk menambah rasa, add in a sunny side up egg as well. Sedap. Sensational.

December is my busy month

2007-12-25T12:30:00.000+08:00

I did not expect this school holiday to be like this. I was caught up in endless cooking sessions. One after another. From various 'kenduris' to several family gatherings and of course Hari Raya Aidil-Adha. I am truly exhausted. That's the reason for my absence from the blogosphere these past few weeks.
Well I am back! Here are some of the snapshots of what I've been up to ... (the pix were rather poor because we were busy entertaining and enjoying ourselves...)

First stop was a trip to Sitiawan, Perak where my dear Kak Encik (my delightful cousin) is staying and she's planning a kenduri bersunat for her youngest son Hadim. My three girls and I took a bus to Ipoh and then tumpang a ride with my sister to her place. It's not that easy because I have to bring along a big box of cake. (Bapak tak ikut because kena kerja)
Now, the thing with Kak Encik was she wanted a full-blown kenduri like orang kahwin. And the best part was that she wanted to masak sendiri. Verrry exciting. Only problem was there're only herself, my sister Kak and I who would be doing the cooking for more than 200 guests. In addition, she wanted both my sister and I to handle the pelamin, the bunga telur, the cakes and the whole works. Very the mengada-ngada. And she wanted this car-shaped cake. I tell you that it's not really trendy anymore to have such a cake but she was very stubborn. And it's not easy to decorate a cake at her house. Alhamdulillah, everything turned out well. The kenduri was a success. Yeay to the cooks!

Here's the "pengantin" Hadim sitting very handsome on the pelamin.

Kak Encik wanted a unique looking meja pengantin (banyak ragam kan?) . So I became overly creative and decided to just lambakkan the ayam bulat and other fruits and salads onto banana leaves. Well, something different lah jugak. The guests were pretty impressed... perhaps they thought this is the latest trend from KL. Hahahah.

The day after, the crew at the kenduri decided to reward themselves by going for a day excursion to nearby Pangkor Island. It was fun and exciting. There were about 18 of us going over that day. Kak Encik belanja. Shukran. Semoga murah rezeki. Amin. That's us in the ferry going over (Front: atie, Alia and Shida. Back row: Faizah, Yong, Kak and Mrsgoodthings.)

Two days later, I went back to USJ with two extra passengers (Afiq , Kak Encik's son, and Nizam, Yong's son). Depa nak jalan2 kat KL. Next day pulak, my two sisters and their families also came over plus my mak. Reason was to attend our nephew's (Naim) engagement ceremony. As the girl's place is only about 5 minutes away, our home became the operation centre for the whole family. My Sister In Law brought all the hantaran to our place for us to touch up. And she brought food too. That's the future bride (Miza) with us the aunts and future mom in law.

Oh yes, in between all these kelam-kabut, we managed to also organise a small birthday party for Bapak who turned 43 on Dec 14. Here's birthday cake. Happy Birthday! Moga Diberi kesihatan keimanan dan rezeki yang berkat. Amin. Sorry, ramai sangat orang terlupa ambik gambar.

By the way, my sister was supposed to go back to Kampar the day after the majlis bertunang but ended up staying back to celebrate Hari Raya Haji with us. Even her eldest daughter and son in law came up to join us later on. In between, we cook and cook and ate and ate. And we also found time making several trips to Ikea, Ikano, The Curve, Sunway Pyramid, Summit USJ, Mydin Hypermarket, CineLeisure and Subang Parade. Sempat tengok movies I Am Legend and The Golden Compass lagi.Very busy oooo.

Here's our Raya Haji spread... spaghetti bolognaise, nasi himpit and nasi tomato. Kenyangggg!

Rendang Daging Cili Padi

2007-12-01T09:49:00.001+08:00

Since I tried this recipe, this dish has become a hit in my family. Makan dengan nasi panas...wow ..terangkat. Even when my sister came over last week, she makan berkali-kali. Thanks to my dear Zai (www.zaitgha-dayindayout.blogspot.com) ..my blogger friend for the recipe. I tried this recipe a few times but only this time, I manage to take a good picture. Mouth watering, really?
For the recipe, just click her blog. ...

Kitchen Moment 2: Banana Split

2007-11-25T22:53:00.000+08:00

School holiday. Been busy. Plans to have a regular Kitchen Moment session with the girls do not happen as often as I want it to be. Anyway, this weekend, my Mak, sister and her kids came over (ada kenduri kahwin in Serendah and they decided to drop by). Since the nieces are also here, decided to rope in all of them for Kitchen Moment session - this time its Banana Split. Havoc... it's not easy managing so many "kepala" who are more interested to eat rather than learning how to make classy Banana Split. And most of them prefer the banana split without the banana. Kacau betul. Makanya the end result did not turn out as expected.

The Recipe:
This is extremely easy. Tutup mata also can do.
First, you go out and buy the ice cream - chocolate, vanilla and strawberry flavours.
Then do not forget to buy banana.
Once you are back in the kitchen, slice the banana into two.
Put in a plate and sprinkle the brown sugar on top. Heat it in a microwave for two minutes.
Then let it cool before putting the banana in an oval shaped bowl. Then scoop the three flavoured ice cream on top. Sprinkle chocolate rice or chocolate cream. If you are "rajin" pipe whipped cream on top and finish it with a cherry. Macam kat A&W tu. Then you eat.

Our Anniversary Feast

2007-11-20T23:47:00.000+08:00

Time flies! Real "cepat-cepat"! And here I am enjoying 14 year of marriage bliss. Yes, yesterday both sang suami and I celebrated our 14 anniversary. Alhamdulillah!
To celebrate, hubby took us to this neat new eating place at the new Sunway Pyramid wing called Fig And Olive. It's a Singapore-based chain specialising on Halal Mediteranean cuisine. Like the new Pyramid wing, Fig and Olive just opened its door about a month ago - a first in Klang Valley (they had another one in JB and like seven outlets in the republic.)
So we makan-makan... not bad though.

But me, being me still wanted to cook something for the occasion. So today, on the anniversary of our kenduri kahwin (yesterday was the official anniversary date) at my mak's place exactly 14 years ago (20.11.1993), I surprised the Groom yang veteran ini dengan these two dishes...

1. Chicken Terrayaki with Spicy Spaghetti Bolognese

It's a fusion between Japanese and Italian, as I'm sure you all are aware. It's a hit among my daughters. And the man of the hour simply love it. And for dessert.... tada

2. a Tiramisu cake - one of my favourite cake which I haven't baked for a longest time.

My Asma could not remember ever having it but like everybody else, they gobbled the cake in record time.

Look at the layer inside, sinful sesangat. It comprises of sponge cake, cheese, coffee and lemon, covered with thick and rich whipped creamed with sprinkled cocoa powder. Fulamak! Jemput ke rumah kalau nak rasa...

Kitchen Moments with your Kids

2007-11-13T21:32:00.000+08:00

Since dah lama tak berblog, maka tercetuslah idea to post entry on kid’s recipe. I hope such entries will help you to go through the school holidays in a more enjoyable manner where you and your kids will have a fun time in a kitchen. Just like what I’m hoping for with the girls and I here.
To kick off such entry, the girls and I decided to bake a cake. A simple one. It has been decided that we will have a kitchen moment together once a week until the end of school holiday. My girls, chef Alia, chef Asma and chef Arissa will be responsible in gathering all the ingredients, cracking eggs, pouring flour, stirring, mixing etc. The Mak will only supervise -- I am enjoying this.
I hope with this experience, we will help them become independent in the kitchen, as well as an opportunity for them to learn how to follow instructions, basic math skills, nutrion and cleaning up.
It will be fun!…………or a disaster? So for the first session, we made this....

Ingredient:

1 packet of biskut marie.

11/2 cups of water.

1/2 cup sugar.

1/2 cup milo.

2tbsp susu pekat.

2tbsp butter.

1tbsp cocoa powder.

1 egg.

Method:

Whisk egg in a small bowl

Pour in a pan together with water, sugar, milo, milk, butter and cocoa powder.

Put it in a slow fire-stir

After 5 minutes add 'biskut marie' and stir it very gently.

Cook until the biscuits is soft.

Transfer it to the baking pan and what do you know... it's ready.......and ready to eat. Yes, cake yang tak perlu dibakar.

Don't forget to pelawa your parents and sibling to eat together.

One slice...one bite
Finally, we named it 'Crazy Marie'....

BASIC TIPS FOR COOKING WITH KIDS

#Begin your child's kitchen adventure with...wooden spoons, plastic or metal mixing bowls, wire whisk, plastic or aluminium measuring cups, and a child sized apron.

# Safety first- Keep young children away from a hot stove, oven, sharp knives dan apa-apa bahan yang sewaktu dengannya.

# Allow even the youngest chef to pour the ingredients into a bowl; flour, sugar, eggs etc. #Remember to turn the mixer off first

#.Cracking eggs can be a challenge for little chefs. Allow them to practice a bit by cracking the eggs into a separate bowl at first. Then you can remove any shells before adding the eggs to remaining ingredients.

#But most important rules:Mak mesti ada with their kids. Jangan tidur atau pergi shopping

Happy 11th Birthday, Arissa!

2007-11-08T22:33:00.001+08:00

My youngest turns 11 today. It's already a family tradition that for birthdays, we would go out for makan-makan and then organise a cake cutting ceremony (hah! very formal one) at home afterwards. And normally, as the case with Alia's and Asma's birthdays last August, I would cook something (usually a favourite of the birthday girl or boy) to go along with the cake cutting event. Unfortunately, it was not to be this year for Arissa. I mean I didn't cook for her. I fell sick. Really sick. In fact I'm quite sick now and I've asked the Bapak to help me upload the photos. And for him to spell check this entry as well. (Lots of spelling mistakes lah, fening fening!)

This is Arissa. The Birthday Girl. We went to Secret Recipe at Subang Parade. Because she wanted pasta. And Arissa, Alia and Bapak ordered Spaghetti Meatball. Asma and I were having Black Pepper Chicken.
Arissa and her Bapak. Peace to you my darling!

Back home, Arissa was esctatic with her Birthday gifts from Bapak, me, her kakaks and Opah Temoh. er, by the way that Famous Amos hamper on the right was mine, a gift from my hubby. This year, whenever our girls celebrated birthdays, he would gave me something too. Said that I should be getting something too as I played a vital role in delivering our babies. How sweet, dont you all think so?

I managed to bake a chocolate cake for Arissa this morning. It doesn't look that good as I' still shivering from sickness. But Bapak said it tastes good! Alhamdulillah.

Arissa and her Kakaks - Asma and Alia.

The girls bukak hadiah, lupa lak nak makan.

As I'm too sick to even lift a finger, and Bapak is busy ambik gambar, my girls set the table for our birthday dinner at home. Thanks , sayang!

Lauk-pauk dinner Birthday Arissa. We ordered two large Domino's Pizza and chicken wings. And then my neighbour Sabrina sent this wonderful Mee Bandung and fried chicken over. Rezeki. She and her husband Jefry had a Raya Open House by the pool earlier on. We went over after coming back from Subang Parade... sedap2 makanan - apart from mee bandung, she had the usual lemang, nasi himpit plus rendang and Nasi Ayam. Then of course segala kuih-muih. Sedap.

Bread pudding with sauce

2007-11-03T15:29:00.000+08:00

This liberally spiced bread pudding with creamy sauce and raisins sprinkled on top is really a hit at home. My family love it, especially my Arissa. The other night, I made this pudding and she simply wiped her plate real clean, macam tak payah basuh pulak the plate. Don't you just feel wonderful when your "air tangan" simply disappear in a matter of minutes.
I have several bread pudding recipes in my collection but this one is the winner. I learned this from a dear friend and mentor Kak Joy of Taman Tun. Mentor tu..

Ingredient:
8 slices of bread
100gram of brown sugar
2 eggs
250 gram fresh milk
Raisins and cinnamon powder to sprinkle on top
Method:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Glaze a baking pan with butter.
Break bread into small pieces .
Line it into an 8 inch square baking pan.
In a medium mixing bowl, combine eggs, milk, sugar.
Whisk until well mixed.
Pour over bread, and lightly push down with a fork until bread is covered and soaking up the egg mixture.
Sprinkle the raisins on top.
Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until the top springs back when lightly tapped.

Sauce
250 gram of fresh milk.
2tbsp of plain flour.
Salt to taste.

Put the mixture into a pot and stir continuously over a low heat for 10-15 minutes.

And here it is.....yummy. yummy.

ummmph......

Nampak 'elegant' and yet very simple to make....kan!

Notes:

#You can also sprinkle a cheese on top of it and the taste will definetely be ..superb!

Daging Masak Hitam

2007-10-29T19:15:00.000+08:00

Daging Masak Hitam is a common dish among Malaysians especially during Raya. Still in a mode of Raya ehh..why not you try this for your Raya open house. This particular recipe is rather easy. For one, you don't have to go through all the trouble of having to marinate the beef with various spices and what not. I assure you that the end result is delicious nevertheless. All you need to do is to follow and exercise the correct technique.

I learned this recipe from my sister's MIL many many years ago when I was still single. In fact, my hubby loves this dish very much. I believed that I cooked this dish when we first got married and he keeps on asking me to cook it over and over again.

Ingredient A:

1kg of beef
500 gram chilli paste(cili boh)
1/2 bottle ofsoy sauce(kicap)
2 tbsp of thick soy sauce( kicap pekat)
5-6 cloves of red onions(bawang besar)-sliced
2tbsp of fried onion-blend
1 cup of tamarind juice
4-5 tbsp sugar
Salt to taste
1 cup of oil

lngredient B:

4 cloves of shallots-sliced
3 cloves of garlic-sliced
2 cinnamon
2 star anise

Method:
Cook beef chunk in water until it tender and cut into slices.
Heat oil in a wok and fry the red onion until the onion turn brown-set aside.
Reheat wok and fry ingredient B until fragrant.
Add the chilli paste and cooked it until the colour change.
Add sugar and stir for another 5 minutes.
Pour in both soy sauce and tamarind juice.
Stri occasionally so that the mixture does not stick to the wok.
Put in the beef and cooked it until the red oily layer comes out.
Add in the fried onion and continue stir.
Put in salt to taste and cook it until beef in tender and the gravy is thick.
Finally put in the blended fried onion.
Done.

Tips and trick:
# Only use chilli paste( chilly boh) that you buy directly from the shop. Refrain from using homemade blended dried chilli bacause as it will affect the taste and the look.
#Be generous with the oil as it will make the red oily layer come out nicely.
#Make sure that you fried the onion thoroughly as it will bring out the aroma of the dish.
#For the blended fried onion that you add in towards the end of the cooking, use the one that you can buy from the shop. The more you add in , more thicker the gravy will be. You can use this technique whenever you cook any other dishes.
#You may sprinkle the raisin on top of the dish.

Curry Mee

2007-10-26T10:41:00.000+08:00

This particular recipe of curry-mee was given by my eldest sister when we went to her house for raya recently. It is quite similar with any other curry-mee recipe except that it can be done without having to add in the usual rencah (like chicken, shrimp, beef etc). You can just make do with dried anchovies and a cube chicken stock. It is very simple and yet the taste stays marvellous. It was so easy that i whipped up this recipe when we had a sudden exodus of guests last week.

This recipe is meant for 50-60 people. So, measure accordingly lah...

Ingredient:
For the curry

1 packet of beef curry powder(medium size)+ 1 cup of water
2 kg of thick coconut milk
1 cm fresh ginger-sliced
3 stalks of lemon grass
4 cloves garlic-sliced
6 cloves of shallots
250g(segenggam) dried anchovies-pounded
5-6 cubes of maggi chicken stock
curry leaves
2 stick of cinnamon
2 star anise(bunga lawang)
3 packet of fish cake or fish ball
Oil
Salt

For the garnishing

Yellow noodles(mee), red chillies, limes, fried shallots, bean sprout, corriander, spring onion, hard boiled egg, sawi and a long bean.

Method :

Heat the oil in a pot.
Fry the ginger, garlic, shallots, cinnamon, star anise and a curry leaves until fragrant.
Add in curry powder.
Fry for 10 minutes.
Add chicken stock and dried anchovies bring to boil.
Add coconut milk, lemon grass and salt.
Simmer the curry over low heat.
Add fish cake and fish ball
Keep warm

To serve
Put some bean sprouts, sawi and long bean and noodles and ladle the hot gravy in.
Garnish with sliced chilies, dried shallots, coriander and spring onion and a piece of lime.

Tips and Tricks:

# Only use hot water whenever you made the curry. So, after add in the curry powder, pour in hot boiling water. It will not only make your curry tastier but also delicious looking. And if you must add more water later on, yes you got it right - only use hot water.
#At my sister's place, she served the curry mee with a pudina leaves. I found it is a good combination, so try it haa..

Makan-makan Hari Raya

2007-10-21T16:08:00.000+08:00

Lamanya tak jumpa... buzy with Hari Raya..what else! and I've not been feeling good too..as i was down with a gastric problem. That sort of dampen my raya a bit. However, to know more how I enjoy my raya , you can go to my husband's blog.

I have been meaning to write about the food during raya, but was too busy enjoying it and totally forgotten to take any photos of the food. Here are a few photos that my husband managed to salvage.

This year, my family and I celebrated raya at my sister's place in Kampar, Perak. All my siblings and their families came down too. I enjoyed it sangat-sangat. Everybody were there except for Azham(my niece Faizah's husband who is currently doing his Phd. in Japan), Zaki(Faizah's brother who for some strange reason shy away from joining gathering macam ni - very the anti social), Naim( my nephew who has gone back to U.K last Ramadan to study) and newly weds Farhana and hubby Hasri (they balik kampung Hasri for the first two days of Raya).

My sister (kak) really cooked up a storm this raya, literally..Me? I tolong sikit-sikit jer..almaklumler rumah orang kan. On the first day she cooked Nasi Jagung, Daging Kerutup, Dalca, Rendang Pedas Ayam(ayam pencen pulak tu..), and Nasi impit. She ordered a kuah kacang yang out of this world punya sedap. Kak Zai (my SIL) brought Nasi impit, Lontong, Kuah Kacang and Ayam Goreng while Yong brought Ketupat Palas with rendang (tahun ni Yong tak buat Rendang Tok la..).

Over the next three days , Kak also cooked Mee Goreng, Meehoon Goreng, Nasi Goreng, Mee-Sup and Nasi Putih with lauk-pauk segala ...memang a lot of food...berpadanan ler dengan ramai nya tetamu yang datang.

On the third day of raya, we were all so tired with all the rendangs and lemangs, so we decided to grill burgers and sausages. Here's Hasri and Ana..rajin nampak....

This is Kelamai. A traditional kueh said to only be available in Gopeng, Perak. I bought it for Rm20. It tasted like a cross between dodol and bingka ubi. It was cooked in a bamboo just like lemang but the bamboo is white in colour. Don't ask me how is that so..

Sedapnya...

The men in my family. My hubby is standing second from right with all the other nephews (he thinks he look young here.....yeah.right)

The Ladies pulak...unfortunately I look the biggest.Oh tidak!

Nurul, Alia and Asma - our three beautiful princess

My mom with her grandaughters at my Arwah Bapak's grave.

Fried Shrimp with Kerisik

2007-10-05T22:39:00.001+08:00

I came up with this recipe for our breaking fast yesterday. I used things normally found in my kitchen. The result is simply amazing and delicious. It is easy to do and the cooking time does not take so long and you can still be very impress by the result.

Ingredient:
1 kg of shrimp (medium size)
4 pcs of tofu (tauhu)
2 medium onion-chopped
2 garlic
2 cm Ginger
1 pckt Curry leaves
2 table spoon Chilli powder
2 red chilli
2 green chilli
Coconut oil for frying
2 tbsp grated coconut
2tbsp soy-sauce
A pinch of salt

Method
Leave the shrimp heads and shell on but chop off the eyes part. Marinated it with chilli powder and a pinch of salt. Leave aside for 2-5 minutes. Then fried them until the shrimp turns lightly brown. Then you heat oil in a pan. Cook onion, garlic and ginger. Add curry leaves, marinated shrimp, soy-sauce, tofu and kerisik. Put in red and green chilli. Salt to taste. Cook until shrimp are pink and firm about 2 minutes on each side. Served it hot with rice or bread.

All about Shrimp

Shrimp comes from Italian word for Dublin Bay Prawns
The word prawn used to describe large shrimp and different varieties of shellfish
Shrimp come in a different colours such as gray, pink and white. Its benefits include:
1. Good source of protein
2. Low in saturated fat
3. Excellent source of iron,selenium and vitamins B12, D, andB3
4. Quick and easy to prepare

Yummy!

EGG PUDDING

2007-10-04T17:28:00.001+08:00

I am rather passionate about this particular egg pudding. If you want a fast and delicious dessert, I suggest you should try this recipe. I’ve had various egg pudding or pudding caramel recipes but this recipe is so much simple. And did I say delicious too?
Apparently, this particular egg pudding has been the staple dessert in my hubby’s family. I’ve first tasted it when we went over to his aunt’s place in Ipoh. The delightful Wan Chu (or simply Chu as we affectionately call her) made this one day (loooong time ago when we first got married) and I just love it. Of course I asked for the recipe. And I have been using this recipe ever since.
But a word of caution, you’ve got to be very careful and follow the instructions to the T when making this pudding or otherwise the result would not be as tasty.

Ingredient:
For the Custard
10 eggs
A tin ( a small ones) of condensed milk
2 ½ tin (using the same condensed milk tin) of cool water (refrigerated water)

For the caramel
350g palm sugar
1 cup of water
1 strand of pandan leaf

Methods:
To make the custard, whisk the egg for 2 minutes. Add all the milk and the cool water. Whisk further. Then strain the mixture into a bowl. Leave it aside.
To make the caramel, place the palm sugar, water and pandan leaf in a pan and stir gently over low heat until sugar dissolve. Then strain the sugar mixture. Leave it aside.Then you ready the steamer over low heat fire and arrange the small bowls in it. Pour the caramel into these cups – about 1/3 of the cup - gently. Then pour in the custard on top, also very slowly. (Don’t worry if the two mixtures seem to be mixed as it will separate itself later). Steam over for 8 to 10 minutes until you can see small holes on the custards.

Then you makan.
You can serve the pudding this way...

... or like this.

Badak Berendam

2007-09-30T00:53:00.000+08:00

This is one of the traditional kuih (sweets) that we usually make during Ramadan. Both my husband and his eldest brother love it. Yes, to these days I still wonder why the name is as such. Every Ramadan, my Asma will always asks the same question (you see she’s the one who will spend most of her time helping me in the kitchen especially during Ramadan).

Badak Berendam (literally means soaking rhinocerous). Rather odd and off but it is one delicious and sweet kuih. It’s not that difficult to make. In fact, if you know the technique, Badak Berendam is rather easy just like making another Malaysian favourite Buah Melaka.

Ingredient:
For the fillings:
250g palm sugar (gula merah)
Shredded coconut (from one coconut)
A pinch of salt

For the wrap (the badak, hmm)
300g glutinous rice flour (tepung pulut)
1 cup water
A pinch of salt

For the sauce
½ kilo of coconut milk
A pinch of salt
1 tablespoon flour

Methods:

Mix all the ingredients for the filling in a pan and put in on fire (medium) for 15 to 20 minutes. Set it aside to cool.
Mix all the ingredients for the wrap until fluffy.
Then take a small amount of the mixed flour (a size of a marble) and stuff it with the filling. Do as many as desired.
In the meantime, sprinkle sugar in a bowl and arrange all the badaks in it.
Pour the sauce in the bowl. Make sure the sauce does not cover the badaks altogether, at least half soak. Steam them for about 5 to 8 minutes.
Then serve it hot. Done.

Tagged: All Five

2007-09-30T00:12:00.000+08:00

I was tagged by my husband (of all people…). I’m really not good with this thing but here goes..

Five things in my hand bag:
1-My purse given by my husband.
2-Minyak cap kapak.
3- Bil- bil rumah (Yang dah bayar jer..yg belum lg simpan kat dalam fail)
4.-Lipstic and a small mirrow
5. Bedak compact Johnson&Johnson

Five things in my wallet:
1. Mykad
2. My driving license
3. My beloved husband’s photos.
4. My picture with my husband and Faizah (my niece) masa mula-mula Faizah nak pergi Jepun dulu.(It was more than five years ago)
5. Banyak-banyak……… duit syiling.

Five things in my favourite room (Bedroom):
1. My pillow. And my favourite katil
2. Aircondition( Kalau aircond rosak ke – macam hari tu – I lari tidur kat bilik lain)
3. Shelf or mantelpiece betul-betul kat belakang katil yang I letak bunga dan lilin .
4. This one purple notice board
5. My dressing table (it was actually a side table that we bought like 13 years ago – the table had gone around the house from living room to dining area to kitchen and now it resides in my bed room. Cantik ler pulak)

Five things I would like to do:
1. To lose weight gegila babi.
2. To perform umrah and haji with my family
3. To be successful in my new project.
4. To buy this condo and renovate it macam kat dalam catalog Ikea..
5. To buy a new car (mpv kot…).

Five things I'm currently on:
1. Balik raya sebelum raya.( dah tiga tahun raya kat KL…balik kejap jer pada 1 raya)
2. Finishing the 30 quick-mix recipes.
3. Nak khatam Quran tapi dah jauh sangat ketinggalan dengan my mother
4. Taking good care of my mother-in law yang sakit( moga Allah bagi kekuatan..kesabaran).
5. Buat revision dengan Alia dan Arissa for their final exam

Itu saja. Now do I want to tag anybody else? It seems everybody I know have been tagged, so that leaves me with not so many people….okay lar I tag my niece Nisah (buat jer dlm your fotopages), my eldest Alia, Meor (adi’s dad), Mumsie's in Geneva, and Hanny (nun jauh di Japan... tak pe you can do it after Raya)

Untukmu Nurin hanya Al-Fatihah

2007-09-20T19:45:00.000+08:00

Setelah sekian lama menghilang dan dicari, terpempan bila dikejutkan dengan berita bahawa anak kecil yang mati dibungkus di dalam sebuah beg gym adalah Nurin. Begitu hebat cubaan untuk si ayah dan ibu. Kami berkongsi hiba. Al fatihah, anakku Nurin. Semoga berbahagia di syurga sana.

KEK KELADI KAK YAP

2007-09-14T23:25:00.001+08:00

The Yam Cake (pix by Asma)

Today for buka puasa I made a Yam Cake. A favourite of dear hubby. Yam Cake ni actually is famous among the Chinese. It's a chinese dish. Anyway, this particular recipe was by a very dear family friend whom I called Kak Yap.

When I was still in my secondary school, Kak Yap ni was our next door neighbour for a couple of months. She was nurse at Pusat Kesihatan Kampar. When she moved to the hospital quarters not far away, she still datang over our place after work. She cycled over almost everyday. She would cook for us, most of the time. So we learned quite a few Chinese recipe (especially my sister as I was still very young so lebih kepada makan lar).

Even during puasa pun she will come and cook for us like this particular Yam cake. She would join us for buka puasa and when we did our Maghrib prayers, she would sit by watching us. Then we had dinner. Lepas tu we buat session mengaji Al-Quran. After that dia pulang. For many, having a Chinese girl over even for buka puasa every day, let alone cooking for us, would be considered odd but really to us it was nothing.

Then she got married and moved away and we lost contact. Too bad... but now looking back at those days, I simply love being a Malaysian. What a feeling!

Anyway, here I'm sharing you the recipe. Sedap ooooo....

Yam Cake

Bahan-bahannya:
Bahan A
1 biji keladi(saiz sederhana) -dipotong dadu
3 biji bawang merah -dimayang halus
2 sudu sos tiram
Sedikit minyak bijan
Sedikit garam
Minyak untuk menumis

BahanB
2 cawan tepung beras
3 cawan air

Bahan Hiasan

100gram udang kering (digoreng tanpa minyak dan di kisar)
1 bungkus bawang goreng
3 biji cili merah (dihiris)
Daun bawang dan daun sop(dihiris)

Cara membuatnya:

Bahan A

Panaskan minyak dan tumis bawang sehingga wangi

Masukkan keladi dan sedikit air

Masukkan sos tiram, garam dan minyak bijan

Biarkan di atas api sehingga separuh masak dan set aside

BahanB

Bancuh tepung beras dan air

Campurkan dengan bahan A

Kukus

Selepas 10 minit taburkan bahan hiasan ke atas kek keladi dan tekan menggunakan sudu. Selepas 2 minit tabur lagi bahan C dan lakukan semula selepas 2 minit untuk lapisan yang teratas.

Enak dimakan bersama sos cili. (My hubby mesti nak makan dengan Sos Cili Lingam)

Selamat Menyambut Ramadan

2007-09-12T23:45:00.000+08:00

Salam Semua:

Selamat Menyambut Ramadan. Semoga Amal Ibadat Kita diBerkati Allah.

MAJLIS MEMINANG NAIM

2007-09-10T20:40:00.000+08:00

This is Naim trying to "murder" the cake given by the pihak perempuan

Last Saturday, my family and I went to Shah Alam untuk majlis meminang bagi pihak my nephew Naim. Naim is my brother's Nyah third child. And when there's any anak sedara yang nak adakan majlis seperti ini, this auntie took up the opportunity to tunjuk skill buat cookies and cakes. Here are the two buah tangan that we brought along when we went over to the girl's home (which incidentally is located about 5 minutes away from ours)

Actually these cookies were baked by my daughters Asma and Alia. The usual simple cookies. Nothing unusual. Cumanya I sprinkle chocolates and stacked it up like this. Then to hold it together, I tied it with a pink ribbon. Nice, no?

More cookies

It was a simple butter cake with white icing. Since I just learned to do the roses, I went "berserk" and that's why the whole entire cake are covered with white roses.

Hubby said it was too white and suggested I put touches of pink on the cake (like above) to complement the cookies. But the gambar blur ler pulak...

Here's another angle of the cake.

BUTTERCREAM ROSES

2007-08-31T19:59:00.000+08:00

I attempted to make buttercream roses recently. And here's the result. It's not much but considering it was my first attempt, I think these roses are pretty sweet. No? Yes?

UBI KAYU REBUS

2007-08-31T09:30:00.001+08:00

Ubi kayu rebus makan dengan kelapa(dicampurkan dengan sedikit garam dan banyak gula)...panas-panas...tentu sedap lagikan. Minum pulak dengan kopi-o atau teh-o. ummmm.Ubi kayu rebus ni memang special. Selain daripada makan dengan kelapa boleh jugak makan dengan ikan masin + sambal belacan, masak pinjan atau masak kari dengan ikan bilis( kalau ada rezeki saya akan tunjukkan cara memasaknya). Sekali sekala makan ubi kayu rebus memang tak hingat dunia, tambahan pulak kalau isinya lembut dan gebu aje.
Bila tengok gambar ubi kayu rebus ni teringat pulak cerita mak saya masa-masa sebelum merdeka dulu, mak saya cakap memang ubi kayu le makanan utamanya.Daripada buah sampailah kebatangnya boleh dijadikan juadah. Infact kulitnya pun boleh di buat gulai lemak. Katanya, memang dah tak larat lagi nak tengok ubi kayu tapi apakan daya dah tak ada makanan lain, makan aje la.
Bersyukur banyak-banyak, kita sekarang boleh pilih nak makan apa yang kita suka, kan! Melimpah-limpah nikmatnya.
Jadi kalau belum terlambat saya nak ucapkan kepada semua...
'SelamatMenyambut Hari Kemerdekaan Yang ke -50 '.

Asma turns 12

2007-08-27T21:13:00.001+08:00

Asma (centre) with her courts

This entry is a bit late. Been busy. What with the tetamu yang berziarah one after another. Maklumlah cuti sekolah. Alhamdulillah, rezeki.

Anyway last Friday (Aug 24), my second daughter Asma turned 12. My daughter yang paling rajin ke dapur. Yang paling banyak persoalan. And like her other two sisters, paling menyenangkan.

We didn't do anything except we brought her for makan2 at her favourite eating place - the TGIF.

The next night, of course I have to bake a chocolate cake for her. And we had home made pizza as well. She's busy too .... her UPSR's coming.

Anyway, Happy Birthday my sayang Mak!

LEFTOVER STUFFED EGG SALAD

2007-08-20T22:51:00.001+08:00

If you have a leftover food (sambal tumis or spaghetti sauce), why don't you mesh it with mayonnaise and boiled egg yolk.
Stuffed this filling into the boiled egg. Simple and not time consuming. Delicious...try it.

Muffin Durian

2007-08-16T13:13:00.000+08:00

Yesss...... I finally baked muffin durians... after so long... its so fulfilling. I would like to think I invented muffin durian a couple years back (coz I've never come across any like these before.... of course I stand to be corrected. But until then, I'll dream on).
If you have a left-over durian why not give it a try. You'll get a moist muffin if you stuff with a durian filling.
Taste-wise, depending on much you put in the filling, it's simply delicious. And if you are "hantu" durian like me, you'll fill it as much as possible with durian.

To bake this durian muffin, it's rather easy, just like any other muffin but of course please don't simply stuff raw durian into it, no matter how sweet the fruit is.

Below is the recipe for a filling:
Ingredient:
Durians - mesh it.
Corn flour
Custard powder
Brown sugar
Pinch of salt

Fresh milk

(My apology, I don't usually follow exact measurement with this recipe. So let your taste bud take control and simply add in all the above ingredient as you like it.)

Methods:
Put in all the ingredients in a pan and stir it on continuously on a stove until cooked. (make sure its a bit "pekat"). Once it's ready just follow the usual steps in making a muffin. You know, instead of the blueberry jam, stuff it with the durian filling. Then bake it.
To be honest, more often than not, I don't usually make the muffin from scratch. I used Aunty Anne's (original) mix muffin, I cheated a bit. Well, it's o.k ... take a short cut once a while.
I like using Aunty Anne's as the muffin texture comes out really nice. I like it. Those who have tasted my durian muffin love it too.

Overall, the durian filling itself makes this muffin special. I'm pleased with this creation of mine. Clap clap clap.

So go ahead, give it a try..

Alia's 13th Birthday Cake Round 1

2007-08-10T21:46:00.000+08:00

Today is Alia' 13th birthday. Dulu masa dia kecik-kecik selalu teringat bila dah besar nanti macamana ye... segala macam benda yang nak di risaukan. Dari kecik sampailah besar, and as a mother( normal lah tu) dari benda yang sebesar zarah sampailah yang besar-besar semuanya risau but things will go as good as it flow, as long we work for it. Alhamdulillah., I'm proud of her

As in previous years, birthdays in my family are celebrated among ourselves. The dish are usually simple tapi yang penting ada kek. Macam birthday Alia yang ini, I baked this cherry up-side down cake. However, this time around instead of tiup lilin, Alia potong riben dekat kek, macam orang launching event. Actually that idea came about because there are no candles around. Desperate measure call for creative solution.

Some of you may wonder why the title of this entry states Round 1. It just that, every August we celebrate birthday Asma as well. That would be cake round 2. On top of that we usually organise a all-in-one birthday party where we invite Alia's and Asma's girlfriends. That's another cake. Round 3.

Decorating Lamp Shades

2007-08-09T09:02:00.001+08:00

Hi semua,

Tajuk: Projek Terkini Kat Rumah.

Tujuan: Nak selamatkan duit beli lamp shades.

Tarikh buat: Last Friday.

Memang dah lama nak buat projek ni, tapi macam biasa, malas... Jadi minggu lepas, my 3 girls paksa i buat jugak. Tak banyak modalnya cuma beli bunga dan gam uhu jer. Bunga pun beli yang murah , asalkan colournya striking. Hasilnya boleh tahan jugak. Idea ni datangnya dari program Martha Stewart( my fav. tv program).

Ini bahan-bahannya. Bunga, gam, lamp shade yang dah lama dan jemu dipandang.

Kena leraikan setiap kuntum bunga (every petals) supaya mudah di gamkan.

Warna pink ni memang untuk bilik Alia ler.

Yang ini untuk bilik Asma dan Arissa.

Cantikkan... Cubalah... Senang aje...Janji rajin

Apple Crumble Cake

2007-08-03T19:58:00.000+08:00

I baked this Apple Crumble Cake last Saturday. Hari ni baru dapat update blog selepas we all satu family tak berapa sihat. Alhamduliilah now dah ok. For those yang nakkan kelainan dalam resipi dessert, you should try resipi ni.

A Crumble Cake is actually a perfect dessert especially if you want to incorporate fruits in the menu. For instance, you can use peach or blueberry instead of apple. Green apples are commonly use compared to red apple or other types of apple. It is because green apple got both sweet and tangy sour taste.

It can be baked rather quickly and it tastes superb. The batter is somewhat like a pancake batter and all you do is to bake it with the fruit in the oven.

I believe, you will have a fantastic lasting dessert with a beautiful aroma of freshly baked fruits in the air.

You can serve thisApple Crumble Cake with ice-cream or taburkan icing sugar whenever you want to serve it. Below is the recipe. Jom ikut saya buat step-by- step.

Bahan-bahannya:(A)

185 gram Mentega

185 gram Gula Castor

3 biji Kuning telur

Kulit dan jus dari 1 biji lemon

Sedikit garam

Sedikit serbuk kayu manis

300 gram tepung naik sendiri

1 1/2 sudu teh baking powder

4 biji epal hijau

Caranya:
Pukul mentega dengan gula
Masukkan telur dan pukul lagi
Masukkan garam , serbuk kayu manis, jus dan kulit lemon, tepung dan foldkan .
Masukkan ke dalam oven selama 10-15 minit dalalm150 darjah C

Keluarkan dari oven dan susun epal hijau di atasnya.

Bahan -bahan untuk crumble(B)

200 gram tepung kek

1oo gram gula perang

sedikit garam 125 mentega (di cairkan)

Caranya:Masukkan kesemua bahan ke dalam mangkuk dan gaul menggunakan mixer atau boleh gunakan tangan sahaja.

Taburkan adunan tadi di atas susunana epal tadi dan bakar dalam suhu yang sama selama 10-15 minit.

Dah siap pun. Enjoy!!!!

Sambal Tempoyak Kacau

2007-07-29T21:48:00.000+08:00

For those yang suka makan tempoyak seperti saya, ini ada satu resipi sambal tempoyak kacau.

Bahan-bahannya :
3 senduk tempoyak
4 biji cili merah dan sedikit cili padi.
1 batang serai (diketuk).
Sedikit udang kering(kalau tak ada boleh gunakan ikan bilis).
1 helai daun kunyit.
Sedikit serbuk kunyit.
Garam dan gula secukup rasa. Caranya:
Kisar kesemua bahan menggunakan blender(kecuali tempoyak).

Masukkkan bahan yang di kisar ke dalam kuali dan campurkan tempoyak.
Kacau hingga sambal tersebut agak pekat.
Akhir sekali, masukkan garam dan gula. Jika rasanya kurang masam anda boleh masukkan 1 keping asam keping\gelugur.
Anda boleh tambah atau kurangkan gula dan garam mengikut kualiti tempoyak.

Inilah sambal tempoyak kacau. Jika dimakan dengan ulam, wow sedapnya... saya harap anda akan mencuba resipi ini. Selamat mencuba!

Dining Decorations 101

2007-07-26T00:02:00.000+08:00

I love decorating. Once in a while, bila ada close family hold a wedding or celebrate birthday, i will volunteer to decorate the main table. Masa ni la keluar all my ideas and also an opportunity to show off to my dear older sister. Almost always dia mesti jealous punya. Ha, ha, ha.... Anyway here are some samples of my recent kerjatangan. Tak ada lah cantik sangat tapi oklah. Yang penting I did it with a minimal budget, using mostly barang-barang yang dah sedia ada kat rumah.

Limau kasturi as a centrepiece, diselitkan bunga babybreath. Ini masa my niece punya malam nikah last June.
This is the main table. To make it more romantic i taburkan rose petals all over the table.

Pandangan sisi the main table.

This is a tea-spread masa the same niece bertunang last November. It is a buffet spread so i susun all the kuih-muih atas dulang to make it kemas and elegant. To enhance the spread, i put fresh flowers kat atas cup cakes. Nampak macam mat salleh ler...

Ini pulak masa Alia and Asma calebrated their birthday last year. It was an all girls party where they invited their close friends. Pening jugak nak come-up with a pre-teen punya party decoration but Alhamdulillah they seemed to like it. I pasted each guest punya nama kat paper cup. Selain unik dan cantik it minimizes pembaziran paper cup. I used colourful paper wrappers as a table cloth. Lepas itu i lekatkan large beads along the border of the papers to secure it. To finish it of, i selitkan fresh flowers pulak. Definetely a girls's party.

From another angle.

Shepherd's Pie

2007-07-25T09:14:00.001+08:00

While in school, my best friend is Doreen Fong. Oh! That was many many many years ago. We clicked as we both (even at that young age, would you believe it?) like to try new recipes. She would sometimes came over my place, stayed overnight (normally waktu cuti sekolah) and turned my mother's kitchen upside down.
This Shepherd's Pie recipe(as above) was given by my dear Doreen (who's now had settle down in Miri, jauh la Doreen) while we were in Form 5. I've modified it over the years and now it's a hit among my nieces, nephews and younger cousins especially that gentleman from Ipoh - Meor Hamzah.

Ingredients A(Fillings):

From left:

Mix vege, minced chicken/beef, sos tiram, mushroom, garlic, salt, white pepper, oregano and thymes(centre).

Fry the garlic and then add mushroom.

Add mix vege

Masukkan minced chicken / beef .

Campurkan sedikit air lebihan mushroom.

Add salt, white pepper, oregano and thymes.

Finally campurkan sos tiram/soy sauce and cooked until dry.

Ingredient B (Pastry):

From left:

USA potatoes,butter, white pepper,cheese,milk.
Boiled the potatoes first in their jacket with salt until soft. Cool it and peeled skin.

To make it easier, blend all the ingredients, rather than mashed it using fork. You can add more milk.

Masukkan ing.B kat dalam bekas .

Put the filling on top of it.

Coverkan the filling dengan remaining potatoes.

Taburkan cheese kat atasnya( you can use any types of cheese).

Put it in the oven and bake until lightly brown.

Done. Yummy... yummy

Flowers At Home

2007-07-23T15:04:00.001+08:00

Hi semua!
Bunga...saya suka bunga.Ada bermacam-macam jenis bunga di sekeliling kita. Ada bunga raya, bunga kekwa, bunga cempaka dan lain-lain lagi. Perempuan ibarat bunga! Begitulah kata orang. Dekat mana persamaannya saya tak tau , yang pasti perempuan suka bunga.
Anda ceria hari ini? Jika anda hendak ceriakan sesiapa, berilah bunga. When you want to say 'sorry' ke 'I love you' ke or 'Happy Birthday' ke.. kat sesiapa 'Say it with flowers'. Ewah..bila agaknya saya nak dapat bunga?
Saya memang tak pandai arrange bunga. Entah kenapa macam tak menjadi je..jadi kat rumah, saya lebih suka gunakan pasu bunga. Macam-macam jenis pasu yang saya gunakan . Kadang-kadang tak payah beli pun.. let's check it out.

Ini bunga kat ruang tamu, pasu tu jug kaca aje, ambik kat rumah mak mertua( tak digunakan lagi). Cantik tak?

Bunga ni baru beli kat IKEA semalam. Pasu dan bunga tu only cost RM30.

Ini pasu antik. Ranting tu beli kat Puchong masa Hari Raya lepas. Kami gantung kad raya macam dulu-dulu gitu. Kad raya pun ambik dekat office suami sebab sekarang orang tak pakai kad raya dah, pakai sms atau e-mail je.

Bunga di meja makan . Balang besar tu ada penutupnya. Asalnya untuk balang gula kut. Dulu saya letak koleksi gula yang di kutip kat serata tempat(eg: hotels and restaurants). Bila suatu masa dulu gula susah nak cari, kami pakai gula tu sampai habis.

Well, ini fresh flowers! Saya akan pastikan rumah saya mesti ada fresh flowers. Apa salahnya spend sikit kan, nampaklah real sikit.So, bunga ni akan bertukar-tukar colour setiap 2 atau 3 minggu. Nak bagi bunga segar ni lambat layu, selalu-selalulah tukar airnya dan potong sikit di bahagian batangnya. Pasunya jug ala-ala orang putih...sesuai.

Ini bunga pemberian Asma dan Arissa sempena Hari Ibu yang lepas. Saya cuba nak sorok bunga ni, tapi tak boleh, sebab bila Arissa nampak dah tak ada kat atas meja, dia akan cakap 'Mak! mana bunga saya bagi tu? Sampai hati mak! Uhuk..uhuk what a taste...!

Anda perasan tak, pasu tu apa dia? Kukus lama.. saya beli kat kedai pinggan mangkuk dikampung.

Bunga ala-ala romantik. Bila romantik tu, letak lah lilin kat sebelahnya. Itu gelas aje. Senang didapati di mana-mana kedai.

Ini bunga yang dah siap design kat klip langsir. Letak kat dalam bilik untuk menyerlahkan kelambunya.

Bunga kering kat Cameron Highlands. Saya beli sebab masa tu murah dan cantik pulak. Cina yang jual tu cakap 'ini bunga paling kurang 4 tahunbaru gugur punya'. Baru aje sebulan bunga-bunganya dah berguguran ala-ala musim gugur.

Bunga di gantung di pintu masuk bilik Asma dan Arissa.

Bunga ni kat side table bilik Alia, masa ambik gambar ni dia masih tidur lagi.

Ini macam pokok taugeh je. Tapi masih elegant kan! Gelas tu bunga telur anak sedara kahwin. Orang lain guna untuk minum, saya buat untuk hiasan.

Bunga ni kat atas peti sejuk. Pasu tu plastik tempat isi botol peti sejuk lama.

Kesian kat bunga ni, betul-betul kat sebelah dapur. Hari-hari kena sedut asap dapur, dah kotor awak ye....

Bubur Nasi Sempoi

2007-07-21T22:05:00.000+08:00

Selamat Hujung Minggu!
Selalunya orang-orang K.L jarang sekali nak sarapan awal-awal pagi pada hujung minggu kan! Bila hari dah meninggi maka alkisahnya makanan untuk breakfast pun dah habis kat restoran ataupun gerai -gerai. Hari ni saya nak bagi resipi bubur nasi ayam/Ikan bilis. Bukan resipinya yang istimewa tapi tekniknya, supaya anda tak pening kepala untuk masak sarapan terutama untuk anak-anak bila nak pergi sekolah.
1. Lebihan nasi selepas makan malam tu janganlah di buang. Anda masukkan air di dalam rice-cooker bersama-sama dengan lebihan nasi tadi.
2. Masukkan hirisan ayam/ daging/ ikan bilis ke dalam rice -cookertersebut.
3. Campurkan lada sulah dan garam.
4. On kan periuk nasi dan anda pergilah tidur...zzzzzz.

Apabila anda bangun pagi, masukkan sedikit minyak bijan dan kacau bubur nasi tersebut. Sediakan bahan -bahan untuk tabur di atasnya seperti bawang goreng( beli aje), daun sup dan daun bawang, hirisan halia dan apa-apa sahaja ikut citarasa sendiri. Nak lebih enak lagi anda boleh masukkan bihun goreng ( seperti su'un goreng yang di makan dengan soto).Anda boleh sediakan bahan-bahan ini terlebih dahulu dan di simpan di dalam peti sejuk. Jadi lebih mudah lah anda nak sediakan sarapan.
Fikirkan lah... sambil tidurpun anda boleh sediakan hidangan kan!
notes:
Kalau nak buat mee-hoon goreng tu pastikan minyak untuk menggoreng tu betul-betul panas. Anda boleh gorengnya sebanyak mungkin dan simpan didalam air-tight container untuk resipi-resipi yang akan datang.

Nak cerita sikit pasal bubur nasi!

Sesetengah orang anggap bubur nasi sebagai makanan untuk kanak-kanak atau untuk orang yang sakit. Ada jugak yang comment" Apa nak jadi, nasi sudah menjadi bubur"(the rice has already become porridge)-maksudnya segalanya dah terlambat-dalam perkataan lain nasi dah tak rupa nasi lagi... dah jadi bubur. Saya masih suka bubur nasi lagi sebab ianya banyak khasiat dan boleh di hidangkan dari awal pagi hinggalah lewat malam, bahkan sesuai jugak untuk juadah berbuka puasa dan bersahur. Ianya senang untuk di hadamkan, so bila anda demam elok makan bubur nasi ni. Di China dan di Thailand bubur nasi di panggil rice congee. Dari segi asasnya bubur nasi ni sama aje cuma berbeza dengan bahan-bahan yang ditaburkan di atasnya. Ada jugak yang di makan dengan sup. Ibu saya suka menyediakan bubur nasi dan dicampurkan dengan sedikit santan + lada hitam. Sedap !tapi tak sesuai untuk yang nak berdiet. Kesimpulannya anda gunakanlah kreativiti anda untuk menyediakan pelbagai rasa dan rupa bubur nasi dengan cara yang basic tadi. Ok !

Untuk menunaikan permintaan Anom, resipi' Shepperd Pie 'akan menyusuri selepas ini.

Isi Ayam Black Bean

2007-07-21T00:13:00.000+08:00

Hi semua!
Apa agaknya juadah yang akan di masak untuk tengahari ni? Tadi saya experimented with a new recipe. Nak cuba ?

Jom lihat dulu bahan-bahannya.

Semangkuk isi ayam
2 labu bawang merah, 2 ulas bawang putih, 2 inci halia(di hiris halus)
3 biji ubi kentang(di potong dadu dan digaulkan dengan sedikit kunyit)
3 batang saleri
1 bungkus black bean
2 sudu sos tiram di campurkan dengan 2 sudu sos ikan
Hirisan cili merah dan cili hijau
Minyak untuk menggoreng ayam dan menumis
Sedikit minyak bijan
Sedikit tepung jagung
Garam secukup rasa

Ini di antara bahan-bahannya. Batang saleri boleh digantikan dengan karot atau apa-apa saja, ikut selera sendiri.

Inilah black bean. Tak mahal, sebungkus hanya 50 sen aje.Ianya macam adik beradik taucu tapi ianya kering. A bit salty, jadi hati-hati dengan kuantiti garam.

Caranya:

Mula-mula goreng ubi kentang. Angkat dan letak di sebelah.
Gaulkan ayam dengan sedikit garam dan tepung jagung dan terus goreng dengan menggunakan lebihan minyak tadi.
Tumis bawang merah, bawang putih serta halia sehingga terbit bau.
Masukkan black bean dan kacau hingga garing.
Masukkan ayam bersama dengan ubi kentang.
Campurkan sos tiram+sos ikan.
Masukkan batang saleri dan hirisan cili.
Akhir sekali campurkan sedikit minyak bijan dan garam secukup rasa.
Jika anda inginkan kuahnya pekat sedikit campurkan sedikit tepung jagung bersama air dan masukkan kedalamnya.

Dah siap pun, dan inilah hasilnya...

Enjoy.......

Notes:

Ubi kentang akan nampak cantik jika digaulkan dengan sedikit kunyit sebelum di goreng.
Ayam yang digaulkan dengan tepung jagung terlebih dahulu akan lebih rangup.
Hirisan cili akan nampak cantik jika bijinya di buang terlebih dahulu.

Selamat Mencuba!

Baking Soda

2007-07-18T16:56:00.000+08:00

Dah seminggu peti sejuk saya berbau. Entah datang dari mana pun tak tau. Almakhlumlah sekarang ni musim buah-buahan. Segala macam buah ada kat dalam tu, durian, jambu, mempelam, tempoyak, epal, buah naga dan macam-macam lagi barang. Timbullah bau yang tak mau hilang-hilang walaupun dah di cuci beberapa kali. Semalam saya pun teringat untuk meletakkan baking soda kat dalam peti sejuk. Pagi ni tiba-tiba baunya dah pun hilang.It worked! Thank you baking soda....

Tahukah anda apa itu baking soda? Ia juga dikenali sebagai sodium bikarbonate. Ianya adalah sejenis alkali dan apabila di campurkan dengan bahan-bahan yang berasid seperti jus lemon/limau, coklat, youghurt, susu masam, buttermilk ianya akan bertindakbalas sebagai agen penaik. Baking soda bertindakbalas dengan cepat, jadi pastikan apabila anda menggunakan baking soda di dalam adunan anda, adunan di masukkan secepat mungkin ke dalam oven. Kebiasaannya baking soda di gunakan untuk membuat kek, biskut, muffin dan lain-lain tetapi tahukah anda lain-lain kegunaan baking soda dalam membantu anda di dapur?

Ia boleh di gunakan untuk :

* Membersihkan oven- Taburkan baking soda , biarkan seketika dan kemudian bersihkan menggunakan sponge dan air.

* Menanggalkan kesan-kesan karat kat plastik items seperti 'Tupperware'- Scrub sekuat hati anda.

* Menanggalkan kesan-kesan hangus pada periuk atau kuali- Panaskan baking soda didalam periuk atau kuali tersebut dengan api perlahan hinggalah kesemua kesan-kesan tersebut hilang.

Banyak lagi kegunaan baking soda. Lain kali saya akan cuba paparkan lagi. Jadi pastikan anda menyimpan beberapa botol baking soda di dalam rumah anda!ok!

Kek Kantoi

2007-07-17T22:32:00.000+08:00

Dua minggu yang lepas, masa Affan (anak sedara) nak kahwin, berjanji dengan dia nak buatkan kek kahwin, ala-ala acara potong kek gitu. Punyalah malas nak start buat sebab kebetulan masa tu tengah sibuk decorate bilik Asma and Arissa. Tertangguh sampailah ke hari Sabtu. Alamak hari Ahad dah nak kenduri, petang tu sedara mara pulak tu ramai datang, sibuk memasak lepas tu pergi pulak rumah Nyah sampai lewat malam sebab tolong dia buat persiapan terakhir.

Dalam pukul 12.30 malam baru le sampai rumah , punyala penat, matapun macam ala-ala nak tutupje. Apa lagi terus keluarkan telur, susu and butter dr fridge, biar dia kat room temperature jap lepas tu terus masuk semua dalam mixer. Alih-alih lupa pulak , berapa cup tepong dah di masuk ni? Bila tengah fold kek, rasa-rasa macam tak cukup je…tawakkal je ..tambah lagi half cup tepung.

Dengan confident nya terus masok kek kat dalam oven. Sementara tunggu kek masak, tanganpun bukaklah internet (nak elak dari tertidur). Dalam sepuluh minit lepas tu rasa macam tak sedap hati je, rasa macam ada main ingredient tak masok. Opsss… terlupa masok butterla… camna ni!!..Kelam-kabut keluarkan kek yang tengah panas tu, masokkan kat dalam mixer balik, putar dlm 2 minit, masok balik dalam oven.

Lepas tu saya guling-guling tergelak sorang-sorang. Ini tentu kek ni tak jadi …silap-silap esok kena belile kat kedai. Adus ! duit!! Lepas lebih kurang 30 min, saya memberanikan diri intai kek tu kat dalam oven ,eh..eh tak sangka dia naik macam, biasa. Macam tak percaya le..tapi kena percaya jugak kerana ini kisah benar..dan inilah hasilnya ....

Cantik tak, my easy-bake chocolate cake, buat lah apa saja pasti menjadi . Kesimpulannya: Do not bake a cake kalau penat sangat,tapi dgn resipi my easy –bake chocolate cake.Emmmm.. apa-apa je boleh . Nak resipinya, nantikanlah kemunculan CD-ROMnya (my latest project). InsyaAllah (sekarang ni tengah test untuk resipi kek –kek lain plak).

Mari Kita Berkenal-Kenal.

2007-07-17T22:20:00.000+08:00

Hi semua,

Saya seorang homemaker di Subang Jaya ingin berkongsi cerita, pengalaman, rasa dan apa-apa saja yang seronok-seronok. Moga apa yang dipaparkan akan ada manfaatnya kepada semua.I am into cooking, baking, and making good beautiful practical things for homes. I hope together we will learn something here. Let the show begins...............

Sincerely,
Mrs. Goodthings @ Home