Puteri Hangus

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

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!

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

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)

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

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

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.