Dunia Dapur 2.0

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.
Bagi Pakej Regular, anda akan menerima Ebook Rahsia Buat Duit Dari Dapur beserta 3 Bonus hebat iaitu Tujuh Idea Hebat Bisnes Dari Dapur; Koleksi Resipi Kek Mudah Cepat dan Kuiz Kendiri Keusahawanan.
Bagi Pakej Premium anda akan menerima kesemua e-book dan bonus seperti di atas beserta dengan ebook Koleksi Penyata Kewangan (sesuai untuk mereka yang tidak mahir dalam hal-ehwal perakaunan).

Doa Dari Kami

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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