I can't believe I totally forgot the existence of this blog. Now the recipes are shared either Instagram, facebook or scribbled in my recipe book.

Things to Bake in Your New Oven!

Okay.. this one is definitely one dedication for a friend who just bought a new oven! Good Luck!

These things are chosen because it's quite simple and it'll be a confident booster!

1) Pizza!
2) Roast Chicken
3) Choc Chip Cookies
4) Bread Pudding
5) Pretzel
6) Creme Brulee
7) Apple Strudel using Instant pastry
8) Cornflakes Madu

Good luck!

Donut oh Donut! Mari Join Competition!

Inilah si penghias donut! Giler banyak punya sprinkle bubuh! Macam ni punya banyak.. tokeh kek pun boleh bankrap hehe.. Bankrap sprinkle laaa.. Tapi okaylah kan.. janji, siapa hias, kena makan sendiri! Sebenarnya nak masuk competition zalinzalina sebab nak menang mug yang boleh letak gambar sendiri tuuu!! Tu yang menggodek sana, menggodek sini cari gambar donut! Resepi donut yang nina pakai ada kat sini.. Tapi nina pakai air jer tak pakai susu!

Ini pulak si penghias donut yang tak tahulah kenapa donut dia sempat 2 jer yang dihias! haish!


Yang ini.. ala-ala Dunkin Donut giteww!! Jam-filled with icing sugar (alih2 je cakap omputih!)

Yang ini.. mak baru jer try.. nanti mak post resepi yaaa! Caramel gitew! tapi kena makan cepat-cepat.. sebab nanti keluar biji2 gula dia. Kalau makan panas2 sedapnyaa.... tengah research lagi macam mana tak nak bagi gula dia keras berbiji-biji.

Yang ini pulak set lengkap! Dari kiri, Boston Creme filling (nanti mak letak resepi naa), kiri atas Coklat Biasa dan Boston Creme jugak, Bawah kanan Caramel dan Chocolate Chip Belang2! Ala-ala zebra!! haaahahahaha

Korek punya korek.. terjumpalah gambar ni.. Sebenarnya.. donut ni feveret anak jiran sebelah.. ni kira menghantar dulang la kan! Sekelip mata je habis.. hehe.. Kalau tak menang pertandingan donut ni.. nanti nina hantar gambar lagi ya.. sampai si zalin tu terpaksa bagi menang jugak haahahahah! jangan mare ya zalin!

Sambal Tempe

Sambal Tempe ni memang favourite kami masa bulan puasa.. Budak-budak berselera makan especially masa sahur.. Jadi ala-ala appetizer gitew.. Masa malam pulak depa buat snek.

*Gambar hiasan.. tak sempat nak amik gambar sambal yang dah siap.. terlalu cepat habis...

Kawan nina ada resepi gempak sambal tempe.. tapi bila ditanya.. dia buat dek ke.. tak taulah.. yang pasti.. ini resepi tibai.. memang tak bubuh belacan sebab takut hidung ni rompong hehe

Bahan-bahan

2 paket Tempe

1 paket (2-3 genggam) Kacang Tanah - Basuhla siap-siap dan tos.. baru la tak meletup dan senang garing.. ;)

2-3 genggam Ikan Bilis.. yang saiz besar skit pun okay..

1 bawang besar

3 bawang putih

2 - 3 sudu besar Cili Boh (ikut la selera.. tapi nina pakai 2 jer)

1 sudu kecil Assam jawa Adabi

Garam

Gula.. banyak skit dari buat sambal biasa..

Cara-caranya:

1. Goreng ikan bilis..

Nina basuh dulu dan toskan ikan bilis.. kalau basuh dulu.. nina selalunya goreng dua kali.. sekali.. mesti tak garing. Setengah tu tak basuh dulu.. memang rangup.. lagila kalau ikan bilis saiz besar.

Kalau dah rangup, nampak melentik2 ikan bilis tu.. masaalahnya.. kalau nak tau rangup ke tak, kena tunggu ikan bilis sejuk dulu.. Nina memang malas bab goreng benda rangup ni.. either soggy atau hangit! cait! bukan nak patahkan semangat.. tapi kalau dah tau.. jadi gitu x la frust sangat.. :)

2. Potong dan goreng tempe.

Nina selalu potong nipis-nipis, baru rangup.. goreng agak lama skit ya.. baru sedap.. nina tak basuh pun tempe tu..

3. Goreng Kacang Tanah..

Bab ni memang tricky sikit. Sebab itulah takde gambar.. Kalau amik gambar.. comfirm la hangit.. Janganla nak tinggal2. Goreng kacang ni memang macam ribut.. Jangan Pandang Belakang! Pandang kacang je.. Nina dapat tips dari pekerja kantin sekolah.. hehe.. dia goreng rangup. Katanya tak payah basuh pun kacang tanah tu.. (Tapi nina basuhla jugak).. Ini tips dari dia ya!

Letak minyak (selalu nina pakai kuali paling kecik dan minyak baru.. sebab minyak tu akan hitam dan kena buang.. jadi pakai minyak cukup-cukup jer)..

Bila minyak panas, masukkan kacang.. goreng-goreng.. dia akan bunyi prap prap prap (serius memang bunyi gitu.. tunggu sampai ramai2 bunyi prap prap tu) .. lepas tu angkat bila dia kebiru-biruan (i know it sounds crazy tapi at one point memang nampak kebiru-biruan!) hehe x caya?? cubalah!

JANGAN TUNGGU SAMPAI KALER DIA MACAM KACANG GORENG..

sebabnya.. kacang ni lambat sejuk.. jadi it will still cook as it cools.. memang la hangit kalau buat gitew..

KALAU TAK RANGUP.. SILA TUNGGU SEJUK DULU SEBELUM GORENG LAGI SEKALI!

hehe.. saja pakai capital letter.. bukan apa .. sakit hati bila kacang terhangit.. dah banyak kali kena dah... kalau dah terrer .. bagi tips tau!!! ;D

4. Tumis bawang, bawang putih yang diblend tadi.. pakai minyak ikan bilis.. tumis sampai wangiiiii.. pas tu barulah masukkan cili.. selalu nina masukkan garam dan gula masa tumis.. (kes malas sebab cepat sikit dia masak kikikikik).. Masuk gula lebih-lebih skit.. baru la sambal tempe melekit2..

Bila gula dah okay.. jangan masuk2 air masa dah masuk kacang n ikan bilis.. memang sambal kering je..

Gaul-gaul semua tempe, kacang dan ikan bilis dalam kuali (nina tutup api masa gaul) Tunggu sejuk dulu baru masuk container.. buat makan sahur.. nina kalau masak 2 paket tempe ni.. sempat 2 kali sahur je hehehe)..

My Fluffy Omellette

My friend just send me a message asking me how to make my omellette. Whenever she comes to my home for dinner, omellette is definitely a must.. The secret? I used to put a little bit of milk.. but now, since my kids just love finishing every bit of the milk, I stop buying them. It's just so frustrating when you plan to make bread pudding or caramel only to realise the milk is all gone.

A word of caution though, too much milk will make your omellette watery and less appetizing. Anyway, the secret of my fluffy omellete is simply by scraping the egg again and again before it sets creating a ripple in the inside of the omellette giving a fluffier effect. It's hard to tell in words.. this is not my perfect omellette, it's so difficult to handle the camera at the same time, but it helps..

Ingredients:

4 eggs (to cater my big family of 7 :P)

4 tablespoon of milk will do i guess, normally i just pour without measuring.. (optional)

a pinch of salt

white pepper

1. Heat the pan with a little bit of oil. This is too much actually.

2. Simply pour the egg (I only beat the egg a bit..)

3. Here's the tricky part, scrape your egg using a ladle, let it set for a while, and scrape again.. not in quickly motion though.. you just don't want to end up having scrambled egg hehe

4. Normally, it's fluffier but since I was handlling the camera at the same time, I missed a few scraping [sigh].. it should be fluffier.. and toss (I enjoy playing chef when I toss the egg over, my kids go wooooo!) and wait until the other side is cooked. If you can't toss it, simply slide the omellette into a plate and put the egg back into the pan, or rather, put the pan on the plate and turn it over.. if you know what I mean.. try it!

Beehoon Goreng Bertaucu!

This is a favourite meal of a very good friend.. I must have underestimated my beehoon because for me beehoon is the hardest meal to make hehe.. it's either too soggy, or not soft enough.. A lot of my friends laughed at this but that's the truth. At least until this friend of mine said how she loves my beehoon and asked for my recipe. So, here it is.. specially dedicated to her.. :P In case you are wondering why it's just so togel without any vege, simply because this is a very last minute meal when there's nothing else to cook or i don't have anything else in the fridge except taucu and udang kering :)


Bahan-bahan:

1/2 - 3/4 paket beehoon direndam air

1 bawang besar
3 bawang putih
segenggam udang kering dibasuh dan direndam air panas sekejap
1 paket taucu (RM0.60)
1 sudu kecil cili boh (tak pedas, kalau nak pedas tambah lagi)
dlm 2 sudu besar sos tomato


Hiasan:
1 telur

Cara-caranya:
1.Panaskan minyak, minyak lebih sikit pun takpe.. takut taucu hangit nanti. Tumis bawang besar dan bawang kecil yang telah diblend sampai garing. Masukkan udang kering dan taucu. Goreng hingga garing.

2. Masukkan cili boh dan sos tomato.. goreng lagi.

3. Masukkan air sikit, bagi senang nak gaul dengan beehoon. Jangan masuk banyak sangat.. nanti beehoon dah masak, tapi masih lagi berair.

4. Masukkan beehon yang telah direndam. Ada setengah kawan tu siap rendam air panas sebab masak last minute tapi nina tak berani sebab kadang-kadang terlalu lembik, bila masak hancur. Beehoon jadi pendek-pendek. Menyamps!

5. Kacau rata, kalau masih keras, masukkan air sikit. At this point, rasa macam.. jadi ke beehon aku ni.. keras semacam je. but continue stirring..

6. Bila dah masak, rupa dia macam ni..

Nina suka sangat makan beehoon dengan telur dadar yang dipotong. Tapi lagi sedap kalau telur ni digoreng nipis. Gulung-gulung dan hiris nipis-nipis. Sedapnya!!!

Pudding Roti with Apple

There is no specific recipe when making bread pudding.. I used leftovers from my bread.. Bread made using your own breadmaker does not last long and soft unlike Gardenia.. So I just used it so my kids will finish it..

This was the last apple I had and nobody wanted it because it was not crunchy.. The raisins were the ones I craved during the first months of pregnancy.. Baking them made it fluffy and plump.. and the pan is the smallest that I have and we just scoop the puding with spoon. Who says it has to be perfect?

Add whatever ingredients you want, chocolate, bananas just name it.

Try it!


Ingredients:

milk
1 egg
sugar (2-3 tablespoon will do.. i don't like it sweet)
a pinch of salt

bread
1 apple
dots of butter (I used Farmcows-not pure butter)
raisin

Method:
1. Arrange the bread (you can cut them in small pieces so it will fit in the pan).

2. Arrange the sliced apple on top, add the dots of butter and just sprinkle the raisins. Put as much as you like.

3. Mix milk, egg, sugar and salt together. If you like the pudding to be soft, use more milk enough for the bread to absorb all the liquid. Pour on the bread.. Make sure you cover all the bread.. Too little milk will make the pudding hard.. Bake in the oven at 180 c until it smells really nice.. don't go and enjoy the smell too much.. it'll burn in the oven.. he he

Tips:
When you bake.. rely on the smell.. not really on the time the recipe gives.. sometimes I enjoy the smell of baking that I forgot to take it out from the oven. Once you smell the burning pudding.. it's too late.. the same goes with cookies and cake..

4. Dig in using spoon!

Kerabu Mangga

This is definitely not the ones you can find at the restaurant because it's just a simple one.. My family (even my extended family) love it! I used 2 mangoes and it was finished in a flash. The ingredients are just basic and we just love the simplicity.. But if you want to add fish sauce.. feel free to add.. But only a dash or two and don't add salt at all. Maybe I'll add another recipe with fish sauce..

I use a special grater to make this 'kerabu'. It looks like a peeler but with a different blade. It's a gift from my best friend, Linda, who bought it in Thailand when she went there with her biker husband.

But if you don't have a best friend like her, try to find it in 'Kedai Barangan Plastik'. They might have. Or maybe I should sell it online.. he he..

Ingredients:

2 mangoes (any type will do but 'mempelam epal' is the best!)
1 onion, cut into halves.. slice thinly

a pinch of salt

1 teaspoon sugar

1 ripe lime - only the juice of course

1/3 cup coarsely crushed peanuts (I just buy in packets- the ones you buy at Mesra and munch in the car when you travel to kampung)

3-4 cili padi - if you like add more.. I normally slice and put it in a separate bowl..

Method:

1. Grate the mango. Make sure you grate as long as you can. Mix with sliced onion and chillies.

2. In a separate bowl, put the salt and sugar together with the lime juice, stir until everything dissolves. Taste and add sugar or salt to taste.

3. Pour on the grated mango.. add in the peanuts

4. Voila!

Kailan Ikan Masin

I just love Kailan Ikan Masin but then paying RM3.50 for a small plate of it makes me grumpy. So, one day, I decided to give it a try.. scrutinizing the ingredients in the plate at the stall, I know the ingredients are all very easy and basic.. chilli, garlic, onion, salted fish and Kailan.. Of course the thirst after eating at the stall indicates the use of 'Ajinomoto' which I really hate! So, here it is... Try it!

Ingredients:-

3 garlic crushed with the back of a knife

1 'tenggiri' salted fish washed (in oil-normally sold in plastic bag)

Kailan washed and cut (cut the stem diagonally)
Chilli (optional)

Method:-

1. Heat some oil in the wok, fry the salted fish, until crispy.. try to debone at the same time. Put aside (in the wok).

2. Use the same oil to saute garlic until golden brown. Once quite golden, put the salted fish back into the oil at the same time mashing it.

3. Add the stem of Kailan, once soft a bit.. (not too soft) add the rest of the leaves.. Add little water if you want.. not too much.. you don't want to lose the saltiness because we are not adding salt to this dish! That's about it!

Pajeri Nenas

This is among the very first recipes that I learnt. It's my mother-in-law's speciality and my husband's favourite! His love towards this dish is contagious.. the whole family just love it! I normally serve this with omellete, and 'sambal belacan'. I sometimes add young mangoes once the pineapple is finished! It tastes better if you keep reheating it. Never ever make Pajeri Nenas without enough sugar. Add more ginger if you like it spicy. Try it!

Ingredients:-

4 shallot (or I use 1 big onion)
2 garlic
1 inch ginger
1 packet of Curry (for Meat)

1 stick cinnamon (kulit kayu manis)
5 clove (bunga cengkih)
1 star anise (bunga lawang)

1 small packet dried shrimp (segenggam)

salt and sugar
1 tbpn'kerisik' (optional) - I don't really put this..
1 Kara coconut milk (200gm or 1 coconut)

1 medium sized not-so-ripe pineapple.. peeled and thickly sliced
or
1 apple mango (suka2 hati je bagi nama- mempelam epal)
or
eggplant (don't add water at all and make sure your coconut milk is reaaalllly thick! and don't say I didn't warn you he he)

Method:-
1.Slice shallot, garlic and ginger. Divide into 2. Put 1 part in the mill (blender) together with dried shrimp and curry powder. Add a little bit of hot water once you turn off the mill to make a thick paste.
2. Heat some oil. Be generous with the oil as when you add the curry paste, you need quite a lot of oil. Saute the other part of shallot, garlic and ginger with all the spices.
3. Once golden, add in the curry paste, salt and sugar. Wait until you can see tiny oil bubble (pecah minyak la tu!). If it's too thick, just add little water or else it'll burn.. Don't add too much.. don't forget we have the coconut milk for the gravy.. Pajeri tastes best when it's thick!
Note:
Some prefer to add salt and sugar at the end of the cooking process.. I, on the other hand, prefer to add earlier..so that it'll blend with the rest of the other ingredients.
4. As I used very young pineapple, I put it earlier so that it'll soften a bit. If you use ripe pineapple, put it last so that it won't get soggy!
5. Add in the coconut milk.. and wait till it boils.. This is when you taste the gravy! yummy..
6. Add sugar and salt to taste..

Bak Choy Sos Tiram

A really simple recipe to make.. A dish during lazy days but all of us like it because the bak choy is really crunchy.. Of course the kids didn't even want to try, but then after a few persuasion, they agreed.. it is indeed tasty.. The best part is it takes less than 5 minutes..

Ingredients:-

3 garlic crushed with the back of a big knife

1 tablespoon oyster sauce

water

bak choy

Method:-

1. saute the garlic until they turn brown and crispy on the edges

2. add the oyster sauce, quickly add a little bit of water..

bubbling.. once you add the water..

3. Once it's boiled, add up the rest of the water for the soup.. don't add too much though.. add in the bak choy! Dig in!

Rendang Daging

I promised my sister I'll put the recipe here so that she can cook rendang for her housewarming! Not to say it's the best rendang recipe, but I like the way it's written.. easy to measure... I took from mesra.net.. and adapted of course!

Ingredients:
Blend all this together!
2 onion (really big ones)
5 garlic
2 inches ginger
10 dried chillies (cili kering la tu.. with seeds removed, boiled and rinsed)
-the original recipe uses 20 dried chillies but I have starving kids to please!)
5 xtra large lemongrass (original recipe uses 10 lemongrass)
4 baskin-robin-tasting-spoon salt
1 teaspoon tumeric powder (original recipe uses 2" fresh tumeric)

Put this in the mill and process until powdery
1 teaspoon cumin seed (jintan putih)
1 teaspoon caraway (jintan manis) rasanya betul kot caraway.. ;P he he

1 kilo beef cut into 2"x2" (azly asked the butcher to do it!)

500 gm coconut milk

1 tumeric leave (thinly sliced)

Method1. Put everything except for coconut milk and tumeric leave in a wok.
2. Use low heat and wait until the beaf is tender. You don't really have to stir all the time...
3. Add in the coconut milk and continue with the low heat until all the liquid is reduced.. You should have all the spices covering the beef! Easy really!

While waiting.. feel free to dip some bread into the gravy... yummy!

Kelantan Fried Chicken

Since there are 6 of us (+1 who is nursing) .. a single trip to KFC will cost us more than RM60.00, so I decided to give it a try..

Honestly.. the kids prefer home made whipped potato as it's buttery and filling.. it's not as smooth as KFC's but the texture makes it even nicer.

The coleslaw is made using shiela's recipe and turn out to be great! I just have to reduce the sugar a bit.. because I'm already sweeett without the sugar ha ha ha

It's quite a long process... but it's worth it! Try it!

Bahan-bahan:-
1/2 ekor ayam dipotong 8 (suruh je la orang kedai tu potong hehe)
tepung goreng ayam (nina pakai brand kelantan fried chicken, rasa dia sebijik macam hot and spicy kat KFC.. bukan exactly la.. tapi 90% marahla adik ipar den yang kerja kat kfc tu!)

Cara-cara:-
1. rendam ayam dalam air sejuk.. nina siap bubuh kiub ais lagi..

2. Golek-golekkan dalam tepung... jangan masukkan titis-titis air.. karang jadi goreng pisang.. melekit-lekit terus ayam tu jadi togel! tos dulu... (dah kena la tu!)

3. Goreng dan jangan kalih sampai garing sebelah.. nanti hancur...
Tip:- #1 potong dada ayam kiub2 kecil.. jadi popcorn chicken gitu!

Fries
5 biji kentang (dipotong ala fries gitu!) dan digoreng! Pisau ni ada dijual kat supermarket.. syiok! Ini x rangup sangat, kawan nina suruh potong dan masukkan dalam freezer, insyaallah rangup tapi x try lagi.. kalau try komen sikit tau! ada yang suruh rendam air kapur dulu...

Whipped Potato
Lenyek dan campurkan kesemuanya..
3 biji kentang direbus dengan garam sampai betul-betul empuk, baru dibuang kulit
2 sudu besar butter (nina pakai farmcows je..)
black pepper

Fake Gravy
Bahan-bahan:-
1 sudu kecil stock ayam maggie (kiub ayam pun boleh guna half kot)
1/2 cawan air (tambah la lagi kalau masin)1 sudu kecil tepung gandum
black pepper sesedap mata memandang.. jgn byk sgt nanti pedas

kicap (tambah sampai warna jadi kale gravy kat KFC he he)

Cara-cara:-
Masuk semua dalam kuali (kecuali kicap) dan whisk sampai sebati
Ini rupa dia bila dah whisk.. buka api kecil.. whisk laju-laju..

whisk laju2 dengan whisk.. sampai dia pekat.. kalau kurang pekat boleh tambah tepung gandum lagi.. tapi jangan banyak sangat. Tambah kicap sampai warna dia cantik... kan dah rupa gravy tu!
Careful bila dia dah start bubble kat tepi.. sebab dia akan berketul kalau x kacau!
Cepat-cepat masuk dalam mangkuk..

Coleslaw (compliments to Chef Shiela @ http://shiela-sweetmomentos.blogspot.com/
1. Campurkan semua
1 sudu kecil cuka
1 1/2 sudu besar minyak masak
1/2 biji bawang besar (chopped)

2. Masukkan ini dan gaul rata

1/4 cawan gula kastor (kurangkan sikit)

1/2 biji carot disagat halus
1/2 biji kubis (chopped)

3. Tambah secukupnya sampai dia wushi wushi.. he he..

mayonaise

4. masukkan dalam fridge (dalam bekas bertutup)