Today being saturday and the fact that I've submitted my report yesterday, I went on a cooking spree. Roast chicken - it's been de-legged but nonetheless.... easy one - clean chicken, sapu with garam and pepper (go under the skin) - inside put in 1/2 lemon and 1/2 garlic - (seketul besar tu slice horizontally with skin on)
, bake in preheated oven, on a rack on a pan around 180 - 200, put a piece of foil on top to cover. after about 30 - 45 mins depending on chicken size, remove foil, coat with honey, put under grill sekejap. We all kerjakan sampai tinggal tulang and it's really a no-fuss-chicken-roast.AND.... guess what???? First time buat laksa kelantan. tapi tak cukup ulam - tak kisahlah. others can correct me if i'm wrong - rebus ikan (i found mackerel at the market today
) with asam jawa, let cool. prepare kuah - blend bawang merah, lada hitam, halia, serai. boil santan in the air rebus ikan + asam jawa, add the blended stuff and ikan, stir, boil. garam, belacan, cili. Ulam can do with bunga kantan, kacang panjang etc.And then - apple cake. scrumptious. Fun for the kids too - they helped in preparing. Took us less than 1/2 hour to prepare just in time for buka puasa, then had it for dessert.
Apple cake (Betty Crocker’s) 14/10/06 .
1 ½ cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
3 large eggs
2 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
½ teaspoon salt
3 cups chopped tart apples (3 medium)
1 cup coarsely chopped nuts
Cream cheese frosting (pg 111) if desired
Heat oven to 350.grease bottom and sides of rectangular pans, 13x9x2 inches, or 2 round pans, 8x1 ½ or 9x1 ½ inches, with Shortening, lightly flour
beat sugar, oil, eggs – low speed 30 seconds or till blended
add remaining ingredients expect carrot, nuts n frosting – beat low speed 1 min.
stir in carrots and nuts
put in pan
bake rectangle 40 – 45 mins, rounds 30 – 35 mins
cool rectangles in pan on wire racks; cool rounds 10 mins, rmove to wire rack. Cool completely 1 hour
apply frosting if desired
5 comments:
Why did you de-leg the chicken? Coz it won't fit in the pan? Reminds me of a story of how all the women in this family always cut off the ends of a roast without knowing why, but when they asked the granny, she said it was coz she didn't have a pan big enough to fit in the roast. Just imagine if your daughter keeps de-legging chicken coz you used to do it? Hehehehee...
First time i've heard you put honey on the roast chicken. Is that a Kelate recipe? We usually put melted butter on it, and the chickie cavity biar kosong. You letak lemon to keep it moist ke? Garlic i suppose coz of the taste...
Apple cake looks good. Must try! Thanks Sheen
wei rita, the chicken came out of the oven in perfect shape - i went to take camera, an 8year old human being was already in the process of de-drumsticking it because it is her favourite part and she wanted it before anyone else can take it...
the next to dissappear was the skin - #2 and #3 gaduh who got the most skin. #1 liked the 'bishop's nose' bit - that one no one else with compete for....
eh - honey on chicken - quite a standard thing, no?
anak2 you boleh survive dok ngan i lah, they can have the drumstick, skin and bishops nose while i rebut the breast meat and wings ;o) i suppose, like my mum, you makan whatever's left, right?
honey on chicken? maybe standard kat kelantan kot? but i might be wrong... there is honey chicken in the mamak shops after all!
you are up rita?? me - i hentam je hwatever there is. bishop's nose - deep fried, oh, best. but i don't quite like the isi isi bits, so we can share one chicken between us.
BTW, someone (who shall remain nameless) emailed sayig she tried the apple cake recipe, and asked why the oil + sugar tak kembang2 despite beating it for a loooong time. I told her it will not be kembang even if you pukul it for 10 hours :)
Pukul sekejap je.
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