revival

Was at a makan-makan do yesterday and had a fantastic feast of mushroom soup + garlic bread, crackers + salsa pasta (couldn't quite get the fancy name), Morocco chicken and salad. Gorgeous dessert of cheesecake, ice-cream and fruits. Anyway, we decided to revive this blog, mainly because it can, in times of desperation particularly, give ideas on what to cook. Only one condition placed, and that is that the recipes should have been tried and tested (and works :)).

Brownies, Cheese twist

dear all, i think i've posted a recipe for brownies before, but i tried a new one last week - this one lagi cun and yummy. i doubled the recipe to fit ngam ngam a 10" square pan. ANd it doesn't take long to prepare.

And this morning did this feta and spinach twist - except that i didn't have feta cheese nor spinach, so it became cheddar twist. recipe as attached below.

Nut and chocolate chip brownies (The Great Big Cookie Book) – prep ½ hour. Double to fit square low pan.

150 g / 5 oz plain choc chopped
120 ml / ½ cup sunflower oil
1 ¼ cup light muscovado sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla essence
2/3 cup self-raising floor
4 tbsp cocoa powder
¾ cup chopped walnuts or pecans
4 tbsp milk chocolate chips

preheat oven to 180 deg celcius. Lightly grease a sallow 7 ½ in square cake tin.
melt plain choc in a heatproof bowl over a saucepan of hot water.
with an electric whick, beat oil, sugar, eggs, vanilla.
stir in melted chocolate, beat well till evenly mixed.
sift flour and cocoa powder into the bowl and fold in thoroughly.
stir in chopped nuts and chocolate chips, tip into prepared tin and spread evenly to the edges.
bake 30 – 35 minutes, until top is firm and crusty.
cool in tin before cutting into squares.

Feta and spinach twist (The bread book p57) – august 2007
475 g strong white flour
2 teaspoon sugar
1 ¼ teaspoon salt
1 ¼ teaspoon fast action dired yeast
2 tablespoon olive oil
275 ml water
250 g frozen spinach, defrosted
a little grated nutmeg
150 g feta cheese, well drained
50 g pine nuts
1 egg yolk, to glaze
salt and freshly gournd black pepper

put flour, sugar, salt into bowl. Add olive oil, gradually mix in enough warm water to make a soft dough.
knead well – 5 mins. Put dough in bowl and cover loosely with oiled clingfilm. Warm place, rise 1 hour.
tip dough onto lightly floured surface, knead well, roll out 15 x 13 in. rectangle. Sprinkle spinach over dough, seaon with salt, pepper, nutgme. Crumble over feta cheese, scatter nuts.
roll out dough from the longest edge. Brush dough with egg yolk + 1 tablespoon water.
cut dough lengthways in half, open out so that cut sides are uppermost, press ends toether. Loosely twist right over left. Transfer onto greased baking sheet. Leave to rise uncoveredc 20 – 30 mins.
bake in preheated overn 200 deg celcius fo r20 -25 mins until golden and sounds hollow when tapped. Check after 10 mins and cover with foil if overbrowning.

muffin stew buns

Banana muffin (betty crocker – easy to do and nice esp when hot)

1/3 cup milk
¼ cup vegetable oil
1 large egg
2 cups all purpose flour (if use self-raising f, omit b powder and salt)
½ cup packed brown sugar
2 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup mashed very ripe banana (2 medium)

heat oven to 400
grease bottoms only of 12 medium muffin cups or line with paper baking cups
beat milk, oil, egg
stir flour, sugar, b powder, salt all at once just until flour is moistened (batter will be lumpy)
fold in bananas
divide into cups; sprinkle each with about 1 tablespoon topping.
bake 20 to 25 minutes or till golden brown
when done, immediately remove from pan to wire rack

streusel topping
¼ cup all purpose flour
¼ cup packed brown sugar
¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 tablespoon firm butter or stick margarine

mix flour, brown sugar and cinnamon
cut in butter using pastry blender or crisscrossing 2 knives until crumbly



Chicken mushroom stew tarbus version
Made a simple and tasty chicken stew with the pressure cooker. Am better at it now - no need to add so much water, just enough to cover the meat.
tumis bawang (m + p)
add hard veggies (ie carrots, sweet potatoes - diced)
add chicken - i used one whole cut into 8
add mushrooms (i used oyster mushroom - if that is what it is called)
add bit of Mik's rempah kari udang cap tarbus (1/2 packet)
season with salt, pepper.
add enough water to cover
cook about 15 mins.


Buns
I used sweet bun recipe (hanieliza) to make these - one was with mushroom filling (i'm mushroom crazy now) and the other plain sprinkled with sesame seeds.

SWEET BUN Ingredient A : 500g high protein flour 25g milk powder 75g sugar 10g instant yeast 1 teaspoon bread softener 1 egg 1/2 teaspoon salt Ingredient B : 250ml water 75g margarine Method : 1. Mix well ingredients A. 2. Add in water and knead till a soft dough is formed.(I called upon my antique but still reliable mixer to help me with this process!) 3. Add in margarine and knead again till soft and elastic. 4. Divide the dough into 50g balls. 5. Shape the dough to your liking. 6. Leave to prove till double the size. 7. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degree celcius till golden brown. 8. Once out of the oven, brush some margarine on top.

nasi ayam

hi all,

made nasi ayam yesterday - made the chicken soup pakai pressure cooker. took only 15 minutes. Chicken was nice and soft. Then i roasted it a bit in the oven. Nasi - cook in rice cooker (tumis bmerah, putih, halia) with soup and daun pandan.

chicken pie

dear all,

this was quite easy to do and nice to eat. i've translated it to malay - so that next time my helper can do it! infact she uli-ed and made the crust, so it's maid-teachable!


Chicken pie

Crust
400 g tepung gandum (ayak)
200 gram marjerin
secubit garam
7 – 8 sudu besar air sejuk (dari peti sejuk)

campurkan dengan hujung jari tepung + Margarin + garam – jadikan seperti serbuk roti. Tambah air sehingga adunan lembut
bahagi kepada 2 bahagian – biarkan sebentar kira kira 20 minit.

isi
400 gram isi ayam (potong dadu)
1 sudu besar butter
1 biji bawang besar (dadu)
35 gram tepung gandum
1 ½ cawan susu segar
2 sudu besar minyak masak
3 daun bawang
keju – 4 keping

panaskan minyak dan goring ayam. Biarkan ketepi.
Cairkan butter dan tumis bawang hingga lembut. Tambah tepung.
Tambah susu, sedikit sedikit. Kacau. Tutup api bila pekat.
Campurkan ayam, daun bawang, sayur campur, garam, lada putih, keju.

Panaskan oven 180 darjah.

Tepung – diuli leper. Letakkan ke dalam bekas (disapu marjerin dulu). Cucuk beberapa kali dengan garpu.
Bakar dalam oven – 20 minit.
Letakkan isi ke dalam bekas.
Tutup dengan adunan tepung. Buat potongan halus di permukaan.
Berus dengan telur yang telah dipukul.
Baker dalam oven 180 darjah – 40 hingga 45 minit.

cinnamon nutella cake and strawberry muffins

Dear All,

Gambar not so clear but that's the cinnamon nutella cake. the cinnamon tak rasa sangat so next time must add bit more. but i like the nutella bit! not good at swirling the blobs so some parts of the cake got no nutella at all!

CINNAMON NUTELLA CAKE http://rossyabakes.fotopages.com/?entry=893970
175g butter, softened 175g caster sugar or you may use brown sugar ( I used muscovado sugar) 3 eggs 200g self-raising flour 1tsp baking powder 2 tsp ground cinnamon 4 tbsp milk 50g ground hazelnuts 4 rounded tbsp chocolate hazelnut spread 50g hazelnuts, roughly chopped for topping (I used sunflower seeds) Preheat the oven to 160C/fan. Butter and line the base of a 8" round cake tin. Put the butter, sugar, eggs, flour, baking powder, cinnamon, ground hazelnuts and milk into a bowl. Beat till light and fluffy. Tip three-quarters of the mixture into a tin, spread it level. then spoon the hazelnut spread on in four blobs. Top with the remaining mixture, swirl a few times with a skewer, then smooth. Sprinkle with the chopped hazelnuts. Bake for 1hr until risen, nicely browned, feels firm to the touch and springs back when lightly pressed ( cover with foil if it starts to brown too quickly). Cool in the tin for 10minutes, then turn out. Peel off the paper and cool on a wire rack.

And yesterday tried this recipe since my mother brought us some dried strawberries from Cameron Highlands. Extremely easy to do but somehow my dear dear husband said 'ni bukan muffin, ni scones'... maknanya keras la tu! Tak kisah, it tastes nice and the kids ate it up.

STRAWBERRY MUFFINS (mamafami)Ingredients : 1/4 cup cooking oil 1/2 cup milk (or a bit more fresh milk) 1 egg 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 cup white sugar 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour (I used cake flour) 1 cup chopped strawberries (strawberry jam) Method : 1.Preheat oven to 180 degrees C, oil an 8 cup muffin tin, or use paper liners. 2.In a small bowl, combine oil, milk, and egg. Beat lightly. In a large bowl, mix flour, salt, baking powder and sugar. Toss in chopped strawberries and stir to coat with flour. Pour in milk mixture and stir together. 3.Fill muffin cups. Bake at 180 degrees C for 25 minutes, or until the tops bounce back from the touch. Cool 10 minutes and remove from pans.

Nasi hujan panas and ayam masak merah & cupcakes

Dear All,
this morning went on a cooking spree - Chef Wan's nasi hujan panas (resipi is too long - it's in the book 'sedapnya'.. malas nak type out now. But i tried the ayam masak merah (recipe Kak Mas who cooked and catered in Manchester) using pressure cooker (which i have no instructions just hemtam - good, took only 15 mins and so lembut. made acar bodoh as well - timun / cili/ bawang/cuka/gula.

then tried my hands at cupcakes (terkenang the cupcakes lala brought)... nampak sangat first attempt! but the cake tastes nice so recipe can be trusted.
VANILLA CUPCAKES (resipidiana.blogspot.com)


Sumber: Cintabiru


Bahan-bahannya


250 gram mentega tanpa garam, dilembutkan


180 gram gula kastor (resipi asal menggunakan 250 gram gula tapi pada rasa saya terlalu manis dan saya kurangkan)


4 biji telur


185 gram tepung naik sendiri
60 gram tepung gandum
185 gram susu segar
Cara-caranya
1. Kedua dua jenis tepung diayak, letak tepi.
2. Pukul butter dan gula sampai gebu.
3. Masukkan telur satu persatu, pukul lagi.
4. Campurkan tepung dan susu segar berselangseli dengan adunan tadi.
5. Siapkan kertas cupcakes, bubuh adunan di dalam dan bakar pada suhu 180 deg dalam 7-10 minit, bergantung kepada size kertas cupcake anda.

Frosting(Untuk 12 cupcakes size sederhana)
Bahan-bahannya
3 biji putih telur
Icing sugar
secubit garam
1 sudu teh orange extract (untuk mengurangkan rasa manis pada frosting)Pewarna mengikut citarasa
Cara-caranya
1. Pukul putih telur sampai kaku (terbalikkan make sure confirm tak jatuh kat muka).
2. Masukkan gula sedikit sedikit, pukul lagi.
3. Akhir sekali masukkan sedikit garam, orange extract dan pewarna.
Nota: (Icing sugar ni saya letak cuma agak agak jer sebab tu tak letak sukatan.. maaf ye. Tapi selalunya 70% of the whole 500g packet)Tips:- Make sure biarkan frosting tu seketika dulu (dalam 5mins) sebelum kita pipe.. kalau tak nanti tak cantik frosting kita.- Kalau tak ada nozzle untuk ketatkan tip ngan piping bag, dulu saya ketatkan dengan menggunakan scotch tape.

Ayam masak merah Kak mas

Tumis
10 tangkai cili kering
5 biji cili merah
3 sm halia
3 ulas bawang putih
1 biji bawang besar
2 batang serai
4 biji tomato
2 sudu besar sos tomato


tumis bahan di atas
tambah ayam, kacang hijau, garam, gula, bawang hiris

Victoria sponge cake

Dear All,

This is more for hutch's sake - victoria sponge cake... ikut madame exfttattm buat pics step by step.

first is to cream 110 gm butter, add 110 gm sugar, then 2 eggs, bit of vanilla, lastly 110 gram flour (selfraising). you get a thin layer of batter so NO NEED to slice the cake :) suits my type of recipe - five ingredients ngam ngam.

pan is lightly greased and floured. this is not the real sandwich loaf but can do.

then put strawberry jam in between and dust with icing sugar. makan.

nanti i gambar cake dah siap. actually batter ni nampak banyak coz i doubled to make 2 sponge cakes (ie four layers).

pressure cooker chicken and mushroom

Dear all,
sementara masih rajin, tried using za's pressure cooker today with this dish. 35 mins from start to end. i know, it looks like kurma but next time i know to reduce the amount of water. tastes nice and creamy.


Pressure Cooker Chicken and Mushrooms
From Linda Larsen, This super simple, rich chicken entree recipe uses just six ingredients and cooks in minutes using your pressure cooker.
INGREDIENTS:
3 Tbsp. olive oil
2 lbs. boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1 onion, chopped
8 oz. pkg. button mushrooms, cut in half
2 (10 oz.) cans cream of mushroom soup with roasted garlic
1/2 cup chicken broth
PREPARATION:
Add oil to pressure cooker and heat over medium-high heat or use brown function. Brown the chicken breasts, two at a time, on both sides. Remove browned pieces and add more, continuing until all breasts are browned.
Sprinkle chicken with salt.
Saute onion and mushrooms in drippings remaining in pressure cooker 3-5 minutes. Then return chicken to pressure cooker; add soup and broth and stir. Secure lid, bring up to high pressure, and cook for 15 minutes. Release pressure using natural release, about 30 minutes. Open lid, stir, and serve with hot cooked pasta or couscous. 4-6 servings

banana cake pic

okay here it is. fresh out of the oven. yummy. used 2 small cake pans -just nice

banana cake

picture will post later - cake still in oven but since i'm on the computer, do this first. about 20 mins prep time. likewise i didn't add nuts. don't know how the end product tastes like but the batter tastes good :)

i think this zack is tkc2000 - saw it in her fotopages. in my moments of boredom..


Banana cake (Zack’s fotopages – from Allrecipes.com) March 2007
1 g salt 115 g unsalted butter
120 g white sugar
80 g light brown sugar
2 eggs
4 ripe bananas, mashed (i had pisang emas, so used 8 of that)
160 ml buttermilk ( 155ml milk + 5ml vinegar/lemon juice )
*60 g chopped walnuts (omitted - just discovered kids prefer no nuts)

How to make:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Grease and flour 2 - 8 inch round pans. In a small bowl, whisk together flour, soda and salt; set aside.
2. In a large bowl, cream butter, white sugar and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Mix in the bananas. Add flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk to the creamed mixture. Stir in chopped walnuts. Pour batter into the prepared pans.
3. Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Remove from oven, and place on a damp tea towel to cool. After the cake has cooled off a little bit, I wrapped the cake in cling wrap and left it overnight.

sup tulang lindek / zurin

sup tulang /ekor... terlupa nak taruk bawang goreng / daun bawang at this point. Lindek gave a recipe using pressure cooker, but since i don't have one i made this with a slow cooker - almost 6 hours .. nice and daging is soft. didn't type her recipe but can use zurin's which i have in this computer. Hope she doesn't mind. Lindek, if you can please jot down your version.



Zurins’ sup tulang


I cukup suka sup tulang. Nomally I beli ribs, masak 2-3kg.
I tumis a lot of bawang besar yang dah dadu, halia yang dimayang and b. putih. Lepas tu campur kayu manis, cengkih and lada hitam. Put in as much as you like. I suka bubuh banyak sbb I like the smell. A little of pelaga and b. lawang (jangan banyak sagat sbb soup will turn sourish). Tumis wangi.

Masukkan air. Gelegak, masukkan tulang yg dah buang ALL the lemak and bunjut sup tulang Mak Siti. Gelegak,tutup periuk,,rebus api kecil for 1half to 2 hours. Dah empok masukkan a lot of carrots and some kentang. The more carrots the sweeter the soup. Bila dah siap, biarkan soup for a while then scoop up the minyak on top together with some soup. Put the minyak mixture in the fridge. Bila the minyak dah beku, throw the minyak away and pour the remaining soup into periuk.

apple muffin

did this last weekend - didn't have muffin cups so it turned out more like cupcakes. Nice. Honestly can't remember the source of this recipe but it's easy to make and tastes nice even without the nuts. It's another easy-to-make and yummy-to-eat. 45 mins from start to muffins on the plate :)

And since you don't need butter (which needs to be softened in some recipes) then it's do-able as a emergency snack.

Apple muffin (?source) march 2007

1 ¼ cup flour
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
pinch of salt
2 granny smith apples diced
½ cup sugar
½ cup oil
1 egg
½ cup groundnuts = fried without oil, crushed
½ orang – extract juice and finely grate rind

preheat oven 180 deg
sift flour, bpwder, bicarb, g cinnamon, salt
in a separate bowl whisk eggs, sugar, oil till well combined. Add vanilla, orange juice and rind
pour mixture into dry ingredients, along with apples and nuts (I didn’t use nuts). Mix with whisk just till well incorporated. Do not over mix
spoon mixture into muffin paper cups
bake 12 – 15 mins

Pizza

Dear All,

THis is my favourite picture to date!! Before and after pictures. Found this in this cookbook by KKM (kem kesihatan msia) - must be a campaign for cara hidup sihat. This dough is nicer than the previous one. Very do-able. in fact i made in the moring, put in fridge and popped in the oven for lunch. The sky's the limit when it comes to the topping choice. didn't have mozzarella (boy i do miss all that cheese in UK!!) so used sliced cheddar cheese instead. the tomato base was a bit sweet so i'd reduce the sugar a bit next time. didn't have fresh tomato either so I skipped that.

Pizza (KKM resipi) Feb 2007

a) Doh
200 g (2 cawan) tepung gandum
20 g (2 sudu the) yis segera
3 g (1/2 sudu teh) garam
5 g ( 1sudu the) gula
10 g (1 sudu makan) minyak sayuran atau minyak zaitun
air suam untuk menguli (less than one cup)

b) untuk sos tomato
3 biji tomato masak, cancang besar
3 sudu makan pes tomato
1 biji bawng besar, dicincang halus
2 sudu makan gula merah
1 sudu makan minayk sayuran
1 sudu teh oregano atau basil

c) untuk topping
(whatever)
120 g keju mozzarella, diparut kasar.

campur tpung, yis, garam, gula, minyak. Sebatikan
masukkan air suam sedikit demi sedikit – uli sehingga menjadi satu doh yang lembut dan elastic
masukkan doh ke dalam bekas yang telah disapu minyak dan letak di tempat yang panas selama 40 minit. Doh ini akan naik seganda
minyakkan acuan pizza
canaikan kepada bentuk bulat dengan ketebalan 2 sm
masukkan ke dalam aucan yang telah diminyakkan dan tinggal selama 10 minit sebelum diletakkan topping.

Sos:
tumis bawang hingga lembut
masukkan tomato yang dicincang dan kacau hingga lembik
masukkan tomato paste, oegano / basil, gula dan masak atas api perlahan hingga beberapa minit hingga pekat.
sejukkan.

Pizza
sapukan sos tomato pada doh dan tabor topping.
tutup topping dengan taburan keju serta oregano.
baker selama 20 – 30 minit pada suhu 200 oC atau seningga doh nam=pak rangup dan warna keju bertukar menjadi perang. .

Mee Calong and Kuah Dhal

yesterday tried this mee calong from hanieliza fotopages but since there was no 'calong' i call it the modified mee calong (had no idea what that means till i read the recipe - hanieliza fotopages).

MEE CALONG (hanieliza)Bahan 1 rangka ayam [potong kecil] 500 gm mee kuning atau bihun [celurkan] 1 pokok daun sup [hiriskan] 1 batang carrot [potong kecil] 3 pokok sawi minyak/baby sawi/kailan [potong pendek] 3 biji cili merah [hiriskan] bawang goreng garam air secukupnya 2 s/b minyak 1 kiub ayam [maggi atau knor] Bahan tumbuk/mesin 2 ulas bawang merah 3 ulas bawang putih 1 s/b lada hitam Bahan Sos Kicap Pedas 15 biji ciliapi ] tumbuk halus 1 ulas bawang putih ] 2 s/b kicap cair Bahan Calong 1/2 cawan isi ikan tenggiri atau selayang 1 s/k lada hitam tumbuk sedikit tepung jagung sedikit garam Cara. 1. Isi ikan digaulkan dengan lada hitam, tepung jagung dan garam. Bulat2 bentuk kecil. 2. Panaskan minyak dan tumiskan bahan tumbuk/mesin sehingga wangi. 3. Masukkan air dan biarkan mendideh. 4. Masukkan garam, tulang ayam dan renehkan sehingga mendideh. 5. Apabila mendideh asingkan tulang2 ayam tadi dan masukkan calong. 6. Masukkan kiub ayam dan carrot dan bairkan mendideh perlahan2. 7. Masukkan sawi/kailan. 8. Bila mendideh tuangkan bahan sup keatas mee atau bihun. 9. Taburkan daun sup dan cili yg telah dihiriskan dan bawang goreng. 10. Hidangkan panas2 bersama sos kicap pedas.


the other pictuer was my kuah dhal - easy to do but i notice other recipes look more complicated. the way i did it - soaked dhal overnight, then tumis bawang, add biji sawi, daun kari, add that dhal (can also boil first so that it's more lembik), add bit of kunyit and salt to taste. let simmer.

Roti canai - frozen ones.

Oven-baked chicken with garlic and parmesan

okay rita, I figured this google account thing. THis is another you-must-try recipe, especially if your audience like things cheesey. not exactly ready in 1/2 hour but it's take out ayam in the morning, marinate in the afternoon (or this reads as leave instructions for helper to do.. if you do this on a workday as in my case), bake in the evening and ready in one hour. recipe from Delia's summer collection with some modifications

Oven-baked chicken with garlic and parmesan

1 chicken – 8 parts
4 large clove garlic ]
1 teaspoon rock salt ] tumbuk

3 x size 2 eggs ]
black pepper ] whisk, add garlic puree and pour over chicken.
Marinate at least 4 hours

Preheat oven 350oF or 180oC
Pop in shallow roasting tin containing:
50 g butter
4 tblspoon olive oil

50 g fresh breadcrumbs ]
40g parmesan cheese, grated ]
2 heaped tablesppon finely chopped fresh parsley ]
seasoning ] mix and put on plate
(* had no parmesan so i used 3 slices of cheddar cheese - grinded sekali with 2 pieces of kepala roti that no one eats anyway). No parsley so i added some other spice for the colour.

remove chicken from fridge,
take one piece at a time
sit in crumb mixture, pat and coat with crumbs
add chicken pieces
bake on high shelf 20 min
turn and bake another 20 min (*for my oven i did 30 mins)
pour off excess fat, bake another 5 mins

drain and eat.

coleslaw from Hanieliza - cabbage + carrot + mayonnaise +lime juice +2 spoonful cold water.

Sausage Rolls and Nasi Goreng Cina

Okay, so i found out that i can make this without my bread maker ('can' meaning it's a good workout!). appearance - hmmm, boleh diperbaiki but taste is there.

SWEET BUN for sausage rolls

Ingredient A :
500g high protein flour
25g milk powder
75g sugar (I lessen it to just 50g since I want to make sausage rolls)
10g instant yeast
1 teaspoon bread softener
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon salt

Ingredient B :
250ml water
75g margarine

Ingredient C :
Red bean filling
Butter
Sugar
Sausage
Raisins/sultanas

Method :
1. Mix well ingredients A.
2. Add in water and knead till a soft dough is formed.(I called upon my antique but still reliable mixer to help me with this process!)
3. Add in margarine and knead again till soft and elastic.
4. Divide the dough into 50g balls.
5. Shape the dough to your liking.
6. Leave to prove till double the size.
7. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degree celcius till golden brown.
8. Once out of the oven, brush some margarine on top.















Then today for lunch, kelaparan, since ada rice, tried this recipe - i know there are 1000 and 1 ways to make nasi goreng but i followed this to see the effects of ginger and oyster sauce. Comment from my sister -hmmm, sedap!

Chinese fried rice (Zack fotopages)

Ingredients:
2 cups white rice
6-8 shrimps
1/2 of 1 chicken breast, diced
2 cloves garlic, finely minced
1/2 green onion, minced
1 tsp minced ginger
mix veggie
2-3 eggs
2 tbsp oyster sauce
2 tbsp spring onions
2 tbsp fried shallots (bwg goreng)
2 tbsp veggie oil + 1 tbsp sesame oil salt,
white & black pepper,
sugar to season

How to make:
1. Prepare all the ingredients; Have them placed in bowl along with the seasonings; oyster sauce, salt, sugar and pepper. Make sure that everything is within your hands reach because you'll be cooking very fast, so you won't have time to run to the sink or table for the ingredients.
2. Heat up the wok, put in the oil and check to make sure that the wok is really hot by sprinkle a little bit of water to the side of the wok and it should steam up very quickly.
3. Pour in onions, garlic, chicken and shrimps. Stir quickly followed by the oyster sauce and mix veggie. Pour in the rice mixed with eggs ( see the TIPS picture above ) and stir fry quickly. Use a big spatula is you need to. It sure helps sometimes
4. Lastly add in the spring onions, fried shallots and season with enough salt, sugar and pepper of your liking.

Mee Hailam

dear Folks,
You all must simply try this - siap within 1/2 hour (from start siang daging/sayur to makan) and it's simply sedap. had it for late lunch - today saturday is nice and cool - hujan dari pagi till now almost 3.15pm.. went into my springcleaning mode then got hungry hence the late lunch. i suppose those of you who are not keen on mee kuning can use sphagetti. Eat it when it's hot. Oh, and i added cili padi sebijik sebab tak ada cili powder. to the kuah. the bawang goreng adds the kick, so add it as well. And i malas nak boil the meat for the stock so used that cube - 1 piece.

MEE HAILAM PHALIN OOI (from mamafami fotopages)
Mee kuning
Beef fillet ~ sliced thinly, boil for 5 minutes and keep the stock
Chicken fillet sliced Onion ~ sliced Garlic ~ chopped Chicken cube Chillie powder Oyster sauce Sweet soya sauce Soya sauce Tomato sauce Vegetables ~ whatever you like...hehehe (my choice is carrot, celery and tomatoes) Cornflour mixed with water ~ to thicken the gravy Oil for cooking Method : 1. Boil the fresh noodles till soften. I skipped this step because my noodles are well cooked. 2. Heat the oil and saute onion and add in the beef fillets and chicken fillets. Fry for about 3 minutes. 3. Add in the crushed chicken cube and chillie powder. Stir well. 4. Pour the beef stock. Add in oyster sauce, sweet soya sauce, soya sauce and tomato sauce. Stir well and let it boil. 5. Add in eggs. 6. Add in the vegetables. 7. Pour in the cornflour mixture to thicken the gravy. To serve : Put the noodles in a bowl, pour the gravy on top. Garnish with chopped spring onions and fried onions.
And this choc cake - someone gave for CNY - it's simply delicious - 1/2 gone since last night. Don't know who made it. And the bottom picture - like i said, springcleaning mode. All those went into the washing machine... 

Ayam Percik

Dear folks,

Got this from Hanieliza fotopages. easy to do (dinner last night)- prepare chicken, blend all the stuff (do this finely kalautak the serai makes the kuah a bit 'berbulu'), put all in kuali, let the kuali be on the stove, then masuk oven in the last stages. ready to eat in about one hour. i reduced the cili to about 6.-8 since kids tak berapa gemar pedas. Ini sebab duk recommend Ja beli oven and termention ayam percik! Picture ni tak berapa menarik but the taste is yummy.

Bahan: 2 kg ayam [potong 4 keping] 3 cawan santan pekat [perah gunakan air kelapa dari 1 biji kelapa ] (I used 1 packet of instant santan)1/2 cawan air asam jawa 1 s/t gula 1 s/t halba garam secukup rasa bahan mesin halus 20 tangkai cili kering (used only about 6 for 1 ekor) 4 biji bawang putih 3 cm halia 5 batang serai Cara 1. Lumurkan sedikit garam dan tepung ubi kayu pada ayam dan bilas bagi menghilangkan bau hanyir. 2. Masak ayam dalam kuali bersama bahan mesin, santan, halba dan asam jawa sehingga sederhana masak (kuahnya tinggal sedikit). Tetapi pastikan segala rempah sebati dengan ayam. 3. Alihkan ayam ke ketuhar dan panggang pada suhu 200' C sehingga ayam masak dan berwarna perang keseluruhannya. [boleh juga panggangkan ayam menggunakan pemanggang ikan tu] 4. Hidangkan dan hiaskan dengan salad atau timun. NOTA: Boleh ditukarkan ayam kepada ikan tetapi ikan tu tak perlu direbus dgn santan...cuma masakkan bahan kuah sehingga pekat. Ikan tu dibakarkan dan percikkan kuah tu saja dan bila menghidang..curahkan kuah keatas ikan.