Macaroni with chicken ball

A plate of chicken that was already blended 

The soup

Boiled macaroni

The macaroni ready to be eaten

 

Kethcup sauce with small chillies

Preparing macaroni chicken ball is like preparing macaroni soup or akin to mi calong. In preparing mi calong, you have fish ball. But for macaroni soup, you make chicken ball. This dish is requested by my sons. They like to sip the soup. Click to the mi calong's recipe to know how to prepare this dish.

Telur bungkus (Folded eggs)

Will up date the recipe later, insyaAllah

Laksa Penang

The fish use to make the gravy

Boil the fish with little water

The fish after they were blended  

The water that comes out from the fish. When you add the fish bones and the flesh and sieve it, you'll produce this for gravy

The fish bones that you blended. Decide if you want to continue blending it. I blended for twice when the condition of the bones is like this

Bunga kantan for garnishing

 A plate of laksa penang

Ingredients 

1. 1.5 kg of fish
2. 10 cups water
3. 12 dried chillies - scalded and left to stand
4. 6 fresh red chillies
5. thumb-sized piece of mature turmeric
6. 3 stalks of serai
7. 300 gm shallots
8. 200 gm belachan
9. 2 stalks of bunga kantan
10. 8 stalks of daun kesom
11. 1 Tbsp sugar
12. 2 tsp salt
13. 2 cups assam water
14. 1 cucumber
15. half a pineapple
16. 1 big onion
17. 1 bunch mint leaves
18. 1 stalk lettuce
19. 2 sweet pickled cucumber
20. laksa noodles

Preparation:

The items 3 to 7 are finely ground; using only 3 of the red chillies for grinding, as the other 3 chillies are sliced and are for the the garnishment, while the fish is deboned after cooking
The "bunga kantan" and the "daum kesum" are thinly sliced; use only one of the "bunga kantan" for the gravy; the other is meant for the garnishment.

For the gravy:
Bring water to the boil and cook fish. Debone fish and return fish bones to the stock and simmer for 20 to 30 minutes, then strain the stock. Add ground ingrediants to the stock and boil with one bunga kantan and the daum kesum. Simmer for 20 more minutes. Add the deboned and shredded fish and the assam water, and season to taste. 

For serving:

Place the laksa noodles in a bowl. Top them with your choice of sliced or shredded vegetable garnishment, then ladle simmering gravy over the noodles.

Kerabu perut and mangga

 

Kerabu perut and mangga is a kind of salad made from manggo and cow's stomach (can't think of a friendlier term at the moment). Here's the recipe you should try. I masak ni because I terliur ngan perut yg dijual. Teringat kat arwah mak yg sentiasa suka makan masakan kampung cam gini.

Bahan-bahan

1. 500gm perut lembut
2. 1 sudu besar kerisik jika suka
3. 2 biji limau nipis - ambil jusnya
4. garam dan gula secukup rasa

Bahan Hiris

1. 5 tangkai cili padi (lbh pedas lbh terangkat)
2. 1 biji tomato
3. 2-3 batang serai
4. 2 tangkai kacang panjang
5. 1 tangkai cili merah
6. 1 labu bawang besar
7. 1 biji mempelam (ikut size n depends berapa masam kita suka)

Cara-cara penyediaan :
1.  Bersihkan perut lembut dan rebus hingga empuk, toskan.
2.  Gaulkan perut lembut bersama bahan hiris, kerisik, air limau nipis, gula dan garam.
3.  Sedia di hidangkan.

Nasi lemak or Coconut Milk Steamed Rice

 

This is the nasi lemak I cooked this week. I cook nasi lemak because it is easy to prepare. If I have coconut milk in the fridge, nasi lemak will be the menu that I will be cooking. Here's the recipe to cook nasi lemak.

Ingredients to cook rice: 

1. 2 cups of rice
2. 3 screwpine leaves (tie them into a knot as shown above)
3. Salt to taste
4. 1 small can of coconut milk (5.6 oz size)
5. Some water

For Tamarind Juice

1. 1 cup of water
2. Tamarind pulp

Ingredients to cookd Sambal Ikan Bilis (Dried anchovies sambal)

1. 1/2 red onion
2. 1 cup ikan bilis (dried anchovies)
3. 1 clove garlic
4. 4 shallots
5. 10 dried chillies
6. 1 teaspoon of belacan (prawn paste)
7. 1/4 teaspoon of salt
8. 1 tablespoon of sugar

Other ingredients

1. 2 hard boiled eggs (cut into half)
2. 3 small fish (sardines or smelt fish)
3. 1 small cucumber (cut into slices)

Method:

1. Rinse your rice and drain. Add the coconut milk, a pinch of salt, and some water. Add the pandan leaves into the rice and cook your rice.
2. Rinse the dried anchovies and drain the water. Fry the anchovies until they turn light brown and put aside.
3. Pound the prawn paste together with shallots, garlic, and deseeded dried chilies with a mortar and pestle. You can also grind them with a food processor.
4. Slice the red onion into rings.
5. Soak the tamarind pulp in water for 15 minutes. Squeeze the tamarind constantly to extract the flavor into the water. Drain the pulp and save the tamarind juice.
6. Heat some oil in a pan and fry the spice paste until fragrant.
7. Add in the onion rings.
8. Add in the ikan bilis and stir well.
9. Add tamarind juice, salt, and sugar.
10. Simmer on low heat until the gravy thickens. Set aside.
11. Clean the small fish, cut them into half and season with salt. Deep fry.
12. Cut the cucumber into slices.
13. Serve with fried fish, cucumber slices, and hard-boiled eggs onto the nasi lemak.

Do try them. It's easy! For tastier nasi lemak add 3/4 oil in the pot. The rice will looks shinier (glassy?).

Oreo Cake for Haziq's birthday

These are the indigenous utensils use to decorate the cake. My husband brought at Tunas Manja. There are very primitive, aren't them? At least, I've tried to make my own son's birthday cake. 

fried rice with chicken cubes

Ingredients:

1. 1 - 2 green onions, as desired
2. 2 large eggs
3. 1 teaspoon salt
4. Pepper to taste
5. 4 tablespoons oil for stir-frying, or as needed
6. 4 cups cold cooked rice
7. 1 cube of magee mee chicken flavour 
8. some vegetables

Preparation:

Wash and finely chop the green onion. Lightly beat the eggs with the salt and pepper. Add in vegetables.

Pumpkin muffin again

 

The muffins are baked because Kak Chik gave me a pumpkin the other day. I was not sure what to do with it since my husband and I didn't like pumpkin that much. So, the best to finish the pumpkin is to bake muffin. The recipes are already in one of the postings. Here's the recipe for the pumpkin muffin: 

1. 2 cups flour
2. 2 teaspoons baking powder
3. 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
4. 1 scant teaspoon ground cinnamon
5. 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
6. 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
7. 1/2 teaspoon salt
8. 1 can (15 to 16 ounces) pumpkin puree
9. 1/3 cup melted butter
10. 1/2 cup evaporated milk or half-and-half
11. 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
12. 1/4 cup granulated sugar
13. 2 large eggs, beaten
14. 1 teaspoon vanilla
15. 1/2 to 3/4 cup chopped pecans or raisins
16. cinnamon-sugar, optional

Preparation procedures: 

In a large bowl combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Stir to blend In separate bowl, combine pumpkin, melted butter, milk or half-and-half, the beaten eggs, sugars, and vanilla; mix until blended. Stir pumpkin mixture into the dry ingredients until moistened. Fold in pecans or raisins. Do not overmix. Line 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners or grease well and dust with flour. I use a baking spray. Fill the about 3/4-full with the pumpkin muffins batter, sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar if desired, and bake at 375° for 20 t o 25 minutes.Serve warm or at room temperature. Makes 12 to 16 pumpkin muffins.