Fried banana with sugar

 the bananas before spreading sugar on it

 the fried banana with sugar

just perfect for an afternoon tea

Kuih keria

Ingredients

1. 2-3 sweet potato
2. 1/2 - 1 cup of flour 
3. 1 cup of sugar for coating the kuih 
4. 5-7 tbsp of water

Preparation procedure A

1. peel the sweet potatoes - boil the the sweet potatoes - mash the sweet potatoes  
2. Then add in flour 
3. Mix it until it is ready to be shaped into small ball (it depends on how small you want it to be)
4. Flatten the ball, made a hole in the middle of the dough, and shape it like a donut shape 
5. Heat oil in a wok, deep fry sweet potato ring over medium flame till golden brown. Dish out and drain

Preparation procedure B

1. In coating kuih keria, pour in sugar in a wok
2. Then add in water (make sure that you don't use that much water or else the coat wouldn't be like the one you see in the pictures)
3. Let it cook until you can see small bubble (this is very important) 
4. Add fried sweet potato ring and coat well.
   

Puding Raja and Jala Mas

I use old diaper to get only the egg yolk. I bought the diaper but never use it.
It looks like it is perfect to seperate the egg yolk from the white one.

The egg yolk 

The jala mas

I got this much for 2 kilos of bananas

Puding raja with its garnishing

From another angle...

the gravy

I prepared the puding raja and jala mas since my friend ordered it. She said it was for her daughter who is pregnant. Her daughter has an appetite to eat the dish. I refused to prepare it but considering the reason mentioned, I prepared it also. I got up early in the morning; 4 am just to ensure that I could deliver it to her at 9.00am on that day. I didn't take any payment for the work done (my husband required me not to do so). So, I just asked her the money I spent in buying the ingredients. She gave me a double pay when she paid me the other day, alhamdulillah...

a) Ingredients for the puding raja

1. 2 kilos of pisang raja (this is the most suitable banana for this dish)
2. oil for frying
3. For garnishing you need: cherries (red and green), raisins, cashew nuts (that you fry without oil for a while) and prunes 

Preparation procedure for the puding raja

In a wok, pour in the oil. When the oil is heated, fry the bananas until golden brown. Drain and dry. Then, put them aside to cold

b) Ingredients for the jala mas

1. 20 eggs yolk
2. 1 and a half cup of sugar 
3. 2 cups of water
4. banana leaves (shape them like ice-cream cones with very very small hole below them. Make 2-4 because they might be broken during the process of 'menjala' later). If they are big, they  turned out to be quite ugly just like the the jala mas you see in picture 4 (the container in the first and second row on the left)
   

Preparation procedure for the jala mas

Seperate the egg yolk from the white. Stir it slowly. In a wok, pour in the water and sugar. When there are bubles surfacing the mixture (of water and sugar, hereinafter called syrup), take the banana leave that you have made into an ice-cream cone like shape. In a circle motion, move the ice-cream cone like shape in the wok.  Look at the picture below at how you need to to move the leave, just like forming mosquito coil. The smaller the gap between each layer, the better. p/s: When the syrup is thick during this process, pour in hot water. 

c) Ingredients for the gravy

1. 1 can of evaporated milk (I use Saji brand)
2. 1 can of water (you use the evaporated milk can to measure the water) 
3. 1/2 cup of sugar (I you can extra sugar if you want the gravy to be much sweeter)

Preparation procedure for the gravy

In a cooking pot, pour in the evaporated milk. Then add water. And finally add in sugar. Let it boil before turning off the stove. Make sure you always stir it to avoid the mixture to form bubbles. You may also put screw pine leave for fragrant if you like. But I don't put.  It was still dark outside so I didn't dare go and pluck it.


Serving the puding raja


In a bowl, arrange the bananas. Then put prunes on top of them. Then spread raisins, cherries and cashew nuts. After that, spread the jala mas on these ingredients. Then, pour in the gravy. It is sufficient that you pour it to cover the ingredients mentioned. Serve it cold (perhaps you can store the gravy in the fridge for a while before serving). Happy trying..

Jemput udang kering/ jemput masin

Pic. 1: The ingredients in one big bowl

Pic. 2: Add in water

Pic. 3: Fry them... 

 

Pic. 4: Enjoy the jemput with chilli sauce 

This is the simplest food that you can prepare in the afternoon. The ingredients are basically in our kitchen all the time. Let's take a look at the ingredients. 

1. 1 hand-full of ikan bilis
2. 1 onion (big one)
3. 1/2 cup of water
4. a pinch of sugar
5. 1 potatoes (slice thinly) 
6. 1 egg
7. oil for frying
8. 2 cups of flour (look at the picture 2  to know the condition of the jemput before frying)

How to cook it?

1. In a bowl, mix all the ingredients except water 
2. If you mix them all, then pour in the water
3. Using your fingers, pinch only a small amount of the mixture (see picture  3)
4. Serve it with chilli sauce 

spaghetti carbonara

 I prepare this dish since I want to taste how is it like to eat spaghetti carbonara. My student told me tha it is delicious and easy to prepare. He said when you try it, please bring it to the class. I said why not, let me give it a try. So, two days before the semester was over, I cooked the dish. I prepare the dish for the students in the class. They are only 8 students in the section. I hope they enjoyed it.

Ingredients: 

1. 1 packet of spaghetti
2. prego carbonara sauce
3. some chicken (cut into small pieces)
4. a little bit of mince meat
5. 1 can of mushroom. Cut thinly (I use ayam brand)
6. 4 pieces of cheese 
7. oil for frying  
8. A  packet of meat ball 

Preparation procedure:

1. Boil spaghetti. Seive it and put it aside
2. In a wok,  pour in oil
3. Then, add in the meat ball, mince meat* and chicken*
4. After they* are tender, add in the sliced mushroom 
5. Then add in the cheese. Ensure that the cheese melted before you turn of the stove

~I didn't use salt since cheese is the substitute for the ingredient.