Eid ul-Fitr @ KCMO Part II

So it was another gathering last Saturday (actually the third time for Raya celebration). I wasn't that excited anyways because we met the same people, only a few newcomers. We volunteered to cook the main dish which is ayam percik. The organizer, Kak Emmy, told us that she estimated 80 people to show up for the event, and some people were asking about ayam percik. So they were kinda expecting us to cook a really good ayam percik. Hehehe..

Amin was up for the challenge. We practiced for two nights, altering the recepi here and there. And the results...


The guests said ayam percik was really good, it had all the taste. So I think we nailed it. (Amin did most of the cooking actually. I was just assisting him ahahaha. Some sisters/ brothers mcm terkejut tgk Amin masak dgn pakai apron sume. They never thought Amin was really good at cooking. Unfortunately I didn't take the picture at that time, since I was busy helping Amin. But Kak Emmy's husband, Madi, did took some pictures of us. Will post them whenever I got them).


Those who were at the gathering (ladies' side). Not many actually, only 50+ people came including the kids.

Another thing, I finally sold my kuih raya on that day after a week of hard work.



The sisters were very pleased when they received their orders. One of them told me that she had been waiting for that day to get tart nenas since her kids love it so much. Hehehe such a compliment!

Actually, two other sisters are also interested to buy my kuih raya, but I didn't have enough time to make it. I don't know when I'll meet them again, so will see. I also managed to make some kuih for Janet, but only half way done, hehe maybe I'll make some more kuih tomorrow/ Tuesday.

Aidilfitri

Ok it's raya time. I don't have the mood to elaborate much. Too much stuff going on right now, work is like hell. Now I really regret for not study betul2 time college dulu, especially on subjects like physics and chemistry. Too late to I guess, but rasanye google boleh tolong la. :(

Last Saturday we had raya gathering. So the night before (Friday), masak mcm org gile. I made

lots of nasi himpit and rendang on Friday while Zuhri made roti jala. Both of us stayed up late until 3 AM, COOKING! I thought this would never happen after college life but I was wrong, ye la kat Purdue dulu kena masak for PUMSA (Malaysian Association). So the raya day (Saturday), went to solat raya. Back from solat raya, continue cooking like a zombie. The whole day rasa mcm zombieeee. Later that evening we had our open house at Comfort Inn. We rented a meeting room. A lot of people from muslim community and work came. We had a great time although I felt like a zombie most of the evening.

That's all about my raya. Waiting for Enol's and gem's.

Oh yes, I forgot to mention that the webcam project didn't work. Bummer meng's laptop cannot handle their webcam. The firewall has been disabled but still tak boleh play the webcam. Stupid laptop. I was so frustrated that day.

1. Pagi raya with Kak Mai's family

2. Three of us from Purdue

3. The hosts and guests

4. The hosts all together

5. My favorite boy Naqib. hehe

Eid ul-Fitr @ KCMO

I made some more kuih raya on the last two days of fasting. First time I didn't cook any dish for Hari Raya (like nasi empit, lontong, rendang, etc.) because I was so busy baking kuih raya :D
Kak Emmy, the host for raya gathering on Saturday, asked me to bring lotsa kuih raya to her house. The thing is I didn't plan to make it earlier (konon2 nak kasi kuih yg fresh la kan), so the last two days before Hari Raya was like a marathon of making kuih! Pagi - petang - sampai malam menguli doh. (Fortunately Amin tak complain ape2 hahaha)


This is rose tart (simply because of its shape) . The red jam is actually a strawberry jam. Very sweet kuih.


Mama carries...! My favorite one.


This is the second version of my tart nenas. A little smaller and much sweeter.


Me and my kuih raya :D Everyone at the gathering loved my kuih, even the kids (they ate it like they ate rice!) So I'm very pleased with the outcome. My effort tak sia2 la.

Now, I need to make kuih raya for this coming Saturday and next Saturday. Ade tempahan :D So skarang ni I tgh busy balik hehehe.

Webcam Raya

Yoohoo..dah nak raya.
So kite dah ready ke nak berwebcam di hari raya ni? Nya ko kena ckp la pukul bape ko nak online n boleh berwebcam. Maybe mlm raya and also pagi raya la kan, provided ko dah beli webcam.
1. Kalau ko nak online malam raya (Friday night in Msia), kat US is Friday morning. Aku boleh join kejap dlm kul 9:00- 9:30 PM kat Msia. After that nak pegi keje.
2. Kalau online pagi raya (Saturday morning in Msia), kat US is Friday night. Aku boleh je online anytime. Let say before and after solat raya kat msia, which is pukul 9:00- 10:00 AM.

Let me know nya! I'm all excited.

Demam Kuih Raya :D

Surprise.. surprise.. I'm finally done making kuih raya. Actually I will call that as a practice because I might need to make some more kuih raya for the coming Eid gathering. I made four different kuih raya: semperit and biskut seribu kemanisan (these two I have already tried last year, so it was quite easy). And the other two are tart nenas and biskut arab.


This is semperit. I bought the semperit mold last year in Malaysia. Unfortunately, it was so hard to use it (maybe I bought the crappy one ahahaha). So I just used a flower mold. Anyway, biskut seribu kemanisan looks similar to this semperit since I also used a flower mold to make the shape (but it's a five petals flower). So no need to show off ehehe.

Now, comes the tart nenas. I wasn't able to find jem nenas here (actually it's very rare to find one, probably sold at Indian store and it's very expensive), so I gotta make it from scratch. I did some research, and I found out the easiest way (Cara tipu): just bought the crushed pineapple in the can, cooked it with a slow heat, mixed with a lot of sugar and some yellow coloring. Taadaa, here's the result:


Still cooking, have to stir it frequently, tak mau hangit.


Well cooked jem nenas. I made it into small balls so that it's easier to put it in the dough.


Again, I didn't have the mold for tart nenas. So I just made up the shape, like nenas (Amin keeps calling it dinosaur's eggs :( Not funny! )

And the last one, biskut Arab, I made it this afternoon. This is also a very simple kuih raya (only 3 ingredients!). But I wanted to make it interesting, so I put some colorings in the dough. That was the tedious part, because I had to kneel it for quite some times to make the colors even.

Amin took this picture. Red, Yellow and Green dough (guess what, they look like traffic lights ;) )


Final product: biskut Arab.

Since si Janet dah kasi hint2 dia teringin nak kuih Raya, and I am in Raya mode, I will send some of these to her (takut Janet kempunan). If she is lucky, she might get it on the first day of Syawal. To Meng and Dik Noi, sori la korang kena buat sendri hehehe.