Kuih Raya in the Making

I only made 2 kinds this year. I stayed up at night until 3am/4am to bake this. Got only a few hours of sleep. I planned to give some to my family and friends, and save some for us too. Hopefully they enjoy eating kuih raya as much as I do.

Tart nenas

Almond london

Ramadhan 2011

Dah nak raya.. tak penah lagi update blog. Huhuhu.. malas punya pasal. I used to update this blog from my blackberry, now that I don't have data plans anymore.. manyak susah loor.. Malas nak duduk in front of my laptop and type because usually I have tons of other things to do. Kalau update guna BB senang sikit, I usually do it before I go to bed- tgh baring2 atas katil.

Alhamdulillah Ramadhan Kareem this year we're still in Wichita KS. Feyruz turned one year old a day before the fasting month, sempat la sambut sikit2. Irfan's birthday will be several days after raya, we might do another birthday+ open house.. I don't know just yet since our schedule is pretty hectic.

School starts today. I am so swamped. Not that I have a class today, just running around registering classes and submitting paperwork. I was walking around campus with Irfan, and all the students looked at me like I'm a crazy mom. Ye la sape bawak anak pegi campus kan. I don't know how am I going to do this..because I don't think that I have the energy of a 21 yr old anymore (the age when I started college). Please Allah give me the strength.. permudahkan semuanya..

Here's a pic of Apam Polkadot that I made yesterday. It doesn't take like apam sgt.. more like muffin. Very padat. Irfan calls them Dinosaur Eggs hehe..

Cantik jugak la kan.. comel2 heheh.. Tapi malas nak buat lagi sbb tak sedap sgt LOL.

Cooking With Passion

Today for breakfast Amin decided to try to make some chappati (from scratch). He made the dough and everything else, while I helped him cooked it.

The chappati was soft and delicious. We ate it with beef curry.

For dinner, I decided to make some salmon with avocado & asparagus sushi. Amin helped pan-seared the salmon, while I cooked the sushi rice and prep the other ingredients.

Yummy!

Feyruz.. all well after recovering from vaccine shots’ fever.
’PENDEKAR mode’

pretzel jalapeno ♥♥

horla,,just now i just ate pretzel that cah & amin bought for me (thanx gem!!),,nyummy2!! superlicious!!actually dr dlu lg mengidam nak mkn this snack,,(cam pregnant plak pdhal gem yg pregnant),,and after 2 years baru la dpt mkn,,1st mkn mse dulu2 dtg us mse gem grad,,the snack was recommended by amin because of the taste...spicy,,n mase gem blk die de tanye nak beli pape tak n baru teringat my fav food!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ehhehe yyeeeaayy!!!hheee~~♥♥

L3pak-|ng wif gem & amin at klcc =))

lunch at little penang cafe,,amin promote suh mkn kt sini,,sedap la,,

gem wif her abc,,die over excited ble dpt amek pic ngn amin,,hehehe

amin mkn mee curry kot,,i guess,,x igt la,,hhhee~~ gem diet kot,,die xnak makan pape pon,,

soya bean plus red beans,,

as usually,,ill choose char kuew tiaw,,nyummy2 sdpp!!

thanx 2 amin coz blanje mkn,,nyummy2!!then gi rmh mak long amin kat kota damansara,,gem packing2 beg die sbb mlm 2 die & amin akan g ke perlis,,jumpe e plak,,n ble da nak gerak,,OMG kunci kete amin x ingat letak mane!!!2o minutes pas 2 baru la jumpe,,then blk ke ukm,,lepas gem pergi,,lupe nak amek pic tummy gem!!!!!!hhaaiiyyooo!!tapi mase jumpe 2 da pengang2,,wwooww rase la besar n keras,,heheheh xpe2 nanti blk bp boleh amek pic lg,,=))

Vanishing Oatmeal Raisin Cookies (As Enul's Requested)

This recipe is taken from the Quaker Oats' lid, but I changed the measurement a bit because we like the cookies to taste less sweet. To compensate that, I added more raisins/ dry cranberries to the ingredients. Here's my measurement:

1/2 lbs salted margarine/butter, softened (I prefer to use butter since margarine contains hydrogenated oil which can increase LDL/'bad' cholestrol)
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 cup all-purpose flour (add some more up to 1 1/2 cup if the mixture is too mushy)
1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp cinnamon powder 3 cups uncooked Quaker Oats (I used quick, but old fashioned works too)
1 1/2 cup raisins

Methods:

1. Beat together butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar until creamy
2. Add eggs and vanilla extract; beat well
3. Add combined flour, baking soda and cinnamon powder; mix well
4. Stir in oats and raisins; mix well
5. Heat oven to 350 degree F (about 180 degree C)
6. Put a layer of parchment paper/wax paper/cookie sheet on the cookie tray
7. You can use a tablespoon, or an ice cream scoop to scoop the mixture and drop it onto ungreased parchment paper
8. Make sure the distance between each scoop is approximately 1 1/2 inches
9. Bake 10-12 minutes or until golden brown
10. Let it cool for a minute, then remove to wire rack/cooling rack

makan-makan

Salam sumee,,da lame da tak tulis kat blog nih,,coz im very2 buzy rite now,,lots of assignments and project dat are given by my lecturer to settle,,2 tak termasuk ade kuiz lagi,,even buzy pon tapi sempat meronggeng gak,,hehehe yelo bosannn dok terperap dlm bilik je,,so arini gi la midvalley,,quite happening kat sane coz chinese new year next sunday,,so adela show ape2 ntah pasal org cine 2,,we arrived at midvalley at about 1230pm,,mase 2 perot da lapar gile2,,kteorg gi la mkn kat chilis sebab memang da plan pun.

ni la menu chilis,,quite interesting

alamak nape aku nampak gemokk??huhuhhu

im happy searching the menu for my lunch. after choosing the food, then the waiter asked me about the beef whether i want it half or full cook. of course la nak full cook lol..nak muntah kot makan half cook,,hahahah the interesting one about this place is that you can refill your drinks as much as you want,,hehehe but the drink must be written as 'bottomless' in the menu. the price for the drink is just rm8.95. so i refilled the drinks 3 times,,kalau tak rugi2,,hahaha the 1st and 2nd one were apple juice,,and the 3rd one was orange juice..sangat berbaloi2,,especially tok org yang kuat minum air cam syafiq,,heheehe

the food,,nampak cam sedap x??hehee burger nih teramat la besar,,nak ngap pon kena bukak mulut besar,,tapi roti yang kat atas xdpt makan sebab mulut xmuat,,hehehe dagingnya memang tebal gle,,haha tapi sedaappp,,

zawiyah's crispy chicken

my burger again,,memang sodappp,,hehehe

nyummy nyummy~~

taaadddaaaa,,,done already. hurm mase nih kenyang gile2,,but i think chilis is better than manhattan fish market (mfm) coz mfm terlalu muakkkk!!!!!! n oily too,,

Resepi Ayam Percik (My Own Version)

I just cooked ayam percik for dinner. Sangat2 la sedap hehehe. Here's the resepi (atas permintaan Janet)

Ingredients (for 1 whole chicken cut into 10-12 pieces):

1 whole onion (if the onion is small, use 1 1/2 onion)
3-4 cloves garlic
1/3 cup of coconut milk
1 inch ginger
2 lemon grass
1/2 inch galanghal (if you don't have this, just add some more lemon grass/ ginger)
1 tsp corriander
1/2 tsp cumin
some sambal olek (ikut citarasa)
1 can (8 oz) tomato sauce
some salt and brown sugar (ikut citarasa)
some rice flour

Methods:

1. Just blend everything except the rice flour. (Of course you need to cut the onion, garlic, lemon grass etc into small pieces first).

2. If you are not sure how much brown sugar/ salt/ sambal olek to put, make sure to taste it a little bit before you marinate the sauce with the chicken. It should taste sweet (and pedas, kalau nak pedas), masin sikit2 je.

3. Nak marinate overnight pun boleh, nak marinate for a few hours/ an hour pun boleh. Takde hal, but of course lagi lama marinate lagi sedap.

4. Then pour everything into the pot, wait until almost cook. (You can check the drumstick, if you see the blood coming out of its bone, that means you need another 10 mins. Anyway, just make sure it's not over cook)

5. Coat the baking pan with a layer of oil (vegetable oil/ olive oil), then put the chicken into a single pile. Make sure that you shake the extra sauce off the chicken before putting it on the baking pan.

6. Then broil the chicken in the oven until it turns brownish on both sides (kena terbalik2kan la)

7. Now for the extra sauce, just cook it on the stove some more. To make the sauce thick, add some rice flour (yg dah dilarutkan dlm air) bit by bit. Then stir the sauce. You can also add salt/ brown sugar/ sambal olek (ikut citarasa).

8. Then pour the sauce onto the ready to serve chicken.

Last tips: I usually serve this chicken with nasi oren. Baru sedap sikit mkn :)
Nasi oren tu, color dia oren because I put some paprika powder. Also add some margerin stick (biar jd ala2 nasi minyak), some chopped onions, cinnamon stick, bunga cengkih and bunga lawang, and some salt.