tea break

mango juice yummy

today noon, while waiting for Jr. at Teacher Madeleine's session, i went for my me time having a "tea break" alone.
but instead of tea, i enjoyed tis yummilicious mango juice (not lassi) and cheese naan (cheese meleleh).

cheese naan yg tak kedekut cheese

steamboat

our first try out : home made steamboat.

step 1 : get a portable stove. we bought it from G1ant. very handy & cheap. its packed in black suitcase, very james bond like. heh. cost about rm50, we chose pensonic. and dun forget to buy the canned gas.

step 2 : buy frozen seafood steamboat materials. we had assorted of them. fishballs, fucuk, prawn, squid, mushroom, tofu, etc...

step 3 : prepare the soup. boil..and dunked 'em all...and..the party's begin..*insert banana dance*

tis time i let Mr ruled the course. me watched and enjoyed. :) he prepared instant soup, using soy ketchup for Soba soup. very the senang. then we add some chilli paste, salt..voila!

yesterday's weather was just so nice. suam-suam winter...just nice for steamboat dinner. maybe next time we can have it outdoor. more fun!

tip : i think a portable stove shud be listed in "a must-have" for every house. it's handy. we can take it to picnic-do, and also it's very useful if we suddenly run out of gas at home. eureka!

the spanking new stove

macam-macam adaaa...

kerang goreng ala uptown. i cooked for lunch earlier

Rendang, the sequel

the postponed details, continued from here

Law of Making Rendang (according to me)

Step 1 : Blend all these ingredients

~ Bawang Merah, Bawang Putih, Lengkuas, Kunyit, Cili Kering, Cili Api, Rempah Ketumbar, Serai. (i cant specify amount/nos of each, i agak2 jer...very unreliable recipe actually. hehe)

Step 2 : Masukkan bahan2 yg dah blend tadi dlm kuali, bersama-sama ayam / daging. (again, amount ni agak2 lah ya. hehe). Masukkan garam, serbuk jintan manis & jintan putih. Kacau dan biarkan mereka serasi bersama. ;)

Step 3 : Bila dah almost kering, dan ayam / daging dah empuk, masukkan kerisik kelapa, kacau dan masukkan santan. Biarkan mendidih dan pekat. Optional : saya masukkan manisan kelapa, yg warna brown tu. Or else boleh masukkan gula biasa jugak, sikit sahaja. Then masukkan hirisan2 Daun Kunyit. Kacau.

Step 4 : Bila dah almost kering (berkuah sikit2 je), then dah boleh hidangkan. Voila! itu sahaja.

Rendang Ayam Kampung

I just posted tht earlier post and suddenly i remember i have long due new category of my cooking adventures.

I name it Kitchen Notes.

Here's the first entry of this new folder. Since i just cooked Rendang Ayam yesterday, i can recall pretty well plus i hav a snap pic of them.

Okay here's the intro. This recipe i got from my fren's mom. A true Nogori-an. Once i tasted her rendang, that was sooo nice! Tanpa segan silu maka saya bug dia suruh tanya resepi dpd maknya. Since then, i practiced this Law of Rendang everytime orders were made up. It has not failed me so far, at least it's good enough for my tastebud. (what or who else matters, kan?) *wink*

Bahan-Bahan / Material : (sorry i will skip this. bcos i dun like to read thru bahan2 if i'm reading recipe. it's normally a long list and that might spoil my spirit to cook, most of time. So normally i'd jump to Kaedah and peek scroll up to Bahan-Bahan if there's need.)

Kaedah / Procedure :

*alamak tetiba mata rasa ngantuk*

Shall i postpone this detail later?

heh.

but anyhow, here's the result.

crave

me thinking of this

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pic source : google

Pan Mee

with ikan bilis banyak2 and sayur berlambak

question : tu pucuk apa ek?

rebus

did i say am fat?
okay, in case u dun hear me correct, i am legally 18 kgs fatter than my pre-preggie weight or my pre-wed mass.

18!
once i announced to The Husband and he tried (profusely) not so shocked.
then later he asked "do you feel heavy?"
Of course i am!
*pout*

you see, among all the many reasons contributed generously to my...*cough* fleshy-me is his fault! bley?
i blame him for my excess eating.
i blame him for not stopping me enjoy good food.
and i can always blame him for sweet talk right? nevermind if it's not true but us woman we like to hear 'em kan? heh

just one thing for sure i'd never blame him for having our little Jr, tho clearly it was how i started develop these lovely lemaks. huhu

so i told him i want to watch my diet.
first step : reduce oil intake.
NO LESS fried-food, MORE boils or grill, MORE water and fibre.
tengok le boleh bertahan sampai bila. haha


Today i browsed for rebus-rebus menu when i found this simple recipe. It's easy, instant and i bet sedap.
It is so called Asam Pedas Rebus. hehe...macam tak surprise pun kan?
Anyway I try out just now it just take less than 30 mins to get ready.
So i guess this simple menu is going to top my list of family menu from now.
Next i will try to master Singgang Ikan. Wht do you call eh, but i know we kelantanese just love this singgang meal.

Come let's share your rebus-rebus recipes here, you are much appreciated.
:)

#p.s Salam Maal Hijriah to all Muslims.