Sweet Treats

Apart from the birthday cakes for the past few weeks,

other sweet treats craze are

The magnolia cuppies from Magnolia Bakery

No-one can say NO to this creamy and delicious cuppies,

including hubby

I've tried several flavors, including red velvet, lemon, truffles, carrot, hummingbird, devil's food, etc

Semua sedap!
And I saw dekat bakery tu they make the cuppies using Kitchenaid!
No wonder the toppings of the cuppies semuanya fluffy. =)

talking about Kitchenaid,
last nite I made Pavlova and this time I tried to make Pavlova using the Kitchenaid.
Meringue naik and semua menjadi dgn Kitchenaid ni.
TQ KS KA!

First Attempt

I don't have her talent, but people said practice make perfect. If we didn't try to cook till when it will be perfect, right? Anyway, this all what I've tried for the first time and hopefully after this I will have the 'moo' to make it again and again until it will be perfect. 

The mushroom and chicken pie-inti sahaja buat sendiri. Crust pakai yg instant sahaja

 

Molten Lava Cake Part 1

Molten Lava Cake Part 2

Blueberry cheese pie. Crust buat sendiri, pls excuse bentuknya yg tak berapa cantik

Keratan rentas

Putu Piring buatan sendiri

Hilang kempunan mkn panas2 time sejuk best!!!

That's all folks. InsyaAllah next time if I the time, mood and the ingredients are already in the kitchen, yes I will try or practice to do it again.

Can You Guess What These Are?

Main suka hati je I bungkus hahaha

Semalam I make these...

and it took me 2 hours nak prepare benda ni hokeh

Tapi semangat nak makan punya pasal

terpaksalaaaa....dah bukan duduk negara sendiri =(
So everyone, we can call this as Otak Otak Toya or Sata Sempoi.
Takde vedevasss sebab tak guna daun pisang and daun kelapa...hihihi

This is what happened when hubby hantar news about Pasar Ramadhan

He sent me an email, telling me sedapnya kalau dapat makan Otak Otak and Sata

When hearing someone you love telling u like that,

Then saya dengan semangat berkobar kobar pergi beli ikan dan bahan2

 And making these....YUM!

Part yg susahnya is when nak siang and buang tulang ikan

Then nak prepare tu bykkkk bahan 

But Sata easy sikit compared to Otak Otak

Actually nak sedap lagi, Otak Otak ni pakai byk jenis daun

Since over here just jumpa daun Limau Purut,

So I just guna daun limau purut sahaja...

No bad for the 1st try and bila buat sendiri boleh letak isi ikan byk skit,
next time saya nak try cari daun pisang and daun kelapa

Buat biar nampak betul2 macam Otak Otak & Sata Terengganu! =)

Resipi Otak Otak

Ingredients

(A)

500g ikan kembong or Mackarel 

1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp Maggi Ikan Bilis granules
A dash of pepper



(B) 

Spice, pound together:
3 fresh red chillies, seeded
3 cm lengkuas
2 cm fresh turmeric root
or replace with 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
5 buah keras (candlenuts)
2 stalks serai (lemon grass), sliced thinly
10 shallots
4 cloves garlic



(C):
1 tbsp chilli boh/ serbuk cili
1 tsp belacan powder
1/2 tbsp tepung ubi
1 tbsp cornflour



Seasoning:
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp sugar
Pepper to taste

(D):
1/2 cup pati santan
3 eggs, well beaten
5 limau purut leaves, finely sliced
Daun Kadok leaves (aromatic creepers)

Banana leaves, cut into 20 x 18 cm pieces, softened by steaming or scalding in hot water
Method
Cut fish fillets into thin slices and season with (A) for 15 minutes.

Grind ingredients (B) into a paste. Mix well the ground ingredients with (C). Blend in (D) and seasoning. Add fish slices into the mixture.

Take 1 piece of banana leaf, place three to four daun kadok in the centre. Put three slices of fish and 2 tbsp gravy over it. Form a bundle by folding up both the sides to meet in the centre. Fold up both the ends and staple the middle portion to secure. Make as many bundles of otak-otak as possible.

Steam the bundles for 10 minutes over rapid boiling water. Serve hot with rice or white bread.

Sata (Grilled Fish and Coconut Parcels)
500 grams mackarel (kembung, tenggiri or selayang)


200 grams grated coconut (white part only)


2 cm ginger


6 shallots


1 clove garlic


1 tumeric leaf, finely sliced


1 teaspoon chili powder
salt and sugar to taste

2 red chillies, 

sliced
banana leaf for wrapping
bamboo skewers, cut 20 cm long (but I used foil only)

Forgive Me Atkins, For I Have Sinned

So, I had this for sahur!

This is what we call - one time cheat!

Oh, seriously the first taste is very very terangkat!

Second taste makes me feel Im in heaven...

Third taste then I dah started feeling guilty

Forth I rasa, ok...dah enough dah

What's wrong with me eh?

By the way, thanks to Puan KS

Because tweeting about this mud pie!

I nak tunggu your recipe, but tak sabar sempat...

So saya ikutlaaa recipe ni.

But seriously, bila tengok KS buat and nampak sedap

Memang semangat berkobar kobar saya nak buat jugak

Kalau tak mmg tinggal angan angan saje!

But this Mud Pie mmg my favourite desert 

Especially bila pergi TGIF

And about 2 years ago, they have discontinued this desert...

And YAY! Now I know how to make it. =)

The Mud Pie Challenge

Ready....

Set....

GO!

We'll see the results and verdict shortly ya... *wink*

Mr Travel Pot

My hubby always tell me

As a Muslim, bab makan kena jaga

So, everywhere we go, we always need to be extra careful

Roti, we checked the ingredients first

If dalam ingredients ada tulis dia campur with E471, we tak beli

Coz masa dia sekolah dekat UK dulu, ada matapelajaran macam kemahiran hidup

Dia cerita kena buat roti..but everybody is mixing the roti with lard (pig fat) 

So any roti without knowing the ingredients, we tak makan

My dad used to say, if you are wondering why your doa tidak termakbul,

Maybe it's because of what and source u makan, because it'll be your darah daging...

So, please be strict and jaga pemakanan... saya agak physcho disitu esp bila pergi ke tempat org

But dekat UK mmg senang nak makan!!! Byk je kedai halal

But saya dah muak dgn kebab and bila travel mmg byk guna energy

So, nasi will be the most satisfying foods to us

And if tak jumpa kedai jual nasi halal...or nak jimat masa cari foods, thanks to this Mr Travel Pot!!!

So that day saya masak nasi goreng dalam Travel Pot ni

It's small, light, sesuai untuk bawak travel

And we've been using it since 2007, the first time we all guna masa pergi travel to Italy.

Mmg Mr Travel Pot ni byk berjasa. =)

The price was around RM100+

More details here

Ahhhh...HEAVEN!!!

Sangat heaven bila saya dapat makan ini!!!!

Sampai habis licin ok!!! 

Hubby cakap I boleh jadi tokey bukak gerai keropok lekor kat sini...hehehehe

P/S: Happy Birthday Rini! All the best wishes. =)

Cuppies For Izz's Birthday

I am teringin nak buat something for his birthday...if not a party, why not cuppies? =)

Baking Brownies Our Style.

Featuring our in-house Chef and Sous Chef

=)

1. Ask mama to get one Betty Crocker Fudge Brownies Mix

2. Pour all the mixing inside the bowl

3. Mix the mixing with 2 eggs...hihihi..macam2 gaya saya

 

4. Pour 3/4 cup vegetable oil

5. And 1/4 water

 

6. Then the best part to see all the ingredients mixing together!

7. Make sure there's no lumpy lumpy

8. Hmmm....yummeh mama!

9. Ask mama to pour inside the baking tin

10. Can't resist to taste the leftovers...it's really fun, mama!

11. Lastly, ask mama to bake the brownies inside the oven. =) Hmmm smells nice!

SHISH!

Halluuuuuu FEBRUARY! 

To my all beautiful readers, 

jangan segan silu, sila masuk blog saya and menjamu selera mata with my new cooking invention.....the

SHISH,

SHISH,

SHISH,

........SHISH taouk and potato skillet (ala-ala ratatouille!) hihihi...

 .........ni kes nak cuba diet without makan nasi. =P