Apa nak jadi??

...sampai sekarang tak update lagi..lol

Tak tau la naper skarang ni malas sungguh nak update. .tapi rasanya update ok lagi, nak measure dan tulis resipi tu yg liat sangat tu. Yang bestnya, kadang tu dah masak power2 lupa plak nk snap gambar. Macam semalam, buat Claypot Chicken Rice. Siap ja terus ngap lupa nk posingkan. Mana nk ada bahan nk blog kalau dah camtukan. Agaknya tgh demam Facebook skarang ni tapi tu pun dah slow dah tu yg balik ke blog la plak..hehe

Ni ada lah gak masakan yg dah buat lama tapi tertunda nk update. Resipi dpd Amy Beh, Kuali.

Cashewnut Chilli Chicken (Kung Pao Chicken)

250g chicken breast meat, cubed

10 dried chillies, seeded and halved

1 onion, quartered

1/2 green capsicum, cubed

100g cashewnuts, deep-fried

2 tbsp oil

Marinade for chicken:

1/2 tbsp light soy sauce

1/2 tsp sugar

1/4 tsp pepper

1/2 tbsp sesame oil

1/2 an egg white

Sauce (combine):

1 tbsp Premium oyster sauce

1 tbsp light soy sauce

1/2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce

1 tsp cooking wine (I omitted this)

1/2 tsp sugar or to taste

1 tsp sesame oil (omitted gak sbb tak der)

1/4 tsp salt or to taste

1/2 tsp dark soy sauce

2 tbsp water

Thickening (combine):

1/2 tsp corn flour

1 tbsp water

Marinate chicken for 20-30 minutes. Shallow fry chicken until fragrant and golden. Drain and set aside.Heat oil in a wok, fry dried chillies for 30 seconds. Add in the rest of the ingredients and the pre-fried chicken. Stir-fry briskly, then add thickening. Sprinkle with a dash of sesame oil and mix in cashewnuts before dishing up to serve.

Jejak Kasih...Taukua Rendang

Hahahaha..I've to start off with laughter cause I never knew I could be this crazy..well I am not that sane either (hehehe) but to snap photos of my food in public area like this..men..it's new..

Well..I did went back to Penang last weekend as I told in my earlier post..well..I did went to ate the Taukua Rendang..so you should have guessed..

I was too shy to shy to get a much closer shot of the Taukua Rendang seller in action..ahaks

Did I come close??? Well let's compare..hehehe

the mamak's..

mine..

Hah this is the Ais Nyoq/Kelapa Campur..

While at this, we walked down to the Cendol guy a few blocks away and passed some shops selling all kinds of stuff when my hubby suggested that we come again next month for some street shopping cos we never got the chance to do any kind of shopping in Penang everytime we were back. It's all about visiting relatives. So InsyaAllah if that happens, I'll try to put on a thick face and pretend like some tourist from other states and clicks away.

Taukua Rendang

Last Friday when my hubby went to Penang for work matters, my kids and I didn't follow because we already went the week earlier for my nephew's nikah and we are going again this weekend for the wedding reception.

My hubby went toPenang Road on his own and one of his fav stop is the jeruk stall in Chowrasta Market where they sell all kinds of varieties in bulk. His next stop is surely the Taukua Rendang stall next to the market. What cheap good food to pair along with the bestest Ais Nyok Campur. This Ais Nyok Campur is so fragrant. Oh yes, the drain does smells too but what the heck..lol If you are a Penangite you'll know what I mean. Penangites' residing in other states will always come back to this stall. Parking would be very hard to get especially during the school holidays. Actually I don't know how the name comes up to just being Taukua Rendang when actually you also have Cucur Udang with it as a set.

So when my hubby called up telling he was there, I'm so restless at home. Check my fridge and I have kucai, taugeh and prawns. So I had my Taukua Rendang too at home away from home.

It's just a normal cucur udang paired up with fried tahu with cucumber by the side. Dip in a sweet potato sauce garnished with peanuts and sesame seed.

I don't have cucumber so it was just the cucur udang with tahu. Of course la I'm more generous with the kucai and taugeh compared to the mamak's..hehehe

Batter for the cucur is so easy peasy to make. You just need wheat flour mix with water and add kucai and bean sprouts. A pinch of salt and that's about it. Scoop with a spoon into hot oil and put a prawn on top. Press a bit. You don't really want it to be round in shape. Not like the cucur udang in pasar malam where it puffed up like Humpty Dumpty. It's just about 1.5cm think. As for the sauce, I just boil half of 1 sweet potato and add 1/2 tsp of tamarind paste and salt/sugar. Add cornflour mix with a bit of water for extra thickness. You can anytime beat that stall I'm telling you.

Spaghetti

I have so much passion in cooking. I love watching cooking shows, read cooking blogs, read recipe books and anything to do with cooking, I just love it. I really enjoy cooking for my family, friends and relatives. It’s just the cleaning up soon after is something that I don’t really fancy. So that portion of it I sub-con to my daughters all the time..lol

One of the meals that my family enjoys and not much cleaning up to do after is Spaghetti. I always use Prego Spaghetti Sauce that comes in the canned. It has a much more Malaysian kind of flavours. I don’t really like my sauce to be so tomatoed so I will normally add a few ingredients to enhance the flavours according to my taste.

The sauce.. What I’ll do is I will melt some butter in the pot and add diced onions, saute till fragrant and brown then add minced meat. Once cooked, I will put about 1tbs of chilli paste and mushrooms. Pour in the Prego sauce and ½ canned of Campbell’s tomato soup. Add water to desired thickness and melt in 3 to 4 slices cheddar cheese into the sauce. I also put in chilli sauce and add a bit of salt and ½ of chicken cube. My family loves the sauce cooked up this way..sour, creamy and a hint of spiciness all in one.

Sup Bebola Ikan Simple

I ni kadang kalau buat nasi ayam suka pakai shortcut..hari kerja biasa la kalau boleh nak cepat kan kalau tak meratap peminat2 tunggu nak dinner..utk ayam I pakai ayam segera yang dalam pack tu..kadang beli yg BBQ, yg goreng pun beli..ikut la mana nak pakai..so sup dia terpaksa la buat sup fishball sebab dah tak rebus ayam kan..

Sup fishball ni senang jer nak buat. Hiris bawang merah, bawang putih, halia dan cili merah. Tumis sekali. Masuk air dan kobis skit, pastu masuk air dan fishball. Letak kiub ayam. Voila! Siap! Makan saja2 ngan ikan goreng dan sambal belacan pun sedap. Bleh bertambah2 nasi woooo...

Gulai Lemak Nenas/Labu dengan Bebola Daging

Eventhough I don't really have the chance to update my blog as regularly as when I first started, I have been taking snaps of my cooking though. It's just that I don't really been able to squeeze in my time to get an entry done. I do realise that there are visitors to my blog, thank you for dropping by.

My sis in law were back home from New Zealand to visit her mum. She had brought a few pumpkins from her garden. Imagine how she had stuffed all that in her luggage. My mum in law gave me one half and that also took a few weeks to clear. One of the dishes I made from that was Gulai Lemak Nenas/Labu dengan Bebola Daging. This was inspired from one of Chef Wan's creation in the Ayamas cooking show. Instead of using just pineapple and chicken balls, I had used meatballs and added the pumpkin.

Copied the recipe directly from my archive...hehehe

20 Bebola Ayam Ayamas

4 cawan santan yang diperah dari 1 biji kelapa

½ biji nenas segar – dipotong ke ketulan besar

½ cawan minyak sayuran

Dikisar sehingga menjadi pes:

4 camca besar pes cili8 ulas bawang merah

1 ulas bawang putih1 cm kunyit

2 cm lengkuas

3 batang serai

Segenggam daun kesum2 helai daun limau

Jus dari 1 biji limau (replaced with asam keping)

Panaskan minyak dan goreng pes sehingga wangiMasukkan ketulan nenas, santan dan sedikit air. Renihkan selama 10 minit.Masukkan Bebola Ayam Ayamas.Renihkan selama 5 minit lagi dan masukkan garam dan gula secukup rasa.

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I totally forgot about this tag from Zura. Sorry Zura. Kau ampunkan kakak mu ini. Rasanya dah lambat la nak tag org pun sbb dah lama Zura bagi ni. Masuk most sites tengok sumer dah ada bunga ni. Jadi saja la masukkan jugak buat penyeri. Hmmm..tetiba teringat asam pedas la plak. Tak bleh jadi nih..