Homemade Chocolate

I've also been wanting to do homemade chocolate and it finally materialize. This is one simple and quick recipe. 200g of compound chocolate shall gives you around 30 small pieces of chocolate. Compound chocolate, cocoa butter and chocolate mold, you can find it all at any bakery supplier shop. I got mine at Yummie Bakery @ Bandar Baru Bangi.

Boleh lah bawak balik kampung during raya nanti.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

On Saturday, both of us went back to Seremban to berbuka with my mum and dad. I miss them so much! Was so happy to see Meena too. She is mengada-gada as usual :)

On Sunday, we left at noon, with hope to escape the weekend traffic at Lebuhraya Utara Selatan. It was blistering hot and I could not wait to reach home. Macam cacing kepanasan dalam kereta. Adoi!

We reached home at around 1PM, which leaves ample time for me to cook for berbuka and bake cookies. I don't know why, but Ramadhan gives me some motivation to cook for berbuka and sahur. But quite fair lah, since the day before, we bought all our food at Pasar Ramadhan Seremban 2.

So today I bake chocolate chip cookies. I ran out of chocolate chips, that was why cookie is full of chocolate rice.

Rasanye? Tatau lah sedap ke tak u ols. I will provide feedback on my next post. Recipe is from noreenhomecooking :)

Penne in Cheese and Herbs Sauce

Ahh~~
What I love about marriage life is....
The cooking part!! That is because I love to cook!
Menu untuk dinner kami harini is penne in cheese and herbs sauce. Simple saja menu nyer.
Message me for the recipe :D

Colourful Apam

Oh it has been a while since the last time the dapur berasap. I was so busy with all kind of things. But this weekend, I stayed at home, did the cleaning, a bit of painting and of course - baking! It didn't take long to do this apam. Within half and hour, the apam is ready and the taste is so yummy :D

Nasi Ayam

Today, I cooked Nasi Ayam for my parent and the cats.

My cat lurves the ayam so much!

Masak Lemak Cili Api (Recipe for Lilly)

My dad is from Negeri but I don't know how to cook the famous Masak Lemak Cili Api. So today, I took the effort to cook Masak Lemak Cili Api without anyone's help (except for the recipe book lor). Mum is out so this is a great chance to cook coz if she's in, nanti die pulak yang menyibuk buat sume. HAHA. Okay she is out so I am all on my own.
The must have in Masak Lemak Cili Api is of course the cili api. Kecik kecik cili api, but the hotness, my God! So, I blend the cili api with bawang merah and serai. That's all. Pour the blended cili api+bawang merah+serai into the santan (coconut milk) and chicken. And left for it to boil. Don't forget to keep on stirring.
Masa tengah kacau tu, I dah start panik sbb my Masak Lemak tak jadi colour hijau/kuning. I called my mum but she didn't pick up the phone, she is too busy listening to the ESQ lectures I guess. Cemas dan panik, lepastu terus teringat kan serbuk kunyit. Maybe sebab lupa letak serbuk kunyit kot, so I main letak aje serbuk kunyit. Dalam resipi tu suruh letak kunyit hidup. Tak jumpe pulak kunyit hidup, so I letak serbuk kunyit aje. And then baru letak the potatoes.
So that is how people cook Masak Lemak. And another additional turun temurun recipe from my granny is to add on asam keping, where as some people tak letak pon the asam keping tu.
I never eat my own cooking so I serve it all to dad as lauk for today's lunch.
Hihihi.

AYAM MASAK LEMAK

• 1 ekor ayam dipotong 16
• 10 biji bawang merah
• 2 batang serai
• 20 bili cili api
• 2 helai daun kunyit
• 2 cawan santan pekat
• 2 biji ubi kentang (dipotong dadu)
• Sedikit garam

Cara membuatnya :
1. Tuangkan bahan-bahan yang digiling ke dalam periuk, masukkan santan pekat, kacau perlahan-lahan sampai mendidih
2. Masukkan ayam, ubi kentang dan daun kunyit
3. Kacau sekejap dan masukkan garam
4. Biarkan sehingga pekat dan berminyak barulah angkat

Cream Caramel

During CNY, Tinie and I lepak at my house and masak dessert. Tinie taught me how she do her famous cream caramel. And then, we baked cuppies and masak Mee Hoon soup. What a great way to spend the holiday with your favourite girlfriend :D

My Tiramisu

I am on leave today. I had nothing to do so I bake my first tiramisu cake :)
Allrite, I am off to see my wedding planner. Happy New Year everyone!

Kuih Tart Nanas and Kuih Samperit

For kuih tart, I tried it both: the tart bunga and tart gulung, but it is still not as gebu as the commercial tart. The taste is acceptable anyway. I use plain pineapple jam for the topping. I really fancy those tarts with dark colored pineapple toppings on it. Is that pineapple and papaya altogether? Hmm, help needed in here!
You are most welcomed to share your recipe kuih tart yang gebu and the dark colored pineapple jam, if you happen to know any.

Kuih samperit is a O.K. Thanks to Aida for the resipi turun temurun :):)

Everyweek Pasta

Not just another pasta book, this is in fact my first pasta book ever. Mama bought this one while she was working outstation. She must have picked this book after seeing me so into Italian cuisine, this lately. "Pasta"is a collection of over 100 essential pasta recipes, which means, more recipes to try every week! Oh I can't wait! Thanks Mama :)

Lasagne

I sing happily as I my lasagna tastes how like lasagna should be, at only one attempt. Hurrah! I used 8 pieces of lasagna and in between the lasagna sheets lays the tomato + minced meat sauce and bechamel sauce. This is also my first time cooking bechamel sauce@white sauce, which is the mother sauce of French cuisine. My bf loves it so much as it was served with extra cheese, just like how he likes it.

Fetuchini Olio and Oreo Cheesecake

Today is off day, my music exam will only starts at 3PM. In the morning, have bit of time cooking Mama's favourite pasta for her berbuka puasa i.e Fetuchini Olio. For dessert, we have oreo cheesecake, a cake for Ayah's belated birthday, which happens to be bf's favourite too. Happy Birthday Ayah! :)
Okay I need to get ready for my exam. Wish me luck :>

Homemade Cup Cake and Banana Choc Chips Muffin

Hurrah to Sasa and Itak! They've been working hard in the kitchen during the weekend, producing these. Other than that, they've also baked chilled cheese cake and cooked prawn pasta. Four recipes in a day can you believe it? I know how Itak love baking and how Sasa adores Nigella Lawson so bet I am going to see more of these in future :)

Nothing much can be done on the icing damage :p

Fetuchini Carbonara

Menu minggu ini - Fetuchini Carbonara :)

Attention Baking Enthusiast!

Listen up, people - if you love baking and are tired of making the usual pineapple tarts whenever the festive seasons approach, why don't you join us in learning some new recipes?
CloveTWO, in cooperation with the Malaysian Institute of Baking (MIB), is whipping up a free baking workshop for its readers. The session will be conducted by MIB's CEO Don Yong, popularly known as Dr Baker!
Under the tutelage of Dr Baker, participants will learn how to make:

• Sweet buns (with red bean, tuna and hot dog fillings)
• Moist chocolate cake
• Chocolate fudge &
• Chocolate chip walnut cookies

Now isn't that a sweet (pun intended) deal? If you're interested, this is what you must do:
Log on to http://clovetwo.com/ Answer the eight simple questions correctly
Complete the slogan in fewer than 25 words

Bakin' with Dr Baker
Date : July 5 (Saturday)
Venue : Malaysian Institute of Baking, 11 Jalan 52/B, New Town, 46200 Petaling Jaya
Time : 9am - 1pm

Mama spotted the advert in the newspaper and as usual, I will have to do the slogan writing. Wish me luck. Hope that I will get selected so Mama and I can go to the workshop.

Kek Batik

Yesterday, I made Kek Batik and it turned out really well. Here is the recipe, for you to try :)

Bahan-Bahan
200gm mentega
1 tin susu manis (tin kecil)
200gm milo 300gm biskut Marie (patah-patahkan)

Caranya

Cairkan mentega dalam periuk. Apabila semua mentega telah cair, masukkan susu sedikit demi sedikit sehingga habis satu tin sambil dikacau perlahan tanpa berhenti. Setelah mentega bercampur dengan susu masukkan milo sedikit demi sedikit. Kacau hingga semuanya sebati dan masukkan kacang. Tutup api dapur dan masukkan biskut marie. Gaul hingga rata semua biskut bersalut coklat.Jangan masak bahan tadi lebih dari 10 minit kerana coklat akan keras. Ratakan didalam loyang dan simpan didalam peti sejuk selama 1 1/2 jam sebelum dipotong mengikut suka.