Resipi: Ikan Gulai Kuning (Kelantan Style)

Spaghetti goreng ala2 mee goreng je :)

Our branch and lucnh for today :) Alhamdulillah bersama jus (strawberry + anggur + orange)

Resipi (untuk 2 pinggan):

1. Spaghetti/ mee/ mihun/ nasi (rasanya semuanya sesuai)
2. Barang untuk dikisar ( jumlah barang tu boleh secukup rasa citarasa sendiri lah yer)

• Bawang merah (4-5 biji)
• bawang putih (3 biji)
• Lada kering (4 keping, tapi bergantung kepada tahap pedas yg diinginkan)
• Buah tomato (separuh buah tomato besar)
• Ikan bilis (sejemput dua, nak buat rasa ikan)

3. Daging ayam/ lauk
4. Sayur-mayur
5. Garam
5. Minyak untuk menumis

Cara-cara:

1. Panaskan sedikit minyak, dan masukkan bahan-bahan kisar. Tumis sehingga naik bau.
2. Masukkan daging ayam/ lauk, kacau sebati dan tunggu sehingga lauk masak. (jika macam nak kering, tambah air sedikit2)
3. Masukkan sayur-sayur yang keras dulu, kemudian tunggu sayur sedikit lembut, masukkan sayur daun yang lembut. Kacau sehingga rata.
4. Masukkan garam secukupnya.
5. Masukkan spaghetti/ mee/ mihun/ nasi dan kacau rata, tutup api dan sudah siap untuk dihidang.

Nota:

Kami guna spaghetti sebab kat sini takde mee/ mihun. Pagi ni pula kami goreng nasi guna bahan yang sama, dan rasanya juga ok, kami suka :)


Maaflah kalau resipi ni tak kena selera yang mencuba...

Daging stew kicap daun kari

My own simple recipe. hehhe For us, rasanya sedap... Alhamdulillah, this is our lunch for today.

Bahan (maaf yer, tak dapat nak estimate berapa banyak barang guna, sebab main campak dan rasa) *so buat la secukup2 rasa:

1. Daging kambing (kalau nak tukar ke daging ayam or lembu, boleh aje),
2. daun kari,
3. bawang putih,
4. bawang merah,
5. serbuk lada,
6. serbuk lada hitam,
7. kicap masin,
8. sos tiram
9. gula 
10. dan minyak untuk menumis

Cara-cara:

1. Taruk minyak sikit (takyah banyak2 sebab daging ada minyak lebih,hehe),
2. Tumiskan bawang putih dan bawang besar sehingga layu dan kekuningan
3. Masukkan daging, masak seketika bersama bawang tumis,
4. Masukkan kicap masin secukupnya, sesuai dengan daging , dan ikut citarasa nak kuah banyak mana,
5. Masukkan sos tiram (1-2 sudu besar), 
6. Masukkan serbuk lada dan serbuk lada hitam (secukupnya, dalam 1sudu kecik je),
7. Masukkan air,
8. Masukkan daun kari (2 tangkai),
9. Masukkan secubit gula, tak yah banyak2 buat syarat rasa aje.. :)
10. Rasa masakan anda!! kalau terkurang terlebih boleh alter secukup rasa k.... 
11. tutup periuk dan biarkan daging masak empuk dan sebati dengan bahan campuran.
12. Kalau mama buat tadi, masak sampai kering, so, ikut cara masing2 la yer...

Selamat mencuba bagi yang ingin mencuba, hehhe :) Maaf kalau resipi ni tak kena dengan selera andaaaa, hehhe 

Ayam bakar celery yang best!

Senang dan sedap..hehhe sedaplah bagi kami, tak tahu la orang lain kan... :) Bahan2 nak buat tu senang aje...so, kalau sape2 takde idea nak masak apa, boleh la try... yumy yumy:

(1) Chicken
(2) Mayonnaise/ Plain yogurt
(3) Celery stalks
(4) Fried onion
(5) salt

Langkah2:

Biasanya separuh ayam saiz sederhana yang digunakan, tapi, terpulang la pada masing2 kan....

1. Mula2 goreng bawang besar, separuh labu aje kalau bawang tu besar, kalau bawang kecik guna sebiji (secukupnya untuk diperap dengan ayam nanti)
2. Bila bawang dah kekuningan dan berbau harummm, hehhe tutup api, then angkat, so boleh la di gaul dengan ayam yang dibasuh bersih
3. Letakkan mayonis atau plain yogurt dalam 2-4 sudu (tapi, taruk je as you desire k) tapi kalau banyak sangat pon nanti masam plak..secukup rasa la eh...
4. Potong celery stalk kecik2 dalam sebatang setengah then gaul ngan ayam tu sekali
5. taruk garam secukup rasa, jangan banyak2.
6. Gaulkan semua benda dan perap dalam 30min, suka hati la lama mana pon k, kalau agak2 tak de masa, gaul2 then taruk je dalam oven, hehhe
7. masa dok tunggu perap, panaskan oven dalm 400°F , jangan lah panaskan sampai setengah jam , hehhe dalam beberapa minit je sebelum nak masukkan ayam... then bakar ayam selama 30minit, atau pon selama ayam tu masak la kan, dekat2 nak masak tu boleh pelankan suhu ke 350°F.. selalu la check ayam tu, takut hangus plak, huhu

Bila dah masak boleh lah dimakan ngan nasi, atau pon ratah and cicah ngan cili sos pon best gak, hehhe Buat masa sekarang ni gambar takde lagi, buat ayam ni semalam, belum sempat nak snap, dah habis dah..huhu terlupa nak amik gambo..lenkali la yer...

Oreo Truffles

huhu tak dapat shape kan betul2 bulat...

Yummy yummy. This is my second Oreo Truffles. It very easy to make and it taste so good.

You can browse the recipe here: http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/easy-oreo-truffles-95085.aspx 


* Oreo truffles yang diinspirasikan dari http://invinciblesweettooth.blogspot.com/ , heheh tengok pon dah terliur, so apa lagi, try la buat, huduh sungguh rupanya, tak sama ngan cik invinciblesweettooth buat, tapi yang penting layannnn...hehhe :)

Shrimp celery soup

Tadaaa, I present you my own recipe that I cooked for my lovely husband. He love it very much. It's simple meal and very easy to cook.

The ingredients (for a person):

1. 15-20 medium shrimps
2. 1-2 stalk of celery
3. 2-3 spoons mayonnaise
4. Garlic powder
5. Salt
6. Pure ground black pepper
7. water

Blend shrimps, celery stalk, and mayonnaise together (put some water), reserve a few shrimp for raw added into the soup. Put the blend shrimp and celery in the pot. Chop the balance shrimp (medium portion) and put in the pot. Put the salt, garlic powder and the black pepper as you wish. Put some water. Cook it for 10-15minutes and it's ready to serve.

Lunch for today!

Baru siap masak, skang ni baru kul 11am, Papa plak balik kul 12++ huhu...

[1] Ayam sumbat + kuah kicap

Ayam tu perap ngan garam and black pepper aje..yang bahan sumbat dalam ayam tu tak berapa rasa sangat, so tak yah taruk pon takpe rasanya..

kuah kicap tu sedap bagi kami...makan sampai menjilat jari..huhu Alhamdulillah

kuah tu senang aje, campur kat luar siap2 then baru masuk dalam kuali. Ayam tu pula, perap dalam 30min then goreng biasa2 aje...bawah ni resepi kuah:

[1] potong cili padi, tomato dan bawang besar kecik2 dadu

[2] gaul2, then taruk black pepper, kicap masin, kicap manis, cili sos, tomato sos, sos tiram, madu dan cuka ~semuanya secukup rasa, macam aza taruk lebih kurang 2-3 sudu besar setiap bahan, tapi cuka tu sikit je la, nanti masam sangat plak.

[3] gaul2 semua bahan

[4] tumis bawang putih 2/3 ulas kat kuali, bila dah naik bau, taruk bahan gaul [1] & [2] tadi...taruk air sikit bagi berkuah

[5] masukkan sayur2 macam karot, cendawan, kobis, ikut suka hati la...masak sampai empuk sayur

[6] taruk air tepung jagung sikit nak bagi pekat kuah, then taruk ayam yang goreng tadi..agak2 dah masak dan sebati semua bahan tutup ler api..hehhe

sekian, resepi hentam aje ni :p

[2] Cendawan butang celup tepung

Cara2:

-belah cendawan separuh2

-taruk garam dan black pepper secukup rasa, gaul2

-taruk telur dan gaul

-gaul ngan tepung sebelum goreng

-Mama guna api yang kuat untuk garingkan cendawan, tapi selalu la kena tengok2kan takut2 hangit! :)

Nasi goreng sayur campur

Nasi goreng main campur aje ni :p hahha nak makan banyak, then nak sedap, tapi nak diet sihat sekali, so masak la nasi goreng sayur campur, nasi sikit aje, tapi sayur banyak, so, makan sayur lebih! :)

Lunch, dinner ngan nasi ni aje la...hehhe makan ngan cili sos bagi tambah sedap, orang lain tak tahu la... :D

Bahan2:

1. Ayam (potong kecik2)

2. ikan bilis segenggam

3. bawang besar

4. bawang putih

5. cili padi (ikut selera pedas)

6. sayur campur (saya taruk cendawan butang, karot, kacang peas, kacang panjang, jagung)

7. serbuk lada hitam

8. garam secukup rasa

9. minyak (guna minyak canola 2 sudu saje)

10. nasi putih

11. halia 1 inci

Cara2:

1. Panaskan minyak, then masukkan bawang besar, bawang putih, cili padi, halia~ tumis sampai kekuningan skit dan bau wangi

2. Masukkan ayam dan ikan bilis

3. bila lauk2 separa masak, saya masukkan garam skit, then lada hitam skit, gaul2 biar sebati dengan lauk, then masukkan sayur campur

4. biar sampai semuanya masak, then taruk nasi, gaul sebati, masa ni, kalau garam atau serbuk lada hitam tak cukup, boleh la taruk secukup rasa..hehhe

5. tutup api, hidang dan makan!

Sekian, nasi goreng saya yang tak seberapa ini! :)

Notes: Sorry for those who don't understand this language (bahasa melayu rojak, hahha)!

Mushroom soup

Thanks to Kak Ja for this recipe. I love mushroom soup so much. Since my husband is not around, I manage to eat this soup for threee days straight. hahha.

*Sorry for those who can't understand this recipe. I don't have time to translate it to English language..

Bahan-bahan:

• 1 kilo kentang (6-7biji)
• 1 tin cendawan butang (1/2 dihiris halus, 1/2 direbus bersama kentang)
• 3 biji bawang besar-cincang halus
• 5ulas bawang putih- cincang halus
• 1/2 tin susu cair (boleh kurang atau tambah untuk kadar lemak)
• Serbuk lada hitam
• butter
• air untuk merebus

Cara-cara:

• Cairkan butter dan tumis bawangputih dan bawang besar sehingga layu dan wangi.
• Rebus kentang dan mushroom sehingga empuk, tutup api then keluarkan semua bahan rebusan.
• air rebusan digunakan sebagai stok kentang dan mushroom
• blend kentang, mushroom, dan bawang2 yang digoreng (sehingga lumat)
• Masukkan semua bahan blend ke dalam stok rebusan tadi
• masukkan garam dan serbuk lada hitam
• masukkan susu secukupnya untuk melemakkan sup.
• didih sehingga pekat.
• Makan dengan garlic bread ! :)

(Hidangan ni untuk 7-8orang)

Simple chicken nugget

I fried this chicken nugget for a few time already. For me it is simple and delicious too. Since we can't buy any chicken nugget here, we tried to make it by ourself. :) Enjoy the recipe.

(modified from myresipi.com)

1. Cut the boneless chicken to small pieces.
2. Marinate it with salt and black pepper.
3. Dip each piece of chicken, first with flour, then with egg.
4. Lastly, fry it.
5. Notes: If you want crunchy chicken nugget, rolled over the pieces with crumpled cornflakes.

Satay

We grilled satay on Sunday! :) The satay turn out good and yummylicious!. We took the recipe from myresipi.com as below:

Ingredients (20 sticks or more):

• 500g daging (hiris memanjang dan nipis)
• 500g isi ayam (hiris memanjang dan nipis)

Bahan perap:

• 2 batang serai
• 1/2 inci halia
• 1/2 inci lengkuas
• 1/2 cawan jintan manis
• 1/2 cawan jintan putih
• 1/2 cawan gula
• Garam, serbuk kunyit dan air secukupnya
• 4 sudu besar sos tiram
• 4 sudu besar kicap pekat
• 4 ulas bawang putih
• 4 ulas bawang merah
• 5 sudu besar minyak masak

Cara-cara:

Kisar kesemua bahan perap hingga halus. Kemudian perapkan daging dan ayam di dalam bekas yang berasingan selama 2 jam. Kemudian kelimkan pada lidi, dan dibakar sehingga masak.

Notes: memang sedap!

Aliya & Papa

Aliya yang setia menunggu kat walker baru dia, huh kaki aliya tak dapat jejak lagi..so, dia takleh nak gerak2 pon...walker tinggi sangat...

Papa la jadi tukang satay! Tukang kibas smoke detector pon ye jugak hehhe. Cam ni la, nak grill kat luar takde tempat, so grill kat dapur, so asap berkepul kat rumah, bunyi la smoke detector to, satu apartment bising, hehhe nasibla labu... :) Maaf ye jiran2.

Nasi impit mama punya, satay papa yang punya, hehhe satay yang papa buat sedap, Alhamdulillah, rezeki hari minggu. :)

HERSHEY'S "PERFECTLY CHOCOLATE" Chocolate Cake

Last Saturday, we made Hershey's Chocolate cake for Kashturi. It is easy to make and very delicious. Below is the recipe:

Ingredients:

• 2 cups sugar
• 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cups Hershey's cocoa
• 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup boiling water

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans.
2. Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl. Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed of mixer 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin). Pour batter into prepared pans.
3. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely. Frost with "PERFECTLY CHOCOLATE" CHOCOLATE FROSTING. 10 to 12 servings.
   
   VARIATIONS:
   ONE-PAN CAKE: Grease and flour 13x9x2-inch baking pan. Heat oven to 350° F. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 35 to 40 minutes. Cool completely. Frost.
   
   THREE LAYER CAKE: Grease and flour three 8-inch round baking pans. Heat oven to 350°F. Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake 30 to 35 minutes. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely. Frost.
   
   BUNDT CAKE: Grease and flour 12-cup Bundt pan. Heat oven to 350°F. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 50 to 55 minutes. Cool 15 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack. Cool completely. Frost.
   
   CUPCAKES: Line muffin cups (2-1/2 inches in diameter) with paper bake cups. Heat oven to 350°F. Fill cups 2/3 full with batter. Bake 22 to 25 minutes. Cool completely. Frost. About 30 cupcakes.

"PERFECTLY CHOCOLATE" CHOCOLATE FROSTING

• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine
• 2/3 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Melt butter. Stir in cocoa. Alternately add powdered sugar and milk, beating to spreading consistency. Add small amount additional milk, if needed. Stir in vanilla. About 2 cups frosting.

Nasi Lemak Recipe (Malaysian Coconut Milk Rice with Anchovies Sambal)

Yesterday, we cooked Nasi Lemak for lunch. Papa cooked the Sambal bilis, and mama did the rest.

Nasi lemak recipe (mama style):

This recipe was taken and modified from Kak Ja (Che' Long), Mokku Cafe, UIA.

Nasi lemak:

Ingredients: ginger, lemon grass, coconut milk, salt, rice,

• mix all the ingredients and cook the rice as usual.

Sambal bilis:

Ingredients: Dried anchovy , onion(separuh untuk goreng, separuh untuk diblender), garlic, lemon grass, tamarind juice, sugar, salt, dried peppers, ginger, and oil for cooking.

• Rebus cili kering sampai mendidih,
• goreng separuh masak ikan bilis dan bawang besar,
• blenderkan cili kering yang direbus tadi dengan bawang besar, bawang putih dan sedikit halia.
• Panaskan minyak (ambil minyak menggoreng *2), then tumiskan bahan blender sehingga keluar minyak.
• Masukkan bawang dan ikan bilis yang digorang tadi.
• Masukkan gula, garam, air asam jawa dan serai yang dititik.
• Tunggu masak dan bolehlah hidang!

Notes: Sorry, resepi berbelit2 sikit, hehheh takberapa pandai nak tulis... Kalau ada soalan ke apa ke, nanti tanya la k! :)


*Another recipe from  RasaMalaysia.com (it's written in English and proper words, hehhe)

Our planning for weekends!

Good morning everyone! I Hope you have a blast and wonderful day today. Today is Friday, and papa is not 'working' today because today is Happy Friday holiday, but he will go to work as usual because he has many things to do with his lab research.

Plan One

On Saturday, we plan to visit Dinosaur exhibition at Goss Opera House & Gallery, Watertown, South Dakota's source for the finest in entertainment, art and food. Watertown is approximately 1-2 hours from Brookings.

Plan two

If papa have time and not working on Sunday, we plan to go to Oakwood Lake, not far away from Brookings, it is only 15 - 20 minutes from here.

Plan three

We want to buy a stroller for Aliya, so we can bring her for walk on evening since there is warm and nice weather here. No more jacket and white snow!

Plan four

Mama plan to cook Baked Macaroni, recipe from Kak Ja! :)

I hope all my plans can be achieved and if it is, a lot of pictures will be taken. TUNGGUUUUUU!!!!

Baked macaroni recipes

This recipe was taken from Kak ja.

Ingredients:

• 200g makaroni
• 7-9 telur
• 1 tin susu cair
• 2-3 biji bawang besar
• 5 ulas bawang putih
• 1 paket kecil rempah kari
• Ayam/ daging cincang (atau 3 keping daging burger ayam/ lembu)
• 100g sayur campur
• 1-2 biji lada merah/ hijau
• Daun sup/ daun bawang

Directions:

• Rebus makaroni, campur sedikit garam dan minyak/ margarine
• Cincang bawang putih & besar kemudian tumis sampai kekuningan
• Masukkan rempah kari dan daging, masak sehingga empuk
• Masukkan makaroni, sedikit garam kemudian gaul rata
• Kecilkan api, masukkan sayur, campur, daun sup/ bawang serta susu cair.
• Tuang ke dalam loyang
• Telur dipukul sedikit dan dituang ke atas makaroni
• Bakar selama 45min suhu 180 darjah.

Aliya of the day!

Aliya want to go to school? haha

*mode~ rindu nenek!

Routine

• My everyday's routine seems so boring and full with unimportant activities (such as Facebook). So, I created this blog to fill my daily time with 'some' works. From this blog, I can improved and polished my English writing.
• If you followed and read my previous blog entires, the grammar and word structure are not good enough. I try make it better by learning new words from online dictionary, take notes, and read English magazines.
• I am staying at USA, but I don't have much opportunity to speak English. I mostly spend my time at home with Aliya, and I don't have any social connection with other people except Papa.
• Papa is a super busy person. He works 24/7. We only had quality time together on weekends, but only if Papa not working on Saturday or Sunday. I am lucky to have Aliya around. Alhamdulillah.
• I hope Papa will finish his school as soon as possible with a good result.
• I hope we can be a better person and a better Muslim, insyaAllah.

Aliya of the day!

Aliya

My everyday breakfast!

Iced chocolate

Ingredients:

• Hershey's chocolate syrup
• Fresh milk

*Fill in the Hershey's chocolate syrup into the glass (secukup rasa). Then, fill in the glass with fresh milk, and put the ice cubes.

Burger in making...

[1] This morning, papa played with Aliya. They were having a great time together.

[2] Around 10.30am, Papa and mama making burger with minced meat. This is the recipe:

• Minced meat
• salt
• flour
• black-pepper
• eggs

*Mix all the ingredients!

Notes: Bravo Manchester United for beating Liverpool!

Mama's Birthday celebration

Mama's birthday is on March 16, but the "party" was postponed today, March 20.

Today's activities:

[1] In the morning, Aliya and Mama just stay at home while papa went to his green house to take care his paddy(rice) plants. After Mama and papa having their breakfast, they bathing Aliya with warm water in the baby bath-tub. For the first time Aliya cried while bathing, pity Aliya because the soap bubble all over the face.

[2] At 11.30am, we went out to the post office at down town. Mama need to do delivery for her eBay item, after that, papa drove us to Wallmart. :)

[3] At Walmart, Mama and papa do the shopping while Aliya sleeping in the baby seat. krooh krooh...zzzzz..... We shopped at Walmart for 45 minutes before we heading to HyVee, then papa order pizza from PIzza Hut for today's lunch, yummy-licious vegi, extra cheese pizza!

[4] At 2.00pm, we reached home! Time to solat and prepare meals for the birthday party. Papa made Strawberry cheesecake, chicken BBQ and nasi impit. Thanks to papa for special treat today!

Papa is preparing the BBQ

Cheese cake!

Strawberry cheesecake recipe (modify from food network channel magazine):

1. Cheese cake layer:

• Cream cheese
• Eggs
• Sugar

2. Strawberry whipped cream layer:

• Fresh strawberry
• Sugar
• Whipped cream

*Mix all the ingredients in *1 in mixer, bake for 1 hour. While waiting for the cheese cake layer to bake, blander all the *2 ingredients. Then, put the blend cream on the top of the cheese cake layer. Lastly, put the cheese cake in the freezer for 4 hours and ready to eat! Yummy-liciuos!

[5] Time to settle down, rest, watched Ponyo movie (we rent it from redbox.com) and then sleep. Goodnite everyone.

Alhamdulillah.

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Mama