homemade buttermilk

Assalamualaikum...

Buttermilk, must have item for red velvet cake. And personally i love using buttermilk in baking my cakes, cupcakes and pancakes. It makes everything goes moist and fluffy. :)

But its quite expensive and its also hard to find. Di tempatku cuma ada di cold storage. Sometimes not available.

Jadi, why not using homemade buttermilk. Cheaper and the ingredients are already in your fridge.

Ingredients for Buttermilk :

About a cup of milk
1 tablespoon lemon juice / distilled white vinegar.

Pour almost 1 cup of milk in a cup, add lemon juice and add milk until it reach 1 cup. Let stand for couple of minutes and voila! Siap dan sedia diguna. usually saya akan guna distilled white vinegar tetapi dah habis. kali ini guna lemon juice pula.

P/s. Senang kan? Dah cepat buat red velvet. :)

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Homemade Hoisin Sauce for chinese food lover

Assalamualaikum...

Siapa suka chinese food, raise up your hand. :) well, i do.. very much and so much i will craving it and begging my hubs to bring me to some local muslim chinese restaurant. sangat suka masakan ayam yang ada cili kering, the soup are so refreshing and the butter prawn, ahhhh.. rasa tak mahu balik. haha..

so, last week i made my attempt to cook my own chinese food and try to impress my family. BUT, many of the dishes need hoisin sauce. try to catch that sauce in a local hypermarket, yang halal tiada. so... i google and find a homemade hoisin sauce recipe. a dinner savior. haha.. its super simple, super easy and all the ingredient are already at your pantry. so.. here it is.. and it make my dream of chinese culinary masterpieace set in a table came true.. of course i chang the ingredient a bit to suits halalness.. :)

4 tablespoons soy sauce (yang cair dan bukan kicap masin atau kicap manis ya.. banyak jenama yang halal)
2 tablespoons peanut butter
1 tablespoon honey
2 teaspoons season rice vinegar apple cider vinegar/lemon juice
1 garlic clove, finely minced
2 teaspoons sesame seed oil
1 teaspoon chinese hot sauce (more or less to taste) chili sauce
1/8 teaspoon black pepper

just combine all ingredient and whisk. easy peasy. and you can reduce all proportion if you want less hoisin sauce. :) 

The delicious general tso chicken. so yummy... recipe next entry ya..

I made few dishes that need hoisin sauce in it and it went great. so, chinese food lover out there, this recipe should be a keeper. :)

p/s: love love love