darling herbs

Assalamualaikum...
Last ramadhan i bought myself some trees. A rosemary and sweet basil tree. So excited cuz i never find such trees selling in my neighbourhood store (yes i live in kampung. Hehe).

Apart of that, my sweet peas tree and parsley start to grow. Bless.

Here some pictures from the garden.

Peas

Parsley (didnt know what type of parsley sbb kt packaging die cuma tulis parsley :) )

Sweet Basil

Rosemary

P/s. Hopefully they grow strong. Cant wait to cook using fresh herbs!

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scrumptious sandwich kari ayam nyonya with gooey cheese and fresh salad

Assalamualaikum..

And yes, its almost a month since i wrote something in this blog. teruk betul rasanya. but ramadhan is quite a busy month for me. doing so much cooking but so little time to sit and write and edit and... everything.

ok. raya is done ( i will post some raya story later) but today i need to post my recipe for the gourmet blog challenge. :) this is the first time tau i join such contest, so.. wish me all the best yeh.

Jadi, Hari ini saya telah menyediakan satu hidangan iaitu scrumptious sandwich kari ayam nyonya with gooey cheese and fresh salad. eh. panjang pulak namanya. huhu..

ok, here it is.



1st. the bread. You can use any bread you like, as me, i made my own bread this morning, an instant bread, Irish soda bread. easy peasy.

Irish soda bread.

500gm plain flour
400 ml yogurt + few tablespoon of milk (in case the batter to dry)
2 tspoon of soda bica
1 tspoon of salt.

add all dry ingredients and make a whole in the centre, add in yogurt and stir lightly. knead gently only until incorporate. jangan knead banyak kali macam buat roti beryeast tau.. lepas tu, cepat masukkan dalam oven 200c selama 40 mins.

and the main recipe for this contest.

scrumptious sandwich kari ayam nyonya with gooey cheese and fresh salad

1 box of warm mychef kari ayam nyonya
2 slice of bread
butter
mozarella and chedddar cheese
1 onion
bell pepper

toasting bread with butter

Ayam ready to be shredded. nak shoot banyak lagi step tetapi lupa. haha.. terus ke plating. :)

Shred all the chicken. add 3 tablespoon or so of its lovely curry gravy into the shredded chicken.

in a pan, melt knob of butter and toast the bread. both side.

then, saute thinly sliced onion and bell pepper, set aside.

heat the shredded chicken until hot to touch. :)

OK, now to assemble.

place cheeses at 1 of the bread. and put salad, then sauteed onion and bell pepper then hot shredded chicken. put the already have cheese bread on top of the shredded chicken. the cheese will melt due to the hot of the shredded chicken. ok masa menyediakan hidangan ini, saya tidak ikut aturan salad, onion, chicken cheese, instead, saya susun, onion, chicken, salad, cheese. jadi tak cantik. so, for you guys, learn my mistake. susun ikut. bread, salad, onion and bell pepper, chicken, cheese and bread. tapi, insyaALLAH, rasanya still sedap.

setelah selesai menyediakan hidangan ini (and few picture snap) i pun rasa, serius sedap. this curry is surely pedas yang sedappp.. dan bila dihidangkan lengkap bersama keju yang oozing dan bawang yang caramalized ditambah bell pepper yang membuat rasa manis, ia memberikan rasa yang sangat hebat. not too pedas, not too creamy.. just perfect. just nice.  (ok. i tengah makan benda ni. hehe).

im surely, going to try another box of mychef and get my tummy busy digesting all these delicious 
things.

ok... selamat mencuba. serius. anda takkan menyesal membeli produk ini. :)

ujikaji resipi

Assalamualaikum...

Amboi... lamanya tak menulis ni. bila sehari atau dua hari miss menulis, terus perasaan malas bertimpa timpa datang. tak bagus.

Anyway, on this ramadhan, i do cook a lot. some just typical food like kari ayam, kari kambing and on.. but some are just so new for me to cook. they turn out great just at taste, but in term of textures, and looks, not that good. But this mistake is good as i learn how to make it better.

So, one of the food that i have my first attempt of making it is the barbeque ribs grill. original recipe from south America. i love this beef rib barbeque grill as its so sweet and i dont really know how to describe but its so good. before, i need to go to chillies for this menu.

so, to make this bbq rib ni, the rib bukan di grill, tapi kene smoke (salai), kalau kt US, mereka guna things yang di panggil PIT, to smoke their ribs. so, i telah transform my grill into pit and smoke my ribs. huhuhu...


Antara kesilapan yang dilakukan:

i smoke tak cukup lama, it should be 5-6 hours, i just make i 3 hours, so dalamnya still undone n i have to cheat n put it in an oven for 30 minutes. tak tender lah macam kt chillies tu.. tu saja mistake. the dry rub (for marinating) and the sauce dah marvelous dah.

i should basting my ribs every hours!. so its not dry. ini betul-betul lupa... T__T

i lupa nak pesan pada si butcher for not cutting my ribs to small (lihat gambar) should just cut the rib two, so cantik.



so, kalau dilihat, charcoal bukan directly dibawah daging, tapi di tepi, atas, letak air  daging sebelah dan dibawah daging ada satu bekas untuk menakung all the juices yang keluar dari daging.lepas tu, tutup kedap semua. let the smoke cooks everything.

Penat study cara nak smoke ini. hehe. alih-alih atas kesilapan kecil, its not turn out as it should be. frust tapi next time dah tau apa silap. :)

 So, this is one of may kitchen-lab works. ade few more, including homemade teriyaki sauce (yummy), and few kuih and dessert. :)

next entry la ya...

oh ya, i will post this rib recipe after i manage to get my rib tender, and juicer. :)


p/s: dont stop trying!

segalanya dengan izin Allah...

Assalamualaikum...

I want to share some pictures of my favourite mint trees.

Couple of months ago i plant some mint trees. Its almost died. I soaked it in water for 3 days before it grew some roots. Then i plant it over small plastic case.

Now it grow stronger and i just replace it in the ground. No more plastic case.

P/s. Everything is in Allah's will.

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perfect chocolate moist cake. just perfect.

Assalamualaikum...

Chocolate moist cake. yes. i use to have the perfect CMC. i  got it from my ex roommate back in UiTM. I was on my diploma on that time. after couple of years, i lost the recipe. it was devasted. i couldnt find any CMC that up to the previous recipe standard. feel so sad, im not use to bake CMC as often as before as everytime i bake with different recipe of course, it was not the same.

Until, I met Saeidah. My ex colleague in KTT. She was a good cook. her nasi kerabu is to die dine for. Sampai sekarang saya masih terfikirkan keenakkan nasi kerabu ed. And she also bring back my long lost CMC recipe. Of course, i lost that recipe, last year. again... i was devastated and stop making chocolate cake (but i do some chocolate cuppies.. hehe)

Then, last week i stumble into this page,

http://iambaker.net/

I am happy.

So, Here is her recipe

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for pans

2 cups sugar

3/4 cups good cocoa powder

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon kosher salt

1 cup buttermilk, shaken

1/2 cup vegetable oil

2 extra-large eggs, at room temperature

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1 cup freshly brewed hot coffee

pre heat oven at 170c.

Combine all the dry ingredient i a bowl. in other bowl, whisk oil, eggs and buttermilk. add in dry ingredient and whisk until combine. add in vanilla and hot cup of coffee.

put in baking pand and bake for 35-45 mins or until toothpick test passed.  let cool in pans for  30 mins before let it cool in rack n frost it.

the best chocolate frosting in the world by joy the baker. this frosting is seriously good. not that super sweet. just nice and chocolaty and creamy and... you name it. its good.

The Best chocolate buttercream recipe by joy the baker


makes enough to frost 24 cupcakes or one 8-inch layer cake
1 1/2 sticks (3/4 cup) unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 1/4 cup powdered sugar, sifted
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 tablespoons milk
1/2 cup heavy cream  whipping cream (ini saja yang available dalam fridge :p)
1/3 cup Ovaltine  MILO


Pukul butter dan serbuk koko. Its going to be very thick. add in icing sugar, salt and vanilla, keep whisking. bila gula dah sebati dengan adunan, tinggikan kelajuan mixer. ( i use hand whisk for recipe, so, whisk laju-laju sampai lenguh. hehe)

in other bowl, mix together MILO and whip cream, kacau, dan masukkan sesudu demi sesudu dan whisk, sampai anda dapat kepekatan yang diingini, selalunya stak habis pun adunan milo+whip cream tadi.

Siap.

Now you can frost it as you like. this frosting also great on cupcakes. :)

P/S; knowing this recipe feels like meeting an old friend that i miss so much!. hehehe...

homemade nasi beriani kambing yang super ummph semua orang pun boleh buat. :)

Assalamualaikum...

Beriani oh beriani... :) last weekend ayah i ada beli daging kambing, Terus dalam fikiran hendak masak nasi beriani kambing. Masalahnya, my family bab nasi beriani ni selalu makan kat kedai saja. so, i decided to give ourselves a try and hunting some great recipe online. and i do find this 1 blog that came up with nasi beriani kambing pakistan. waaah... teruja langsung kami guna sahaja resipi ini.
resipi ini sangat authentic and not use any ready made beriani powder, semua from scratch tetapi insyaallah semua rempah dah sedia ada di dapur.

Semasa tengah masak tu, Semua warga rumah berulang alik kedapur, tak tahan bau yang sungguh harum dari nasi beriani ini. 

Jadi untuk menghormati yang empunya resipi, sila pergi ke link ini :

http://aziejaya.blogspot.com/2012/03/nasi-beriani-kambing-pakisan-yang.html

Tapi disini saya hendak sediakan tips untuk buat kerja didapur smooth semasa menyediakan resipi ini.

1. perap kambing anda satu jam awal sekurang kurangnya, sambil menunggu kambing perap.
2. Potong dadu bawang-bawang dan letakkan satu pinggan dengan rempah kering yang diperlukan  
    (senang nanti tinggal masuk saja dalam kuali untuk menumis.
3. Potong dadu tomato dan campurkan dengan yogurt.

Setelah selesai tempoh satu jam, bolehla menumis seperti resipi di blog kak azie kitchen ya.

setelah da masukkan air dalam kambing (rujuk resipi) bolehlah rendam nasi basmati dalam air dalam 20 minit, dan toskan, dan bolehlah dimasak, untuk beras basmathi ini, saya beli beras basmathi kosinor dari faiza. kt paket bertulis, super extra long rice. hahaha.. serius panjang beras ini. untuk masak, saya buat, 1 cawan nasi, bersamaan 2 cawan air.

kambing sedang di  reneh

nasi di bawah kambing diatas, tap saja rice cooker tu, insyaALLAH masaklah dia.

setelah nasi masak, kira-kira daging pun dah agak kering (jangan kering sangat) bolehlah dipindahkan nasi dan kambing secara berlapis di dalam rice cooker.

voila.. senang.

seriously, its so good, and its so easy to make. tak terfikir yang masak nasi beriani could be this easy.

p/s: silalah juadah ini untuk weekend nanti.

Ramadhan Tiba Lagi

Alhamdulillah...

Ramadhan Tiba Lagi. Alhamdulillah, syukur, syukur kehadrat ilahi...

p/s: :)