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'Asam Pedas Keladi' or 'Spicy & Sour Yam Soup' is one of our favourite. Atikah likes it most. It's a kind of traditional dish and can be categorized as vegetables. We can eat both it's rhizome and it's stalk. The rhizome is delicious to be made into 'pengat' - a dessert which consist of coconut milk and sugar as the sauce and the rhizome that has been boiled. Or you can also have a fritter out of the rhizome. For the stalk, we can turn it into a spicy soup. But! be careful with the resin. It might ruin your clothes if in contact. A search in the internet found me with this interesting health facts about yam. Yams provide a very good source of potassium and fiber. They also offer a good source of vitamins B1, B6 and C. In addition, yams are a good source of manganese and carbohydrates. They contain large amounts of B6, which required by the liver, and also contain folic acid and other B vitamins which help to detoxify excess estrogen. This action

Salam all, I suddenly felt like eating something that I like to eat - like it very much, but I seldom cook it because no other from the family likes it. It's the 'Kuah Kuning Telur' as what my mother used to call it. It's a pretty simple cooking. I don't have to 'tumis', just boil everything. The ingredients: 2 tablespoon of dhall 2 potatoes cut into cubes 1 red onion 1 lemon grass - just crush it a little bit 1 cup of coconut milk 2 eggs 1 teaspoon tumeric salt to taste plain water How to: Boil the dhall in 1/2 cup of water and tumeric powder. (some suggested to put a tbsp of cooking oil the expedite the dhall tendering process). Add in the potatoes and onion. Cook till tender. You may add some water if it has dried up. Put to eggs into it. Once it's harden, add the coconut milk and salt. Let it boil. But please stir regularly to avoid the coconut milk turn into oily substance. Easy isn't it. Hmmmm .... delicious .... i like. It will taste superbly

Salam all, Yes, it's mutton soup. Well, it's qurban, there's goat that had been slaughtered, of course there's mutton to cook. My husband decided to make the Red Mutton Soup . It's his recipe. And it is the fisrt time I enjoyed eating mutton. This mutton is different, it does not have the strong 'goaty' taste (for someone who dislike mutton). Probably because it is fresh. The recipe: 1 kg of mutton + its bones 2 cans of tomato soup 1 can of baked beans 2 stalks of celery - cut 6 cherry tomatoes - cut halved 10 button mushrooms - cut into four 1 carrot - diced 3 shallots - sliced 3 cloves of garlic 1 inch of ginger - sliced soup powder (or the bunjut) Cinnamon and star anise 2 table spoon of cooking oil Plenty of water for boiling Salt to taste How to: Fry the onions, garlics, ginger, cinnamon and star anise till fragrant. Add water, and the bunjut. Add the mutton and its bone (I preboil these in pressure cooker for a tender result). Pour in the tomato soup,

Sabrina had always wanted to bake. She spent one night searching for a recipe that she would want to make. And most importantly, it has to be something that she can eat. She found herself something that she had always wanted to taste but cannot do so because she can't take egg. She found the 'Eggless Brownies' recipe. The following day, I let her to explore my kitchen for the ingredients that could make an eggless brownies. Satisfied with all that are available, she began her quest -- making an Eggless Brownies. Ibu just sit back. It has to be fully hers. However, towards the end, she complained that her mixture were too dry. I went to take a look. She complained that the recipe do not has any liquid, therefore, with my 'skillful' mind, I added 1/2 cup fresh milk into the mixture, which immediately make a smooth batter that could easily poured into a pan. Only until I began this write-up about her eggless brownies, then I realized that there is liquid in the recipe

Salam All, Karipap can also be called curry puff (I guess?). My kids really like karipap. Every week they will eat karipap (masa tak posa la.). Ever since Ramadhan, they have not had karipap yet. Because Ibu is too lazy to pay a visit to Pasar Ramadhan, a place where they sell various dishes for iftar. You may lost your mind if you are there (it's me). Everything seems so tempting especially when you are fasting. Therefore, one lovely day, Ibu decided to make karipap for them for iftar. Some for eating on the same day, and some will be turned into frozen karipap for later consumption. Here's one for the album: My two versions of karipap. Back: the traditional version Front: the rolled version (aka versi nak cepat) The fillings: About a bowl of minced meat 2 tbs curry powder (mixed with some water to form a paste) 2 potatoes - peeled, diced 2 red onion - diced curry leaves (for the aroma) salt for seasoning 2 tbs cooking oil How to: My method is soooo simple, it is

Salam all, Another healthy entry from me today. Not to say that other entries are not healthy, they are healthy but probably less healthy. As I normally write, 'Cooking is Simple'. Put everything into the cooking pot and whalla!, it's ready to be eaten. Preparing and cleaning requires a bit of your extra effort --- bab ni yang tak tahan, except if you have a helper. However, sometimes we can make the preparation time shorter by using the ready made ingredients, for instance this Chicken Ball that I purchased, the Ayamas brand. The mushroom , is also readily used. washed it thoroughly, remove the stem and they are ready to be cooked. No mess produced. Next, you need only to prepare some garlic and onion . For a cook, this is just a bliss. Follows will be the cooking steps. With couple of sentences -- dump everything into the pot, add some water , later add salt & paper to taste -- a here you are: You may also add any green leafy vegetables and some carrots .

Thirst quenching!!! That's all I could say on the hot and humid weather. But it's not today or even yesterday. This was few dayssss before. As usual, this is a belated entry. This few days the weather is friendlier to us who are fasting. Alhamdulillah, TQ Allah. Len Chee Kang, as it is called is originated from the Chinese (I guess). How it is spelled, I am not so sure, but this is how it is pronounced. Some call it 'Laici Kang'. I, myself not sure of the correct version. Why do I say that this drink is originated from the Chinese? It's because I got all the ingredients from a Chinese Herbal Store, actually, I got brother in-law to purchase it for me from a Chinese Herbal Store. According to my brother in-law, he just walked-into the store and asked for ingredients to make the drinks and the shopkeeper eagerly prepare the ingredients. All are the dried ingredients. To turn it into a drink, simply boil it until tender for about an hour or so. Some of the i

Salam all, During fasting month, we must not forget to take veges in our diet. Eating veges is essential and it helps protect our body from many harmful illness like cancer. A large amount of serving is required to stay healthy. Veges should be taken with every meals. But, during Ramadhan, its not easy to get the kids (especially) to take veges at 5am in the morning. Due to the dislike for veges, many people turn to supplements. The different color of veges has different benefit to health. But for this entry, just let's share a single colored vege ......the Fiddlehead Fern. Back in 1970s, when my aunt was staying in Kg Nakhoda, Selangor, there was a small creek behind her house. On the other side of the creek there were lots and lots of ferns. We used to cross the creek and pluck the fern ourselves. Wow! what a beautiful memory back then. And Kg Nakhoda is not that far from the heart of the city center Kuala Lumpur. I am not sure whether the environment still exist or perhaps a

Salam All, Hakim is really full of ideas this Ramadhan. He came up with various eating desires. It helps me in a way - helps me in deciding what to cook for iftar as I always have problem with that. One evening, we were watching a cooking show on TV and it shows how to make a porridge. I told him that it would taste good to have porridge for iftar. and his response, "Kenapa tak buat bubur yang warna purple? (why not make the purple porridge)". I immediately know what he meant. It is the Black Glutinous Rice Porridge . I don't normally stock the black rice at home as it easily spoilt. Therefore we decided to head to a supermarket for a packet of a Black Glutinous Rice or black rice, and of course with some other things to buy on the list. A quick browse on the internet found me with an interesting new knowledge about this black rice. The black rice is being compared to berries for its antioxidant, as mentioned by this article : black rice which in addition to its hig

Salam All, Happy 9th Ramadhan. Sorry for the belated entry. As usual, nothing changes, always late, late, late. Anyway, better late than never. Browsing in the Giant Supermarket with Hakim one afternoon (after his visit to the doctor), found me with a heap of pumpkins. I thought it will be delicious to have LABU (pumpkin) for iftar today, so I grab one small pumpkin, just enough for a family of four. Puasa puasa ni selera nya luar biasa sikit. Makan dengan nasi panas dan ikan masin ..... humph .... insyaAllah menjilat jari!!!! The ingredients are quite simple: A handfull of dried shrimp (for flavor) Pumpkin, peeled and diced 1 red onion 3 cloves of garlic 2 fresh red chilies 1 cup of coconut milk 2 tbs cooking oil Salt to taste How to: 1. Boil the pumpkin till tender. As shown in the picture at the side. 2. The remaining water used for boiling should be saved for later used. 3. Blend or finely chopped all other ingredients except coconut mi

Salam all, On your left is the dish that we had for iftar on the second day of Ramadhan. From top left, clockwise: the salted Kurau fish, Asam pedas Utara, Omelet, Chicken in black soya sauce (ayam masak kicap), fried kurau. Center: Spinach special Very simple menu but really mouth watering especially with the salted kurau there. I did not plan to cook much on 2nd day of Ramadhan. Ayah planned to go to surau for iftar with Hakim (he said that it's going to be a month event). When there's only Sabrina and me, the Ayam Masak Kicap is good enough. At almost 5.30pm, he suddenly changed his mind and decided that even with pizza is better if we had it at home, which indicates that he wanted to have the iftar at home. Digging into my fridge for a fast and easy dish, I decided that it's going to be the Asam Pedas, northern style. Ingredients: 3-4 red chillis* 1 red onion* 3-4 garlic* 5g anchovies Fish (any) Tamarind juice Daun Kesum 1 inch belacan salt to taste Ho

Salam all, I know, I know, today is already 4th Ramadhan, but I still want to update my dish for first day iftar. Since ayah has declared that he and Hakim is going to the surau for iftar, it left only Sabrina and me at home. Therefore, I decided to make something that Sabrina like the most - CHAPATI. For myself, I prepared some nasi goreng (tapi semua orang pun makan....) Here goes ..... for the recipe, click here. These are the food that we had for iftar on the first day of Ramadhan. From left to right: Gravy for chapati, Chapati Bottom: Fried rice with soya sauce (as my husband likes it) For the gravy, I made it very simple: 150g chopped chicken 1 potato cubed 2 onions (diced) 5 french beans 2 tbs curry powder 1 cup coconut milk (I used fresh milk or sometime yogurt) salt to taste How to: put the chicken, curry powder, one onion (leave some onion for later) and some plain water in a pot, and cooked till the chicken is slight tender and curry powder is cooked (it is cooked when there

Salam all, This is a pre-Ramadhan cooking. Just trying out few new recipes, to check whether my kids like it or not. If they do, I can definitely make it again during Ramadhan. In other word I am trying to create varieties to my cooking, especially during Ramadhan. My chicken pie normally uses the pie crust recipe with chicken curry and vege as filling. But last Sunday, I tried something different. Actually, I got the recipe from a recipe book sent to me from Naturel cooking oil, as a birthday gift. They'll send me something every year, without fail. Wonder how I got it? Well, years ago I submitted some competition conducted by Naturel but fail to win any prizes. Based on that address and some personal info that they got from the application, every year, they will send me something as a birthday wish, and this year is the recipe book -- Ok jugak kan ..... The filling's recipe (as modified from the book): 2 inches carrot, cut into cubes 3-5 french beans, sliced to 1cm 1 onion

Salam all, Betul ke tak ejaan kue tiao ni? Kira betul je lah kan. This is something that I prepared for dinner. Kadang-kadang tu buntu memikirkan nak masak apa. Melompat-lompat dari satu dapur ke satu dapur, still could not figure out what to cook. Kids do not really like eating rice, especially Hakim. He will grumble if rice is served --- "tadi kat sekolah dah makan nasi, ni makan nasi lagi ... hmmmm.... --- A visit to Kedai Pak Aji for some vege in the evening gave the idea of having kue tiao. But not the fried kue tiao, it's kue tiao in soup. This simple recipe I got from my cousin, Abang Fadzil. As an ex-army, he likes cooking, creative and like to try new recipes. He is already 60++. His recipe requires the kue tiao to be wrapped in the egg, but I just ignore the steps as my dear Sabrina cannot eat egg ---- malas pun ye jugak. Here goes. The ingredients: 5 - 6 medium sized prawns Sliced/ minced chicken/ chicken ball etc. - to add flavour to the soup 5 cloves of garlic - c

Salam all, Every time we visited the Munawwarah Restaurant in Section 9, Shah Alam (a Chinese Muslim Restaurant), my kids will definitely order the Sweet 'n Sour, be it fish or chicken. Therefore, I'm trying my version today but with prawns. Ingredients 10 large prawns - marinated with salt and tumeric powder. Fried. 1 red onion - cut into ring 3 cloves of garlic - chopped 2 tablespoon of chilli sauce 5 tablespoon of tomato ketchup 1 teaspoon of sugar Salt to taste 1 tomato cut into wedges (to garnish) How to: Saute the garlic till brownish. Add the chilli sauce, tomato ketchup and some water. Let it boil. Add the sugar and salt. Also the onion. Just before turning the stove off, add the tomato. Ready to be served. The two plates are ready for consumption. For a more appetizing meal, I fried some potato wedges and their favourite fish crackers. Not to forget some green as well. The children enjoying their meal. Hakim with his self made 'Air Bandung' enjoying the food w

Salam All, Have you ever face the problem in getting the kids to eat their vegetables? I do. My last resort would always be the 'VETO' power!! "With the power of a MOTHER, I command both of you to eat your vege." ( kena baca gaya cartoon He-Man hihih ) Another approach that I tried and was a success is making a vege soup. So here it is ...... THE BROCCOLI SOUP The ingredients: The broccoli Onion Whipped Cream Multi purpose flour mixed with some plain water Salt and pepper How to: 1. On a heated pan. saute the onion till tender and brownish 2. Add the chopped broccoli. Once the broccoli is tender, turn off the heat. 3. If your blender can uphold the heat, transfer everything into the blender, add some plain water and blend it until you obtain a smooth texture. 4. Pour the blended ingredients into a pot, add the about 2-3 table spoon of whipped cream and simmer till a little thicker. 5. Add salt & pepper to taste. 6. To thicken it further, add the

Sweet tooth today. Let's have something sweet today. But don't forget to drink extra lot of plain water to dilute the sugar in your system.

Hmmm ... this is my apple 'n potato salad. At first, I thought of just making the potato salad. However, when the dressing is ready, i find that there are excessive of dressings. Therefore I add some sliced apple into it. Both the potato and apple looks the same in the bowl but the feeling of having to bite the potato and apple from a same salad bowl is somewhat interesting. You'll be wondering whether it's a potato or an apple. The potatoes need to be boiled till tender. Once tender, peel the skin off (some people may just left the skin on). Then diced the potato. Preparing the dressing is simple. 2 tablespoon of mayonaise (mine is the eggless mayo) 1 teaspoon of vinegar Few drops of olive oil Sprinkle of salt, pepper, thyme and dried parsley A pinch of sugar In a bowl, whisk all the ingredient together until it mix well. Add the boiled and diced potato into it. Stir softly. ps: According to Chef Michel Smith, it is best to add the boiled po

These are the food that reached my dinner table and plate last night. As mentioned in my other blog , I really went home and made buttermilk fried chicken to be eaten with mushroom soup, salad but no croutons. Croutons were replaced with the garlic toast. I planned to make croutons earlier but change it last minute due to time constraint. On the plate, you can see the fried chicken, apple 'n potato salad, sliced banana and the chilli sauce. I got the idea to make the buttermilk from watching my 'now' favourite show, ' Chef at Home '. With his simple tagline - Cooking Without Recipe, I just love this show. I tried my best not to miss it if possible. If you missed it, you can still go to the chef's website, Michael Smith . The secret behind this dish is the marinating process. It's just like making the 'Ayam Salut Tepung' but marinating the chicken with the buttermilk somehow gives a different taste which is lovely. Here's how it goes:

Salam all, Let's Go Green. Since Monday, I have not cook rice for the family -- we had other than rice for dinner --- therefore, last Wednesday, I craved for a fresh fry of green vege. Dug my fridge and found a packet of baby cabbage. Here go, our side dish for today. A simple and quick dish, here it is: A packet of baby cabbage 3-4 cloves of Shallots and garlic A little bit of anchovies 1 table spoon of cooking oil Sprinkle of Olive oil Salt and pepper to season. 1. I simply soaked the vege for a little while in a table spoon of vinegar (read somewhere that it's good to do this to remove pesticide) 2. prepare shallot and garlic and saute for a while in a heated cooking oil. 3. Once the shallot and garlic turn brownish, add the anchovies. 4. Add some water in order not to burn the ingredients. 5. As the achoveies soften, add some salt. (salt was to retain the green color of the vege, besides to season it). 6. Finally add in the vege that has been washed thoroughly. Let it cook

Fuhh!!! It's a hot, hot, hot day .... and night. The global weather is unpredictable with extreme cold in certain part of the world, extreme hot in the other, and rainy days for another. And the flood situation in Johor is not 100% recover yet after sooo many days. Apa hal le pulak dok cerita ceriti pasa weather ni? Ye la, bila hari-hari panas macam ni, kalau dapat minuman yang menyegarkan alangkah enaknya .... nyaman. Ini kepelbagaian jus tembikai. You can enjoy the watermelon juice the way you like it. Cut the watermelon into small pieces. Place it into the blender or juice extractor and let the machine do the wonders. And you, just pick up a glass, pour the juice into the glass and drink it. You may add some sugar if you like it sweet. For blender, dont forget to add water or else your blender wont work. Or, you can make an ice-blended water melon juice by adding few cubes of ice into the blender and blend it together with the melon. For the top juice, cut the melon into cubes

Salam All, Hmm ... yummy, yummy. It's lunch time. Looking at the photo below is really mouth-watering (at least to me, I'm not sure about others) This a fruit salad that I made together with the potato salad (from my previous posting). What's important is that it is EGGLESS!!!! Suitable for my dear Sabrina. The Ingredients: 2 red apples - peeled & diced 1 green apple - peeled & diced 5 strawberries - cut into half 2 kiwi - peeled and sliced few baby tomatoes 2 table spoon olive oil* 3 table spoon EGGLESS mayo* 1 teaspoon sugar* How I did it: 1. Mixed all ingredients labelled * in a large bowl. Mixed well till homogeneous. 2. Add all the fruits. Mix well but gently 3. Serve chilled. Mmmmm...... really delicious! Eaten with the fish fritters and potato salad. Enjoy! Cheerios!!!

Salam, Ini selera Western. Done this before but forgotten due to the time lapse. I searched from the internet, from several web pages and I conclude it with my own style. Most of the potato salad found used mayo ... alamak! Sabrina kan elergik to white eggs - one of the main ingredients in mayo. There's eggless mayo, but the taste is different. So, here it is: 3 potatoes - boiled to tender, then peel- don't forget to add salt to the boiling water, cut into cubes 1 table spoon of olive oil sprinkle of mixed herbs sprinkle of black pepper pinch of coarse sugar some spring onion First, place the olive oil in a bowl. Add in other ingredients except potato and spring onion. Mix well. Finally, add the potatoes and mix well but gently. Spring onion should be added last. Here it is ...... potato salad eaten with ready made Fish fritters Cheerios!!!

Salam All, Let's talk about the GOURD (labu air) today. From a reading in a book on the food that Rasulallah SAW likes, the gourd is one of his favourite. But, sorry, I forgot the exact name of the book. To those who are not sure how the gourd or labu air looks like (ye la... maybe other people called it differently), here it is .... pic obtained from Pusat Maklumat Rakyat. Here are some benefit of the gourd or some call it the bottle gourd for it's shape that is like a bottle. I found this on lifestyle.iloveindia.com . High in sodium and potassium, bottle gourd is an excellent vegetable for hypertension patients. It is a suitable vegetable for light, low-cal diets as well as for children, people with digestive problems, diabetics and convalescents. It helps in treating urinary disorders, since it serves as an alkaline mixture for treating burning sensation in urinary passage, caused by high acidity of urine. Bottle gourd is recommended by ayurvedic physicians for balancing t