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Eggless Scones

Ingredients: A cut-n-paste from Anna Olson's   2 cup all-purpose  flour ¼ cup  sugar (I used brown sugar) 1 Tbsp  baking powder ¼ tsp salt (#omitted because I used salted butter) 1 Tbsp finely grated lemon zest ½ cup cool unsalted  butter , cut into small pieces (I used salted butter) ½ cup whipping  cream (I used buttermilk) ¼ cup 2% milk, plus extra for brushing 1 large  egg (#omitted because Sabrina cannot take eggs) 1 tsp  vanilla  extract 1 cup  fresh  or frozen cranberries (#omitted~ sorry, not at home) Directions: 1. Preheat the  oven  to 375 F and line a  baking  tray with parchment paper. 2. Sift the  flour ,  sugar ,  baking powder  and salt into a large bowl. Stir in the lemon zest. Cut in the  butter  until the  mixture  is rough and crumbly but still small pieces of  butter  are visible. 3. In a separate bowl, whisk the  cream , milk,  egg  and  vanilla  together. Add this to the  flour   mixture  and stir to just bring the d

Pineapple juice

Siakap Kukus Mangga

Hot-n-Spicy Chinese Fried Rice

Assalamualaikum, Coming back from a tiring office hours would call for snap and simple dish. This is what I made for dinner on one evening. Chinese Fried Rice is normally not spicy, but savory from the white pepper that it uses. I feel like having something spicy but simple, therefore I simply add the 'cili api' in my ingredients. My ingredients: 1 pot of cooked rice. Carrot - sliced thinly 1 stalked celery - sliced thinly too (I put extra into mine to add flavors) 3 hot small chillis (cili api) - smashed Chicken - cut into small pieces Chicken ball - cut Salt and pepper to taste Onion and garlic How I made it: 1. Make sure the rice is cooled. 2. Fry the onion and garlic till tender. 3. Add chicken. Fry till cooked. Put a little bit of water to scrape the chicken from the wok. 4. Add carrot and celery. Fry lightly. 5. Add seasonings. 6. Add rice. Mix well. 7. Make a whole in the center and put a beaten egg. Let it harden a

Spaghetti Bolognaise

Lempeng Nyoq

Assalamualaikum, Peningnya memikir nak masak apa. Rasanya macam masalah sejagat.  I always thought of preparing a week's menu. But it never happen yet. Perhaps one day it will. This is my fast solution for tonight's dinner. Lempeng kelapa @roti nyog @lempeng nyoq @lempeng nyiur. Those are the synonyms. Variety of names referring to one product. 'Nyog' is coconut pronounced in the the northern states of Malaysia. Nyiur or nyior is coconut pronounced in the eastern states of Malaysia. In Bahasa Melayu, we called it 'kelapa'. Lempeng is similar to flat bread but it is a batter rather than a dough. Enough blabbering.  Now with the recipe: I get hold of a small packet of grated coconut about 2 cups. (Preferably only the white is used). Put in a bowl. Next I added 1 cup of multipurpose flour. I added 1 beaten egg. A pinch of salt to taste. And finally about 1 cup of plain water. Mix everything well. The batter shou

Stir Fry Asparagus

Assalamualaikum, Having kakak at home for her semester break is a blessing. Happy to see food for dinner is ready. She made spaghetti bolognaise this time round. Ibu just feel like having some greens in the diet. A very fast solution is to fry the asparagus. I made it differently this time: I had my asparagus cut (not really cut, but i break it using the bare finger) into about 1 inch. I put it on a hot grill, and sprinkle some olive oil, salt and pepper. The garlic chopped and also dumped onto the grill. When soften, mixed the two together and enjoy it with the spaghetti. It is really fast and tasty. Enjoy. Wassalam.

Nasi Arab in the houz and Beef Korma in Noxxa

Assalamualaikum. We have guest today. My cousin and family is coming over for lunch. Its their son convocation day. Its a day when family celebrates it together. And they decided to celebrate it at our house. We are honored. Alhamdulillah. Thank you Allah for this close ties. We decided a nasi arab would be fast and good for this special day. And ayah agreed to give a hand into this. The recipe for Nasi Arab is here . To spice up, ibu will make some beef korma and roast chicken. Plus some salad and the tomato sauce. For the beef korma, Noxxa Pressure Cooker expedite the task tremendously. 1 kg beef cut into squares 4 table spoon korma powder 2 onion* 1 inch ginger* 3 cloves garlic* (* blend these ingredients together) 1 table spoon cooking oil Enough water to cover the the beef. ~Put all the ingredients into the NPC, set to high pressure for 30 minutes. Press the start button. After 30 minutes, after the beep. Let the steam out.

Chicken Pot Pie

Assalamualaikum Care for a western dinner tonight? We had Chicken Pot Pie for dinner. This is not my first attempt. Made it several time before. I used the store-bought pastry, normally sold at the bakery. First what we need to make is the filling. You can have a variety of filling to your liking. My filling had chicken (as it is called chicken pie), celery, mushroom (diced), carrot (diced), onion (diced), fresh milk, multipurpose flour, salt and pepper. First, heat the cooking pot on stove. Add 1 tablespoon of cooking oil or olive oil or butter. Fry the onion till tender. Add chicken (I used the breast, cut into small pieces). Then add in carrot, mushroom, celery. Let it cook for a while, Second, add some water and fresh milk to tender the ingredients.  Third, prepare the flour - water mixture. This will thicken the gravy. Once cooked. Ad the flour-water mixture. Keep stirring. Turn off the heat. Preheat the oven to 180 celcius. Ladle into a

Baked pasta in white sauce

Assalamualaykum, "Meal for three, please." How I wish it is always as easy as this. Simply place an order, and the food that you wish for is served in front of you. --- Only in Jannah (heaven), insha Allah, my destination and you too. I had a tough time deciding what to cook for dinner last night. I raked through the fridge and storage for something that I can cook. I saw some curly pasta in the storage. Then, I remembered purchasing some shitake mushroom from the market the other day. And the chicken is thawed at room temperature. I started to slice the mushroom, still unsure of what to do with it. I was thinking of just to saute it and keep it refrigerated. Slice some onion, and get the griddle ready with some olive oil for saute. Then my daughter asked, "what next?". Next, I am going to boil the pasta. "What are you making?", my daughter asked again. "Not sure yet", was my simple answer. I asked her, "Can you make

Broccoli soup

Assalamualaikum... Ini Broccoli soup versi 'M'. Apa versi 'M' tu? Versi orang Malas dan nak cepat. Anyway, Alhamdulillah ... it fulfills our appetite needs for dinner. The soup itself is low in carbohydrate, but when you had it with bread, rolls or alike, the carbohydrate appears. Its your choice, how you want to have it. For my daughter, she simply slurped it down just like that. Pretty healthy ;-) My Broccoli Soup Broccoli - washed and cut. grilled and charred slightly in olive oil . Transfer it to a blender, add some plain water or milk, blend it till smooth. In a saucepan, I melt about 1 tablespoon of butter . Add 1 tablespoon of multipurpose flour . Stir quickly to make a roux.  Add heavy cream or whipping cream or simply milk. Stir to dissolve the roux (use whisk). Add the blended creamy broccoli. Add salt and pepper to taste. Let it boil and thicken to your liking. Ready to eat..... Alhamdulillah. Fast and easy. Cl

Roasted Chicken and vegeies

Assalamualaykum, I roasted two chickens yesterday, and I have few pieces left. Enough for the two of us (Mr Hubby and me). To add flavour to it, I prepared some vegeies to go with it. I reheat the chicken on a grill... (not too long as it will take the moisture away). At the same time prepared the grilled vegeies. I had some carrots, celery, tomatoes and broccoli. All are washed and cut. Spread some olive oil on the griller, place the vegeies, sprinkle more olive oil over it. Also sprinkle some salt and pepper. Turn them for an even cook.  Caution: Tomatoes are very tender. Do not flip it too often. Only once for each side. And its cook pretty fast too. I really love the charred tomatoes with salt and pepper. I can have plenty of it just like that. To top all these, I had the saute shitake mushroom too. Simple slice the onion and mushrooms. Saute the onion till tender. Then add the mushroom. Sprinkle some salt and pepper. Saute till tender. This is also good for

Chicken: Pressured with Noxxa; Roasted with convec oven.

Assalamualaikum, Today, I would like to share a recipe which is very fast (but not furious) ... of course with the correct gadget. Total preparation and cooking time is approximately 1 hour. From the bathing process for the chicken, powdered, massaged, scrubbed, pressurized and roasted. 1 hour for a roasted chicken?... I would say, it's fast. I had some stuffing into the hollow chicken which adds the flavour to the chicken. Here goes my ingredients: For the chicken 1 whole chicken - remove all the internal organs Salt & pepper 2 inches butter Oregano and Mix herb spices Preparation: Bathing process means cleaning the chicken from any excessive fats and blood clot. Powdered the chicken with some multipurpose flour to remove any unwanted ordour. Next is massaging the chicken with some butter throughout the body, underneath the skin ( I learnt this from a Youtube). Finally, scrubbing the chicken with salt and pepper, oregano and mixed herbs