Batik Cake

Spending time with mother is always great. Agreed huh? Well, i spent time with my mum by making a Batik cake yesterday...(huhuhu...but my hubby said it could be my mum who made this cake and it wasn't me who made it...gosh!! seriously?? bang, you may call mum at anytimela..hehehe). So, I tried the recipe which my colleague wrote it down for me last Friday...Thank you kak Mahhani...i'd tried it!! it so yummy you know!! So guys, enjoy the recipe ok...you should try it too...


The Ingredient:-

1 can of sweetened condensed milk (500g)
1 1/2 package biscuits (biskut marie la sedap)
2 cups of water (bole guna tin susu yg dh kosong td...satu tin je)
1 1/2 cup of Milo (bole guna 1 peket Milo 200g)
1 tablespoon coco powder
1 cup Nestum cereal
250g unsalted butter (Buttercup)
4 eggs
A pinch of salt

Method

Crush the biscuits into small pieces (don't crushed them too small).

Then beat butter with eggs with the electric mixer until light and a bit fluffy.


In another bowl, combine together the sweetened condensed milk with water, Milo and Nestum cereal then stir. Pour the mixture in the saucepan (it is easy to use this kind of pan when you want to mix with the biscuits). Cook with low heat because you dont want your mixture burnt. Cook until mixture combined, thicken and custard-like.


Then add the biscuits until just combined and covered with the custard. Then pour it to the 10cm springform pan (but a tray should be fine enough if you couldn't find any cake mould in your house).


Let it cool before you refrigerate for about 3-5 hours but I like to keep it overnight so that the custard sets properly. Eh...sudah siap ke? Sudahlah...so, what are you waiting for?


Well, it looks ugly but the taste...OMG!! hehehe.. and Blingbling Bear...don't eat my cake ok...i know it is so yummy...hahaha...guys, introduce..my green bear..Blingbling Bear...hahaha
Bon Appetite!!

Tiramisu Cocktail

As per requested by you guys, here i presented my very own tiramisu cocktail recipe...not my own recipe la...hehehe...i add few ingredients and using the sponge cake instead of ladyfinger biscuits...hehehe..




The ingredients:
a) 1 Sponge Cake (i prefer pandan flavour)
b) 5 eggs (separate eggs white and egg yolks)
c) 500g Mascarpone Cheese
d) 1 tin Fruits Cocktail in heavy syrup
e) 1 teaspoon Vanilla Essence
f) 3 tablespoons Sugar (to taste)
g) Blueberry Jam (or any flavour)
h) Flavoured Yogurt (as you like coz this is an extra ingredient)
i) Whipping Cream (extra ingredient)
j) A pinch of Salt
k) Selected Fresh Fruits (grape, strawberry etc)


Beat egg yolks and sugar in a large bowl until its appear pale and thick. Add vanilla essence, mascarpone cheese, yogurt and mix gently until very stiff.


In another bowl, beat eggs white and a pinch of salt until soft peaks form (sampai ringan), then gently fold them into the mascarpone mixture.


In a serving dish, arrange the sponge cake side by side then spread fruit jams on each of them then double it with another sponge cake. When done, pour some syrup on them and add fruit cocktail all over then cover with the mascarpone mixture. You can form more layers. Nampak lazizah kn?? eeeiii...tak sabar kakak nak makan...hehehe


Lastly, top with a layer of whipping cream then cover it with fruits cocktail and selected fresh fruits. Dust it with icing sugar (kalau ada la..). Refrigerate for atleast 4 hours before serving. Bon apetite!!

Sambal Bilis Gesek

The ingredients:
1) Anchovies (depends...ikut suko dek kaula nk byk mana...hehehe)
2) Bird's Eye Chilies (cili padi la tu..)
3) Shallots
4) Garlic
(use mortar and pestle to grind the ingredient...that is much more better than using the electric blender...my mum told me that...well, she's a great cook...so, dont question anything..hehehe..)
5) lime juice - to your taste (or you can use tamarind paste but mix it with water)
6) salt and sugar

this is how it will looks like after its been grinded with mortar and pestle...then fry all these in a pan with cooking oil than add the lime juice, salt n sugar...taste it

taa...daa..!! here it is your delicious Hot & Spicy Anchovies...dengan kata lain...Sambal Bilis Gesek/Sambal Bilis Tumbuk.
Mak den cakap, ada orang suka goreng dulu bilis tu then baru tumbuk...ada plak yg suka letak petai and tempoyak...ikut suko dek ekaula jang...

Ikan Goreng Asam @ Sour Fried Fish

Had another recipe to try out...again it is Fusyarina's recipe, my colleague. she gave me this recipe about 10 times...hahaha...lost it 9 times before. i love this dish...easy to cook and very simple (bila ada bahan kt dapur tu memangla senang semuanya...hehehe). so, i've tried this today...


The Ingredients:
a) 8 Fish (any kind or better selar@tenggiri@kembung)
b) 7 shallots
c) 4 garlics
d) 3 inches ginger
e) 10 bird's eye chilies (thai pepper @ cili padi la...)
f) 1 onion
(slice the ingredients from b to f)
g) 1 tablespoon mixed fenugreek seeds (halba campur)
h) 15 fresh curry leaves
i) 1 tablespoon tamarind paste (or as you like)
j) 1 teaspoon tumeric powder
k) salt & sugar (to taste)
l) 1 cup of water
m) cooking oil (for fry the fish and the sliced ingredients)


How??
Fry the fishs til cooked then put aside.
Later in another pan, fry the sliced ingredients, fresh curry leaves and the fenugreek seeds. Soon after its getting yellowish and smell good, add tumeric powder, tamarind paste and water. mix together. then add salt and sugar to your taste. when its boiled and bubbly...add the fried fish. blend them together.


taa daa..!! your Sour Fried Fish is ready to serve...selamat menjamu selera!!

Malabari Chicken Curry

I got this recipe from my colleague (Fusyarina) last month...just tried to cook this dish for the very first time today for our dinner...kind of tasty...yummy..never taste it before (hehehe...i just up myself...ssshhh...). My mum said we actually call this kind of curry is Mamak Curry...so, i think that it is...curry without coconut milk...kind of healthy. you guys should try this one...easy and simple.


The Ingredient:
1 whole chicken (cut into serving sizes)
8 shallots - bawang merah la...(or u can have 2 large onions)
4 cloves of garlic
1 inch of ginger
(blend and devide into two part- half for fry and the other half for marinate with the chicken)
6 tablespoons of curry powder (add more if u want extra spicy)
4 tablespoons sweet soy sauce (kicap manis)
2 cinnamon stick (or 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon powder)
5 cloves (bunga cengkih)
2 star anise - bunga lawang
1 screwpine leaf (daun pandan ok...)
2 lemongrass (dititik)
1 tamarind peel (asam kepingla dik non)
3 tablespoons cooking oil
Salt & Sugar
(to taste)

Accessories
1 tomato (cut into 4 pieces)
2 green chilies
1 onion (slice)


Marinate the chicken with half of blended ingredients, curry powder and sweet soy sauce for 30 mins or 1 hour. Then fry the other half of blended ingredients with cinnamon sticks, cloves, star anise and screwpine leaf until yellowish and the smell...you know how its gonna smell, right?? hhhmmm...

Then add the marinated chicken, lemongrass and tamarind peel. Add 1 cup of water and stir to coat chicken well with the paste and gradually bring to boil. Reduce heat n simmer covered 10-15 mins and stir occasionally until it becomes thicken and the chicken is tender.


While simmering, add salt and sugar, taste la...after that add the accessories.


taa daaa...this is your Malabari Chicken Curry....try la...

Chicken Teriyaki

Chicken Teriyaki (easy way)

Ingredients A
1 cup soy sauce (or as you like...akak guna kicap kipas udang je dik..hehehe)
2 tablespoons honey (to taste)
1 teaspoon smoke sauce (akak guna bbq sos je)
2 cloves of garlic - chopped
1 inch size of ginger - chopped

6 chicken breasts - cut into serving size (atau ikut sukala)
2 or 3 tablespoons Olive oil (minyak tak payah byk2)

How
1) Marinate the chicken with ingredients A for 1/2 or 1 hour (depends)

2) Then fry with olive oil until the chicken cooked and the sauce thicken.

Ready to serve...

Good Luck!!

Blueberry Cheese Cake

SIMPLE BLUEBERRY CHEESE CAKE (my taste)

Ingredients
1 cup sweet biscuits crumbs (McVitie's biscuits)
1/3 cup melted butter (Buttercup's brand)
500g cream cheese, softened at room temperature (Philadelphia Cream Cheese)
2 teaspoons gelatine, dissolved in 1/4 cup boiling water (Halagel's gelatine)
400g sweetened condensed milk (or to taste)
1/2 cup lemon juice (or to taste....lemon cordial pn ok)
130g yogurt (Nestle's blueberry flavoured)
1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Topping
1 jar of blueberry jam (medium size)
1/2 cup fresh blueberry
1/2 cup of water
sugar (to taste)
(mix together in a pan and cook until thick)
or you can buy the ready made topping at the store...easy way...hehehe

How
1) Mix biscuits crumbs with melted butter and press into base of a springform pan (loyangla kalau bahasa melayunya), then chill for 15 minutes.

2) Beat the cream cheese with mixer until smooth.

3) Then mix in gelatine mixture together with condensed milk, lemon juice, vanilla essence and blueberry yogurt.

4) Pour onto crumb base and chill in refrigerator (2-3 hours @ overnight)

5) Before eat, top with the topping and a selection of fresh fruits.

Ready to serve...yeeehaah!!

p/s: kalau tak mahu base tebal sangat..kurangkan biskut tu. kalau nak cheese lebih...tambah jela cream cheese another 250g or more ok.

Good luck!!