ayam golek lagi

Malam Sabtu lepas, ibu mertua saya memberi tahu bahawa bapa mertua saya teringin akan ayam golek. Bapa mertua saya sudah siap membeli ayam seekor yang tidak dipotong dengan harapan ibu mertua saya akan membuat ayam golek untuknya. 

 

Mendengar perkara tersebut, saya terus mencari resepi dari dalam internet. Ka1au diikutkan, saya pernah sekali membuat ayam golek beberapa tahun lepas, tapi bahannya bukanlah bahan yang selalu ada di da1am rumah. Jadi saya membuka beberapa muka resepi dan memilih resepi yang memerlukan bahan yang sudah ada di dalam dapur. 

Resepi yang saya pilih berasa1 dari resepi dari muka ini.  Tapi semestinya saya mengubah resepi agar lebih sesuai dengan cita rasa saya. Ini resepi saya:

Bahan-bahan:

1 ekor ayam bersaiz sederhana

3 biji bawang besar

1 labu bawang putih

2 inchi halia

1 inchi kunyit hidup

2 batang serai

1 biji gula kabung

2 sudu kecil garam

kaedah:

Kisar semua bahan dan masak hingga pekat/kering.

Bersihkan ayam tanpa memotong badan ayam. 

Lumurkan kuah perap luar dan dalam ayam. Biarkan sekurang-kurang selama 2 dua jam atau semalaman di dalam peti ais. 

Letakkan ayam pada attachment untuk barbeque pada ketuhar atau atas dulang jika ketuhar anda tiada attachment barbeque. Saya ikat kaki dan kepak ayam ke badan ayam agar ayam tidak terpisah dari attchment apabila ayam sedang memasak.

Masak selama 50 minit-2 jam dengan suhu 170 C. 

Jika anda hendak memasak ayam dengan sayur (kentang, lobak, brokoli); pastikan anda memasak dari mula proses dan tuangkan separuh cawan air ke dalam dulang untuk membantu melembutkan sayur dan mengelakkan sayur hangus di luar dan di dalam masih keras.

Selamat mencuba. 

Equine...Pony, unicorn, and pegasus

 

        Once when the first MCO was issued, and I had all the time in the world at my mother's house. I was struck by a sudden mood for arts and craft. By chance; one of my best friend was waiting for the arrival of her second child, I decided to make and give her a toy for the baby. I was browsing the internet when I saw a picture of a pony plushie. It looked so cute, but doable, that I decided to study the pictures and draw a pattern from the pictures of the plushies. From the pattern, I sew for her a pink pony. 

       Upon receiving the plushie, she urge me to post about how to make the pony plushie. At first I decided not to make another of the pony without any valid reason, even when my daughters were begging as to me they have too many toys...

      Cut to a month ago. My younger daughter has a unicorn bolster given by her grandaunt, and the bolster took a beating when both of the girls wants the unicorn. Not long after the tug of war, my eldest comes to me and requested for another unicorn, this time its for her. 

    As the distance between my first attempt to the pony was over a year ago, my mood for creativity has reignited, and I decided to make her a unicorn rather than dismissing her request or buying a unicorn plushie from the internet. And remembering my friend's request to make a tutorial on how to make this, I'm posting how I make the plushie. Mind you I use trial and error methods...

Here are the patterns:

Materials:

1) cloths 

2) materials for the mane and tail. (eg: yarn, fleece)

3) scissors

4) thread

5) stuffing

6) buttons for eyes

Methods:

As always, I will use old shirt or clothes as my materials for my arts and craft. I used my sister's old cardigan. 

Ok, I'm going to be honest, the process of attaching the pieces are a bit daunting. 

1) I start by attaching the head pieces, without the back of the head. 

2) Attach the body piece to the head.

3) Prepare the back head piece. Add the mane and the tail. Attach together the buttock piece.

4) Attach the ears to the head

5) Add the front mane behind the ears

6) Attach the back-of-head + buttock piece to the head by the ears.

7) Attach the tummy piece, but only to the chest and to the buttock. Leave the actual tummy stich free. Turn it inside out. 

8) Sew the inner leg.

9) Start sewing the tummy, Leave one side unattached . 

10)Don't forget to add the eyes.

11) Stuff..sew shut. Attach the sole of feet.

12) This become a horse, add a horn and it becomes a unicorn. add a pair of wings, you get a pegasus..

a Nasi Arab recipe

nak kata pandai sangat masak, x delah juga, tapi selalu ada je mood nak try resepi baru. So, masa alang2 balik rumah mak and ramai orang kat rumah ( ipar duai semua ada), try-lah resepi yg jumpa kat page fb ni. Alhamdulillah, reaksi yang baik, tapi ramai yang kurang senang dengan biji2 ketumbar dan lad hitam yang bertaburan dalam nasi. 

Pada cubaan kedua, saya masukkan ketumbar, jintan dan lada hitam ke dalam uncang kain. Hasilnya sangat memuaskan. Suami siap puji nasi ini lebih sedap dari kebanyakan nasi arab yang dia rasa...

akhirnya buat sekali lagi, baru sempat ambil gambar



Bahan:

Ayam

Bahan:
1/2 ekor ayam (dipotong dua)
1 kiub ayam
1/2 sudu besar ketumbar
1/2 sudu besar jintan
1/2 sudu lada hitam
1 biji tomato (potong empat)
1 batang cili hijau (potong empat)
1 sudu besar garam
3 sudu besar madu
3 sudu besar serbuk kunyit

Kaedah:
Rebus semua bahan dengan air paras cukup2 menutup ayam selama 30 minit.
Perap ayam dengan madu dan kunyit



Nasi

Bahan:
Minyak sapi/butter/minyak masak secukup untuk menumis
2 1/2 cawan beras basmathi yg telah direndam selama +- 30 min (5 min jika menggunakan beras biasa)
1/2 sudu besar ketumbar
1/2 sudu besar jintan
1/2 sudu besar lada hitam
Garam secukup rasa
1 sudu madu

Kaedah:
Buat bunjut dari ketumbar + jintan + lada hitam
Tumis bunjut hingga naik bau
Tumis beras +- 1 minit
Masukkan garam
Alihkan ke periuk elektrik
Letakkan ayam atas beras
Tuang madu atas ayam
Masukkan air rebusan mengikut ukuran biasa
Tabur daun ketumbar di atas ayam sebelum mula masak.



Salatah (salsa)

Bahan:
Timun - buang biji tengah dan potong dadu
Tomato - buang biji dan potong dadu
Bawang besar - potong dadu
Garam dan perahan lemon/limau

Kaedah:
Gaulkan timun + tomato + bawang
Tambahkan garam dan perahan limau secukup rasa.



Sambal

Bahan:
3 batang cili merah
3 batang cili padi merah
1 biji tomato
Beberapa tangkai daun ketumbar
Garam/gula
Perahan limau

Kaedah:
Kisar cili + tomato + daun ketumbar
Tambah garam + gula + perahan limau secukup rasa

Sup adalah citarasa orang melayu. Resepi sebenar tak ada sup. Anda boleh gunakan kiub pati ayam untuk membuat sup..atau kalau rajin boleh saja buat sup from scratch. 

Mee akochan!

 

Mee Ako-chan. Mee yang sangat epik. Ayah reka mee ini dan saya memberi nama kepada mee ini bedasarkan salah satu watak dalam cerita aksi bersiri ketika saya masih kecil (Siapa masih ingat Jetman?). 

Pada satu hari ayah membungkuskan untuk kami bawa sebekas besar ke sekolah, dan kerana mee yang dibungkuskan banyak, kami kongsikan dengan rakan sebilik kami. Wah! Sangat digemari ramai. Dengan tahun-tahun yang mendatang, peminat mee akochan ini pun bertambah; bila kami bertukar rakan sebilik, orang baru dapat merasa mee ini. 

Apabila kami adik beradik semuanya sudah memasuki alam universiti, hilanglah peluang rakan-rakan kami untuk menikmati mee akochan ayah yang sedap ini. Itulah yang membuatkan saya rasa saya patut menuntut ilmu dari ayah bagaimana untuk membuat mee ini dan dimasukkan ke dalam blog agar rakan-rakan saya boleh mencuba sendiri resepi ini. 

Bahan-bahan:

Yee mee (pack of 375g)

Bawang merah (+- 1/2 cwn)

Bawang putih (+- 1/4 cwn)

Halia (+- 1x3cm)

Cili giling (1/4 cwn-1/2cwn) bergantung dengan tahap pedas yang digemari

Sos tiram (+- 1/3 cwn)

Kicap (+- 1/4cwn)

Kiub ayam / daging (2 biji)

Lauk (ayam/daging/kambing)

Air / air rebusan

Tomato (1 biji dipotong dadu)

Sayur mengikut cita rasa (lobak merah, seleri, kobis, sawi)

Daun ketumbar (+- 1 genggam)

Garam dan gula secukup rasa.

Telur 4 biji.

Kaedah:

Kalau menggunakan daging atau kambing, saya cadangkan rebus dulu untuk lembutkan daging. Air rebusan daging atau kambing digunakan dalam masakan.

Panaskan minyak dalam periuk , tumis bawang dan halia hingga hampir garing. 

Masukkan cili giling, masak untuk sekurang-kurangnya 10 minit dengan api kecil atau sederhana agar cili masak.

Masukkan sos tiram, masak hingga nampak kuah makin masak.

Masukkan pula kicap. Masak lagi.

Masukkan lauk, Jika ada air rebusan, boleh dimasukkan dalam beberapa minit selepas lauk dimasukkan. 

Masukkan kiub ayam/daging dan tomato. 

Rasa kuah dan tambah garam atau gula mengikut cita rasa. Kuah tidak perlu dimasinkan sedikit atau dimaniskan sedikit untuk sesuaikan dengan mee.

Apabila kuah sudah mula mendidih, boleh mula memasukkan sayur yang sudah dipotong. 

Masukkan telur, terus kacau jika anda suka telurnya kecil, atau biar sebentar jika anda suka serpihan telur yang besar. 

Masukkan mee apabila kuah sudah mendidih. Masak hingga mee lembut.

Tabur daun ketumbar sebelum makan. Mee sedap dimakan panas. Tapi saya suka walaupun mee sudah sejuk dan kembang. 

Naan - plain.. cheese.. garlic

    

   For a while now I am back in Shah Alam in the plan to help my post-natal sister. A few times in every week, she will request her husband to search for her naan. And as luck have it, her favorite restaurant stop producing naan due to the MCO. So her husband need to be creative in searching other restaurant that still serve the bread. So one morning when the young mother has been complaining that she is hungry and there is no breakfast prepared and there seems nothing is available to prepare, I decided to search for a simple naan recipe. I decided to follow the recipe from this webpage. And it yielded somewhat unexpectedly good naan.

Here is the recipe:

Ingredients:

3 cups of APF

1 tbsp sugar

1 tbsp yeast

1 tsp salt

1 tsp baking powder

1 1/4 cups of water

3 tbsp oil 

Method:

I used wet-mix-to-dry method. In one bowl I put together the dry ingredients, ensuring that yeast didn't touch with salt. In another container, I put together the wet ingredients. I decided to use cold water so the yeast has more time to rise as I usually took a long time to knead the bread. But this method only applicable if you are sure 100% that your yeast is alive. 

I used a mixing machine, as my hand was somewhat injured, but you could always use your strong pair of hands. Knead until the dough tend to stick upon it-self rather than to your hands. Cover and let to rest for about 30 minutes or until double in size.

Punch the dough, knead for a little bit more to ensure trough distribution. Divide the dough to six small ball. 

Flatten the ball, fill in with cheese (if you want to make a cheese naan) or with grated garlic (if you want to make a garlic naan), close into a new ball and flatten the ball again and cook on a non-stick pan and covered on the smallest heat. If you want a plain naan, you could always skip the filling step. In about 4-5 minutes, flip the naan to cook the other surface. Cook until the surface of the naan have golden spots and a little charred.   

Enjoy with curry, or mint sauce, or tandoori chicken or even on its own. 

Dampfnudeln (German dumpling)

    

    Locked at home (a metaphor), I opt to re-watch The Great British Bake Off series. During season 4 the bread episode, I was re-exposed to dampfnudeln. What a dampfnudeln you ask? According to wikipedia; dampfnudel is a sort of white bread roll or sweet roll eaten as a meal or as a dessert in Germany, Austria and in France. It looked to me as some sort of a bao, but without the need for me to bring out the steamer out. THAT intrigue me. The recipe that was shown in TGBBO was sweet, but as far as I know, bao is usually eaten savory, so I figure I can do that to dampfnudel too, and when I googled, it was written you can do that. So I searched about dampfnudel, don't be side-tracked, I only looked to 3-4 recipe pages.  I opt to use this recipe as reference. 

Knowing myself (I am not a good kneader); I didn't give the yeast time to bloom first before starting to knead nor do I start with a warm milk, rather I used milk in room temperature. 

    But lo and behold! I have underestimated the recipe. The pan that I used was a bit too small, thus even though the dumpling seems cooked, the dumpling was smooshed. So after the 20 that-I-was-not-supposed to open the pan, I transfer the dumpling to another bigger pan and proceed to steam it again, but maybe because the pan is a too-good-of-a heat conductor, even with the smallest heat setting on the stove, burning smell can be detected.. I turn off the stove and enjoy a somewhat smoky dumpling with chicken curry. Hehehe. 

    Im planning to try the recipe again, but to be steamed in two batches...or maybe half the dough..?

Ingredients:

Dough:

3 cup AP flour

1/4 cup of sugar

1 1/2 packet of yeast

1 teaspoon salt

1 cup milk

1/4 cup butter

2 eggs

Poaching liquid:

1 cup milk

3 tablespoon butter

1/4 cup sugar (less or none if you are planning to enjoy the dumpling savory)

1 teaspoon salt (if you enjoying savory)

Method:

Knead the dough until the dough stick to itself better then it sticks to your hands.

Put in a big bowl, cover and left to rise for about 1 hour. 

When it has double in size, knead a bit more, the divide the dough to fist sized balls. 

Put the balls in a large frying pan and cover. Let rise for about 15-20 minutes.

Warm the poaching liquid before adding to the proved dough. 

Cover and steamed on a small heat for about 15-20 minutes. Don't open the cover or you risk the dumpling to shrink. 

Enjoy with jam and custard if you like it sweet, or you can also enjoy it with curry like I did. 

cream maceroni inspired by 5ecret recipe

 

The other day,  my sisters came back home bringing a pack labeled 5ecret recipe, being the nosy person I am, I peeked into the pack, my middle sister directly says "Share with mother". Inside was macaroni with a thin white sauce, and shrimp and melted cheese on top. There are small mushrooms pieces here and there. To be honest, it was quit bland for my taste, but the mushroom sure do help in encouraging me to take another bite. The melted cheese helped too.. I was a bit curious on how to make it, especially when I once watch a korean realty tv show where the participants made spaghetti (I think) cream pasta. Knowing that 5ecret recipe has a menu of it, I use it as reference to search in the internet. By chance my neighbor gave us a pack of grilled shrimp, searching for ways to use the shrimp, I got the idea to made this recipe. 

Ingredients:

2/3 pack of elbow pasta (boiled- a minute to reach al dente)

3 clove of garlic (mince)

shrimp stock

1 tbsp dried shrimp (soaked and blended or crushed)

1 cup of mushroom (shred)

1 tbsp chili flakes

1/2 tbsp thyme

1 1/2 cup milk

salt to taste

3 slice of cheddar sandwich slice

1/3 cup of mozzarella cheese

Method: 

1) Saute garlic and dried shrimp until fragrant.

2) Add the stock. Let it boil until nearing dry. 

3) Add the mushroom, chili flake and thyme. Cook until tender. 

4) Add the pasta and milk, mix and let cook for 2-3 minutes.

5) Add the cheddar slice and salt to taste.

6) Lower the heat, sprinkle mozzarella on top the pasta, close the pan and let it steam for 5 minute before turning off the heat. 

7) To be enjoy warm. 😊