Spicy Lemon Mackerel

I loveee lemon so much. Not a single day passes by without lemon (my daily vitamin C also contain lemon :p). I'll try any recipe with lemon in it. Lemon juice, lemon cake, lemon chicken and this time lemon fish(i'm thinking about lemon soup now hahaaa) lets just wait and see....
This recipe come from my own brain, and it taste awesome

Ingredients:

4 slice mackerel
1 lemon, squeezed
6 cloves shallot
3 cloves garlic
8 red chili
1 tomato
2 lime leaves

-Rub fish with lemon juice and salt. Let is stand for 15 mins and deep fry till brown. Grind shallot, garlic, chili, tomato and lime leaves together.
Heat 1 tbsp oil and saute all the ingredients until fragrant(for me, the chilies also smells fragrant). Pour half cup of water and simmer till almost dry, add in fried fish and lemon juice. Let it simmer again for few minutes. Done

Fat and Fluffy Cinnamon Rolls

I never expect that my cinnamon rolls will be this fat . It was very small when i divide the dough. And i'm so surprised after the second proofing, it turned out to be giant!!! i should make it slimmer next time.


After second proofing

Ingredients:
240 g high gluten flour
60 g all purpose flour
55 g sugar
10 g milk powder
7 g instant yeast
1/2 beaten egg
150 ml cold water
30 g butter
1 tsp salt

Filling:
Butter
Fine sugar
Cinnamon powder
Chopped nut(optional)

-Mix all the dough ingredients (except butter) in the mixing bowl for 20 mins, add butter and continue beating in medium speed until it become smooth and pliable ( can be stretched and it transparent). Rest the dough for 1 hour until it double in size.
Punch down the dough and roll it into rectangle shape, spread butter on top and sprinkle the filling mixture. Roll like swiss roll and cut into small size, let it proof for another 45 mins. Brush with eggwash and bake at 190 for 10-15 mins

Spicy Soybean Cake

Hohohooo....i'm 100% Javanese now. It is not because i born and raised in Surabaya, but it is because i know how to cook this one :P
I had never thought of cooking this my favorite sambal goreng, not until Vinna bring some tempe and dunno what to do with it. About the recipe, simply phoned my mom

Lemony Chicken with Bell Pepper

I love the beautiful color of the bell pepper, if only i've got the green one, it will be more beautiful :)

Ingredients:

100 g shredded chicken breasts
1 red bell pepper
1 yellow bell pepper
1 egg yolk
2 tablespoons cornstarch
4 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 cloves crushed garlic
dash salt & pepper

- Marinated shredded chicken with egg yolk, lemon juice, cornstarch and few drops of oil for 30 minutes. Heat a cup of oil, deep fry chicken and set aside.
Heat another tablespoon oil, saute garlic until fragrant, add sliced bell pepper, stir for 1 minutes. Stir in chicken and add half cup of water. Turn to high heat and stir for another 1 minute. Season with salt and pepper. Serve hot.

Oreo Walnut Cake

My first bake in this week. Though it looks ugly, but awfully tasty

Ingredients:

115 g cake flour
110 g butter
50 g oreo, chopped
20 g walnut, chopped
90 g sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt

- Beat butter, sugar and salt till a bit creamy, add in egg one by one beating well. Stir in flour and beat for another 3 mins until pale. Fold in oreo and walnut, bake in preheated oven at 190 degrees celcius for 30 mins

Chicken in Creamy Orange Sauce

Ingredients:

1/2 boneless chicken breast, sliced
1/2 cup fresh snow peas
1 large orange, squeezed
2 tbsp chopped peanut
1 inch ginger, minced
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp white wine
1 tsp cornstarch + 1 tsp extra
2 tbsp peanut oil
1 scallion, chopped

- Marinate chicken with soy sauce, wine, ginger, cornstarch, chopped scallion and few drops of peanut oil. Let it stand for 30 mins. Combine orange juice with 1 tsp cornstarch, set aside.
Heat 2 tbsp peanut oil, saute garlic add chicken stir fry for few minutes. Add snow peas and chopped peanut, continue frying until chicken tender. Stir in orange juice mixture until thickened. Serve hot

Winter Melon Eggdrop Soup

Ingredients:

Winter melon
Dried scallop
Ginger, grated
Egg
Clear broth

- Steam dried scallop in a bowl of water until soft then mashed. Process winter melon until smooth, using food processor. Heat the broth, stir in winter melon, mashed scallop, and grated ginger and cook over low heat for 30 mins. Lightly beat the egg and pour over the soup, stir very quickly. Remove from heat, serve with freshly ground pepper.

** sorry about the measurement.

Vegetarian Tofu with Mushroom

Ingredients:

1 block tofu
3 dried shitake mushroom, soaked
2 cloves garlic
1 scallion
2 tbsp veg mushroom sauce
dash of salt and pepper
cornstarch for coating

- Cut tofu into cube, pat dry with towel paper. Sprinkle with salt and coat with cornstarch, deep fry until light brown and set aside.
Heat 1 tbsp oil, saute garlic until fragrant add sliced mushroom, water and sauce. Simmer for few minutes, season with salt and pepper, add tofu and stir quickly. Remove from heat and sprinkle with sliced scallion

Most Spicy Indonesian Food Ever!!!

The challenge also come from J when i called him on lunch break, few days back. He have this super spicy chicken rica rica. He challenge me whether i can cook his favorite food. And this is the first time i cook this famous spicy Indonesian dish.
Chicken rica rica originally come from Manado, rica rica mean spicy in their language. I gobbled 2 cone ice cream after having dinner. It is just...too spicy. Then if i'm a chili "addict", J is a chili "maniac"

My 1st Success Red Bean Bun

Finally i made it!!!!
This is my 5th or 6th trial bun and the 1st success ever, forget about the rest, it goes to the trash.
I made this buns last evening after work. Took only 20 mins to knead the dough. I've knead one of my trial bun for 3 hours!!! until my hand mixer almost broken and it still ended up in the trash.
And finally i realize that the biggest problem was my FLOUR. I use flour that written to be "BREAD FLOUR"(for making chinese spring onion pancake) in the package, but everytime i knead it, it seems to be very very wet and sticky. And today i use all purpose flour and it turned out just perfectly. Beautiful isn't it?
I'm so happy with my bun, even an argument with J didn't upset me at all :)

Century Egg and Soft Tofu

Ever try century egg? Century egg also known as preserved egg or thousand year egg. It is Chinese cuisine ingredients made from chicken eggs or duck eggs. According to what i read about the eggs, they use mixture of clay, ash, salt and rice husk to preserve it.
Taiwanese serve it with cold soft tofu with spring onion, light mushroom sauce and sesame oil. Century egg also can be added in porridge. I love this porridge, it is amazingly delicious, despite the egg's smells.

Homemade Hawaii Pizza

Went to bed at 00:30 lastnight with $%#@^& shouting (and mumbling) behind my back, remind me if it is weekend. And who care about that? I need rest. Wake up at 15:20 loaded with tons of energy.
Goshh...i sleep for 15 hours!!! Gotta find something to do. Baking? thats good idea.
I'm going to use my energy to knead the bread. Bread or bun? I'm afraid the bun will turn to be rock bun again, so i decide to make my "long forgotten" favorite junkfood.
Yeah...pizza, with a lots of sliced hotdog and cheese.
It's been few days ago, since i saw the recipe in my fav blog, Aunt Yo, and that moment i have no time and energy to do so. And...today is the perfect day.



** My pizza crust is really much much better than pizzah** (or i've forgotten their taste?)

Fried Oreo Cookies

I haven't bake or cooking something unusual this week. Feeling exhausted and not enough sleep, caused by J's request to design his website. Done it for four times and he mess it up again. My head so heavy, if only i could take it off from my neck for rest, while my body working.....
No appetite for dinner and somehow i remembered this super easy and unhealthy but awesome taste snack

Ingredients:
1 pack oreo cookies, i only found chocolate filling in nearby 7eleven
1 cup flour
1 egg
110 cc milk
1/2 tsp salt

-Mix all the batter ingredients, coat the cookies and deep fry till brown.

Another Brownies With Cream Cheese

This time, the recipe come from Aunt Yochana.
I've tried few recipe of her and it always turned out to be great especially cake. Except the "easy made" swiss roll and peanut butter bun that turn to be disaster in my hand, i've tried the swiss roll for 5 times and it still ended up to be scrambled cake, while the bun turn out to be "rock" bun. I'm a learner who not afraid of fail :) Gotta try again other time.