....a little diary of mine

Salmon Fried Rice

2009-12-24T12:33:00.004+08:00

Good solution for lazy winter evening, serve it with a bowl of warm meatball soup.

Ingredients:

2 bowl cold white rice

1 egg

1 bowl shredded cabbage

1 slice salmon, cooked and mashed

1 tbsp chopped onion

1 tsp chopped garlic

1 red chili, chopped

1 tbsp veg oil

1 tbsp soy sauce and fish sauce

salt, pepper, msg(optional)

- Heat oil in a wok, add onion and garlic, stir for few minutes until fragrant. Break in egg and stir quickly till it lightly scrambled, add salmon and cabbage, give it another stir. Turn the heat down then add rice, use wooden spoon to break it apart. When the rice is heated through, season with soy sauce, salt, pepper. Serve hot.

Orange Raisin Scone

2009-12-17T16:30:00.010+08:00

Nah im back again after gone for so long. Congrate me that i finally found new(but old) apartment and has settled everything down and now i'm able to update my blog again.

This scone recipe is adapted from cinnamon raisin scone. I skipped cinnamon powder and adding 1 tablespoon grated orange rind instead. My tiny apartment is smell heavenly while the scone is baking in the oven.

Light Beef Consomme

2009-09-07T18:21:00.009+08:00

Wow, its been really a long break for me. Been a little busy with facebook's game...hahaa seriously not! I've been looking for new apartment and unfortunately have not find one till now.

It seems like i've had same meal over and over and after a while, i feel really sick, only by passing infront of chinese take away and smell the "aroma" of my recent meals. Well, i hope this post will be the beginning of my comeback into the blogosphere.

Recipe for Light Beef Consomme

Ingredients:

200 g beef tenderloin, cut into 1 inch long

1 carrot, cubed

1 stick celery, cubed

2 king oyster mushroom, cubed

1 stalk spring garlic

2 clove garlic, crushed

Beef stock as required

salt and pepper to taste

- In a medium pan, boil beef stock, crushed garlic and spring garlic for 15 minutes, add the vegetables and simmer over low fire until tender. Lastly, add chopped beef and season with salt and pepper. Do not let the beef boil for too long as it will be overdone. Remove from heat and serve immediately.

Healthy Cranberries and Oatmeal Cookies

2009-06-27T16:39:00.009+08:00

My cooking blue started again for past few weeks. It caused by facebook's application called happy farm, i'm so addicted to it recently. Happy farm is just small game where u can plant and harvest some kind of fruits. It is nothing compared to maple story and travian but i have so much fun playing that my friends called as a "boring game". I spent most of my evening infront of my laptop, planting, harvesting, take care my plants even stealing from my friend's farm.
Feeling so upset when i can't access my farm yesterday, so off i go, to my old favorite website, foodgawker and found this amazing and healthy cookies recipe. And why i call it healthy? because no butter in it, i even substitute canola oil with olive pomace oil, skipped chocolate chips and add more oatmeal and it still turned out great.
So, do you think that big amount of sugar is healthy as well? I would say yes, since it impossible to bake cookies without sugar ^_*

Melting Brownies

2009-06-15T20:53:00.003+08:00

What can i say about this? well, this is the best brownies i've ever made so far. With melted chocolate in the center, my friends at work gave me two thumbs up. One of them said, she'll give me 5 thumbs up if only she have it.... From now on, i will stick to this recipe for brownies and maybe some modification with peanut butter and or cream cheese next time. To make it even more special, i also made a recipe card for this one.

Source: discussion at NCC yahoo groups and of course...with slight modification.

Wuxi Style Braised Spareribs

2009-06-10T18:56:00.012+08:00

Wuxi is one of big city in China which is very famous with their silk and delicious dishes, one of them is this braised spareribs. More article about Wuxi can be found here. I was searching for this recipe and ended up in aunty Lily's blog. She wrote a lot of great chinese recipe and i should try them one by one. This finger lickin' sparerib is my favorite and i always ordered this dish everytime i dine out in chinese restaurant.

Mango Cheesecake

2009-06-05T12:45:00.008+08:00

It is mango season here in Taiwan. Mango is always my favorite fruit. There is a dessert shop near my working place called Ice Monster and their 芒果芋头冰 , literally mean mango+yam mixed with shaved ice+condensed milk is really to die for. I have really really huge appetite lately with 5-7 meals a day!! hahaa...and i've been buy this mango ice for a week without break. In order to used up my half package of cream cheese, i made this cheesecake with... of course, mango topping!!

Recipe for mango cheesecake

Ingredients:
500 g cream cheese, room temperature
2 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup mango flavored yoghurt
Mango, extra yoghurt and oreo biscuits without cream, as required

- Beat cream cheese and sugar until fluffy, add egg one at time and beat until incorporated. Stir in yoghurt, mix well. Arrange oreo on the side of baking pan, pour the batter in and bake in preheated oven at 180 for 50-55 minutes, until the center of the cake has been set. Cool for up to 2 hours in fridge. For topping, mix cubed mango with yoghurt and pour over cooled cake.

Banana Chocolate Cake

2009-05-31T20:24:00.006+08:00

I just stepped into the house when i smell something sweet from my kitchen. It was banana that i bought 4 days ago, before i left for long weekend in the mountain with some friends. For me, banana is the best fruit for baking and it always satisfying. I love combination of banana + chocolate. Wonder why no one sell chocolate with banana flavor out there.
Recipe from Stephanie Jaworski at joyofbaking.com

Caramel Flan

2009-05-21T19:26:00.008+08:00

Hey... i'm back after 2 long weeks without update. I've been a little busy helping a friend to design her new online shop and also doing some label and banner design, haven't done with it up until now.
It is not summer yet but the weather is terribly hot here, the heatwave makes me feel exhausted, not wanting to do anything and all i want is water and something to cool down. I've been bookmarked this recipe since few weeks back, and only got the mood to do it today. The flan turned to be as smooth as it looks, with slightly sticky caramel syrup and it really cooled my evening off.

Orange Cheesecake

2009-05-06T22:13:00.007+08:00

Browse through daring baker's blog, i found a lot of luscious and tempting cheesecake as their April's challenge is cheesecake. Their post really makes me drool and luckily i still have a pack of cream cheese and orange in my fridge.
Recipe tweaked from my previous Oreo cheesecake

Ingredients:
for base:
1 1/2 cups ritz cracker crumb
1/4 c melted butter

for cake:
500 g cream cheese, room temperature
2 eggs
1/2 cup orange juice
1/2 cup whole milk
1 orange rind, finely grated
1/2 cup powdered sugar

for topping (optional):
1 tbsp orange flavored jelly powder
1/3 cup water

- For base, mix cracker crumb with butter, press into baking pan and set aside. Beat cream cheese with sugar until smooth, add eggs 1 at time, beat until fully incorporated. Add in milk, orange juice and rind, stir well. Pour the batter into prepared base crust. Steam bake in preheated oven at 180 degrees celcius for 40-45 minutes. For topping, prepare jelly as directed and let it cool. Arrange sliced orange on top, pour jelly on top of cooled cake. Let it set in the fridge for about 3-4 hours.

Stir Fry Chicken With Hot Bean Sauce

2009-04-27T19:51:00.010+08:00

Hot bean sauce (la dou ban jiang) is a very popular condiment and commonly used in Chinese cooking especially in Szechuan cuisines. It goes very well with any seafood, chicken, tofu and other vegetable like bamboo shot and eggplant. In this version, i use boneless-skinless chicken thigh, recipe adapted from easy Chinese stir fry by Angela Cheng

Recipe for braised chicken with hot bean sauce

Ingredients:

1 boneless chicken thigh
4 cloves garlic
1 stalk scallion
seasoning 1:
1 egg white
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp water
1/2 tbsp cornstarch
seasoning 2:
1/2 tbsp rice wine
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tsp sugar
1/2 tbsp white vinegar
1 tbsp hot bean sauce
2 tbsp water
1 tsp cornstarch

- Cut chicken into bite size, marinate with seasoning 1 for 20 minutes then deep fry till half done. Set aside. Heat another tbsp oil, saute garlic and scallion till fragrant add chicken, stir fry for few minutes. Add seasoning 2, mix well. Remove from heat and serve while it's hot.

Beef Rendang

2009-04-23T22:30:00.006+08:00

Most people say, cooking rendang is kinda wasting time and that also my main reason for never making rendang on my own. I hate stay in my tiny kitchen for more than 20 minutes and i hate to leave my kitchen when my stove is on. I almost burn the whole apartment once, and it really remind me to be more careful when leaving kitchen with fire on.
In the end, i decide to use pressure cooker to make this rendang. It still tastes as good as the stewing version. It took 1 hour to be done, 45 minutes in pressure cooker plus 15 minutes simmering to dry off the gravy.
Recipe adapted from NCC and of course with little modification to suit my ingredient's availability

IFW - Braised Fish with Coconut Milk, Tomato and Basil

2009-04-17T20:15:00.010+08:00

If you read my blog regularly, you will noticed that i never participate in blog events like everyone else does.
Well, this is my first submission for blog event, Indonesian Food Week hosted by Siany Nugroho one of NCC's member.
I love seafood so much(who don't?) and most of times i buy it outside since my cooking skill is terrible, especially in Indonesian food.

Indonesian name it Pencok Ikan. Ikan mean fish, but pencok???(anyone who can come up with explanation will be greatly appreciated). As you all know, Indonesia made up by more than 17.500 island, so can you imagine how many language we have?
One of the event's rule is to mention where the dish come from. So, i'll say this recipe is come from my mom(sorry about the exact place, i wish i or my mom know)

Recipe for mommy style pencok ikan(braised fish with coconut milk, tomato and fresh basil)

Ingredients:
500 g mackerel
1 cup coconut milk
1/2 tbsp coriander powder
1/2 cm lesser galangal
1 tsp salt
5 red chili
3 cloves garlic
2 candle nut
1 tsp shrimp paste
1 medium tomato, diced
salt and sugar to taste
handful fresh basil

- Rub fish with coriander powder and salt, let it stand for 15 minutes, fry till brown on both side, set aside. Blend all the ingredients except coconut milk, basil and tomato. Heat a tbsp oil in a medium pan, saute spices and keep stirring for 1-2 minutes. Pour in coconut milk, let it bubbling, add in fish and tomato. Simmer for 3-4 minutes until gravy almost dry, adjust the taste with salt and sugar. Sprinkle fresh basil just before remove from heat.

Rich Chocolate Cake

2009-04-14T20:50:00.012+08:00

As Asian and a beginner cook, i often confused when reading recipe using American standard measurement. It's not a cup that make me headache but stick, ounces, pints, quarts, gallon etc really make me crazy. I'm totally idiot when it comes to maths and yeah, my brother called me as a "mathematics's idiot". I remember that i used to argue with my math teacher back when i was in high school. But still, i'm doing pretty good in physics. Strange right?

I was thinking about this cake, and have no problem at all when reading the recipe, i've made that cake before and it turned out great, so i decide to use that recipe again.
I was pretty sure that 1 stick butter is equal to 226 grams, how.....where that conversion come from??? Without checking converter, i started baking. Feel like something amiss when i fold in the flour. Butter amount seems too much compared to the other ingredients. And yes it is, i used 2 sticks butter instead of 1!!! Thinking about dumping my batter to the trash, but i can't afford to waste anymore food, so i go on bake my cake and it turned out to be rich, fudgy and soft(almost like melt in mouth, when it warm). This was my first failed cake that turned out to be so good.

Ohh...reminder, 1 stick butter is 113 grams :)

Creamy Vegetable in a Bread Bowl

2009-04-12T14:04:00.005+08:00

I still have some bread dough left in my fridge and i want to used it up today. After flipping through my cooking books, finally i decide to make this cute bread bowl with vegetable filling(original recipe using sourdough bread and creamy mushroom filling). My bread dough is very soft and it resulted in flat bowl instead of tall and round one.

Recipe for creamy vegetable filling
Ingredients:
1 can sweet corn
1 cup diced ham
1 cup diced celery
1 1/2 cup whole milk
1/2 cup minced onion
1/2 stick butter
2 tbsp flour
1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
salt and freshly ground black pepper

-Melt butter in a medium sauce pan over low fire, add onion and cook for 3-4 minutes until it turn translucent, add in flour and stir for another minute. Pour milk slowly, mix until smooth, add vegetable, simmer over low fire for about 15 minutes. Taste with salt and pepper, remove from heat, sprinkle with grated cheese.

Dried Longan Muffin

2009-04-08T18:44:00.008+08:00

Longan is native fruit of southeast asia. In Chinese it called long yuan which is literally mean dragon's eye fruit. More information about longan can be found here. Dried longan muffin is another famous Taiwanese delicacy. It is easily available almost in every corner of bakery in Taiwan. However, every one of them has their special taste or texture. It usually topped with either chopped walnut or pine nut.

Recipe for Dried longan muffin

Ingredients:

150 g cake flour
110 g brown sugar
65 g dried longan soaked in 3/4 cup hot water, cooled, squeezed and juice reserved.
2 eggs
70 ml melted butter
1/2 cup longan juice
1/2 cup chopped walnut
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup pine nut for topping

-Sift cake flour, salt and baking powder, set aside. Beat egg and sugar till white and fluffy, add in longan juice, vanilla extract and melted butter , stir until well mixed. Fold in flour lightly. Add in chopped walnut and dried longan. Spoon the batter to the paper cup, top with pine nut. Bake at preheated oven at 180 for 30-35 minutes.

Artisan Bread

2009-04-05T21:19:00.007+08:00

Am i the only one who had been dying to try this bread? This recipe is the easiest and simplest one compared to other bread and it has great review from around blogosphere. I never make a "real" bread before but i've been trying those buns several times, though it always ended up in the trash. You won't need heavy duty mixer or break your handmixer (like what i do...) to knead this bread. Recently i came across this site while searching for the artisan bread recipe and i thought basic recipe would be a great way to start with. I'm so surprised and satisfied with the result. It has crispy crust and chewy inside with amazing fragrant smell.

Most Authentic Taiwanese Stewed Ground Pork ( Lo Ba )

2009-04-02T13:57:00.016+08:00

If you've ever come to Taiwan, you'll find this menu in every local Chinese restaurant, no matter it is high class or road side one. I've been trying so many recipe, but none of them meet the authentic taste of traditional Taiwanese lo ba which is usually served with steamed white rice, a piece of stewed deep fried tofu, yellow preserved radish and it served in a clay bowl, topped with freshly chopped cilantro. Yumm...my favorite lunch, cheap and delicious, hahaa..yeah i love anything with "cheap" word in it. Lo ba literally mean stewed meat in Taiwanese/Hokkien. Lo= stew ba=meat, while in Mandarin it called lu rou.
Couple days ago, i watched TV show hosted by mr.blablah, i dont even know his name, but my sister say he is one of the best chef in Taiwan. He said that the secret condiment that usually taken down from lo ba recipe is the cinnamon powder. Lo ba won't have its authentic taste without cinnamon powder. So, here i go again, doing experiment and come up with the most authentic taste of lo ba ( i don't celebrate April's fool day, so don't worry about being fooled by me)

Recipe for Taiwanese Stewed Ground Pork

Ingredients:
650 gr ground pork (preferably with lots of fat)
1/3 cup sliced shallot
2 tbsp minced garlic
1/3 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup chinese rice wine
6 cups water
1/4 cup cooking oil
2 tbsp sugar
2 star anise
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder (or more to suit your taste)

-Heat oil, saute chopped shallot and garlic until fragrant, add star anise and ground cinnamon, stir well, add in ground pork and stir quickly to break the meat into small bits. Add soy sauce, sugar and rice wine, once the meat has changed color. Pour six cups of water and cover the pan, let it simmer for 2,5-3 hours.

Black Glutinous Rice Cake

2009-03-31T18:44:00.006+08:00

Like i said before, i'm not a big fan of steamed cake, but when it comes to leftover thingy, then i really have no choice.
I've been keep this leftover homemade black glutinous rice powder (from making this cookies) for about 4 months. Luckily it still fresh and fragrant, since it placed in the fridge. Never imagined before, that glutinous rice powder can be used for cake, until i found this recipe. I was quite sure that the cake will turned out hard and sticky. I'm so surprised when i opened my steamer, the cake rise beautifully, it has dark purpelish color and the combination of coconut milk - black glutinous rice powder smell heavenly.

Recipe for steamed black glutinous rice cake.
Source: NCC

Ingredients :
6 eggs
200 gr sugar
350 gr black glutinous rice powder
150 ml corn oil
200 ml coconut milk
1 tsp ovalette/cake emulsifier
¼ tsp salt

- Beat egg, sugar, salt and ovalette until white and fluffy, fold in black glutinous rice flour and stir lightly. Add corn oil and coconut milk, stir until well mixed. Pour the batter to 2 loaf pan and steam for 40 minutes( i halved the recipe and steam for 35 minutes)

Banana Oatmeal Quick Bread

2009-03-27T19:17:00.005+08:00

I have 3 overripe bananas sit in my dinning table for two days, the sweet smell getting stronger and it will attract tiny fly's attention if i don't use it as soon as possible. Banana bread is the perfect way to used up overripe bananas. Easy, healthy and delicious and it bursting with flavor of bananas.

Ingredients:
3 large banana, mashed
1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled
2 eggs
1 1/4 cup all purpose flour
1 cup quick cooking oats
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup chocolate chips
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda

- Whisk banana and melted butter, stir in egg, sugar, salt and baking soda, mix well. Add in oats and chocolate chips, fold in flour, stir until well mixed. Bake at 175 for 50-60 minutes.

Indonesian Style Soy Sauced Milk Fish

2009-03-24T19:52:00.003+08:00

It's been a month or two since my last time of cooking seafood. I hate cleaning oily and fishy stuffs and that become the main reason of my laziness. I was inspired by my last weekend dinner in Vinna's place, one of my good friend who is great in cooking but refused to join foodblog community with loads of reason, such as work, pregnancy and recently her new born cute baby. She made Indonesian soy sauced chicken and it tasted great, i ask her if i can replace chicken with seafood, and it really went well with fish.

Recipe for Indonesian Soy Sauced Fish, courtesy of Vinna.
Ingredients:

1 large milk fish
3 tbsp Indonesian sweet soy sauce
3 clove shallot
2 clove garlic
3 red chilli
1 cup water
1 tsp cornstarch, diluted in 1 tbsp water.
salt to taste
juice of 1 lemon

- Clean and chop fish, rub with lemon juice and let it stand for 30 minutes, fry till golden brown on both side. Saute sliced shallot and garlic in 1 tbsp oil till fragrant, stir in chili and pour a cup of water, add soy sauce/salt. Let it simmer for 5 minutes, add corn starch solution to thicken. Add in fish and remove from heat. Serve while its hot.

Flower Butter Cookies

2009-03-16T21:43:00.004+08:00

I do enjoy making cookies so much, though i'm not a big fan cookies. Moulding and shaping cookies is kinda fun. My first interest in baking was chocolate chips cookies, around two years ago. I was shopping in nearby supermarket, turning round and round dunno what to buy, till my eyes caught a pack of hersheys chocolate chips. And unfortunately it has cookie recipe written on the package. So, thanks to hersheys chocolate chips for giving me inspiration in baking.

Basic taiwanese butter cookies recipe,
Ingredients:

120 g unsalted butter, room tempature
60 g icing sugar
200 g cake flour
50 g bread flour
1 whole egg
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
melted chocolate as required (i use banana flavoured chocolate)

- Beat butter and sugar until slightly pale (do not beat too long, otherwise the cookies won't hold its shape). Beat in egg and vanilla extract, mix well. Sift cake flour and bread flour together and add to the butter mixture.
Roll out the dough and cut with flower shaped cookie cutter. Bake at 175 for 15-18 minutes till golden brown. Decorate with melted chocolate once it cooled off. Store in air tight container.

Spaghetti With Homemade Meat Sauce

2009-03-12T19:09:00.008+08:00

What would you do if you have a bag of tomatoes sitting beautifully in your fridge for a week?

I turned mine into this delicious meat sauce using this easy recipe.

And serve it over spaghetti, sprinkled with freshly grated parmigiano.

Yummy!!!

Coffee and Almond Cookies

2009-03-09T21:27:00.006+08:00

Cookies or baked potato?? Hehee...these are cookies for a friend who just quit from coffee. To me, coffee is like something magic that giving me energy and power to do my daily activities. How can i wake up without morning coffee? I've tried to quit few times and all i got is headache and yawning for whole day. And guess what, i use my potato slicer to get that shape, smart eh... hahaa
Recipe adapted from DIY hand made cookies by Lucy Wu

Ingredients:

350 g cake flour
150 g unsalted butter
100 g lard/shortening
80 g icing sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup sliced almond
10 g coffee granules (dissolved in 1 tbsp hot water)

- Beat butter, shortening and sugar till fluffy, add egg and beat for another minute. Stir in coffee and mix well. Sift in cake flour and add almond. Mix well to form dough. Shape dough into log/rectangle and refrigerate for 1-2 hours till dough is hardened. Cut into any shape you like, bake at preheated oven at 180 for 12-15 minutes.

Steamed Smiling Cake (Bolu Kukus)

2009-03-05T14:22:00.017+08:00

Few months ago, i joined this group and for this past few days, everyone was talking about this smiling steamed cake. I get hooked, curious and challenged by reading their post. In the end, i push myself to try to make this cake, though i'm not a big fan of steamed cake.
It took me 6 times to make the cake smile beautifully. Yeah, 6 TIMES, with 5 fails and 1 success. I wasted countless eggs, sugar, milk, flour and my precious energy and time. Everything went to the trash.
This cake is similar to chinese fa gau, only different in taste and texture, it has smoother and softer texture compared to fa gau which is made from rice flour. And this smiling cake also suitable for vegetarian.
So, here is the recipe, adapted from Vania modified by me.

Ingredients:
2 egg white
4 egg yolk
240 g caster sugar
250 g all purpose flour
175 ml fresh milk
Few drops of pandan essence/any food colouring

- Heat up steamer and muffin tin(lined with paper cup) for 10 minutes. Beat egg and sugar at high speed until white and fluffy, add milk stir well. Fold in flour and stir until well mixed. Reserve a cup of the batter and add pandan essence. Spoon the plain batter into lined muffin tin topped with 2 tsp green batter.
Steam at HIGH heat for 17-20 minutes. DO NOT open the steamer in first 10 minutes, otherwise it will not smile at all.

** From my(6 times) experience, cake emulsifier(ovalette) is not required as long as you can beat egg and sugar until thick and fluffy.

Rolled Pineapple Cookies

2009-02-24T16:27:00.007+08:00

I still have some leftover pineapple jam in my freezer from making cheesy pineapple cookies in chinese new year, so instead of dumped it to the garbage bin, i decided to bake another batch of cookies to used it up. The jam still tastes great, same as the fresh made one, though i've been keep it for more than a month.
I use my previous recipe for the cookies (only substitute 30 g cheese powder with all purpose flour), roll it like the way how you make swiss roll, chill in the fridge, cut once it firm enough, bake and enjoy.

Fried Rice With XO Sauce

2009-02-22T19:58:00.005+08:00

It is Sunday and i am lazy, hungry and crave for something nice yet easy. Digging my fridge, i found a jar of XO sauce, some seafood and leftover rice. Yay...something delicious ready in less than 10 minutes.

Ingredients:
2 bowl leftover rice
3 tbsp chopped onion
3 tbsp XO sauce
4 large prawn, chopped
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 tbsp soy sauce
2 red chili, chopped
bunch of chinese chives
salt to taste

- Heat few drops oil, scramble egg and set aside. Saute onion until fragrant, add chopped chili, prawn and rice. Stir for few minutes, add in scrambled egg, XO sauce and soy sauce. Keep stirring for another 3-4 minutes. Taste with salt and add chopped chives. Serve while it is hot.

* Use less oil is better since XO sauce is already oily.

Padang Style Chicken Rendang

2009-02-18T18:50:00.002+08:00

If you wonder what Padang mean, it is capital city of West Sumatra, Indonesia, which is very famous with their delicious cuisine. Rendang is the most famous one. If u ever went to Jakarta, you'll find Padang Restaurant almost in every corner of street, with their glass window stacked up with food.
Rendang is basically meat cooked in thick, creamy coconut milk and spices. There are two kind of rendang, one is made from beef and the other from chicken. The spices used in both dishes also different, so beef and chicken rendang has a different flavor.

Ingredients:
600 g boneless chicken thigh, cubed
1 large potato, cubed
4 cups thick coconut milk
1 stalk lemon grass, bruised
2 bay leaves
2 lime leaves

Spice to grind:
8 red chili
5 cloves shallot
3 cloves garlic
4 candle nut
1/2 inch ginger
1 tsp galangal powder
1 tsp turmeric powder

-Heat 2 tbsp cooking oil in a wok, add all the ingredients except chicken, potato and coconut milk.
Stir for 2 minutes, add chicken and stir again till chicken no longer pink. Add potato and coconut milk and taste with salt. Simmer for 30 minutes until chicken tender. Serve over warm white rice.

Spaghetti With Mushroom and Sausage

2009-02-12T20:42:00.002+08:00

Mushrooms are one of my favorite food. I love to buy any kind of mushroom when i saw the fresh one, though sometimes i really don't know what to do with it.
Few days ago, a friend take me to Italian restaurant and their fettucine alfredo was soooo good!! I notice that i never try to make alfredo sauce by myself, so today i attempted to try it. And in order not to waste my fresh shitake mushroom that already sitting in my fridge for almost 2 weeks, i add it to the sauce along with chicken sausage and it tasted yummy(not as good as the restaurant's one for sure hehee)

Sauce Ingredients:

110 g cream cheese
50 g butter
1/3 cup heavy cream
1 tsp garlic granules
1 tsp parsley flake
1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
4 fresh shitake mushroom, slice
1 chicken sausage, slice

-Melt butter in a sauce pan, add sliced mushroom and sausage. Pour cream, add garlic granules and simmer for 3 minutes.
Remove from heat, add cheese and stir quickly. Pour sauce over cooked spaghetti and sprinkle with parsley flakes.

Strawberry Cheese Tart

2009-02-10T16:14:00.004+08:00

This tart is modification from my previous cheese fruit tart, only substitute mixed fruit with strawberry and everything is done.
The combination of cream cheese and heavy cream was so smooth, went perfectly with sweet and juicy strawberry. I still have a lot of strawberries in my fridge, so maybe i'll post
more strawberry recipe in few days ahead.

Strawberry Swiss Rolls

2009-02-08T20:59:00.004+08:00

Strawberry now is in season. I bought a box of fresh and beautiful tiny strawberry from night market last night and it only cost half of the usual price. Beautiful and delicious dessert, that's the first thing come to my mind when i saw strawberries.
Too bad, the berries season only lasts for only 3-4 weeks here. Click here for the swiss roll recipe.

Lapis Surabaya

2009-02-05T18:06:00.002+08:00

Wow...it's been 3 long weeks since my last post. I was in blue mood for entering my kitchen after big long feast of Chinese new year. And today, i bake this cake for the sake of new post. Lapis literally mean layer and Surabaya is one of the big city in Indonesia and it is my hometown. So, lapis surabaya will be layered Surabayanese cake in English :)
The chocolate layer turned to be dense caused by over mixing. However, it tasted great and my kitchen smell heavenly while it baking in the oven.
Recipe adapted from aunty Yochana

Cheesy Nastar

2009-01-16T18:39:00.003+08:00

Finally, my lazy days has come to an end. I managed to make pineapple jam 2 days ago and baked these cookies yesterday. I use my mom's recipe and do slight modification by adding edam cheese powder and it turn out great.

Ingredients:
275 g butter, soften to room temperature
370 g all purpose flour
30 g edam cheese powder
4 egg yolk
45 g caster sugar

- Mix all purpose flour and cheese powder together. Beat butter and sugar till light(but not very light) and egg yolk one by one, beat well. Fold in flour mixture and knead lightly. Chill the dough for 30 minutes. Wrap with pineapple jam and bake at 180 degrees celsius for 25 minutes.

Kuo Yuan Ye Museum of Cake and Pastry

2009-01-14T16:36:00.004+08:00

I'm getting lazier to write and post anything recently. Beside i have nothing to write about also i haven't cook anything unusual or fancy. It caused by the weather.... it's so cold in past few days. I'd rather cover myself up on the bed, than doing cleaning and washing around my kitchen.
Last night, a friend called me and asked if i'm interested in a tour to Kuo Yuan Ye Museum of Cake and Pastry. Woww....i jumped up from the bed, yess...here i come.
Kuo Yuan Ye founded and started their bussiness in 1867. Their first museum established in 2001 located in Yangmei - Taoyuan county and the second is in Shilin - Taipei county. Now, they are considered as one of the best pastry maker in Taiwan. We learn how to make Taiwanese pineapple shortcake (fong li shu), with the main ingredients flour, butter, sugar, coconut milk for pastry dough and pineapple, wintermelon, sugar for pastry filling.
This is the first time i tasted their pineapple shortcake, the pastry has crunchy texture and buttery smell, far different with other pineapple shortcake which usually too soft or very hard. Beside pineapple, they also made strawberry, blueberry, mango, orange shortcake and many more. So, if you happen to be in Taiwan, don't miss it!!!
Here are my shortcakes with koala, bear and owl shape. It cracks everywhere....i still need more practice. As usual, i forgotten my camera so i use my cellphone for taking the pictures.

Kuo Yuan Ye Museum of Cake and Pastry
Wen Lin Rd No.546 Shilin
Taipei County (only few steps away from Shilin MRT Station)

Raisin Oatmeal Cookies

2009-01-07T20:57:00.004+08:00

Lately, i got probs with my cheap Sony DSC-W55. Every object looks so yellow and blur although i took the pictures in the bright place. I've adjusted all the setting and it become more yellow. Guess, i need a better camera.... *sigh

I never been a big fan of cookies, but all of sudden i crave for something sweet so i bake a batch of this super easy and awesome cookies. I don't even need taking my mixer out, just stir, bake and enjoy! I'll bake more for Chinese new year giveaway.

Ingredients:

120 g butter, soften to room temperature
180 g all purpose flour
1 egg
100 g caster sugar
40 g light brown sugar
60 g oatmeal
60 g chopped pecan
50 g raisin
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt

- Sift flour, baking soda and salt. Mix butter and sugar till well mixed, whisked in egg and stir till smooth. Fold in flour and the rest ingredients. Drop a tablespoon of dough to lined baking tray and bake in preheated oven at 180 degrees celsius for 15-18 minutes till golden brown.

Chinese Style Fried Rice

2009-01-05T20:09:00.002+08:00

I learn this fried rice from a chinese takeaway restaurant nearby. They used chinese dried sausage (臘腸 / la chang) too cook this fried rice. It is real simple yet awfully delicious, perfect solution for lazy winter days.

Ingredients:
2 bowl white rice (leftover is great)
2 egg, lightly beaten
2 dried sausage, minced
2 red chili, minced
3 tbsp chopped onion
1 scallion
2 tbsp soy sauce
salt and pepper

- Heat a tbsp oil, saute onion until fragrant. Add chili and sausage stir for few minutes, pour in beaten egg and stir quickly. Add in rice, taste with soy sauce, salt and pepper. Turn off heat and sprinkle with chopped scallion.

Happy New Year 2009

2009-01-01T22:16:00.005+08:00

Wishing all of dear friends and visitor happy new year 2009, another year has passed by. Best wishes and may God bless you in the years to come.
Good bye 2008, i'm a year older.... *sobbing*

Nutella Swiss Roll

2008-12-29T13:55:00.004+08:00

Hahaaa....my swiss rolls 'marathon' is not over yet. I bake a lot of swiss rolls for Christmas give away. And some friends decorate it to make a Christmas log.

Merry Christmas

2008-12-25T15:38:00.009+08:00

Wishing all friends and visitor a very merry Christmas and best wishes for the new year.

Here is my ugly Christmas log that i made today.
Christmas is not public holiday here in Taiwan since most of the residents are Buddhist. My boss treat me a fabulous dinner last night, give away some 'hong pao' too and let me off from work today. Thanks boss for being such...... nice boss of course!! Stay that way :D !!

Strawberry Swiss Rolls

2008-12-23T20:58:00.006+08:00

Another beautiful swiss roll made by me, heheee....
My next attempts is macaron, so just wish me luck.

Ingredients:
3 medium eggs
60 g sugar
80 g cake flour
30 ml corn oil
1 tsp vanilla essence
strawberry jam as required

-Beat egg and sugar till light and fluffy, fold in flour, vanilla essence and corn oil. Bake in preheated oven at 180 degrees for 12 minutes. Spread with strawberry jam and roll up.

Devil's Food Cake With Peanut Butter Chips Frosting

2008-12-15T19:29:00.004+08:00

I become chocolate freak again recently. It's only few days ago since i bake beautiful, super rich and sweet chocolate muffin. I'm about to take some pictures of it, and somehow my camera disappear again. Found it out under my messy blanket finally.
Today is devil's food cake again with creamy peanut butter chips frosting.
For peanut butter frosting:

1/3 cup butter
1/3 cup milk
1-2/3 cups peanut butter chips(i use Reese's)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup powdered sugar

-Combine butter, milk and peanut butter chips in medium saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until chips are melted and mixture is smooth. Remove from heat, stir in vanilla. Place powdered sugar in medium bowl. Gradually add chip mixture, beating until well blended. Cool, stirring occasionally, until of spreading consistency (about 1 hour)

Stewed Fresh Seaweed

2008-12-10T19:59:00.005+08:00

I used to hate seaweed when i was small, i'll avoid any meal with seaweed in it. Till oneday, mom told me that my hair will grow beautifully if i eat a lot of seaweed. I become seaweed lover ever since. And true, the most nicest part of my body is my hair, i have shiny and very straight hair. Coincidence or.....?

Ingredients:
250 g fresh seaweed
2 cloves garlic
2 slice ginger
2 red chili
1 tbsp rice wine
3 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp fish sauce
1 tsp sugar

- Heat 1 tbsp oil, saute garlic and ginger till fragrant. Add 2 cups water, seaweed and all the ingredients. Cover and stew for 20-25 mins till tender.

Lemon Bars

2008-12-07T09:34:00.001+08:00

This recipe had been queue-up for long time in my trying list, but sometime i would prefer trying fancy and not-so-easy recipe rather than the simple one. Yesterday, i went through my trying list again and i attempted to bake it almost immediately hehee....
It is very easy and simple yet awfully delicious. I purposely cut down the sugar to keep the strong sourish lemon flavor, since i'm a big fan of lemon.
Recipe from Stephanie Jaworski at joyofbaking.com

Chocolate Swiss Roll

2008-12-04T19:13:00.004+08:00

Hi hi.... i'm comeback again with my "new skill" in making swiss roll hahaa....how i really excited about it. I made chocolate swiss roll today and the sponge cake turned a bit dense due to over pressing while it is still warm. I should let it cool before rolling next time.
It still taste yummy however. All the ingredients and instruction are same with the previous vanilla swiss roll, i only reduce the amount of flour, adding cocoa powder and extra sugar.

Vanilla Swiss Roll

2008-12-02T23:08:00.005+08:00

Finally!!!! after 7-8 attempts, here come the result. Yes, this is my very first success swiss roll, the rest went to the garbage bin. I was jumping up and down in my kitchen till sister call me seng cing ping hahaa...
Recipe come from Aunty Yochana It called for ovalette/cake stabilizer, but i omit it since i run out of stock, it still turn out beautifully and best of all, this recipe did not require folding method which to me is kinda dreading job.
Yipeee.... i can make Christmas log for this coming Christmas.

Potato and Ham Cream Soup

2008-11-24T20:55:00.002+08:00

I love trying many varieties of soup, beside it's easy to make, i can easily run it down the drain without "amused" my annoying sister, if i'm fail. She always laugh at me whenever i failed in baking my cake or buns(most of times are buns and swiss roll hahaa....) and you see, i don't really care about it.
I failed over and over and i just let her laugh over and over too.
This soup contain a lot of low calorie fiber which is good for diet(actually i'm not into diet anymore) and some vitamin c from celery. I won't talk about the potato since all of u already know about carbohydrate and starch hidden in potatoes. So, i'll just write down the recipe

Ingredients:

1 medium potato
1/2 cup diced ham
2 cups diced celery
1/2 large onion, diced
3 cups milk
3 cups clear broth
1/2 cup all purpose flour
salt and pepper to taste

-Put potato, onion, celery and ham in a medium pan, add 3 cups broth and bring to boil, cover pan and cook until potato soft. Mix all purpose flour with milk, stir in to the soup and continue stirring until soup thicken. Taste with salt and pepper. Sprinkle with parsley flake when serving.

Spicy and Yummy Beef

2008-11-20T21:23:00.003+08:00

Actually, this is my 2nd time of cooking this delicious and spicy beef. I did not get chance to capture the 1st one coz it gone as soon as it done (it was dinner time and i have some friends around) and thats doesn't matter at all coz i know i would cook it again and again.
It seems, i'm addicted to spicy food more and more. Meal without spicy "stuffs" is tasteless now, but sometimes when you cook pasta and etc, there's no way you going to serve it with something like.....SAMBAL. Right?
Thanks to Mba Retno for the recipe, and here is the English version with slight modification.

Ingredients:

800 g beef (tender part)
1 tbsp ground corriander
1/2 cup tamarind water

Spice to grind:
15 small red chili
4 big red chili
1/2 big red onion
6 cloves garlic
1 tbsp sugar

-Slice meat into 1 cm thick, then pound it with meat pounder till they're almost flat. Marinate with ground coriander and tamarind water for 2 hours, then bake at 180° C until color has changed. Deep fry in hot oil till brown and set aside.
Heat a tbsp oil and saute all the spices, add meat and taste with salt. Continue stirring until almost dry. Serve warm with plain rice....yummy.

Quick Spaghetti With Bockwurst

2008-11-18T20:47:00.004+08:00

I have either spaghetti or dry noodles for lunch/dinner at least once in a week. I'm a big fan of it. Most of time, i buy it outside since i'm not so good in cooking both spaghetti or noodles.
What about noodle soup? Honestly, i hardly eat it!! In the beginning it's very delicious(especially beef noodle soup) but after 5 minutes passed, it will turn to be something like "worm swam in the water" and it is so yuck.
Back to the spaghetti, here's my quick and easy version recipe.

Ingredients:
250 g spaghetti, cook as directed
2 bockwurst, sliced
3 bacon, diced
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp mixed herbal seasoning
1 tsp chili flake
2 tbsp toasted pine nut
2 tbsp olive oil
salt, as required

- Heat olive oil, saute garlic over low fire till fragrant, add in bacon and sliced bockwurst, stir till bacon dry. Add spaghetti, season with salt, chili flake and mixed herbal, mix well and sprinkle with pine nut. Serve immediately. Best goes with cream soup.

Black Glutinous Rice Cookies

2008-11-14T20:14:00.008+08:00

These cookies are modification from my recent cheese cookies i only substitute half of sago flour with black glutinous rice flour, which also very hard to find in Taiwan. So, i attempted to make my own flour, since the rice easily available. Using vitamix high performance blender, it took less than 10 minutes to mill the rice into flour.
I was thinking about milling my own sago flour, but where can i get the sago palm..??? hahaa... kidding.

It's Meme Time

2008-11-11T20:54:00.009+08:00

I've been tagged by SSB with this meme yesterday, but only got chance to post it today. I'm about to write this last night, when J come up and we have long conversation till midnight and went to bed afterwards. I never write any meme before and this is the 1st one. Thank you SSB.
Here are the rules:

1. Link to my blog (tagger) on your blog.
2. Write seven facts about yourself.
3. Tag another seven bloggers by leaving a comment on their blogs and letting them know they were tagged and listing them (and their blogs) on your blog.

And here are 7 facts about me:

1. I hate TV since i was small, i would rather read books than sitting boringly in front of the tv, and somehow, i'm addicted to tv series titled "篮球火 / basketball fire" now, starred by "good looking" Jerry Yan

2. I love my mom&dad more than anyone else, i used to cry if they are away for more than a day, back when i was in primary school.

3. Couple years back, as a teenager, i love racing so much and crossing red light is become my bad habit. Once, i race with a friend at 2 a.m. and ended up in hospital with stiff neck and blueblack all over my body

4. I love wearing casual outfit rather than formal one. I've been kicked out of office by my boss, when i wear t-shirt and "supershort" short to work.

5. My both hands are trembling and shaking terribly(which i have no clue why), and thats become the main reason of my blur photography.

6. I hate morning wake up, always active in my free time, but feel super tired or sleepy when its working time.

7. I learn and enjoy cooking/baking so much, though sometimes it ended up out of expectation.

And now, i'm going to pass this meme to the following friends(though i know, some of them maybe not really interested in this):

1. Mba Judith
2. Mba Retno
3. Rita
4. Ponpon
5. Kinta
6. Emma
7. Nolla

Repost if you've got spare time and have fun :)

Cupcakes and Japanese Cheesecake

2008-11-09T21:01:00.004+08:00

I bake these cakes few days ago for gathering in a friend house. These are peanut butter cupcake, oreo cupcake and japanese cheesecake. Some of them said, oreo cupcake is my speciality, since i've been bake oreo cupcakes for them couple of times

Layered Cheese Cake

2008-11-04T21:55:00.002+08:00

My second attempts of making layered cake. The layers still messy, not much different with my first one.... i need more and more practice.
Like the first layered cake, this recipe also adapted from Aunty Yochana thank you aunty, for sharing such great recipes.

Cakey Pine Nut Brownies

2008-10-29T22:23:00.005+08:00

Compared to the fudgy one, i would prefer this cakey type of brownies. I've try the fudgy brownies few times and it always has strong smell of egg, which i hate most. I don't know, whether it should be that way or i do it in the wrong way.

Ingredients:

65 g bittersweet chocolate
115 g butter
170 g fine sugar
40 g cake flour
100 g pine nut
2 eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp salt

- Melt chopped chocolate and butter in microwave and stir until smooth. Beat egg and sugar till a bit creamy(not too creamy) add salt and vanilla essence, stir in melted chocolate and fold in flour. Pour half of the batter into baking pan, sprinkle with half pine nut and pour the rest of the batter and topped with the rest of the nuts.
Bake in preheated oven at 180 for 25-30 mins

Salmon & Tofu in Miso Soup

2008-10-27T21:09:00.004+08:00

I'm fighting flu and severe runny nose for past 4 days. Mouth felt so numb and lost appetite for anything except hot water. And i guess everyone felt the same when they are sick, especially this kind of annoying flu.
This warm and light soup is good when you're in the same condition as me.

Ingredients:

1 block tofu, cubed
salmon (as required), cubed
1 tbsp miso
600 ml water/clear stock
1 scallion, chopped
1/2 celery, chopped
salt and pepper to taste

- Dissolve miso with 2 tbsp hot water. Bring water/stock to boil add miso and tofu, cook for 3 minutes, add in salmon, simmer for another 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Remove from heat, stir in chopped scallion and celery

Baked Enoki Mushroom and Bacon

2008-10-24T21:33:00.009+08:00

Another fast and easy yet delicious dish and it can be ready in less than 15 mins. All u need to do is clean the mushroom and discard the bottom cluster, wrap with a piece of bacon and bake for 10 minutes. When it done, sprinkle with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
Some people say, washing the mushroom is not necessary. But since i'm sure it had been touch by i don't know what kind and how many hands, i'll wash the mushroom 5-6 hour earlier and drain it in the dry place, so it won't be too watery when cooked.

Rotini and Veggies Carbonara

2008-10-20T22:19:00.004+08:00

This is consequence for being such forgetful person like me. Shop for carbonara stuffs, and out without its main ingredients, a pack of SPAGHETTI. Yeahh...i'm physically 26 but brainly, 75 something.
Since i have a pack of rotini, then i don't need to rush to the store again, and here is the result, yummylicious

Ingredients:
1 cup rotini
3/4 cup cream
2 egg yolk
1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
1/2 cup chopped carrot
1/2 cup chopped broccoli
4 pieces bacon, chopped
2 tbsp bacon drip

- Cook pasta with salt and olive oil till done, drain and set aside. Blanch broccoli and carrot with boiling water for few minutes.
Fry chopped bacon until dry and crisp, mix egg yolk with grated parmesan cheese, cream and bacon drip. Return pasta and veggies to the pan, toss with egg yolk mixture and fried bacon, stir quickly and turn off the heat. Sprinkle more grated parmesan cheese and serve hot

Chinese Chives Flower with Black Bean

2008-10-16T19:59:00.005+08:00

Taiwanese name it chang ying thou chai, mean house fly's head vegetable. Though it sounds terribly disgusting, but it absolutely delicious and most important of all, no "real" fly's head added to it.

Ingredients:

100 g ground pork
80 g chopped chinese chives flower
2 tbsp mashed/minced garlic
6-8 red chili, sliced
1 tbsp fermented black bean
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tsp cornstarch
salt and sugar to taste

- Marinate ground pork with 2 tbsp soy sauce, cornstarch and few drops oil. Heat 1 tbsp oil, saute garlic till fragrant, add in black bean and red chili, stir for another minute. Add pork and stir quickly. Season with soy sauce, salt and sugar. Stir in chopped chives and continue stirring for few minute. Remove from heat

Chicken With Preserved Green Chili

2008-10-14T20:16:00.004+08:00

What can i say about this? It's just... taste heavenly!!

Ingredients:

2 chicken thigh, cut into pieces
2 stalk lemon grass, take the white part
2 lime leaves
2 candle nut
4 cloves shallot
2 cloves garlic
8 red chili
3 preserved green chili, shred
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp ginger powder
3 tbsp lemon juice

- Grind all the spices except preserved green chili, heat 2 tbsp oil and saute the spices till it become oily, add in chicken, shredded green chili and stir for another minute. Pour 2 cup water and simmer till chicken tender and gravy almost dry. Add lemon juice and remove from heat.

Milky Meat Floss Bun

2008-10-12T21:40:00.008+08:00

With my magic wand, hokkaido milk loaf turned to be meat floss bun. I made these buns for a friend who just gave birth to a super cute baby boy. Congratz Vv.
Loaf's recipe adapted from Florence, while the filling, i use mixture of meat floss+chopped dried seaweed+toasted white sesame seed. Vv said, the buns remain soft after 2 days

Yummy Cheese Cookies

2008-10-09T11:04:00.007+08:00

I've been dying to bake this cookies since long long ago, and the only problem is the flour. Sago flour is used in this cookies, which i can't get in every corner of baking supply store and supermarkets.
Till last week when i phoned my mom, she told me that hun kwe flour is also made from aren/sago flour. The cookies remind me of my childhood, mom used to buy it for me and brothers and we'll fight over the cookies till the last piece....
Recipe from Stella slightly modified by me

Ingredients:
300 g sago flour/hun kwe
50 cornstarch
50 all purpose flour
225 g butter
125 icing sugar
3 egg yolk
100 g gouda/edam cheese powder
50 g cheddar cheese powder

- Sift sago, cornstarch and all purpose flour together . Cream butter and sugar till pale and fluffy, add in egg yolk one by one and beat till well combined. Stir in cheese powder and sifted flour. Beat in low speed until well combined, fill the dough into piping bag and pipe onto lined baking tray (the top picture was dotted with black cherry jam). Bake at 180 for 20-25 mins or till slightly brown.

Indonesian Honeycomb Cake / Bika Ambon

2008-10-07T18:56:00.009+08:00

Few days ago, J was talking to me about this cake. Indonesian call it Bika Ambon, originally come from Medan, big city in northern part of Sumatra. I don't know why they call it bika ambon, where Ambon located nowhere in/near Sumatra.
And he challenge me again whether i can make this cake. This time, it's really a "challenge" since i've never eaten bika ambon in my life.
Browse and search the recipe, most people said the process of making this cake is difficult and complicated. Finally i ended up in this site and decide to use their recipe since it's the simplest one compared to others. I substitute the sago flour with hun kwe flour which also made from Aren. Aren is Indonesian name for sago palm.
The cake turned out to be very nice and it has beautiful honeycomb texture, soft and chewy with strong flavor of lime leaves+coconut milk+egg yolk. I couldn't get a nice shot of the cake due to poor lighting in my kitchen (and super cheap digicam too)

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Layered Cake

2008-10-05T19:45:00.003+08:00

My 1st attempt of making layered cake which contain lots of egg yolk. The layers are messy and doesn't seem stick to each other properly. I should get layered cake presser perhaps(which i dunno how it looks).
I went to my laptop when baking the second layer and i've forgotten that i have something to watch in my oven, till my fire alarm screaming loudly, telling me that my cake is BURN. Goshh...i almost burn the whole kitchen and the whole apartment.
For instruction and recipe click here. I do skip the crystalized pineapple and pineapple essence since i dunno where to buy it and substitute the red coloring with pandan essence instead.

Steamed Dumpling

2008-10-03T22:40:00.004+08:00

Finally, i managed to make a batch of this dim sum today, after a couple of lazy days. I do nothing in those few days except sitting and browsing in front of my pc and searching some cake's recipe. And ohh...i also read the book that i bought around 4 years ago and leave it untouched in the book shelf. The title is Silence Truth written by Susan Lewis.
So here is dumpling's recipe

For skin:
150 g wheat starch
2 tbsp cornstarch
1 tbsp corn oil
210 cc boiling water

For filling:
100 g ground chicken
75 g minced shrimp
1/2 cup grated carrot
1/2 cup minced cooked bamboo shoot
1/2 cup sliced celery and spring onion
1 small egg
2 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp garlic powder
1 tsp white pepper powder
1 tbsp sesame oil
salt as u need
(mix all the filling ingredients together)

- Sift wheat starch and cornstarch together, pour in hot water and corn oil , stir until it become soft dough. Knead lightly and roll it into thin round/square shape (just like wonton wrapper). Wrap the filling and steam for 15 mins. Serve with ginger garlic sauce or dumpling sauce.

Salamz Aidil Fitri and Eid Mubarak

2008-10-01T11:53:00.004+08:00

Wishing all the Muslim's friends and visitor a happy Hari Raya Aidil Fitri.
May Lord continue shower His blessing to all of you.

Savoury Garlic and Cheese Scone

2008-09-26T21:53:00.004+08:00

Another savoury snack which i love so much. I love scone when it's warm, crispy skin with soft and flaky inside

Ingredients:

2 cups cake flour
45 g icing sugar
1 egg, lightly beaten
30 g butter
1/2 cup light cream(or as u need)
70 g grated cheddar cheese
2 tsp garlic granules
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp chili powder
1 spring onion, thinly slice

- Sift flour with sugar, salt, garlic granules and chili powder together, cut butter into small pieces and rub with flour mixture with your finger. Stir in grated cheddar cheese and spring onion, mix well. Pour in beaten egg and cream, stir till well mixed.
Turn dough to floured working table and knead lightly. Use cookie cutter to cut into small pieces or as u like. Bake at 190 degrees C for 20 mins

Squid With XO Sauce

2008-09-24T18:48:00.003+08:00

Ingredients:

100 g mini squid
2 cloves garlic, slice
4 cloves shallot, slice
1 tomato
2 red chili
2 tbsp XO sauce
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 scallion
salt and sugar as u need

- Clean squid and cut into 1 cm ring. Saute shallot and garlic until fragrant, add XO sauce and tomato. Turn to high heat, stir in squid, red chili and oyster sauce, taste with salt and sugar, remove from heat.

Savoury Bacon and Onion Muffin

2008-09-22T13:04:00.004+08:00

I've been searching for savoury muffin recipe for so long, but none of them meet my taste so i decide to try this one. I use basic muffin recipe and substitute half of the milk with chicken stock and adding fried bacon and onion. This is perfect for breakfast or dinner(i would prefer rice or noodles and vegetable for lunch )

Ingredients:

2 cup cake flour
2 teaspoon baking powder
115 g unsalted butter, at room temperature
2 tbsp granulated sugar
2 large eggs, at room temperature
½ cup clear chicken stock
½ cup fresh milk
½ teaspoon salt(or more, as u need)
½ large onion, minced
5 pieces bacon, minced
Fresh chopped parsley/ dried parsley for garnish

- Place bacon and onion in a shallow pan, stir fry till bacon crisp and onion soft. Set aside and let it cold.
Sieve cake flour and baking powder and set aside. Cream butter and sugar till light and creamy, add in egg one by one, beat well in each addition.
Mix chicken stock and milk. Add half of flour to the butter mixture then pour in chicken stock , add the rest of flour and stir until well mixed. Fold in bacon and onion. Spoon to paper cup and sprinkle parsley. Bake at 180 degrees C for 20-25 mins.

Devil's Food Cake

2008-09-19T13:50:00.006+08:00

It was rare chance that i'm craving for chocolate cake. Yes!! i'm avoiding chocolate as much as i can, since my belly and waist getting thicker and thicker. I usually bake chocolate stuff only for friends. This time is for my sister and me, i finish almost half of the 9" round cake in 2 days!!! Goshh...
Got the recipe from this site the cake turned out to be very soft and light and this is the best choc cake i've ever bake.

Pandan Milk Layered Pudding

2008-09-17T21:44:00.003+08:00

The best pudding i've ever made so far, only made with fresh milk and agar powder. Serve it with vanilla sauce and it gone immediately, i don't even get chance to take a shot of it, after poured the sauce over.

Red Bean Flaky Mooncake & 中秋节

2008-09-15T12:06:00.016+08:00

中秋节快乐 - happy mid-autum festival for all who celebrate it!!! (it is late, this should be yesterday's entry)
Here is my first mooncake ever, everyone posted their best and cute variation of mooncakes, and this is the best i can do(look at my terrible shaping skill hahaa...). Thanks to aunt Yo again for the recipe.
I am so tempted to make those beautiful mooncakes too, but dunno where to get the ingredients. Poor me...
We (and no one in Taiwan, i guess) don't light up those beautiful lantern and BBQ on the rooftop like last years, due to terrible typhoon and pouring rain outside. A girl was blown away by the typhoon, while another 2 or 3 cars fell down into the river while they drive over the bridge and the bridge collapsed. Till now, nobody knows their fate. Feels so sorry to them and all the typhoon's victims.

Chicken in Red Wine Sauce

2008-09-14T19:49:00.004+08:00

One of my favorite chicken, recipe adapted from 培梅创意家常菜 (creative Chinese home dishes). Original recipe use button mushroom but i skip it, since i don't stock the button mushroom.

Ingredients:
4 chicken drumstick, halved
1/2 large onion, sliced
1 can button mushroom
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 tbsp red wine
2 tbsp ketchup
salt and pepper to taste
carrot for garnish

-Heat 2 tbsp oil, saute garlic and sliced onion till fragrant. Add in mushroom and stir for 1 min, add chicken and stir till the color changed, add in red wine and ketchup. Pour 2 cups of water and simmer till chicken tender.

Marble Cake

2008-09-13T19:37:00.006+08:00

For the umpteenth times, typhoon swept through the city. Watch the evening news, there was a girl blown away by the typhoon from her 3rd floor apartment. Terrible isn't it?
I and friends planning for hiking this weekend, but the weather just wouldn't compromise heheee. So instead of wandering around in the danger, i'd better stay at home and doing some baking.
Most of my cakes are round and bored looks, it is because i only have 2 kind of round baking pan, and i know nothing about cake decorating(well....i have a lot of cake decorating tools, but no idea how to use it hahaaa...) i should take the decorating classes someday...
Got this recipe from the back of self raising flour package that i bought few days ago. It is soft and not too sweet according to my taste.

Ingredients:
200 g self raising flour
230 g butter
200 g castor sugar
230 g eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
30 g cocoa powder
50 ml milk

-Cream butter with self raising flour into smooth paste. In separate bowl, beat egg and sugar until spongy add egg mixture to the butter mixture, add in vanilla essence and beat until smooth.
Divide the batter into 2. Add milk and cocoa powder to one portion, leave the other one plain. Scoop the batter alternately to the lined baking pan and bake at 180 for 50 mins.

Black Pepper Beef

2008-09-11T14:02:00.005+08:00

Ingredients:

100 g sliced beef(tender part)
1/2 large onion
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tbsp soy sauce
2 tsp cornstarch
1 tsp oil
salt and fresh ground black pepper as u need

-Marinate beef with soy sauce, cornstarch and oil for 15 mins. Heat a tbsp oil, saute garlic and stir fry beef quickly, remove from heat and set aside. Stir in sliced onion and fry till fragrant, add in beef and taste with salt and pepper.

Anchovies With Chinese Pressed Tofu ( 豆乾 )

2008-09-09T15:49:00.003+08:00

I get this recipe from nice aunty who worked in the neighborhood restaurant. I only asked what kind of sauce did she use, and she told me the whole recipe. Thank you aunty.

Ingredients:
50 g fresh headless anchovies
50 g pressed firm tofu ( 豆乾/dou gan )
5 sweet green chili
3 red chili
1 tbsp minced garlic
1 tbsp fermented black bean ( 豆豉 /dou ci)
2 tbsp dark soy sauce
salt and sugar to taste

-Deep fry anchovies till dry, set aside. Heat 1 tbsp oil and saute garlic, add sliced pressed tofu stir till tofu turned yellowish. Add black bean, sliced chillies and anchovies. Season with soy sauce, salt and sugar.

Carrot Cake

2008-09-08T14:55:00.002+08:00

In past, i would never click on this recipe whenever i browse and looking for cake recipe. It looks bored and not interesting at all. And now i'm addicted to it, the taste is not much different with the Starbucks's one. This is my second carrot cake, the first one is gone before i found my camera who hide itself between my messy books.
Original recipe come from Aunt Yo (again hehee) i just halved the recipe coz i dont have that big baking pan.

Easy BIG Breakfast

2008-09-06T20:45:00.002+08:00

This is super easy and delicious BIG breakfast which can be ready in less than 3 mins.
All u need are:
-1 piece of spring roll skin
-1 egg
-1 big hot dog
-2 slice cheese(kraft singles is good)

-Lightly beat egg, pour over greased non stick pan, cover with spring roll skin cook for 1 min, turn over to the other side, turn off the heat and place 2 slice cheese and top with hotdog. Roll like the way u roll the swiss roll. Cut and serve hot while the cheese melt.

Fried Silver Needle Noodle

2008-09-04T15:24:00.003+08:00

After reading Florence's blog about her silver needle noodle, i was so tempted to make my own noodle. It looks so easy and it's only few days ago when i saw the main ingredients(wheat starch) in the organic shop and it gone now.
Everything seems to be in the same way, it is just stand there for days or months when i don't need it and it gone by the time i need it. I have no choice but get the ready made one.

Ingredients:

200 g silver needle noodle
60 g prawn
50 g shredded chicken/pork
5 dried shitake mushroom, soaked and sliced
1/2 onion, sliced
1/2 cup shredded carrot
2 tbsp fish sauce
1 tbsp light soy sauce
Green vegetable as u need
salt, sugar and pepper to taste

-Marinate chicken/pork with soy sauce, cornstarch and sesame oil for 15 mins. Heat 1 tbsp oil and stir fry chicken/pork for 1 minute, set aside. Heat another tbsp oil and saute onion till fragrant, add mushroom and all the rest ingredients. Season with fish sauce, light soy sauce, salt and pepper. Serve hot

Indonesian Style Chicken Curry

2008-09-03T15:15:00.004+08:00

Indonesian name it kare ayam. Kare mean curry, ayam mean chicken. Though it looks like curry, but it did not contain any curry powder. The yellow color comes from turmeric powder, and it has very different taste with those Indian curry(which i prefer most) And by the way, what the curry powder made of????

Ingredients:

4 chicken drumstick
1 cup thick coconut milk
5 cloves shallot
3 cloves garlic
3 candle nut
5 red chilies
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 stalk lemon grass
2 slice galangal
2 bay leaves
2 lime leaves

- Grind all the ingredients except lemon grass, galangal, bay leaves and lime leaves. Heat 1 tbsp oil, saute all the ingredients till fragrant, add chicken and coat with the spices, let it stand for 2 minutes on both side, add a cup of water and cover the pan. Let it simmer for 15 mins. Pour in coconut milk and continue cooking till gravy almost dry.

Burn yet "tempting" Oreo Cheesecake

2008-09-01T14:55:00.007+08:00

Actually it is not burn but "only" cracked, yeah....only cracked not a big mistake. The instruction said, do not bake till it crack but u see...it really cracked.
I was so tired ....after i put my cake into the oven i went to my room and lie down, fallen asleep and wake up 3 HOURS LATER!!! Hurriedly to the kitchen and found out my cake already done and CRACKED.
No regret after all, a friend's son addicted to it and calling me twice a day whether i bake the cake again.

Spicy Lemon Mackerel

2008-08-28T15:43:00.004+08:00

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

2008-08-26T18:43:00.010+08:00

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

2008-08-25T21:15:00.004+08:00

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

2008-08-23T16:09:00.006+08:00

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

2008-08-22T23:55:00.005+08:00

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

2008-08-19T00:06:00.006+08:00

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

2008-08-17T23:22:00.003+08:00

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

2008-08-16T15:47:00.005+08:00

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!!!

2008-08-14T20:43:00.006+08:00

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

2008-08-13T20:11:00.009+08:00

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

2008-08-11T23:03:00.004+08:00

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

2008-08-09T21:03:00.008+08:00

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

2008-08-07T20:35:00.005+08:00

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

2008-08-02T00:32:00.004+08:00

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.

Loofah with Egg Crumb

2008-07-30T20:46:00.008+08:00

Meals without vegetable seems very wrong. Do you know loofah? It also known as sponge guard, people in my hometown (Surabaya) call it Gambas and it has slight sweet taste. Loofah can be cooked as soup or stir fry.
Once it matured, it can be used for sponge bath scrub or kitchen sponge scrub for washing dishes.

Matured dry loofah. Goshh...how come i eat that scrubber!!!
To make egg crumb, beat egg and strain over hot oil and turn off heat soon(or it'll be burn)

Cheese Fruit Tart

2008-07-27T20:30:00.007+08:00

My yesterday project with Vinna. If only i got red color fruit, it will be more beautiful for sure.

Ingredients:
Pastry
210 g all purpose flour
110 g unsalted butter
50 g sugar
1 egg beaten
1/4 tsp salt

Cream Filling
140 cream cheese, room temperature
120 ml whipping cream
15 g sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
Mixed fresh fruit for topping

-Whisk flour and salt. Beat butter and sugar until fluffy, gradually add beaten egg stir well, do not over mix. Add flour and stir lightly until it forms a ball. Refrigerate for 45 mins.
Roll out the pastry dough about 3 mm thickness. Lay in the tart pan and prick the bottom using a fork(i use 23 cm tart pan). Refrigerate for another 25 mins and bake for 25 mins at 190 degrees C.
Beat all the cream ingredients until soft peak. Spread on top of tart pastry, and top with fruits.

Meat Filled Omelet

2008-07-25T18:41:00.007+08:00

This recipe also adapted from Creative Chinese Home Dishes by Angela Cheng

Ingredients:

4 eggs beaten
80 g minced beef
1 tbsp minced onion
1 stalk scallion
salt and pepper

-Heat 1 tbsp oil and saute minced onion till fragrant, add beef and stir quickly, season with salt and pepper. Remove from heat and sprinkle with chopped scallion.
Heat another tbsp of oil over small fire, pour half of the egg and add beef on top and pour the rest of egg. cover until done.

Mango Muffin

2008-07-24T23:10:00.003+08:00

Mangoes are in season now, it's yellow soft flesh and amazing smell with red beautiful shapes are so tempting. Who can resist it?
I'm tired of mango smoothie these days, and i'm thinking about anything about mango recipe, and it come to this mango muffin!!!

Ingredients:

140 g all purpose flour
75 butter
60 g fine sugar
1 egg
2 tsp mango essence
110 ml mango flavored yogurt
2 tsp baking powder
50 g diced mango
1/2 tsp salt

- Combine flour, salt, baking soda in a medium bowl. Beat butter and sugar until light and creamy, add egg and mango essence, beat well. Beat in yogurt until well blended.
Stir in flour mixture and diced mango until moistened, do not overmix.
Spoon the batter using ice cream scoop into muffin tin and bake in preheated oven at 180 degrees C for 20-25 mins.

Indonesian Style Chicken Porridge

2008-07-23T18:19:00.003+08:00

I used to think that cooking an Indonesian food is very difficult and complicated. The fact, it was very very easy, and look..i made it.
I don't use an instant paste this time. And this was the best breakfast i've ever had in last 7 years.

Ingredients:

1 boneless chicken breast
3 candle nut
1 inch baby ginger
4 cloves shallot
2 cloves garlic
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp coriander powder
1 stalk lemon grass-bruised

- Grind all the ingredients, except chicken and lemon grass.
Grill chicken over high heat until brown then shred it. Heat 1 tbsp oil and saute all the ingredients until fragrant, add water and simmer for few minutes, add chicken and continue cooking until done. Pour over white porridge and sprinkle with chopped celery, spring onion and shallot flake. So yumm....

Mashed Potato And Broccoli Butter

2008-07-20T21:27:00.005+08:00

It's been 2 months since i quit those junk & oily food (Taiwanese said Instant noodle, KFC, McD, Pizzahut are delicious junk food), i cook my own dinner everyday (except those lazy days) and i lose 3 pounds in this last 2 months. I still break my diet rule whenever i walk over the bubble tea shop. I just can't resist it.
KFC(or McD?) served mashed potato and coleslaw long long ago, around 1999 as i remember. I made mashed potato today and it was so good, i'll try coleslow other time.
Things that i use are 1 large boiled potato-mashed, 3 tbsp cream, 2 tbsp butter, and salt beat together. I use minced garlic and 1 tbsp butter to stir fry broccoli.

Milk - Peanut Butter Ice Cream

2008-07-18T13:53:00.005+08:00

Rain, typhoon, and flood are in the city today. Fruit and vegetables shop doubled their price. And best thing of all (for me... hehee), it become public holiday.
I'm going to do some baking but run out of flour and i keep singing ohh....rain rain go away, come again another day. But it just wouldn't stop.
Browse through the net and again, ended up in Aunty Yochana's blog with base ice cream recipe

Ice-Cream Base:

1 1/2 cups of Fresh Milk
1 1/2 cups of Whipping Cream
4 egg yolks
100 gm. Sugar
a pinch of salt
1 tsp. vanilla extract

1/2 cup peanut butter

- Heat up the cream and milk in a pot till warm.
- Whisk egg yolks with sugar until smooth.
- Pour in the warm milk mixture into the egg yolks mixture and stir till smooth.
- Pour the egg and milk mixture back into the pot and cook over medium heat till mixture thickens. Add in vanilla extract and leave it to cool then put in the freezer to freeze for about an hour.
- Take out from freezer, scrap and whisk until smooth. Add half cup of peanut butter before refreeze it (for 6 hours) and come out with very delicious combination of milk-vanilla-peanut butter

It melt while i'm taking the other picture