Ramadhan Day 4: Mission accomplished

Today is the 4th day of Ramadhan. Our tamar mission yesterday was accomplished successfully. Alhamdullillah. And if not of the tamar mission, maybe we will never visit the butcher, this one located at Moorooka, one of the suburbs in Brisbane. The price is not much different from the regular butcher we go to. I was delighted with the size of a whole chicken they offer at this butcher. But the service was slow, I waited longer for my turn. I don't like waiting, so I wonder around the shop while waiting for our turn. Luckily they not just selling meat, there are many dry product such as lentils, rice, some biscuits, cordial, and most of the products are imported.

Halal butcher at Moorooka

As promise, here is the picture of the tamar.

The tamar

For iftar yesterday, I made a batch of donut, half I pre-fry and kept in the freezer, another half I fried for iftar. Atang bought Nando's, birthday boy belanja. I was more happier, I didn't have to cook for dinner and sahur.

Iftar day 3 (Big donut, small donut and neighbour's yummy popia)

I called mak last night, before iftar time Malaysia, arghhh sedih la bila dengar Mak n Abah buka puasa berdua aje. Wish that we are there (memang rasa terkilan betul la semalam), and they said the same thing too, adeh, sebak betul. Alhamdullillah, thank you Allah, they are able to perform the fasting. Abah puasa, but he had to skip the first day because of the CT scan. On Monday he will starts the radio therapy, dah tentu tak boleh puasa. Coincidentally my neighbour's dad is sufferring from cancer too, and will undergo radio therapy somewhere next week. Dah macam apa dah sekarang, sana sini dengar kes-kes cancer nie kan. My mother-in-law has completed her second chemo, and on medication, hopefully tak de lagi laaa. She went through two times, because of two different cancer. In June, my uncle passed away because of cancer. Atang's aunty is now on death bed because of throat cancer. Now I have both sides of the family who inherit cancer. Orang kata kemungkinan anak-anak untuk mendapat kanser tinggi. Hmmmm... wallahulam. Semua ketentuan Allah.

And yesterday, my facebook public wall was inundated with news, video recording, pictures of a tragedy that occured at pasar ramadhan at Jasin, Melaka. Al-fatihah to those who passed away (from the news, two people died). I had goosebumps watching the videos. Macam kena angin dari blower aje...... SubhanAllah.

Ok. Till we meet again, selamat berbuka, biar sederhana.

yours truly,

Ramadhan Day 3: The tamar mission

Alhamdullillah, today is the 3rd day of Ramadhan. Today we have a mission, to find tamar, the kind that arabs usually eat with milk when breaking fast. This tamar is very special, because the tamar was soaked in the tamar juice and then pressed. Last year an arab post-grad student sadakah this tamar to muslims student at my office. That's how I came to know about this tamar. I was told by a colleague that you can find this tamar at some butchers around Brisbane, so we are heading there soon. I will post a picture of the tamar in the next entry.

It was so nice yesterday, having iftar with friends. The kids especially were happy. The adults were happy too, with the eating and catching up with each other.

Iftar Day 2

Iftar Day 2

I am off from cooking today. Someone is craving for Nando's today. Layan aje laa... it his special day today...hehehhe... oohhh but I want to make donut today, a request from the birthday boy. Ok then, till we meet again, selamat berbuka, biar sederhana.

yours truly,

The day I have to grill the chicken

It is officially autumn. Sejuk-sejuk nie, best meals to cook and eat are steamy soups or anything with black pepper in it. I prefer clear soup than white soup, rasa lagi authentic with the rempah and onion taste.Soups or broath will surely keep us warm in this chilly weather.

So one day, I thought of preparing chicken soup for dinner. I know kids will love it, but not atang. Although chicken is atang's fav, he still has a few dishes that I need his permission to cook. Bukan ape, kang penat2 masak tgk atang makan tak berselera, kita pun hilang selera. Although he will eat it, tapi tak beria-ia laaa...And as expected, when I told him that I wanted to cook chicken soup for dinner, he said,"Ala....", but then he said, " masak laaa...atang makan je..." ahahhahah... talk about reverse psychology kan. Sape nak masak camtu, although teringin sangat nak makan nasi panas-panas dengan sup ayam yg pekat.

Anyway, since I have chicken drumsticks and wings in the freezer, nak masak sup pun macam kureng sikit kan (pujuk diri sendiri), but best for grilling. So I immediately googled for recipe. And this recipe caught my attention:

Ayam bakar mayonis

source : http://www.myresipi.com/top/detail/115

Bahan-bahan:

8 ketul drumstick

1 sudu besar mayonis

1 kiub ayam
1 sudu besar kicap manis
1 sudu besar sos tiram
Lada hitam secukupnya-tumbuk
2 ulas bawang putih-tumbuk
1/2cm halia-tumbuk

Cara-cara:
1.Perap dengan semua bahan-bahan di atas dalam 1/2 jam. Kemudian bakar. Lagi lama perap, lagi sedap. 

For a balance diet, I prepared cold salad and baked some potato together with the chicken. The kids loved it, atang tak payah citer la kan..he practically beaming, "sedap nie yang..." Well, I am happy when they are happy :D (tapi satu hari den nak masak jugak sup ayam pekat...tak kira hehehehe).

 

yours truly,

Nasi ayam cendawan ala-ala claypot

Sempat try resepi baru hujung minggu baru nie. Takde claypot, jadi masak nasi dan lauk asing-asing. Masak nasi macam biasa, cume ganti air dengan stok ayam (bancuh satu kiub stok ayam knorr dengan air cukup2 untuk masak nasi). Lepas tu hidangkan lauk ayam dengan nasi panas-panas....sodap.... hehehe

Nasi Ayam Cendawan (claypot)
sumber: http://www.myresipi.com/top/detail/4490

Bahan-bahan ( 3-4 orang makan ):
1 cawan beras
1 1/2 air rebusan ayam
500gm ayam (potong kecik2)
1 sudu besar lada hitam (tumbuk)
1 sudu besar kicap pekat
5 atau lebih kuntum cendawan hitam- (rendam hingga kembang dgn air panas) - (den pakai cendawan  
         shitake)
2 sudu besar sos tiram
1 sudu besar kicap pekat manis
Minyak untuk menumis dan 1 sudu besar tepung jagung (bancuh dgn sedikit air )
2cm halia dan 2 ulas garlic (tumbuk)

Sedikit hirisan daun sup, daun bawang, bawang goreng dan sedikit minyak bijan

Cara-cara:
Perap ayam dengan bawang putih, halia, kicap pekat & manis, sos tiram, lada hitam dan cendawan. Panaskan minyak dan tumis ayam yg diperap hingga masak dan tuang air bancuhan tepung jagung.
Setelah pekat, perisakan dengan garam, ketepikan.
Panaskan claypot (refer glossary), masukkan beras dan air rebusan ayam, biarkan nasi masak. Pastu perlahan kan api dan tuangkan ayam tadi kat atas nasi dan taburkan smua daun, bawang goreng dan percikkan minyak bijan..

p.s. dah siap2 buat cili potong dengan kicap, tapi lupa pulak nak hidang...dan abis makan baru teringat, patut la rasa kureng aje masa makan. tapi apa-apa pun licin...hehehhehe

yours truly,

It's cheesecake time

It has been quite sometime after I baked the last cheesecake, and that was when I went back to Malaysia. When I went back home for data collection cum raya celebration, I brought 4 slabs of butter, 4 slabs of philly and 1 box of frozen blueberries, among other things. I have freezed the butter couple of days before departure, and wrapped them individually with old newspaper and packed them together with our clothes. Almost 16 hours of travelling, both land and air, door to door, until destination. When we safely arrived my parents' home, the butter were still hard. Alhamdullillah...was so afraid that the butter melt or worst turned bad. A good quality butter is expensive in Malaysia. I remembered a good friend of mine once told me it is so dear to buy one philly. Price wise, it's better to buy a cheesecake rather than making one back home.

But here, it is so difficult to buy a Halal cheesecake. I have tried one piece of Halal cheesecake at a friend's house, and I tell you, Kak Ida's cheesecake recipe can easily beat the one I tasted. Honestly, even my friend agreed.

So far I have tried only a few cheesecake recipes. To add to my collection, I tried this recipe yesterday.

New York Cheesecake (source http://www.joyofbaking.com/Cheesecake.html)

Crust:

2 cups (200 grams) of graham wafer crumbs or finely crushed vanilla wafers or gingersnaps (process whole cookies in a food processor until they are crumbs)

1/4 cup (50 grams) granulated white sugar

1/2 cup (114 grams) unsalted butter, melted

(For crust, I used Kak Ida's recipe)

Filling:

32 ounces (1 kg) (4 - 8 ounces packages) cream cheese, room temperature (use full fat, not reduced or fat free cream cheese)

1 cup (200 grams) granulated white sugar

3 tablespoons (35 grams) all purpose flour
5 large eggs, room temperature
1/3 cup (80 ml) heavy whipping cream
1 tablespoon lemon zest
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Topping:
1 cup (240 ml) sour cream (not low fat or fat free)
2 tablespoons (30 grams) granulated white sugar
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Method:

New York Cheesecake: Grease, or spray with Pam, a 9 inch (23 cm) springform pan. Place the springform pan on a larger baking pan to catch any leakage while the cheesecake is baking. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (177 degrees C) with rack in center of oven.

(I lined the tin with baking paper. This will help removing the cake after baking easily)

For Crust: In a medium sized bowl combine the graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and melted butter. Press the crumbs evenly over the bottom and about 1 inch (2.5 cm) up the sides of the springform pan. Cover and refrigerate while you make the filling.
(refer to Kak Ida's for crust preparation)

For Filling: In bowl of your electric mixer place the cream cheese, sugar, and flour. Beat on medium speed until smooth (about 2 minutes), scraping down the bowl as needed. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well (about 30 seconds) after each addition. Scrape down the sides of the bowl. Add the whipping cream, lemon zest, vanilla extract and beat until incorporated. Remove the crust from the refrigerator and pour in the filling. Place the cheesecake pan on a larger baking pan and place in the oven.

Bake for 15 minutes and then lower the oven temperature to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C) and continue to bake for about another 1 1/2 hours or until firm and only the center of the cheesecake looks a little wet and wobbly. Remove from oven and place on a wire rack.

Meanwhile, in a small bowl combine the sour cream, sugar, and vanilla extract. Spread the topping over the warm cheesecake and return to oven to bake for 15 more minutes. Remove from oven and carefully run a knife or spatula around the inside edge of pan to loosen the cheesecake (helps prevent the surface from cracking as it cools).

Let cool before covering with plastic wrap and refrigerating. This cheesecake tastes best after being refrigerated for at least a day.

This cheesecake is very heavy, rich and creamy. Yummy indeed, but I don't like the smell of egg in my cheesecake. Probably the amount of eggs can be reduced. Other than that, you surely can't stop eating this, well if you have no problem with your diet...hahahahahha... I surely gained a kilo today, both due to this cheesecake and soto that I prepared for colleagues who came for tea today. Arrghhh nothing beats eating cheesecake and soto ayam with friends yaa...

Feast your eyes...hehheheh...just kidding.

OK...I have to complete a task tonight before call it a day. It's gonna be an early start tomorrow...no..not working... but taking the kids somewhere for a break. After all it's still holiday tomorrow.

yours truly,

Penuhi permintaan orang tu

Aritu ada orang tu letak status, rasa nak makan ayam berempah. Tak pernah2 orang tu letak status kat fesbuk nak makan itu ke ini ke sebelum nie. Tp tak dapat den de nak masak ayam goreng berempah hr keje. Kalau bleh nak masak tak smpi 10 minit je. Haha. Jd arinie den penuhi permintaan orang tu. Senyum lebar dia bila nampak ayam goreng tu.

Potang yang memonekkan...

Petang-petang nie, kepala dah buntu untuk menyusun ayat. Fokus pun dah makin hilang. Susah tul bila nak menulis nie, lagi la dalam bahasa asing. Tapi payah ke, tak suke ke, kena la buat kan... den takdo pilihan. Tu yang maleh nak cakap pasal study.

Dah petang, anak-anak pun resah gelisah. Kesian kat Thirah, sebab seharian duduk kat rumah. Mano lai nak poi kan. Dapat kuar 2 kali aje la sehari. Pagi hantar kakak sekolah, petang jemput kakak. In between, bila tinggal dengan den, dia tido sampai la masa nak jemput kakak. Kalau dengan abah eh, boleh la dilayan. Tu yang bila potang, adik dah mula ngarut. Semua serba tak kena. Den pon poning kepalo nak buek kojo. Sib baik routine masak potang. So poning time masak nasib laaa kan... Tak sodap pun, kono tolan...wakakakkaak... Time buat keje poning, aiyah susah, nak2 tengah menulis, kang balik-balik kat ayat tu je...taip sikit..backspace...copy sanun, delete sinin. ahahhahaa ado ko perkataan sinin nie....

Den tengah bakar ayam nih, anak-anak den eksport ke bilik mandi, suh mandi bubble bath. Haaa...berendam la korang lamo-lamo. Paneh lai kek sini, seronok la berendam yo. Bagi maso utk den berehat, sambil pekena teh tarik, dan mengarut kek sini....hahahhaha... Tetibo angin cakap nogori la pulak.

Anyway, last weekend, den goreng ayam rangka. Haaa... terkejut den bila satu hari, gi makan-makan rumah kawan, dia jamu ayam rangka nie. Issshhh tak sangka ada jual kat sini. Murah aje tau, 50 sen satu. Den boli duo...haaa....tapi aritu goreng terlama sikit laaa...jadi tulang dia jadik keras sikit. Takpe, next time boleh buek lai.

Wahhh...orang kat malaysia cuti lamo yo minggu depan. Selamat bercuti la....Takpo maso den akan datang nanti untuk cuti-cuti sakan (aarrrghhh.... nie nak pujuk diri nie). Ok sekian la den berceloteh potang nie, nak suh anak-anak bilas badan. Kang kocut pulak...

yours truly,

dapur ku berasap kembali

Salam kengkawan and friends,

How is the first week of the new year so far? Good...alhamdullillah. We too had great days so far, hopefully the rest of the week will be the same. However, the weather in Brisbane was the opposite, been raining and cloudy for a couple of weeks now. We only had a sunny day last Saturday.

OK OK...am not good at making introduction. So lets cut the story ya... with the kids back with us, my so long partially occupied kitchen now fully functional. Errr actually it started the same day my sistah and family arrived. And now I have a kitchen helper....opppsss helpers (thirah can help a bit) to help me with the washing and cleaning, well I just trust them with a small job. Nothing over special, except for some dishes that I have never try before.



Bubur asyura, as requested by yaya. She said to me one day,"Mama, masak la bubur macam wan"....errr bubur apa tu...so I went on the internet, and visited my fav internet chefs. I got this bubur asyura recipe from MamaFami's. I boiled some salted eggs to go with the bubur, and since atang is not a fan of any type of bubur, I prepared beef in soy sauce (daging kicap) for him. Thirah will just made do with anything :D

One day I cooked nasi ayam. Got some leftover chicken and chicken soup. So I just boiled a pack of compressed rice (nasi himpit/kampit). Shredded the chicken, lettuce and pour the soup over the cooked compressed rice. Kira ala-ala soto laaa....hehehehe

And tonite, out of ordinary, I was in the kitchen again, preparing for a special day. I baked my first chocolate cake. Baked this with love....hahahaha... for whom ya.... I shall not reveal that now.... tungguuuuuuu

Whatever it is, the kids are happy. And I couldn't be better.

yours truly,

It is all about chicken last week

For me, preparing chicken dish is more easier compare to meat or fish or seafood. And it is delicious too. Do you know that atang can eat chicken everyday? His old time fav is ayam masak pedas (Chicken with pounded chillies), but I am lazy when it comes to pounding the chillies (yup, I am old fashion, would prefer pounding than using the blender). Fortunately he loves other recipe too, especially Ayam Halia (Ginger chicken) and Ayam Kunyit (Turmeric chicken). Whenever I cooked these two meals, it always reminds me of our young days, when we were courting. Atang can eat the same dish for the whole week. Like 7 days of Ayam Halia. ahahaha Sometimes even more. There were many times, before he can even open his mouth to order his meal, I quickly cut in and ordered Ayam Halia for him...ahahahahah.... It is so typical of him. But makes my job easier too.

So since he loves these recipes sooo much, I have mastered them (chewah). And last week, we had 3 chicken meals.



(It would be nice if I have pineapple to add into this meal)



(This is the first time I add black pepper)



Eat this with Nasi Lemak ... all I can say is ..... yummy :p

Sorry, I didn't post recipes for these chicken meals this time. Mine was "agak-agak", but you can go to Kak Liza's blog or Kak Liza's fotopages for her recipes instead. Enjoy cooking :D


yours truly,

my Simple Nasi Ayam

Taken from Chef Zailina's The New Malaysian Cookbook but modified by mixing with other recipes and friends/relative tips. I have tried this many times, so simple and yet so delicious. Jom masak.

Ingredients:
1 chicken
2cm ginger
sufficient water to boil chicken
1 bulb of garlic (chopped)
2 shallots (chopped)
chicken fat (the secret ingredient)
chicken stock/cube
some oyster sauce
oil
salt
a dash of sesame oil

Method:

1. Boil the water with the crushed ginger. Add in the chicken stock/cube and salt to taste .
2. Add in the chicken and lower the heat.
3. When the chicken is cook, remove the chicken and immerse in cold water for about 20 minutes.
4. Rub the chicken with some oyster sauce, leave it for awhile and fry the chicken till golden brown,
or if you like the steam version, just rub the chicken with the sesame oil.
5. Heat oil in the rice cooker pot, saute in the chopped garlic n onion. Add in the chicken fat. Saute until fragrant. Then add in rice and mix well.
6. Transfer the pot into the rice cooker. Pour in the water that was used to boil the chicken sufficiently to cook the rice. Use the remaining water to make the chicken soup. Add in spring onion and fried shallots.
7. Serve the chicken rice with the serving sauce.

my chicken sauce:
sugar, sesame oil
2 tablespoon of light soy sauce
Add about 1 laddle (senduk) of chicken soup

my serving sauce (chilli sauce):
blend together some 1/2 inch ginger, 1 garlic, 3 red chillies, 1 chopped tomato, sugar and salt to taste. Add in a little bit of lime juice
Heat the blended ingredient in a pot. Add in 1 teaspoon of corn flour. Simmer under low heat, until thickened.



This chicken rice set is for our neighbour :D.

yours truly,

cheese and mushroom chicken

The real name for this recipe is Gruyere Chicken, taken from the "Quick and Short Chicken Recipes" book. Best eaten straight from the oven, serve with garlic bread :D.

Ingredients (agak-agak):

Chicken breast fillet and flattened
Plain flour for dusting (light coating)
Olive oil for frying
Button mushroom (sliced)
Spring onions (daun bawang)
1/2 cup of cream
3/4 grated Gruyere cheese/Swiss cheese (I used Swiss cheese)



Method:
1. Dust the chicken with flour. Fry the chicken breast until cook and golden brown.Then transfer the chicken to a baking tray cover with foil.
2. Stir fry mushrooms and spring onion until soft. Add in the cream and bring to boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 1 minute until the cream reduces slightly. Season with salt and pepper.
3. Spoon the cream sauce over the chicken and top with the cheese.
4. Place the chicken in the preheated oven until the cheese melts. Then serve.





Our dinner last Saturday. Mari-mari cuba resepi nie :D

Nasi Briyani Iza

I tried different style of preparing Nasi Briyani on Sunday. Before this, I just followed the instruction at the back of Faiza' Briyani packet.

(laziness struck me last weekend, so I bought ready to use garlic and ginger paste...pardon my horrible handwriting :p)

For recipe, visit my friend, Iza's blog.

"kepingin ayam percik buk"

Dah lama nak buat, but didn't have a gut to do it. ahahhaahha.... macam apa daaa... OK...

This recipe is taken from Chef Nor Zailina and Chef Fatihah's "The New Malaysian Cookbook" book. I got it as a wedding present from one of my relative, so technically I have used the book for 7 years....waaahhh.... and have tried half of the recipes in the book. So if you are looking for a recipe book, I recommend you to get this one (hope it is still available).

Ingredients:

1 chicken
1 L coconut milk
2 tbs chilli paste
1 cm dried shrimp paste/belacan
1 tsp fenugreek/halba
2 slices dried assam
1 tsp sugar
salt to taste

Blend all this together:
8 shallots
2 cm ginger
3 cm turmeric
2 cm galangal
2 stalks lemon grass

Method:
1. Score the breast and thighs of the chicken.
2. In a deep pot, boil all the ingredient except the chicken.
3. When the gravy boils, simmer till gravy reduces by half. Remove the assam.
4. Add the chicken. Once almost cook, remove the chicken.
5. Leave the gravy on very low heat.
6. Grill the chicken and baste it with the gravy until golden brown.
7. Serve the chicken with the thickened gravy.

Chicken like "Deli wing"

Remember my latest collection of recipe books. I have tried one chicken recipe taken from the "Quick and Short Chicken Recipes". It tasted like pizza hut's deli wing.

Ingredients:
1/2 cup soy sauce
3 tbs of honey
2 cloves of garlic
1/4 cup of sweet chilli sauce
1/3 cup of lemon juice - I used 3 tbs
1/2 cup of mint (chopped) - I omitted this one
16 pieces of chicken wings
(I prepared 8 pieces of wings, therefore I reduced all the amount to half)

Method:
1. Preheat oven to 200deg C.
2. Mix together all the ingredients (except the wings).
3. Arrange the wings in a baking tray and pour the mixture. Cover the tray with cling wrap and put it in the fridge for 20 minutes (but if you could leave it longer, more than an hour or overnight in the fridge, will give a better result).
4. Remove from fridge, and cover the baking tray with foil. Bake the wings for 30 minutes.
5. Then remove the foil, turn the chicken and bake for another 20 minutes (I actually left it 30 minutes more, turning the wings twice until they turned golden brown like the picture below).

I served the chicken wings with corns and some mix salad.

Sodappp...:p

Alamak, miss satu langkah laaa....lupe nak cakap tulis, bawang putih itu disangat di atas ayam, kemudian digaul mesra ya....Sorry sangat2

Nasi Tomato on ANZAC day

Last Saturday, all stores are closed due to ANZAC Day celebration. ANZAC day is a national public holiday in Australia and New Zealand to honour the Australian and New Zealand Army who fought the Turkish Army in WWI. Enough say, google if you like to know more :D.

We planned to do groceries shopping at Coles, and I need to get some ingredients for my baking project. There was a bunch of ripe bananas and I would like to try a new recipe. And I found one. Usually I would do the baking on Saturday and heavy cooking on Sunday. Changed of plan, heavy cooking on Saturday, baking on Sunday then.

Atang for long has requested ayam masak merah. So while browsing the internet for recipe that use banana, I found a new blog recipe. Her ayam masak merah looks tempting, and the recipe is simple. So ... to the kitchen and start cooking.



Some of the ingredients.

Please note the onions. Shallots or bawang merah is expensive here and it is difficult to find. People used brown onion for cooking, though the maroon bawang besar is easy to find, but it is a little bit expensive than the brown onion. The maroon bawang besar is usually used in salad, thus the name is salad onion. So I used brown onion in most of my cooking. But for some cooking, like this nasi tomato and ayam masak merah, I used bawang besar, this grade is bit cheaper than the one they used for salad.

For recipe, please find it at kak liza (nasi tomato), and kak noreen (ayam masak merah) ya.





buurrpppp... alhamdullillah.....kenyang dah :p.... I made air sirap to go with these.....

owh.... i missed my bro's nasi tomato and ayam masak merah la!!

my Sistah roast chicken recipe

This is one authentic recipe. ahahahh Authentic ke?? Well I got this recipe from my sistah. I have tried this numerous time. I never thought roasting a chicken would be easy. Takde sukat-sukat la, semua main agak-agak aje.

I used to bake one whole chicken, but since I am only preparing a meal for two, a quarter of chicken would be enough. Oh I did mention about the name of this part of chicken right, hindleg, or chicken maryland. I marinated the chicken with oyster sauce, garlic, honey and black pepper. Then, leave it for at least 30 minutes. Before baking, I place some cubes of butter on top of the chicken.



And for the side dishes, we had garlic breads, and potato salad with vegeroni.

And like the famous pantun....

"Gendang gendut tali kecapi
Kenyang perut suka hati"

chicken Tandoori tonight

There was this one day I craved for chicken tandoori. Then I remembered that I have tandoori pre mix spices inside the kitchen ladder. So on the way home on that particular day, I stop at a grocery store (it was just a walking distance from our home) and bought a halal chicken hindleg (hindleg is a part of a chicken that consists of the whole leg, see pictures below). I marinated the chicken with the premix as per instruction, and then I realised I forgot to buy a tub of yogurt, but I guessed it wouldn't made much difference (it turned out that I was wrong). Then let it set for at least half an hour. Before I put the chicken inside the oven, I rubbed the chicken with some ghee, than let it cook for about an hour. An addition to that, I have cut some potatos and let it baked together with the chicken.

Then I boiled some vegeroni, fried a couple of paratha (for we don't have any Naan) and prepare some simple salad of carrot, lebanese cucumber, and red onions with a dash of French Herbs.

And so.......

ooopppsss.... forgot to put the flashlight on .....

haaa baru nampak macam ayam tandoori kan ....

The vegeroni was for me, am on diet, the parathas were for atang. The taste, hmmm maybe not using yogurt is a big mistake, so you know what I am trying to say right. Anyway it is worth to try again. Cube la....easy and simple dinner and healthy too ....ahaks

Craving for KFC fried chicken...but

We cant eat that here in Brisbane.... because it is not HALAL.... aahhhh suddenly, last week, I craved for the fried chicken.... I remembered the last time we had the chicken, the whipped potato at Canberra... so I said to atang...."hmmm...terasa nak makan keyhepsi laaa...."..."isssshhh...apa la atoint nie..mana nak carik kat sini"he replied...
"aiyah babah nie.... masak la sendiri..." So I said to him that we need to go semail to buy some chicken thighs and wings. Since atang was not working last friday, he volunteered to buy them himself (usually we will go together)..wahhhh... cun la tu...I know he is bored at home, plus the butcher is nearby the cash converter, his fav lepaking place while waiting for me buying groceries and meat at Brunswick...wink..wink..(cam atoint tak tau).

So last saturday, we had these.....



the fried chicken, mash potato and sweetlaw (i bought this pre-mix at woolie)...


I have to fry the chicken using the gas stove....It will take longer if i use the electric stove and the chicken will get mushy quickly....



yummy......huhuhu...ok la to satisfy the craving....