Are you looking for specific information such as Halal food in Brisbane, where to shop until you drop, and cooking ala Brisbane, key-in any word that you think relevant in the search box:
Showing posts with label kuih. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kuih. Show all posts

Sunday, September 5, 2010

Ramadhan Day 25: Unwell

Today is the 25th day of Ramadhan. With the Eid @ Hari Raya approaching, am getting lazier to cook. Yesterday, I was down with the flu, I caught the virus from adik, while adik got better. Flu or not, I managed to make a batch of donut. Today, atang is having the flu, the virus has finally infected the whole house. Yaya, ohhh she was the one who started it...huhuhu....anyway.. probably because the change of the weather or maybe the hayfever that came together with Ms Spring.

Ok, I promised myself this should be a short entry. I have one section of writing to complete today, before having a lil nap after zuhr. As I have mentioned in the previous entry, yesterday iftar we had Nasi Kerabu, the first and the last I think, unless akak will cook nasi kerabu for hari raya..huhuhu... No wonder people have been talking and praising the Nasi Kerabu, it was delectable especially the sambal ikan. I would give 4.75 out 5 for the Nasi Kerabu because there was one at pasar malam Tmn Sri Pulai that a bit more delicious. But hey, I need to say that akak Nasi Kerabu is not a full-time pasar malam seller, in fact she only sells Nasi Kerabu during Ramadhan here. And in addition the fact that the one selling at pasar malam Tmn Sri Pulai offered a variety of lauk, with daging bakar, ikan celup tepung, solok lada, hati goreng, telur asin and I usually asked the seller to add more budu and kerabu, definitely overcome Nasi Kerabu Brisbane.

Nasi kerabu yang top di Brisbane


 Burger sambal
For kuih, I made a batch of donut, half I pre-fry and store in the freezer, another half for iftar yesterday. For today iftar.....hmmmm maybe I cook daging masak lemak cili api and roti john for starter. OK... till we meet again, selamat berpuasa dan berbuka, biar sederhana.

yours truly,

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Ramadhan Day 18: 'Post-annual Iftar' story

Today is the 18th day of Ramadhan. Yesterday, after the gotong royong and iftar I was worn-down completely. I thought of laying lazily on the sofa, watching what ever was on TV, but I have a pile of clothes waiting for folding and ironing. Arrghhh....ku kumpul seluruh tenaga dan kekuatan minda untuk menyiapkan the last chore for that day. At 10 I told atang that I don't have any more energy, and quickly climbed up the sofa bed at the living room (that has been our regular bed for a number of months now), pull up the duvet and slowly went to sleep. Why did I said slowly, because adik was still active and widely awake. She had a long afternoon nap at home, while I was helping out at the gotong royong. Adik will always feel uneasy whenever I sleep before she does, and she will then starts to do something to wake me up, adoiyaaaa.... and I have this bad temper whenever someone disturbs me when I am sleeping, especially in the first few minutes. So apa lagi, I was really mad last night. According to atang, adik was really scared and merajuk. She even cried to sleep. Aiyoh, I was a bad mom last night, but can't really help it la adik. Your mom memang macam singa bila dia dah ngantuk and penat sangat. There are three situation that you don't want to mess with me; 1) ngantuk yang tak boleh lawan dah, 2) lapar dan 3) don't let me wait for you, 10 minit ok lagi, tapi kalau dah lebih 1/2 jam, bersiap sedia la dengar leteran tanpa henti dari den...yup, that's me. Ok nie dah mula merepek.

OK pasal gotong royong semalam. This time the committee have delegated the food preparation according to kampung. Kampung nie suburb yang mana ada ramai student malaysia duduk. My kampung kena buat acar dan satu jenis kuih. The menu was nasi tomato, ayam masak merah, acar, some kuih, air sirap. Buat acar tu ok laa, oh ye, we have to prepare for 450 people, that means 450 packs to be ready before breakfast time. For the kuih, our kampung chief decided to make onde-onde aka buah melaka aka kelepung (den panggil kuih kelepung, tapi den tak pasti nie bahasa nogori ko bahaso apo). Kuih kelepung tu kena buat 3 biji sorang, so kalau 450 pack, korang bayangkan berapa banyak kuih kelepung kena buat. Yup 1350 biji...haaaaa... Maka gentel la kami sebanyak itu, tapi tak sebanyak itu laaa... I didn't know how much they managed to get, because I got to leave early yesterday. I left the gotong royong place at 4 pm, about an hour and half before breakfast time. Tapi sebelum balik tu dah dapat about 250 packs. Mula-mula potong sayur dulu untuk acar, dalam kul 1 ptg baru start operasi buat kelepung, masa untuk berbuka pulak pukul 5.30 ptg you all!!

 Dengan pekerja-pekerja yang diimport khas dari Malaysia (kami la tu) seramai lebih kurang 10 orang wanita, masing-masing telah diberi kepercayaan untuk menjalankan tugas masing-masing iaitu, menggentel tepung, memasukkan gula ke dalam tepung, mencedok kuar kelepung yang sudah terapung, menyalut kelepung dengan kelapa dan membungkus kelepung. Ada pekerja yang diberi tugas lebihan seperti penyediaan tepung bila bancuhan hampir habis dan memasukkan kelepung ke dalam air untuk direbus. hahahahahah punya detail den memberi penerangan. Tapi kisah kelepung nie memang paling best semalam, sebab nak kejar masa dan kejar target sebanyak 1350 tu. Tapi den tak tau la berapa banyak yang dapat pada akhir garisan ehhh..nak dekat2 buka puasa tu. Kisahnye tepung habis sebanyak 16 peket, so kawan-kawan cakap, habis tepung habis la tugas membuat kelepung tu, sampai import suami masing-masing yang ada masa gotong royong tu, tolong sekali menggentel buat kelepung tu...ahahahhahah... Lepas tu semua tak larat nak pergi join iftar, last-last ada yang tolong ambilkan makanan dan bawa ke tempat gotong royong tu (rumah kawan) dan ramai-ramai buka kat situ. Den n family gi surau untuk buka puasa sebab atang kat rumah kan. End up tak ramai yang show up pada majlis tu, banyak juga la makanan yang lebih termasuk kuih kelepung yang disasarkan sebanyak 1350 bijik tu. Moral of the story....jgn buat kuih kelepung untuk majlis sebegini lagi, kecuali kalau ramai pekerja dan banyak masa. huhuhuhuh...

Ok itu kisah semalam. Harinie den menyelesaikan chapter yang tertangguh hari jumaat, alhamdullillah dah siap dah, malam nie nak siapkan satu lagi bahagian. Harap dapat siapkan sebelum tido. Harinie juga den masak sup tulang, senang aje jerang atas dapur, sambil tu bleh buat kerja. Dan petang tadi, bersama yaya n adik, den gi bazaar ramadhan untuk carik kuih.

Bazaar Ramadhan 2010

Tak ramai pulak orang berniaga hari nie, den dok bayangkan macam-macam pilihan kuih sampai rambang mata. Sebab minggu lepas tgk status FB masing-masing yang pergi bazaar, macam-macam kuih diorang beli. Dari bazaar, kami beli nie:

Kuih-muih on our table today
Tu dia, penuh meja kami untuk berbuka tadi. Semua sedap-sedap. Alhamdullillah....

OK laaa.. that wrap up our Ramadhan story for today. Got to go and complete my writing. Till next time, selamat berbuka, biar sederhana.


yours truly,

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Ramadhan Day 13: Mulai harinie delete terus dari kamus diri

Today is the 13th day of Ramadhan. Alhamdulillah it is sunny today. Today is an important day for me, my friend is going home for good this Sunday, and today is the last chance for me to see her for the very last time. This morning she presented her research as a rehersal for her actual seminar that is going to be held at her home country. Ahhhh sedih pulak rasa hati den nih, and feeling nervous at the same time, because soon it is going to be my turn. Bila dah dekat nih, rasa macam belum bersedia pulak untuk submit. Dulu rasa tak sabar aje nak submit, sekrang nie rasa tak nak pulak. Aduhai.... moga urusan den di sini dimudahkan...amin

OK in relation to the title, somebody share me an interesting note on FB yesterday, which I am copying here:

Perkataan "BYE" merupakan jarum sulit org Kristian... Di dlm bahasa Arab b'maksud "fihafzil baba ". Manakala dlm bahasa Malaysia b'maksud di Bawah Naungan Pope(paderi). Jadi foward dan sebarkan kepada semua shbt2 anda. Semoga Allah memberi rahmat kpd kita dan org Islam yang lain. Wassalam di Universiti Putra Malaysia. Itulah satu-satunya Universiti yang ada gereja. Gereja ini antara yang aktif untuk memurtadkan orang Islam. kalau ada saudara kita terminum 'Holy Water'. Sebenarnya air ini dibuat di Vatican City. Dijampi oleh paderi termasuk Pope John Paul yang jemput Perdana Menteri kita dulu! . Kalau terminum, cari air kolah dari 3 masjid. Baca Al-Fatihah 1x, Yasin 1x, 3 qul 1x, dan selawat. Ambil sebahagian buat minum dan sebahagian buat mandi. InsyaAllah mereka akan sedar dan dapat diselamatkan.insyaAllah. tolong fowardkan ... demi islam... demi agama yang tercinta...insyaallah... forwardkan mesej ini..""

So as usual, I used answers.com to find out more. I should used the web engine to find relevant articles, but I really have limited time, so one search is enough la. And I got this from answers.com:
from answers.com, search word "Goodbye"
[Alteration (influenced by good day) of God be with you.]

WORD HISTORY No doubt more than one reader has wondered exactly how goodbye is derived from the phrase "God be with you." To understand this, it is helpful to see earlier forms of the expression, such as God be wy you, god b'w'y, godbwye, god buy' ye, and good-b'wy. The first word of the expression is now good and not God, for good replaced God by analogy with such expressions as good day, perhaps after people no longer had a clear idea of the original sense of the expression. A letter of 1573 written by Gabriel Harvey contains the first recorded use of goodbye: "To requite your gallonde [gallon] of godbwyes, I regive you a pottle of howdyes," recalling another contraction that is still used.

hmmm....adeh...kita terpedaya lagi!!!.... Dah jumpe bukti ini, walaupun satu aje, tak cukup beri bukti yang kukuh kan, am sure if I google the word I would find many related articles, tapi sudah cukup untuk menanam azam untuk buang terus perkataan itu dari kamus diri. Lepas nie cakap, C U aje laaa kat orang2 bukan Islam. Antara muslim dah tentu bagi salam kan. So korang macam mana?

Now about iftar, yesterday it was the same old normal day, so we had rice, and some kuih. Kuih keria from my neighbour, which atang call it 'donut melayu', and kuih bakar that I made, eh both were made on Sunday. Banyak sangat on Sunday, tu yg boleh bring forward. Atang pulak, he actually doesn't know the name of the kuih, and keep referring it as donut melayu. Pardon my atang, bab makan nie mmg glosari dia terhad...ahahahha and that's why he marries me...huhuhu....

Kuih bakar n my neighbour's keria

Ok laaa... got to go.... rasa sebak pulak dok teringat kawan nak balik dah. sob sob sob...She is busy packing her things at the workstation right now. We took some pictures around the office just now, sad pulak rasa. Her journey is going to end soon. Soon she will have the prefix 'Dr' on her name.

yours truly,
 

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Ramadhan Day 11: Spring has sprung?

Today is the 11th day of Ramadhan. Alhamdullillah, the weather is hot with mild wind today. I washed a load of clothes yesterday and today, opppsss not literally, the washing machine did that. And thankful for the sunny weather, the clothes dried up quickly. This morning atang and I had a bit of spring cleaning, eh dah spring ka? It is not until September for the spring to arrive, but it is getting warmer nowadays, I no longer have to wear jumper during the day, still need to wear pull-over at night, and still using quilts at night. Well, the kids kicked it away at night, I still pulled the quilts up to my head. I remember last year, somewhere in August, we thought that the winter was over, and it was time for spring cleaning. So I washed the quilt cover, jumper, changed the flannelette sheet, and stored them away. So confident that the winter has gone. And a few days later, it was cold again, end up I had to take out all the things that I had put away. So this year I will wait until spring to come, flowers blooming until I starts storing all the winter garmet. This time would be much easier, will put everything in the packing boxes, for give away and take home.

As I have mentioned in the previous entry, yesterday we went shopping instead of looking for used boxes. We went to DFO just to get new slip-on for my lil princesses. Each of them has a pair of slip-on for raya. For baju raya, hmmm not sure we will get them something new, because they still have several pairs of baju kurung from last year raya, some dresses and new t-shirts, so maybe we will buy when necessary. The shoes because yaya n adik don't have a nice pair of shoes to put on, and that was why we bought them each. Tak mo 'membrazir' (yaya slang of membazir). Although here the celebration boleh tahan juga, with open houses every weekend, tapi takkan sama like celebrating at home. So nak beli yang baru-baru pun macam kurang semangat sikit, plus I will definately busy after the eid, preparing for submission. I am more enthusiast with the submission than the eid preparation. Picture below shows yaya's n adik's raya shoes,

Raya shoes for lil princesses

Yesterday jugak was an election day for Australia. Tak tau pulak sape yang menang semalam. Sorry, malas nak ambil tau. Anyway, about iftar. A day before yesterday, that was Friday, mood malas nak masak tu datang. Actually I have no idea to cook, like I said in the Friday's entry. I was browsing through a few of my fav cyber chefs' blog until I saw encik Mat Gebu's sosej gulung rangup. I had a couple of instant pastry in the freezer, and I used them all, bagus2, habis kan semua, clear the fridge. Sausage puff for Friday's iftar.

Sausage wrap in instant pastry
Yesterday, since it was weekend, I spent my time in the kitchen and made mee kari. Our neighbour came and gave us mee goreng mamak.  

My neighbour's mee goreng mamak (she's penang mari)

For today's iftar, I going to cook nasi ayam, kuih, maybe kuih bakar kot. OK laaa...I need to fill up a form then packing some clothes that I am not going to wear anymore in the box. Till we meet again, selamat berbuka, biar sederhana. 

  
yours truly,

Sunday, August 15, 2010

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,

Saturday, August 14, 2010

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,

Friday, August 13, 2010

Ramadhan day 2: Day 1 success for Yaya

Today is the second day of Ramadhan. Alhamdullillah we managed to complete the first day easily, especially yaya. She even helped me in the kitchen, beating eggs for telur dadar and coating the donut with the sugar. She was energetic through out the day, including teasing adik a little too much. Adeh, I tell you they can really get on my nerve sometimes. But I must admit, without them around life won't be meaningful.

Kids spent their 1st day of Ramadhan playing PS

Anyway, back to the Ramadhan story. It was chilly yesterday, the wind was strong and we could hear the wind howling outside. I think that was one reason why we didn't feel like we were fasting. Plus the day is shorter. Lucky for us, so far we experienced fasting during winter and spring. That is the positive part of it, the layback is, we have to get up early, around 4am for sahur if atang is not working. On atang's working day, we have to wake up at 3am for sahur. Just imagine on that wee hour we are eating rice. Hahahahah... well that is the consequence we have to take. Things always run in both ways. If you look around, you will see everything is two-side; up and down, front and back, left and right, etc. Can you tell me anything that is not? Ok..now I am drifting away from the topic.

Today Yaya is at school,hope she will manage another day of fasting. For iftar today, we are having potluck with our closest neighbours, just three families get together for iftar. Meriah sikit, especially for the kids. Each family will prepare some dishes. So I am cooking ayam sambal with bubur jagung today. Yummy.

For yesterday's iftar, I fried some karipap and donut, and cooked ayam padprik (yang tak jadi sangat, boleh dimaafkan sebab puasa..hahahhah) and telur dadar. Alhamdullillah, we also had some cupcakes given by our neighbour. It was her daughter's birthday yesterday. Kat sini kena la buat sendiri cuppies, kalau kat Malaysia boleh main tunjuk-tunjuk aje...heheheheh... but I wonder if I will buy or make the cuppies when I am back in Malaysia? You can save a lot if you make your own batch, tapi yela, time will be the issue then (eh macam la kat sini banyak masa...hahahaha). Pardon my crooked donut, tangan keras, huduh ada, tapi untuk sendiri makan maaa hehhehe...
Kuih for iftar day 1
Although masjid around Brisbane hold iftar and tarawih, but I perform tarawih at home. Ada budak tecit, so solat kat umah aje la. Kalau gi masjid, nanti ganggu jemaah pulak dan solat den tak kusyuk pulak nanti. OK, till next entry, selamat berbuka, biar sederhana.

yours truly,

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Ramadhan day 1: Chilling wind but fair

It is windy now in Brisbane. I am practically shivering while typing this. But the sun is bright. What a wonderful day to start fasting today. Soon the winter will leave and the blooming season will come and visit us, for the last time.

Today is our first day of Ramadhan. Alhamdullillah, almost half of the day has pass by. Yaya is doing OK. I woke her up for sahur at 4.30am. Fasting started at 5.00 (5 minutes before Fajr). Alhamdullillah she didn't give any trouble waking up and having sahur. We had rice. Dah biasa makan nasi for sahur. We don't mind breaking fast with anything else, but for sahur, we must have nasi, otherwise by half of the day, perut pun mula berbunyi. Hopefully Yaya able to fast the whole day today. Luckily she has no school today. The school is close because of Ekka, kinda agricultural and industrial exhibition held annually in Brisbane. Macam ekspo pertanian kat Malaysia tu. But tomorrow the school opens, I wonder how she will be tomorrow.

OK, nie citer pasal adik pulak. Adik nie kan susah nak cerai puting, tapi semenjak dua menjak nie, dia terlupa sikit akan best bud dia. Wah...ini petanda baik. Tapi semua nie berlaku ada sebabnya tau..... Tengok exhibit 1 dan 2 di bawah.

Puting yang rompong

Puting rompong dari pandang sudut lain

Iyeeee, itu la sebab utama adik mula reject puting nie...yang telah rompong tu. Macam kena gigit tikus. Itu pun dia masih nak hisap jugak. Nak beli baru, tak nak den, kang ntah bila dia nak let go. Gigi pun dah mula terjungkit ke depan. Kite tengok sampai bila adik nak hisap puting dia nie, sama ada adik yang reject dulu, atau puting tu memang dah tak boleh di selamatkan lagi.

OK for those who are wondering about abah (eh ada ke?) hehhehe... mmmm... starting Monday abah will undergo radiation therapy for 10 days, 2 days break in between. From the recent CT scan, the cancer has spread to the spleen and liver. It is about time for abah to start chemo, but most probably after raya. Sedih la jugak, tapi ini semua ketentuan Allah. Den pasrah. I only hope I have the chance to look after abah, hope nothing bad will happen with us still here. OK...tak nak fikir negative. Kita bertawakkal pada Allah.

So what to cook for iftar ya. I already took out chicken breast from the freezer, maybe chicken padprik and telur dadar. And will fry some of the frozen karipap I made last weekend.

Karipap frozen (tapi sebelum di frozen kan)


Ok, I still have 2 hours left to work on the chapter, until the iftar preparation. Breaking-fast time today is at 5.25pm. Until tomorrow, selamat berbuka, biar sederhana.

yours truly,

 

Saturday, August 7, 2010

Frozen karipap



Am now making a batch of karipap to be frozen, getting ready for ramadhan. Sib baik ada acuan karipap.

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Teringin nak makan kuih yang hijau tu

Tetiba aje teringat kat kuih warna hijau, manis-manis, rasa telur. Haaaah...betul la tu....kuih bakar. Selalu kalau ada kenduri kat rumah mak, mesti mak order kuih bakar kat sorang aunty nih. Sedap, wangi, dengan kerak gula, mmg asli, bakar pun guna sabut kelapa. Tapi makan kena jaga-jaga, sangat-sangat manis.

Bila dah teringin kat sini, apa lagi option yang ada kan. Buat sendiri laaa. Thanks to Mamafami for the recipe.
Den copy n paste aje la ye.




KUIH BAKAR
Original recipe : Salt N Turmeric

Ingredients :

2/3 cup sugar (I reduced to 1/2 cup)
1/2 cup pandan juice or (1 teaspoon pandan paste + 1/2 cup water)
3/4 to 1 cup flour
400 ml coconut milk (1 1/2 cwn santan)
3 eggs
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoon butter
toasted sesame seeds

Method :

1. Pre heat oven to 180 C (360 F)
2. Blend all the above ingredients, except sesame seeds, in a blender.
3. Butter the pan and pour the mixture into it.
4. Sprinkle the toasted sesame seeds on top.
5. Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour.

Method tu yg paling best...dump everything into a blender. And press the button. Bakar. Sejukkan. Potong-potong dan ...bismillah... :D


yours truly,

Friday, April 2, 2010

Donut with chicken curry filling

And for tea... I made donut with chicken curry filling. I still have some chicken curry filling from the curry puff I made last week. So I prepared dough for donuts, I never expected that making donut is easy...really. I have prepared one batch, fry half of them for tea, and half-fried another half to keep in the freezer.


I told you I'm in the mood of cooking today. OK..back to data crunching tonight.

Have a great weekend ya.

yours truly,

Friday, March 26, 2010

Just 2 days without coffee

Another working week has come to an end. Evaluate yourself...ahahahha...better not kan... bikin stress aje.
As long as you managed to complete what you have planned to do, so don't stress yourself. So give a pat on your shoulder. Pat..pat..pat... Weekend is here, so take a break. Spend time with your family.

Tomorrow we are going for a medical checkup to renew our visa. Pokai den. hahahhaha... Hopefully this is the first and the last. Kami mau pulang..mau pulang...ok...emotional pulak.

Owwwhhh...the headache is gone, finally. Alhamdullillah. I think the culprit is my glasses, like Maryam said. It has been awhile since I have my eyes check. Balik Malaysia pun tak sempat nak buat. Rushing here and there. Plus my glasses will take about a week to get it done. Takpe...tak lame lagi nak balik. InsyaAllah. Amin...amin...(kasi panjang sikit ye hehehhehe). And I was having the mens earlier this week, that has also contributed to the headache. So I did make a pledge to stop drinking coffee for awhile kan. ahahhahah... since the headache has bid bye-bye, I am now having a cuppa of Old Town White Coffee (the black coffee laa, the white coffee not allowed to enter here, nanti lingkup bisnes kupi kat sini...hahahahha), with some karipap. I used instant pastry. Tadi ada mood nak buat pastry dia. Tapi bila dah duduk menulis, bila ada idea, tak sempat pulak nak buat. Curry puff...hot from the oven.


Karipap, my fav kuih (I think I have told this many times kan :D...). hmmm...there is a place at Seremban selling this excellent curry puff. It's a hit among us who live in Ampangan, particularly around the stadium. They will fry and sell dulang after dulang of karipap. So the customer will always get it hot from the frying pan. A good karipap must have a soft and yet crispy pastry and the filling to die for...ahahahhah..lebih la tu. What I like about the one at the stadium is the filling, the smell of it plus the taste of it, fuhhh... Not too much of the curry taste, and they put chinese parsley or coriander in the filling. Yum yum... Cerita banyak pun tak guna... Must try it and then you know.

OK laaa... my good neighbour came just now to give me a book that she borrowed for me. Time to screen the book. Next week nak zerox. Can only borrowed it for one week. A very popular book. I think I should buy it.

Have a good weekend kengkawan.

Sunday, February 21, 2010

peanut butter apam balik


Our tea today... Apam balik peanut butter (have some left-over batter from yesterday apam balik making) and kepok lekor. The kepok, bought from a friend with the sauce (dip). Sodap...

Ok, now off for evening walk, wanna take a good fresh air, for tomorrow is a start of another busy week.

Monday, February 8, 2010

bila tekak nak apam balik

Salam friends, kengkawan and all...

Last week I finally get the focus I need. Tak lama, dua hari jek, but cukup la tu. Managed to complete a couple of tasks and met the milestones. And suddenly my sifoos started demanding, although I think it is conceivable, tapi den nie cepat gabra, bukan sikit, banyak...ahahahha...nampak aje den nie cool outside, tapi dalam, rasa seumpama kartun flintstones yang tengah berlari membawa kereta yang bertayar kan batu tu. Kat sini ada tayangan kartun flintstones setiap jam 6 petang kat Go Channel (lari tajuk dah nie)...

Anyway, minggu lepas jugak rasa malas nak duduk depan komputer, tapi apo nak buek, dah kojo dengan komputer, so malas la nak online segala macam fasiliti rangkaian sosial ni. Kengkawan pernah rasa cemuih/jemu/jelak tak bila mengadap internet? Haaa sampai gitu sekali. Tapi sempat gak la dload Nigina dan O-Mei pada penghujung hari, ahahahhaha....

Dan oleh kerana mood detox (detox dari online yo, tapi still working with the machine) minggu lepas, jadik malas la nak carik resepi-resepi baru untuk projek hujung minggu, sampai la petang Khamis, tetiba tekak nak makan apam balik. Nie sebab tengok "My Kitchen Rule" la nie, tengok chocolate mousse cake contestants yang sedap tu. Nak buat mousse cake, issshhh tak terbuatnye, nak buat chocolate cake, kena pikir 100 kali, kena find out dulu sape yang boleh menghabiskan kek itu (kang tak pasal-pasal den yang kena abiskan). Jadi oleh kerana tak nak menganiaya sesape (atang now is blaming me on his sudden weight increment), tekak nie terus switch kepada apam balik (boleh gitu). But then I need to get the approval of atang (sebab dia yang akan makan nanti) wakakakkakaka.... and he agreed by searching the recipe for me (dah den masih lagi cemuih nak masuk internet).

Jadi petang jumaat tu, oleh kerana dah tak tahan sangat... orang kalau dah food lover, craving dia memang tak bleh sekat-sekat lagi. Den pun try la buat. Kacang tumbuk, beli yang dah siap. Dan....



Fuhh....lembut dan gebu apam balik nih. Credit pada yang berkongsi resepi. Untuk resepi, sila klik di sini ya :D.

Oh ya....hampir-hampir terlupa. Ada sorang reader, namanye Lya, tinggalkan comment at one of my pizza's entry. I thought at first I wanted to respond directly under that story, but I think it would be difficult for her to search back the post since I have removed the "direct-link" box to comments posted in this blog. Thus, I replied her comment here:

salam, find out your blog. interesting. nak tanya mana u beli chicken pepperoni kat brisbane ni?Thanks.Lya

Thank you Lya for visiting, it is my pleasure to help newcomers, muslim students especially, about halal food in Brisbane. And glad you found this blog interesting.

About halal pepperoni, I usually bought it at Ismail Butcher at McWhirters in the Valley, or popularly known as China Town. Tapi tengok jugak, sometimes takde. Other option is the butcher at Logan Rd. But it is a bit expensive there. Maybe some of my Brisbane friends have other suggestion. Hope this helps.

Apa pulak citer my two little princesses. Yaya is now happy in school. She met her old friends from prep classes, so happy to go to school everyday. Tapi makcik nie mmg jenis forgetful laaa...ada aje barang tertinggal kat sekolah... aduhai... Yang si kecik cilik nie pulak, kuat menyonteng, pantang kite leka sikit, kalau ada pensel kat tangan dia, ada la ruang, n ceruk dia akan conteng nanti.... And adik still can't leave her pacifier. Her old ones dah koyak, so we have to buy a new one on weekend (takut kang dia tertelan pulak bila sedap ngisap tu). Kenapa we all tak stop aje kan?? We just hope she will get tired of it, like yaya. Yaya dulu tak lame, masuk 1 tahun lebih sikit, dia dah tak nak. Maybe puting adik nie sedap sangat kot....

yours truly,

Thursday, January 28, 2010

First day, first week and rolls

Yesterday, schools reopen in Australia. I woke yaya early than usual, prepared her breakfast, her lunch box while yaya took her bath and wore her uniform herself. Then I woke adik up, who have half woken due to the commotion, bathed her and prepared her breakfast as well. I wanted to go to the school early, so that we don't have problem finding a parking space. But the only space that we could find was about 300mtrs to the school (nie kes malas nak pusing-pusing lg). Dah la berbukit, so we have to climb up and down a small hill...mengah-mengah laaa...lamo tak exercise... hahahha... when we finally arrived at the school, I got almost 5 minutes to help yaya settling down.

You know what, when the bell rang, adik and I left yaya and went home. But before we left the school, adik as usual, nak ke sana and ke mari, naik turun tangga kat sekolah tu. Until we passed by the school's office. There was a list of the pupils displayed on a softboard. So just to know yaya's classmate, I went up to the board and read the list. To my suprised yaya's name is not in the class that we sent her. Oh my oh my...did I sent her to the wrong class? But I was told by the deputy principal of the school that yaya will be put under 2D. But her name is not in the class list. Instead, her name is in a different class. So apa lagi, we went up to her class, I told the teacher what is happening, and she checked her list. "Yup, yaya seems not to be in this class." So I repacked yaya's things, and together with yaya we went down the stairs to her so called designated class. Tapi....bila check nama kat list, still her name was not in the list. But the teacher (a very young teacher), told us that, she was informed that there will be a new student arriving today. And so, she wrote yaya's name down in her class list....phewwwhhh.... Help yaya settling her down, again, and then we left the school.



Yaya with her new school uniforms. I love the skort, nampak cute. Yang bezanya, yaya's hat is now in blue, instead of gold when she attended prep.



Another posed by yaya. Si adik tu tengah confuse, "apo hal pulak nie?" ahhahaha

So what was my baking project last weekend. Dah lama nak buat sardine roll, I think for ages la jugak. The first and the last time I made sardine roll was with mak. And that was when I was a teenager, 13 or 14 yr old, can't exactly remember laa. But for sure before I went to boarding school. I ate a bunch ahahhahah straight from the oven. Panas panas tu yg sodap tu, pastri dia pun lembut dan rangup.

I found this recipe from Mamfami's. Dah lama simpan, baru sempat buat last weekend.

SARDINE ROLL (copy from Mamafami's blog)
Sumber : Kak Teh
Pastri 250 gm mentega sejuk
500 gm tepung gandum
Secubit garam
Air sejuk

Kaedah penyediaan :
1. Gaulkan mentega dan tepung dengan tangan sehingga menjadi seperti breadcrumbs.
2, Masukkan garam dan air sejuk dan uli sehingga menjadi doh.
3. Balutkan doh dengan plastik dan sejukkan di dalam peti ais sementara membuat fillingnya.

Filling 1 tin sardin dalam sos tomato
Bawang besar dicincang
Hirisan cili
Perapan limau/lemon secukup rasa
Garam secukup rasa

Kaedah penyediaan :
Hancurkan ikan sardin dan masukkan bahan-bahan lain.

Kaedah penyediaan Sardin Roll
1. Keluarkan doh dari peti ais. Gelekkannya dengan rolling pin hingga nipis. Potong kepada ben
tuk segiempat tepat.
2. Letakkan filling di atas doh dan roll.
3. Hiris-hiriskan bahagian atas doh (jangan sampai putus) sebelum sapu telur kuning di atas doh tersebut.
4. Bakar selama 40 minit dalam kepanasan 175 C





Tak rata sapu telur...so buruk sikit...ehehheheh

I used 1 can of sardine, tapi tak cukup la pulak, jadi tambah dengan sedikit tuna. Best jugak guna tuna nie. Sodap... the pastry melt in your mouth. ahahahah...adik just love eating just the pastry, sardine tu die letak tepi.

p.s. yaya balik sekolah semalam dah cicir satu barang...adeh....mmg careless sikit anak den yang sulung nih. Dan automatik siaran "bebel" berkumandang petang semalam.

yours truly,

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Kali nie menjadi....yeessszaaa

Remember one time, or is it two times, that I tried to make donut, but failed. Well, the first time was 50% successful, lembik sikit dough, hmmm the second time, I think, was 50% jugak laaa... rasanye keras pulak donut the second trial.

Last Sunday, as usual, into the kitchen I went, and tried again making donut. I knew what went wrong last time. The biggest mistake I made was, pandai-pandai improvised resepi orang ok....ahahahhaha... Susah betul nak follow instruction nih. Anyway, this time I tried again MamaFami's recipe, and just MamaFami's, but I did make just a tiny changed (pulak... degil lagi tu). Itupun lepas orang bagi cadangan, dan berjaya, kira proven success gitu. And wallah, eehhh...alhamdullillah, kali nie menjadi laaa...best best...

DONUTS
Ingredients:
500g cake flour (I used plain flour)
1 1/2 teaspoons instant yeast (I used 7g=1 sachet of yeast)
1 cup water (lukewarm water)
1 teaspoon salt (I accidentally omit this...hmmm)
1/4 cup (50g) margarine (I changed to 1/4 of canola oil)
4 teaspoons sugar
1 egg

How MamaFami make her donut :
1. Mix well flour, instant yeast and egg.
2. In a small pot, on low heat, melt margarine.
3. Add salt, sugar to melted margarine and finally water. Let liquid be slightly hot.
4. Pour liquid into flour mixture bit by bit and knead till the dough is smooth or developed. For best result, knead using the machine.
5. Allow dough to rise (prove) until it has doubled it's original size.
6. Using a rolling pin, roll dough out to about 1 cm thick. Cut with the doughnut cutter.
7. Leave it to rise again.
8. Fry
9. Coat with sugar or dip in melted cooking chocolate and sprinkle some hundreds n thousands on top.
10. Enjoy!!!!

And this is how yours truly make hers (issshhh):
1. Mix yeast, water, oil and sugar in a bowl. Cover it with cling wrap. Leave it 10 to 15 minutes (until bubbly).
2. Add egg into the mixture and beat it for awhile (using fork, until the egg is will mix).
3. Add in flour, a little at a time. Mix well, knead the dough until smooth.
4. Allow to rise for an hour or slightly more (I was doing something else will waiting, so I think I left it about an hour an half), until the dough has doubled it's size.
5. Roll out about 1 cm thick using rolling pin. Cut them into desire shape (I used the brim of a mug as the cutter and make a hole using my finger).
6. Leave to rise for 15 - 20 minutes.

7. Fry and coat with caster sugar (would be great if I have cinnamon or melted choc...yum).
Sodap....huhu.... Bising tul budak fazid nie....buat donut pun nak kecoh....ahahhahahha Tapi yaya memang happy sangat. Atang pun banyak gak makan.. For this measurement, I got 20 pieces, waahhhh, great for both atang n yaya lunch box.

Tengok si yaya dan adik nie. Kotak pun boleh jadik mainan. Sampai tergolek-golek. Lebih kurang, macam main hide seek diorang nie, main tido-tido dalam kotak pun ye gak. Janji happy.


yours truly,

Friday, August 28, 2009

Puasa di perantauan...

Sangat-sangat stereotype tajuk tu kan...ahahhahaha... Apa yang terlintas kat otak nie den taip aje kat kotak title tu.... kurang sikit guna tenaga di bulan puasa nie. Pejam celik pejam celik dah seminggu kite berpuasa ekkkk....Pejam celik pejam celik lagi seminggu lagi nak raya...hehehhe.... Setakat nie macam mana puasa kengkawan??

Bulan puasa nie, rutin berjalan seperti biasa, ada la perubahan sikit. Kalau sebelum puasa, den masak lepas maghrib, skrang nie balik ofis kena awal, sampai umah solat asar terus bersilat kat dapur. Waktu berbuka dalam minggu nie antara 5.30 ke 5.35 petang. Nampak aje awal, tapi jangkamasa puasa samo yo ngan Mesia, 12 jam lebih gak laa. Cume siang kat sini awal, malam pun awal... Nie dah ujung winter nie... siang mula panjang balik laa. Ala, masak ala kadar aje, puasa-puasa gak, makan macam biasa je...tapi kadang2 terover jugak...dok teguk bergelas-gelas air sejuk bila berbuka. Macam mana tak buncit ye dak...

OK....oleh kerana skrang nie amat2 la susah den nak spend masa kat blog nie kan... so den curik sikit masa nak bebel2 arinie. Tu la sebab tulis dalam melayu, ayat mencurah-curah keluar. Tak la tersekat-sekat. Kalau nak nulis dalam english, nak kena ada feel dulu, tidak kang, taip sikit, backspace, taip sikit, backspace. Silap mood kang, select-all, delete...huhu...

Nie nak flashback sikit la...sikit je...ke belakang sikit, 2 tahun yang lalu....jeng jeng jeng...heheheh... Yela, den baru 3 tahun berpuasa di tanah asing nie kan. Masa tahun pertama sampai Brisbane nie, mati kutu gak masa nak sambut puasa masa tu. Yela kalau kat Mesia, 3 ari seblum nak puasa, kami bermantai. Ini orang nogori la selalu buat, 3 ari sebelum puasa, buat la kacau2 sikit, nghendang, baka lomang, macam nak rayo la gak. Bile dah kat Brisbane nie, nak bermantai camno iyo tak. Jadi tahun tu, den sempat la buat karipap, itu pun utk bekalan bukak puasa kat sini. First time tu buat karipap. Tak sedap, masuk tekak sendiri kan. Part kelim tu yang fail. Bukan tak pernah tolong mak buat karipap, tapi part2 kelim tu mak den tak beri kepercayaan 100%. Tugas den, letak inti kat kulit karipap yo, lepas tu lipat. Kelim mengelim tu tugas mak den. Hahahhahha...so bila first time buat karipap tu, mmg la tersangat huduhnye. Bila goreng tu menyeringai la, tapi tak la teruk sangat, bila dah banyak buat tu, skill improve maa...ahahahhah

Minggu pertama puasa boring sikit. Macam hambar yo, masa tu masih lagi mood, hati dan mental kat kampung halaman. Teringat la berbuka puasa ngan family, gi terawikh, kemeriahan bulan Ramadhan, pasar Ramadhan lagi. Issssshhhh....Kalau rajin tu, gi la korek2 kisah lama den tahun 2007 :D... Tapi masuk minggu kedua, ketiga, meriah dah, sebab hujung minggu je mesti ada jemputan berbuka puasa. Mesti la seronok buka puasa ramai-ramaikan.

Tahun lepas dah tak de feeling2 kampung halaman. Dah kebal la masa tu. Lepas tu pulak ada kawan buat bisnes karipap, den la pelanggan tetap dia. Siap request karipap sardin lagi. Puasa pun tak lama kat Brisbane, sebab minggu 3 Ramadhan dah balik Mesia :D.

Tahun nie. Seminggu sebelum nak puasa tu ada la teringin nak buat karipap, memandangkan kawan tauke karipap tu dah balik Mesia for good, jadi mana den nak dapat stok karipap kan. Korang mesti pelik, apsal la citer karipap pulak nie. hahahhaha... Sebenarnya den nie, kalau bukak puasa mesti ada karipap, dapat seketul pun jadi la. Lagi-lagi kalau karipap sardin....perrrghhhhh bila makan karipap terasa nikmatnya berbuka puasa. Tapi den tak de la kemaruk benar tiap2 hari makan karipap kan... Tekak nie pun pandai reject gak :p

OK sambung citer.... Teringin nak buat karipap, tapi malas pulak nak nguli bagaikan. Tiba-tiba....tinggggg.... teringat kawan den, ada citer dia beli pastry instant kat sini. Den pun apa lagi, gi la carik pastry tu, dan bermula proses membuat karipap menggunakan instant pastry. Den buat inti banyak2, penuh satu tupperware. Kang nak makan karipap, kuar aje pastry dari freezer, kejap aje dia akan lembut, letak inti, lipat2, bakar. Tapi..... ada lagi tapi tu hehehe.... den beli gak karipap frozen, sebab dah ada pengganti tauke karipap. Iye... 3 hari sebelum puasa tu, teringat ada sorang kawan nie hantar email advertise karipap frozennya. Den mmg terlupa betul, sib baik la masa nak dekat puasa tu teringat. Senang keje den, ada banyak variety karipap, kalau makan pastry aje pun boleh gomuk (macam makan karipap tak gomuk). Makanya, den pun meng-order la beberapa bungkus, utk stok berbuka puasa.

Kami berbuka dengan nasi terus, makan kuih sikit, lepas tu nasi. Sekali sekala goreng la mee. Ini la menu berbuka kami yang tak seberapa nie. Ehhhh...cukup la tu kan...Alhamdullillah... Den pun nak ucapkan terima kasih la pada pihak2 terlibat yang memudahkan den memasak di dapur kan, macam tauke karipap frozen, tauke pastry tu, makcik megi dan aunty aDebbie, kalau la anda takde, maka tempoh memasak den yang hanya mengambil masa 1 jam akan jadi berjam-jam lamanye. Tak pun buka puasa ngan nasi terus.

Berikut adalah juadah berbuka puasa kami yang sempat den amik gambar la ye...



Karipap guna pastry instant..makan panas2 sedap.....



3 bijik terung, digoreng... den sorang je makan, atang tak gheti lauk kampung nie



Sehari sebelum tu masak la kari daging. Esoknye kari banyak berlebih (mmg saje masak banyak2, boleh simpan dalam fridge...kes orang malas...hahahha), jadi kami berbuka ngan roti canai yo. Goreng cucur bilis aunty aDebbie, cicah pulak ngan sos cili makcik megi. Sirap bandung buat basah tekak (ada soda, tapi takde soda macam ais krim soda kat mesia).



Esok-esoknya, cucur bilis ada lebih, den tambah ngan karipap frozen sikit. Terhagus sikit karipap tu. Itu la akibatnya buat 2 3 keje dalam satu masa. Dah limit masa 1 jam yo...tapi sempat lagi fesbuk tu....wakakakaka




Semalam atang bawak balik nasi beryani arab, lebih2 bukak puasa kat surau U. Kat surau tu mmg tiap2 hari orang berjamu bukak puasa. Pak arab pak arab nie mmg rajin buat sedekah, jadi student bujang mmg ke surau aje la bila nak berbuka. Rezeki kami, dapat la nasi beryani, dengan kuah kosong dengan yogurt campur sayur. Jadi, hari nie, den masak ayam madu yo, tuang aje paste ayam madu makcik megi. Sonang kojo den....

Gitu la juadah berbuka kami minggu pertama kat sini. Maaf la kot2 ada yang tergugat iman nengok gambar2 tu yo (den nie pun dah terlanggar pantang gak nie...adehh). Ala...apa la sangat hidangan kami nie dari lauk pauk, kuih muih kat mesia tu ye dak. Ahad nie ada majlis berbuka puasa anjuran pelajar melayu, wahhh... Ada gotong royong sekali.

Mesti ramai yang balik kampung ek ujung minggu nie, senin cuti kan, sambutan hari kemerdekaan Malaysia yang ke 52. Hati-hati bila memandu tu yo. Semoga selamat sampai ke destinasi.

OK laa...den akhiri bebelan yang ntahapahapantah nie dengan ucapan....

SELAMAT HARI KEMERDEKAAN MALAYSIA YANG KE 52

MERDEKA....MERDEKA...MERDEKA



yours truly,