Hari Raya Special 2

Well.. after a few days i thought that we should come out with something new for our taste buds



THe special of the day would be ayam masak merah with nasi tomato



This dish is quite famous not only among the malay population

but it is also favoured by most Malaysians..



i have come across this recipe that is simple and easy to prepare



AYAM MASAK MERAH

INgredients for gravy

chicken (1 whole chicken into 10 pieces cut)
lemongrass 2 sticks
Onions 400grams
Garlic 50g
Star anise 2 nos
Cinnamon 2 sticks
Clove 5-6 nos
Cardammon 2 nos
Tomatopaste 300grams
Chilly boh 400grams
CHilly sauce 200grams
Tomato sauce 100grams
evaporated milk 1/2 can

Pre fried the chicken pieces and leave aside

1. Blend the lemongrass, onion and garlic into paste.
2. saute the paste together with the star anise, cinnamon, clove and cardommon until fragrant.
3. add in the chilly boh and tomato paste and cook until a layer of oil appears on the top.
4. next, add in the tomato and chilly sauce and stir until well mixed.
5. Finally, add in the evaporated milk and season with sugar and salt up to taste.
6. add in the chicken( add in the pre-fried chicken) and cook for at least 15 minutes by leaving to simmer.

Tomato rice

INgredients

Rice 500grams
tomato paste 300grams
tomato sauce 100grams
pandan leaf 1 nos
sugar 150grams
salt to taste
cinnamon stick 1 stick
water enough to cover rice
butter 50grams

1. wash the rice
2. saute the tomato paste and tomato sauce together with rice and add in the cinnamon.
3. put rice into rice cooker together with the rest of the ingredients with the water the same proportion as the rice.
4. leave to cook... while waiting for the rice to cook remember to make a cool glass of lemonade to relax...

ENJOY THE MEAL

Hari Raya Special 1

For the sake of hari raya and we are a harmonious community here in Malaysia,
i shall put up a few recipes for raya and and for buka puasa.

We shall start with a rather simple buka puasa dish,

NASI LEMAK WITH SAMBAL TUMIS IKAN BILIS

Ingredients for the rice

Rice 400grams
Coconut milk 200g
Onion 4nos or 100g
garlic 30g
Lemongrass 1 stick

1. Wash the rice thouroughly.
2. Add in coconut milk into rice and fill up with water and make sure liquid is enough to cover the rice.(approximately 200ml coconut milk + 150-200ml water)
3. Slightly pound the garlic onionand lemongrass and add into rice and cook.
4. REMEMBER TO TURN ON THE RICE COOKER OR THE RICE WILL NEVER COOK!!!!!

Ingredients for sambal tumis ikan bilis

Lemongrass 3 talks
Shallot 100g
Onion 100g
Garlic 30g
Ginger 10g
Tamarind paste 50g (dilute in 200ml of water)
Cooking oil 100g
Cili boh(chilly paste) 300g
Water 500ml

1. First, blend lemongrass, onions, ginger, shallot and garlic together until totally crushed.
2. Heat up the oil in a wok and turn to low fire when wok is heated.
3. Pour in the blended items and tumis until fragrant
4. Add in cili boh and continue to tumis until a layer of oil is seen above the chilly mixture.
5. Then, add in the water diluted from the tamarind paste .
6. Lastly add in water and bring to boil and
7. Voila, SAMBAL TUMIS IS READY

To explain in brief, the sambal tumis goes well with almost any fried item(e.g. fried chicken, fried fish, fried anchovies and fried egg)

As a matter of preference, some may want to boil some kangkung to go with the nasi lemak

PS: THE ABOVE RECIPE SERVES UP TO 5 PORTIONS ON THE NOWM QUANTITY.

MYsterious "MR.E"

To think of it, i have this story kept inside me for a while now.. it is really unbearable and i have decided to share it with as many people as possible for it will carve a laughter on your faces for sure.. or at least to MOST!!!!!

This is a real story that happened to me many many years back now... But the thing is i remember it like it only happened yesterday and the worst thing is that it haunts me till this very day..

I still remember the very date this event happened.. it involves me myself and another character whom shall only be named.."Mr.E"..

This all started with a outing with my school mates during christmas. Me and my school mates went for dinner at a restaurant somewhere in Bayan Lepas. We were having the time of our lives chatting while having a sumptious meal. To recall this, i just moved from Penang to butterworth for a bout a month.. i had some problems back then, One of it involves transportation.

Fortunately, on this very faithful night everything seems to be perfect for my friend offered me a ride home for he too lived in Butterworth and i was so joyous and it is a real UNFORGETABLE occasion.

The real story starts with the journey home, The dinner ended at approximately 11 pm. Journey home was fast but it was already late so my friend decided that i could sleep at his house for the night and that he promised to send me home the very first thing in the morning. So what else could i say for it was really getting late and he is really tired or more accurately..EXHAUSTED....

Without wasting much time i took a shower and hopped into bed.. there was only one queensize bed left so i had to share his bed..( so i thought WTH.. what could happen between two decent man) hmmm.... without further adue, i dozed off after a long day..

It was really night a remember i told myself before falling asleep..( I SPOKE TOO SOON)
It was during the middle of the night that i suddenly realise a small motion/ movement on the bed.

The next thing i know was that i felt some motion on my skin surface of my hands.. i didnt bother much for i thought it was just a mere MOSQUITO and i just tried to get back to sleep.
It did not take long for the MOSQUITO to become even more powerful and vigourous this time.. (OMG... IS IT A GHOST??? CHRISTMAS GHOST???) I dare not even peek.. i was worried that it would bring me to the other realm and consume me..

Besides the motion i could hear some soft voice which is progressing with beautiful words...
SO i thought.. if this is a ghost then it must be a good one.. I GATHERED ALL MY FAITH AND STRENGTH AND OPENED THE BLANKET OFF MY FACE JUST TO FIND..........

MY FRIEND HOLDING MY HAND WHILE SAYING ROMANTIC PHRASES LIKE I WAS HIS GIRLFRIEND( i know u were having ur first love... u shouldnt let it out on me) I WAS SO DAMN SHOCKED SO I TRIED TO WAKE HIM UP BUT HE PULLED MY HAND EVEN HARDER AND WHEN I TRIED TO TAKE MY HAND AWAY HE HELD ON TO IT EVEN HARDER AND SPEAKING MORE PROFUSELY AND MORE FLUENTLY AND THE WORDS AND PHRASES USED SEEMED LIKE IT CAME OUT OF A DRAMA SERIES..

(All the way i prayed to god "PLEASE LET ME OUT OF THIS TORMENT , I CANT BEAR THIS ANYMORE... WTH IS THIS FRIEND OF MINE DOING WITH MY HAND..) i was closing my face with the blanket while i was whispering those words..

At least god heard my prayers and let me fall back asleep but unfortunately, god did not hear my prayers that i wanna forget what happened after i wake up in the morning.... I remembered every single moment of that scary night with every detail running without any missplacement... It spooks me up to this very day... so i decided to share my valueble experience with all the readers..

REMEMBER.... "DO NOT SIMPLY HITCH RIDE, THINK of the CONSEQUENCES"

Mushroom CHicken

hmmm.. so long neva blog bout food liao.. let me see.. i'll give all of u something nice to consume..

Todays dish is Fried Chicken Chop With Mushroom Sauce

Recipe: INgredients

Chicken leg(whole) 1 piece

Salt and pepper 10grams each

Soya sauce 1 teaspoon

Egg 1 number

Tapioca flour 50grams

Button mushroom(sliced) 100grams

Creme 100ml

Yellow onions(sliced) 50grams

Chicken stock pow. 30grams

Spring onion 10-20g(for garnish only)

Broccoli 100grams

Directions for preparation of chicken

1. Whole chicken leg- washed and pounded

2. salt pepper and soya sauce for marination

3. coat with corn flour, egg and then corn flour before deep frying

Directions for preparation of sauce

1. Saute onion and mushroom with lilttle cooking oil or butter if preferable

2. Add in creme and leave to simmer and anjust flavour with salt pepper and chicken

stock powder before serving.

Directions for vege

1. Boil brocolli in hot water for at least 5 minutes and serve together with chicken

2. It is best served with white rice or even fried rice or even pasta is preferable

Controversial

Often we hear people talking using proverbs and one of the topic that is proved controversial when spoken is these two proverbs.

1) "TRUE BEAUTY LIES WITHIN"
2) "BEAUTY IS IN THE EYES OF ITS BEHOLDER"

The usage of either one of these proverbs depends on the state of mind and also the conditions of the surrounding enviroment but sometimes it is not appropriate for the usage because it will draw off ur focus from the reality and cause "VAINISM" to come into the picture and thus creating a new perspective of mindset for a person to work on.

This is not usually bad as it can also create awareness to the flaws that we have and we are just using these proverbs to cover up for our indifference and to create self motivation in order not to give up in life and still have a point to fight for.

From a personal point of view, this both doesnt work without iniative to improve ones self and by only relying on the shadows of these proverbs the person is actually trying to hide from reality. No doubt looks are not as important as what is deep down inside but still the outer appearance play a major role in the first impression given to others.

Who would a person hang out with:::

1) Ah pek style clothing with sweaty singlet and shorts walking draggy type and wearing traditional chinese clogs..or
2) Smart intellectual with well combed hair and walks the walk.

I'm particularly refering to first impressions....

However, self confidence inside given power by "TRUE BEAUTY LIES WITHIN" often helps and individual to exit the real human perspective of the certain individual and create a driving force to excel and to prove to others that the inner beauty is most important to succeed.

Main point is, all proverbs are translated into different meanings depending on the mind set and the perspective of live the person has and not forgetting the enviroment of the usage..

The Downward SLOPE

Everybody started out as kids and we move on without knowing what we would be in the future and not knowing what we will encounter and how will we face it when it comes...(WE ARE ALWAYS SEARCHING FOR GUIDEBOOKS THAT DOES NOT EXIST)

All along ever since the beginning of time, people has always been searching for a way out to make things easier for humans and guess what....

That was the beginning of technology.. every improvement made in real life to help humans to achieve greater heights are called technology.(TECHNOLOGY DO NOT ONLY REFER TO ELECTRONIC ITEMS....) There was once a time in the past when even a single piece of claypot or even a long walking stick was considered a very high end and u can just imagine people these days keep asking for more in a shorter time..

This is when we should recall that "THE GREATWALL OF CHINA WASNT BUILT IN A DAY" Patience as we call it,

However have u ever imagine every human progress too in our lives but our live will go very high up until a certain stage and then it will slowly slope down. For instance, when we are babies we progress from lying around to crawling and from crawling to walking and from walking to running...(well thats the best a man can do)

Yet again i remind us all of the phrase "TRY WALKING BEFORE U TRY TO RUN"

U guessed it right, its plucked directly from da hokkien phrase of "au boey oak kia buay oak lang chao"

Back to the main point...(it is really hard to get in track)

As we progress further and further we get our dream on what to do and what we want in life but as we grow older into our adolence *BOOOMMMMMM

The hill starts to fall apart and we are only left with grains of sand for us to start building our own hills and mountains but the results are different from one another and the hill or mountain will depend on how u look at it.

Most importantly, in life there are always ups and downs but the most important we should learn all the lessons taught along all these moment and bring it thru life and not let itbring u thru life for it will slowly burden the shoulder that carries it and that shoulder will one day break and the fall will definitely be severe.

Choices are however always available for any situation no matter what the situation is.. all that matters is the consequences....

"THINK OF THE CONSEQUENCES BEFORE ACTING"

OuT fOr LuNch!!!!

Well, lunch is a common subject that we all need to go thru as long as we live.. and i ahd my fair share of ups and downs and therefore to prevent others from receiving the same dissapointment i shall share my dining experience with everybody.(taste and requirement for food may differ for every individual)

This is one of the restaurants cum kopitiam(modern day kopitiam ler..means everything also more expensive one

Well, the first course usually will be the drinks. As for drinks, its very common for this is premixed solutions and just blended with ice without any special recipe's.


Then there is the main course as usual, there are many varieties of the western menu on da main course and this is just one of it. IT cos RM 8.90 and is called some mexican chic . My first impression to it was.. What is this???
THis is the work of a very unsatisfied person perhaps its like throwing everything on the plate in a rush. Please observe the piece of chicken sitting there. its such a small piece and the chicken is pre-scored before cooking but the cutting skills is quite bad causing the chicken to look bad itself. The vegetables is very unappealing. Overall including the taste i will only give 2 out of 5 stars.


Ok, this looks very much better, and appetising its called BIG BREAD.. Well, the bread is soft and quite dry to me but it is meant to be this way for u have to dip it in da curry. To my amazement the bread is massed produced bread and bought commercially and the taste is really very tasteless and not filling like i expect. to the curry..The curry is really of out of taste and very low consistency or water like. U may mistaken it for some soup. However, it cost RM4.50



NASI LEMAK AYAM.. SOunds nice, LooKs Nice... now nasi lemak is something very common in MALAYSIA but flavours may differ according to the cook who prepares it. This nasi lemak is dissapointing because of the chicken curry. The chicken curry hass the consistency of mineral water and just a slight hint oc chicken curry aroma. The piece of chicken wing however was quite soft and tender. The rice was really something to remeber for the taste and aroma is very well balanced. This plate of nasi lemak cost RM4.90.

Well, u may get the same thing with better quality out by the streets for a lower price and maybe of higher quality. However, this KOPITIAM provides for wifi users and that may be the ultimate reason why this KOPITIAM is ever establised and not for the food.