So as you all know I am the type who loves to experiment with food. I don't like to follow the recipe given unless it is very complicated for me to understand then it might takes a little bit of time from me in the kitchen. Hehe.
So here it is finally, I discovered a way of cooking Ayam Masak Kicap the way I like it :) It is very sticky like those sticky air fried chicken I used to made. Hehe will upload the recipe soon, InshaAllah :)
Some people would boil the chicken or deep fried it but I used the same technique as making gulai darat, which you tumis darat the chicken. You'll understand later on as you read on the recipe.
So here's the ingredients:
2 thighs and drummet (cut into 8 each)
a pumpkin of garlic
5cm ginger
1cm galangal
1 large red onion
2 tablespoon ABC sauce
1 tablespoon cooking caramel
1 teaspoon oyster sauce
1 teaspoon brown sugar
1 teaspoon salt
3 pieces of dried pepper
2 pieces of red bird's eye chili.
1 tablespoon corn starch + 1 cup of water
1 tablespoon of margerin
Step 1:
Clean the chicken throughly and add in into the wok. Stir occasionally.
Step 2:
While waiting for the water from the chicken to dry slice the garlic, ginger, galangal, onion, dried peppers and red chili.
Step 3:
Once all the water in the wok is dried, push the chicken aside and add in the margerin. Saute all the sliced ingredients except for dried peppers and red chili. Mix well.
Step 4:
Add in the ABC sauce, cooking caramel and oyster sauce. Stir. Then, add in the dried peppers and red chili. Stir again and add a little bit of water around 5 tablespoon. Then stir.
Step 5:
Add in the cornstarch mixture and then stir. Then add in the salt and brown sugar. Stir well and serve.
This is the final result! Seriously you will love it!
I am very happy lately because my grandmother is here staying with me for Syawal. Its been a while. Normally my mother and kakak would prepare breakfast, lunch and dinner but today my mother went out with my sisters and my aunt.So at-last I am in charge of the kitchen and I can cook hehe :D Last night, I read a magazine that inspires me to cook this dish :) I did not follow the recipe exactly because I think the recipe given uses too much santan(coconut milk) and it will make the gravy really thick. So I just use the equation of 1/2 cup of santan with 1/2 cup of water :)
Okay so let's get started with the recipe shall we ? :)
Blended ingredients:/bahan untuk dikisar:
3 shallots of red onion (medium size) / 3 ulas bawang merah (size sederhana)
5 garlic / 5 ulas bawang putih
1 stalk of lemon-grass / 1 batang serai
1 inch turmeric / 1 inci kunyit hidup
1 inch ginger / 1 inchi halia muda
1 inch galangal / 1 inchi lengkuas
1 red bird's eye chilli / 1 batang cili padi merah
Other ingredients/bahan-bahan lain:
5-10 prawns (medium size) / 5-10 ekor udang (size sederhana)
1 cup of sliced pineapple / 1 cawan nenas (kalau masam lagi bagus atleast tak perlu tambah asam gelugor)
1 jalapeño pepper / 1 batang cili hijau
1-2 teaspoon of turmeric powder / 1-2 sudu teh serbuk kunyit
1/2 cup coconut milk / 1/2 cawan santan
1/2 cup water / 1/2 cawan air
Salt, sugar (I used brown sugar) and white pepper to taste / garam, gula dan serbuk lada putih
Directions:
1. In a pot, pour the coconut milk and all the blended ingredients. Stir and leave it to boil. 1. Masukkan santan dan bahan kisar dalam periuk dan gaul sehingga mendidih.
2. Once it boils add in the prawns, water and turmeric powder.
2. Setelah mendidih masukkan udang, air dan serbuk kunyit.
3. Stir well then add in the pineapple and jalapeño pepper. 3. Kacau lagi dan masukkan nenas dan cili hijau.
4. Add salt, pepper and sugar to taste. Stir well and it is ready to serve once the pineapple and prawns are cooked. 4. Masukkan serbuk perasa dan gaul sebati. Gulai udang sedia untuk dihidang setelah udang dan nenas masak :)
Okay so now I will show you how to clean the prawns for this recipe :) You do not need to deshell it because all of the juicy flavour and vitamins are in the shell of the prawns :)
Observe this picture above. The only parts that you need to remove using a kitchen scissors is the telson, antennae, rostrum and eyes. That's it :) Trust me the prawn will be very juicy you even want to eat the shells. hehe
omg! I am so excited to post this article. There are two reasons. The first one become my mom said it was delicious and it is not easy for her to please my cooking and the second one is yes I finally found the one. The green curry that is not too sweet nor spicy but just nice. Totes love it!
This recipe was from RinsCookBook on Youtube. I could share the link of the video but I couldn't find the written recipe. So I decide to help you guys and write it down so it would be easier for you guys to refer while cooking :) Above is the green currypaste recipe video from RinsCookBook channel and the Green Curry Chicken recipe from Pailin's Hot Thai Kitchen :)
Noted that I adjusted her recipe according to the amount I needed and I opted out from using shrimp paste aka belacan because I am allergic to prawns.
Okay so first we start off with the ingredients. I'm gonna write it in English and Malay :)
The green curry paste I made :)
So for the paste you will need // untuk bahan asas (bahan tumisan):
4 serrano peppers // 4 cili hijau besar
10 bird's eye green chilli // 10 batang cili padi hijau
3 stalks of lemongrass // 3 batang serai
1 inch galangal // 1 inci lengkuas (kalau nak lebih tambah stengah inci je jangan lebih nanti tak sedap)
1 whole zest of kaffir lime // kulit limau purut 1 biji *
4 kaffir lime leaves removing the stems // 4 helai daun limau purut dibuang tangkainya
6 cloves of garlic // 6 ulas bawang putih.
1 whole cilantro including the stems excluding the roots// daun ketumbar termasuk batangnya kecuali akar
4 shallots // 4 ulas bawang merah halus (kalau guna yang besar manisnya hilang)
3-4 stalks of thai basil including the stem // 3-4 batang thai basil termasuk batang
- chopped the ingredients finely // potong kesemua bahan halus-halus supaya mudah dikisar
spices // rempah ratus:
1 tablespoon white peppercorn // 1 sudu besar biji lada putih
1 1/2 teaspoon cumin // 1 1/2 sudu teh jintan putih
2 cardamom // buah pelaga
Steps // langkah-langkah :
1. Grind all the spices in a spice mixer or using pestle and mortar until all the spices turns powdered. 1. Hancurkan kesemua rempah ratus mengunnakan lesung batu sehingga rempah menjadi halus.
2. In a food processor, blend the lime zest/peel, lime leaves, lemongrass and galangal. You want it to be fine cut. You can refer to the video for details. 2. Menggunakan food processor, kisar kulit limau, daun limau ,serai dan lengkuas sehingga lumat. Kemudian masukkan rempah ratus.
3. Add in the spices and blend it well until it is finely corporated. Then add in garlic, shallots, together with bird's eye chilli. Blend it well. 3. Kemudian kisar bawang putih, bawang merah dan cili padi hijau. Kisar sehingga lumat.
4. Add in the cilantro stalk opted out the leaves. Together adding the thai basil stalks. Blend. Masukkan pula batang ketumbar dan batang thai basil. Kisar.
5. Add in the serrano pepper, thai basil leaves and cilantro leaves. Blend it well. If the paste is coarse, add a teaspoon of vegetable oil. 5. Masukkan daun ketumbar, daun thai basil dan lada hijau besar. Kisar sebati. Jika acuan masih kasar tambah 1 sudu teh minyak sayuran. *If you don't have kaffir lime you can use lime // kalau xde limau purut boleh guna limau nipis
The green curry chicken I made :)
Now for the chicken curry. // Untuk kari ayamnya pula :
ingredients // bahan-bahan :
6 pieces of chicken wings (cut in 24 pieces) // 6 keping kepak ayam (dibelah 24)*
2 kaffir lime leaves removing the stems // 2 helai daun limau purut (disiat atau dikoyak)
1 box of coconut milk // 1 kotak santan = 1 cup // 1 cawan
2 tablespoon of vegetable oil // 2 sudu besar minyak menumis
half of chicken stock cube // separuh kiub ayam
1 cup of water // 1 cawan air
1 thai brinjals cut into wedges // 1 biji terung bulat dibelah 6
1 inch palm sugar // 1 inci gula melaka
1 tablespoon namplar aka fish sauce // 1 sudu besar sos ikan
1 red chilli (julien) // 1 batang lada merah besar (dihiris nipis)
2 stalks of thai basil // 2 batang thai basil
Steps // langkah-langkah :
1. If you are using canned or boxed coconut milk then you shall never use the step Pailin used that is reduced the coconut etc. You can skip the step and start off with a normal curry cooking step that is by preheating your oil. So just add on that two tablespoons of vegetable oil. Once it is preheated you may add your curry paste. Saute the paste until you can see the bubbling oil coming out of those paste. 1. Kalau anda menggunakan santan kotak, anda boleh terus menumis bahan kisar tadi seperti memasak kari biasa. Dalam periuk, panaskan dua sudu besar minyak menumis. Kemudian masukkan bahan kisar tadi. Tumis sehingga pecah minyak.
2. Add in the chicken stir then add in the chicken stock cube. Stir well. Then add in the coconut milk and water. Stir again. Next, add the palm sugar and the fish sauce. Stir. 2. Setelah pecah minyak, masukkan ayam. Gaul rata. Masukkan kiub ayam. Kemudian masukkan air dan santan. Kacau.
3. Bring it to a simmer about 10-15 minutes until the chicken is fork tender then add in thai brinjals. 3. Biarkan ia merenek sehingga 10-15 minit sehingga ayam menjadi empuk. Apabila ayam telah empuk masukkan terung.
4. When the brinjals are soft and tender, add in the julien red chilli and thai basil leaves. Also, add salt according to your taste. Turn off the heat and serve. 4. Apabila ayam dan terung sudah masak, masukkan lada merah dan thai basil. Tambah garam secukup rasa. Kacau dan tutup api.
Thank you :)
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I was supposed to post this article yesterday but since it was the first day of Ramadhan pretty much excited about other things :) So yeah for the first day of Ramadhan I made Lamb Soup. Its pretty much like an oxtail soup but I wanna try using lamb as a substitute :)
Okay jadi sepatutnya Mekqa post article ni kelmarin tapi disebabkan oleh kelmarin Mekqa rancang buat aktiviti lain jadi kesempatan itu tidak terbekal pulak. Hehe berbelit ayat den. Jadi untuk hari pertama Ramdhan, Mekqa sediakan sajian Sup Tulang Kambing :)
(Serves : 1 person)
Ingredients:
1 cup of steak of lamb
2 cups of lamb stock.
1 potato (remove the skin and cut in wedges)
1 wedge of lemon (if you don't have lemon you can use lime)
2 cloves of garlic (chopped)
half of bombay onion (sliced)
2 red bird's eye chilli (chopped)
1 tablespoon of cooking oil.
spices:
1 tablespoon white peppercorn
2 cardamom
1 teaspoon black peppercorn
1 1/2 teaspoon cumin
3 clove flowers
half cube of beef stock (if you don't have beef stock you may substitute with chicken stock)
salt
1. Boil the lamb until it is tender about 1 hour.
2. using a pestle and mortar or a spice grinder, grind white peppercorn, black peppercorn, cardamom, cumin and cloves flower. Set aside.
3. Drain the lamb. Do not throw away the lamb stock.
4. In a pot, add a tablespoon of oil. Then add in the onion, garlic, spices and the beef cube. Saute until the onion is wilted.
5. Add in the lamb. Stir. Then add in the lamb stock, potato and chilli. Stir.
6. When the potato is cooked add in the juice of the lemon and salt to taste. That's it :)
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Bahan-bahan:
1 cawan daging kambing (yang steak kita selalu makan dkat kedai tu gunalah dalam 1 atau dua keping)
2 cawan stok kambing (dapat bila rebus daging nanti)
1 biji kentang (dipotong dadu)
1 sudu besar perahan limau
2 ulas bawang putih
separuh bawang bombay dihiris nipis
2 batang cili padi merah
1 sudu besar minyak untuk menumis.
separuh cube daging lembu
garam
Rempah ratus:
1 sudu besar biji lada putih
2 buah pelaga
1 sudu teh biji lada hitam
1 1/2 sudu teh jintan putih
3 batang bunga cengkih
1. Rebus daging kambing sehingga empuk sekurang-kurangnya dalam masa 1 jam. 2.Menggunakan lesung batu atau mesin kisar, hancurkan kesemua bahan rempah ratus. Ketepikan.
3. Setelah daging empuk, tapis daging tapi jangan dibuang airnya. Itu adalah stok kambing yang akan digunakan.
4. Dalam satu periuk, tumis bawang bombay, bawang putih, rempah ratus dan cube daging. Tumis sehingga bawang layu.
5.Kemudian, masukkan daging. Gaul sebati. Masukkan stok daging kambing bersama dengan kentang dan lada. Kacau lagi.
6. Apabila kentang sudah empuk, masukkan perahan limau dan garam secukup rasa. Hidangkan :)
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Bird's eye red chilli, parsley, lettuce, cherry tomatoes, grated carrot and spring onions. Please do not put cucumber like I did. It pulls out the flavour of the other veggies. :(
Boil the maggie until half cook then add in all of the vegetables above. Add in the seasoning provided. Stir well.
I know, I know it doesn't sound quite appetizing but trust me its like eating Steamed Kaya Oatmeal Bread at Paparich. Such an indulgence. <3 While typing this my mouth waters already* So trust me on this one. You won't regret trying.
So a few days ago I weigh myself and I was shocked to see the results. I'm too shy to say because I never expected to be that heavy. So I told my mum and myself that this time I'm gonna do it right. I wanna be strong. So I did a 3 months of eating oatmeal challenge nothing else but oatmeals unless if I want something else it would be bread. So my diet consist only of these two. However, there will be a cheat day if there is a celebration, etc but I must keep my proportion. I am training my tummy and myself to eat slowly and also in small portion. This way the tummy will feel relax and tends to be smaller.
Yesterday I went to Tesco and I saw this magazine. I have forgotten the name but it had this recipe of Steamed Banana Cake. As usual I will use that as an inspiration and create my own recipe. Using the same ingredients as their recipe but adding a few healthy items and minus a bit of unhealthy items. Remember, sugar is glucose and too much glucose is baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad!
the recipe from the magazine
So here is my recipe after a long ramblings and babblings. Hehe.
Ingredients :
2 cups of flour (I used wheat flour)**
6 bananas
3/4 cups of cooking oil
4 eggs
a teaspoon of baking powder
a teaspoon of baking soda
3/4 cups of brown sugar
a pinch of salt
1/2 cup of dried coconut flakes (you can also use fresh)*.
3-4 tablespoons of oatmeal.
1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
Step 1 - In a blender beat the egg until fluffy or turns white. Then add in the sugar. Blend it until it turns pale/fluffy.
Step 2 - Add the banana, baking soda and oil. Blend.
Step 3 - Add in the vanilla essence, baking powder and salt.
Step 4 - Add in the flour. Blend it until it is well cooperated. By this time it will be a thick batter.
Step 5- Pour the mixture into a large bowl using a spatula. Add in the coconut flakes and oatmeal. Use the folding method.
Step 6 - It is totally up to you to use a cake pan or cupcakes cups. I used the cupcakes cups because I want it in a bit size pieces. Steam it for 45 minutes and never open the cover until the timer rings or else your cake will not rise. Trust me. I kept on opening the lid to check out the cake and it did not rise at all. :(
doesn't it looks so good despite the colour? I wonder how the magazine turn out so good looking haha perhaps they added orange colour?
p/s: don't forget to #DapurMekqa on instagram and let me know once you've tried the recipe :)
** you can sift the flour if you want to but I didn't since I use the blender hahaha
*Coconut flakes is the dried shaved coconut flesh. In Malay it is known as kelapa while santan is coconut milk. :)
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