herbs and plants in my garden



Chillies




Pandan




Limau Nipis



Daun Kesum

Cucumber

Papaya

I wish i have more space for 'bercucuk tanam' but  i only manage to plant a few (some in pots) ... anyway these add greens to my backyard.. I must thank my friends Aziah (for her pandan plant) and Firdaus (for his cucumber) ... let's see if there'll be any addition in future

Raya Aidilfitri 2010

  

this year's raya wasn't that bad at all.... we still celebrate though one family member is away... of course we feel  "someone is missing" but with Botak (our darling nephew) around, raya was still enjoyable. 

2nd week of raya, we had simple raya do at home with family members and close friends.... there's nasi impit, kuah kacang, sayur lodeh etc... have a look!  I'll provide recipe for Kuah Lodeh Ramza.. it's really yummy! 


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..a place to unwind..

 This place is called Zaini's Gueshouse situated in Janda Baik Pahang.  I found it while surfing for places to take my family for a short trip.  No regret at all.  It's surrounded by greens... and there's river right at the entrance of this resort.  They have several wooden chalets with reasonable price.

Janda Baik situated on the highland offers enjoyable temperature from average of 17C at night (no air-con needed, blanket advisable) to 24C during day time since it is 470 - 500 meters above sea level, which is far from the city's unbearable heat.

It's truly  an amazing  and relaxing experience we had here and we plan to go there again.... hm.. next visit i know how to plan it.. we'll have campfire during the night!!

Bingka Ubi

I love bingka ubi very much, Puan Nappy (my mum) used to make this when i was small....though the response among family members were not very good (to us this kueh are meant for old people heehe...).  Now it's a must every Ramadan and i shall not miss it.  Finally i managed to get the recipe from En. Mat Gebu and i did it yesterday ~ the result... tadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa....Not bad for first try huh..Check out the recipe here:

Ingredients

1 kg grated tapioca
650ml coconut milk
100g g gula melaka
2/3 cup sugar
2 pandan leaves
1/2 tsp salt
1 tbs ghee


Steps

1)  Heat oven at 180C and grease tin with butter
2) Place grated tapioca into muslin clothes, drain it's water in a bowl, leave aside for 20 minutes and let it's sago sink.  Leave grated tapioca aside
3)  Mix into a pot coconut milk, sugar, gula melaka and pandan leave, heat till sugar dissolved but do not let it boil, add salt and ghee, let it cool (A)
4) Add grated tapioca, tapioca sago into (A), mix well and place into greased tin and bake for 1 1/2 hr
5)  Let it cool before serving

Telur Mata Masak Kicap

Today's recipe is simple to make and delicious too... i'll cook this today.  This pic was taken in previous cooking..

Ingredients

4 eggs ~ fry

5 shallots*

2 garlics*

1/2 inch ginger*

1 tsp - black pepper*

1/2 cup tamarind juice

3 tbsp -thick soya sauce ( I use Kicap Manis Cap Kipas Udang)

2 tsbp - light soya sauce ( I use Kicap Masin Cap Kipas Udang)

Cooking oil

Red chillies and Onion for garnishing

Steps

1)  Fry eggs and leave aside in a plate

2) Heat up  2 tbsp oil, add pounded ingredients ~ fry till fragfrant

3) Add both soya sauce, tamarind juice, continue to stir

4) Add Chillies and ring onion

4) Pour to eggs, serve hot

Daging gulai cili api

Famous among Negeri Sembilan folks, this recipe is a favourite in our family.  It can be replaced with chicken if you want. According to my friend's mom and our Kitchen executive, En. Atan, original 'Gulai Cili Api' doesn' t use shallot, it's main ingredients are  as follows:

Ingredients

500g beef (wash and rinse)

4 pcs sweet potatoes ~ cut into 4 pcs each

650 liter light santan

300 liter thick santan

3 stalk lemongrass
3 pc asam gelugor
1/2 cup cili padi*
1 inch tumeric (kunyit hidup)*
Salt and sugar to taste


Steps

1)  Pound *,  mix  to beef  in a pot,  heat  under slow fire

2)  Add light santan,  asam gelugor and  lemongrass and sweet potatoes ~ continue to boil

3) Add thick santan, salt and sugar  and let it boil till cook

Sago Puding

I learnt this recipe from my sis way back in the 70s when we were given the green light to 'experiment' our knowledge of cooking in mum's kitchen.   She was excited to try it which she learnt at her Home Science kitchen.. besides it's easy to prepare, it costs less even today..

Try it...

Ingredients

1 cup sago ~ wash  and drain
1 pc gula melaka
1/2 cup sugar
2 cups water
3 cups cocunut milk  (or fresh milk)
1 Pandan leave
salt to taste

Steps

Boil sago till it turn transparent ,  drain under pipe water,
In a separate pot, boil gula melaka, sugar with water, add pandan leave
Heat coconut milk but not boil it. Add a little bit of salt to taste
To serve, put Sago in a bowl, add sugar and   coconut milk...