mum's birthday cuppies!!

sori... lambat post... being stuck with work & datelines.  

happy belated birthday ma... we love u!

tea time..

we've had scones & apple cinnamon muffins for tea. so here's de recipe..... give a try.

scones

 ingredient

2 cups plain flour

1tbsp baking powder

50g cold butter diced

1 egg, beaten

5tbsp milk

1 beaten egg, for glaze

how to make?

1. sift flour & baking powder. rub in butter using ur fingertips until it become crumble.

2. make a well in the centre of the flour, add egg and milk. mix softly using round-bladed knife

3.knead very lightly the scone dough.

4.roll out dough abt 2cm & cut into 10 - 12 circle... terap je klu nk senang.

5.transfer to baking sheet, brush with egg, then bake for abt 8 minutes in 220C oven until it risen & golden.

apple cinnamon muffins

ingredient 

125 g / 1/2 stick of butter, softened

1/2 cup caster sugar

2 large eggs

1 1/4 cup all purpose flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 cup apple sauce

3 small apple, peeled & diced

how to make?

1. beat together butter & sugar until light  & fluffy

2. add egs to mixture, 1 at a time

3. add in sifted mixture of flour + baking powder + baking soda + cinnamon. add in fresh apple & apple sauce. stir in until combined together.

4. divide into muffin cases. make sure u put almost to the top of the case. fresh fruit make it quite impossible o fluff.

5. bake for 20 -25 minutes until firm / tooth pick stick, inserted into the center comes out clean.

recipe books..

 these are the books tht we promised to upload for u. its cheaper in book excess store.... 

there's alot of other books in book excess. imported and cheap...50% - 70% off.

books heaven on earth.

lunch at Rak Thai!

yesterday we went for lunch at amcorpmall.... in pj... dh lame sbenanrnyer nak g mkn kt rak thai ni... tp x berkesempatan.... fortunately semalam x ramai org... so....... yeayyyyy!!! akhirnye.....
 

 pineapple fried rice

served with pried prawn & sambal belacan

 mango salad + ayam pandan   + fried tauhu + stuff fish cake

the mango salad is so yummy.... ayam pandan pn best....

 red ruby with coconut milk....Siam ABC

 fav dessert.... tht ruby is chestnut coated with jelly.....

 sticky rice with mango...... 

 nice...but the mango to sour for my taste bud.

k. teaw with beef gravy

sgt2 best! mcm k. kungfu msia... but the dont fried the k. teaw with eggs.

compliment to the chef.... l0ve it!

p/s: we also bought new recipe books.... x sabar nk try new recipe..... we'll upload the book ASAP.... mana tau uve wanted it for ur self.

crumble shepard pie..

basically Shepard pie is when the pie filling is covered with mashed potato. but this time we used crumble ( mixture of flour, butter and mixed herbs) to cover the pie. if u have no spare time to do this u can used bread crumbs. its going to work de same way.

dough:
250g  all propose flour 
100 g butter 
a pinch of salt

mixed everthg up.and kneel the dough until u get smooth dough. roll it according to ur container. place it into the pie container. make  hole with fork to make sure the crust will be cook evenly. bake for 1/2 hour, 200C.

filling: 

100 g of minced meat

2 potatoes, dice

2 large onion, dice

50g leak, slice

3 cloves of garlic, chop

3 red chillies, chop

 fried everthg de same way u make karipap (curry puff). expel the excess oil.

 place the filling inside the crust before arranging the cheese and crumble.

once all is done, baked the pie for another 1/2 hour, 200C.

there is to it..... crumble shepard pie!

pineapple carrot cake in muffin size........

 For cake

¾ cup vegetable oil

¾ cup golden brown sugar

3 eggs
¼ cup pure maple syrup / caramel sauce ( 1/2 cup sugar + 1tbs water, cook until it become brown liquid... pls dont stis the mixture)
2 tsp grated fresh ginger

2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
2 cups grated carrot (2 medium carrot would do)
1 cup diced or crushed pineapple, fresh or tinned (drained), i used 3 slice cane pineapple
 

For Frosting: original recipe
½ cup cream cheese, room temperature
¼ cup unsalted butter, room temperature
1 ½ cups icing sugar, sifted
1 ½ tsp vanilla extract  

For Frosting: modified version for 12 muffins

250g cream cheese, room temperature
 50 g unsalted butter, room temperature
1  cups icing sugar, sifted

1 ½ tsp vanilla extract

method.... plain & simple... just follow this instruction....

1) vege oil + brown sugar ... beat for 1 minutes before adding up the egg... 1 at a time.

2) add in grated ginger and caramel sugar. so ur liquid part is done. wat u have to do next is to gather dry mixture.

3) combine flour , baking soda, baking powder, salt & cinnamon. sift them. the dry part then mixed into the liquid part. used folding method / u can always make ur life easier by using mixer.

4) add in pineapple & grated carrot.

 now its all done.... place muffin paper inside the muffin mold before adding up the mixture.

baked them for ~30 minutes, 180C until it turn golden brown.

once its done, cool it for 1/2 hour before spread the topping.

 done......

this is so yummy, no one cant resist them. the smell of cinnamon + the sweetness of the pineapple will  fuse in ur mouth once u have a bite of it.

new oven & mixer !!!!!!!!

we've been waiting for brand new oven & mixer to complete our kitchen... so here it is... thank's to ma.... we love u ma!

quick sandwich..

we are big fan of subway, but since its so 'affordable' we have to make our own sandwich... this is very simple and basic sandwich. wat you need are

any kind of bread ( we're using the same bread to make bruschetta)

1 onion (slice into thin stripes)

1 large tomato (also slice)

1 cup grated melted cheese ( if u dont have any grated cheese, u can always use cheese slice)

fried chicken (left over from last nite dinner would do)

1/4 cup mayonnaise

1 tbsp mustard

1 tsp honey

a pinch of salt & pepper

 first, mixed mayonnaise + mustard + honey +salt & pepper = sauce.

now, all you have to do is, assemble everything except the cheese. place the cheese on top of the layer before bake it for 5 mnutes.

its done! all it needs is 10 minutes to prepare it.

Bon Appetit!!!!

chinese fusion dish....wantan

this time we use ready made wantan sheet... available at any store nation wide... hehe.... so the ingredient that u need is

wantan sheets (round or square would do)

chicken / beef (300 g)

1 onion (chop /dice)

shitake mushroom (dice & saute in butter ~ 5 minutes)

1 whole egg

3 spring onion (chop)

1 inch of ginger ( gritted) 

1/2 tbsp salt

1 tbsp sesame oil

how to do it?

ok... this is the steps hw to do it.

 1st... grind ur chicken until it is smooth b4 u add in ginger.

 

combine all other ingredient.

then mixed them evenly...

ok now come the tricky part.... folding the filling into the wantan sheet.
so.. 1st put the filling in the center of the sheet. at the edge of sheet spread some white egg. this is to glue the wantan together.

 basically u can do any kind of shape based on ur imagination. so let it run wild (i mean ur imagination) hehe.... as long as the edge are fully covered and the filling inside is protected.

ok done... now... its either u deep fried / steam the wantan. if u prefer to hv healthy food, steaming is the best way to do it....

do try this... its going to be the best experience eating chinese food.

marble cake... & muffin.....

its been awhile since last post... sori for not updating the blog... heheh .... ok... this time we manage to baked a cake... (so bangga)... hehe... this recipe goes to auntie ima.... big fan of our blog...... next time we baked 4 u again!

ingredient :

31/2 cup of cake flour

11/2 cup of sugar recommended castor sugar

1 cup of unsalted butter (~200g )

1 cup of milk

4 eggs

11/2 tbsp of esen vanilla

11/2 tbsp of baking powder.

1/4 cup of cocoa powder

a pinch of salt

very simple method.... all u need is food processor..

1st mixed butter and sugar in food processor until it is fluffy & white. sieve flour + baking powder + salt together. add into the butter mixture the milk and esen vanilla.. run it for another minutes before you put in the flour bit by bit.

now its done..... so.... u have to divide the mixture into 2 part. add in cocoa powder into the 1st part. left the 2nd part with only vanilla taste.. 


what u do now is start layering the vanilla part and choc part inside the baking tray.

 u need to swirl the cake mixture to obtain marble  design.

bake for an hour or until there's no mixture left on the blade when you poke it with cake tester. this time we were using multiple cooker.. we steam the cake.... so if u using this method u need to cover the top part of the baking tray with aluminium foil to avoid from water droplet effect ur cake.

then what you need to do is... let it chill for 1/3 hour. dont try to remove it from the baking tray or else ur cake will spit into 1/2.... (believe me... it happens!)

taaaadaaaaa! all done...

muffin are made accidentally... were have leftover from choc mixture.... where we
decide to baked in smaller manner... it taste as good as any other mixture of muffin... & we believe using same ingredient to make cake we can also produce muffin... heheh.....

p/s: tq to our mum for the wonderful picture.... we know hw much u like to take pic....hehe...