Spinach Pancakes with Spiced Beef and Baked beans

God, my first time making pancakes and I swear to God, I'll think twice to make them again.

Hahah I feel like crying or laughing  (kinda mixed feelings) when I looked at my pancakes. Nevertheless, still taste good only that we're a bit full after having late lunch at Sahara Tent, Alamanda.Because, home-made food is the best, we prepared it with love and care.

First attempt - pancake jadi macam scramble pancake jerr LOL

Third attempts - by hubby, much better!

I can't cook Western I guess, so I pass and surrender. Next, we'll try Indian cooking.

Chicken Curry Nyonya Style

Or in my case, it's more to "campak" style...hehe

These past two weeks, I have been keeping myself busy "out" and "away/nearer" to the kitchen until hubby's complaining not eating my cooking. After all, I was not feeling very well and everyday we went to Alamanda. Ehem, to set a record straight, I managed to complete my one-whole-week going/went to Alamanda. Boringgg, I know but what else can we do??

Oh well, like he used to say, he doesn't seem like eating if it's not my cooking. God bless for having a husband like him. Phew!!

Today seems a lovely day to play "masak-masak" since Lulu's behaving, not that she's not behaving before (plus anyway, hubby holds him all the time hehe, my siblings always make a joke of me, if Hubby's not around then Lulu tuh di parking tepi diorang ahaha - wonderful siblings they are!!) but I sort of got all the ingredients to cook. Hihi...

Ok here goes:

5-6 shallots

1 red onion

 Tumeric/Ginger

Everything goes into the blender, and blend!

Chicken - sliced into small pieces if you like

White Potatoes - Sliced and fried, set aside

Curry Leaves

Dried Chilis

About 1 tbsp of curry powder

and if you're the spicy type like me, add about 7-9 cili padi

Air asam jawa/tomatoes will do/asam keping

Coconut Milk

Pinch of salt of course

Masa sidai baju nampak daun kari ni, so niat dalam hati nak masak kari ayam...heheh

Next, heat the wok with some cooking oil, throw in the curry leaves and a handful of dried chili, stir awhile followed with the mixed ingredients. Once you see the oil boiled, add in the curry powder. Make sure to "bancuh" the powder before mixing it into the wok. Next add in the chicken/potatoes(I fried the potatoes first and set aside) and coconut milk. Again, stir fry until it fragrant and you can see the oil boiled. Season it with salt and air asam jawa and leave the gravy for a while to dry a little bit,/let the chicken cook.  Leave about 15-20minutes, then the dish is ready.

Checkout my previous post on how to cook this

My hubby's comment, if you know him, he's the type that never says something delicious aka sedap but

"ok, bleh masak lagi" while showing thumbs up (kalau kat Bangladesh nih, laki aku dah kene sepak sebab tunjuk ibu jari hahaha - go google what's the meaning of thumbs up to them)

Lulu on the other hand, keeping herself busy with "crawling lessons"...

Help me, Mummy!!

I'll post up a video of her later and owh by the way, selamat mencuba :)

Ikan Tenggiri Masak Kerutup

Hubby said he has not been eating for 3 days.

Crap, I know.

What he really means that he hasn't been eating my cook and he wants me to cook. These past few days, I was a bit of lazy bum bum wife, more to keeping myself up with the "Hakimis". Haha if only you know what I'm trying to express yada yada :p I've got sore throat with heavily-mentally-coughs that I really want to let everything out from my tummy. At times, I feel kinda "loya" and thought maybe I'm not pregnant, kan? (p/s : stop the wild gossip of me getting pregnant, had enough of it).

At about 7.50pm, I'm busy in the kitchen with hubby helping around, like taking care of the Lulu, washed the dishes, cut the onions and even "tumbuk" the chili padi. I've decided to cook "Ikan Tenggiri Masak Kerutup" (because I'm missing my Ibu - ayah I know you're reading this, send my regards to Ibu muahhhhh) and "Sayur Sawi Jepun Goreng Cili Padi dengan Udang Kering" (was actually running out of belacan)

That's our dinner! Very big portion indeed, sayang.

Without further elaboration, I present you my Ibu's delicious recipe. Who doesn't like mother's cooking, kan? Kalau yang tak suka tu, maybe mungkin kerana mak dia tak masak kot??Haha, kidding!

The ingredients :

2-3 red onions

3-4 garlic

about half an inch of ginger

and also half an inch of tumeric

6-8 bird's eye chili (depends, if you're not the spicy type, then just leave it behind)

Blend all the above ingredients

1 stalk of lemongrass. (smash it a bit to let the taste/aroma out)
3-5 tbsp of blended chili
about one and a half cup of coconut milk
1-2 piece of "asam keping"
season with salt and sugar

Meanwhile, deep fry the fish until the corners turned crispy-brown and set aside. Heat the oil in the wok, add in the mix-blended ingredients along with the lemon grass and let it stir fry for a while until fragrant. Next add in the blended chili and coconut milk. Again, stir fry until it fragrant and you can see the oil boiled. Season it with sugar, salt and asam keping and leave the it for a while to dry a little bit, then only you add in the fish that you have set aside before. Now the dish is ready.

Simply finger licking!

As for the "Sayur Sawi Jepun Goreng Cili Padi/Udang Kering", I bet the pictures are enough to tell because it's just a simple dish that everyone knows how to do it.

Heat the wok and throw in the sliced onions altogether with the smashed cili padi/udang kering

Stir fry and add in the sayur sawi jepun

Voila, ready to eat!

Owh by the way, the post will be incomplete if I didn't share at least a  picture of my dear Lulu :

Ain't that super duper cute...awwwwwwww *melting*

Do you wanna know the end result? 

Freaking gone!

 

 

Masak Lemak Cili Api Pucuk Paku Pakis

Thought of sharing my recipe for pucuk paku masak lemak cili api, altho yeah i know, it's a common dish and almost everyone knows how to cook it, but nevermind, jot down if you're interested to try it out!!Damn, sedap and meletops :p

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10-15 biji cili api ~~lagi byk lagi terangkat
1-2 biji cili merah hidup
sedikit udang kering/ikan bilis
1/2 kunyit hidup


p/s: blend semua bahan2 diatas.

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2 cawan santan pekat
1 cawan santan cair (ok kalo xde, just tmbah jelaa air sket, bg cair hehehe)
2 ulas bawang merah
1-2 pucuk paku pakis

Tumis semua bahan yang telah dikisar termasuk bawang yang dihiris halus dalam minyak yg amat sedikit. Ini untuk bagi bahan2 tadi garing, so xsakit perut bila makan. Bila sudah naik minyak, then masukkan santan. Sentiasa kacau sehingga mendidih (supaya kuah tidak berketul2), dan masukkan pucuk paku pakis tadi. Biarkan sehingga masak. Masukkan garam secukup rasa. 

Senang kan??Give it a try. Makan laa ngn Ikan Goreng cicah Sambal kicap. Pasti sedap. slurpppp rasa nak makan lahhhh :p

sapa reti wat murtabak muke alien angkat tgn??

two weeks in a row without internet is too much..how can i describe it ehh...it's like life without s**!!ahhaaaa...i miss surfing and blog-hopping, updating my blog tho yeahh i know i know the blog is boring...yeah..u xperlu bgtau i yang tuh...

oh btw, yes we did went to langkawi for 5days straight, and i'm so malas to upload the pictures...it's not becoz i malas, but i think that the pictures are so valuable for the both of us that we remain is as part of our secret collection...errr yeke!!padahal banyak gile gambar x amik..hahha..yg sebenarnye banyak sgt gambar dlm bilik...so u know what kan!!! :D langkawi was fun except for tak sempat nak g island hopping...and i must tell u, tm resort sucksss!!die tak maintain langsung...i mean, the room shud be ok, but if they maintain it i dun mind...imagine to try and error nk flash WC, when *u-know-what-the-smell* is in the air!!!hahahahahhahahahahahha lucky those who smell the natural freshener! :p

last week, ibu asked mr superman and i to go and learn cooking at the community college in kajang...HUHHHHHHHHHHHH!!ape mr superman pon kene g sekali ke???adeiii...but of coz we went jugak laa...altho at first, he was a bit shamed with all the ladies and he was the only one around, but he managed to remain calm...after all, everything's being paid by ibu, coz she really want the recipes..hahaha..so learnt how to make samosa, donuts and mutabak ayam!!omg...dont think rooling a samosa into a triangle shape is that easy, try to make it yourself!!a bit too much portion of the feelings, can turn the samosa into SENTOSA!!hahahaha..ok kau ngarut..kalo bentuk x jdi tiga segi, then salah laa tuh...

came to part nak tebar murtabak...hahahaha...i was laughing like mad to this one aunty, because the roti yang die tebar jadi bentuk muke alien, with eyes and mouth too!!hahahha...then when she wanted to do another one, i said hahahaha..nk wat lagi ke??the she answered, kali ni nak wat anak die plak...tadi bapak die..ok that aunty is so funny lahh,eventho her face is quite the serious one laaahh!!hahahaha...then gelak punye gelak org lain punye hasil kerje, last muratabak aku jadi roti canai...aku nye sorg plak tuhh...even mr superman passed!!tambah malu lagi, bila suami ku mengaku pada semua org bahawa itu adalah aku punye!!wakakakkaa...but i dun mind, becoz everyone puji him and said i beruntung dpt suami suke nk masak...well, i cakap..ofcoz laa sbb ibu mertua sudah pakse kan pegi...hahahahha :D



after that, we went shopping at the gardens...and yeahh...here's our camwhoring pose!!enjoy...kalo nyampah scroll laju laju... :D

pssttttt : comel pulak laa wifey org ni..HAHAHAHAHHA gelak mamposssssss

candle light dinner in studio mudio

hmmm...
these few days, sangat sangat lah stress buat diri saya...i need to keep remind myself, that i only got 3 more days to go, while it last...atleast, for part one...i know i intended to pursue my studies on part 2, but part one is hell enough for me to bare with...

mr superman on the other hand, is doing ok on his own, not??well atleast i think so, since he manages to do all his work at college/home...while me, i'm stucked at studio 24/7...waktu makan dah lari, sleepless nite, following with not having my daily bath on time...ok, i mandi OK!!BUT imagine to wake yourself up to the unfamiliar faces, looking at u, like ape budak nih muke baru bangun tido...i ran myself back to studio (cover muke yg sembap dgn tahi mata) u know what i mean!!n apparenty that new face happenned to be my studiomate's friend!!YA AMPUN, TMBAH MALU, SEBAB BILA BUKAK PINTU STUDIO, NAMPAK MUKA DIA, THEN TUTUP PINTU LARI MASUK STUDIO, SBB TENGAH PEGANG BERUS GIGI AND PENCUCI MUKA!!WAKAKAKAKA...malu yang amatan....

rite now, i'm like so hungry but yet, i lost my appetite.so i asked mr superman, to drop by at studio, tapau nasi kukus for me, and let's have a candlelight dinner at studio..haha!!

dont miss out this restaurant, if u're a fan of malay cuisine!!

last nite, i had dinner with atok n uzair at Khatijah's kitchen, a fine dining restaurant owned by the famous Malaysian singer, Khatijah Ibrahim...the interior makes u feel like home...so intimate and cozy, while u enjoy its food...as for the food, i think it's quite ok laaa...sedap pon sedap jugak laaa, but i've tried better than that before...as for the selections of food, it is more to malay cuisine, from nasi goreng, nasi briyani, mee soto, laksa to kueh mueh n bubur...if you're a fan of masakan kampung and all that, i think u can opt to try out this restaurant...and, do take a chance to go to their washroom!!HAHA...one thing about fine dining restaurant, i will always go and checkout its toilet, one way of getting ideas :D kalo ibu renovate tandas jadi mcm tuh ok gak...i forgot to bring my hp along, so that explains why i didnt manage to snap at all!! :D

i had meehoon soto, atok- laksa johor, uzair-mee rebus...as for the apetizers, we ordered tauhu telur n cucur ikan bilis, while kueh kaswi for our dessert...

i'd like to try out their sambal udang tempoyak, but yeahh...xde sape yg suke tempoyak..heh!!

go google the location...next up, will bring atok to strawberry's park Cafe in Pj...hehehe..hands up sape nk follow?????????

finding love in cookings

aiyaiyaiii....

today let's talk about LV!!

ahahhhh...i know what u're thinking...no...no, not that LV...altho LV for me is Louis Vuitton, BUT LV also means love!!soooo...let's talk about love, since i didn't get enough love and attention...agagaga... :p

all the girls out there!!

have u ever feel that u've been left out by your love ones?? i dunno u girls, but no, i dont' feel like one yet...eheh...my family and my closest friends were always so nice to me, and i feel so blessed!!hamdulellah :)) even at times, they messed with your heart, but heyy, it'll recover soon...

ever thought of cooking can be that challenging?? think no more, once you cook for the one you love!!by cooking, it actually helps you to find your way to your loved ones heart!!huhh...how come??so that's the question that we need to explore...hmmm...is it really true??now help me, help me to find the suitable anwser...ngeee~~

girls, u dont need to be an expert to cook meals for your loved ones!!trust me...all you need to do is by showing your man that you care and love by cooking his favourite meal and serving can bring you both closer as it can be a touching gesture he cannot miss...when you cook, cook with all your heart and soul...the magic potion is the love you have for the one that you cook...but heyy, kalo dah x minat cooking tuh kan, xpayah laa masak...hahaha...sebab, letak byk mane potion love tuh pon, tetap x akan sedap...but anyways, it's not the taste that matters (wpun sbnrnye it matters :p) but it's actually the effort that u've been putting through while cooking...it is said that though you may not be able to make the best of dishes but the love that u add to it can make it delicious!!

try any recipes, be it from the internet, books or maybe from your friends...

so girls, try out your own dish for your loved ones, and blend your love and life for that unique dish that flavors the heart :))

p/s : hope u like the spaghetti, mr superman :)

makan-makan time

hey guys!!

wut UP??

i dunno what u've been up to, but i do got something's going up...

hahaha...well the other day (monday has always been the busiest day of all days), shakina and i got the chance to go to seoul garden at plaza kerinchi. the place is very easy to go, either by bus (pakcik Rapid), taxi, LRT!!of coz and by driving your own car...heheh...and the location also is quite strategic, as you can never miss the restaurants' header as you pass by the Federal Highway...

basically, this restaurant serves an all kind steamboat(u can choose soup/tomyam)/bbq style buffet for only rm25++ (lunch) and rm33++ ( dinner)...i didnt remember the exact amount ofcoz...since i've never been a fan of numbers :D...so, go checkout the place yourself :p

i've been there for about three times, and that's my first time having lunch there...i've always wonder what makes the lunch buffet way cheaper compared to the dinner buffet, afterall it serves almost the same...then i noticed, u didn't get to taste the marvellous spicy lamb bbq, or the lala, kerang, ketam and sotong during lunchtime...nonetheless, i think that's fine :p

we arrived there around 1.10pm and need to rush ourselves til 2.30pm since we need to meet up with our studio master...and so, 2.30pm it'd be, afterall it does close at 2.30pm..haha...my advice is, drink alot of syrup, tea or coffee since u'll be charged differently, and that will cost u 3.50rm each...hahaha...i bet u, for a glass of syrup that taste like kenduri kawen punye syrup, u don't wanna pay for that price eyhhh :D

started off with desserts...notice that green jelly thingy, ouchh..i loike...
and it tasted like honeydew...well it is :D lately, i'm into honeydew :p

the steamboat and daging salai :D gile tak hengat dok tambah menambah :p

ofcoz we ate salads, becoz we'r on diet eyhh...avoid rice mehh :p
me, yang makan x sopan tuh :p need to crop the pic so that u xnmpk bape byk pinggan aku balon :p

my happy partner, enjoying her every minute lorhh :D

p/s : next up, i'm looking forward for a japanese buffet...bile nye akak?? i tot u said, u wanna bring me to shogun!!aku dh siap google dh :p

ayam masak merah

eitt...
there's been a lot of death happened lately...and all of them are related quite close to my family..
starting from friday, then the next saturday, and currently is today...

sesungguhnya milik Allah ape yg telah Dia ambil, dan bagi-Nya pula ape yg telah Dia berikan. segala sesuatu di sisi Allah mempunyai jangka waktu tertentu, sbb itu sabar dan carilah redha Allah~~taken from bekalan menuju maut...

however, since ibu needs to pay her last visit to her friend, then i need to stay at home to cook for berbuka puasa...ibu asked me to cook ayam masak merah which i never made it to success...*huh*...ok, but somehow, i just give it a try..it turns out to look quite ok..but dunno how it tastes...hahahah...

well, the ayam masak merah is cooked base on my own version..i didnt really follow the rules of cooking...here, go figure if u think it looks delicious to you

ingredients:
1 whole chicken (cut to 12 pieces)

• 5 red onions
• 6 garlic
• a little bit of ginger
• 2 tomatoes

blend the above ingredients
3 tbsp blended chili (depends if u dont want it to be too spicy)
2 stalks lemon grass chopped lengthwise
1 stick of cinnamon-broken into half
a little bit of air assam jawa
sugar, salt

ok first, marinate the chicken for at least 30mins with salt, cornflour, turmeric powder and oyster sauce. then, fry chicken in a wok under high heat in corn/vegetable oil, until their corners turn brown and crisp. Remove and set aside. Remove some oil from the wok and add in the blended ingredients, followed with the cinnamon and the lemon grasses. stir fry the mixture. later, add in the blended chili, stir fry till fragrant and you can see the oil boiled. season with some brown sugar, salt, and kicap manis. then, add in the assam jawa water and leave it till it dry a little bit, then only u add in the chickes u've set aside before. your dish is ready to eat...

here, take a look at my ayam masak merah :

pictures taken from many angles to give you enough satisfaction...hahaha
ok girls, what do you think of it??...go and try and give some feedback on it..heheh


xoxo,
rauda
p/s : i myself havent taste it yet, but still giving away the recipe *pemurah me :p*

The not so "shadowy" journey

ok, so i've just finished watching "shadow in the palace"...a korean movie that hits the cinema recently...thought of watching it at the cinema, but eventually, someone cant make it, so it ended up me downloading the movie and watched it by myself at home sweet home....tadaaaa!!!!

supposed, this story should be interesting with all the murder to unveil, but somehow, the director didnt play with it very well...it was like in the end, you didnt knw whats going on, and i was like, sooo confused...hahaha...luckily, i didnt watch it at the cinema (kalo x, burn duit i seyhhh!!!)...by the way, the end result was a lot of wasted potential. instead of 113minutes, it should be extended, since there's a lot to tell...if i've to give points out of 10, then i shall give it 4...hahahha...

thought of uploading the video trailer here, but cant find one...instead, i have this music video that u may like...hahahah...at least if you dont like it, just pretend to like it lahhhh... :p...and ohhh!!!do you need me to describe why??ofcoz its becoz of wu chun, and he looks sooooo adorable with that smile and yet he's sooooo HOT!!!(owh panasnye smpai buat aku berpeluh-peluh...hehehe)

ok thats all for now, i need to clean the house before going to UM today, to meet Datin Sri Nila (yeah,ofcoz discussing on the trip to kedah) and grab some breakfast...im hungry, real hungry sbb x makan since yesterday...i only ate an apple =( with my ibu not around, seems like my eating schedules are disordered...miss my ibu's cooking...someone plsss....i need a home-cooking dish...waaaaaaaaaaa!!!(dah muak makan kedai jeee)...ok ok!!i need to stop before its getting too long here...hehehe...till then, daaaaaaa!!!muah muah






xoxo,
rauda

p/s : i miss my ibu and ayah!!! and forgot to put the lyric so that u can sing along with it...hehehhe

starting my won't last forever journey

hey YOU!!!thanx for stopping by at this blog...weeee...i know this blog is new...and theres nothing much yet...but spare me some time to upgrade it...

well, i used to have a blog using my friendster account, but i was sooo busy back then, that i didnt update it for quite a long time...so, it ends up that, hey why not i start a new blog, where it can be the new-whole-me??uhuh!!!and yes, so here i am...writing this blog...i dunno...maybe i was like, missing my old school memories, where i used to write all those "karangan" for my exams...hahaha...being a student in a not-so-best (forgive my term, x ikut tatabahase ok!!) university in malaysia, makes me nothing but a lazy butt person...hahaha...here, i dont write "karangan" for god sake, but we do write thesis, report and what not...yeah, and its tough though...with all the assignments to do, and as an Architecture student, with all those sleepless nite, i cant even have time for myself...ok!!i wont talk about my boring life as a student here...but, i will share with u guys the very fun part of me...hahahah...i dunno if i AM that fun ok!!!i'll treat this blog as a place for me to blurt everything for everyone to know the not-so-privacy-part-of-me even if i dont know u (now i do sound desperate for letting people know about me!!!but hell with that...heheheh :p) ...forgive my rudeness when im writing, but trust me, i dont swear...

i dont know how to describe the main point or what's the concept of this blog, but let me just put it this way, its just some stuff or daily things that i used to do...like shopping, hot news, or even the current Malaysia politics issues...hahahah...im not a politician, but im following their steps...people like Dr Mahathir and Dr Khir Toyo are now writing their own blog even though they're those very busy person, so why not me right???i've got nothing else to do this 2months holiday, besides sleeping late n waking up real late (i MEAN it, REAL late!!!), shopping, watching movies, being a not-so-research-assistant for Pn Sri Datin Nila, eating at Bazli(it's a new restaurant at the very front of my house, and makanan die sedap gilerrr seyhhh!!!not joking at all) and anything...just tell me what...and again, tonite im having my sleepless nite, since i only sleep during the day...somebody help me to fix my time...arghhhh...

ok...so tomorrow, will be a very busy day for a not-so-busy person like me...hehehe...well i planned, but i dunno if its going to happen as planned...

7.00am go to pasar...buy all the barang dapur...its been a long time since my parents not around....

12.10pm im going to watch a movie with my sister..."shadow in the palace". i heard that its a very interesting story...read it somewhere in the local newspaper...plus, its a horror movie...

around 3.00pm im going to P.J for Guardian warehouse sale...see, i told u...im a shopping freak...hahahaha...

at 8.00pm im going out with my friends to watch a local theater at Laman Budaya...i enjoyed watching theater, and been once acting in it...hahahah...

well, maybe that's all for tomorrow...since the day after tomorrow which is the 4th of May, we (the whole 3rd year archi students) are going to Malacca for Jaziah nye sis n abg kawen...laaaa...ingt kan Jaz yg kawen...hahahahah...but that will be next time probably...hmmmm....(starting to imagine what if my friend gets married) :p

so, i guess i'll continue later sometimes...or else, i wont stop...hahahhaa...till then...

xoxo,
rauda