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My Kind Of Comfort Food 2 - Home made Cheesy Nachos & Salsa

noreply@blogger.com (theadams) — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:43:00 +0000

Before I left Blackrock, Dublin.... I had to comfort myself with some fav snack...non ather than cheesy nachos...and salsa.

For Nora.

noreply@blogger.com (theadams) — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:06:00 +0000

Nora, thanks for the idea, i made nasi tomato last Friday, to go with Ayam Masak Merah and lefrover Dalcha.

Look at that happy customer!

Crepes Weekend- updated.

noreply@blogger.com (theadams) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:04:00 +0000

Had a crepe weekend.. both Tish and my Dh loves this snack so much. I didnt manage to snap more photos. A satisfying crepe session. Tish enjoyed spread her own Nutella and butter and pilling strawberry on it... so as her daddy.

I had mine with Nutella & banana! yumssssss...

The Crepe's Batter :

4 eggs
¼ teaspoon salt
2 cups flour
2 ¼ milk half = water : milk
¼ cup (½ stick) melted butter

-Whizz it all in a blender, rest the batter in fridge of couple of hours.*
-Heat a non stick a frying in medium heat, spray with some vegetable spray and wipe off excess.
-Pour in about ** 1 laddle of the batter, twirl the pan to make sure the batter coat evenly the bottom of the pan.

twirl

-Allow to cook for a minute, flip over and allow 10 seconds for the other side to brown a little...

flipped crepe

Viola. Ready ... just add your favorite filling.

*I did mine a night before and keep it in fridge enough for our breakfast the nest day and coffee later that afternoon.
** I used heavy bottom non stick 10" frying pan.

Makan2 Dar Es Salam, Tanzania.

noreply@blogger.com (theadams) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:25:00 +0000

Nasi Lemak & Ayam Masala @ Nora's, yummy ...even our Japanese friend loves it.. Cayalah Nora.

Impromptu Curry Puff day @ Nora's... And Nora.. The Master Of Karipap! I did the dough and filling they Nora & Chin,..assemble it-the part I hated most when making this yummy snack. Btw, Thanks Nora, for 'teaching' me the 'correct' way of doing it! Cool!

Our friend Chin, trying her hands at seaming the dough!

Yums Yums! All gone in seconds!

Warm Beef Salad @ Karembezi , Sea Cliff Hotel.

Al Basha's Mix Grills

The Salsa was good!

Freshly Squeezed Juices, Passion Fruit & Orange... Similiar to Egyptian ashir.

Chicken 'Something' (hehehe, I forgot the name) @ SPUR, Sea Cliff Mall.

Marry Brown, Dar Es Salam, Tanzania

noreply@blogger.com (theadams) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:47:00 +0000

Marry Brown
Msasani Peninsular
Dar Es Salam
Halal Certified.

If we are not eating at Thai Village, we'll be eating here.A fast food restaurants but they serve Nasi Lemak & Sambal (the most essential dish in almost every Malaysian list of comfort food when they are abroad, I guess), Nasi Goreng & Satay apart from their fried chicken. Service was good..we totally felt at home.

It comes with a playground for kids... So its a family restaurants I should says and that is nice, since most of the hotel around Dar are not very kids friendly..no kids pool..no playground, this is the only place Tisha loves . Marry Brown is the place where u go for snack & chat with friends while kids are having fun at the playground.

Our friends in Dar introduce us to the Malaysian owner..and we became friends instantly, thanks for the hospitality Mr & Mrs Owner... I'm so dying to mention their names, but I think I should respect their privacy!

Tisha's Fav... Prawn Fritters& Chips.

These 2 Malaysian girls are there for a new branch opening..

Our Favorite Coconut Bun..look at the amount of filling, should I say more??

Marry Brown here in Dar comes with a Bakery called The Loaf. If you are lucky you could get a freshly baked Red Bean & Coconut Bun... The did it from scratch..the filling & bread of course...I heard there's also a Kaya Bun... but I wasnt lucky enough or i didnt stay long enough in Dar to savour it.

You'll get free coffee for your breakfast to-go at The Loaf.

I ddint get to snapped many photos though. But I should say...for Malaysian this is the place for you, when u misses Malaysian food.

the playground

There's also a Malaysian restaurant called Istana owned by The Marry Brown's Owner too. We had scrumptous roti canai & dhal, biryani & curries and many other yummy food..and I didnt snapped any photos since Tisha was having a fever that night. Thanks again Mr & Mrs Owners.
Will add on more info on that soon. till then.

17 May 09- Thai Village Restaurant, Dar Es Salam, Tanzania

noreply@blogger.com (theadams) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:40:00 +0000

A music bar and restaurant with a driving range. Live band performing on Sundays from 6 pm onwards, with 5000 shillings entrance fee person. But you could just tell them, that u just wanna have dinner, the have a designated area for 'just dinner' patron on Sunday.

Tisha and her favourite dish Tom Yam Seafood

To die for - Crab Fried Rice

Extra gravy for Pla Sam Rod, we dipped everything in it

Our special order,not on the menu - 3 Flavours Fish / Pla Sam Rod

Prawn Spring RollsMango Salad

Located on Chole Road, Msasani Peninsular.
Open from 12 noon to Midnight.
Closed on Mondays.
Delivery Available.

Food and services was great. The Chefs are Thai, so they serve a very authentic dishes... you can ask them to prepare a real Thai flavour, which is very very spicy or a toned down Tanzanian version, so it is all up to you. And we even ask for a dishes which was not on the menu, but you have to know the dish name in Thai since the Chef speaks very little english. They use the freshest seafood. I just have one complaint though, i dont like their Mango Salad, since they use the ripe mango so the sweetness of the mango over write all the other flovours...I still prefer the young mango salad. And If I have more time, I might ask the Chef to prepare some Thai desserts for me...I'm thinking of Ruam Mit or Ka Ti or Tam Tim Krop maybe...instead of the ever boring, so much overrated mango & sticky rice.

As far as I remember during our 6 weeks stay, we eat there almost every weekends - lunch and dinner, Saturdays & Sundays. And few times of takeaway during the weekdays... That's how much we love the food.

ICCI Mosque & Olive Garden Cafe - 2 May 09

noreply@blogger.com (theadams) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:53:00 +0000

We finally managed to get to ICCI -Islamic Cultural Centre of Ireland . Thanks to Mr. Zul, who showed us the way..it just like 10 mins drive from our flat. I really didnt know it was that close.

For further info, here's the address and site

Islamic Cultural Centre of Ireland (ICCI)
19 Roebuck Road
Clonskeagh
Dublin 14
Phone: +353(0)1 2080000
Fax: +353(0)1 2080001

It's quite a huge mosque with a Halal Olive Garden Cafe and Halal Store & Butchery, Islamic School, Quran Lesson on weekends, and a Gym, alternate day for men & women.
,The food was okay, it was a cold, since we're there for lunch at 4 pm that day, so I dont blame them. The services and the rest was good.

Tish had nuggets & chips.

My Biryani & Chicken Jalfrezi

My DH Biryani & Lamb Curry.

Btw, the are 2 mosques in Dublin, the other one is on the South Circular Road. Will check it out soon, insyaallah.

Backdated : DH Home From Jo'burg. - 26 April 09

noreply@blogger.com (theadams) — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:04:00 +0000

Daddy's girl!..hey I want a hug too.....

Maria's Famous Manhattan Cheesecake

Tried out Maria's Manhattan Cheesecake! My DH & Tish favourite... so to welcome DH home...I made this for him. Wanted to do the raspberry topping, suddenly realize my raspberries was missing from my kitchen top...
Next things I know, Tisha eating those berries while watching her fav cartoon!

caught in the act... ;-P

Shilme's Fried Chicken

noreply@blogger.com (theadams) — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:40:00 +0000

Was 'skype-ing' with my dh the other day, he was saying about halal KFC in Jo'burg, and remember talking to a friend in Germany she had a halal KFC there too. I hope they'll have one halal KFC in Dublin too.. How nice. So i was like blog hopping this few days for the 'right' fried chicken recipes...and I like this one the most Jeni Fried Chicken . I've been following her blog for quiet a while. And to me her recipes are more 'make sense' kinda cooking, nothing fancy or 'showy' , just whatever your daily cooking is all about! She actually the founder of Resipi.net.

As for my fried chicken i added a few more spices, which will go like these :

4 pieces chicken (i used drumsticks & wings)
1 tsp ginger paste
1 tsp garlic paste
1 tsp coriandep powder
1 tsp chilli powder
1/4 tsp fresh ground pepper
1 small eggs beaten
Enough fresh milk to cover the chicken
Salt to taste
Corn flour & plain flour - whisk together.
Enough vegetable oil to deep fried

- Marinate the chicken with all the spices, milk ,egg & salt. I did for 2 hours. Where Jeni did overnite.
- Heat oil to medium heat.
-Coat chicken pieces with flour deep fried in medium heat till brown or cook through.
-Drain on wire rack then paper towel before serve.

* I like mine spicy. Adjust the amount of spices to your tastebud.

I should say, maybe the milk did wonder... I love it...so yummy and I manage to have 1 wing , my Tisha finished the rest. Anyway Jeni thanks for the recipe.

My Kind Of Comfort Food - Gnocchi

noreply@blogger.com (theadams) — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:08:00 +0000

21 April 09,

Found a fresh packet of Gnocchi in Tesco, so I had it a go. Nothing fancy, i just sauteed garlic & onion..in butter. Add Gnocchi, off the fire, add about a tablespoon of garlic & herbs philly creamcheese, some pepper to taste.Garnish with chopped parsely & parmesan.

Tish loves it!

Cheese Brownies

noreply@blogger.com (theadams) — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:36:00 +0000

I think Tish has a craving too... In a day she could for so many different cakes... 'Mommy I want cheesecake" couple of hours later "Mommy we chocolate cake in fridge?! then "I want cupcake! I want cupcake!

I think she's bored, its been raining all day long for the last few days, no park, no playground, only TV, toys & Mommy.

So i decided to bake with her... found this Marble Cheese Brownie recipe but halved the batch and bake in bun pan instead... so Tish could have it all, chocolate, cheese & cupcake!

Missing, Craving...and Arrrggghhh Karipap (Curry Puff)

noreply@blogger.com (theadams) — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:16:00 +0000

A few days ago.......

Missing my DH soo much and leads to a severe craving! I'm sooo wanted some Karipap (Curry Puff) right now, this instance!! It was cold and raining outside...."what about some crepe instead?"said my DH on skype "Crepe over a karipap?? No no way!" after a few seconds.. "Well, not today, at least!" ;-).

Ok, Thinking that I have all the ingredients...lets get going, I told myself, what so hard about karipap making, right? Wrong! Wrong! I'm sooo wrong!!!!

potato & carrot cubes

The stuffing first:

1 tbs ginger paste
1 tbsp garlic paste
1 tbsp coriander powder
1 tsp garam masala
250 g minch beef
3 large potato - peeled, cut into small cubes
1 large carrot - peeled, cut into small cubes (optional)
1 large onion - chopped
1 tbsp of chopped spring onion
1 tbsp of chopped chinese flat leaves parsely
Salt & peper to taste
2 tbsp Vegetable oil

-Heat oil, sauteed ginger & garlic paste till brown, then add beef followed by coriander and garam masala powder.
-Add the cubes potato and carrot, add some water, cook till the potatoes and carrots are tender and till fairly dry. Season with Salt and pepper.
-Throw in chopped herbs and onion. Off the fire. Cooled.

the minch beef bubbling away

The decided to try out, a new recipe for the skin/pastry: I dont remember which site I got this recipe from but here it goes :

flour & margerine

2 cup of all purpose flour
2 heaped tbsp of margerine
1/2 tsp salt
Enough cold icy water.

- Put flour in a mixing bowl add salt, stir to combine
- Add in margerine, rub to resembles a fine breadcrumbs.
-Add water, just enough till it all clump and not sticky.
-Knead a little. Ready to use..

Now....to assemble those......there come the problems.... after my pastry is ready to be rolled I realized that I dont have a rolling pin and I dont even have the karipap mould! oh dear! Oh dear! oh dear! Okay, Relax... I could find some bottle or something to roll...haaah Malaysia Boleh!!!! thank to the ketchup bottle.

the mighty ketchup bottle that saved my day

And as for the absent mould...okay! okay! such a lousy excuse...i know I should have try to do the seams by my bare hands a long long time ago...hmmmm after a few attemps ... I opt for these shapes:

But sadly, the problem just not end there.... When all the horrendous looking puff are ready to be fried, I realise i have less than a quarter of 1 liter bottle of vegetables oil !!! Its needs to be deep fried!! Arrrgghh! Karipap...why are you doing this to me???????????

Hmmm , i just pour the oil in the tiniest sauce pan i have ! And fry that karipap away!!

the end result...horrendous looking curry puff

thanks to this happy customer!

And I should say, the new pastry that i tried is kinda nice.... and a after a few karipap later.... I think I'm ready for a crepe again...!

P/S: My dear DH, I froze some for you! Dont worry!

Banana Cake & Almost Vegetarian Stir Fried Glass Noodles

noreply@blogger.com (theadams) — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:38:00 +0000

Make this banana bread just to send over to my neighbor, she sent over some cookies for Tish the other day, in return this banana bread goes to her.
Made this stir fry for lunch. Called it almost vegetarian since I added some chicken stock.
Stir Fried Glass Noodles

1 small pack of glass noodles - soaked in water for 20 mins, drained.
2 cloves garlic - crushed
5 bird eyes chillies - or less.
1 bunch bok choi - cut into 2 cm, separate leaves and stems
1 carrot - julienned
A handful of shredded cabbage
A handful of sliced fresh button mushroom
Half a cube of chicken stock
salt & pepper to taste
1 tbsp of cooking oil

- a heat a wok till smoky, put in oil and throw in garlic.
-add chillies and bok choi stem, stir for a minute
-add carrot and cabbage, stir then add mushroom.
-add chicken stock, if too dry add about 2 tbsp of water.
- throw in the noodles, follows with bok choi leaves. Season with salt & pepper.
-stir fry for further 2 minutes. (if the noodles still firm add some more water)
-done.

Serve with a wedge of lime, fried shallot and chopped spring onion.

* u could add in chicken breast or beef for extra flavour. And it works well with almost any asian stir fry vegs. I wish I had bean sprout!

I'm Back!

noreply@blogger.com (theadams) — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:23:00 +0000

Finally, after saying goodbye to Cairo, 3 months of holidaying in Malaysia and a month moved to Dublin, The Adams are back!

Got a call from Nurul on Wednesday last week, saying that she and Isha wanna stay over for the weekend, and its Isha's Birthday falls on that Saturday, so Nurul ask me to bake just any cake to surprise Isha before the real party on Monday. Well I dont have any 'tools' for a cake yet, my mixer, baking pan etc, all still in Malaysia waiting to be delivered soon. What I can think of was only banana or carrot cake. She said any cake will do.

Well I baked carrot cake, thinking it wont go wrong with Cream Cheese Frosting. And thank God, Carrot Cake is the Birthday Girl all time favourite. And they dug out the frosting first...before get to the cake....lol.

the ingredients

fresh from the oven

Personally I like this cake too, its 'light but moist enough to my liking. It just that next time I'll bake in smaller pan....I like a thick cake! I got this recipe from Group Recipes . Its called Carrot Cake For Those Who Hate Carrot Cake.

1 cup sugar (I used frimly packed brown sugar)

1/2 cup canola oil ( I used corn oil)

2 eggs, beaten

1 1/2 cups fresh grated carrots

1 cup unsifted all purpose flour (I used Odlum's Cream Plain Flour)

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 cup ground or grated coconut (I omitted this)

* I bake at 140 degree C with Fan Forced Oven at about 25 mins.*

And my recipe for Cream Cheese Frosting.

1 tub Light Philadelphia Cream Cheese
1 tbsp lemon juice
2 tbsp icing sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla

Whisk all together. Done.

TAGGED..yes, again!

noreply@blogger.com (theadams) — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:49:00 +0000

Do you ever cheat during examination ?
- Honestly yeah, not exam though but during a pop quiz :p

2. If you can have a dream to come true, what would it be?
- Be rich and famous...in Hollywood of course!

3. Whose butt would you like to kick?
- Egyptian driver named Moustafa who we just fired.... i'll kick real hard till he constipated!

4. What would you do with a billion dollars?
- Gimme a billion first then I'll tell ya!

5. Will you fall in love with your best friend?
- No way! Haven't u heard of platonic, it really exist you know?

6. Which is more blessed, loving someone or being loved by someone?
- Gotta be both!

7. How long do you intend to wait for someone you really love?
- With every beat of my heart!

8. If the person you secretly like is already attached, what would you do?
- Never in a million years...do you want anybody to confess to your hubby/boyf that she likes him?? I dont! So I wont do such a thing!

9. What do you pray each day for your loved one?
- I pray for health & wealth....

10. What takes you down the fastest?
- urrrmmm....urm..

11. How would you see yourself in ten years time?
- Still madly in love with my hubby ... still look young...still healthy...

12. What do you really want at the moment of responding to this tag?
- A nice dinner..can someone cook for me pleeeaaseee?

13. What kind of person do you think the person who tagged you is?
- Jihah is sweet...but naughty..why did you tag me..banyaknya soalan...naughty tau!

14. Would you rather be single and rich or married but poor?
- no no no... it gotta be rich & married!

15. What’s the first thing you do when you wake up?
- Prepare Tisha's lunch box...

16. What’s the character must have in your partner?
- LOYALTY & HONESTY... is that a character??

17. If you fall in love with two people simultaneously, who would you pick?
- The one who love me back of course.

18. Would you forgive and forget no matter how horrible a thing the someone has done?
- Not a chance!

19. Do you prefer being single or having a relationship?
- I'm happily married..thank God!

20. Would you leave your family behind just to chase your dreams?
- I would... it just a phone call away,thanks to the technology...Sms, Skype, IM/YM, Facebook.... I dont see any probs there.

As the rules needs me to tag 5 peoples.... so I'll tagged :

1) Reena - at least you could update your 'dusty' blog.
2) Samira - something for you to do while Hadrien's away :P
3) Kim - sorry Kim its just for fun!
4) Fahmi - please update your blog...
5) Dewi - have u forgot that u have a blog??

Project Samperit

noreply@blogger.com (theadams) — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:19:00 +0000

Menu-menu Ramadhan.

noreply@blogger.com (theadams) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:24:00 +0000

butter prawns

kari sate

tod mun kung (thai prawn balls)

sweet sour prawns

express pizza

GET A LIFE!

noreply@blogger.com (theadams) — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:31:00 +0000

Have u ever met a lady, married to her fellow country man, follow her hubby works overseas for a year or so then when people ask where are you from..and without hesitate she answered I'm from Australia or I'm from England or wherever the last country her husband 'work' brought her for even a short 6 months? And another Phillipina married to a Swedish guy for barely 3 months and told everybody I'm from Europe... I have met these 2 ladies. No offense but its irked me a little.

Because I have a Pakistani friend who was born and raised in England, married to a fellow Pakistani moved back to Pakistan for a short while..then follow her husband travel around the world, I met her in Jakarta she introduce herself "Hi.I'm so and so from Pakistan. And another friend a daughter of a tycoon in Taiwan, raised in The States married to also a tycoon live Jakarta, still says she's from Taiwan and speaks Mandarin to her kids. Cute!

And another scenarios... in my teenage years, people are so secretive about their 'recipes' ... Its something personal I believe... I think I can digest that, in the late 80's where woman back in my country mostly are only housewives, the only thing they can proud of ..maybe ...just their cooking skill. Usually its goes like.." Well i dont know, i just throw these and thats in...that's just about it, no proper recipes" which read "I'm not gonna share the recipe with you,that's my masterpiece, stop asking"

Okay I can accept that.... Its happened in my family too..to be honest! It was like what, in mid 80's. But in these world of internet..food and recipes blogging and such...there are still people who just turn you off by saying 'I dont give out recipes" funny when its happened in this new millenium world. Trust me its just happened to my friend a few weeks back!

What is it all about with these 2 scenarios???

Well, 2 weeks ago, I found salted butter in supermarket here, 15 months living in Cairo it was my first encounter with salted butter, excited, I told my dear friend here, its time for us to stock up the butter since Eid is coming, then she has another idea .. telling me that she'll order some cookies from me instead... thinking that she's in her early pregnancy and hectic working schedule... i think i can make some extra batch of cookies for her. But what if she dont like my cookies?? So i whipped up a couple cookies dough, bake ém, send some for her to sample it and give extra pieces for another 2 friends to try, still thinking ... i can manage a few batches for 4 of us if the other 2 interested.

Okay, my dear friends took it seriously she asked the other 2 friends to pass around my cookies and suddenly I got a call for cookies order, 500pcs to be sent in 3 days. Hmmm... One thing here in Cairo u cant easily get thing as they way you want it to be...Once certain flour off the shelves, its months before its re-appeared! I've ordered some transparent container to fill my cookies in , you cant just simply get it from supermarket like back home. By knowing Egypt, from 2 days, become 3 days from 3 days to a week, my container not even near, so I ask around and my dear friend said what my dont you ask so and so lets call her Miss B, last year Miss B was selling some cookies here in Cairo and using that transparent container, and Miss B usually take cake orders too in Cairo, I've order some from her a week back too, I dont really know her so I'm kinda hesitate.

So for this order i just bought a freezer container and send it out in that. What a very bad day i had (lets not talk about it now)...every bad things happened on the same day at the same time.... as i pull it thru, I bring my self to send the cookies to my friend house and what a coincidence Miss B was there too, as she introduce her self, well back to the first scenarios as i heard from my dear friend, her nationality is something else and married someone from neighboring country... told us she's from her hubby country instead...and you know..she dont speaks her bahasa anymore okay, no problem lah no matter how bad my english is, i still can communicate with her! And we can understand each other well I believe! But by knowing her country she's from, people has to speak only bahasa, no other ethnic names or ethnics celebrations allowed, only the one whatever the goverments allowed, only after lady president was in charge a few years back she allowed those thingy in their country and I was living in their country for 2 years, I'm kinda stunned with her..how to say, first impression?

Okay after a few minutes chat, my so 'ítchy' mouth suddenly asking "I heard from my dear friend, last year you were selling cookies, did u get the transparent container from here?" She promptly answered "Yes from here" So I ask "May I know where u get it from" .... after a short pause she answered "I dont know" With a blanked face I asked "I thought u said you got it from here?" Then she goes "I'm not the one who got it" and i was like "Huh" and she "?My driver got it for me" and me "okay, so u dont know" but in head : "okay okay i got the picture"... I wanted to ask "u dont know where your driver got it from" Or "can u ask your driver where he got it from" But honestly, i hate this Miss B already! And I couldnt be bothered to prolonged anymore conversation with that #*@%& whatever bad names you wanted to fill in the blank i agree with it.

So I just turn to my friend and talk to her and a few minutes later I excuse myself and leave ... and Miss B as soon as i turn to my friend to talk, she quickly make her way to the kitchen, without saying goodbye or excuse herself. Thanks Miss B I cant stand anymore of you too! For God sake get a life! I wonder how deep s**h it'll be if I ask her, her cake recipes! Well Miss B your fondant cupcakes sucks! My fellow friends back home can make far far far far more better and nicer than yours and dont even mind to share the recipes and even how they make their fondant toppers and such with step by step instructions .... I can be like you but, no I dont want to... i wanna put my self higher at least higher than you,higher than your pathetic life!

So, why dont u visit http://bakingproject.com and http://cookingismypassion.blogspot.com and get some good idea from there....they share everything in there, it'll make u wiser not a loser like u! i tell ya... your product sucks! Since people have no choices in this poor Cairo, they go to you!

Well you see, Miss B, first you ireked me then she put yourself..I dont know where...kurun ke 18? I lost in translation! Kesian kan... lupa asal usul pastu.. lorat la pulak... that stupid bekas plastik tu pun tak nak cakap beli kat mana..hey aku bukan nak buat bussines macam hang..laki aku cukup duit nak bagi aku makan and shopping apa yg aku nak...sorry bukan nak barlagak! Aku just tolong kawan aku buat kuih raya ja la! (Tak pe dia Indon yang dah lupa cakap bahasa dia so dia tak paham punya, tapi kalau dia faham i'm so glad!)

Respect me, i'll respect u even more.... iritate me i'll irritate you a thousand times more!

This is my personal blog I say whatever i want to say.. don't like it..leave immediately!

Murtabak Express

noreply@blogger.com (theadams) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:31:00 +0000

I called it express cause the stuffed made from leftover.
I have some leftover lamb curry and my hubby said he dont want rice for
dinner, so I fished the lamb meat, shred into small pieces and stuffed into
spring roll skin.

Here's how i prepare it:

5 Spring roll skins/sheets/pastry
Oil/butter/ghee

stuffing:
1 cup of lamb meat from leftover curries-shredded
1/2 cup onion - chopped
Some coriander leaves - chopped
Green Chillis - chooped
4 or more eggs - beaten
Salt to taste.

Add all the ingredient together u should have a runny mixture add more eggs
if necessary.

Heat a frying pan with a table spoon of oil or butter.

Spoon in the mixture at the centre of spring roll skin
Fold in the four sides to enclose the fillings by wrapping into
into a square shape.
Slide into heated pan, cook till brown both sides.
Serve hot with curries or onion pickles.

Sambal Sotong Petai & Cucur Jagung

noreply@blogger.com (theadams) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:09:00 +0000

Grabbed some petai from London the oher day, i guess it from Thailand coz they labelled it as sator, sator means petai in Thai.

Talking about Thai, i remember had a good sambal sotong petai at Vichudda Restaurants in Damansara Utama.

So i try out my version of it.

500 g squids
1 cup or more chilli paste
1 onion-chopped
3 garlic-chopped
3 tbsp cooking oil
A small piece of shrimp paste/belacan - optional
Petai/Sator
Salt,sugar tamarind juice - to taste

-In a saucepan, heat oil and brown the onion and garlic, add chilli paste and belacan, cook for 5 minutes, add water if necessary.
-Add sator, salt, sugar and tamarind juice cook till the sator tender.
-Add squid cook for further 5 mins or so. Done.
Serve with jasmine rice...yum.
Cucur Jagung

2 cups all purpose flour
1 cup corn in brine
1/2 cup bean sprout
1/2 cup chives - cut 2cm long
1/2 cup dried anchovies
1 small onion - sliced / spring onion roughly chopped
1 fresh chilli - chopped (optional)
1 eggs
Water
Salt to taste.
Vegetable oil for deep frying

-Heat oil in wok or dutch oven on medium heat.
- Mix flour with water to form a thick batter-consistency of pancake batter.
-Add in all the remaining ingredients, mix well and add salt to taste.
-Using a tablespoon into the hot oil, fry in batches till golden brown turn once or twice.
-Rest on paper towel and serve with sweet chilli sauce.

Stir Fry Chicken With Holy Basil/ Kai Phad Kapraow & Stuffed Omellet/Telur Bungkus/Kai Yad Sai

noreply@blogger.com (theadams) — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:40:00 +0000

Kim & Reena handed me plenty of bird eyes chillies. While in one of Asian's Groceries store in London, i found bunches of fresh holy basil (kapraow)...so i grabbed home some of it. Bird eyes Chilles & Holly Basils...that's a perfect combi for Thai food! The next day after arriving from our vacation...this is what i prepared for lunch!

This dish is my favourits, its nicer with beef, but hubby dont really like beef to be cooked this way, so i used chicken this time. I remember having this in Jakarta made by our beloved neighbour/friend Pi OOO. So yummy and the recipes as i remember being told by another dear friend Kwanchai, hope i got it right.
Kai Phad Kapraow

500g chicken thigh-deboned and roughly chopped *
3 cloves garlic - crushed and chooped
1 onion - chopped
3 Kaffir Lime leaves - didnt used this time,not available in Cairo
Bird eyes chillies -to taste-bruised
Holy Basil - a handful
Fish Sauce - taste
A pinch of sugar
3 tbsp cooking oil

-Heat oil, sauteed the garlics and onion till softened.
-Add the chicken, stir fry till the chicken done.
-Add lime leaves, bird eyes chillies and basil.
-Season well. Continue to stir till the basil wilted.
-Its done.
*A few pulses in food processor works well.

And i make this Stuffed Omelet to accompany the chicken dish. This one very easy dish, any leftover stir fry veggies can be used as stuffing/filling according to our Thai friends. This is how i prepared mine.
Telur Bungkus/Stuffed Omelet:

Filling:
1 cup mixed frozen vegetables
150 g minch chicken *
1 onion chopped
2 garlic crushed
2 tbsp tomato ketchup
1 tbsp chillie sauce
5 bird eyes chillies - crushed -optional
1 tbsp cooking oil
Salt & pepper to taste.

-heat oil, fry the garlic till brown add minch chicken stir well.
-add mixed veggies and chopped onion, cook till the chicken done.
-Season with remaining ingredients...set aside.

Omellete:
3 eggs-beaten and add
Salt & pepper to taste.
Cooking oil

-Generously coat a dry cleaned wok or skillet with oil. Or use the non stick one.
-Heat till smoking hot, add the beaten seasoned eggs, swirl the wok to get a thin large omellete.
-Spoon in the filling at the center of this thin omelet, fold in from four outer corner of the omelet to the center to form a parcel or square shape omelet.
- Transfer to serving dish folded side down.

Serve both with white thai rice....and a tom yum soup on the side ;P!

Mkn2 Jln2

noreply@blogger.com (theadams) — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:02:00 +0000

While berjln2 aritu sempat la, singgah and mkn2....here are the most memorable....

fresh from oven croissants...to die for!

vanilla choco chips muffins..yummmm

escargot...ala siput sedut french! sedap bangat!

Paris : fresh fruits...raspberries & peaches... huge fresh cherries were gone in seconds!

In Paris: mixed pakistani biryani with chicken vindaloo...out of this world.

we didnt really mkn2 in London coz we're sooo busy jln2 and shopping2 but we had 2 nites in a row malaysian halal buffet in holiday villa ,london.
on the first nite we had kari ketam, ikan masak kicap, nasi ayam + rendang etc
second nite was even better mussels curry, ayam nyonya, laksa johor etc. yummsss

this pic shows how yummy the mussles curry was!

This girl mkn nasi ayam kt london..we had ABC too, since ABC tak de kat cairo...and of coz sbb tak kuasa nak membuatnya sendirikan..

Oats Fried Chicken

noreply@blogger.com (theadams) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:22:00 +0000

I remember came across at Su Yin's long time ago, her breakfast nuggets. Today i decided to try it but with whatever things left in my pantry.... i'm already i holiday mood... i dont really wanna spend my time in the kitchen ;). In aother words... i'm just lazy! Lazy as ever.

4 chicken breast- flatten

season with:
1 tbsp ground garlic
1 tbsp ground ginger
1 tbs curry powder
salt & pepper
Let it marinade for at least half an hour.

1 cup rolled oats
2 egg whites-beaten
Oil for shallow frying.

-Heat oil.
-Dip the chicken breasts in the beaten egg whites.
-Coat well with oats.
-Shallow fry till done.

Shrimps Fever-Reena's Spicy Shrimps

noreply@blogger.com (theadams) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:46:00 +0000

Had this at Reena's last week and we longing for more.... No exact measurement.... just follow your instinct. Yummo.

Start with -

Chili Paste:

Dried Chillis- seeded-boiled-drained
Shrimp paste/belacan
Onion
Garlic

-Process all ingredients in a blender till form a smooth paste.
This paste keeps well in fridge for 2 weeks and months in freezer.

Then-

Shrimps - cleaned as preffered
A little more shrimp paste
Onion-sliced
Oil
Salt, sugar, tamarind juice to taste

-Heat Oil, deep fried shrimp for 1 minutes (till it turns red)-drained
-In the same pan/wok, reserve some oil from the deep frying, stir fried the chilli paste till oil separates
-Add shrimp paste and onion, continue to stir till the onion softened.
-Now add the deep fried shrimp, salt, sugar & tamarind juice.
-Cook till the shrimps done, about 3-5 mins. Done.

Serve hot with hot jasmine rice.

Reena anything that i missed here please point it out k. Thanks. It was good...

Sambal Udang Terung Mak Tok/ Gramma's Aubergine Chilli Prawn.

noreply@blogger.com (theadams) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:53:00 +0000

250 g prawn-cleaned
1 cup fresh chilli paste
1/2 cup dried chilli paste
A small cube of belacan-optional*
1 large aubergine - sliced into 2 cm thick **
1 cup thick coconut milk
1 onion-chopped
3 garlic-chopped
3 tbsp tamarind juice
2 tbsp cooking oil
salt & sugar to taste

-Heat oil sauteed onion and garlic till fragrant, add chillie paste
-Add dried and fresh chilli paste cook till oil separetes.
-Meanwhile, deep fried sliced aubergine till brown.*** drain well.
-Add in coconut milk, tamarind juice salt sugar let it boil for 5 minutes
-Add prawn, let it cook for further 5-8 mins depends on your prawn size.
-Just before turn off the fire, add in fried aubergine.
-Serve hot with jasmine rice.

*if using, grind together with fresh or dried chilli.
*my grandma peel the aubergine, i didnt because i want it to hold it shapes.
***i just brown with a tablespoon of oil in a non stick pan. (photo below)

VIOLA!