Lemon butter cake

hmm sounds yummy. will copy recipe from here http://bakericious.blogspot.com/2010/05/lemon-butter-cake.html

how make a gum paste daisy step by step

tutorial how to make pretty gum paste daisyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZqSIPhcFaE

Tutorial HOW TO MAKE BUTTER CREAM ROSES by KAK ITA ,AZLITA MASAM MANIS

Search no more , this very generous lady is sharing step by step how to make beautiful butter cream roses. God bless her.

TUTORIAL HOW TO MAKE BUTTER CREAM ROSES BY KAK AZLITA MASAM MANISazlita masam manishttp://www.azlitamasammanis.com/2013/12/pelajari-cara-membuat-bunga-ros-dari.html

beautiful flowers in a basket by Azlita masam manis

Golf cupcakes --Buttercream icing

some of cuppies made and deco by 3As for Dad.

Salmon masak lemak cili api

Raviolli

almond milk

http://rawedibleplants.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/almond-prunus-dulcis.html

Durian Fiesta at Tulai Orchard and Masak tempoyak Bunga Durian with pucuk ubi from my kitchen

Jalan-jalan cari Durian!!! Tulai Orchard ,here we come :D

 
Fruit  Feista!!!!

Most photos below are from Tulai Orchard.

Heaviest harvest so far : Musang King 6.3 kg???

Wonder no more why you have to pay more for some durian ???? A part from the type of durian variants, the soils,organically grown,.Did  I mention A LOT  of HARD WORK  being putting in to ensure premium bounty harvest!!!! EACH DURIAN TREE  BEING SCRUB FREE from pokok duit2 .Yes, the worker claimed up and did it manually by hand to scrub free the trees from these  parasit plant (pokok duit-duit, picture below)

Parasit plant (pokok duit-duit) that will suck away the nutrients from Durian plants

 Tulai orchard doing their best  practising ORGANIC FARMING 

Some are old durian tree

Orchad's Friends

Finding nemo???

 they have turkey too :D
other fruit trees such as mata kucing,pulasan, passion fruits, langsat. duku, bananas, mangosteen , kelapa padan etc.

we had some papaya too. This is 'betik sekaki" because the fruits are one foot long when ripe.

other plants caught my eyes too.too much to share here. But this one is special to me, I haven't seen this babe before, I will ask Pak Din   for her ID . The owner's mum boil the leaves for tea,believed to reduce blood sugar.

from the pond. What a catch!!!

This visit is much awaited not just  for makan durian . I am in fact looking forward to see durian flowers, to collect them and bring home ,to show to my kids . I challenged my self to find edible flowers ,then try cook them  or eat raw  .This month challenge in my kitchen is edible flowers raw and cooked,next will be edible weeds etc just to whip up something new to add fun in my kitchen with my kids. I didn't know that Durian flower is edible until I bump onto this  site http://www.malaysiavegetarianfood.com/2013/06/11/durian-flowers-as-vegetable/ .Then I searched to find more info ,so I can cook Durian flowers too with more confident. Sayur Bunga Durian seems delicious toohttp://dayangcitra.blogspot.com/2011/10/sayur-kangkung-bunga-durian.html?showComment=1386641735029#c6160422094546532278 and more info regarding  durian flowres. tqvm for sharing durianhttp://dakpink.blogspot.com/2013/03/bunga-durian.html and i found here too,http://cikgoo-jasz.blogspot.com/2012/08/bungai-rian-aka-bunga-durian.html. I think now I will cook Durian Flower my version ,with what ever I have from my garde and from my kitchen.So Masak  Tempoyak  Duria flowers (filaments) with cassava/topioca young shoots (pucuk ubi kayu ) ,pekasam ikan puyu and ayam goreng kunyit are for our dinner tonight.The dessert is biji cempedak rebus. I call this match made meal from heaven.

Bunga Durian.

Filaments  of durian's  flowers  masak lemak tempoyak with pucuk ubi kayu (young shoots of topioca /cassava plants)

Tok cik's dinner  : Masak lemak tempoyak Bunga durian with pucuk ubi kayu   makan dgn ikan pekasam

Best time to visit Tulai Orchard is during Durian Peak season in August .
For the BEST DEAL IN TOWN???? Look for https://www.facebook.com/tulaiorchard/photos_stream before
 

be on the look out !!!

TQVM Tulai Orchard for having us.We will come back again

Roses pau / Roses mantou

I love roses. Roses buns/  mantou roses/pau roses  keep on whispering my name. Too hard to ignore.So reluctantly, I just rolled up my sleeves and make mantou roses my version,using orange flash sweet potato for the bun. Looking the video gave me hope to try . Adn tips from Wendy are really helpful..Jom kita menge-PAU.  Lets make Pau  . Have to finished up many perishable items from the fridge and sweet potato beli kat cameron higlands few weeks ago dah nak bertunas :P. Mula2 inti ni buat utk karipap,sebab terliur KSShilla Azarin tayang a few days ago, tapi ambo chicken out at the last minute, gerun sbb tak reti kelim:P,and belom pi beli karipap mould.So ambo meng-googlelah, at the end terjebak with this mantou roses.Blame her for seducing me with these beautiful babes ( roses mantou,, look so effortless :P http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVlpDFZxIPE). hehehe can't blame me,terus gatal tangan walaupun tak pernah buat pau sebelum ni. Rolled up my sleeves and get done with it. Eleh...tak de rupo pau pun!!! tak gebu mulus macam pau yg beli kat kedai. RILEK BRADER,BRADE RILEK!!!First time buat!! tak kan boleh lawan machine made/ pro made!!!! Tapi dah cukup menawan buat mata ambo dan rasa sedapnya memang lagi sedap dari yg pernah ambo rasa, sebab yg ni ada terasa manis lembut dari sweet potato . Makan 3 bijik pun rasa macam nak lagi jer..hehehe. hahaha...nak gatal tangan lagi buat pau ni??? Definetly:D , knowing me...too bad I haven't found the cure for my itchy fingers:P. Jom kita menge-PAU the recipe , thanks to Wendy for being generous, sharing here with us, and gave the tips with it too. http://wendyinkk.blogspot.com/2011/08/purple-sweet-potato-rose-mantou.html

Hujan2 BEST makan pau ngan Tea/kopi panas. Jom makan :D

for the filling/inti :potato, potong kecik2, rebus ,toss .

chicken breast,dice, fry with curry paste

mix the potato n chicken curry, cook through,then toss the liquid

sweet potato,steamed  and mash to be mixed/kneaded with flour for making pau dough

mashed sweet potato/ i blend sweet potato

yeast mixture ,ready to be used.

Add Pau flour, yeast mixture, fine blended sweet potato into the mixing bowl to be knead

meet my helper... working her magic kneading the pau dough,using J hook

knead util is not sticky

knead until the dough is not sticky to the mixing bowl, then add in crisco or other fat of your choice

continue kneading until u get a smooth ball, let it rest for an hour

after resting 1 hour

give a few punches,

then continue kneading for 2-3 minutes, mine was quite sticky at this stage, so I added some more pau flour,while continue kneading until get a ball again.

To make ONE SET of roses :make 5 small balls, flatten out

over lap the edges.

put the filling

then roll down

roll the middle back and forth with a chopstick or u can cut with a knife, will give 2 roses

rose looking????

this is aother method of making the roses. make aball of 50 g . then flatten out to a round circle.make 6 slits,put the filling in the middle. and fold up /work on opposite site

fold up the petal of opposite petal like this

but this one I made it free cut. I like to work free style. Ambo buat jer sekeping doh tu bulat besar utk isi inti, then bentukkan dia jadi cylinder, pas tu canai doh bulat2., potong tengah, jadi smi cicrle, then tempek buat petal satu2.

ready to steam

Ni rupa pau yg dah masak. Walaupun rupa tak semulus yg beli beli kat kedai, tapi kelembutan,rasa SEDAPnya tak leh LAWAN cakap u . Sedap Giler!!!. makan 3 bijik pun terasa NAK LAGI!!. hehehe

freshly steamed sweet potato rose pau / mantou rose

The BEST Pau I've ever tasted. tak caya? cer buat sendiri, lembut dan terasa sweet potato nya. Definetely will hv fun in the kitchen making more sweet potato roses pau.