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Friday 29 November 2013

Nasi Kabsah Madiah

I really miss being in Haramain (Madinah and Mecca) ,during recent  umrah with my siblings and maternal family members 18 of us. The previous year was 29 ( ten of them are kids) .The BEST EVER 2 WEEKS family gathering in my life so far. Insya allah my kids will join us next trips. I miss every single  thing. My kids love flovoured rice especially nasi arab. So I cook Nasi Kabsah Madiah following  Pn Roza's recipe. When we were in Madidah, Prof Kamil came over to our hotel and humbly share his experiences.
some of the vege n ingredients

rempah 4 sekawan for tumis

tumis bawang2 and rempah 4 sekawan til bau wangi

then add in diced tomato and tomato puree

add in chicken,etc,cooked until tender

add in carrot,cook until done

some of the sauce/kuah is going to be used to cook the rice



Jom makan
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Kuih Lapis Keledek Ungu (kuih Lapis Purple Sweet Potato )


I bought purple sweet potato from Orang Asli during recent group drive  to Cameron highland .My aunt call this verities as" Ubi Stelo Keduduk (Senduduk is a purple flower ) because of the colour. "http://nasilemaklover.blogspot.com/2012/04/kueh-lapis-steamed-9-layers-cake.html . I'm convince,worth every patience  paying attention to the SIFU's ( Thanks Sonia, Yati and Kak1) teaching and generous tips. I've studied their recipes and trying to understand and paying attention, I  really wanted to learn making kuih melayu ,the right way.seeing on a few  blogs . My  purple kuih lapis ,basically based on Yati's Lapis Labuhttp://yatiememories.blogspot.com/2012/02/kuih-lapis-labu_20.html and being inspired by Kak wan's lapis kledek found here  http://bilachahkedapur.blogspot.com/2012/04/kuih-lapis-keledek-ungu-citarasawan.html. I just altered a bit to suite  my taste since this sweet potato is naturally quite sweet.This video will help to  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OVFh7dKcds


Bunga keduduk/senduduk

Wanted to make some kuih lapis with it  after a  succese at first attempt  making kuih lapis following Sonia's recipe and tips here

Ingredients:
Ingredients A 
2cups water
130 sugar
1/2 tsp salt
2 pc of daun pandan
( boil to make syrup, cool it before mix with Ingredients B)

Ingredients B
270g plain flour
50g rice flour 
25g corn flour
2 cups thick cocout (cream )
2 cups water
(mix syrup A and ingredients B, sieve, then divided this batter into 2 equal portion, One portion to be mix with  C to  make the white part of layers, another portion to be blended until very smooth batter with ingredient D)  then each of them be divided into 3 equal portion to give you 3 portion white batter, 3 portion purple batter.  To reduce confusion during making kuih lapis, I just took out 6 cups, and fill 3 cups with white batter, and 3 cups with purple batter.Gently stir the batter before use.

Ingredients C
1/4 cup thick coconut
1/4 cup water

Ingredients D
200g cooked,mashed into fine smooth paste 

then I just follow as the instruction suggested :after adding the  for the purple batter,add the mashed sweet potato to the white batter, then blend it using  blender/hand held blender until very smooth batter,sieve batter before divided into 3 equal portion,:gently stir the batter before each addition /steam ;cover the lid with towel to prevent steam from ruining the kuih or use a better quaility steamer ;steamed on medium flame,cook each layer properly until COOK through(ard 5 minutes ) then steam the final layer for early 20 minutes.
raw sweet potato

cooked/steamed sweet potato

cooked/uncooked sweet potato

white/original batter before divided into 3 equal portion into 3 individual cups 

purple batter to be divided into 3 equal portion in 3  individual cups 

cooked kuih lapis, need to be cool down for around 6 hours so u can cut easily using a PLASTIC knife/oiled  kife to avoid stick/messy (to get smooth cut)

Jom makan

Thursday 28 November 2013

Ikan Patin Masak Tempoyak

                                                    Ikan Patin Masak Tempoyak




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Oucwh!!!! I was supposed to be cooking dinner....(baju melayu baby)

But I was so itchy to be doing something else!!!! anything but COOKING!!!  I was so determined to learn how to sew very tinny  baju melayu for little ones. Literally tiny , I felt like sewing for a doll. I literally get the measurement from Aliyah's doll' shirt because He is less than 1kg . So I just used the left over fabrics from dad's baju melayu. Not bad for the First Timer. Yes,at least it looks like baju melayu johor. Phew!!!


Simple Baju Melayu for little ones

of course  I wouldn't dare to fiddle with leher baju melayu cekak musang, this simple one took a lot of my patience



I know that I'm very good at doodling and cut corners ,so making baju melayu johor is the best choice ,the "leher" is the simplest version ,like the leher for baju kurung for lady's 



pin size ,,the pockets are just a bit bigger than 50cent (aliyah wanted a new baju for her doll too now...haishhh)


i try doddle with sewing his name too,phew!!


waiting for him to wake up
Joy beyond words seeing happiness as life unfolds
I also made maju melayu for Fariz.
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Kosui ( Lompang)

mixing ingredints for the batter

sieve the batter/discard the impurities,oil the little cups,steam the prepared cups in the steamer for a few minutes before pour in the batter into the cup

ready for steaming 


I love seeing the dimple in middle of kuih kosui .Jom makan


apam gula hangus paling gebu


making the caremel

mixing the batter for apam gula hangus

steaming  the kuih 

The BEST and  The GEBUs apam gula hangus .Really appreciate the generous sharing by kak azie  which I follow frm here http://aziejaya.blogspot.com/2011/10/apam-gula-hangus.html

Jazakillah kak Azie.
 Jom makan

Spider man Birthday cake

Birthday boy is making his birthday cake


3As had a lot fun mixing batter for ali's birthday cake. Our home bake cake has progressed to a bigger cake, decorated with a spider man edible image.The writing will improve with a lot of practise:D

2tiers wedding cake class



2 tiers wedding cake class with chef Ho



Had so much fun learning the art of  playing with butter cream :Blue wedding cake