Feelin' Chicky?

Erm ... not feeling too well ... and not in the mood to blog. I'll just share the recipes aite.

btw ... this is mil's recipe and my hubby's favourite.  So I have to know how to cook it.  Getting better every time I cook it =D ... Alhamdulilah

Ayam Balado

Ingredients

chicken (Meat/Other part of the bird)

salt

lime

blended ingredients

red chili

chili padi

garlic

onion

salt

chopped coriander

Method:

Mix salt, lime and meat for a few mins.

Half cook the chicken

Oil for frying 

Add the blended ingredient.

Masak sampai garing =D

Add salt, and chicken 

Cook until the chicken is fully cook

Garnish it with chopped coriander

I miss my teh-O iced lychee/longan from Tang Tea House since I can not go anywhere, I make do with what I have at home.

Teh-O Es Limao

Ingredients:

Sugar + Water + Screw pine (Sugar Syrup)

Lipton Tea bags

Lime juice

Method:

Mix water and sugar to make sugar syrup and heat it till the sugar dissolve. (put it aside to cool)

Add hot water to the tea bag (i used 1 tea bag) and wait for 2 to 3 mins (if you want a stronger tea then wait longer)

Add 3 to 4 tbsp of the sugar syrup (that was put aside to cool) to the tea mix well 

Add cold water and lime juice

Serve chill

Being a javanese extract (that is what they call us here) I loooove Tahu and Tempeh goreng

Tofu: pan fry or deep fry.  Fry till golden brown

Sambal Kicap

Ingredients:

4 big Red Chillies

5 Chilli Padi

3-4 cloves Garlic

Kicap (sweet)

Lime juice

Method:

Blend all the ingredients.

Sambal kicap is a dipping sauce for my tahu goreng heeh ...

What happen if you have left over of Sabsuka?

I don't often cook and I realised that I miscalculate stuff ... so hmmm ... instead of using 1/2 of 300g of mince meat ... I used everything ... therefore ... the left overs heeh ... anyway since I dowan to give 'Kak Pah' (is tong sampah : rubbish bin), I tweak it abit. Heat the sabsuka add in more tomato sauce. Boiled about 2 cups of pasta of you choice. Pour over the sabsuka (revised) gravy on the pasta top it of with grated parmesan cheese ... ta-da ... new dish. heehe

Nasi Goreng Kampong and Sabsukaa

I took leave today cos I foresee I'll be exhausted since I was out the whole day yesterday.  Had breakfast and bowling with lovely cousins and attended a lomography workshop. Yeah definitely tiring.  I'm glad I took leave today. 


Not so good is that I'm still having flu and its sooooo irritating ... Anyway it did not dampen my spirit to cook ... yeah I guess.  I try to cook when I'm on leave lah.


Today I decided to cook Nasi Goreng Kampong. Cos the 'Boss' requested for it yesterday and since the ingredients are available from the NTUC ... Nasi Goreng it is.  Yesterday I saw a few posting of Sabsuka on Instagram, so I decided to cook that too.  NAFSU!!! tsk ... tsk ... tsk ... 

Nasi Goreng Kampong

Ingredients:

1 day rice

Blend ingredients:

Fresh Chilies

Chili Padi

1 garlic

1 1/2 onions

belachan

optional:

sliced squid

sliced fishcake

shredded chicken

scramble egg

salt, pepper, oyster sauce

Fried shallots to garnish

Method:

Saute blended ingredients for 5 to 10 mins

Season it with salt pepper, oyster sauce

Add the optional ingredients

Mix and cook well

Add rice, mix well cook for 5 to 10 mins 

Garnish with scramble egg and friend shallots

Sabsuka


Ingredients:
1/2 kg minced meat (i used thinly sliced beef)
1 cinnamon stick
1 large onion (diced)
1 large onion (blended)
2 cloves garlic (blended)
1/4 thumb ginger (blended)
1 bowl of chili paste
2 tbsp ground cumin
1/2 bowl tomato sauce
2 tbsp sugar
1 bowl tomato paste
2 tbsp chili sauce
2 tomatoes (diced)
2 cups water
1 tbsp Ghee (i used EVOO)
Black pepper powder
Coriander leaves
 fried shallot

Method:
Mix the onion, ginger, garlic and black pepper powder to your minced meat leave it to rest.
Heat cooking pot and fried the chili paste and cinnamon stick. About 5-10 mins add in your minced meat (which i used sliced meat - time to cook a lil bit longer).
Add in diced onions, tomato paste, chili and tomato sauce, cumin powder and water
Once the minced meat half-cooked, add Ghee (i added EVOO). For garnishing add in fried shallot and coriander leaves.
Serve fried egg with Sabsuka or either mix it in the Sabsuka (individual preference)


So after all the cooking ... its time to scrub the kitchen ... fuuuh I'm exhausted. When will I be able to be tai-tai ... hahah fat chance especially in Singapore pfft.

I am so sad ... only to realize that all my food photos are gone.  Nope I did not upload photos to picasa therefore its all gone now.  My last update was about 2 months back.  Since I did not update my blog frequently, I did not notice that all the photos are gone until recently ... haiz ... 

So ... from now on I will try to update often ... meaning cook more often heeh ... 

Dark Chocolate Cupcakes (with Reese’s PB Cup Center)

*Photos has been deleted


A wet wet Monday. Its been raining since morning ... my laundry is piling up ... sigh .. since I cant do my laundry I decided to bake.  Oyin came over ... nope not to help out but it been awhile since we last have our siblings bonding time.


He came at abt 1pm ... I waited for him cos I asked him to get me butter ... forgetful me forgotten to buy butter for baking.  Hubby was busy revising for his last paper today. So Oyin and me do our baking ... after that we went Chinatown, Lomography Gallery Singapore.  Oyin wanted to pick up a new hobby.  The SM was quite busy so we didnt want to disturb him after that we went Plaza Singapura.  


We went Pastamania for fuel ahahha since I did not cook =D ... After that got our tickets to watch Alvin and the Chipmunks 3 ... it was fun ... 


and after that we call it a day lar ... exhausting abis.


Below is the recipe for the cuppies.  This is my 2nd attempt ... I love this recipe very easy and fast too ...


Adapted from Cook’s Illustrated


Makes approx 12 (I got 15 out of it with plenty of batter left on the sides of the bowl for me to enjoy. What?)Ilah: I got 16 cuppies maybe my cups are slightly smaller.


Ingredients


114g 8 Tbsp unsalted butter
60g (hershey semi-sweet) 2 oz bittersweet chocolate, roughly chopped (I used Ghiradelli)
60g (hershey cocoa powder) 1/2 cup (1.5 oz) Dutch processed cocoa (or regular if that’s what you’ve got handy)
85g (All-purpose IS plain flour) 3/4 cup (3.75 oz) All-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp baking powder
2 eggs
170g 3/4 cup (5.25 oz) granulated sugar
1/2 tsp salt
118ml 1/2 cup (4 oz) sour cream (you could use reduced fat, but really…why bother)
12-15 mini Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups

Directions


Preheat oven to 350°F (177°C). Line tin with cupcake liners. 

Combine butter, chopped chocolate and cocoa in a small bowl. Microwave 30 seconds then stir. Microwave at 15 second intervals until smooth. (It only took me the first 30 seconds plus 15 more before it was smooth and glossy.) Don’t overheat! Alternately, you can get fancy and use a double boiler, or a glass bowl over a pot of simmering water. I use the dbl boiler method.

Cool until barely warm.

In small bowl, combine flour, soda and powder.

In a medium-ish bowl, beat the eggs then whisk in the sugar and salt. Add the cooled chocolate mix, beating until smooth and well combined. Sift 1/3 of the flour mixture into the chocolate mixture. Whisk until fully combined. Add sour cream, mixing well, then add remaining flour mixture, whisking till flour is fully incorporated and batter is thick.

Scoop batter into lined tins using you preferred method—spoon, ice cream scoop, measuring cup. Place a mini Reese’s cup in the center of each cake. Press into the batter until nearly level with the top.

Bake 15-20 minutes (original recipe said 18-20 but mine were most definitely done at 15 minutes). Check doneness with toothpick. If it comes out clean, you’re good. Mine was 20mins.

Cool for 5-10 minutes in the pan, then move to a wire rack to cool thoroughly before frosting.


Fluffy Peanut Butter Frosting


Adapted from browneyedbaker.com


Easily covers 18 cupcakes, and that’s if you have a heavy hand.



Ingredients

200g or 3 big spoonful 1 cup creamy peanut butter
75g 5 Tbsp unsalted butter
220g 2 cups powdered sugar
1 small pkt 1/2 - 2/3 cup whipping cream (heavy cream) adjust as necessary - add more if it looks like it needs it. Go wild.

Directions


Beat peanut butter, butter and powdered sugar until thoroughly combined. Add cream and beat until light and fluffy. Give it a few minutes to get nice and pale and lovely. Lick the beaters. No, really. Do it. It’ll make you feel like a kid again. (I did not do this eh ... fasting tao )

Spread onto cooled cupcakes or pipe with your preferred decorating tip.