Easy Bake Chicken Pie

chicken pie filling

you need :-

2 cups small pieces/diced chicken breasts

1/4 cup vegetable oil/butter

1  cup diced onion

2 cups cubed potatoes

* any vegetable of your choice : 
   green peas, carrots, celery (cut same size)

   or      

2 cups frozen mixed vegetables

1 can cream of chicken soup

salt and pepper

* about 1 cup  milk and 2 tbsflour for thickening

*  basil / Italian seasoning

•  Heat oil/butter and add in onions
•  Stir in chicken pieces until cooked
•  Add in potatoes and all vegetables, stirring until all softened
•  Pour in cream soup and stir in milk slowly while adding flour to thicken  mixture
• Cook over slow fire for about 10 mins

• Heat up oven 180*C , while rolling out/ cutting up and filling the pastry
• Using a fork pick a  few hole ( to let out steam while baking)
• Egg wash to finish 
• Bake for about 35 mins/ or until golden brown

filling up the chicken-pie mould

done

Kuih Apam Gula Melaka ~ dari Resipi.com & tested oleh Bibik Midah

~ adunan baru

Teringat dahulu, arwah emak buat kuih-kuih Melayu seperti apam, kuih talam, seri muka, kaswui  dan berbagai jenis lagi untuk jualan setiap hari. Memang suka makan kuih-kuih Melayu, tetapi anak-anak sekarang ini anak-anak kita tak berapa suka jenih kuih lama orang Melayu. Waktu itu tak minat langsung untuk mencuba buat sendiri. Ada seorang kak ipar yang rajin masak kuih-kuih jenis ini seakan serupa dengan kuih buatan bonda.


Sekarang ini kalau teringin nak makan dan beli dipasar-pasar malam/pasar tani, sememanglah tak puas hati.


Mencuba buat mengikut resipi yang diberi oleh adik (ruj: Resipi.com) -

Apam Gula Melaka 

* 1 cwn air

* 1/2 cwn gula melaka yg telah diracik halus

* sehelai daun pandan

2 cwn tepung

1 sk dry yeast

3/4 cwn air

3 sb gula pasir ( boleh kurang atau tambah ikut suka manis)

secubit garam

Cara-cara

Masak bahan bertanda* hingga gula melaka larut dan dibiarkan sejuk.

Campurkan semua bahan dan air gula yg telah sejuk dan gaul rata.

Seeloknya campuran tadi di masukkan didalam bekas besar.

Tutup dan bibiarkan selama 40min/1jam
 atau sehingga adunan naik hingga 3x ganda.

Tuangkan adunan kedalam loyang yg telah dilengserkan minyak.

Biar sekejap dlm 5 min.

Kukus adunan selama 30-35 min atau 
bila dicucukkan lidi, lidi keluar bersih.

Sedap dimakan dgn kelapa parut yg digaul dgn sedikit garam.

nota : adunan ni sesuai untuk loyang kukus saiz 21cm

Chocolate Making Session

Puding Karamel CikJah

cara :   masak gula menjadi gula hangus/ 'caramel' ~ 1min/low

warna > kuning  emas/ golden brown

letak pudding cups dlm pinggan berisi air

 dan masak dlm microwave oven ~ 5mins/med

Bahan: Susu - 1lit., telur - 4/6 biji (ikut saiz), gula - 6 tbs, sdkt esen vanila

(untuk 6 ramekin cups/6ozs

Cuba memasak caramel pudding (telur & susu) dalam microwave oven. Mudah dan cepat tapi perlu berhait-hati supaya gula jangan terlalu

 hangus dan menjadi pahit.

Nasi Dagang ala Kelantan ...Brown Rice steamed with Coconut Milk

This rice dish with Tuna fish (ikan tongkol or ike aya) and fresh cucumber salad is popular either eaten for breakfast or lunch in Kelantan and all over the east coast of Malaysia. The difference in Terengganu is that the rice is a mix of long white grain and glutinous rice but in Kelantan , they use brown rice.

Have tried to serve this dish for my family before , but similar reaction from my girls as to when they tasted my 'laksa Sarawak' ...ughh rasa macam ada ubat dalam nye....

Today I cooked for just the two of us ....its took just 30mins..

1. The Brown rice:-

• 
  
  1 cup of brown rice, soaked for about 30mins , drained the water then steam with 1 cup of water (I cooked it in the microwave for 15mins, stirring the rice when half-cooked)
• 
  
  the add in 1/2 cup of thick coconut milk, a teaspoon of finely sliced shallots with sliced ginger , a pinch of fenugreek seeds (halba) and salt to taste.... mix well and
• 
  
  cook/microwaved for  about 15 mins or until rice is cooked

2. The Fish Curry :-

• 
  
  2 slices of fish (either tuna/mackarel)
• 
  
  1 cup of thick coconut milk/santan
• 
  
  1 tbs fish curry powder
• 
  
  2/3 shallots - finely sliced
• 
  
  1/2 in ginger - finely sliced
• 
  
  1 tomato - quartered
• 
  
  salt and rown sugar to taste
• 
  
  water as required

   Cooked all in a pot over a slow fire so as not to overboil the coconut milk  for about 15 mins and lastly throw in a few chilli padi or green chilli.

3. Cucumber salad :-

    Toss all sliced onions ,cucumber and  carrot ..julienne strips with sliced red and green chillies, add in either lime juice or vineger and salt & sugar to taste

Steamboat & BBQ ala ChimChum on Mothers Day

Ema suka strawberry

the birthday cake for April & May people

the mothers day Cake

Everyone enjoy the steamboat & bbq

First time using the chim-chum pot that we bought at Rantau Panjang at the Banting Family Mothers' Day and birthday gathering that was arranged by the neices and nephews at rumah Tok Enje Baha. It was a pot-luck style. Each family brought either home cooked or from the supermarket to share. Mak Enje Suriani prepared kuehteow 'teng', Along Zainab brought fresh prawn and other foodstuff for the steamboat. There were other foods - Jiro potato salad, Alang popia goreng and not to forget to mention here, Angah Lijah coconut jelly.

Wakame Seaweed and Eryngii Mushroom

Today we had lunch meeting up with our old Japanese friend who had been living in Malaysia for almost 25 years. It was supposed to a 'sushi' session but there was no 'halal' sushi restaurant in Jaya Jusco Bukit Tinggi, Klang. So we just had  prawn mee at Penang cafe, which is my favorite noodle dish  Penang style. Not to be disappointed our Japanese friend took us to JJ supermarket to shop for Japanese food products  ..wakame seaweed , eryngii mushroom and a pack of sushi set.

Wakame is a thin and stringy seaweed, deep green in color and used in making seaweed salad and miso soup. Wakame is common in Japanese and other Asian dishes. Wakame is a rich source of Eicosapentaenoic acid, an Omega-3 fatty acid  and also has high levels of calcium, iodine, thiamine and niacin. Known to many Japanese to be a health food and it has been used in oriental medicine for blood purification, intestinal strength, skin, hair, reproductive organs and menstrual regularity.

Eryngii mushroom also known as ' king trumpet mushroom/French horn/king oyster mushroom is edible and has gain popularity in Europe and other parts of Asia. It has a thick, meaty white stem and a small tan cap (in young specimens). It has little flavor or aroma when raw. When cooked, it develops typical mushroom  flavors with a texture similar to that of abalone.

Within minutes, my miso soup done with wakame seaweed and eryngii mushroom but minus the tofu, to accompany the sushii pack bought at JJ.

Sushi is cooked vinegared rice that is commonly topped with other ingredients, such as fish or other seafood, or put into rolls. Sliced raw fish alone is called sashimi, as distinct from sushi. Sushi that is served rolled inside or around dried and pressed layer sheets of seaweed (or nori) is makizushi . Toppings stuffed into a small pouch of fried tofu is inarizushi. Well, got to know more on the different type of ' sushi '.... yummy indeed something different from our daily meals. .....memories of our visits to Tokyo and Osaka ..long time ago rekindled.

Jeli Kelapa ...test..test..test lagi

Dugaan dapat diatasi dengan sabar

kerana ingin mencuba membuat  sekali lagi agar dapat sukatan dan juga untuk mendapatkan  rasa 'Jeli Kelapa' yang lebih oomph, hari ini pergi ke pasar borong Sri Kembangan untuk membeli bahan-bahan. Sebesar-besar pasar borong  dijelajah, tidak ada kelapa muda. Tetapi tidak kecewa, perjalanan diteruskan ke Damansara dan Alhamdullilah ada beberapa gerai di Kg Sungai Pencala menjual dan buah kelapa muda nampak cantik segar dengan harga RM2.50 sebuah.

Bahan yang diperlukan :-

4 buah kelapa muda - ambil air dan isi kelapa

1/2 paket agar-agar (anggaran 1 cawan) ,

3 cawan air

1 cawan gula pasir

1 - 2 cawan air Ice-cream Soda (ikut citarasa)

Cara :-

Agar-agar direndam dan  dimasak hingga hancur

apabila sudah hancur, masukan gula pasir dan

terus masak hingga hancur gula tersebut

kemudian masukan air kelapa muda (anggaran 8/10 cawan)

angkat dari atas api

apabila suam masukan pula air ice-cream soda

gaul hingga sebati

Akhir sekali, tuangan campuran tadi kedalam bekas-bekas kecil yang telah di isi dengan kelapa muda tadi dan simpan dalam peti ais sehingga jeli kelapa sudah set......dapat dalam 20-24 cawan jeli-kelapa.

Note :

Air ice-cream soda itu ditambah sebagai perasa dan sekiranya terlalu manis, kurangkan sukatan gula

Steamboat & BBQ di Food Village Kota Bharu

Periuk 'steamboat & BBQ' ini terjumpa dan terbeli di Rantau Panjang, Kelantan. Semasa berjalan-jalan window shopping, konon, kerana tak bercadang pun untuk berbelanja kerana tujuan percutian kali ni hanya untuk bersantai dan berjumpa kawan-kawan lama. Tetapi apabila ternampak je periuk ni, tak fikir dua kali pun.

Beginilah cara menggunakannya , 2 dalam 1

Jumpa Kuih-kuih ni di Pasar Siti Khadijah, Kota Bharu

....baru balik dari Kota Bharu. dan masih teringat lagi makanan orang-orang di sebelah pantai timur.....Kelantan dan Terengganu    > kuih akok, jala emas, bunga tanjung, taik itik, taik minyak, kuih pocong dan tapai 3-serangkai.

sekarang kita boleh dapati kuih-kuih serupa ni dimana-mana, samada pasar malam, pasar tani dan terutama semasa bulan Ramadhan...bazaar Ramadhan.

tetapi..yang special tu makanan dan kuih muih yang dijual di Pasar Siti Khadijah, Kota Bharu ...rasa , rupa , harga serta tarikan si penjual.