Soft Raisin Cinnamon Oatmeal Cookies

Soft Raisin Cinnamon Oatmeal Cookies

Quite a long name for this chewy-soft cookies ;-) but it's really melt easily in your mouth! I modify a little from the original recipe, but the little modification gave a big difference...

Wet Ingredients:

• 1 cup Butter (softened)
• 1 cup Brown sugar
• 1/2 cup White sugar
• 2 eggs
• 3 tsp yogurt (any flavor)
  

Dry Ingredients:

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 tsp Baking Soda
• 1 tsp Baking Powder
  
• 1/ tsp Kosher Salt
• 3 tsp Cinnamon Powder
• 3 Cups oatmeal (not instant)
• 11/2 cups Raisin (soak in hot water, drain then pour some Rhum until well absorbed)

How to make:

• Pre-heat oven 400F.
  
• Mix Dry ingredients then set aside.
• Cream the butter, yogurt & 2 kind of sugar until well blend. Put the eggs in, stir until well combined.
• Add the mixed dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Do not over stirred.
• Lay baking paper in the baking sheet. Use ice cream scoop to arrange the dough into the baking sheet. Give enough space to each scoops.
• Bake about 11-13 minutes for each batch.
• Transfer into other baking sheet for cooling, the dough will slightly lumpy while you transfer them, but it will firm shortly after.
• Bon a petit! Serve well with coffee or as ice cream companion.
  

My Baby..It's getting bigger now..9mo to go...

Last pictures of him, still very little..now, you can see how big he is now..Naughty?? Hell he become..but still we LOVE him So much!!! Adorable...

We love you Achilles.....!!!

Apple Raisin Crisp

After quite long time, since my last post..I had a chance to make something good, easy, and super quickly! Indeed, it only consumed my time less than 2 hours..(starting from the beggining, corring the apples, chop..chop...chop.., stir-up all the ingredients, pour into the pan). Okay...not wasting more time, we go to the recipes first...Oh, one thing i shall tell..i've made some changes from the original recipe, coz to me the ori one was way too sweet (well..it's american style recipes, so you know how they adore sweet things ryt??!). I served them warm with scoops of vanilla or cinnamon ice cream...Taste wonderful for dessert...it won't dissapointed!

* Apple Raisin Crisp *

Ingredients:

• 5-6 all-purpose apples, peeled, cored and sliced (here i use Grany Smith, the best apple for bake..according to me..but, it's all up to you if you wanna use other type).
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 tablespooon Corn flour
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 cup raisin, soaked them in rum, overnight

For the Crisp :

• 2 cups quick-cooking oats (You may use Muesli or other grains/oat)
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 cup butter, cut in, then crumbled
• pinch of salt

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degree C). Prepare 9 inch square pan.
2. I saved my time with using food processor, just peel, core the apples then put them in the food proccessor. Do not crush them too soft.
3. Mix the apples with sugar, corn flour, raisins, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg together. If there's some rum left (from soaked rum with raisin), just put them into the mixture. Set aside while prepare the crisp dough.
4. Combine the oats, flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, pinch of salt, chopped butter together. Mix with hands or spatula just until crumble.
5. Put some thin layer of crumble at the base pan, pour over the apple mixture, pour evenly on top of it with crumble dough. Bake for about 45-60 minutes. Look until the crumble changed into golden colour.
6. Serve warm with vanilla or cinnamon ice cream.

Spinach Pie

You'll never imagine that this green leaves can turn into something full of flavor, tastier & marvelously healthy!! I use 5 bunches of fresh spinach (each is around 100 gram, only use the leaves). My hubby do love spinach, but mostly i only saute them and to me it's kind of boring. So i tried to convert this simple thing into something lux and better look. Super easy, quick and you wont find it hard to finish-up the whole pan ;D

Last, great companion for this pie is slices of Foccasia bread & red wine!...Hemmmmm..mama mia...

** SPINACH PIE **

INGREDIENTS :


1 pounds spinach, rinsed and chopped
8 ounces feta cheese, crumbled
1 (8 ounce) container cottage cheese
5 eggs (small, or 4 for medium)
1/2 cup chopped garlic
3/4 teaspoon poultry seasoning (optional, i used knorr chicken flavor)
1 teaspoons chopped tyme
2 teaspoons oregano
1 teaspoon grated nutmeg
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
salt & sugar to taste
2 cups bread crumbs
4 tablespoons butter, melted

DIRECTIONS :

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Prepare one 9x13 inch ceramic casserole dish. No need to grease.
   In a large frying pan, saute the chopped garlic just until fragrant then pour the spinach. If you want to add mushroom just go ahead. Then pinch of salt, sugar, nutmeg, tyme, pepper pour in, stir well. No need to cook until it gets lump.


2. In other bowl, combine the cheeses, eggs, poultry seasoning, oregano, nutmeg. Pour in the saute the spinach. Just mix until all leaves cover with cheese. Pour into prepared dish.


3. Cover the surface with and melted butter. Bake for 30 minutes.


4. Let it cool or you may put them in the fridge, so they're firm enough to cut.

..One of the great companion..

When i opened my fridge and saw three lying on the fruit box, some overriped bananas ..i couldn't stand to see them will end-up in the trash bin। So, i decided to do something with them॥and here's the result..Something that extremely moist, soft texture, not gluey, yet it add more flavor with additional dried blueberry and wlanut crunch. Top with melted chocolate and garnished with sugar confetti too. I think, this easy and quickly made cupcakes can be presented as a snack passover on party or coctail.

* Banana Cup Cakes *

Ingredients :
5 Overripe bananas (the riper the better)
4 tbs yoghurt (any kind) i use cherry flavor here
2 tbs butter, softened
1 egg
1/2 cup brown sugar (i change the original recipe which using white sugar)and i also reduce the amount. the original said 3/4 cup..for me that's too sweet
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
2 cups flour
1/2 cup Pecan, roughly chopped
4 tbs dried Blueberry/ chocolate chips (optional)
Dark Chocolate (compound) optional
Sugar confetti for garnish
Paper cupcakes or baking tin

Directions :

1. Preheat the oven 350 degrees F (180 C) before you prepare the batter. First, mush the bananas with fork, you needn't to blender it. Its easily getting into almost paste like, blend in the yoghurt and butter. Stir well. Then the egg followed. Do not over stirred. Just until they blend together.
2. In another bowl, mix the dry ingredients. Flour, salt, baking soda, chopped pecan, blueberries/choco chips. Pour into the wet mixture. Stir using spatula only until it blend, do not over stirred. Fill in 2/3 of the cupcakes, then bake about 1 hour or until toothpick inserted into cake comes out clean.
3. Let it cool then you may garnish it with melted chocolate, topping with confetti or shaved chocolate if you like.

...Bon apetito...

Apple Bundt Cake

The first thing which came to my tought while thinking of making this cake, was...i had some apples which almost overriped...And, i felt sorry if they end-up their life in the trash bin. Eventough it's bit too late to prepare and to bake (i started to wash, peeled-off the apples it's already 8 PM). But, since i beleived that i could make em in an express way...i continue..

The longest time i spent was in the apples prep..from peeling, slicing ( i use shredder), coating sliced apples with cinnamon powder & sugar. The rest was quick & easy...Only, small incident happened...in the middle of baking the electricity went-out!! Oucchhh....i was afraid the cake sunked down, but, thanks God! it didn't happened that way...luckily the electricity was on no longer than 2 minutes...I preheat the oven again and continue baking for 30 more minutes. Total baking time was about 65 mins. But...my advise is, check every 20 minutes with pricked the cake until you see no wet batter stick in the bamboo skewer.

For healthy conscious, i slightly made some changes from the original recipe...Instead of using full oil, i use 50:50 ratio of oil : applesauce. Also cut down half of the sugar (2 cups sugar in the orogonal recipe). I sprinkled some sugar at the base of the pan right before i pour the batter. Made it 2 lines of apple-batter alternately.

* Apple Bundt Cake *

Ingredients:

- 2-3 Tablespoon Brwon Sugar

- 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

- 3 cups all-purpose flour

- 3 teaspoons baking powder

- 1/2 teaspoon salt

- 1 cup white sugar

- 1/2 cup vegetable oil

- 1/2 cup + 2 Tbs apple sauce

- 1/4 cup appple juice

- 2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

- 4 eggs + 1 yolk

- chopped walnuts / stick almond for topping

- 1/4 cup brown sugar

- 1/4 cup butter

- 2 1/2 Tablespoon apple juice

- 1 tablespoon Rhum

Directions :

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch Bundt or tube pan. In a medium bowl, combine the sliced apples, brown sugar and cinnamon; set aside. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.


2. In a large bowl, combine 1 cup white sugar, oil, orange juice, vanilla and eggs. Beat at high speed until smooth. Stir in flour mixture. Fold in chopped walnuts (optional)


3. Pour 1/3 of the batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle with 1/2 of the apple mixture. Alternate layers of batter and filling, ending with batter.


4. Bake in preheated oven for 55 to 65 minutes, or until the top springs back when lightly touched. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely. Coating with glazed.

How to make Glazed:

1/2 Cup Butter, 1/2 Cup Brown sugar, 2 1/2 tablespoon juice, 1 tbs Rum and mixed in small sauce pan, brought to a boil and poured over cake.

Apricot Raisin Chewy Oatmeal Bar

Last Friday, after a long day working...I felt very tired actually, but since i've eaten this kinda Apricot oatmeal bar in Starbucks the day before...It keep ringing in my head that actually this cookies bar are very easy to make. I couldn't resist to make them.. Ingredients are easily to mic-match too, i use apricot mix with rasiin..since i love em both! Incase..you want to use blueberry, raspberry or fig...those are welcome. Also i skip using too many butter here for healthy sake..I change them into applesauce and yet the flavor are more rich and better then if i use full butter recipe. Okay...now you might have a look here...

* Apricot Raisin Chewy Oatmeal Cookie Bars *

Ingredients:

• 11 pieces Dried apricots, cut into small diced
• 15 gr + 8 gr Butter, softened. divided for base crumb & srumble top
• 100 gr + 75 gr Applesauce, divided for base crumb and crumble top
• 100 gr + 50 gr Brown Sugar, divided for base crumb and crumble top
• 150 gr + 50 gr Flour, divided for base crumb and crumble top
• 100 gr + 100 gr quick oat, divided for base & top
• 2 gr baking powder
• Pinch of Cinnamon
• Pinch of Salt
• 1 Jar Apricot Preserves ( 320 gr)
• 1-2 Tablespoon Lemon Juice

Directions :

1. In a bowl, mix 150 gr butter and 15 gr applesauce. In other bowl mix together flour, oat, brown sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, salt until well mixed.
   Pour the dry ingredients into applesauce -butter mix. Use hands until crumble dough formed. Add 1 Tbs lemon juice. The crumbled should be damp enough but not too gooey.
   Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease 9 x 9-inch pan. Put paper bread at the base of the pan. To make it easier while removing the bars later.
2. Pat the first crumble dough into bottom of pan. Bake 5 minutes at 350°F (180°C) or just until golden and take out from the oven.
   While batter is in oven, use the same bowl to mix all remaining dry ingredients for top crumble.
3. While the dough are still warm, pour over diced dry apricots & raisin on the base crumble dough, push a little to make them suck deep into the dough. Sprinkle dashes of cinnamon powder. Top over it with preserved apricot.
   Crumble the second dough and place on the top of the preserved apricot. Don't forget to sprinkle some cinnamon powder again.
4. Bake 23 – 25 minutes at 350°F (180°C) until bubbles emerges from the preserved apricot. Do not over baked or you will not find this bar chewy.
   Remove from oven; cool in pan before cutting in squares or bars with a sharp knife.
   Dust with confectioners sugar.(Optional)

Hints: This cookie bar are excellent eat like as is or unquestionably marvelous with cinnamon ice cream. I recommend you to eat this bar cold rather than warm. But the choices is yours...

Easy Tasty Carrot Cake

See the title above? Yup!! It's exactly like it says...It's Easy to make, Indeed Tasty in your tastebud & Healthy too ;p I made it while i wasn't feeling really good, got an influenza symptoms made me stay whole day at home. But, my mind & hands couldn't sit rest...As i thought i had enough sleep, i'd like to make something tasty yet easy to satisfy my mouth & can make my appetite shows up. I remembered got some carrots, fresh and all the rest of the ingredients were always ready in my kitchen cupboard. So...here we go...

* Easy Tasty Carrot Cake *

Ingredients :

5 Eggs

2 cup Flour

1 Tsp Baking soda

1 Tsp Baking Powder

1 1/2 Tsp Cinnamon

1 1/2 Tsp Nutmeg

2 Tablespoon Rhum

3 Cups Grated carrot

1/4 Cup Olive oil

1 Cup Cooking oil

1/2 Cup Brown sugar

1/2 Cup White sugar

1 Cup Raisins / Sultana

How To Make :

First, Grated the fresh carrots. Set aside. Sieve altogether flour, baking soda, baking powder, nutmeg, cinnamon powder. If you want you can soak in the raisin in the rhum for about an hour.

Secondly, Whisk eggs, oils, rhum until all blended nicely. Do not overwhisked.

In another bowl mix the Flour mixture with Raisins & grated carrots.

Third, Pour over the egg mixture into the dry ingredients. Using spatula, mix them well. Prepare a 9 inch in/pan ( grease not necessary) pour the dough. Bake for minutes in 180 Celcius.

Notes: If you like you may add Cream Cheese Glaze. You'll need :

3/4 cups confectioners' sugar
1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese
1 tablespoon light corn syrup ( you may skip it)
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

To make Cream Cheese Glaze: Blend together confectioners' sugar, cream cheese, corn syrup, and vanilla. Spread over cooled cake.

My Lovely Puppy

* Achilles Von Forbes *

I have a Pet! Even this is not the first time, still it brings a big Joy to me & my hubby. Since this is the first time for him having pets, thus i need to 'trained' him some usefull yet unexpecting things that might happened. Mentioning the consequences of havinf new things in our life will bring different situation too...Best case is A lot of enjoyment, playful time but worst case is lotsa things such as frequent visit to vet, Pet shop, all the chores of feeding, clean-up, giving lesson, etc..and, after all those up & down for the first time on January 16th, we bought him this little angel...Achilles Von Forbes. This little angel (an also can becoming a little evil..hehehe) grabbed all our attention since first day home. And now he's been with us for about 3 months, just celebrating his 4 months old. He's spark in our life! Luv yaa little angel..

Epicure...Yummm!

Last week, on a nice shiny sunday we, me & hubby went there to have sunday brunch. Unfortunatelly, i didn't have my Poach Pear taart (which i have dreamt about since weeks ago, hicckksss... ;p) but surprisingly i had a chance to taste a new dessert name Pumpkin taart. It's not a common taart, don't imagine its kinda pie or basic pie dough top with glazed pumpkin...but, it's created in different tasty, delicate way...Much a way from our think. Even my hubby whioch very seldom (note this: VERY SELDOM) of commenting good food, even said:..." Hemmm...this is nice!" What a commpliment then...hahaha..

Ok, for tapas we had Papas Bravas and Gnocchi with butter sage ( This one also made of Kaboccha, Japanese pumpkin) which is sautee with butter & pinch of sage. Very simple but chewy & tasty. For the Papas barvas which was like a deep fried-grilled potatoes with spicy herbs. I add more black pepper and chilli flakes, combine with the sauce ( i think its more like mayo mix with paprike, and other herbs). My hubby try their Spanish Rice Paella seafood. It presentable looked very nice, but i shall add a little comment here, Alex...My hubby said its need more spicy on it. Last time when i dine in one of the restaurant in Plaza Senayan..(i'll tell you the name later) i saw in our next table, a couple was having the whole big wok of Paella. And it's really looks like the original Spanish paella which commonly served in Spain. And the colour also looks darker...maybe because of the saffron? (Am i right Alex?)...

Well, overall....I gave him my thumbs up for the Cheff...and still wanna be back again...hopefully, before they move on.

Birthday Cake..Mickey Face

Maybe, this kinda face are very common and famous all over the world. But, having it emerged by your very eyes makes me feel like a little kiddo having bunches of toys, fancy things...hehehe...That's what i felt when i first open the box and glimpsed of the smiling face of the great Mickey!! Eventough it's not mine...it's my hubby's. Yesss!! it's his B'day cake...and yet still haven't been presented to him when i upload this pics to be shared. I love Mickey!...and my hubby loves Mickey too...

Above all...I shall thanked to our good friends, Mr. Ruddy Sudana who created and gave a huge effort to create this lovely cake. He's the bakers and he also the man who created our wedding cake. Ofcoz...again, with MM (Mickey Mouse) theme.

He works for Clara's Cakes & Cookies. You may see all their collection items on this site: http://www.clarashealthfood.com/ as they also provide Sugar free product, so it'll be a great choices if you wanna eat healthy& delicious food without guilt.

Pork Chop With Tomato, Onion & Basil

* Pork Chop With Tomato, Onion, Basil *

INGREDIENTS :

• 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
• 1 large onion, halved and thinly sliced
• 4 pork loin chops, 1 inch thick
• salt to taste
• black pepper to taste
• garlic powder to taste
• 1/2 pint red grape tomatoes, halved
• 1/2 pint yellow grape tomatoes, halved
• 3 cloves garlic, diced
• 1 tablespoon dried basil
• 2 1/2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar
• 4 ounces feta cheese, crumbled (optional) I don't use it anyway..

DIRECTIONS

1. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a skillet over medium heat. Stir in the onion and cook until golden brown. Set aside.
2. Heat 1/2 tablespoon oil in the skillet. Season pork chops with salt, pepper, and garlic powder, and place in the skillet. Cook to desired doneness. Set aside and keep warm.
3. Heat remaining oil in the skillet. Return onions to skillet, and stir in tomatoes, garlic, and basil. Cook and stir about 3 minutes, until tomatoes are tender. Mix in balsamic vinegar, and season with salt and pepper. Top chops with the onion and tomato mixture, and sprinkle with feta cheese to serve. Plus Mix vegetables tossed with butter and pepper and Mashed potatoes...My Hubby lick 'em till its clean bones ;p
   

Salt & Pepper Tofu

One more simple dish or you may call them as an appetizer...Yes, adapted from one of Rice bowl restaurant which i saw and tried their Salt & Pepper tofu...And quickly try to make it my own...Hemmm...the taste, were tastier than the restaurants dish...My hubby told me so ;p

* Salt & Pepper Tofu *

The Ingredients

• 1 pack Small/Large Silken Tofu ( Shrimp/Egg/Chicken Flavors)
• 2 Tbsp Flour
• 1 Tbsp Rice Flour
• Salt & Pepper to taste
• 1 Stalk Lemongrass, thinly slice the white part
• 1 Large Red Chili, thinly slices
• 2 Cloves Garlic, finely chopped
• Cooking oil

How To Make

1. Cut the tofu about 1 cm apart
2. Cover the tofu surface with mix of Flours, Salt, Pepper. You may also use ready to use flour for fried chicken or tempura. Deep fry until golden colour turn up. Arrange on the plate, quicly pour dash of salt & pepper while it's still warm.
3. Fry the chopped garlic, lemongrass and chili until fragrant. Do not use big heat, so the garlic won't burnt.
4. Pour the fried mix over the tofu. Ready to serve..

Chicken Roll With Sesame Gravy

This is one among the simplest dishes i made...Not only its simplicity but it also taste great! (My hubby always said..."Heemmm, this is nice dear!" ) everytime i put this dish in his plate. For those who don't have much time inthe kitchen, i think this can be added to your recipe box..

* Chicken Roll With Sesame Gravy *

The Ingredients

• 2 Pairs of Chicken Breast (boneless preferable)
• 4 slices of Smoked Ham (Beef/Pork)
• 2 Buttons of Shitake Mushroom, Soak in boiling water until double in size & tender
• 50 gr Green Beans
• 1 Carrot
• 50 gr Baby Corn
• Nylon thread for tying the roll
• 1 Tbsp Chopped Garlic
• 1 Tbsp Corn Flour
• 1 Tsp Sugar
• Dash of Sesame oil
• Water
• Pepper & Salt to taste
• Light Soy Sauce (Optional)

How to Make

1. Pound the Chicken Fillet with Meat Hammer. Just to make the meat tender and easier to roll. Lay upon each fillet with a slice of Ham. Put slice of mushroom, (Not too much, just make single line on the tip of the fillet). Then Roll. Tied neatly with the nylon.
2. Place rolls on a basin or hot proof ceramic plate. Arrange them orderly not stack on each rolls. this is to make the juicy extract can flow out from the rolls perfectly.
3. Stem the green beans, slice the carrots and baby corn then steam or boil in water until just tender. Do not overcooked. It won't look nice if its overcooked.
4. Arrange nicely on a serving plate, Slices of the chicken roll, and steam vegetables.
5. While you steam or boiling the vegetables, prepare the Sesame Sauce. Strain the Chicken Juice extract from the basin. On a medium pan pour a little cooking oil/butter. Stir in chopped garlic, just until fragrant. Pour over the juice, add some water, sugar, salt, pepper to taste. (I use to add a dash of Light soy Sauce, but it's optional). And the last is dash of Sesame oil. Until small bubling emerge, stir in corn flour which you had mix with little water.
6. You may directly pour the sauce over the chicken & vegetable or Put the Sauce on a small bowl. So everbody can arrange their sauce need. Bon a Petit!

EPICURE Patesserie

Poach Pear Tart

Pistachio & Strawberry Ice Cream

Buntut Balado ( Spicy Oxtail in Chilis)

One of My husband's fave dish is oxtail..Normally eat as oxtail soup but i prefer to make them into something spicier and hot. (Poor hubby...he always got his head wet while eating my spicy dish ;p) But, nevertheless...It's clean till bones left..Will share the recipe here, maybe someone wanna try to bring it up in the dining table, good for lunch or dinner...but, never on breakfast, ok?!

Buntut Balado

* Spicy Oxtail in Chilis *

The Ingredients

• 500 Pounds fresh Oxtail


• 250 gr Ground Chilis


• 50 gr Ground Chili Padi


• 3 Kaffir leaves


• 2 pieces cloves


• 1 Tbsp Ground Coriander


• 1 Tbsp Ground Shallot


• 1/2 Tbsp Ground Garlic


• 1 stalk of Lemongrass


• 2 medium Ripe tomatoes


• 1/2 tsp Shrimp paste


• 2 tbsp lime juice


• 100 gr gula melaka ( it may substitute with brown sugar)


• Salt, Pepper to taste


• Cooking oil


• Enough water

How To Make

1. Boil the oxtail in a large pan until all cover with enough water. Strain, then throw the water. Take another amount of water then put the oxtail follow with Corriander, half of Gula melaka, cloves, a little bit of salt. Let the water and all the spices absorb. If the oxtail still hard, bring another water simmer again until its completely tender. Set aside.


2. Prepare the Sambal Balado. Roughly cut the tomatoes. Pound the lemongrass stalk(the white part only) until its bruise. In a medium saucepan. Pour the oil (i suggest quite a lot, since it will bring up the chili taste), follow with Gound shallots & Garlic. Fry them till fragrant but avoid browning. Pour both ground chilis, gula melaka, slices tomatoes, shrimp paste, Kaffir leaves, Lemongrass. Stir untill all mixed well. Give some water bring to simmer. Don't forget to taste. Last, give in the lime juice. ( The Sambal Balado Shall be oily, not watery).


3. While shimmering the sambal balado, Put some cooking oil into a shallow pan. Wait until smoke emerge then deep fry the oxtail, use a big heat so it'll crunchy-dried outside but still tender inside. Don't fry too long, 1 minutes shall be enough.


4. Presentation: In a medium saucer put the Smabal Balado as base cover than place the oxtail to cover the surface. very nice serve with White rice.

Notes: For anyone who can't bare the chilis sensation, they may add more tomatoes. It'll reduce the hot stink.

Bakso Kumis a.k.a Moustache Meat Balls

As you may b frowned while reading this title..i'll tell you why it named like that...
It's kinda meatballs made of shrimp, pork, beef, chicken, salted cuttlefish (aka juhi) and decorated with vermicelli and thinly slices of mushroom..Those last two items made the appearance of this balls looks hairy...Interesting to try? see below...

Bakso Kumis

* Moustache Meat Balls *

Ingredients

250 gr Beef (Tenderloin or sirloin)
100 gr shrimp, peeled (any kind)
100 gr pork
I skip the chicken this time
100 gr meat pork in can ( I use Ma Ling brand)
half part of 1 medium salted cuttlefish
3 Whole Eggs (or more, depend on its size)
Vermicelli
Mushroom
1 Tbsp Ground Onion
1/2 Tbsp Ground Garlic
1 Tbsp Fried Garlic
Fish sauce
Chinese Rice Wine
Light Soy sauce
Sugar
Pepper & Salt
Ground Nutmeg

How to Make

• Fried the salted cuttlefish, cut them in small pieces before. Don't fried over dried as it will taste bitter. Set aside until to cool. Then ground together with fried garlic until smooth.
• Blend all meats and shrimp, mix together in a large bowl. using a spatula or wooden spoon add in the ground mixture of cuttlefish, ground nutmeg, sugar, eggs. The dough should be thick enough to be shaped as balls. Do not add the egg altogether, one by one so you can arrange the mixture thickness.
• Prepare a large pan, add some oil, fry the ground onion and garlic until fragrant. Pour water about 2/3 of the pan full. Make a medium meatballs with 2 spoons or using your hand. Let the water boil then put the meatballs until all flowing on the surface. Don't forget to add fish sauce, sugar, salt, pepper, soy sauce. And the last is fried garlic before you serve.
• Notes: The meatballs will taste better and even better after 2 or more days. Since the herbs and the sauce all well combined.
  

Grilled Chicken Curry

It started with 3 kinds of recipes that i read...and end up with mixed those as 1 recipe...I found it quite unusual (maybe) since i grilled the marinated chicken first then pour them into the sour cream base sauce. For the taste?? I'll give it to you...

* Grilled Chicken Curry *

The Ingredients

1 (pair) Fillet Chicken Breast
1/4 tsp Crushed Cardamom
1/2 tsp Chili flakes
1/2 tsp+1/2 tsp Marsala Salt
1/2 tsp Ground Cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground Turmeric
1/4 tsp Garlic powder
1/2 tsp Cumin
1+1/2 tsp Curry Powder
1/2 cup Raisin (optional)
1 Onion, sliced
1 cup (250 gr) Sour Cream
Pepper, Salt, Sugar to taste
Frying oil/olive oil/corn oil

How To Make

• Mix the dried ingredients on the saucer (the first 8 herbs), Pat dried the chicken breast, cover its surfaces with this mixed herbs until well covered. Put on the fridge about 2 hours/overnight.
  
• Grill each side about 10 minutes each until well done. Do not over burnt.
• Heat some oil in the big skillet/frying pan, saute the sliced onion until it becomes translucent, Sprinkle with salt & pepper and pour the 1/2 tsp curry powder. Stir well (use low-med heat).
• Move the onion to one side of the skillet, add the grilled chicken. Cook about 2 minutes for each side. Add sour cream & raisin, gradually stir until mixture nice & thicken. Add sugar as necessary.
• Serve on hot plate. Well companion for briyani rice or Papadam.

Mushrooms...all about them..

Portabella/Crimini (Agaricus bisporus)

This one of those eatable mushrooms we normally see and get in the market/supermarket. The Portabella mushroom is one of the tastiest mushrooms ever grown. It is very versatile in its uses. When harvested young in the button stage it is called a crimini and can be used in the same way as the regular white button mushroom. When harvested as a mature mushroom, with the gills exposed, it is called a Portabella. One of the nicest features of the portabella is its thick cap. The cap on a portabella is probably twice as thick as the cap on a white button mushroom. This unique feature makes this mushroom a meaty and wonderful mushroom to cook with. Portabella caps can grow as small as 3-4 inches across to as large as 5-8 inches across, with the average size being 4-5 inches in diameter. These thick caps when cooked can taste similar to eating meat and is often used as a meat substitute!

How was it??!!! Sounds interesting huh??? So...why don't you try to get a better healtier way of living by eating mushroom...Starting Today!

Other kind of Mushrooms

Left to Right: Yellow Oyster, Blue Italian Oyster, White Button, Pink Oyster Mushroom

Bala-Bala Fantasy

Bala-bala or people also called Bakwan is kind of snack, mixture of vegetables. Normally consist of Cabbage, Bean Sprout, Carrots, Shallots, Corn, etc. It's free creation, just open your fridge, look what you got inside...and use your creativity to mix them all.

this time i use red cabbage, bean sprout, shredded carrots, Mushroom (champignon), and leek. The colour create a great combination..that why i named it Fantasy ;p

Note: Just don't use juicy vegetables such as: tomatoes, spinach, morning glory, turnip, cause they'll easilly stale within a day.

Go check your fridge now...

The Ingredients:

• 2 Tablespoon ground Shallots
• 1 Tablespoon ground Garlic
• 2 Leeks, julienne
• 10 buttons Fresh Champignon, evenly slices
• 3-4 Medium Carrots, shredded
• 50 gr Bean Sprout
• 1 Small Cabbage, take 10 leaves, evenly slices
• 5 medium size chicken eggs
• +/- 300 gr Flour
• 1 teaspoon Baking powder
• Water
• Seasoning, i use Vegetarian mushroom extract seasoning * See picture
• Sugar, Pepper to taste
  

How To Make

1. Prepare in a bowl shallots, garlic, eggs. Mix well.
2. Pour over the vegetables and mushroom, follow with seasoning, sugar, pepper.
3. In another bowl, mix the flour and baking powder with water. Just make a lump batter (not to thin not to thick), mix with the first mixture. Stir well.
4. Prepare in a pan enough cooking oil, then turn on the heat. Remember: Do not overheat because the dough will easily burnt outside when the inside still uncooked. Try frying a little dough, taste. If you think you need to add a liitle seasoning or flour just do so..
5. Eat well with Green small chile or chile sauce.