Monday 10 August 2015

Milkshake

Hi! The moment I know the word 'Milkshake' was when I went to London. I tasted that drink and it taste damn nice. I thought milkshake was like some other milk that does not taste nice just because of the word 'milk'. I would never ever forget the moment I was there because in Malaysia, milkshake is not sold in Malaysia. For those who love milkshake or wanted to try to make milkshake, I found a good video source from Youtube. Hope you guys enjoy it.

Reference:
POPSUGAR Food, 2013. Oreo Milkshake Recipe | Dessert Idea | Food How To. [video online] Available at: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PqVATOa2ok> [Accessed 10 August 2015].

Sunday 9 August 2015

How to do 'Lepat Pisang'

Lepat pisang is one of the Malaysian cuisine that is well known in the north Malaysia. Whenever, I go to Penang, I'll always buy this at the road side. Please try the recipe below.



Ingredients:

1 bunch of banana
1/2 coconut (get the coconut milk/santan for 2 cups)
2 cups of wheat flour
1 pinch of salt
5 tablespoon of sugar
Few banana leaves held over the flame

Directions:

1) Mash the banana finely.
2) Put the wheat flour and stir it evenly.
3) Put the salt, sugar and coconut milk. Stir it evenly.
4) Cut the banana leaves into square shape. Take the banana leaves and put 2 tablespoon of the batter at the banana leaves.
5) Wrap the banana leaves.
6) Heat the water in the double-boiler. Steam the Lepat Pisang for 30 minutes.
7) When it is cooked, place it on a plate.

Reference:
zewcakes, 2012. Leper Pisang by zewcakes. [online image] Available at: <https://zewcakes.wordpress.com/2012/02/24/lepet-pisang-lapek-pisang/> [Accessed 9 August 2015].

Macaroni cheese

Ingredients:

250 gram of macaroni(boiled)
1 bottle of tomato pasta bake sauce
100 gram of prawns
50 gram of mozarella cheese
50 gram of cream cheese (liquid)
1 tablespoon of black pepper
1 pinch of nutmeg
1 pinch of parsley
1 pinch of basil
1 pinch of rosemary
1 pinch of thyme
1/2 onion (cut into small pieces)
2 garlics (cut into small pieces)

Direction:

1) Pour the olive oil into a wok. Put onion and garlics. Stir until nice fragrance can be smelled.
2) Put the prawns and butter. Stir it until it's half-cooked.
3) Pour the tomato pasta bake sauce and put the macaroni.
4) Add the black pepper, salt and a pinch of nutmeg, basil, rosemary and thyme.
5) Stir it evenly.
6) After it is cooked, put the mixture into an empty square container.
7) Sprinkle the mozarella cheese and cream cheese.
8) Bake it in oven at 160°C for about 20 minutes.

Bread Pudding

Ingredients:

13 - 15 slices of white bread (to be torn into smaller pieces)
2 tablespoon of raisins
2 tablespoon of cashew nuts
2 cups of fresh milk
1 cup of whipping cream
2 tablespoon of custard powder
3 eggs
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
3/4 cups of granulated sugar
2 tablespoon of butter

Directions:

1) In a square spring pan, tear all the white bread into smaller pieces. Sprinkle the raisins and cashew nuts onto the bread.
2) Take a pan and heat up the milk and whipping cream. Add in the butter and wait till it melts. Add in the custard powder little by little and gently whisk it. Then, turn off the heat.
3) In a seperate bowl, break the eggs. Then add in the granulated sugar and the vanilla extract. Use a whisker to mix the eggs and sugar until the eggs turns fluffy.
4) Pour the fluffy eggs mixture into the milk mixture. Mix them well.
5) Pour the mixture into the spring pan flled with white bread. Let the mixture soak with the white bread for 5 minutes.
6) Heat up the oven at 165-170°C. Once the oven is heated up, place the spring pan into the oven and leave it to cook for 30 minutes. Once it is cooked, take it out from the oven and set aside to be chilled.

Fried Macaroni

Fried Macaroni
Ingredients:

250 gram of macaroni (boiled in water for few minutes)
100 gram of chicken
2 potatoes
1 bottle of tomato pasta sauce
6 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1 tablespoon of black pepper (blended)
5 tablespoon of chilli sauce
1/2 onion (cut into small pieces)
2 garlics (cut into small pieces)

Direction:

1) Boil the chicken. Boil the potatoes. Mix the potatoes and chicken together. Then, mash the potatoes that are mixed with chicken together.
2) Pour few drops of olive oil into the wok. Put the onion and garlics, sauté and stir it until nice fragrance can be smelled.
3) Pour the tomato pasta sauce together with chilli sauce.
4) Put the mixture of potatoes and chicken that were mashed.
5) Put the macaroni
6) Put the salt, black pepper and with a pinch of nutmeg, parsley, rosemary, and thyme.
7) Stir it evenly.
8) After it is cooked, place the fried macaroni on a huge plate or bowl.

Reference:
Wickramarachchi, A. 2011. Spicy Fried Macaroni. [online image] Available at: <http://foodcnr.com/spicy-fried-macaroni/> [Accessed 9 August 2015].

How to cook 'Cucur Udang'

Cucur udang has always been my favourite food. The most tasteful part is that it contains prawns in it. For those who like to eat cucur udang, please do give a try with the recipe below.

Cucur Udang
Ingredients:

300 gram of wheat flour
100 gram of prawns
Scallion (cut until very small)
50 gram of Chinese chives
1/2 carrot (cut into small pieces)
1/2 teaspoon of salt
6 tablespoon of blended chilli
1 cup of lukewarm water
Corn oil (1/3 of the wok)

Direction:

1) Put the wheat flour into a round container. Pour the chilli and salt in it too. Pour the lukewarm water and stir it evenly.
2) After that, put the prawns, scallion, Chinese chives and carrot. Stir it evenly.
3) Pour the corn oil into the wok. Fry the mixture/batter until all of it finish.

Reference:
Shaiful, Y. 2014. Cucur Udang Rangup. [online image] Available at: <http://yanashaiful.blogspot.com/2014/03/cucur-udang-rangup.html> [Accessed 9 August 2015].

How to cook Cokodok

Cokodok is actually another type of fried banana but the banana has been mashed compare to Pisang Goreng and it is spherical in shape. So, I'll be sharing the recipe of Cokodok. To see what is the difference of it, check the Pisang Goreng recipe at my previous post by clicking here.


Ingredients:

1 bunch of banana
1 cup of wheat flour
1 pinch of salt
Corn oil (1/3 of the wok)

Direction of preparation:

1) Mash the banana by using the 'Potato Masher'.
2) Add the wheat flour and a pinch of salt.
3) Stir the mixture of banana, wheat flour and salt evenly.
4) Pour the oil into wok and preheat it.
5) Pour the mixture bit by bit into the wok so that it shape like a ball when it is being fried.
6) When it is fried, take it out from the wok and place it on a plate.

Reference:
kak fizah, 2011. Cekodok Pisang/Jemput-Jemput Pisang. [online image] Available at: <http://resepimudah.blogspot.com/2010/12/cekodok-pisangjemput-jemput-pisang.html> [Accessed 9 August 2015].