Rendang Daging Rusa

Yesterday, we went to pasar tani as usual.. it was drizzling the whole morning.. while waiting for my prawn to be weigh, my eyes were caught at this guy selling venison..ai terus teruja nak beli.. sekali tanya harga.. RM40 sekilo and dia memang dah siap-siap timbang sekilo.. nak tak nak.. ambik je le.. so salah satu menu hari ahad yang mendung ni ialah Rendang Daging Rusa... ai cuma guna resipi yang ingat-ingat lupa.. resipi rendang biasa-biasa sahaja..

 Rendang Daging Rusa

Bahan-bahan

1 kilo Daging Rusa - di potong 

Lengkuas diketuk

Daun kunyit dihiris

Gula merah

Garam dan gula secukup rasa

Sekeping asam keping

3 cawan santan kelapa 

Homemade kerisik

Bahan-bahan kisar

10-12 biji bawang merah

4 tangkai serai

Cili kering

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jangan lupa ingredient wajib

++a pinch of love ++

sebagai pelengkap kepada ketidaksempurnaan

Cara-cara memasak

Sama seperti masakan rendang yang lain.. secara ringkas, masukkan semua bahan kisar , lengkuas dan masak bersama santan. Masukkan daging dan masak dengan api perlahan sehingga kering.. akhir sekali masukkan garam, gula, asam keping, kerisik dan hirisan daun kunyit.

Sebagai permulaan proses menghasilkan rendang , wajib untuk ai membuat homemade kerisik... bukannya tak de jual di pasar.. but kadang-kadang kerisik yang dijual tak fresh.. yang paling worst dah ada bau tengik.. daripada dikhuatiri merosakkan menu hidangan, ai lebih prefer untuk buat sendiri kerisik...

Caranya sangat mudah.. tapi memberi satu kepuasan tidak terhingga...Sangai kelapa sehingga warna coklat kekuningan.. tumbuk kelapa sehingga keluar minyak.. kalau kita buat sendiri, kita boleh control tahap minyak yang dihasilkan oleh kerisik... kalau untuk buat kerabu kerang dengan taugeh contohnya.. tidak perlu kerisik yang berminyak.. cukup sekadar kerisik yang baru hendak mengeluarkan minyak...isshh pening la.. tak pe rasanya boleh faham kan?

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so hasilnya

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tentulah kerisik yang sangat-sangat fresh.. syok kan?

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Sambil-sambil menunggu daging rusa yang tak berapa nak empuk tu empuk, apa kata kita layan dulu Dim Sum.. Frozen Dim Sum halal keluaran TSL Bestmas Manufacturing Sdn Bhd.. hanya perlu kukus untuk few minutes and ready to eat...so I beli dua flavour..and it comes with sauce.. taste so good

Black Pepper Siew Mai

and

Crab Siew Mai

Pecel Lele

Memang dah lama mengidam masakan Jawa ni. Kalau dalam bahasa Jawa, Pecal ni ada dua makna.. kedua-dua nya merujuk kepada jenis masakan.. Kebiasaannya, pecal yang diketahui ramai ialah sayur-sayuran (timun, tahu, tempe, tauge, kangkung dll) yang dimakan bersama sambal kacang yang telah dibancuh dengan air panas. But, ada lagi satu jenis masakan asli masyarakat Jawa yang juga dipanggil pecel iaitu pecel lele (Ikan keli), boleh juga dimasak dengan ikan pari atau ayam..

Resipi Pecel Lele

(masa penyediaan -20 minit)

Bahan-bahan

6 ekor ikan keli yang telah disalai

1 biji Santan Pekat

Sedikit air asam jawa

Daun cekur yang dihiris halus(untuk hiasan)

Daun Limau Purut (optional)

Bahan-bahan yang ditumbuk

4 ulas bawang merah

1 ulas bawang putih

4sm isi cekur

20 biji cili padi

6 sm belacan yang telah dibakar

Sedikit Garam dan Gula

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a pinch of love and drop of sincererity

Cara-cara memasak.

Masukkan bahan yang telah ditumbuk kedalam santan dan masak hingga hampir menggelegak.. Masukkan air asam jawa, hirisan daun cekur dan gula. Akhir sekali masukkan ikan salai(panggang) ke dalam kuah.

 

Ikan yang telah siap disalai ni boleh dibeli di pasar tani.

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Sangat mudah kan? selamat mencuba...

Family dinner @ Teratai , S13

 We had dinner sponsored by my sis (Yan) at Restoran Teratai Section 13, Shah Alam .

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This is photo of Tok and Opah with all 9 grandchildren.

 In this photo Faheem, Farrel, Danisha, Damia, Irsyad, Darin, Dzarif, Dzafrel,Daini, Tok, Opah and Antie..

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Food here was okay.. and these two dishes are my choice for the day

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Siakap sweet and sour

 and

Cashew Nut Squid

Thank you Dik..

"Blurberry" Friday

What a blur friday I had.... day dream all day...and slow respond to everything...

Help.. I need something to boost my mood.

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think once

think twice

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YUUUPPP blink... I got and idea

why not drive to

WONDERMILK++  during lunch??

From the long list of menu available

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SUPER SNACKS

Super Beef N Fries

Wonder Wedges,Sloppy Fries

Super Fries,Smores

BAKED POTATO

 Chicken & Cheese,Beef Rasher & Cheese

Beef Coney & Cheese,Tuna & Cheese, Just Cheese

SANDWICHES

Mr. Beefsteak, Turkey Love Affair

California Chicken,Mushroom Melt

BBQ Chicken,Beef Rasher

Tuna Melt,Mr Egghead,

Say Cheese, Honey Mustard Cheicken,

Pesto Chicken Surprise

WONDERMEAL

Super Cheese Burger, Cheese N' Steak Roll

Hickory Dickory Wings, Sloppy Hotdog

Hot Diggity Dog, Sloppiest Joe

Might Ranch Chickken Salad

Tuna Pesto Surprise Salad

not so easy to make a decision on what to eat

ta-daaahh, here's my stripy lunch box

and inside the box is my catch of the day

Beef Coney and Cheese Baked Potato

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Light lunch to compensate and balance with rich cupcakes for the desserts

and I chose the cupcakes which matched my purple baju kurung (tak sengaja)....

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Blueberry Cheesecake

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Chocolate Blueberry

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Caramel

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Actually these are the newly introduced flavour by Wondermilk

it taste awesome..

 Eat the cute, creamy cupcakes with friends...

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Ikan Goreng Special

How would you normally fry fish? of course all you need is to add a pinch of salt and tumeric powder and fry it.. very easy isn't it.. but I like to modify the norm by adding up a little bit of other simple ingredients to enhance the flavour.. or simply make simple sauce/dip for it... here's two simple dish which I just discovered and like...

A bit of hint :

The rule is if you find anything interesting when eating out , taste that something with your heart.. and try to figure out the main ingredients used.. then quickly try this  at home before the taste dissapear from your mind... Insya Allah if not better , you'll get 90% right... and the best part you get to share with your loves one..., friends or whoever you like...

I have tested my rule and it works everytime... sometime you got to do it twice or more to fine tune the look and the taste of your new recipe...

Test no. 1 :

Ordered this Fried Fish in Pakbara Thailand. To be there again is something which is not going to happen very very soon...

In less than a week, I tried this recipe with a bit of modification to suit my taste... see it's so yummy..

My modified ingredients :

Slices of Spanish Mackarel (Ikan tenggiri)

Tumeric Powder and salt

For the sauce :

Light Soya sauce

Fish Sauce

Sugar

Bit of chopped garlic

Chilli padi

Drop of tamarind extract

For Garnish

Coriander Leaf and Sliced Onion

and don't forget to put the magic spell

A pinch of love and flying kiss

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Test no 2 :

This is a bit tricky... my friend just upload this photo which I have cropped and described them

"Nasi bawal goreng....@banting....kalah kedai kat blkg kilang molex,prai....lazaaaatttt"

quoted from Mohd Izwan fb...

Though I didn't taste them, but using purely my instinct... I tried this recipe with the same fish.. 

Ingredients:

Ikan Bawal (Local)

(the taste of the local bawal fish flesh is so sweet and fresh.. )

Fresh Tumeric

Garlic

Salt 

and don't forget

+++ a pinch of love+++

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And the results of my test......

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Pass with A++

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Based on your observation, I leave it to you to judge which one is better.. I have my own fans and guinea **g to be the witness and judges to my experiments.. and most of them like mine... it's not me that make the difference.. you yourself can do this too...I do fail and got negative comments.. but to me most importantly, give yourself a chance. You continue doing it if you like and just stop the first time if you think you dislike it.

Try to practice this often and you will be the happiest person on earth because :

1. Your hubby will bring you to eat out more often for a new recipe discovery session

2. Upgraded your cooking skill

3. Develop your recipe bank

3. Variety of flavour, taste, colour, theme origin of food from rest of world in your cooking style

4. You often see happy faces from your loves one

5. Cost effective

and

6. Self satisfaction

Remember , you got to be sincere and cook with love...

Self Indulgence

Started my day with brekkie at Starbuck Coffee.. surprisingly on the 26th day of January they still have the

Toffee Nut Latte

but without the Red Cup..this is really unexpected..

enjoying every sip in a very chillax momentos

 how I wish they have this coffee all year round instead of just in December

and

I have all the time for this

Today, I took half day leave for some personal reason

after settling what supposed to be done

I have about 2 hours left before clocking in to my office

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After a thought, suddenly I remember of my long overdue wishlist

I then make my way to my first visit ever to

DOME CAFE

I don't even have a minute to go through each menu.. Ordered this, as suggested by the girl who served me but she suggested me to switch it to Olio with seafood.. whatever... how I wish I can bring this menu back home so that I'm more ready and know what to order for my next visit...

Since I am alone and not familiar with this place, to be safe,

 Place order for Take Away

Peek inside this bag

goooossshhh

The pasta look so good

and the aroma is everywhere

my stomach started sounded

ggggrrrrrrrrrr

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I am quite positive that one day this dish is going to be served from my own kitchen... I got all the visible ingredients in my mind already

Linguini

Garlic

Parmesan Cheese

Seafood of your choice (Mussels, Prawn, Calamari)

Button Mushroom

Olive Oil

But I am still figuring out the herbs used for this dish

Could it be chilli flake, pepper, salt etc...

and don't forget to add

a pinch of love.. for the final touch

hmmm... best kan.. sekali sekala dapat belanja diri sendiri... okay enough.. I could probably have this enjoyment twice a year at most... my normal routine for weekdays would be having simple breakfast and a "tapau mixed rice" for lunch but with friends around to chat.. I think I like to keep it that way... and for weekend.. obviously spending my time with family is the greatest moment...

Cooking Mood

My cooking mood has increased tremendously for the past 2 weeks.. Reason being I have just completed my tooth treatment which prohibits me from taking most of the food... now after 6 weeks craving for real eating moments, I'm actively cooking and having food which I desired... I tend to create and imagine menus everytime I went for marketing.. end up cooking too many dishes.. sometime it can be like 2 main dishes, 1 vegetable dish and 2 side dish (fried fish , ulam, kerabu or sambal).... so during Thaipusam holiday, I thought of something prettty exotic and may not be favourable to some of you.. no offense but I think this salad is unique in its own taste.... I like the crunchiness and chewable texture of this thing. This salad is very famous in Thailand.

Chi..k..n Fe..t Salad

Ingredients

Chicken F...t (Boiled and Shredded)

Thai Shallots

Cut Chilli Padi

Glass Noodle (soaked)

Japanese Cucumber

Coriander Leaves

Tomato (diced)

Lime juice

Fish Sauce

Salt

and

A Pinch of Mom's Love

Method

Preparation time : 20 minutes

Tossed everything together

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ready to serve....it's such a great appertizer

And what's served for the main dish?

Asam pedas Ikan Mayong

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Gulai Lemak Putih Taugeh Kasar

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Sambal belacan served with Kacang Botol

Look at that...

A plate full of dish...

Uncle Meet Again @ Ayeem Burger Paya Jaras

Uncle Meet Again... where ?? this time we planned to have dinner vis a vis meeting at Paya Jaras.. Meeting for our Chinese New Year's trip to JB. This is already the third meeting with list of suggestions but without conclusion. All members were present (Izwan, Dalyp,Azuan and Randy). Absent with approval (Wan  due to traffic congestions at Batu Cave, enche Senoi, and Izami on paternity leave). So we meet up at R&R Sungai Buloh for teh tarik and Maghrib Prayer then drove all the way to this western stall introduced by Izwan and Dee.

A stall named Ayeem Burger, located at Paya Jaras. A cowboy style waiter welcoming us.. The owner has chose to have a cowboy town decor style for his stall which has simply transformed this ordinary stall to a cosy place to hang out... It's like going to a mini museum that emphasis to every detail things displayed.  

Getting there

If you're on NKVE, take Sg Buloh Exit, then keep left to Kuala Selangor.. After, pasar malam spot.. drive slowly, then you can see this stall on your left... very easy 

Business hours

Open daily from 5.30pm to 2.30am. 

  

Okay... enough about the stall deco.. now let's see what's served on the table

Chicken Chop

 Lamb Chop

 Beef Steak

Mushroom Soup and Garlic Bread

wow... we're so full.. finally Uncle Meet Again have got something decided for our JB trip... wait and see.. 

Sup Ikan Merah

Selamat tengahari semua, today I am going to share my first fish soup (my style). Tak pernah try sebelum ni.

Ingredients :

Chopped garlic and onion

Sliced ginger

Rempah kasar (Buah pelaga, kayu manis dan bunga lawang)

Kepala dan Isi Ikan merah

Salt and pepper

Optional ingredients :

Tomato, Potato and Celery

Step 1 : Tumis bawang bersama rempah kasar hingga naik bau

Step 2 : Masukkan Ikan merah dan biarkan seketika kemudian baru ditambah dengan sedikit air untuk kuah

Step 3 : Masukkan bahan optional yang dihiris besar

Step 4 : Masukkan garam secukup rasa dan tunggu hingga kuah menggelegak dan tutup api

Step 5 : Sup Ikan sedia untuk dihidang

Sangat sesuai dihidang bersama sambal kicap dan perahan limau kasturi.
Selamat mencuba..

Newborn - Ikram Zaid

***Congratulations***

to Izami and Nonie

for a newborn baby boy with a beautiful given name of

IKRAM ZAID

(still unofficial)

who was borned on

16th January 2011

(genap 23 tahun Papa and Mama knew each other)

@ Hospital Serdang

with 2.92 kg of weight

Welcome to the world

Many thought Zaid look very much like his sister Iman when she was a baby, but I think he inherited more of Muaz's (his brother) features..

Macam berjanji la pulak.Geng ahli Uncle Meet Again secara kebetulan datang melawat dalam range waktu yang sama..

Sibuk Antie Chemi and Antie Sri belek baby Zaid... mudah-mudahan Antie Chemi dapat berkat dikurniakan rezeki cahaya mata Insya Allah. Antie Sri tu pun apa kurang nya.. teringin gak tu..

Antie Olin??? I think 5 is enough for us..

Dah alang-alang berkumpul, we all terus singgah untuk dinner at OLD TIMER KOPI in Bandar Baru Bangi. It's my first time visit here.

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*1 OLD TIMER*

 

 **2 OLD TIMERS**

***Actually 3 OLD TIMERS***

I was recommended to try the Mee Rebus Muar
Rated ***/** star
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Another special menu we had was the
Ubi Kayu Rebus served with Sugar and Coconut
or
Sambal Ikan Bilis
(pictures not available)
tapi rasa dia
Walllllaaaaah.. memang terbaek dari ladang