Tuesday, December 23, 2008

On Flying Solo

Haven't been blogging for quite a long time..so many things happened, all in one time...most of them have changed my life that I don't even recognize me, myself anymore. I was so reluctant to face them all. But lucky me to have my loved ones. I know no thanks could equalize the efforts and time they have spent to soothe me. Thanks to wear for always putting up with my grumpy head after all the turbulences happened to my family. Thanks to Nana too for staying up with me till 5 in the morning to listen to all the heart-broken stories. So many burden have lessen since. Thanks to others who keep cherishing my life..mamast ira...and all the other gisuksa girls...for all the joyful things...maybe I've never told you what have happened to me..I can't..but trust me all the laughter you guys bring make me forget all the miseries even only for a while.

Yes, I don't fly solo and I don't want to.
I'll be updating this blog with all the food pictures soon. Got tonnes of works to do.

Monday, November 24, 2008

Beef Dumpling



Assalamualaikum

Lama tak update. Inilah jadinya bila kemaruk nak jalan-jalan ajer dengan kawan-kawan..haha actually lately ni pon mood nk memasak dah down sikit..sebab asyik keluar spend masa dengan kawan-kawan..jadi banyak makan dekat luar jugak..kalau masak pon..lauk harian yang biasa 2 aje..oven tuh dah berdebu dah..punye la lama tinggal kan...

Anyway, few weeks ago, after a whole day of outing at Namsan Tower with Mamas, Wear and Azmizal; Mamas suggested four of us to have dinner at a dumpling restaurant, Shinpo Woori Mandu at MyeongDong. First time makan dumpling dekat situ..makan Shrimp Mandu@Dumpling...sangat sedapppp..balik tuh pon still drooling lagi...nk makan mandu lagi walaupun dah makan sampai kenyang..So, a few days ago I decided to make mandu at home! After searching at naver.com, I stumbled across this one simple recipe, with pictures of the ingredients but with no exact measurement. So, agak2 ikut taste sendiri jugak lah...Here is the recipe!

Ingredients:

Dumpling Wrapper

Filling:
Ground beef
Tofu (mashed)
Chinese chives(minced thinly)
Garlic (minced)
Onion (diced)
Salt to taste
Added: Spring Onion (minced thinly)

How to make:

Combine all the filling ingredients in a bowl. Stir until it well incorporated. Then stuff a spoonful of the filling in the wrapper and then fold the wrapper into half (like making curry puff). After that, use water to glue the edge of the wrapper. Pinch the edge of the wrapper to finish it.
Fry or steam the dumpling! Yummy!

Gune cili sos jer utk dipping..malas nk search :D:D orang malas selalu rugi kan? kan?

Walaupon resipi die simpe aje compared to resipi jiaozi (chinese dumpling)..tapi sedap! and bile tanye Wear "oke ke tak?"..die tak jawab..just angguk2 sambil sengih..:D:D okelah kan? Next time gonna try to make Siew Mai plak! tuh memang my no.1 favorite!

OK peeps~ Chiao~

**Mandu=Jiaozi=Dumpling

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Autumn has arrived!!

Klik la kat sini for more pics~

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Graduation

Assalamualaikum

Alhamdulillah..akhirnya saye telah lulus graduation project..saye dah bleh grad..wooohooo~~

Monday, October 20, 2008

Blueberry Muffin


Assalamualaikum

A very simple and no fuss recipe...and very versatile too...taken from allrecipes ...just throw everything in, and wallah~~a very tasty muffin~

Ingredients (12 muffins):
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 cup white sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
Directions:
  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C).
  2. Stir together the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar in a large bowl. Make a well in the center.
  3. In a small bowl or 2 cup measuring cup, beat egg with a fork. Stir in milk and oil.
  4. Pour all at once into the well in the flour mixture. Mix quickly and lightly with a fork until moistened, but do not beat. The batter will be lumpy.
  5. Pour the batter into paper lined muffin pan cups.
  6. Variations: Blueberry Muffins: Add 1 cup fresh blueberries (I used pie filling). Raisin Muffins: Add 1 cup finely chopped raisins. Date Muffins: Add 1 cup finely chopped dates. Cheese Muffins: Fold in 1 cup grated sharp yellow cheese.
  7. Bake for 25 minutes, or until golden.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Budu


Assalamualaikum..

Haaa...Saye ni orang Kelantan sejati..harus la mkn budu kan sebab dari kecil lagi diasuh makan budu...dok jauh dari Malaysia pon..sanggup angkut atas kapal terbang..ramai jugak yang tanye.."ko dok angkut budu ni tak meletup ke die dlm luggage?"..ntah la..dah baper botol dah bawak..tak penah pon meletop..maybe kalu die panas sangat die meletop kot...

Budu ni, macam ramai yang tahu..sedap dimakan dengan nasik dan ulam-ulaman. Lauk yang memang geng die adelah ikan goreng ataupon ikan singgang. Dan budu ni pon sedap kalau kite campurkan sekali dengan ikan bakar, cili padi, limau nipis, telur atau durian. Huu terangkat tuu...Haaa kat atas ni...ni la care favorite saye makan budu...dengan cili dan durian. Manis, masin, pedas. Sempurna. Haha lebey. Lately ni kerap la saye makan budu sejak-sejak durian ade jual kat sini..:P

Kecik-kecik dulu, orang selalu kate, makan budu bagus sebab die dibuat dari ikan bilis, banyak kalsium, jadi bagus untuk tumbesaran. Saya pon cam biase la, layan je. Haa pastuh tetibe rajin pulak nak carik kesahihan berita ni kat internet. Saya pon jumpe,
"Budu yang berasal dari negeri sebelah pantai timur Malaysia ini mendapat perhatian dan menjadi kajian para ahli pemakanan berkhasiat Jepun, Amerika Syarikat, Australia, New Zealand dan Jerman. Penemuan baru-baru ini membuktikan kandungan budu memiliki glutathione sebagai bahan antioksidan, mengeluarkan sisa toksik dan meningkatkan daya tahan (immune) yang dapat memerangi pelbagai penyakit merbahaya dan menghalang kanser. Kenyataan ini bagaikan satu kejutan bagi golongan yang selama ini memperlekehkan kewujudan budu yang dianggap makan "kuno".


Budu didapati berpotensi untuk melawan radikal bebas dan dipercayai mampu menghalang proses penuaan dan mencegah terjadinya penyakit degeneratif seperti aterosklerosis, koroner jantung, penyakit kencing manis, kanser dan selainnya pada peringkat lebih awal. Kajian mendalam juga mendapati budu turut mengandungi zat antibakteria penyebab cirit(diarrhoea), penurunan kolestrol darah, pencegah penyakit jantung dan hipertensi.

Ia juga dapat mempertingkatkan IQ kepada sesiapa yang memakannya. kerana ia merangsangkan sel-sel otak dan akan memperkukuhkan ikatan di antara neuron-neuron serta menguatkan neuron-neuron yang lemah. Pemakanan budu turut bertindak membantutkan pertumbuhan bakteria raffinosa dan stokiosa, penyebab utama flatulensi dan masalah kembung perut bagi kanan-kanak dan orang dewasa. 2 kelompok vitamin yang terdapat pada budu iaitu, vitamin larut air (vitamin B kompleks) dan vitamin larut lemak (vitamin A,D,E,K)"

**Source: http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budu
Biase kalau ada kawan-kawan yang kate nak belajar makan budu, tapi tak boleh stand bau die tu, saye suruh masakkan dulu budu dengan mencampurkan sikit sahaja air, hirisan halia dan serai yang diketuk. Time die tengah masak tu, huuuuu hazab baunye. Tapi bile dah siap, memang sedap.

Hehehehe, bagi saye, macam-macam mane pon budu memang sedap (mungkin sebab saye dah biase makan budu), dan berkhasiat. Huwaa..

Sunday, October 12, 2008

Bagel


Assalamualaikum..

Haa..rajin pulak saye update..kate cuti sebulan kan...ngeh ngeh..ni pasal saye rase bersalah pulak..sbb saye spend mase berjam-jam kat facebook..tapi tak hapdet blog..tak adil la kat blog-blog saye kan...

Haa..nk update psl raye pon...dah basi kan cite..tapi saye ade gak update sket gamba time raye kat blog saye lagi satu..kalo nk tgk bleh klik sini

So instead saye taruk gamba la..Bagel ni first time saye buat...ingatkan susah..takdela susah mane..cume dup dap dup dap sket la time nk rebus die kejap tu..saye siap set mase OK..sebab respi kate 30 saat utk satu belah...so kalut la saye dok tgk timer kat henset...pastuh dalam kalut2 tu..terlame gak..ngehngeh...pastuh bile angkat..die berkedut kat atas tu..tak licin cam kat kedai..tapi overall saye mmg puas ati..sebab tekstur die dah macam yang dkt kedai..liat kat permukaan..tapi lembut and fluffy kat dalam.. kene la ngn selera saye..

tapi kan..isk...saye ni mmg la..saye dah terilangkan respi die...saye ambik kat blog korean...ape daa..so kene carik balik la ni...

Btw, kalu perasan..kat bawah tu saye dah update dah list link..arituh kan saye tak backup template lame time tukar template..so merase la saye tercarik2 link lame..ramai lagi saye tak letak..nnt ye..satu satu..hehe

Haa since saye takde respi pon nk taruk sini..sampai sini je la saye update...saye nk g men facebook plak..bes plak main Friends For Sale tu..ngeh ngeh..

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