Ramadhan 1432

 Dah setengah bulan kita berpuasa. I'm proud of Alysa. She managed to fast 5 days so far. Mula2 dulu puasa setengah hari. Balik kindy, dia akan berbuka around 2-3pm. Ada 1 day dulu, early ramadhan, dia melalak kelaparan coz Cik Jun tak bagi dia berbuka awal. Nampak macam kebuluran hearing the sound of her wails.:D

 But last week masa kitaorang bawak dia for raya shopping straight away after kindy, dia tak de chance le berbuka awal. Lepas tu pujuk if she could fast until 7.30pm, we would buy her Mc D double cheese burger. Boleh pulak dia puasa sampai iftar. Just nak train her tummy considering dia ni kaki makan . Tapi I pun tak nak le push dia sangat coz dia bersahur dgn sebotol susu 6 oz je. Nampak dehydrated je kalau berpuasa. I allowed her to fast every other day.When she did fast, we rewarded her with her fav food. Dah berapa kali ek dia request double cheese burger..Tapi tak de lah ikut sangat..

 This Ramadhan, I tak rajin nak experiment dengan resepi baru. Baby Airis asyik nak melekat je. Sometimes tu time masak, dia sampai bergayut kat kaki I. So, normally after 6.15pm baru masuk dapur. Kalau orang dukung dia, senyum sampai telinga le. Otherwise, melalak macam nak tercabut anak tekak. So, when Hubby asked me about kuih raya, I said nak kena tengok mood Baby Airis la. Tapi plan tu next week baru nak start buat kuih raya..

 So far, kitaorang dah balik berbuka kat kg dah 2x. Menu as usual la penuh meja. Mak masuk dapur since pagi. Tak kuasa I nak masuk dapur dari pagi to prepare for iftar kalau kat rumah sendiri..

Menu berbuka kat kg..

Masak Anga Ayam - a must have menu during raya

Daging Masak Wira - Another favourite especially for Bang Cik & family

      
Jeruk Maman - Kedahan's old dish

Note: This ramadhan, Alysa managed to fasrt 13 days. I'm proud of her.

A Good Deal in Disguise

 For the past few years, every Ramadhan we had this habit of buying some furnitures. Not that we were going to celebrate raya at home, tapi ntah kebetulan kut.. Seronok shopping bulan puasa. Lunch time was spent shopping..:-)

Recently Hubby decided to change our old sofa for the TV area. After browsing at some furniture outlets, we decided on the L-shaped sofa due to its size. We had to make a booking as it was not displayed at the showroom. Special order to fit our small area.

Last friday, we received our order together with a bookcase ordered from the same outlet. Sempat tengok sofa tu kejap je coz petang tu balik Jitra. Last nite baru I perasan there was something odd about the sofa. Sure enough, only the top part was leather. During our booking, we asked a few times what kind of material was the sofa.. They said all would be leather except for the back side which was PU. This side wasn't supposed to be noticeable.

Today, the manager kena tadah telinga le dengar I berleter. Memula tu diaorang bagi alasan the bottom part tu guna casa ( betul ke ejaan ni? ) leather, something like fake leather. Lagi le I mengamuk. When we said leather, we want cow leather as promised, not some fake leather. At last, they relented. They admitted their mistake. To compensate that, they took back the sofa & I'm getting full leather ( even the back side! ) at no additional cost. I'm getting around RM1K better deal..Credit goes to Ebenezer Furniture for their good customer service. The manager handled my complaints pretty well. Now I'm waiting for my new sofa..:-)

Alysa & Adik posing with the sofa just before kena angkut untuk tukar baju baru..

 I love murtabak but I hated the ones sold at our bazar ramadan. Penuh bawang lah, too sweet, too spicy..etc. So now I make my own murtabak albeit a mini one using kulit popiah. It's still a lot better..;-)

Mini Murtabak

Bahan-bahan:
Kulit popiah
1 cwn ayam, potong kecil
1 bawang besar, potong dadu
2 biji kentang, potong dadu
1 sk rempah kari ayam
1/2 sk serbuk lada hitam
1/2 sk pati ayam
garam secukup rasa
2 biji telur

Cara-cara:
1. Tumis bawang hingga layu. Masuk rempah and lada hitam hingga wangi.
2. Masukkan ayam, kentang dan sedikit air dan  biar hingga masak.
3. Tambahkan pati ayam dan garam.
4. Masukkan dalam mangkuk dan biar hingga sejuk.
5. Campurkan inti murtabak dengan telur.
6. Ceduk 2 sb inti ke atas kulit popiah. Lipat dan goreng hingga garing.

Airis is Officially Crawling!

 Baby Airis started to practise crawling when she was 7 m.o. But at that time she was on the reverse mode..:-). So, she would always ended up under the sofa. During this time she was not in good of health. Always having runny nose & coughing and at 1 time, severe diarrhea. Orang tua2 cakap nak bagi ringan badan coz she'll get new skill... Sure enough, she did lose some weight and lost her chubbiness. Ringan je bila angkat dia..:-(
 Starting Ramadhan ni at 8 m.o dia dah cekap merangkak. Tapi selalu tersangkut kat celah2 tv & pintu :-)

Training Her to Fast

 Dah seminggu kita berpuasa. Tapi sehari pun Alysa belum puasa penuh. The 1st day masa kat kg, dia tak bangun sahur, so mmg le tak puasa. Then the following days, dia bangun sahur tapi minum susu sebotol je. She managed to fast until 2.30 - 3pm.Balik je kindy, terus cari air. Habis 2-3 jenis air dia tibai. Makan started after asar normally. Dia makan senang je.Toasts with cheese slices. Boleh habis 4 keping roti!
 Last thursday ( Day 4 fasting ), balik je kindy terus nak makan. Cik Jun cuba pujuk. Terus dia melalak macam orang kebuluran. Bergema 1 rumah..:D. I kat dalam bilik dah tergelak2. Adik yang jadi reporter pun takut nak p dekat dia. At last, bagi je dia bukak puasa. Not that I paksa2 dia. I just bagi dia puasa sampai dia larat. Kecik lagi. I dulu pun started puasa penuh when I was in std 2.
 Cubaan puasa for Alysa was during weekends. Yesterday dia melalak kelaparan as early as 12.30pm. I wasn't home. So, Cik Jun bg dia berbuka eventhough I instructed Alysa to fast until 2.30pm if possible. Mana taknya, nampak Adik & Baby asyik mengunyah tuna pasta i made earlier ( her fav ). Bila dia berbuka je terus dia pulun 4 bowls of the pasta sampai nak termuntah..:D
 Today, every 15 min dia asyik tanya pukul berapa coz i told her she can break fast at 2.30pm...

Alysa  just before Ramadhan at Bukit Merah Laketown

 Kek Durian ni , I made untuk bawak balik kg nak sambut Ramadhan. Nice & moist. Bau durian pun tak overwhelming. Resepi tu ubah sikit je dari kek chempedak.
Selamat Menyambut Ramadhan 1432. Semoga kita beroleh keberkatanNya.

Kek Durian

Ingredients

250 grams of butter
200 grams of sugar ( I used 180gm )
250 grams of self raising flour
4 eggs
3 tbs milk powder
200 grams of durian flesh, deseeded

Method

1. Cream sugar and butter until fluffy
2. Add eggs and flour alternately followed by the milk powder.
3. Mix in the flesh gently.
4. Pour the batter into greased pan.
5. Bake at 180C for 45 minutes.