Cheezy Sausage Rolls

Untuk berbuka, selalunya I masak simple je. Mostly ikut selera the princesses. Alysa & Ayra je yang berpuasa. Bay belum lagi & tak kisah pun makan apa-apa. Kalau tak de yang kena dengan tekak dia, dia makan toasts with butter & peanut butter je. Ni le makanan ruji dia semenjak 2 menjak ni..

 Baru- baru ni nampak resepi simple dari blog k.inahar. Resepi asal dari k.ina KL. Terus cuba. Alysa & suka sangat. Adik as usual la tak rasa pun since dia tak makan anything to do with roti.

Cheezy Sausage Rolls

Bahan-bahan:

8 keping roti tawar (gardenia @ apa saja) - dibuang tepinya 

8 sosej ayam @ daging

1 biji telur - dipukul sedikit

sedikit serbuk lada sulah ( optional )

breadcrumbs @ nestum

minyak untuk menggoreng

sliced cheese

sedikit tepung gandum di campur dengan sedikit air untuk gam tepi roti takut terbukaklah pulak masa menggoreng. 

Cara-cara:

1. Gelek roti hingga nipis/leper.

2. Balut sosej dengan roti yg leper tadi.. pastukan masukkan slice cheese-( I gunakan 1/2 kepingan ajer)..pastu gulungkan kemas-kemas dan letakkan campuran tepung gandum tadi di penghabisan roti tadi.

3. Potong lebihan sosej yg lebih ditepi roti supaya nampak kemas

4. Masukan garam, serbuk lada sulah dalam telur. Celup gulungan roti tadi ke dalam telur.

5. Salut @ golek-golekkan roti yang dah dicelup dengan telur kedalam breadcrumb. (nestum)

6. Goreng gulungan roti tadi ke dalam minyak yg panas hingga kuning keemasan

7. Dah siap..enak dimakan bercicah cili sos campur mayonis ataupun makan camtu ajer.. 

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.

Dulce De Leche - The easy way

 Dah lama teringin nak wat DDL ni. First sekali nampak kat rumah Ain. Then nampak kat myresipi. Tapi bila tengok method kena rebus sampai 3 jam, malas le pulak. I don't have the patience to stay in the kitchen that long! Baru2 ni masa mengoogle DDL, I found the easy way to do DDL. ( Then baru nampak ada update kat myresipi using this method ). Yup, I used microwave. Tapi kena tunggu depan microwave le to stir every 1-2 minutes. It was done within 30 minutes. The taste.. macam candy & susu caramel. The princesses meratah macam tu je. Tp I buat DDL brownies. Nampak K.Ayu  pun dah wat lama dah.

Microwave Dulce De Leche
Source: Here

1 can sweetened condensed milk


1. Empty the can into a large glass bowl, and cover with plastic wrap (cling film), keeping a tiny bit uncovered to prevent excess steam build-up.

2. Microwave on medium power (I used level 3 on a 6-level appliance) for 2 minutes. Remove, stir with a wire whisk, and recover. Cook on medium for 2 more minutes. Remove, stir with a whisk, recover.

3. Then, in increments of 2-1/2 minutes, cook (on medium power) for another 10 minutes, stirring between each interval. After the first two stirs, you'll notice that the milk bubbles and foams up as it expels moisture. Then, with each stirring, the milk will be thicker and more caramel colored.

4. If after the 10 minutes, you like the color and consistency, stop! If you'd like a thicker sauce, continue cooking in 1-minute increments for another 2-3 minutes.

10th Ramadhan 1431

 Dah 1/3 way kita menjalani ibadah puasa. Bulan puasa ni macam malas je nak update blog. The first week of puasa sibuk balik kg. Now, masak pn ngam2 je time berbuka. Yelah, dah 6.30pm br nak masuk dapur. Kalau mak, 3pm dah masuk dapur. She spent 6x more time in the kitcken than I did..:-) Tu le yang dia masak org pn berselera nak makan.  I masak, utk hubby & the princesses tu kiranya habis le jugak.
 Yesterday, masak lebih sikit coz Hubby baru pegi top- up our bahan basah kat market. Nak pulak, masa ke masjid dia lupa bwk wallet. So, tak boleh le nak beli kuih- muih kat bazaar ramadhan depan masjid tu. So, ended up I siap buat kuih & starfruit juice lagi. Starfruit tu berlambak kat pokok sampai terbuang2. Nak dekat berbuka Syukur dtg hantar lauk pulak. Ila bagi lauk & dessert . Dia ikut resepi TTM kut. Siap bagi dragon fruit dari pokok diorang lagi. Mmg penuh meja la. Yang makan beriya Hubby & I le. The princesses makan nasi & sup sotong + keli goreng je.
 For kuih, I buat karipap roti sardin. Dapat idea from Harian Metro. Mmg simple & kena le dgn tekak I yg suka savoury kuih. 10 min dah siap. Ala-ala sardin roll. Tp Chef tu bagi nama karipap, I ikut dia je la..hehe..Kalau makan panas2 , crunchy sikit.

Karipap Roti Sardin

Bahan:
4-8 keping roti
1 tin kecil sardin, buang sos & hancurkan
1 bawang besar ; potong dadu
1 sb mayonaise, optional
sedikit garam
perahan limau nipis secukup rasa
minyak masak
1 sb tepung + 2 sb air ( Dibuat pes )

Cara:
1. Inti sardin: Tumis bwg besar dlm 1 sb minyak. Masukkan sardin, mayo, garam & perahan limau. Boleh juga masukkan potongan cili. Ketepikan.
2. Canai roti hingga leper. Trim kerak di kiri & kanan. Masukkan 1-2 sb inti sardin. Gulung & gam dengan pes tepung di hujung, kiri & kanan gulungan. Tekan kiri & kanan dengan garfu.
3. Ulang langkah 2 hingga habis inti. Goreng dalam minyak panas.

P/S: Yesterday hubby ada incident memalukan & funny kat bank. Kena tegur by a female bank officer " Doc, ada lipstick kat pipi" Hehe..Dah le kena tegur dpn staff len yang semuanya kenal dia. Tu la pompuan ni observant sikit. Yang officer lelaki yg dia jumpa tu tak perasan pun...Nasib kena tegur kat staff area! So, moral of the story, next time keluar rumah, belek2 le muka depan cermin tu ye...

PBA - Bad customer service

Pepagi tadi staff bagitau air tak de. Heran gak bila office atas ada pulak ( Air kat tank diorang banyak kut ). Check meter tengok2 kena clamped. Yang pelik tu bil dah bayar since last week. Since kitaorang share meter dgn office atas, diorang offered nak ke PBA to settle the problem
 In the meantime, I called PBA call centre. Baru je terang our situation & that we never received the bills since last year..selalunya dapat notis akhir je. Terus dia membebel, tu bukan salah diorang. Customers yang dah pandai guna air, pandai le cari bil kalau tak terima. Duhh! I pun panas le. Ingat kita ada 1 bil je ke nak bayar tiap2 bulan. Nak kena terhegeh2 request kat diorang bil. Dah le bil diorang 2 bulan sekali. Mana nak ingat when we were supposed to get the bill. TM & TNB reti pulak hantar bil, why PBA tak boleh buat benda sama? Dia terus marah jangan nak samakan PBA dgn TM & TNB! Ntah apa2 le si mangkuk ni. Dah kita compare service diorang yang teruk tu bukan tau nak accept teguran.
 Another of her rationale bila I tanya why bekalan air kena potong baru this week eventhough dia pun mengaku dah terima payment last week ( after checking in their system ), dia boleh kata dah tarikh akhir suruh bayar end of June & I bayar early of July so mmg le kena potong. Apa la punya alasan. Selalunya orang potong bekalan air ,elektrik & phone sbb nak suruh pengguna bayar. Ni dah bayar kena potong jugak mmg otak kat lutut le tu kut! Mmg geram betul cakap dengan orang yang tak sekolah, at last I gave up. Terus hang up. Apasal le orang2 macam ni boleh diletak kat customer service. Kalau macam ni gaya, baik tak yah ada customer service.
 Wouldn't it be much nicer if she said " I'm sorry. It's our mistake since you did make a payment before we cut your water supply. We'll make arrangements to unclamp your meter. Thank you for calling and have a nice day." Then, I'd definitely have a nice day..

 Lepas hang up tu mmg berasap & mendidih je darah. Daripada buat kerja bila tengah marah, baik bergayut dgn kawan2. Bergayut dgn Zuraida punya le lama nearly 1 hour. Banyak cerita since lama tak borak. Padahal duduk dekat je, tapi malas nak kacau dia. yelah orang ada 9 businesses to handle. Mmg le sibuk mak cik tu! :-)
 Petang tadi tanya hubby dia nak makan cucur jagung or bubur jagung, he requested cucur jagung. So, we had cucur jagung for tea. Cucur jagung ni my adik beradik punya favourite. Tapi ada gak orang yang tak pernah makan. I remember when I made cucur jagung masa kat Perth dulu, my next door neighbour, Nadja from KL siap mintak resepi coz dia tak pernah makan before.

Cucur Jagung

19 Ramadhan

Jengah dapur2 orang lain mostly dah buat kuih raya. Well, I'm not in the mood yet to start preparing the cookies. Actually, i was planning to make the cookies this weekend. But, thinking that this is the last weekend before raya, we decided to balik kampung. Since this year raya kat Batu Pahat, kena le spend time before raya kat Jitra. So, I have to postpone my baking to next week. May be I'll do 2 or 3 types of cookies. What I had in mind were semperit, makmur, cornflakes cookies, or choco oat cookies. Tengok la yang mana rajin. But, I have to bake something with cornflakes..

Yesterday was spent shopping again. This time with ila. Shopping baju for the princesses. Since ada la yang request nak tengok baju2 tu, I'll make another n3 after I took photos of the dresses. Sabar ye toh.. :-) Nanti u yang jealous haha.. tu la orang ajak p tak mau...

Hubby lak since i was not around, dia tak jadi le nak shopping for the LCD. Dia kata nanti tak de orang nak check & balance hehe.. We'll go today. Since tv nak baru, kena le pulak cari tv stand barukan... Yesterday, tak ke mana le dia. But he brought home goodies from Delfi marketing. Every year during ramadhan ada le dapat goodies dari sales rep. This year since dapat cereals & chocholate, kena le I wat cookies with cereals. Dah le stok cereals kitaorang pun dah berlambak.

Goodies from Chriss of Delfi.

Since mak ayah dah balik mood nak masak tu kureng le. So, as usual la. After 6pm baru masuk dapur. Masak la ala kadar. The princesses senang je, Alysa kalau ada buns, that'd be enough for her. Adik lak nasi, kicap, ghee & egg would be heavenly for her..:D Senang mama. Hubby pulak tak banyak songeh..

Nasi Daging

Tauhu Sumbat

Raya Shopping

The past 2 days were spent shopping for raya. I like...:-) On Saturday, Hubby & I went to Pacific Megamall. ( We didn't bring the princesses, but I took their measurements earlier). We managed to buy some gowns for the princesses. I bought a few stuff for myself. Surprisingly, Hubby only bought a t-shirt for himself! I think that was because of the time constrain. We had to get back before 4pm as Hubby had to go to work. So, we only shopped for less than 2 hours. Mana cukup!hehe..Tu pun by the time we got home, Hubby had to rush to the clinic coz patients were already waiting for him.

So, on Sunday we continued the unfinished shopping spree. This time at Jusco. Initially we wanted to leave the princesses with K.Jun but Alysa would rather stay with Tok & Tok Ayah. In the end, we decided to bring her. Ha padan muka nak ikut sangat! Sampai tak terlarat nak jalan. She begged us to please stop for a while. She wanted to just sit down..haha.. This time we bought shoes for the princesses. It was sooo difficult to find shoes for Alysa as she has chubby feet. Most designs for her age were for dainty feet..:D . Finally we bought white & pink sandals for Alysa & Ayra. I got a few stuff for myself too. But, it was weird that Hubby only got a few stuff for himself ( What? still no pants & clothes for u sayang? ) But..But... After zohor prayer we stopped by at an electrical outlet....Guess what? Hubby wanted to buy an LCD tv after surveying those on display. What! Buying a few thousands worth item without surveying other outlets? So, I stepped in. Telling him NO. May be next time after we surveyed a few outlets for different models. Nanti dah beli model tu terberkenan kat model lain nyesal lak! Bukannya nak beli selalu.. I told u he's an impulsive shopper! Oh by the way, while passing by an outlet on the way to the surau , we noticed this nice comforter set( sempat lagi..). Terus sambar satu after solat. We wanted to buy for mak as well but leceh nak bawak. So, we decided to buy for her later. We spent 5 hours at Jusco. No wonder Alysa dah tak larat jalan hikhik.. By the time we finished, it was nearly 5pm. Kelam kabut balik nak masak.

Last nite I temankan mak ke ekspo kat belakang rumah je.. Penat giler shopping yesterday! We found a nice comforter set kat ekspo tu. So, I bought 1 for mak. Tak payah dah ke Jusco to buy 1 for her..She also bought a tikar. I jugak kena bawak tikar tu. Nasib rumah dekat je.. Banyak betul tudung2 with latest trend. Rambang mata.. But I didn't buy 1 yet. I'll go later. Tak pe rumah dekat je..

The past 2 days since mak & ayah ada kat rumah, kena la masak beriya sikit. Ila & family had iftar at my house on Saturday. Masak la apa2 yang patut. But lauk on Sunday lagi meriah. Ada lauk kenduri yang taman I buat untuk berbuka kat masjid. So, every home got the nasi tomato & lauk2. Mak pulak beriya masak kerabu pelam & perut, masak lemak lidah, goreng limpa ( I made this coz mak said I prepared it so nice & soft hehe..). Counting the dishes..memang penuh meja la. But there were only 3 of us for iftar. Hubby berbuka kat dewan komuniti together with the rest of the helpers for kenduri berbuka. Banyak lauk tak habis! But knowing mak, she'd know what to do with them ( May be it'd be the chickens' menu :-) ). Dia angkut bawak balik Jitra today.

Since I forgot to take all the nice& yummy dishes, layan jelah photo the princesses & mini murtabak I made for iftar at ila's house on Friday.

Menu 6 Ramadhan

Yesterday, bila tanya Hubby nak makan menu daging ke ayam? Dia nak makan ayam lak. Since nak masak typical recipes rasa tekak ni tak leh terima pulak. Ternampak la ' Nasi Ayam Belanga' kat dapur Noreen & later kat dapur K.Ummi. So, teringin la nak mencuba. It turned out so good. Hubby makan bertambah lagi.. Even I yang tak berapa lalu makan pun bertambah. But, the princesses tak mau makan lak. Diaorang makan cucur jagung. Cucur jagung ni I think makanan orang utara kut.. coz i remembered when i prepared this in Perth dulu, my friends from KL siap mintak resepi lagi coz they've never eaten it!

Nasi Ayam Belanga

( I C & P je ye Noreen your recipe..)

Bahan-bahan:

2 cawan beras

1/2 ekor ayam - dipotong kecil

1 sudu besar minyak bijan

2 sudu besar kicap manis

1 batang serai - dititik2 helas daun pandan - disimpul

air secukupnya untuk merebus ayam dan untuk dijadikan stok masak nasi

2 sudu besar minyak sapi / marjerin

Bahan2 tumbuk:

1cm halia

3 ulas bawang putih

Bahan2 rempah:

3 kuntuk bunga cengkih, 2 kuntum bunga lawang, 1 batang kayu manis, 3 biji buah pelaga, 1/2 - 1 sudu kecil jintan manis, 1/2 - 1 sudu kecil jintan putih

cara:

1. Rebuskan ayam dengan garam dan serai sehingga empuk . Angkat dan toskan

2. Simpan stok ayam untuk memasak nasi

3. Perapkan ayam dengan bahan2 tumbuk, minyak bijan dan kicap manis sekejap

4. Panaskan minyak sapi

5. Tumiskan bahan2 rempah sehingga naik bau

6. Masukkan beras dan kacau rata

7. Kemudian masukkan stok ayam dan kacau rata . Bolehlah ubahkan beras ke dalam rice cooker dan tutupkan

8. Apabila nasi sudah hampir masak bolehlah diletakkan ayam dan daun pandan. Biarkan sebentar dan kacau2kan supaya masak sekata

9. Lebihan stok ayam tadi bolehlah dibuatkan sup

10. Hidangkan dengan sup, kicap cair, kuah cili atau makan begitu saja

Lepas goreng cucur jagung, tak sempat tunggu berbuka, Alysa & Adik dah beriya nak makan dulu...

Cucur Jagung

Bahan2:

2 jagung, hiris nipis

1-2 ulas bawang merah, hiris

1 1/2 cwn tepung gandum

5 ekor udang saiz L, potong kecil

1 cwn air

1 sk garam ( secukup rasa)

cara:

1. Campur semua bahan hingga sebati.

2. Goreng menggunakan minyak panas hingga kekuningan.

3. Angkat & toskan.

4. Hidang bersama sos pilihan.