::kanashii , sumimasen , zaika::

wat more shud i say... :(


am cooking a few things (hopefully) for breakfast today. fast and easy recipe. cooking SHUD (perhaps it doesnt really work nowadays) make me feel better. i'm cooking tandoori chicken, nasik minyak and some eclairs.

on our way to the clinic yesterday morning, dropped by at durga shop (on stop centre for indian cooking) in Kangar. went and get some ingredients for nasi briyani.. while waiting for the cashier, i managed to pull some tradisional claypots...very cheap. i bought 2 claypots (for yee me) and a bigger one for curry and stuff. costs me only rm18 for those 3 claypots. life is easy ha in Perlis.. murah naa..

to my dear fren who is in KL..missing u la gurl! Shamili, this raya dont forget to come over ya.. am making soto and chicken briyani..

Instant Tandoori Chicken :)
-2 packets of Maggi Tandoori Chicken
-6 tablespoon of plain yogurt ( i substitute with evaporated milk)
-1/2 chicken (roughly 1 kg)

Method:
-poke the chicken here and there (just to make sure the paste is well mixed with the chicken)
-mix all the ingredients together
-refrigerate for at least 1/2 hour (the longer the better)
-bake at 200c for 35-40 minutes.
-serve with lime wedges, fresh onion rings and mint paste -enjoy the chicken (super yummylicous la)

Maggi Tandoori Chicken Mix

There goes my marinated Tandoori Chicken in a claypot (how i just love using claypot)

Nasik Minyak (from my mom's cookbook collection- Dari Dapur Zarina)
-250 gm of Basmati rice (plain rice will do but the taste is not that gud)
-2 cups of water
-3 cm of cinnamon( im not using the ruler ..kurang lebih aja)
-2 cloves
-2 cardamon
-1/2 teaspoonful rose water
-1 tablespoon of ghee (im not using this either, my mom cant stand the smell. so i'll use butter)
-1/2 teaspoon of white pepper
-1/2 teaspoon of coriander seeds
-1/4 teaspoon of salt

Method (rumber simple dey!)
-mix all the ingredients in the rice cooker and cook...
-it'll take around 40 minutes to cook

and for the sweet...taken from the fresh loaf..ECLAIRS

Choux paste
1 cup of plain flour
1/2 cup of water
1/2 cup of milk
8 tablespoon of unsalted butter(salted butter wont harm)
4 eggs

How to cook?Combine the water, milk, butter, and salt in a small saucepan. Bring it to a boil. Stir in the flour and, while mixing, cook another minute or 2 to eliminate excess moisture. Transfer to a bowl and let cool for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.

-Bake the pastries for 15 minutes at 400 degrees. Reduce the oven to 350 degrees and bake for another 10 to 30 minutes, depending on the size of the eclairs you are making

-For the topping, dip or dribble the eclairs in the chocolate ganache.

-To fill the eclairs, you can either use a pastry bag and squirt the pastry cream in through the drying hole as I did. Or you can slice the eclairs lengthwise and scoop the filling inside and place the top half back on top.

Pastry Cream
1/3 cup of sugar
2 tablespoon all purpose flour
2 tablespoon of corn starch
4 egg yolks
1 1/3 cups of milk
3/4 tablespoon of essence

How to cook?Combine all the ingredients in a bowl and using an electric mixer, mix for about 2 minutes or until the mixture turns pale.

Chocolate Ganache
3/4 cup of heavy cream(arghhh...yummy yet fattening)
8oz bittersweet chocolate

How to cook? Heat the cream and add the chocolate. Keep stirring until the chocolate is melted.


I just love cooking...am planning on my own for the new kitchen. it will be somewhat greenish with a lil bit of reddish pattern..hehehehehe..it has to be cheerful rite?

:: made some pre-raya cookies::

came to the office with a fuming mind..benda kecik nak diperbesarkan..buhsan!! lecturer mende camtu...

decided to took a day off~~off from the tiring office work. argghh... went to see a doctor yesterday and told me my blood pressure was rather low (but its better low than high) . as expected since i was experiencing the vomiting/giddiness the day before. watashi no danna san was given a 2-MC since he was having fever+sorethroat. pity him.


since i was at home, i tried making his favourite Raya cookies..Biskut Sarang Semut (Ants Nest Biscuits -the direct translation) heheheh..wat a name! I printed out the recipe from kak liza's page..its a very easy to make biscuits and it tastes nice..with such colourful toppings. no wonder my husband likes it so much. tonite I'm trying to bake some savouries. the doctor reminded me to increase my protein intake. so i'll be making mini quiche.. a recipe i made myself a couple of years ago(im not good in making crusts).

here is the recipe..the photo..later ya...


BISKUT SARANG SEMUT

Ingredients
250 gm butter
100 gm icing sugar
350 gm plain flour.....] to be sifted
100 gm cornflour......] to be sifted
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
Paper cups

Cute toppings
Some chocolate rice
Some colourful 'chocolate rice'


Method
1. Beat the sugar and butter until light n fluffy.
2. Add the egg yolk and vanilla essence.
3. Fold in the flours.
4. Grate the mixture into paper cups.
5. Sprinkle the chocolate rice.
6. Bake at 180c for 15 minutes.
7. Let cool and keep in air tight containers. (made up 152 cups)

::someone is not feeling well.....

Jejaka was and still is not feeling well. we went to check at Klinik Sedhu last nite.. yeap..the tonsil causes the fever+sore throat. luckily, we were the 2nd patient waiting. get well soon koibito-yo and THANK YOU ;)

i managed to cook something he loves.. a recipe from mamafami fotopages. that was the 3rd time i made for him except yesterday he ate just the soup with my mom's homemade kanji(sayang menantu na cikgu dariah)...i love seeing how he slurp the soup. the day before, he requested the same thing and he even help me cutting those mushrooms and veges. sweet ha.. :)

on sunday we went for a lil shopping at The Store Kangar. bought a bar of parmesan cheese.. and yesterday, while waiting for the wok style vege cooking, i made some simple bread pizza... should've taken some photos of those.. sedap gak la..hehehee

the weddding list is over..now its time for our household list pulak..any interior designer out there who wish to help me?

..iddin is home

mom told me iddin is coming home.. "balik kampung 'pernis" that is how he pronounce Perlis.. :D cute lil nephew. cant wait to meet him and ilhan...nanti ptg kita pegi pasar ramadhan ye iddin..
cute boy! cant wait to listen to his new stories.. :)

iddin dlm kete veedub classic 'bawang'>>how my nephews call my sister 'maklang'..pelat punya pasai..alih2 jadik bawang....

::life...o life::

my life has been WELL..TREMENDOUSLY WELL...

I'm :

HAPPY>> thanks to the Almighty Allah. things are great..i cudnt ask for more. i love you (my ever dearest Jejaka) more and more each day..u are the gift from heaven.

BUSY>>students' final exam is coming..busy with the question papers..vetting, school board meeting flipped on the next page, EXCO meeting is waiting in the next room, mesyuarat ahli lembaga pengajian is on the Q (damn!), ICED 2008 adoii

WORK>>i received a letter confirmation status from KUKUM to UniMAP(walhal dah lama pun hal ni)... will rearrange my room 2mrw...by end of this year, the whole office will be moving to Kg Y..penattttnya packing..(how i hate packing n unpacking)

HOME>>our house is yet to be ready..Mak had arranged for someone to fix and renovate some parts of the house..insya Allah, next weekend we'll go shop for some new curtains. we'll have colourful house.. :) home sweet home...

FEEL BETTER>> just feeling better.. :) Ramadhan is here..time to grab all the chances..insya-Allah

diary of life....

:: this and that::

its already the 5th day of Ramadhan Al-Murabak.. as of this year, my Ramadhan is very much different compared to my previous Ramadhans.. :) I now have my Jejaka 2gether with me.

a lot (i really mean a lot) has been going on for the past one month. the wedding, the honeymoon, the trips, puasa 2gether, berbuka 2gether, staying with my in laws and the rest. life is so challenging and im up to it. (gurl power)

....the honeymoon :) the 3 day-2 nite package Jejaka gave me as one of the offerings was SUPERBLY GREAT. we were treated as VIPs..(except for the bad WiFi connection). we started from Platinum Villa, Setapak around 2.30 (at first nak bertolak earlier..) after having lunch my cute lil superhero nephews (pheewsss!!), Jejaka n I started our journey to Impiana Resort & Spa Cherating.. adoii..lama gak la the journey..but its worth the wait..

the 4 post bed..cute haa...plus..they prepared us with a bubble+flower petals bath..heheheh

we really enjoyed ourselves there..lots n lots of photos of our honeymoon stay (wat do u expect traveling with a photographer) :D thanks to the good hospitality given by Impiana Resort & Spa staffs. thanks 4 making our honeymoon such a lovely+unforgettable stay.

we spent 4 days in KL after leaving Cherating. Jejaka managed to get himself another lens (wat else wud he wants). we went shopping here n there via LRT/comuter/on foot..heheheh penat gak la...

..and the nite before leaving KL, we spent a few hundreds at IKEA while paksu+maksu really shopped..we both promised to come back again to get more things for our house once its ready (insya-Allah by November)

Jejaka kena buli by me..tolak troli2 yang pilled up

Pakeeza Restaurant>>a must visit restaurant in Ipoh..yummylicious tandoori chicken, alogobee with cheese, masala bendi, fish curry...sedapppppppp+aroiiiii

last weekends mak+abah brought the 4 of us, Noon, Diara, Jejaka n I to penang..we stayed at Seri Malaysia Bayan Baru..just a nite there before going to Ipoh. we went to penang..to EAT..bela perut sungguh..dinner at Deen Nasi Kandar, Gelugor(sedappp), ice cream at Haagen Daaz n shopping at Queensbay Mall..bestnya spending the weekends with my parents, my close frens n sure my koibito...so datin sri+datin, nanti kita pekana lagi na aiskrim+nasik kandaq... :D gurls..nak bukak posa where at na..? ;)

my dearest frens ~~thank q so very much for being such wonderful frens

:: weekends getaway::

later this afternoon...we'll be driving to Penang...yeahhoooooo!! abah+mak+nun+diara and both of us are going..bestnyaaaa

and tonite's agenda wud be...shopping till we drop at Queesbay Mall...heheheheh...damn it sure will be lotsa fun..

bestnya....

::alhamdulillah...::

alhamdulillah..the solemnisation ceremony went well (tremendously). the receptions were great although there were hiccups here n there (comments from my relatives). wat to do..we cant change things kan.. tapi still, im so very grateful.

a big thanks to my gurlfrens (Nun+Diara)..without both of u..my wedding ceremonies wont be that great. i cant repay both of u my frens, my sistas...although im a bit far (3.3 km away from home) but that doesnt mean we cant keep in touch or meet or hangout like we used to... saturday is coming ;) luv u both!!

doris came all the way from sandakan.. (thanks so much doris)..hanny came from seremban n my dear fren yayah drove on her own all the way from tmn ehsan kepong (terer gak na hang drive sorang2 jauh).. thank q guys.. those early morning sms..hehehe..really cute !

mak+abah were great hosts as always. the smiles, the greetings even till midnights... domo arigato mak+abah!! (missing the cucuq pisang+tea time) :( im still ur 'adik' forever :D



.....silence is always the best policy..and so i shall be one...Allah knows everything..