Mango Yogurt Juice

Recently, the hot weather is really annoying me and make me feel uncomfortable, easy to get angry and sleepy. I can't really sit down enjoy surfing internet, editing photos, blogging, baking and etc. Then what to do leh? Hmm, I think I should try out something that can cool me down.

I make mango yogurt drink, below listed the ingredients needed.
1. 1 cup Mango yogurt drink / plain yogurt drink
2. 1/2 Mango (cut into small piece)
3. 2tbsp Vanilla ice-cream
4. Some Ice cube
Blend all the ingredients in a blender.Served immediately.A cup of mango yogurt drink can actually cool me down. You can change the recipe according to your taste, if you like kiwi, just blend with kiwi...please give it a try, I am sure you will like it!

Asam Laksa

My bf's colleague gave him a pack of Asam Laksa Paste during their lunch gathering. By looking at the instructions written at the pack, it seems like very easy to cook. Now, I have tried and it is proven that really easy.

LAKSOUP asam laksa paste

Instruction given ( click to enlarge)

Ingredients needed:

Kambong fish (steam until cooked)

Remove fish bone

Laksa hoon

Onion, cucumber, chili, ginger bud

Mint leave

Laksa paste in pack

How to cook:

Pour the asam laksa paste into a pan

Add in water

Add in fish and bring it to boil

Get ready all the laksa hoon and vegetable in a bowl

Add laksa soup

Serve!

Easy? It was sour but after added in prawn paste, the taste more like asam laksa. Haha, hard to explain, but overall it was not bad. I would recommend to those asam laksa fans who always travel to other country or places out of Penang, in case suddenly think of Penang asam laksa, that is the way to get it. Do you agree?

Kuih Puluh

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR to all my blog's readers!!! Have been long time didn't post my recipe, so sorry.

This time I would like to share another recipe, a simple yet delicious new year Kuih Puluh recipe.

Prepare ingredients as listed below:
1. 300g eggs
2. 300g sugar
3. 180g plain flour

Ingredients needed

Method:
1.Beat eggs and sugar until stiff.

2. Mix 30g of flour with 100g of egg mixture. Mix well for a smooth texture.

3. Brush a copper mould with oil, heat in a preheated oven at 170C until hot. Pour the mixture into the mould and bake for about 15-20minutes.4. Unmold and store in an airtight container when cooled.Hint:
Beat the egg mixture until thick right before adding in flour for a fluffier texture.

Bangkali Cheese Bread and Bangkali Garlic Bread

After attended the 2nd flogger gathering, I decided to make my own bangkali cheese bread because the bangkali cheese bread served at Edelweiss Restaurant was delicious. Well, I do not know exactly the ingredients they used, but from the outlook of the bread, it looks like simple dish which ingredients are bangkali bread and cheese. Ops, almost forgot, there is another ingredient, called onion!

I made my own bangkali cheese bread without onion, hmm, the taste was not bad, especially when the minutes it came out from my smart oven, the fragrance and the taste were fantastic.

Other than that, I did tried bangkali garlic bread too. Weeeew, one word to describe everything, SHUI!

Please try out your recipe and share it with me, ok?

Wolfberries Wholemeal Bread

I made a healthy bread which used of wholemeal flour, flaxseed and wolfberries. I made the bread by using my smart breadmaker and it was so soft and delicious. Hence what you need are only the ingredients as well as a breadmaker. If you do not have a breadmaker, you can mix all the ingredients and knead until the dough is soft and elastic, shape into big ball shape (or whatever shape that you prefer) and let it prove until double it's size. Bake at 180°C for about 30 minutes or until it is cooked (baking time is dependent on the size of bread).

Ingredients:
200ml egg(1whole egg)+water (the meaning here is to put 1egg into a measuring cup and add water until they reach 200ml)
40g butter
3tbsp milk powder
1/2tsp bread improver
1 1/2tsp salt
60g sugar
1tsp poppyseeds
1tsp flaxseeds
2tbsp wolfberries
3cups wholemeal flour
1 1/2tsp yeast

Method: (for breadmaker)
1. Put all the ingredients in breadmaker machine according to sequence as listed above (wet ingredient follow by dry ingredient, lastly add in yeast).
2. Set according to your breadmaker machine's setting.
3. Remove the bread from the breadmaker machine when it is ready.

Kalabu 鸡脚

自从小时候,我就很爱吃酸辣的美食,而kalabu就是其中一道我的最爱.很开心我能做出自己爱吃的kalabu鸡脚,这是我第一次弄的,味道很不错，我本身很喜欢．喜欢这道开胃菜的你们不妨也亲手试试吧．
材料:
(A)
300g 鸡脚 (去骨煮熟)
1-2粒 洋葱 (切片)
1大匙 指天椒碎
1小匙 泰国疯柑叶 (切丝)

(B)
少许 薄荷叶 (切碎)
少许 芹菜 (切碎)
少许 红辣椒 (切碎)

(C)
2大匙 酸柑汁
1大匙 酸梅酱
3大匙 糖
2大匙 热水

做法:
1. 准备好A料.
2. 将C料拌均,加入A料搅拌均匀.
3. 洒上B料再拌均即可.

非常简单又好吃的一道开胃菜哦,试试做来吃吧.

Garlic Bread

After I baked the first garlic bread and the taste was not bad, I have decided to bake for the second time. This round, I used a different bread, which is Italian bread. The ingredients used were the same as before, just that I added some herbs this round, and the taste was really fantastic.

Before bakedAfter baked

Ingredients:

Italian bread (I bought from tesco)
Garlic (chop)
Butter (soften)
Herbs

Method:
1. Slice bread.
2. Mix the butter and garlic well.
3. Spread the bread with mixed butter garlic.
4. Sprinkle with heabs.
5. Bake at 150°C until it is golden color and crunchy.
6. Serve with mushroom soup or a cup of coffee.
7. Clean up your kitchen after meal. Hahaha...

Please give it a try, it is really tasty and easy to make. I and my family like it soooo much.

Thanks to Criz and Buzzingbee for leaving me a comment in my first garlic bread post, from there I changed my "normal garlic bread" to Italian bread and of course, I added with herbs this round to make my garlic bread taste much more better.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

I baked these cookies during my holiday, they are very easy to do, very delicious, and crunchy. Below is the recipe for the cookies.

Ingredients:
A:
150g butter
80g brown Sugar
100g sugar
1/8 tsp salt

B:
1 egg

C: (sieved)
140g flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda

D:
25g rolled oats, blend until fine
60g chocolate chips
30g raisins
*Add whatever nuts that you like.

Method:
1. Beat A till light and fluffy.
2. Add B and cream well.
3. Add C and mix well.
4. Add D and mix till well incorporated.
5. Drop a big heap spoon of the dough into the well prepared tray. Leave some space in between each dough.
6. Bake at 170C for about 20 minutes or until done.

This is a very easy to do recipe. Try it at home la. For ingredient D, you may add in whatever ingredients: nuts, white chocolate chips, oats, or other ingredient which you like. I sprinkle with some poppy seeds also, hehe...

Blogger Gathering / Brownies

I had attended a flogger/blogger gathering on 27 September 2008 at Edelweiss Restaurant, Penang. I was very happy because able to meet so many bloggers on that night. All of them (bloggers: Alvin, Buzzing Bee, Cariso, Criz Lai, Chan Lilian, Lingzie, Andrew, Penang Tua Pui, Nicholas, Steven, Sharon, CK Lam, Yi Phing, Jason, Ken and Allenooi) are very friendly and I just don’t feel like that was the first time I met them. After the gathering, I truly felt that, I still have many many many many more “lessons” to learn such as: How to take a more attractive photo? How to improve my blog’s traffic? How to design a nicer blog? How to …...? How to ……? How to earn $$$$$$$$$$ through blogging? Hahahahahahhaha…so many questions come to my mind and I have so many things to learn, how how how? Well, I don’t care, as I understand the concept of 活到老, 学到老 and I am always veryyyyyy free at home during my weekend, so ….hehehe, time is there for me to learn all the things that I want lo.

Since I like baking so much, and my blog is about my baking life, so I decided to bake something for all the bloggers on that day. Early in the morning, I woke up and get ready all the ingredients and start to bake my brownies. I was not only busy with the brownies, but also busy with taking all the photos, the photos of how I make the brownies. Hehe…

Agnes Chang’s recipe:

Ingredients:

250g dark cooking chocolate, broke into pieces

150g butter / margarine

180g soft brown sugar (I put 120g only)

3 eggs, lightly beaten with

1 tsp vanilla essence

120g plain flour, sifted

120g toasted nuts, coarsely chopped

4 tbsp icing sugar, for dusting

Method:

1. Melt dark cooking chocolate and butter by either using a double boiler or microwave power medium for 2 minutes. Stir until mixture is smooth.

2. Add brown sugar and stir well.

3. Add eggs and stir well.

4. Add flour and stir well.

5. Fold in nuts and pour mixture into a greased pan.

6. Bake in pre-heated oven at 180C for about 30 minutes or until cooked.

7. Cut into pieces when it is cool and pipe with glace icing.

Glace icing:

50g icing sugar + 1 tbsp water until smooth.

EEeerrr, I think I have over-baked the brownies this round and cause my brownies to be a little bit “crunchy”. Haha, paisei la everybody.Would like to thank all the organizers for making the gathering wonderful. Thanks CK Lam for her jam tart, Criz for the lucky draw, Lingzie for organizing the gathering so well, Gill for arranging the place, all the bloggers for attending and last but not least, my dear for accompany me to attend the gathering.

Cookies inside the goodie bag

Jam Tart from CK Lam

Wish to attend the coming gathering, it must be another fun gathering. See you guys then!

Chocolate Moist Cake

My dear bf "ordered" chocolate moist cake for his birthday, and this is the one that I baked for him. And here, I would like to call upon all the chocolate lovers to try on this cake. The cake that full with chocolate taste. Ingredients and method are as shown below:

Ingredients for cake:
A:
250g butter (diced)
400g brown sugar
1 1/2 tsps vanilla essense

B:
4 eggs (lightly beaten)
325ml water

C: (sieved three times)
280g plain flour
70g cocoa powder
1 1/2 tsps baking powder
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt

Method:
1. Beat ingredient A until light and creamy.
2. Add in beaten eggs from ingredient B one by one.
3. Add in water and ingredient C alternately. Pour mixture into line and grease 9" round baking tin and bake for 40-45 minutes untill it is done. When cooled, divide cake into three layers.

Ingredients for Chocolate ganache:
40g cornflour (sieved)
35g cocoa powder (sieved)
1/4 tsp salt (sieved)
125g caster sugar
1tsp vanilla essense
85ml water
1/2 cup evaporated milk
1 egg yolk
40g butter (at room temperature)

Method:
Cook all ingredients (except butter) in a double boiler over simmering water and hand-whisk until mixture is slighly thickened. Add in butter and leave it to cool slightly before using.

To assemble:
Place a layer of cake on a cake board and spread a portion of ganache on it. Repeat until finish all the layering. Chill and decorate accordingly.

Enjoy la!!! Hehe...