Fish & Chips with carrots à la creme champignon and roasted potatoes!

What a long name!! It has been so long since I last posted a recipe here!! I was so terribly busy with assignments and also exams, and I didn't realize about time passing so fast. Today is my birthday! Lol, but yeah, I'm actually spending it alone already now.

Ok so here is the recipe for Fish & Chips with carrots à la creme champignon and roasted potatoes! Hahahaha!

Ingredients :

For the fish,

1 Egg

Flour

Salt

2 fillets of any fish you want. (I used Panga)

1 pan of oil for deep frying

Dip the fish fillets on to the egg, and then on the flour. For the flour, I used 50% of all purposed flour, and another 50% of corn flour. I don't know why, but it turned out pretty crunchy, haha! :P Ok so not to forget to add pinches of salt on the dipped fish fillet, and I added some spicy powder too, just for the smell. There voilà! Deep fry it in the hot oil.

Fry it until it's bright brown/yellow.

Roasted potatoes :

1 whole potatoes, slice them like how you want to. Add olive oil on top of the potatoes, and then sprinkle some origano, salt and some pepper too.

Heat up your oven to 200°C and heat it for about 20 minutes or until the potatoes turned brown.

Carrots à la creme champignon :

Cook carrots in boiling water. For the cream, heat up 2 spoonfuls of butter, let it melt, and put mushrooms in. Stir stir stir, and add a box/cup of fresh cream. Let the melted butter and the cream mix well, and then add some cheese.

Eh ben voilà!! Bonne appetite!!! :D

Hawaian Tart!

Hello readers! It has been a very long time since I last posted my latest recipe here! Well, uni started, and I get like tones of assignments and works every day! The good thing is that, there are more native speakers in our class, so talking with them can definitely improve my french!

So yesterday, I decided to try on baking a tart, but I didn't know what tart should I make. Chocolate tart? Too sweet. Egg tart? Well, not in the mood. Then I though, why not make a tuna tart, it should taste like pizza if I add some pineapples in it! So voilà! I went to the store nearby to get some sundries and started baking the tart! It's so easy u can definitely sing why baking it! Haha! (Lame) =P

Ingredients

2 cans of tuna (in tomato puree or anything you like, mayonnaise will taste good too)
Pineapple
A dash of pepper
Tart sheet
Cheeeeeeese!!

I used the tart sheet because I was too lazy too make the crust myself. Hehehe!

Preheat oven to 180° and then put the tart inside the oven! (20-25 minutes)

It looked like pizza right? And guess what, it tasted better than pizza! Lol!

Super Easy Homemade Nasi Lemak!

Easy recipe! All you need is anything you can get in your house! :D

For the rice, you will need :

2 cups of rice (depending on how many people you are cooking for)
3/4 cup of coconut milkGinger (around the size of a thumb and cut into small pieces)
1 cup of water
A pinch of salt

For the "sambal" (chilly paste)

Chilly paste
3 shallots or onions
Some minced garlic
3 spoonful of coconut milk
Some water
1 tablespoon of sugarSome honey

It is super easy! Cook the rice, and then fry the "sambal", boil some eggs, cut some cucumbers, and add any other things like, fried chicken, anchovies, prawns, sotong and voila!! You'll have this super easy homemade nasi lemak!



I don't have any cucumbers or anchovies with me, and I was kinda craving for nasi lemak, so I simply did it. Hehehe. Soooo yummy!!!

Ok, I think I kinda feel like a happily married housewife now. Staying at home, cooking for my man while watching some Chinese dramas, oh gosh! This is the life I've always wanted!! Hahahahah!! But not for long, uni is starting next week and by that time, I'll be ranting and rambling like nobody's business!! Hehehehe!!

Powerpuff Currypuffs!!!

Last Wednesday, we had this Soirée Asiatique at uni. It's like an AFC party, they have asian foods there leaded by the japanese. I thought of making some curry puffs but I didn't have time as classes that day were from 8.30am till 3pm. I have like 2 hours left to rest and take a shower, so I only managed to make a few for my friends to break their fast. Sad issue though, only 2 of them get to taste the curry puffs as I didn't have the chance to let everybody take one, but it's ok, I can always bake some for others next time! :)

So here are the ingredients.

2 potatoes

Boneless chicken breast

Chilly paste

Coconut milk

Curry powder

Garlic

Oil

Slice the potatoes and mince the chicken meat into really small pieces.

Put like 2 tablespoon of oil into a pan, and fry some minced garlics just to get the small. Fry the chicken and the potatoes until tender, and then add in 4 tablespoons of chilly paste and 2 tablespoon of coconut milk into the pan. Use a spatula and fold in the ingredients in the pan and finally, add sprinkle some curry powder.

I used prepared flour sheets for tarts as I really do not have time to make the dough myself.

Put it into the oven on 180°C for about 25 minutes. Tadaaa!! Baked curry puffs!! :D

Chocolate Chip Muffins

Hello there. It has been quite long since I've updated this blog huh? Been, 5 days already! :P Well, something happened past few days, remember the buka puasa and the overnight session I mentioned in the previous post? Yeah. It wasn't really that fun I tell you. On Monday, as I was cleaning up my stuffs to go to class, I realized that I lost my purse. I remembered the last time I saw my purse it was in my handbag, the one that I bring to the buka puasa session. I could not find it and then I decided that my purse is lost!! Then I think and think again, I recall that Saturday, that very morning I walked back to my house, I took out my phone and I think, I think at the same time my purse fell on the road but I didn't realized. So, that Monday morning, I skipped class, went on search for my purse although I do know that I might not find my purse back. Then I called the bank, and I walked half way to the police station to report but I decided not to because.. I do not know. Haha! The thing is, I didn't even notice how I lost my purse and I couldn't find it when I wanna go to class. At first I thought I misplaced it but I searched the whole apartment and I still couldn't find it. Somebody else might have taken and go jolly with it, I thought. I have 60 euros in the wallet, my bank card and other membership cards are in it too, if I lodge a report I don't think I will be getting it back, so why hassle!

So Monday, I skipped 3 classes. It's sadistic, but what to do. Accidents happened all the time, and it was my turn then. Gotta be careful next time, like my sister said, always hold your purse or slip it in the jeans!! :D

Oh yeah before I forgot, I baked some chocolate chip muffins that day too but I didn't have time to post it on the blog because I was too sad and confused thinking about my lost purse and then the next day I went to class and I was too tired!! Ok ok here goes!! :D

Ingredients

200g of flour

60g of sugar

2 teaspoon of baking powder

30g of melted butter

1 egg

180ml of milk

1 teaspoon of vanilla essence

1 cup of chocolate chips

1. Preheat oven to 200°

2. Sift the flour, and add baking powder into a bowl.

3. Whisk egg with sugar and vanilla essence, add milk into the mixture.

4. Mix the 2 mixture with melted butter and fold it with a spatula. Add chocolate chips.

5. Pour into small paper cups and place it in the preheated oven.

Oops I did it again!! Hehehe!! I actually ate them for dinner and next morning's breakfast! And I gave them to 4 of my classmates. :)

Happy baking!!

Perfect Chocolate Cake!

Yesterday, I baked a chocolate moist cake for my fellow compatriots as they invited me to their buka puasa feast. I was so happy because it has been quite a while since I last had a good meal for dinner! They prepared Malay style Chicken Rice, and everyone ate on a very large platter. I never ate like that before, and seriously I had fun because we were like 5 surrounding the tray and we helped each other pouring the soup and sauces, this and that! I know other people might find this is disgusting but no! It wasn't and I definitely wanna do this again!! :D Oh yeah, we had Air Bandung as the beverage, and Puteri Mandi as appetizers. Oh my, my belly grew quite a little!! :P

So I was thinking since there are gonna be a lot of people, I should really bake a good cake for them as dessert, and also as a birthday gift for those I didn't bought present for. But at first I wasn't too confident about how my cake gonna turn out because it was my first time and I know baking cake is not easy if I only have my manual equipments with me. But, nahh. It turned out very good, indeed, I really felt so proud for my cake tasted absolutely delicious! Hehehe!

Ingredients

250g of butter

250g of sugar

3 eggs

1 tablespoon of vanilla extract

300g of cake/all purpose flour

1 teaspoon of baking soda

100g of cocoa powder

200g of cooking chocolate

Some chocolate chips for decoration.

1. Mix the flour, cocoa powder, and the baking soda in a bowl.

2. Whisk eggs with vanilla extract.

3. Melt butter with sugar.

4. Mix all those ingredients together and mix them well!

5. Melt the chocolate for toppings.

Flour, cocoa powder and baking soda.

Eggs and vanilla extract.

I poured the first half of the mixture into a tray and then I put in some chocolate chip before pouring the second half. Just for fun! :P

After baking.

Voilà!! Hehehe! Happy trying!! ^^

Almond Biscotti

Again from Happy Home Baking, I found this super cool recipe on how to bake Almond Biscotti! :) I recognized this pastry not from any other food blog or bakeries or café, I just happened to watch in Forensic Heroes 2 where Ivan (Kevin Cheng) personally baked those tasty biscuits for Bell (Charmaine Sheh). I love TVB so much, and those two actors/actresses are my favorite! Kevin is super handsome I wish I have a boyfriend who looks like him! Lol! I mean, he really has the perfect appearance and in all dramas he acted, there are always parts where he shows his romantic side!! And Charmaine, she is super stunning, I first watched her in this drama called Return of the Cuckoo and she was super cute with her short hair back then! But now, she's all grown up, so pretty and so hot! :D

Look how sweet Kevin is, telling Charmaine that biscotti goes very well with coffee. Indeed it does taste super nice!! :D

Awwww look at his cute face!! Enjoying biscottis under the yellow yolk! I want!! :P

Ok ok back to our recipe now! :P I thought baking this would be difficult just because of the fact that this biscuit is italian! (I always imagined how elegant italian pastries are!) But no! It was so easy for me and I think you guys can try this too!! :)

Ingredients

3 eggs

250g of plain flour

150g of sugar

1/2 tablespoon of baking powder

1 tablespoon of vanilla extract

1 cup of almond

1. Preheat oven to 160°.

2. Mix flour, almond, sugar, and baking powder into a bowl.

3. Whisk the eggs with the vanilla extract and add into the bowl of flour.

4. Mix all the ingredients thoroughly.

5. Line a parchment paper on the pan and scoop half of the mixture and place it on top of the pan. Spread them out properly.

6. Bake for 35 minutes, remove them out to let cool.

7. Cut the log into slices.

8. Place the slices on the baking sheet and heat in the oven for around 20 minutes.

9. Let cool, and store into a container.

Flour, sugar, almond. I think it is better not to mix the almond together with the flour mixture because it will be difficult when you add the egg. So, add the egg and mix the mixture with a spatula, and then only add the almond.

Eggs

Mix mix!!

Spread on the parchment paper.

Take out, let cool.

Sliced!

Voilà!! Aren't they beautiful?? :D

Dip the biscotti into a cup of Bee Kopi!! It's very delicious!! :D

Voilà!! You see how easy it is to make biscotti?? And it's tasty too!! I think I will be baking this a lot of times because I really love the smell of the biscuit when I open the jar, and I love the taste of the dipped biscotti!! Mom would love to taste some because Mom loves to have some Hupseng cream crackers with Bee Kopi for tea! When I'm back to Malaysia next year I'll definitely bake some for Mom and for Dad as well! And for the rest of the family!! And also will bake some doggie cookies for Ryan n Dolly!! Yay I can't wait!! :D

Have fun baking!! ^^

Cookies! Doggie style!

I miss my dog Buckie!! He's now in Malaysia with my family and I really miss him barking at me for no reason! :P Now what does this have to do with my new recipe? Hehe! I baked doggie cookies!! Few days ago I saw this Horlicks Doggie Cookies recipe in Happy Home Baking so I thought maybe I can try out. But instead of Horlicks, I used Milo because I don't have Horlicks drink powder with me.

Ingredients

200g of cake flour

25g of corn flour

50g of sugar

80g of milo powder

180g of butter

Some chocolate chips, chocolate rice and some koko krunch too

Mix the flour, sugar, and corn flour into a large bowl.

Milo powder

Butter

Melt the butter (à la bain marie) and mix it together with the bowl of flour.

(Before baking)

Press 2 little pieces of chocolate rice on the dough for the eyes,

1 chocolate chip for the nose, and 2 koko krunch for the ears.

(After baking)

Aren't they lovely?? :) I promised Lilo that I will do some for her, so this is me keeping my promise! :)

Let's have some macaroni for dinner!!

Dinner. Hurm.. It has been so long since I've had a good & balanced dinner. Last 3 weeks ago, I kept having Subway, Bigban, and other fast food for dinner because I didn't know what to cook. And, cooking for a person to eat is not really that fun, I thought. (That was before I created this blog) Now, I'm so ready to try out different recipes even though I'm only cooking for myself! :) Usually I just do Maggi but from now onwards I can do whatever I like! :) The macaroni recipe is really easy, it only takes you not more than 10 minutes! Here goes!!

All you need is a 4 scoops of Bolognese Sauce, and 5 tablespoon of mini macaroni.

Add the 4 scoops of bolognese sauce in a bowl, together with some cut button mushrooms and surimi/crabmeat. Place them into the microwave and heat for around 5 minutes.

Bring to boil a pot of salted water to cook the macaroni.

Then when the macaroni is done, mix them into the bowl of bolognese sauce and stir stir stir..

Boooooooo...

Chakkk!!!!!! :D

Add some basil and surimi at the side and voilà!!

There! Simple as 123! It's quite a lot though, next time, I will reduce from 5 tablespoon of macaroni to only 3 tablespoon!! Burp!! :P

What do you say to a dog before it eats?

- Bone appetit!! :D