Tuesday, 9 July 2019

Very Easy To Make Banana Crackers

Pisang Ranggup



I always wanted to make this myself at home instead of buying.They are not getting any nicer compare to before.Nowadays,they made it very hard and it's very difficult to bite with my soft teeth.
My daughter complained that the one I bought is very hard and has no taste,not nice.So,when I made it at home,she was enjoying it with every crunch.I made it more thinner and crunchier too.It was very easy to make.I'm sure everyone can make it too.

For this,you have to use the unripe green bananas instead of the ripe one.Ripe bananas won't do.






INGREDIENTS;

Green bananas

Lots of cooking oil for deep-frying

Some sugar or pinch of salt

Slicer to slice the bananas


Peel the skin of bananas,Then using the slicer,slice the bananas either into a plate or straight drop into the hot oil.Once it turns crisp and slightly brown ,take it up into a big deep bowl.Sprinkle sugar or salt in to mix.When it is cooled,store it in an air-tight container.

Tuesday, 2 July 2019

KUEH CARA SARAWAK

MINI MINI SPONGE KUEH








INGREDIENTS;

2 large eggs

100g sugar

90ml coconut milk

10ml pandan juice

120g plain flour

1 tbsps tapioca flour

11/2 tsp double action powder

1/2 tsp salt

2 tbsps corn oil

Method:

Mix all ingredients in a mixing bowl with whisk except corn oil.Mix until sugar has dissolved.

Then add in the corn oil.Stir and mix well.

Brush the mould with oil.Give the mixture a good stir.Spoon the mixture over to the mould.When 

bubbles start coming out,cover the mould.Cook over low heat.

When the surface is dry it is cooked.Take one by one out with a satay stick or toothpick.leave to

cool for a while before enjoying the kueh.It will look like a honeycomb cake.


Here's another version of Kueh Cara.Pictures and recipe below.











Another version of Kueh Cara a bit different from above.This one uses a lot of coconut milk.If you don't like too much coconut,try the other recipe.This version smells of coconut.

Recipe:
2 cups flour
3 cups santan/coconut milk
2 eggs
6 pandan leaves-cut small
pinch of salt Method:

.Blend the pandan and santan together.
.Strain thru a sieve.
.Mix all the ingredients in a clean blender.Pour the pandan mixture over and blend till smooth.
.Oil the mould with brush.
.Pour the mixture slowly into the oil mould.Sprinkle some sugar over the kueh cara.
.Cover to allow it to cook faster.
Take the kueh out with a toothpick .Enjoy!




UPDATE KUEH CARA RECIPE: 

After trying many other mini sponge cake recipes, I found that I like the below recipe the most. It is much softer and spongy. Although it is not really the Sarawak version, they are all equally the same. Perhaps each recipe lies in a person's hand skills. When it is done right, you'll yield a better
result. Cheers!

INGREDIENTS;

100G all purpose flour
50G tapioca flour
180G sugar
120G coconut milk
80G Pandan Juice(10 screwpine leaves)
1/2 tsp Sait
2 Eggs

dash of apple green colouring(optional)

METHOD;

Provided your blender is big enough to fit in,you can pour everything in the blender to blend,but first you must prepare some pandan juice first.
Cut the pandan leaves small.Blend with some water in the blender,Strain 80g of juice out.Then after obtaining the pandan juice,you can now blend all the ingredients in the blender.You can also mix all the ingredients in a bowl.
Remember to oil the mould with a brush before putting in the batter.Pour 3/4 full.Cover the top and check to see whether it is done and take out with a toothpick.

NOTE; I do not wish to confuse you with so many recipes,but you can pick any one of the recipes and try yourself out.Maybe your skill are better than mine?


Wednesday, 26 June 2019

Midin Belacan


My stir-fried midin with shrimp paste/belacan.

Want to know what is "midin" read here:  https://dayakdaily.com/midin-more-than-a-wild-fern/

Ingredients:

A bundle of midin(grams not known)

(A)
1 tbp dried shrimp                     
1/2 tsp shrimp paste or belacan
1/2 chilly(seeds thrown)
1 tsp garlic
1 tsp onions

salt to taste
a bit of aji-no-moto or sodium glutamate to taste(optional)

2 tbsps of cooking oil

Method:

1.  Break each stalk of midin short and throw away the hard bottom part.Wash it in a coriander.

1.  Pound (A) ingredients using pestle and mortar.You can also use mixer to mince it small.

2.  Pour oil into the wok.

3.  Fry the pounded paste.

4.  When the paste is brown and aromatic,put in the midin to stir-fry until the stalks has softened and thoroughly cooked thru.

5.  Dish it up onto a plate and serve with rice.






Monday, 3 June 2019

Sarawak Laksa Paste

The Sarawak Laksa Paste






Whoever want to try making the Sarawak laksa paste can follow this recipe below:It is close to the original.

Ingredients:

10 shallots,coarsely chopped

5 single bulbs garlic,chopped

1 large galangal,chopped

10 fresh chillies,cut into chunks

1/2 cup dried red chillies,soaked in hot water for 20 mins,drained

5 stalks lemongrass-white parts only

50g candlenuts

1/2 cup sesame seeds,toasted

3/4 cups roasted peanuts

3 tbsps cumin seeds,toasted and ground

1/2 cup coriander seeds,toasted and fround

6 pcs star anise,toasted and ground

6 pcs cloves(bunga cengkih,toasted and ground

1 tsp ground nutmeg

10 cardamon pods

2 cups soybean oil

5 tbsps salt

1/4 cup palm sugar/sugar

1/2 packet of tamarind pulp,mixed with 1 cup boiling water

Preparations:

o Put inside the blender to blend until smooth paste is formed.Blend in batches because the blender could not hold a large amount.

o Add the 2 cups of soy bean to a wok and cook the paste under medium heat,stirring constantly.

o When oil starts to separate,add in the tamarind water,salt and sugar.Continue stirring constantly
for another 20 mins.





Kek Lumut Sarawak

Sarawak Moss Cake








This is a steam version cake.Nestum replaces the flour.

(A)

1tsp vanilla

454g anchor butter

3/4 glass castor sugar

(B)

10 eggs

1 small tin kaya

5 glasses Nestum cereal

1 bottle pandan paste

1/2 tin condensed milk

1 glass horlick powder

Method:

1.  Beat A till white and creamy,

2.  Add in egg one by one till all eggs are finished.

3.  Add in condensed milk.Continue beating.

4.  Add in horlick and nestum powder.

5.  Lastly,add in kaya and pandan paste.Combined well.

6.  Pour the batter into a 8"x 8" baking tray.Cover the top with aluminium foil Steam the batter for 4 
     hours using medium heat.Refill the water in the steamer every few hours as the water will           decreased faster.

Wait till the cake is completely cooled then cut the cake.I have opted out putting one whole bottle of
pandan paste to my cake.Hence,the colour is not so green.









Tuesday, 28 May 2019

Black Sesame Bread-Soft Soft Bread

 Bread Machine Black Sesame Bread










 Bread machine Soft Bread.Recipe adapted from mymindpatch.The link is below.


205g cold whole milk
20g beaten egg
30g fine sugar
1/2 tsp salt

20g cold unsalted butter

280g bread flour
20g rice/top flour
30g black sesame seeds
3/4 tsp instant dry yeast

Whole milk for grazing

1.Roast black sesame seed in oven for 10 mins at 150°C.
2.Let cool down for 3 mins.Place in plastic bag and use roling pin to crush.Set aside.

Instructions:

Put all ingredients into the bread maker.Let the bread machine does the bread.After the machine has stop spinning the dough,remove the blade.You won't want a big hole at the bottom of the bread.
After it double it's size,glaze with the whole milk first before putting it to bake.

If not using bread machine,follow mymindpatch instructions of how to do the bread.

http://mymindpatch.blogspot.com/2015/07/black-sesame-seed-bread.html





Monday, 27 May 2019

Crispy Seaweed Fish Strips


Crispy,crispy snake that even children can make.Very easy.




What you need:

Nori Sheets

Fish Strips

Water

Cut seaweed into strips.Cut half.

Take about 4 fishstrips.Bend into half.Take seaweed wrap round it.
arrange on baking tray.Bake at 150°C for 12-15 minutes until crispy.If not crispy enough bring back to oven,but take care not to burn.

I hope you find it easy to make.

Sunday, 26 May 2019

Crispy Honey Cornflakes




This honey cornflakes is so easy to make.No extra fuss.Mix and stir and bake in a few minutes and you are done.Cool it and then serve to eat.It is perfect for all occassions like Hari Raya,Chinese New Year,Deepavali,,Hari Gawai and many other festive seasons including Christmas.It is a crispy snack.
Adding honey made it a perfect combination.Joy to all.

Ingredients:

40g Butter

1.5 Tbsp Honey

25g Caster Sugar

150g Cornflakes

1.. Mix all the ingredients in a saucepan.

2..Wait until the butter and sugar are melted,then add in the cornflakes.Stir and mix well.

3..Bake at 150°C for 10 mins.Take out from the oven and leave to cool before storing in an airtight container.


Monday, 20 May 2019

Purple Sweet Potato Spiral Buns

Spiral Buns With Purple Sweet Potato Fillings.



I like to see the combination of purple and white,so I sprinkle more white on it,






It's all in a day's work,and when my hubby came home,saw this on the table and said "wow",so beautiful buns.Still I think I'm not so perfect and not so professional yet.Still need improvement.
I went shopping and when I enter the supermarket to buy some veggies home,I saw this purple sweet potatoes.I choose some and bought it home.Almost everyday I make something for my daughter to bring to school.
I headed home and began searching for recipes.I wanted to make sweet potato buns.
Then I found one source from youtube by ll Apron,so I follow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnZ5NlcUWwk

Ingredients:

300g Purple Sweet Potato
20g Butter
30ml whipping cream
240g bread flour
1/8 tsp salt
30g caster sugar
1/2tsp yeast
150ml milk +30g butter
20g x 8 purple sweet potato puree

Method;


1. Peel the skin of the sweet potato.Cut small size.Boil in saucepan till soft.Mash the potato until smooth.


2. Add in butter.Mix well.


3. Pour in whipping cream.Mix with fork and then use a spatula to make it smooth.


4. Sieve bread flour. Put into a big mixing bowl.Add castor sugar,salt and yeast.Add in the milk..Attach dough hook or use a bread maker to knead.


5.After about 10 mins,add in the butter.Continue beating until dough is formed about 30 mins.


6. Flour table top.Take the dough out and put onto the floured table.Give a few stretch and knead.

Shape the dough into round ball.Cover the dough and let rise to 50 or 60 mins.

7.After rise to double size,take the dough and put on the table top.Press the dough flat and cut to 8 pieces.Make small round balls each .Cover and leave to rise for 15 mins.


8. Next,make 20g each x 8 purple sweet potato balls.


9. Flatten each dough with roller pin to oval shape.Roll on both sides.Roll each purple balls to cylindrical

shape.Place on top of the flattened dough.Hold the dough out and sealed.Pinch the edge.
Turn over and roll.Use pizza cutter or knife to cut 5 lines on the dough.
Begin making to spiral.Hold one end of the dough and turn diagonally.After finished twisting,make round and tuck in the center.

10. Rest it to proof for 50-60 mins.


11. Bake at 180°C/356°F for 15-20 mins or until baked.


12..Take out from oven.Sprinkle icing sugar onto the buns/bread.









Saturday, 11 May 2019

Ham Chi Peng

HAM CHI PENG - NEW RECIPE


This is my new ham chi peng recipe.Many years ago I made this fritters and I couldn't remember the texture.Few days ago,I suddenly think of eating yew cakoi and ham chi peng.I haven't been eating any local fritters for as long as I can remembered.Deep-fried things scares me.Leaving me with sore throat after eating.Nevertherless,I fried and eat more...more....and more.This time I only sprinkle less of the 5-spice powder.Hubby said he don't like the smell of the 5-spice powder.The texture is soft inside and crispy outside and not hard.


Old post Ham Chi Peng with more 5-spice powder added.I liked.What I don't like is got too much yeast,baking powder and baking soda added.I also say no no to alum and alkaline.In fact,a basic bread dough can also be used to make.

https://cocomintt.blogspot.com/2014/04/ham-chi-paeng.html

HAM CHI PENG-NEW RECIPE TAKEN FROM; http://www.recipies.50webs.com/Ham%20Chin%20Peng.htm  and altered a bit.I skip the milk powder and used butter instead of the shortening.


(A)  Starter dough

120g plain flour
85ml hot boiling water


1.  Place flour in a mixing bowl.
2. .Add hot boiling water and mix with wooden spoon to form a rough dough..
3. Cover bowl with cling film and leave dough to cool in the fridge for at least 1 hour 

(B) Ingredients (main dough)


380g plain flour
170g lukewarm water
80gm sugar
50g condensed Milk
30gm butter


(C)  Ingredient  (yeast paste starter)

1 tsp instant yeast
1 tbp flour
1 tbp sugar
2 tbp warm water


Filling:
2 tsp five spices powder
2 tsp salt
A little water

Method:

Mix ingredient C.set aside until the paste turns foamy.

Since I'm using the bread maker to knead,I put everything into the bread pan starting with the liquid ingredients,then follow by the dry ingredients,adding the yeast last.Press start to begin making the dough.
When the machine has stopped and the dough is ready,transfer into a clean big bowl.Let the dough rise to double size.

Sprinkle some flour on a table. Roll out dough into a rectangle sheet or split to few parts if working surface is not enough to use.
Brush the dough with water,then sprinkle some 5 spice powder. Roll the dough up like rolling a  swiss roll
Cut dough into 1 inch slices. Shape and flatten each piece. Leave aside for 45-55 mins. Deep fry in hot oil till golden brown. Place the hot ham chi peng on wire rack to drip off excess oil.






When cool then eat.Enjoy!



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