PULL APART CHEESE BREAD/ROTI SISIR CHEESE

I love this pull apart bread.This is the kind of bread that you don't have to use a knife to cut it.You can just pull it apart slices by slices.Made famous on Youtube by the Indonesian,I have followed many
countless times since I watched it on Youtube.I adjusted a bit of their recipe.Recently,I topped my bread with cheddar cheese.I must say it adds to the tastiness of the soft bread.Sometimes,I would use the recipe to make into buns or make a whole loaf.Sometimes I would leave out the egg and milk,but
replace with just water instead.

INGREDIENTS;

200g Bread Flour

 50g Cake Flour

3/4 tsp Instant Dry Yeast

180g-(Egg plus Water)(original is egg plus milk)

35g Caster Sugar

A Pinch Of Salt


30g Butter


METHOD;

1.  Grease a loaf pan with butter.

2.  Mix all ingredients except butter until silky elastic.

3.  Add in butter and continue kneading till window pane stage.

4.  Divide to 10 small balls.Roll each ball to oval shape.Fold it into half.Brush with butter on one       side.Put into a greased loaf pan.Continue doing the same for the rest of the balls-rolling to oval shape,fold into half and brush with butter on one side.Line one piece after the other.

5.  Cover with a cloth.Let it to proof for at least 45 minutes or until double in size.

6.  Bake it in the pre-heated oven 170°C for 45-50 minutes.Baking time and temperature will depend
     on your own oven.After baking is done,brush the top with butter to make it shining.


NOTE; IF ADDING CHEESE ON TOP,BRUSH THE TOP WITH SOME MILK AND BUTTER
FIRST,THEN SPRINKLE THE CHEESE.

Picture below ⤵ is the plain Roti Sisir

Maybe I should have divide into 6 rolls so that it will look thinner and not fatter.

SIMPLY EGG FRIED RICE

I cook this fried rice for lunch.A very nice fried rice and I liked it very much.I will be cooking it again sometime.Just a simple egg rice with some tomatoes.

When I show the pictures to my friend,she said that the colour of the fried rice is very beautiful.
I also had fishball soup as a side dish.I very much enjoy my afternoon lunch that day alone.

If you wondering how I cooked my fried rice,I'll just give you an estimation as I don't weigh it,
but simply scoop up a bowl of rice and had all ingredients ready and off to the kitchen to fry my
delicious fried rice.

Here is my estimation recipe.

INGREDIENTS;

A small bowl of white rice

1/5 cup of cooking oil

1 pip garlic,diced small

1 shallots-diced small

1 tbsps dried shelled prawns-optional

2 eggs,beaten

1 small tomatoes,sliced thinly

1 tsp chicken granules

1 tsp salt

(if you preferred use 1tbsps of chicken granules and omit  the salt)adjust your taste

METHOD;

1.  In a cooking wok,add in the oil.when smoke comes out,throw in the onions.garlics and dry prawns.Cook till fragrants and brown.

2.  Add in the tomatoes.Then the eggs,follow by the rice..

3.  Add in the chicken granules and salt.Fry and mix well.

4.  Dish it up onto a serving plate.Garnish with spring onions.Enjoy!

So,that is my simple fry tomatoe egg rice.

STEAMED LAYERED BISCUIT CAKE

KEK LAPIS KUKUS MARIE

I have not make cakes with biscuits for a long while.Many years as to say.Today,I make a steamed biscuit cake,that is the cake uses biscuits in substitute for flour.It is a very nice cake
and I very much enjoy my afternoon snack with a cup of hot tea.I bought a few packets of Marie biscuits last week because it is on promotion price and very cheap.It seems that nobody at home
is interested in opening the packets or eating it.So,I thought of turning it into cakes,and at last they
all ate it and say that it's nice.It's finished very fast!My family all enjoy it.

So,here it is,my Marie biscuits steamed cake.

INGREDIENTS;

200G Butter

150G Marie biscuits(blend till fine)

130G sugar

4 Eggs

2 Tbsps Cocoa Powder

METHOD:

1.  Sieve the cocoa powder.

2.  Put the Marie biscuits in a blender and blend till very fine.You can also put the biscuits in a zipper
     and use a rolling pin to crush the biscuits till very soft and fine.Take some few pieces at a time
     until finished.

3.  In a mixing bowl,beat butter and sugar with a hand mixer until creamy,light and fluffy.

4.  Add in eggs one at a time,beating well after each addition.

5.  Pour in the fine Marie biscuits and mix till well combined.

6.  Next,divide the batter into two portions.Add cocoa powder to one portion and the other
     leave plain.Each portion sub-divide into another half portion.Use 4 small bowls to measure
     into equal portions.So,you got four portions now.Two small bowls of plain batter and two
     small bowls of cocoa batter.Steam to four layers.

7.  Grease a 6 cm x 6 cm round tray or 7 cm x 7 cm round or square baking tin.If using non-stick,no         need to grease the tray.

8.  Prepare your steamer ready.Let the water boil first.Then pour in the first layer of plain batter or
     chocolate batter (whichever you want first) into the baking pan..Then after steaming for 6              minutes,pour in the second layer. (alternate colours) till all four layers are used up.After
  the last layer,cover with alluminium foil and steam for 10 minutes.

  

  9.  Let the cake cool down,then take it out from the tray and cut into your desired shape.It is
     best served wth coffee or tea.

 Every bite is delicious.You want to have more.

NESTUM CAKE

I bought a packet of Nestum cereal for nearly a month unopened.Before the date is expired,I take it out from my kitchen shelf to make a cake with this cereals.I searched for Nestum cake recipes and simply follow from this blog:Here

The cake was nice.It's finished in a day!


INGREDIENTS;

250G Butter

140G Caster Sugar

1 Tbsp Honey

3 Eggs

150ML Fresh Milk

(FLOUR MIXTURE)

220G Self Raising Flour

1/2 Tbsp Baking powder

60G Nestum Cereal


METHOD;

1.  Beat butter,sugar and honey until light and fluffy.

2.  Add in eggs one by one beating well after each addition.

3.  Add in flour mixture gradually,alternately with milk until combined.

4.  Pour into lines and greased tin.

5.  Bake in pre-heated oven 180°C for 45 minutes.

FLORENTINE BARS

WHEN HUNGER STRIKES,GET FLORENTINE BARS.HOME MADE PREPARED.

I USE THIS BOX OF MIXED GRAINS TO MAKE MY BARS

INGREDIENTS;

2 cups NESTLE Wheat flakes breakfast cereals(has raisins and oats added)

1 cup rice Bubbles

50g Pumpkin Seeds

2/3 cup Sweetened Condensed Milk

200G Cooking Chocolate,melted

PREPARATIONS;

1.  Line a 7"x 7" baking tray or 28x18 cm loaf pan with alluminium foil.

2.  Then pour melted chocolate into prepared tin and spread over base.

3.  Chill until set.

4.  Combine all the other above ingredients and mix well.

5.  Spoon over chocolate base,spreading evenly using the back of a spoon.

6.  Bake in a pre-heated oven 180°C for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.

7.  Allow to cool on tray for 10 minutes.

8.  Refrigerate until set.

9.  Cut into equal slices,about 10 bars.

I have to made 2 batches.The first batch finished in 2 days.

FENG CUI PING-MOONCAKES

Now I can proudly presents you my Hong Choi Pia.Wow! After so many years I finally found the

recipe.Thanks to my daughter who help me to google search in chinese.I had a hard time finding for this recipe as I found that no one has posted out this recipe but yes,there's at least 3-4 bloggers who did posted it online.Typing in english or pinyin for the words "Feng Cui Ping",or "Hong Choi Pia" didn't help in my search,but typing in chinese,she easily found the recipe,so I happily make
for the first time and with success except it was too thick and a bit too sweet.

This was way too thick.(above pic)The taste is not wrong.

Today I try to make another batch with the same recipe but I lessen the sugar by 40g.I also made it much thinner than the first batch,that was only yesterday.Yesterday,I only yield 4 pieces of pancakes,but today I can yield to 8 pieces because I made it smaller and thinner,hence can get 8 pieces.

Makes 4 small and 4 big pieces.

It may still look like it is too thick,but in actual fact,it is not so.This is the standard size.

By the way,when you stored bought this pancake mooncakes,it is written as 5-spice mooncake on the packaging.Therefore,I've added some 5-spice powder to it.

The recipe was adapted from: Here
From: Here and also: Here

I refer to all the above mention websites.They are all very similar.

First,I make the dough ready,then I began crystallizing the sugar for the filling,and the final stage is the wrapping,rolling and pan frying the pancakes.The glutinous rice flour have to be cooked too before adding in.

I do not wish to write a long post but jump to recipes:

THE SKIN;

300 G plain flour
100 G vegetable shortening
100 G hot water
1 big tbsps icing sugar
1 big tbsps maltose

In a big mixing bowl,add veg shortening,plain flour,maltose,icing sugar and hot water.Slightly mix
using a tablespoon.Knead until it form a soft dough and set aside for later use.

CRYSTALLIZED SUGAR;

260 G caster sugar
60 G water

In a cooking pot or saucepan,add in the sugar and the water.Stir and melt the sugar to crystallized.

THE FILLING;

1 tbsp+ orange zest from 1 orange
75 G cooked glutinous rice flour(fried)
150 G plain flour
100 G roasted sesame seeds(white or black seeds mixed will also do)
1 tbsp maltose
1/3 tsp 5 spice powder(optional)
Crystallalized sugar

In a bowl,mix the crystallized sugar and maltose together.Add 40g of water and let it slightly dissolved.

In another mixing bowl,mix flour,cooked glutinous rice flour,5 spice powder,roasted sesame seeds and orange zest.

Make a hole in the center and pour in the liquid mixture and mix until smooth.Divide into 8 balls.

Divide the dough to 8 balls as same with the fillings.  Flatten the dough and wrap the fillings in with the dough.Using rolling pin,roll each balls into a round shape.

Pan fry the pancakes under low fire on both sides until cooked and brown in colour.