Talam Labu Lemak Manis (Tidak DiKukus)

Resipi: Kak Fida MyR / Sumber: Yatie

Bahan-bahan Loyang 8 x 8"

Lapisah Bawah:

300gm labu yang telah direbus, toskan dan lecek halus

100gm tepung Hoen Kwee - putih

1 1/4 cawan santan sederhana pekat ( Boleh guna 100ml santan KARA + Air selebihnya)

3/4 cawan gula pasir

1/2 sk garam

Lapisan Atas (Dadih):

60gm tepung Hoen Kwee - putih

2 cawan santan pekat (Boleh guna 200ml KARA + air)

1/4 sk garam atau secukup rasa

Caranya:

Satukan bahan-bahan lapisan bawah kecuali labu, kacau rata dan masakkan sebentar.

Bila dah agak pekat sikit, masukkan labu, kacau rata dan masak di atas api sederhana hingga pekat dalam 10 minit.

Tuang ke dalam loyang yang disapu sedikit minyak dan ratakan. Ketepikan.

Satukan pula bahan-bahan dadih atau lapisan atas dan masak hingga adunan pekat dan meletup-letup dan matikan api (masak dalam 5 minit).  Masa memasak, sentiasalah dikacau menggunakan whisk.

Tuang segera adunan dadih diatas lapisan bawah dan ratakan.

Biarkan kuih benar-benar sejuk dan boleh dipotong ikut selera.

Bingka Jagung / Kuih Bakar Jagung

Sumber: KakWan Citarasawan

Bahan- bahan:

120gm tepung gandum

250ml santan sederhana pekat atau santan kotak Kara

250ml susu sejat

120gm gula pasir

2 biji telur

1 sudu besar mentega cair

1 tin jagung cream

Pewarna hijau

Loyang 8" / Acuan Muffin disapukan sedikit minyak

Caranya:

Satukan semua bahan kecuali jagung cream.

Kisar sebentar hingga sebati.

Masukkan jagung cream dan putar sebentar.

Tuang ke dalam loyang dan bakar pada suhu 160C selama 45 minit.

Untuk permukaan yang lebih garing tambahkan masa membakarnya hingga permukaan keperangan.

Cowboy Cookies

Sourced: Culinary Hill
Ingredients:
1 cup butter
1/4 cup brown sugar (originally 1 cup)
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 cup flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
2 cup rolled oats
6 oz. semis-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup sweetened shredded coconut
1/4 cup sprinkles

Method:
Preheat oven to 160C.
In a large bowl, combine butter, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla.
In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking soda and baking powder.
Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture in batches, mixing well after each addition.
Stir in oats, chocolate chips and shredded coconut.  Carefully fold in sprinkles.
rop rounded tablespoons of cookie dough at least 2" apart on an ungreased baking sheet.
Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until lightly golden around the edges.
Cool 5 minutes on cookie sheet before transferring to a cooling rack.
Cool completely.

Condensed Milk Biscuits

 Sourced: Lets' Feast / Recipe from  Clever Muffin

(Some changes by me on the amount of sugars)

Ingredients:

180g butter, softened

1/3 cup castor sugar (I used less than 1/3 cup removed about 5 tablespoons)

120ml condensed milk (original 125ml)

1 3/4 cup self raising flour (or plain flour mixed with 1/4 teaspoon salt and 21/2 teaspoons baking powder)

1 cup chocolate chips (Optional) - (I used raisins and semi-sweet chocolate chips)

Method:

Using electric beaters, mix together the butter and sugar until fluffy.  Pour in the condensed milk and continue to beat for a further 30 seconds.

Tip in the flour and keep beating until it's all thoroughly combined.

Finally, stir through the chocolate chips & raisins.

Heat the oven to 180C.  Scoop about half a tablespoon of mixture onto a lined tray, leaving around 2 cm between each  biscuit.

Flatten them just slightly before popping the tray in the oven for 15 minutes to bake.

Cool for a couple of minutes on the tray before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

Roti Paun Nekma

Resipi: meow@myresipi.com

Bahan-bahan 2 - 3 loyang sederhana

1 sudu kecil yis kalau nak cepat naik taruk 2 - 2/12 sudu kecil

1 cawan air suam

1/2 cawan gula - boleh kurangkan dan campur susu pekat

1/2 cawan margerin/butter

Tepung gandum bergantung di taruk masa menguli

Sedikit minyak untuk dilenserkan diatas roti

Caranya:

1 cawan air suam dicampurkan yis biarkan seketika hingga larut.  Sediakan besen tarukkan sedikit gandum lebih kurang 1/2 cawan kedalamnya.

Kemudian masukkan air suam yang bercampur yis tadi ke dalam besen yang berisi tepung gandum.

Kemudian masukkan pula gula kacau hingga gula hancur.  Kemudian masukkan marjerin/butter kedalamnya kacau sampai sebati.

Sesudah itu di letak sedikit demi sedikit tepung gandum di adun sampai boleh diuli.

Jangan diisi terlampau banyak tepung takut jadi keras.

Cuma agak-agak boleh diuli dengan tangan dan tidak melekat ditangan sahaja sampai menjadi doh yang lembut.

Kemudian doh direhatkan sehingga 1/2 - 45 minit hingga naik 2 kali ganda, tumbuk-tumbukkan.  Kemudian boleh dibentukkan bulat-bulat dan disusun ke dalam loyang yang telah dialas baking paper.

Dibairkan naik sampai 2 kali ganda lepas itu dilenserkan minyak di atas roti yang dah kembang kemudian bolehlah dibakar dengan kepanasan 180C selama 10 - 15 minit dalam oven yang telah dipanaskan terlebih dahulu.

Spicy Baby Potatoes

Olahan: Kim

Bahan-bahan:

Baby potatoes - rebus hingga empuk dan buangkan kulitnya

Tomato dipotong baji

Daun kari

Cili merah dihiris panjang

Bahan-bahan tumis:

Bawang putih - ditumbuk

Halia - ditumbuk

Biji sawi

Biji jintan putih

Cili tumbuk sedikit * ditumbuk  bersama

Bawang merah *

Sedikit garam

Minyak untuk menumis

Sedikit air asam jawa atau perahan lemon

Caranya:

Masukkan minyak, tumiskan biji sawi, jintan putih and daun kari sehingga wangi,

Masukkan cili tumbuk, bawang putih dan halia dan tumis sehingga wangi, masukkan tomato dan air asam jawa jugak garam.

Kacau sehingga rempah masak dan masukkan baby potatoes digaul rata, rasakan garam dan jika perlu boleh masukkan sedikit gula,

Angkat dan hidangkan.

Classic Cheese Pizza

Sourced: On Sugar Mountain

Dough Recipe: Smitten Kitchen Cookbook

Quantity: Approximately 1 large pizza

For the dough:

1/2 cup warm water

1 1/4 tsp active dry yeast (not instant)

1 1/2 cups flour, plus more for rolling

1 tsp salt

Olive oil for coating bowl

For assembling the pizza:

1/2 to 1 cup tomato sauce

1/2 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded (or more if you like)

Method:

Turn your oven up to 200F (or a warm setting if you have it) for 5 minutes, Then, turn it off.

Add water to large mixing bowl and sprinkle yeast over the top.  Let sit for 5 minutes or until foamy.

Add flour, followed by the salt and stir with a wooden spoon until dough beings to come together.

It will look sort of shaggy and rough but that is ok.
Turn dough and any loose bits out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until it comes together and forms a smooth dough, about 5 minutes.

Coat the inside of a large mixing bowl with olive oil and then place dough inside.  Cover with plastic wrap and place in your oven (which you heated in step 1) and let rise for 30 minutes or until doubled in size.

Once doubled, remove from bowl and roll dough out into a circular(ish) shape and about 1/2 inch thickness. You'll also want to preheat the oven to 500F once you start prepping the pizza.

Once it's rolled out to your liking, transfer the dough to a baking sheet sprinkled with flour and cornmeal (I sprinkled with olive oil).  Top pizza dough with tomato sauce, using as much or as little as you prefer, followed by the mozzarella cheese.

Once oven is preheated, bake pizza for 10 - 12 minutes or until cheese is bubbly and brown in places and the dough seems firm but not hard.

If necessary, stick under broiler for just a bit for 30 seconds for extra browning.

Let cool slightly, then transfer to plate or cutting board and cut into slices and serve. 

Kiwi Fruit Muffins

Recipe: Roz@HomeKreation
Makes about 22 muffins

Ingredients:
2 cup flour*
1 tbsp baking powder*
1 tsp baking soda* (* sifted together)
1 cup sugar ( I used less than 1 cup and mixed with brown sugar and castor sugar )
3 firm Kiwi Fruit - peeled and finely chopped

2 eggs **
3/4 cup Oil **
3/4 cup Milk ** (** combined) i used low fat milk

Method:
Place flour mixture* in a bowl.
Add in sugar and chopped kiwi.
Gently stir in egg mixture** until just moistened - do not overmix.
Spoon into muffin cups until 2/3 full.
Bake 180C for 20 minutes or until golden.
Cool on wire racks.

Eggless Moist Banana Brownies

 Recipe: MR_Kak Fida / Sourced: Roz@HomeKreation
Size: 8" square or double portion 10" x 12"

Ingredients:

100g Cooking chocolate

75g Butter

200g Ripe Bananas - mashed

55g Brown Sugar - originally 60g

1/4 tsp Salt 

1 tsp Vanilla Essence

75g Plain Flour *

2 tbsp Cocoa Powder *

1/2 tsp Baking Soda *

1/2 tsp Baking Powder * (* sifted together)

Topping : Chocolate Chips any type

Method:

Melt cooking chocolate and butter together.  Allow to cool.

Add in mashed banana, sugar, salt and vanilla essence, mix well each addition.

Fold in sifted ingredients *.  If too thick, add in 2 tbsp fresh milk.

Pour batter into a greased and lined tin.

Sprinkle some choc chips.

Bake at 160C for 20 - 25 minutes or until done

Ribbon Pakoda

Sourced: Rak's Kitchen

Ingredients:
2 cups Rice Flour / Idiyappam Flour
1/2 cup Gram flour / kadala maavu
3/4 tsp Pepper powder (coarse)
2 tbsp Butter
2 -3 tbsp Oil
1/2 tsp Asafoetida powder
salt and water and needed
Oil for deep frying

Method:

Mix rice flour, gram flour, pepper powder, butter (softened), oil, asafoetida, salt, well.

Then add water little by little to made a stiff non sticky dough.

Apparently heat oil in a kadai.  Fill the murukku press with the prepared dough, with the ribbon pakoda plate.

Press the dough in hot oil in a circular way to form a single layer.  Dont's layer so much, just one layer to ensure even and quick cooking. 

When the bubbles reduces, flip the pakoda and cook again till the bubbles ceases and the "Shhh" sound reduces. 

Drain it in the paper towel, after cooled down store in airtight container to enjoy these crisp flavourful pakodas.

Notes:

Added pepper powder will made the pakoda to be more on whiter side.

You can replace the pepper powder with 3/4 tsp red chili powder and 1/8 tsp turmeric.  Make sure the pepper powder is fine enough to get through the press holes.  Sometimes if its grainy, then it gets stuck in the holes.

Karasev

Pic Infront : Karasev / Ribbon Pakoda / Murukku 

Sourced: Rak's Kitchen

Ingredients:

1 cup heaped Gram Flour / Kadala mavu

3/4 cup Rice Flour

1/4 tsp Asafoetida powder

1/8 tsp Turmeric powder

2 tsp Pepper, crushed coarsely

1 tsp Cumin seeds

2 tbsp Butter, softened

Oil for deep frying

Salt as needed

Method:

Sieve gram flour if it has any lumps.  Take both flours in a bowl, melt butter and add it to it.  Add crushed pepper and cumi, salt, turmeric and asafoetida.  

Mix well, add enough water to make a stiff dough but there shouldn't be any cracks.  Make as a smooth dough.

Take the murukku press with the same plate we use to make murukku.  Fill the press with dough and press in hot oil in large circles.  Do not make too many layers just two circles.  Fry in medium flame on both sides till the bubbles and "Shhh" sounds ceases.

Kuih Lompang

Sourced: Roz@HomeKreation / Recipe by: Hanieliza

Kuih Lompang

Ingredients:

1/4 cup sugar *

1/4 cup palm sugar *

1 screwpine leaf *

2 cup water * *Boil until dissolved to make sugar syrup and cool

1 cup rice flour

1/4 tsp Alkali Lime Water ( air kapur / air abu soda )

Grated young coconut

Method:

Mix flour, lime water and sugar syrup until smooth and filter.

Pour into moulds and steam for 20 minutes

Serve with grated young coconut.

Onde-Onde

Ingredients:

Glutinous flour *

Coconut milk * mix togeth

Ban Mian / Mee Hoon Kueh

Sourced: Roz@HomeKreation
Serve 3 - 4 persons

Ingredients:

250g plain flour

1 egg

1 tbs cooking oil

100ml water

a pinch of salt

Method:

Method 1 Using bread machine:

Place all ingredients into a breadmaker and process into dough.

After the 30 minutes dough cycle is completed, let it rest in the breadmaker for about 1 hour.

Method 2 Manual:

Mix water with salt, egg and oil until well mixed.

In a large mixing bowl, add the water mixture to the flour and mix into a dough.  Knead the dough for about 5 minutes, until the dough springs back a little when pressed with a finger tip.

Shape the dough into a ball, cover with a clean damp towel or cling film and leave to rest for 1 hour.

Divide into 4 balls of dough (one ball for one serving).

Preparation of Ban Miah : Cook the ban miah one individual portion each time to ensure the noodles are perfectly cook, which not too soft or undercooked.

Flatten one ball of Ban Miah dough in between your palm or using rolling pin.

Tear the dough into small thin pieces and drop it into the boiling soup.

Repeat pulling and tearing the dough until one ball is used up.

When the nooldes are almost cooked, break one egg into it.  When the noodles is cooked add in vegetables, top with fried anchovies, fried shallot, chopped spring onion and chili oil.

Anchovies Soup

Ingredients:

1/2 cup dried anchovies

3 cloves garlic - chopped 

1" ginger - chopped

1 cup soaked mushrooms - sliced

1.5 liter water

Salt or ikan bilis cube

Method:

Chopped garlic, ginger and anchovies.

Heat few tablespoon oil and stir fry chopped ingredients until fragrant and golden.

Add in water and salt, slow cook overnight.

Madeleine Cookies

Recipe: Bon Appetit

Made about 14 madeleine cookies

Ingredients:

2 large eggs

1/4 cup castor sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 teaspoon grated lemon peel

pinch of salt

1 cup all purpose flour

10 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, cooled slightly

powdered sugar (optional) for dusting

Method:

Preheat oven to 375F (175C), generously butter and flour pan for large madeleines.

Using electric mixer, beat eggs and 1/4 cup sugar in large bowl just to blend.

Beat in vanilla, lemon peel and salt, add flour, beat just until blended, gradually add cooled melted butter in steady stream, beating just until blended.

Spoon 1 tablespoon batter into each indentation in pan.  Bake until pffed and brown, about 10-16 minutes, cool 5 minutes, gently remove from pan.

Repeat process, buttering and flouring pan before each batch.  Do ahead can be made 1 day ahead.

Dust cookies with powdered sugar.

Masala Vada with Mint Leaves Chutney

Source: Raks Kitchen

Ingredient:

1 cup Channa dal / kadalai paruppu

1 tblsp rice flour / raw rice

1 Onion

5 green chiliies

1 tsp fennel / soambu

2 tblsp each coriander and mint leaves - chopped

as needed salt

1 sprig curry leaves

1" piece ginger

5-6 cloves garlic

Method:

Soak channa dal for 3 -4 hours. 

First grind ginger, garlic, chiliies and fennel coarsely.

Then drain channa dal completely and add it in two batches and grind coarsely.

Not too smooth not very coarse too. One or two channa dal can be whole.

Mix finely chopped onion, coriander and mint, slat, rice flour and curry leaves.

Keep a bowl with water and wet both hands.  Make equal sized balls first for uniform sized vadas.

Heat oil in kadai meanwhile.  Shape each ball to flat patties of medium thickness.

Deep fry in hot oil until golden in colour, flipping once in between.  Always cook in medium flame to ensure even cooking and golden colour.

When you drop oil, heat should be high.  Simmer after you drop all vadas and cook in medium flame until done. Drain in paper towel.

Note:  If we dont soak for enough time, vada may turn hard and too crisp.

Rice flour or sooji is to make crisp.  Its optional too, if using rice, soak along with dal.

You can also replace ginger and garlic with ginger garlic paste.

Grinding ginger and garlic coarsely adds a kind of flavour.  You can even add a 3/4 tsp of garam masala.

If you don't like garlic you can omit and add asafoetida 1/4 tsp.  No need to add water while grinding.

Red chillies can be replaced for green chillies.

Serve hot with tea/coffee and spicy mint or coconut chutney as side dish for vadas

Mint Chutney / Pudina Chutney 

Ingredients:

3/4 cup loosely packed mint leaves

1/2 cup - 3/4 cup coconut, fresh grated

6 green chilies

1 tbsp fried gram dal/pottukadalai

a generous pinch tamarind

1 small piece ginger (optional)

1/4 sp turmeric

3/4 tsp salt

To temper:

1 tsp oil

3/4 tsp mustard

1 tsp urad dal

Method:

Wash the mint leaves and let it retain some water.  Heat a pan with oil, season wtih the items given under "To Temper'.  Transfer to a serving bowl and in the same pan, add the washed mint leaves and saute the leaves in medium flame until it just shrinks in volume.

Grind coconut, green chilies, fried gram dal, tamarind, ginger (if using) and salt with little water, lastly add mint leaves and turmeric.

Grind until everything blends well and transfer to the serving bowl and mix well with the tempered items.

Notes:

1 add mint leaves lastly because, 1 don't wan to grind it smoothly. I want the leaves to be seen as tiny bits as you can see in my chutney.  If you want it smooth you can grind everything together as well.  Turmeric is for giving a nice cool green colour.  I add milk if my coconut is very dry while grinding.  Ginger adds a nice flavour and goes well with mint.  

Serve with idli or dosa or paniyarams too.

Ayam Panggang Paprika

Bahan untuk direndam dengan air garam selama 4 jam:
1 ekor ayam dibersihkan kemudian ikat bahagian kepak dan kaki ayam
Bay Leaf
Biji Lada hitam dihancur kasar
Garam secukupnya
Air secukupnya
Bawang putih diketuk

Bahan untuk diperapkan selama 2 - 3 jam atau semalaman:
Ayam yang telah direndamkan dengan air garam dilapkan kering
Serbuk paprika secukupnya
Minyak zaitun
Serbuk lada hitam / sulah
Serbuk cayenne
Bawang putih ditumbuk halus
Garam secukupnya

Lumurkan kesemua bahan-bahan diatas dan perapkan pada ayam.
Panaskan oven.  Panggangkan ayam sehingga masak.

Tish Boyle's Plainly Perfect Pound Cake

Source: Life is Great, original recipe from Tish Boyle's The cake Book
Yield: 5 x 9" loaf pan

Ingredients:
200gm / 2 cups plain flour or All purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
227gm / 2 sticks unsalted butter
120gm castor sugar
4 large eggs
1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
1 teaspoon finely grated orange zest
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
80ml full fat milk

Method:

Preheat oven to 170C.  Prepare and line a 5x9" loaf tin.  Sift flour with baking powder and salt, set aside. 

Cream butter in a mixer at medium high speed until cream, about 2 minutes.

Add sugar gradually and continue beating for 4 minutes until light and fluffy.  

Reduce the mixing speed of the mixer to low and add eggs one at a time mixing until well mixed.  Add the citrus zests and vanilla extract.

Add flour mixture in 3 additions, alternating it with the milk (added in 2 additions).

Pour into prepared tin and bake for 60 - 70 minutes or until the cake turns brown and a testing skewer comes out clean.

Cool cake completely on a wire rack.

(A very moist and soft cake, a keeper recipe)

Ayam Goreng Ala KFC and the Geng

Olahan Kim

Ayam Goreng Ala KFC

Bahan-bahan:

2 keping ayam dicuci bersih, perahkan dengan sedikit minyak, garam, lada sulah, lada hitam, cumin powder dan all spice sedikit

Bahan salutan ayam dikisar halus:

1/4 cawan Serbuk roti kering

3 keping Biskut Cream Crackers cap PingPong, kalau ada cornflakes boleh guna jugak 

2 sudu besar mixed herbs kering

Bahan salutan ayam:

(A)

1 biji telur dikocok 

(B)

1/2 cawan tepung gandum * gaul rata

5 sudu besar tepung jagung *

Minyak yang banyak untuk menggoreng terendam ayam

Caranya:

Panasakan minyak dikuali sehingga betul-betul panas. Sebelum dimasukkan ayam, kecilkan api semula.

Ambil sekeping ayam yang diperahkan tadi salutkan pada telur yang dikocok, kemudian salutkan pada bahan salutan ayam yang dikisar dan akhir sekali salutkan pada tepung. 

Masukkan ayam di kuali yang panas dan goreng sehingga masak.

Angkat dan ketepikan

Mashed Potatoes

Bahan-bahan:

4 biji ubi kentang russet di rebus dengan air garam sehingga empuk dan lenyekkan semasa masih panasMasukkan sedikit lada sulah.  Kacau sebati dan bentukkan dengan mengguna sudih ice cream dan ketepikan.

Untuk sos mashed potatoes:

Ambil lebihan tepung dari salutan ayam dan ketepikan.

Cairkan 1 sudu besar butter di kuali dan masukkan tepung gandum tadi dikacau sehingga keperangan, masukkan krim/susu kecilkan api dan kacau.

Masukkan sos blackpepper Singlong dan air secukupnya dan kacau sehingga pekat.

Kepekatan bergantung kepada diri masing-masing ya.

Kalau nak cair sedikit masukkan lebih air dan rasa garam sebelum ditutup api dan tuangkan pada mashed potatoes tadi.

French Fries:

Ready made cut french fries, goreng pada minyak terendam dan panas.

Taburkan garam goreng setengah masak angkat.

Panaskan minyak semula dan masukkan ubi kentang tadi dan goreng sehingga kekuningan,

Boleh ditaburkan garam lagi jika suka.

Coleslaw - setelah digaul, simpan di peti sejuk sebentar:

Lobak merah disagat

Kubis disagat

Bahan untuk digaul dan satukan kesemua bahan dibawah:

Mayonnis secukupnya

Greek yogurt secukupnya

Garam sedikit

Serbuk All Spice sedikit

Thenkuzhal / Murukku

Source: Spicy Treats

 Ingredients:

4 cups Rice Flour

1 cup Urad Dal Flour

1/4 cup Dalia Powder / Pottu Kadalai Maavu / Gram Flour

4 tbsp Butter or hot oil

1/4 or 1/2 tsp Chili Powder - omitted

1 tsp Ajwain seeds/Omam

1 tbsp Sesame seeds - pan fried without oil

Salt to taste

Adequate water

Oil for deep frying

Method:

First dry roast urad flour in a pan for 1-2 minutes then remove from the stove and sift the flour and keep aside.

Melt butter in a microwave safe bowl and keep aside.

Take a wide bowl, add sifted rice flour, urad flour, dalia powder, salt, ajwain seeds, sesame seeds and mix everything well.

After that add melted butter and combine with the flour well and then add enough water and knead it to a soft, pliable and non sticky dough.

Once done, divide the dough into 10-12 equal parts to fill in the murukku press.

Grease murukku press/achu with oil and fill with one part of dough and close it tightly.  

For Thenkuzhal use 3 round plain achu/plate.

Heat oil in a kadai, while its getting hot. 

Take 2 or 3 ladle turn back side and squeeze roughly in circular motion ( i directly squeezed the murukku in hot oil like ribbon pakoda or omapodi), when oil gets hot drop the shaped murukku and fry in medium hot oil till it turns light golden colour and also the hissing sound and bubbling oil stops.

Then remove it from oil and drain it in paper towel.

(Kim's notes:  Not oily murukku.  If you press dough in hot oil and start to breaks before you can formed a round shape add a little water and knead again till you can the correct consistency of water) 

Thenkuzhal / Magizhampoo Murukku
Sourced: Rak's Kitchen

Ingredients:

2 cups Rice Flour / Idliyappam flour

1/4 cup Urad Dal Flour

3 tbsp Butter + Oil

1/4 tsp Asafoetida

1 & 1/2 tsp Cumin or Sesame seeds

Salt and water as needed

Oil for deep frying

Method:

You can used store bought urad dal flour, slightly dry roasted in a pan or you can skip this too without changing its colour.  Mix flours, butter (melted), oil, asafoetida, cumin, salt well and then add water to make a non sticky dough with no cracks.

Heat oil in kadai apparently, enough to deep fry the murukkus.  Fill the murukku press with this dough with murukku hole plate.  Grease some laddles and make murukku first in that then drop them in oil.  This way we can make decent shapes also our hands wont feel the heat.  Deep fry in medium flame.

Cook both sides till the "Shhh" sound ceases and murukku turn golden in colour.  Drain in paper towel and cool down completely before storing them in airtight containers.

Notes:

Make sure you keep the dough covered through out to avoid drying of the dough.

Even if you want to make in large numbers, do it in batches.  As if you make more dough and keep for while you make murukku, the last batches tend to get fried in deep golden colour, so colour may be different.

Make sure the rice flour you use is fine in texture.  Other wise the murukku will break.  Even if the urad dal powder is less, the murukku will break.

For this murukku its not necessary to fry urad dal / urad dal flour.  They just give rice and ural dal to the mill and get it ground and make murukku.  So if you get ready made urad dal flour at stores, you can use it as such too.

If you add more urad dal powder, then colour will vary.  Also takes long time to cook and crispiness also reduces.  But only if you add very much more than the mentioned ratio, approximately works fine.

Butter give whiter colour and crisp texture.

Make sure you deep fry in enough oil, otherwise the murukku, if touches the bottom of the pan will lead to uneven browning.

After few batches, you may want to top up more oil for frying, as it gets absorbed.

Greek Yoghurt Chocolate Chip Muffins

Recipe source: Julia's Album
Use one regular size muffin pan (12 muffins)
Makes 12-14 regular size muffins

Ingredients:

2 cups all purpose flour

1 cup white sugar (granulated sugar), i used less than 1 cup removed about 10 tablespoons

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 cup vegetable oil

2 eggs

2/3 cup Greek Yoghurt (Plain)

1 cup Chocolate Chips Semi Sweet

Method:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit (200C).  Line Muffin cups with muffin liners.

In a medium bowl, mix together flour, white sugar, salt and baking powder.

In a separate large bowl, add vegetable oil, 2 eggs and Greek Yoghurt and whisk to combine.

Add flour mixture from step 2 to the liquid mixture in step 3 and mix just enough to combine.

Fold in the chocolate chips into the batter from step 4.

Fill muffin cups with the muffin batter about 3/4 full.

Bake for about 20 minutes in the oven, or until toothpick inserted in the center of the muffin comes out clean.

Pepper Chicken Masala

Recipe source: Magic Oven, Lakshmi Nair

Ingredients:
1 whole small chicken (cut into small pieces)
2" pieces cinnamon
5 nos. cloves
3 sprigs curry leaves
1 tbsp black peppercorns, crushed
2 small tomatoes (pureed)
Ghee/oil as required
Hot water as required
2 to 3 tbsp coriander leaves
Salt, to taste

 For Masala:
1 cup Onion, diced
2" pieces Ginger
5 to 6 cloves Garlic
2 tsp Kashmiri chili powder (or according to taste)
2 tsp coriander powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 tbsp black peppercorns (or according to taste)
Salt, to taste

Method:
Combine all the ingredients listed under "for Masala" in a blender.
Grind to form a smooth paste.
Rub this masala onto the chicken pieces and refrigerate for about 1 hour.
In a heavy bottomed pan, cook the marinated chicken until 3/4 done.
Heat ghee/oil in a pan, add cinnamon, cloves and curry leaves.  Saute for few seconds.
Add crushed black peppercorns and saute for few seconds.
Add tomato puree and saute until oil separates.
Add cooked chicken and mix well.  Add more salt if required (Add hot water if you require more gravy).
Cook until gravy is thick and it coats the chicken pieces.
Add chopped coriander and serve with rice or roti.

Note:  This is a spicy chicken, adjust the quantity of black peppercorns according to your spice level.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bread

Source: Rasa Malaysia

Ingredients:

2 cups chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream ( or your favorite flavour of ice cream )

1 1/2 cups self raising flour ( sifted )

Method:

Preheat oven to 350F.  Butter a 8 x 4 loaf pan, or line it with parchment paper.

In a medium bowl, mix softened ice cream and flour together until well combined.

Scoop the mixture into the loaf pan and smooths out the surface.

Bake for about 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the loaf comes out clean.

Remove from the pan, allow to cool slightly, slice and serve immediately.

Cook's note:

If you don't have self-raising flour, you can use all-pupose flour.

For every cup of all purpose flour, add 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon salt.

Sift together.

Sweedish Meatball Ala Ikea

Resepi: Faa Rosli / Sumber: Madihaa

*Meatball jenama MARINA secukupnya digoreng tanpa minyak dan api sederhana, pastikan selalu dibalik-balikkan, jangan sampai hangus.

*Kentang goreng secukupnya

*1 sudu besar jem strawberry/blueberry/mixed fruit 

Brokoli dan tomato secukupnya

Sosnya:

2 sudu besar mentega

1 1/2 sudu teh tepung gandum

1 biji bawang besar kuning - didadu kecil

2 biji tomato sederhana besar - didadu kecil

1 1/2 cawan air sejuk

100ml susu segar/susu cair

3 sudu besar sos tomato

3 sudu besar sos tiram

2 sudu besar kicap manis

2 sudu besar sos lada hitam/serbuk lada hitam - guna 1 sudu besar sos lada hitam + 1 sudu besar lada hitam yang diblend)

1 kiub pati ayam

1 sudu besar gula

1 kiub pati daging

Caranya:

Cairkan mentega guna api perlahan.  Tumis bawang hingga bawang layu dan warna kecoklatan (jangan sampai garing).

Masukkan tepung gandum, kacau hingga berubah warna sedikit coklat.  Kemudian masukkan tomato dan biar hinggga tomato layu.

Masukkan air sejuk, susu segar, sos tomato, sos tiram, kicap manis, sos lada hitam, kiub ayam, gula dan serbuk daging secukup rasa.  Kacau rata dan biar sampai mendidih.

Sentiasa kacau supaya tidak berketul.

Kacau sebati, tutup api dan biarkan suam sekejap kemudian masukkan dalam mesin pengisar, kisar sampai halus dan bolehlah dihidangkan bersama meatball, kentang goreng dan jem blueberry, juga hirisan tomato dan brokoli dicelur.