SAUCE: BLACK PEPPER

MY THOUGHTS
  I feel rather sad for what has happened at the office. I cannot simply blame anyone for this. The sicko is simply sick while the victim...the victim will definitely be in trauma for quite sometime. 

  One thing I know, life must go on. Things like this should not pull down my spirit but one thing for sure my spirit is no longer for the department. I am tired...I want to look into my own development rather than others. I need to move on. People get what they dream for. I am a human too. I too have a dream and I am going to make sure that it will come my way. 

God, please help me make my dream comes true. 

THE INGREDIENTS
  Still have technical problem. I cannot attach the photo.

Pot (heat it)

Cooking oil (About two tablespoons.)

One Onion (medium-sized. Cut it into cubes. Put it into the pot and stir it until limb.)

Chilli Boh (You need only one tablespoon. Stir it well. Make sure it is properly fried.)

Two tomatoes (cut them into cubes. Small cubes. Once the chilli is ready, pour them in.)


Black pepper (I prefer to have them pound. You need one mount full teaspoon. Pour it into the hot mixture.)


Vegetable broth (a bowl of it)

Corn Flour (one tablespoon. Mix it well with the broth and then pour it into the hot mixture.)

Soya Sauce (If it straights from the bottle, as the hole is rather small, 15 dashes)


Ayah loves the sauce. He thought I bought it from the supermarket. Cheh...I can cook!

Pumpkin: Baked with Custard

 

 
MY THOUGHTS
 I have not been cooking for quite sometime now due to perhaps laziness and complacency. Two days ago, I was going back memory lane, thinking about how my own mother was behaving during my confinement periods. If I am to go on being lazy and expecting everything to be done by my maid (she might be gone at the end of this year though), I might turn out to be just like my mother...whom my daughter calls 'Princess'.

Therefore, whoever is following this blog of mine, you can expect a frequent updating from me....I am praying hard to God now...please God, do get rid this lazy attitude of mine and replace it with an outstanding energy which will not only drive me to carry out my household chores as I used to but also to achieve the dream that I have set for.

THE INGREDIENTS
  Long and I tried to make Baked Custard Pumpkin but, unfortunately, I got a bit baffled with the ingredients. Now I understand why people usually lay out the ingredients first before they start cooking. I thought I was an expert. Apparently, not. Instead of using custard, I added in Corn Flour...Nonetheless, my hubby likes it. Thank God.

(picture will be attached later. technical problem)

1 pumpkin (cut the top part to make in which will be used as the cover. Clean out the seeds. Remember to was the pumpkin thoroughly inside and outside but not with soap. Darling sons, you know what I mean yeah. Scoop out a bit of the pumpkin flesh in which you need to cut them up into small pieces.)

Fresh Milk (the amount of milk depending on the size of the pumpkin in which it should 1/4 less. Pour the milk into a baking bowl.)

Eggs (For half of Ayah's centung milk,  I used three eggs. The centung is actually referring to Ayah's favourite drinking cup that I abhor. It is the Indian aluminum cup.)

Sugar (I put in four scoop of sugar. The tool that I use to scoop is the formula scoop....baby scoop.)

Custard /Corn Flour (The mistake that I made was to put in the Corn Flour, In actual fact, it should have been custard, I believe it would be sweeter but Ayah likes it. Surprise! Surprise!)

Aluminum Foil (to make it easier for you to take out the pumpkin, use this to make a basket in which you place your pumpkin in. The basket should have handles. Thus, you need quite a big piece of foil.)

Fresh milk, eggs, sugar, custard / corn flour and pieces of pumpkin are mixed in the bowl thoroughly. Then pour the mixture into the pumpkin. Steam it for 45 minutes.

Salad with Fried Potatoes

MY THOUGHTS
What worry me the most is my hubby's health. He was, when he was young, a sports person. It is true as they say that when a sports man stops being active, they start to gain weight and contract different types of illness.
My main task is to make sure he is healthy. That means his food and exercise. I, for one, do not like exercising but because of him, I go to the gym at least twice a week with him.

THE INGREDIENTS
Salad - wash and cut them to bite size
Onion - not a lot. Just slice it thinly.
Two really fat potatoes - cut them into cubes. Bite size. Fry them. Take them out once they are nicely brown. Scoop them into a bowl lined with kitchen paper. Let the paper absorb the oil.
One stalk of spring onion - slice them finely.
Two fat tomatoes - slice them like an orange. The slices should not be so thick either.

Salad with Fried Potatoes

Black pepper - Mix all the ingredients in a bowl, Add in a few dashes of black pepper and salt.

Fried Rice: Simple

MY THOUGHTS

It was a restaurant when I heard a talk about family. The owner of the restaurant was playing a video on an Islamic talk. The preacher was talking about how giving your children what they want...of course within your mean. 

I sincerely agree with the preacher. In fact, when I was young, each time I requested for some kind of food and my mother could not give me immediately, she would ask me to lick my right palm first - hoping that I would not think about it too much. My mother believes that if we keep on thinking about the food, we might fall and injure ourselves. 

THE INGREDIENTS

Heat up the wok. 

Margarine - put a tablespoon into the wok.

Two eggs - beat the eggs and add in a little bit of white pepper and salt. Make scramble egg. How? When you pour in the beaten eggs, keep on stirring it. It will then start to become dry and curdle. Scoop them out. 

Margarine - put in another tablespoon into the wok. 

Anchovies - wash a hand full of anchovies. Put them into the wok and keep on stirring until they are nicely brown. Then push the fried anchovies to the side of the wok. 

three cloves of Garlic (fat ones) - slice them and put them into the wok.

One red chilli - slice and put it into the wok. 

Simple Fried Rice

Rice - cook two cups of rice. Once it is cooked, let it cool before putting it into the hot wok. (In fact, this should be done before you start your frying activity.) Make sure the garlic and chilli are really limp before you put in the cooked rice. Mix the ingredients well. Add in the scrambled eggs and a few dashes of soya sauce. If you wish to add salt, do not put in too much as the soya sauce is already salty. 

Pasar Pandan, Johor, Malaysia - FOOD SPOTS

MY THOUGHTS
My twins did not get the kind of results that I wanted. I was so disappointed and took out my anger on them. This is of course wrong. When I realised it, I seeked their apology and explained to them.
I believe that everything happens with a reason. There must be a good reason why God does not allow my sons to get the results that we wanted.
The good thing is that they are still with me - to love, to hug and to talk to. Perhaps, the bond between us is not strong enough for us to be apart. If they had had the desired results, we weren't surely be together most of the time.

LOCATION
You should go to Pasar Pandan. It is a corner shop and from the shop you could actually see the wet market. It is called Restoran Mem.
From the main road, you need to drive further in.

THE FOOD
Nasi Goreng Kampung is its speciality - the taste is out of the world.

Nasi Goreng Kampung

As the restaurant is very near to the wet market, the prawns served are really fresh. The fried rice should be eaten hot too and together with the sambal belacan. Sambal belacan is a home-made thick sauce. It is made out of belacan (prawn cake?) and chilli. The two main ingredients are pounded together with salt, sugar and other secret stuff. Each person has their own unique style making the sambal belacan.

Larkin, Johor Bahru, Malaysia - FOOD SPOTS

MY THOUGHTS
No matter how busy we are with our work, we should find time for our family - especially the children as they need us the most. One thing that I regret the most is that I hardly make an effort to be with my children when they were young. I was too busy making sure we had enough money to spend. Now, I am missing their baby antic.

LOCATION
There is a row of stalls facing the main road beside the fire station. Parking is not easily available - rather limited. You must know how to manoeuvre your car well as some people fail at parking properly.

THE FOOD
There are a few lovely food here. My hubby loves the Ice Kacang. There are two stalls that sell Ice Kacang. The best one is the one closest to the fire station. If you ask for Ice Kacang Special, they will put two scoops of vanilla ice-cream on top.

Then, next to this stall, you can get lovely Beef Steak but be warned, at times, the meat is rather hard. To eat the steak, you must it when it is hot. Once cold, it is not worth dying for.

A few stalls away, you can get Kacang Pol. This is an arabic dish and seems to be the favourite of many in Johor. This too must be eaten hot. Taking it back to be eaten for breakfast does not taste so good. Unfortunately, for this particular dish, I have forgotten to take a photo of it.

Beef Steak

Ice Kacang Special

Damansara, Selangor, Malaysia - FOOD SPOTS

MY THOUGHTS

Having my children and husband with me is the best moment of my life. Thus, during public holidays or even when everyone at home, I believe that the whole family should go galavanting together. If we are to stay at home, the tendency is that every body will be in their own rooms doing their own thing. Being outdoor ensures all of us talking and doing things together. 

LOCATION

The Curve in Damansara. This is my, as well as my children's, favourite place. Each time we are in Kuala Lumpur or even Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, we would make a point to visit IKEA. Apart from shopping or rather window shopping, we love to dine here. 

THE FOOD

IKEA Restaurant

It is famous for its Daim Cake. I do apologize as we have forgotten to take a picture of it. 

We should also not forget IKEA's curry puff - the Malaysian version. They put in a quarter egg in it, I think.

Sweet Chat

Durian Pancake

This is located at The Curve. (If you happen to be in Seri Kembangan, there is also an outlet.) My favourite, a friend of mine introduced this, is Durian Pancake. There is a small spoonfull of durian in the centre which is coated with cream and wrapped by a soft layer of pancake.

They also serve Herbal Soup that tastes somewhat like La Chee Kong (not sure of the spelling). 

Herbal Soup

 

The Herbal Soup is rather sweet. So you should also order mineral water to wash it down.