Ann Kitchen Journal: 2012

Monday, 18 June 2012

Air Carrot Susu

Ingredients :
4 carrots
Condensed milk or fresh milk + sugar
Water

Method:
1. Peel carrot skin and wash properly
2. Cut into smaller size that can fit your juicer.
3. Blend using a juicer.
4. Strain the juice.
5. Pour milk + sugar or condensed milk.
6. Pour some water if the juice is very thick to your liking.
7. Enjoy hot or cold.

Apples apples apples

a very nice, crunchy and sweet Hobart's fresh apples...

Moist Apple and Raisin Muffin

Ingredients:

2 cups (300g) self-raising flour, sifted
2/3 cup (150g) caster sugar
1 cup (250ml) buttermilk
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1/3 cup (80ml) vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 finely chopped pink lady apple, skin on
1/2 cup (85g) raisins

Crumble Topping

1/2 cup plain flour
60g butter, chilled, cubed
2 tablespoons caster sugar
2 tablespoons slivered almonds, chopped

Method:

Preheat oven to 180°C. Place flour and sugar in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk together buttermilk, eggs, oil and cinnamon. Stir through apple and raisins.

Pour wet mixture into dry ingredients and stir until just combined. Spoon mixture into a lightly greased 12-hole, 1/2 cup muffin pan, taking care not to overfill. Place in oven and bake for 20 minutes or until golden. Serve warm or cold.

Make crumble: Sift flour into a bowl. Using your fingertips, rub butter into flour until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Stir in sugar and nuts. Cover. Refrigerate

Source : taste.com.au

Nasi Lemak Royal

This menu is very popular at north of Malaysia. It is suitable for breakfast, lunch or even dinner.

Nasi Lemak

Ingredients A:
4 pots basmathi rice
4 tbls condensed milk
400 ml coconut cream
3 pandan leaves
water - depends on the rice. usually the ratio is 1 cup rice : 1 cup liquid (including coconut cream)

Ingredients B:
1 medium onion, sliced
1 inch ginger, sliced
oil to saute

Ingredients C:
1 tbls fenogreek (halba)
1 tsp coarse black pepper
1 inch ginger
1 medium onion, cut into quarters
salt to taste

Methods:
1. Saute until fragrant ingredients B. Add rice and condensed milk and mix thoroughly.
2. Pour coconut cream, water, pandan leaves, Ingredients C and salt.
3. Transfer to rice cooker and let the rice cook.

Daging pedas

Ingredients A:
1 kg beef
6 tbls chilli powder
6 tbls sweet soy sauce
6 tbls salty soy sauce
4 tbls oyster sauce
1 tbls fish sauce
1 tbls tomato sauce

Ingredients B:
4 sprigs curry leaves
3 pandan leaves
2 inch cinnamon stick
4 cardamom
2 star anise
some oil to saute

Methods:
1. Mix together ingredients A and set aside (marinate) for about 4 hours.
2. Saute until fragrant Ingredients B. Put in ingredients B. Pour some water.
3. Cook until the beef is tender.

Other side dishes to be eaten with Nasi Lemak:
Lady's finger / okra - blanched
Hard boiled eggs
Daging mamak
Fried Chicken

Source : resepidapursaya.blogspot

Pau

Ingredients A :

2 tsp instant dried yeast
50ml water
2 tsp sugar

Ingredients B :

300g self-raising flour
3 tbls oil
1/2 tsp salt
120 ml water

Method:

1. Mix ingredients A and set aside until bubbly.

2. Mix flour with oil and salt.

3. Mix flour mixture with Ingredients A.

4. Add in water gradually and knead until the dough do not stick at your hand.

5. Let the dough double its size or put in the oven for about 45 min ( preheat oven to 40 C - 50 C for 15 minutes and then switch off the oven)

6. Punch the dough to let out the air. Divide dough into small balls.

7. Flatten the balls and put in some fillings. Cover the fillings and place the dough with the filling on a small grease proof paper.

8. Steam on high heat for about 8 - 10 minutes.

Source : Kak Balkis

Friday, 1 June 2012

Chicken Chop & Mushroom & Black Pepper Gravy

Chicken Chop

Ingredients:

4 Chicken thigh fillet
1 tsp White pepper
1/2 tsp Salt
1 tbsp Oyster Sauce
Plain flour
Egg , lightly beaten
Breadcrumb
Oil to fry

Method:

1. Marinate chicken with white pepper, salt & oyster sauce for about 30 minutes.
2. Coat chicken with plain flour, then egg and lastly breadcrumb.
3. Fry in a deep fryer.

Mushroom & Black Pepper Gravy
Source : mamafami

Ingredients :

2 cups chicken or beef stock (I just dilute the chicken cube in enough water)
1/2 cup fresh milk (I used low fat milk)
crushed black pepper
2 inches celery stick ~ sliced
1/2 onion ~ diced
2 tablespoon sweet soya sauce (more if you want the color of the gravy to be darker)
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
1 tablespoon butter
1/2 can button mushroom ~ sliced
2 tablespoons flour ~ mix wit water (as a thickening agent)
salt and sugar ~ if necessary

Method :

1. Pour the chicken/beef stock in a pot. Add fresh milk, diced onion and sliced celery. Let it boil.
2. Remove from heat and put through a sieve. Place it back on the stove.
3. Add black pepper, soya sauce, oyster sauce, butter, button mushroom, salt and sugar. Stir.
4. Last but not least, add in flour mixture to the thickness you desire. Remove from heat.
5. Pour onto the chicken