Dried Shrimp Sambal

This is a recepi from my mother-in-law. I love it very much. I have tried other recipe before where there were garlic and tumeric added. However, my taste bud still prefer this one.

This recipe can easily be halfed. 500g of dried shrimps is a lot!

Ingredient
500g dried shrimp
8-9 stalk lemon grass (more if you like the aroma)
20 stalk dried chilli
15-20 shallot
Half cup oil
Sugar and salt to taste

1) Wash and soak the dried shrimp until clean and soft.
2) Blend the shrimp coarsely
3) Cut the lemon grass, chille and shallot to smaller pieces before blending it to a paste (water can be added a bit for easier blending)
4) Heat the oil in a wok before adding the paste.
5) Stir fry until aromatic before adding the dried shrimp.
6) Stir fry until aromatic.
7) Add sugar (I didn't count how many tablespoons, but it was quite a lot. This dish suppose to be sweet, salty and spicy)
8) Add salt to taste if needed (as the dried shrimp can be salty)

BAD lighting!

Butter Durian Cake

This recipe is from http://wokkingmum.blogspot.com. Purely for durian lovers only. If you are not that, stay far, far and farther away. Heavy duty staff... literally... I mean, with 250g durian, 250g butter and 250g flour...


Ingredients:
• 250g Mashed Durian Flesh (original was using 170g)
• 250g Butter
• 150g Castor Sugar (original was using 180g)
• 5 Eggs
• 240g Flour, sifted (Plain/All purpose)
• 2 teaspoon Baking Powder, sifted

How to do it:
1. Cream butter and sugar til light fluffy.
2. Add one egg at a time and continue beating.
3. Add in durian gradually and beat for 2 1/2 minutes.
4. Add in flour and baking powder.
5. Mix well.
6. Pour batter into a greased and lined 25cm X 25cam baking tray. ( I baked in 6' rectangle tin and muffin cups)
7. Bake at 180C for 40 to 50 minutes or till cake is done (check using toothpick)


A real staff!

15 Minutes Cupcake

I was quite surprise as such a simple cupcake tastes pretty good. As I added chocolate chips to it, I reduced the sugar to 100g so it wont be too sweet. As for flour, I reduced it to 200g since there would be less sugar, therefore less liquid.

Recipe from http://wokkingmum.blogspot.com

Ingredients:
• 225g Self Raising Flour, sifted
• 130g Sugar
• 125g Butter, soften
• 3 Eggs, lightly beaten (I use AA eggs)
• 60ml Milk
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

How to do it:
1. Preheat oven to 180C.
2. Place sugar, butter, eggs, milk and vanilla extract in a bowl.
3. Beat to combined.
4. Gradually add in the flour.
5. Beat well till mixture is smooth and pale.
6. Stir in chocolate chip, raisins, nuts, etc, if you like.
7. Spoon mixture into muffin cups.
8. Bake for 15 minutes till golden on top.
9. Cool on rack.

SImple and Good!

A Visit to National Science Centre in August 2011

The centre conduct activities during certain time of the day. If you plan to visit the centre, it is best to call them to confirm the activitie time. Otherwise, it would be like us. We reached there around 12.30pm where there was a break and most of the activities starts again at 2.30pm.

Tel:03-2089 3400

Their opening time is 9.00am to 5.oopm
Ticket priced at RM8.00 for adult and RM5.00 for children
(inclusive of dinosour exhibition.). The rate is cheaper if you do not want to include the dinasour exhibition)
Free entrance for children below 4 years old

Small M and dino



Big M and T-rex


Grasshopper U


Grasshopper Me


Print yourself!


Can you make this quick? You are wasting my time


Roar T-rex! ROAR!

Blueberry cake

This is another recipe from www.keeplearningkeepsmiling.com

This is an extremely easy cake to make. Nothing fancy. Since it does not contain any butter and blueberry isn't exactly aromatic, it may lack certain 'strong charactor' in taste department.

Having said that, this cake got a charactor on its own. It is lighter in taste, bursting with blueberry goodness and best of all, it is healthy!

It was recommended to complement the cake with milk sauce (by combining some condensed milk and evaporated milk). However, since I still have the white chocolate sauce from the previous cake making, I used those instead... Delicious!


Ingredients A
3 eggs
1/2C sugar
1/2C oil

Put all of Ingredients A into a mixing bowl. Beat well with a whisk.
Ingredients B
1C flour
1t baking powder
1/2t baking soda
pinch of salt (I omitted it)

Add Ingredients B to the egg mixture. Mix well. I didn’t even sieve it all together….just add to the batter.

Ingredients C
350g frozen blueberries (I used around 200g)

Add the frozen blueberries (straight from freezer) to the cake batter.

Mix well and pour into a tin lined with baking paper.
Bake at 200 degrees Celsius for about 25 minutes or when a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Leave to cool a few minutes. Cut and enjoy. It’s very delicious served hot or at room temperature.

White Chocolate Cake With White Chocolate Sauce

White Chocolate Cake With White Chocolate Sauce from www.keeplearningkeepsmiling.com.

This cake is pretty heavy and rich. Couple it with the white chocolate sauce and it is sinful!. If you do not like the egg aroma, remember the add the vanilla essence.

Ingredients A
300g white chocolate
250g butter
1C milk
3/4C sugar
Put all Ingredients A in a pot and melt under low fire. Keep stirring. Turn off fire and let cool for a while.

Ingredients B
3 eggs
2t vanilla essence

Beat Ingredients B lightly. Add to the melted butter mixture. Mix well.

Ingredients C
1 & 3/4 C flour
1t baking powder

Sieve Ingredients C into the egg mixture above. Mix well. Pour into a baking-paper-lined tin and bake in a preheated oven of 160 degrees Celsius for about 45 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. The time really depends on the depth of the tin that you use.

Ingredients D (chocolate sauce)
1/2C double cream
150g white chocolate

Put Ingredients D in a small pot and melt under low fire. Keep stirring. Turn off heat. Let it cool till warm and beat with a hand beater until thick.

Snap shots at Genting, Before the Annual Passport Expire!

16 July 2011

We are Happy! Why?...



Because we are at Genting Highland... again!


Merry Go Round


Fun Time with Cousins


Yay! I'm not afraid anymore!


With Xin Xin Che Che


Peace to Genting


Mom said I'm not big enough for this ride. Got to wait here.


Bye Genting, until next time...