Friday, April 30, 2010

wanginyaa...

Yesterday I took the bus home immediately after I found out I have no more classes on Friday. I called to make sure he knows that I am on the way and then he picked me up at the train station (you see, I have to take the bus and then the train). As I came into our flat, I was embraced with the sweet...sweet smell of.....KARI AYAM...!!! muahahaha..

Perfect timing!

Dahla tengah lapar. Terus makan 2 pinggan nasi you..muahahhaha..

Have a nice weekend y'all!

Monday, April 26, 2010

Spring

It haven't found the time to update my blog lately. Maaf! Mostly I'm busy with school and secondly, I haven't the time to really get into cooking. Most of the cooking I do now, is the repetition of old recipes..borringg. Now I have some time left to update, before I berangkat pulang ke sekolah *malasssssssnya*. It is raining so lagi bertambah-tambah malas nak go back to school, I rather lie in my bed with my comforter, sangat nyaman :). Oh well!

Anyway, I'm updating with photos taken yesterday. 

Spring is here!

This one I took looking down from our balcony.

My growing flat leaved parsley. I am a noob garderner, note the tiny pot. :)
 
Oh, these are Beignets I made yesterday.

Actually, they taste like char kueh to me, without the powder sugar.

Then we took a walk. This stream is nearby and we can see glimpse of it from our flat.

That's our flat, the light orange building.

Someones lawn filled with pretty tulips.

The cherry plantation.

 Kirschblüte, flowers from the cherry tree.

Cherry blossoms, simillar to the sakura but not the same.

 
We visited the free range ayams.

 Ayam jantan seekor, the rest betina.

Me, looking at the only rooster in there. He's one lucky rooster. Hehe..

The we visited a gang of kambing biri-biri. They were shy at first, after some time they become friendlier.

Isn't he just so cute?

Have a great week y'all!

Friday, April 23, 2010

5-FIVE-KHAMSAH

...................... Assalamualaikum ...............

I'm tagged by Jaja'Z..
Syarat2nya :
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Soalan - soalannya...
5 names that people call me
 Budak Gemok
beb
Lanun
Spatz
wei
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5 Important dates in my life
29 May - Akad Nikah
12 Feb - Mamak's Birthday
12 Jan -Kakak's Birthday
13 Jun - Ibu's Birthday
15 September - Makcik's Birthday
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5 things that I've done yesterday

Pergi kelas
Jalan 2,5km from asrama to bus station, no local public bus after 7 p.m. 
Naik bus balik rumah
Bus brake mengejut sbb nyaris langgar seekor rusa, menunjukkan betapa kampungnya tempat saya ini..
Sampai dirumah, keletihan, terus tidoooq..
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5 Ways to be happy
Masak
Knowing that everybody I love are happy and healthy
Makan
Anticipating Spring and Summer
Watching and listening to water flowing 
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5 Favourite Movies

Amelié
Ronin
Pendekar Bujang Lapuk
Bridget Jones Diaries
10 Things I Hate About You
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5 Hobbies
Surfing, the internet aa
Bloghopping
cooking
tgk cerita
reading

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5 Favourite People
Mamak
Family
Childhood friends
 (tu dah more than five dah kot)
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5 places for vacation
( more like places I hope to go for vacation..:) )
Paris
Tokyo
Penang
Terengganu
Sabah
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5 Reasons I answered the survey???

sbb kena tag
sbb belum ada benda nak diupdate kat blog
sbb tgh ada free time
sbb terasa boring yaamatz
sbb malas nak baca buku instead

heh!
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5 Persons to be tagged by me

hunny bunny
amyschwenke
fasha
yat maria
patinpasta


(psssst: yang kena tag tu, no pressure, tak buat pun takpa..hehe..just for fun..)


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Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Vorteil Nachteil

 There's so many things I have experience being in school. I am happy to be doing what I am doing. Learning new things and resurrecting old almost forgotten things. Of course the pressure builds as I approach examinations that awaits. As somebody told me once, something gained easily will not mean as much. Though I must say, I do hope 'some' things I can gain easily cause I'm just too tired trying. You know, things like making the perfect macaron and baking the perfect baguette..haha.

Anyway, I found out a few things amazing during this first month in school. German students do look confident, they look poised and of course, when they talk, they sound really smart. They tend to be intimidating, mostly because of the sounding smart thing. My kepala will go thinking, 'Amboi! Pandainya minah ni, malunya aku sbb tak paham'. 

Me being melayu, stay quiet and only speak when spoken to, but I do have this certain aura of 'confidence', not real confidence, just that ' I don't know better, so redah saja' (those who know me personally know what I am talking about). Dalam hati seriau, tapi muka must be kept straight at all times..muahaha. I guess I am like that because I care very little about 'takut orang kata apa', which in this case, ignorant is bliss. Don't get me wrong, being a woman, I do get paranoid of fear of certain things like 'OMG, it is Saturday evening and there no rice in the house', that's because in Germany semua kedai tutup hari ahad ye puan-puan.

Aaaanyway, I was thinking, these students probably won't give a rats ass to somebody like me, tudung wearing asian person. I am pleasantly surprise, that in spite of their confident exterior, they do approach and ask me when they don't understand certain things in the lecture. That means diorang ni memang jenis lagu tu, kalau tak faham tanya straight. Sebab tu kot, depa ni nampak confident saja. Depa ni jenis tak takut kalau orang lain tahu yang depa ni tak faham sesuatu benda. Natural la kan, pi sekolah kan nak belajar. So don't worry kalau terasa bodoh, sebab kalau semua orang pandai, takdak la orang nak bina universiti bagai..heh. I feel bodoh all the time and something that I learn is that I shouldn't be ashamed if I don't know something, because kalau tak ngaku bodoh dan tak tanya, lagi parah kan?

Tu bab yang baik la pasal german students. We are all human, that means ada juga segelintir yang pergi kelas untuk lecture kawan-kawan, bukan nak dengar lecture. At the moment I belum berani nak tegur 'SHHHHH' kat geng ni. Mamak told me I should do it, but being perempuan melayu terakhir, I still practice, kutuk dalam hati sambil bersabar. I do vow to 'SHHHH' them if I have courage next time.

Oh I just found out that music from Jack Johnson is very soothing and sangat sesuai didengar sambil buat latihan fizik dan matematik. 

Ermm..oh before I forget. There's an advantage of being 3-4 days a week away from Mamak. Since I am away, he's been craving malaysian food. All these while, he either digs out frozen leftovers from our freezer, make himself cheesy toast, spaghetti or use rencah maggi. Now I am proud to say, Mamak sudah pandai masak Ayam masak kicap, Masak Lemak Sayur Omputih Style (sbb guna carrot ngan snow peas) and of course Kari Ayam, from scratch and without my supervision, ermm.. with my supervision aa but through Skype. 

 Snapshot from skype..

Muahaha..I am sooo proud of him.

Monday, April 19, 2010

Rindu



We knew each other since we were 7 years old, one of them I know from tadika. We are blessed that we could stay friends after all these years. No matter where went, we always end up meeting somewhere, eating good food and talking about the stuff we missed about each other. We even had the opportunity to get facial together before our weddings.  Jodoh kuat kot? hehe..I hope we'll stay that way in years to come.

Anyway girls, 
I miss penang a lot but I guess that's because I miss hanging out with you girls on that beautiful island...

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Cok Kodok Apple

We had a late lunch yesterday of kuey teow sup and shrimp dumplings. Sorry naa, tak ambil gambar pun, sebab sama ja rupa dia dengan dumpling yang buat hari tu. Hehe..

So for dinner I made some cekodok apple, which was so yummy. Tak sangka the batter came out so fluffy because I used resepi hentam keromo saja.

I put very little sugar in the batter sbb takut hangit, so they were not sweet enough. So I sprinkled lots of powdered sugar on them. So yummy, sugary sweet with a light sour flavour from the apples. 

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Cok Kodok Apple recipe:

1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup cold water
2 tablespoon sugar
1 large apple, skinned, sliced and diced
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder


method:
Combine flour, salt, sugar and cold water in a large bowl. It should have a sticky texture, since the apples will add some water to the mixture. Mix in the diced apples and stir until batter coats everything. Now if the batter is too sticky, you may add a little water and if too runny, add more flour. Add the baking powder and mix thoroughly one last time. Preheat oil in a deep frying pan, about 2 inches deep. Spoon apple mixture into the oil and fry for about 3-4 minutes. Lay them on kitchen towel and sprinkle powdered sugar before serving.

(ps: in Germany, fluid cooking oil sold, for instance cornoil of raspoil, are not suitable for deep frying because they are not heat-stable, that means they will burn and smoke at high temperature. To deep fry dishes like this one, I recommend using solid oils, usually made with palm oil, available at refrigerated section at stores, usually near butter)

Friday, April 16, 2010

Lahlingg..I'm Home....

Lahling?..Lahling?...

Oh well, I'm home and mamak is still at work. Guess I'll have to eat lunch alone today since he's having lunch at work.


Homemade Curry Wurst. Well the wurst are bought, the ketchup , the curry powder and also the fries. Erm..I guess, I could say that it's Home 'prepared' Curry Wurst.

What is Curry Wurst? It's the national dish of Germany, some might say. But then why Curry? Isn't curry supposed to be Indian or something. Well, I didn't understand it as well, but I heard Curry Wurst is to the German, what roti canai is to Malaysia. Bila terasa lapar, pergi kedai, order Curry Wurst. Basically a grilled sausage, cut-up and served with lots of 'special' sauce and a generous dash of curry powder on top. Surreal huh?

This is not restaurant posh food, it's street food. When you pass a curry wurst stall, you'll be attracted to the smell of grilled sausage. The sauce is considered special because every stall seems to have their own secret recipe. Since all of the Curry Wurst Stalls I know don't sell any Halal wurst, I created something familiar myself at home and re-arranged to look like those bought at the stalls. My special sauce was Heinz chili ketchup! Not to forget the traditional toothpicks and a bunch of fries on the side. 

Have a great weekends y'all!

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Teka-teki

Berejam saya dok di makmal pagi tadi untuk menghasilkan benda alah ini. Sayang nak buang, makanya saya simpan sebijik nak dijadikan kenangan.

Who can guess what this is?


Hint: Mothers with small children probably have an idea!..


Sila-sila teka...

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Studentenfutter

Makanan student. Rebus spaghetti dan sausage wiener. Toskan.

Mix everything with basil pesto from the bottle and a dash of olive oil. Serve it on a plate.


 Last but not least...
...Baham!!...


Have a wonderful week dear blogger friends!!

Saturday, April 10, 2010

Mango Pudding Tart

Tadaaa..tayang sikit mango pudding tart neh. Ni buat setelah penat mengentel dumplings bertuah itteuw. Patutnya pakcik insurance nak singgah kejap petang semalam, tapi kitorang tunggu punya tunggu punya tunggu (sila baca style Pramlee dlm cerita Seniman Bujang Lapok ya), pakcik insurance tak timbul-timbul. Kekdahnya dia terlupa, tadi baru dia telepon habaq.

So rezeki kami berdua lah baham tart mango ini. Resepi ni ilham website ni, tapi dah di'oter' akibat ada a few things tak available kat pantry. Yang ada mango dalam tin saja, so terpaksa la guna creativiti. I don't have any gelatin or serbuk agar-agar kat rumah, so I use vanilla pudding, I added some mango puree to it. The crust I made exactly according to the recipe.

I topped the tart with more mango puree and then leave it to set in the fridge. Hasilnya amat memuaskan, optik sebelum dipotong memang otai, rasa pun sedap, lemak manis. My favourite part is the crust, made of normal short pastry cuma tambah coconut flakes. Memang kena la dengan manis mango tuh.

Probably sebab mango puree kat atas tart tu banyak sangat, terjadilah 'landslide' reaction antara pudding ngan mango puree tuh bila dipotong. Hehe. Apapun, tart ni sedap dan sangatlah senang, I will make it again. Maybe next time I will use serbuk agar-agar bagi set sikit pudding tu.


Friday, April 9, 2010

Mami and her dumplings


I always wanted to eat dumplings, usually sebab terliur akibat tengok program Anthony Bourdain. Sadly for us, kat sini sangat susah nak cari. All this while memang I teringin nak buat, tapi tak berani part nak buat kulit dumpling tu. Some say ada jual kulit dumplings frozen kat Asian market, but tak pernah jumpa pulak. Wantan and popia skin pulak sekarang ni, kat normal foodstore pun dah ada jual.

So setelah tgk Anthony Bourdain makan dumplings kat Manchurian, China, I tekad nak buat dumplings. I was so happy to find this really great website yang ajar buat dumplings step by step, photos included.

Alhamdulillah, I succesfully made a batch of 36 dumplings using 2 cups of flour.

I still need a bit of practise on pleating the dumplings, but I guess I did okay.

Yang ni goreng dalam frying pan.

Yang ni pulak direbus.

Dipping sauce ada tiga jenis, soya sauce with chillies, rice vinegar and soy sauce and sweet thai chili sauce. Probably not very original chinese dipping sauce but bleh lah..hehe.
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The taste? 

Hmmm, ni yang malas skit nak cerita ni..Ish..ish..malu pun ada. Alkisahnya, mamak & mami beli ground meat last week kat grocery store mesjid dekat-dekat sini. Usually at the turkish halal meat counter, they will have three types of ground meat, one mixture of lamb and beef, another just beef and another just lamb. Knowing all these, mamak & mami tanya dua tiga kali kat pakcik daging tu, ni daging lembu ka lamb? Bukan apa, my husband tak lalu makan lamb. Ngabih boreh jo kalau beli lamb. Nasib dia, hidung tinggi sangat, kalau ada lamb sikit pun dia dah bleh bau. Heheh..Pakcik tu dengan semangatnya kata daging lembu, siap kasik discount lagi kat kami sebab dia nak habiskan stock katanya, last week kan public holiday.

So dengan yakin bahawa ground meat yang kitorang beli last week tu beef, semangat lah mami mengelim 36 biji dumplings dengan beef fillings. Bila dah siap serve goreng dan rebus bagai, Mamak pun rasa satu dumplings, terus dia kata, ni bukan lembu ni, ni kambing ni. Terus potong selera you. Kesian pulak kat dia, walaupun tak tahan bau kambin, dia makan jugak, dah rezeki. I pun keciwa jugaklah, sambil makan dumpling tu, mengenangkan pakcik kat mesjid tu. Mulalah pikir benda-benda tak elok, kot-kot dia nak habiskan stock, dia ckp saja benda tu beef. Tapi wallahualam, entah-entah dia silap faham. 

Malu jugak dekat my husband, you know why lah kan? Mostly malu sebab benda ni dah pernah berlaku dulu, that time kitorang nak beli daging ayam belanda kat kedai butcher halal (bukan kat mesjid). Brother tu sungguh-sungguh offer satu daging ni, dah siap packed dalam plastic. I tengok-tengok, pesal bau semacam aja. Terus tgk kat expiry date, dah expired dua tiga hari dah. Astagfirullah. I tunjuk kat brother tu, ni dah expired lah, dia tgk kat packing tu, pastu dia kata tu bukan expiry date, tu date daging tu sampai. Sedangkan sah-sah tertulis kat situ, expiry date. Lagipun busuk dah bau daging tu. I pun tolak offer dia elok-elok, ikutkan hati nak jugak buat drama kat situ atau nak berceramah sikit kat brother tu. Entah mengapa, mulut ni berat nak bersuara, gamaknya memikirkan brother ni seagama, pastu lak jual daging halal. Sekarang ni berat hati dah nak pergi kedai daging tu, sekarang ni pakcik daging kat mesjid pulak.

Ish..ish..ish..cobaan...
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Hmm..apapun, kulit dumpling, texture and taste memang sedap. Next time, I'll make some more with shrimps and 'real' beef..hahaha. Aih..nasib..nasib.


Are they black?

Conversation I had with my husband per skype on Tuesday night, as he wanted to cook himself dinner.
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Mamak: Can we still eat the carrots?

Mami:    What carrots?

Mamak: The one you grated, in the tupperware.

Mami:    Ohh..Erm..Are they black?

Mamak:  No, they're in normal carrot colour.

Mami:    Good, you can still eat it.

Mamak:  Good.

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I'm home and lovin it!

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Pondering Thoughts : Wisdom vs. Money

I know I said I was only updating my blog on the weekends, but hey, I have only two classes in the afternoon today, so why not. This blogging thing is getting pretty addictive, ain't it?

Anyway, I was just thinking or pondering. I love to ponder, I guess it is because I am a woman. My husband is always telling me, don't think too much about irrelevant things, but do I listen? Not really, cause I guess it's natural to ponder or overthink as a woman. It's a part of our self-security mechanism, is not to be understood by the other gender. I sort of half listen to my husband in a way that I ponder things in the wasatiah way, not too much, not too little and only when the time is right.

Wisdom versus Money

Well this time I like to ponder about my future. Being my nosy self, I saw some pictures of a friend of a friend, using the infamous Facebook of course, who I know personally to be filthy rich. I saw pictures of him with his rich family, 'richly' dressed, 'richly' travelled and with his 'richly' stuff, you know, sports car and stuff.

I barely know this rich boy but he is famous for his good looks, his way with girls and his reputation of driving around town with his mercedes benz. I know he flunked private college, but hey I know a thing or two about flunking, so I am not judging. So he uses his time buffing up his good looks by going to the gym or having laser treatment on his zits. It sounds horribly stereotypical and cheesy isn't it?

But that's the way the story goes. I don't know if he's a nice guy or not, or if he is happy or not, since I have only exchanged a few words with him, so I can fairly say, that those things I wrote is only what I see and ponder privately. Well blogging about it makes it not so private, but he remains anonymous because you'll meet this stereotypical rich boy anywhere in this world. He is merely an example. Oh before I go on any further, I DO NOT HATE rich people, this article is simply my view and comparison.

Anywaaay, though he hadn't much of an education, he got a job, of course at his dad's company and of course received 'richly' salary monthly. I couldn't stop myself from comparing this young rich boys life to mine. How money can actually save your butt if you mess up.

My life on the other hand, leaves no room to mess up. I have taken responsibility for my mistakes since I left home 6 years ago. If I mess up, I will have to pay. If I had to pay, I had to pay immediately. I know that many feels this way about their lives or am I alone?

This young rich boy has so much room to mess up and doesn't have to pay for his mistakes. Am I envious? Of course I am, I am only human and by the way who wouldn't be jealous?.. but I don't mean him no harm. Good for him. I am just saying. I mean, if I mess up, I would have to clean the mess myself. If I flunk, there's nobody there to give me a job with 'richly' salary. You know, this young rich boy has to only be a teensy weeny bit smart and he can surely make it in life. 

I mean, he has a job, probably has good bussines contacts everywhere and can talk about anything he wants and he would sound so smart, because he is smartly dressed and drive a good looking car. Our social system made us that way, we tend to think that people who are smartly dressed are trustworthy and those who do not are criminals (of course I am not generalising, please do not misunderstand).

People like me, however in most cases, have to work our butts off, be as clever and educated as we can be and still more than often get looked down upon, simply because unlike the young rich boy, we own two huge empty pockets instead of a bad-ass sports car. I am not talking about happiness, butterflies and unicorns. That's a totally different story.

This makes me a little scared about my future. I want to be a mother someday and I don't think I can back my children up in the future. Like me they are going to have to clean their mess themselves and I will helping as much as I can, since I can't imagine myself reaching the filthy rich level even if I live to be 100.

What about this young rich boys children? They are probably going to have better chance in life won't they, just because their father and their grandfather are rich? Could this go on for generations to come?
 
Probably that is why I need to find knowledge because I want to, not find knowledge to get rich. At my naive 17 years of age, I always thought that if I study hard enough, I will be rich someday. I could have my big car, big house and of course my big paycheck. I laugh sometimes thinking about my dreams and hopes as I was younger. So innocent and so sacred.
 
 I feel differently now, I think the maturing thing is kicking in slowly. I now practice Ikhlas. Ikhlas in gaining knowledge because it is wajib to be knowledgable. If I am not ikhlas, my soul will be broken someday, because I will be dissapointed if I fail.

Life is unfair. The faster I learn to accept that, the better. I guess, no matter how smart you are, no matter how hard you try, someday you will always see someone on your side who got to your level the shorter and easier way.

Being a bittter loser at my end, there is only one thing I am sure of, I would rather be respected for my wisdom than money.

Monday, April 5, 2010

Chocolate-Crazy *Read at your own risk* & *Dieters beware!!*

Holidays are all about chocolates and candies, for us at least. I just love it when easter or christmas holidays are coming and the chocolate section in the supermarket becomes fancier and brighter. I get excited just looking at them.

As usual, mamaks parents will send us a package filled with chocolate every holiday season. Our package this time is of course for easter. I was so excited to get these chocolate eggs packed in a real egg carton. I've seen them at the stores before this, tapi tak pernah beli lagi.

With the cream eggs, you get two cute milka spoons.

And you are suppose to indulge the milk cream inside the eggs using that cute spoon. So adorable!!

We also received a bunch of Cadbury mini candies, Kinder Überaschung Eier and ...

 ..these are Haloren Kugeln or chocolate balls with fillings, they're from the oldest chocolate factory in Germany, ni dedulu product east german, now you can find it everywhere in Germany.

This is the Milka version of easter bunny, the one that mamak likes. I like the small gold one at the back.

Takdak kerja la ni, soh chocolate bunny posing kat pokok orchid.

Anyway, did I tell you guys that our favourite chocolate store Läderach, the one in Zürich has opened a branch at our nearest city. We found out last Saturday and I almost jumped with joy. Sekarang, I have less reason to travel to Zürich and that means travel cost could be spend on more chocolates!!.....Call me crazy, but you haven't tasted chocolate until you taste these...

 At the counter they present tons of freshly made chocolate bars. We bought this one, caramelized haselnuts with milk chocolate....

...and these, white chocolate with berry cruch. At the store you can buy chocolates kiloweise and that means by the kilo. You order by telling them how big you want your chocolate bar to be or an estimated weight of the chocolate piece that you want. They will break the piece for you, ask for your approval, weight it, pack it up and its yours. Of course dont forget to pay for it..hehe.

 Well, I hope you guys had fun reading my chocolate entry. I'll be in school for the week and I guess, I'll be updating my blog on the weekends..

Have a good week y'all!! 

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Yakitori Tare and my not so original Apple Crumble

Aaaachhooo!!!! Both of us caught the 'grilling fever'. Just last week we grilled, today both of us heated up the charcoal again.

Today instead of grilling sausages, I prepared ayam sticks. Teringin nak makan style yakitori tare, so pagi tadi gigih di dapur dok debone a whole 1,3 kg chicken. I used all of the chicken parts except for the breast, because they tend to get dry when not grilled correctly.

I just marinated them a little with salt,white pepper and garlic powder before piercing them onto the bamboo skewers. Note that there's only two mushrooms skewers, they're for me and only me, because mamak tak lalu nak makan cendawan..:).

Then when they are about done on the grill, we brushed them generously with my home-improved teriyaki sauce, there's the recipe below. I made some simple mee goreng to eat with these chicken sticks, sorry aaa foto mee goreng lupa nak ambik.

Just a while ago I made this apple crumble. It's not the traditional one, because I used biscuits crumbs and cornflakes instead of flour, since tepung dah habis kat rumah...muahahah. Sedap jugak. Kalau sesiapa yang interested, silalah tgk recipe kat bawah naa. We enjoyed this sambil minum kopi and layan the 70's show.




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Recipes:

Home improved teriyaki sauce:

1/2 cup sweet soya sauce or *teriyaki sauce
1/2 cup salty soya sauce
1/2 cup apple juice
4 tablespoonsfull brown sugar
1 tablespoonsfull white sugar
1 clove garlic, smashed
1/2 inch ginger, smashed
1-2 tablespoon cornflour, mixed with some water

Mix all ingredients, except for the cornflour mixture together in a pot, simmer for a while at low heat until all the aromas combined. To thicken, bring the sauce to a soft boil and add the cornflour mixture. Make sure that the sauce boil a little for a while to get rid of the 'raw-flour' smell. Then stir vigorously to avoid clumping and turn of the burner. I made a slightly thicker version of this teriyaki sauce to make basting easier. You can adjust the thickness yourself with reducing or adding more cornflour mixture to the sauce.

* most of the teriyaki sauce sold at the stores here, have mirin, a sweet rice wine as an ingredient. There are a few mirin-free teriyaki sauce, but they taste like normal sweet soya sauce. That's why I like to refined the taste with the ingredients above.


Apple with butter biscuits and cornflakes crumble

2 apples, cored, skinned and sliced.
3 tablespoon sugar.
a dash of cinnamon and nutmeg.

Mix these ingredients together.

around 60-80g butter biscuits
1/2 cup cornflakes
60g diced butter

Blend these in a food processer until almost fine. Add the diced butter and pulse until a breadcrumb-like texture is achieved. 

Preheat oven to 190°C. Spoon apple and sugar mixture into a large ovenproof dish, or small individual dish. Cover the fruit with the crumble mixture and bake for 30 minutes.

Voila! oh..don't forget to serve it with a good scoop of vanilla ice-cream.
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