Plain Doughnut

Bonsoir,

I'm not a fan of doughnut but sometimes it's okay to have it and doughnut isn't harmful. My niece is so good at making doughnut and her doughnut are so spongy and soft. To make a good doughnut it takes a little more time and require a few steps, but the results are so worth it. I knew I'm not as good as my niece to make doughnut and sometimes the simple thing is best for me.

My first attempt making doughnut was not too bad and I'm happy with the result. We even brought some to work and give to our friends and they like it. As of the results, now I'm already planing to do a different type of doughnut in the near future.

PLAIN DOUGHNUT

Ingredients;

250g flour
50g sugar
6g dry yeast
100ml warm water
1 egg
50g butter
25g milk powder

METHOD;

- Dissolve dry teast into the warm water and add sugar. Let stand for 10 minutes.
- Mix flour, egg, butter and milk powder in a big bow and slowly add yeast mixture.
- Knead the dough for a few minutes and add more flour if necessary.
- Cover the dough with kitchen towel and let the dough rise double, around 1-2 hours.
- Turn the dough out onto floured surface, roll it to 2cm thickness and cut the dough with a doughnut cutter.
- Cover and let the cutting doughnut rest for another 10-20 minutes before fry them.
- Heat up plenty of oil over low heat and fry doughnut until golden brown.
- Let doughnut dry in kitchen towel before dusting with powder sugar.

Let's have doughnut for breakfast or tea time!

Oreo Chocolate Jelly

Coucou,

People like dessert and everyone has their own taste and interest for dessert but not everyone like jelly dessert. I realized that French people don't really like jelly but they like cream and mousse as a dessert. That is one of the reason I didn't make jelly often because no one will help me to finish it.

For those who like jelly, why don't try to make this oreo chocolate jelly once and who knows, they might tastes good. I made half from these recipe because I know I will finish it alone and no one else like jelly as I do.

OREO CHOCOLATE JELLY

Ingredients;

10g agar agar powder
750ml water
150g sugar
1 cup evaporated milk/ fresh milk
1 teaspoon vanila extract
1/2 cup chocolate milk powder
Some oreo cookies, break into 2

METHOD;

- Place agar agar powder and water in a pot and bring to boil.
- Add sugar and boil until sugar dissolved.
- Add in milk and vanila extract, stir well.
- Separate mixture into 2 and add chocolate milk powder to one of the mixture. Stir well until the chocolate powder dissolved.
- Pour half of chocolate mixture into jelly pan and let it warm and slightly firm a bit. Do not let the layer set otherwise the other layer will not stick well.
- Pour the plain agar agar mixture on top and arrange the oreo cookies and let set a while.
- Lastly pour the remaining chocolate mixture on top and let it cool completely before chilling it in the fridge.

Dried Chilli Fried Rice

Hello,

Fried rice, the simple and easy food to prepare and these dried chilli fried rice is one of the dish that my mum used to cook if we had leftover rice at home. I miss my mum fried rice, simple yet tasty.

We had dried chilli fried rice last Sunday for lunch and to be honest one bowl of fried rice is definately not enough for us. Maybe it's because I didn't cook this dish for quite some time so we want more than just one bowl of fried rice. I would make this delicious fried rice again soon!

DRIED CHILLI FRIED RICE

Ingredients;

2-3 cup of leftover rice
5-10 dried chilli, soak in the hot water
2 shallots
2 cloves garlic
1/4 teaspoon shrimp paste
1 egg
2 tablespoon dry anchovies
Salt to taste

METHODS;

- Use a blender or food processor, grind chilli, shallot, garlic and shrimp paste into a coarse paste.
- Heat a little bit oil and fried anchovies. Set aside.
- Use the same oil and fry the chilli paste until fragrant and the chilli paste are fully cook, around 5-8 minutes.
- Add the egg, cook and scrambled.
- Add the rice and season with salt. Stir well until everything well combined.
- Turn off the fire and add fried anchovies.

Bon appetite!

Chocolate Layer Cheese Cake

Bonjour,

I have always enjoyed cooking and now in this new home, new kitchen and new ambiance, I have more enthusiasm to baking and cooking since we move here a couple of months ago. In fact, we loves this place so much.

I've made chocolate layer cheese cake recently and mon mari brought them to work. I'm so glad everyone like it and I even got a message and asking for the recipe. It makes me smile because I knew I'm not a good baker but at the same time it encourage me to do more baking in the future.

CHOCOLATE LAYER CHEESE CAKE

Ingredients;

For the cheese;-
250g cream cheese
60g sugar
1 egg
2 tablespoon water
2 tablespoon flour

METHOD;

- Beat cream cheese with sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add egg, water and flour, and continue beating until everything well incorporated. Set aside.

For the chocolate cake:-
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanila extract
1/2 cup hot water
1/2 cup fresh milk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup flour
4 tablespoon cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder

METHOD;

- Preheat oven 160° and prepare baking pan.
- Beat egg with sugar until light and fluffy and add vanila extraxt.
- Add in hot water, milk and vegetable oil, continue beating.
- Add flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and baking powder, mix until everything well combined.
- Divided batter into two and pour the first part in the prepare baking pan.
- Bake for 7-10 minute or until the cake look litte bit firm but not too cook.
- Take out the chocolate cake from oven and pour cheese batter on top.
- Bake for 7-10 more minute until the cheese looks a bit firm but not too cook.
- Take out the cake and pour the last part of chocolate batter on top.
- Bake for another 20-40 minutes or until the skewer test comes out clean.
- Let the cake cool in pan before remove into cooling rack.

Happy baking!

Malay Style Fried Bee Hoon

Hello,

Fried noodles either rice noodles, yellow noodles or ramen noodles are popular almost everywhere. There are many way to cook noodles, fried, soup, dry or wet noodles and their are all comes with a great tastes. Sometimes the simple fried noodles can be satisfying, and I prefer when they are simple but taste good.

I usually prepare my fried beehoon as simple as village style people prepare their food. So this fried bee hoon Malay style is our normal way to cook fried bee hoon at home. We can adding meat, seafoods or vegetables depending on individual preferences, it works in anything!

MALAY STYLE FRIED BEE HOON

Ingredients;

1/2 packet dry rice vermicelli
4 cloves garlic, sliced
1 shallot, sliced
1-2 small chillies, optional
2 tablespoon dry shrimp, soak in warm water for a few minute, chopped
1 egg
Light soy sauce
Salt

METHOD;

- Soak the rice vermicelli in a warm water for 30 minute or until soft and drained
- Heat little oil in a wok and sauté garlic, shallot and small chillies until fragrant.
- Add dry shrimp and continue to fry for a minute.
- Add in the egg and cook like scramble.
- Add the rice vermicelli and season with soy sauce and salt.
- Stir fry the noodles for a few minutes, add a little water if desire and cook until everything mix together.
- Served with a squeeze of lime or extra chili on the side.

Bon appétit!

Chewy Gooey Chocolate Brownies

Salut,

I haven't made any brownies for quite long time and few days ago I made it just because Im craving some brownies and I made this simple super chewy gooey chocolate brownies. Another reason to make this brownies because this dessert is so easy to make. Everyone can do it, so many brownies recipe we could find on the internet, and see which one is good and we like the most.

CHEWY GOOEY CHOCOLATE BROWNIES

Ingredients;

150g butter
250g sugar
90g cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon almond/vanila exxtract
2 egg
70g flour
80g nuts, optional

METHOD;

- Preheat oven 160° and prepare baking pan.
- Combine butter, cocoa and sugar in a glass or metal bowl and mix over a double boiler.
- Stir the butter cocoa mixture until butter melted and smooth.
- Remove bowl and let the mixture cool a bit.
- Add almond extract and egg, one at a time and stir well until the batter slightly shiny.
- Lastly add flour and nuts, mix everything well but not to over mix.
- Pour batter into prepare pan and bake for 20-30 minute or until the skewer comes out still a little bit moist.

Asam Pedas Ikan

Hello,

Ikan asam pedas or sour spicy fish most well known in west Malaysia and I'm pretty sure every housewife in Malaysia know how to cook this dish. We can find asam pedas dish almost at any food stall or restaurant in most of the state in Peninsula Malaysia.

I cooked asam pedas mackerel for dinner last weekend, mon mari really enjoyed the dish. The next day for lunch, I reheated the asam pedas gravy with little bit more of tamarind juice and pour the gravy over rice noodles with some condiments of it. According to mon mari, the noodles with asam pedas gravy was exceptional with lots of cucumer and extra lime juice and the most important thing is, the gravy was just nice and not too much spicy.

ASAM PEDAS MACKEREL

Ingredients;

2 mackerel or any kind of fish
6-8 ladies finger (okra)
1 tomato, wedges (I used cherry tomatoes)
2 spring daun kesum (laksa leaf/Vietnamese mint/praew leaf)
1 tablespoon tamarind paste (mix with 1 cup of water)
Oil
Salt and sugar to taste

Spice paste:

4 shallot, sliced
2 cloves garlic, sliced
5-10 dry chillies, soak in hot water
1 lemongrass, use white part only, sliced
1/2 teaspoon shrimp paste
1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder

METHOD;

- Blend all spice paste ingredient and set aside.
- Heat some oil in a saucepan and fry spice paste until fragrant.
- Add the tamarind juice, ladies finger and daun kesum. Bring to a boil for a few minutes.
- Add the fish and tonatoes. Season with salt and sugar. Simmer on a medium heat until fish is cooked.
- Serve with rice or pour the gravy over noodles.

Bon appetite!

Spiced Fried Butter Prawns

Salut,

Since we moved in to a new home somewhere in Brittany, we now eat seafood quite often than before. Brittany is home to a lot of seafood options and the price sure cheaper than other place in France. We buy and eat crab, langoustine and prawns almost every weekend and this fresh seafood pretty easy to get around here.

Last month I've posted recipe of fried prawns with spices and today I'm sharing another prawns recipe which is also fried prawns with spices but the taste will not be the same. For those who like to eat prawns just like us, let's try out this another different prawns recipe every week.

SPICED FRIED BUTTER PRAWNS

Ingredients;

300g prawns
1 egg
1 tablespoon curry powder
1 teaspoon corn starch
1-2 tablespoon butter
1 onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, chopped
1-2 small chili, optional
Salt to taste

METHOD;

- Mix prawns, egg, curry powder and corn starch and marinate for 30 minutes.
- Heat up oil in pan and fried marinated prawns until golden brown, set aside.
- Heat up butter in a pan, fry onion, garlic and chili until fragrant and add the fried prawns.
- Stir well, season with salt and serve.

Indonesian Sambal

Selamat sore..

One of the common greeting in Indonesian language, selamat sore means good afternoon. I like to speak in Indonesian language as well because for me they have a soft accent and its nice to hear it.

When I was travel in various places in Indonesia, most of the local people think that I'm Indonesian just because I could speak their language fluently. I can just as easily go everywhere and buy something cheaper as local people not as a tourist.

Indonesia has variety of food from sweet to very spicy food just like any other country in Asia. Sambal or hot chili sauce is everywhere across the region. Every region of Indonesia has their own sambal and for many Indonesians, no food taste right without sambal on the side.

SAMBAL BAJAK

Ingredients;

5-10 small red chili
2-3 big red chili
4 shallot
1 tomato
1 teaspoon prawn paste
1 lemongrass, mashed
1 tablespoon tamarind juice
Salt and brown sugar to taste

METHOD;

- Blend chillies, shallot, tomato and prawn paste.
- Heat up little oil in a saucepan and fry the blended spice paste and lemongrass for a few minute.
- Add tamarind juice and taste with salt and sugar. Add little bit of water if desire. Continue to cook until the water reduced and the color turns slightly darker.

SAMBAL MERAH PADANG

Ingredients;

5-10 small red chili
2 big red chili
4 shallot
1 cloves garlic
1-2 tomato
1 teaspoon lemon juice
Salt, sugar to taste

METHOD;

- Blend chillies, shallot, garlic and tomato.
- Heat up little oil in a saucepan and fry blended chili paste until fragrant.
- Add a little bit water, lemon juice and season with salt and sugar.
- Stir and continue to cook until the sauce are slightly thickens.

Selamat makan semua..