Peanut Cookies

Bonjour,

Most of the cookies that I've made so far are easy to make. These peanut cookies are soft, nutty and almost melt in the mouth. I have made it not long ago during our Chinese New Year brunch with friends. Apart from pineapple tart, peanut cookies also one of the traditional Chinese cookies served during Chinese New Year as well served in other celebration like Eid Mubarak.

The truth is, old-fashioned cookies are still the best cookies and easy to make! " Life is short, surround yourself with good people and eat cookies".

PEANUT COOKIES

Ingredients;

250g roasted peanuts
250g flour
120g powder sugar
A pinch of salt
170ml vegetables oil
1 egg yolk for glazing

METHOD;

- Preheat oven 180° and prepare baking pan.
- Grind the peanuts in a dry blender or food processor as fine as possible.
- Mix ground peanuts, flour, sugar and salt in a mixing bowl.
- Pour in oil and mix well until it become smooth dough.
- Roll out the dough and use any cookie cutter to cut away or just shape the dough into a small ball.
- Placing on prepared baking pan and garnish with some peanut and brush the top with egg yolk.
- Bake for 10-15 minutes or until they turns light brown.
- Transfer onto wire rack and cool completely.

Happy baking!

Indian Red Fish Curry

Namaste,

Red fish curry with rice and Indian crackers, what a good food! When it comes to fish curry, I like my curry quite spicy and sour. I have made Indian style fish curry many times even some recipe are slightly different with others but the basic ingredients still the same.

I tend to cook these red fish curry long time ago and when I saw a big mackerel in supermarket, I bought one and make Indian red fish curry with it. In this recipe, I used asam gelugur that I brought from my hometown or it also called garcinia atroviridis. If asam gelugur is not available, it can substitute with tamarind paste.

INDIAN RED FISH CURRY

Ingredients;

1-2 mackerel or any kind of fish, cleaned and sliced
2 shallots, sliced
1 tomato, sliced
1 clove garlic, sliced
2cm ginger, sliced
1 green or red chilli
2 teaspoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
4 pieces 'asam gelugur' (garcinia atroviridis)
A cup of water

METHOD;

- In a blender, blend tomato, garlic, ginger, green chilli, chili powder and turmeric powder into fine paste. Set aside.
- Heat some oil in a saucepan and fry shallot until fragrant.
- Add the paste, asam gelugur and a cup of water and bring to boil, stirring occasionally.
- Add fish and season with salt and pepper.
- Stirring gently to coat the fish with sauce and simmer for 8-10 minutes or until the fish are cook and the sauce are slightly thickened.
- Serve with rice and Indian crackers.

Bon appétit!

Eggless and Butterless Chocolate Cake

Bonjour,

Few months ago, I brought some chocolate cake to my class and few friends had tasted the cake and was really curious when I told them that these cake made without egg and butter. These eggless and butterless chocolate cake really brings out the perfect flavour and they barely know the different. They like the fact that these cake are light, moist and delicious and they also ask for the recipe right away and I've gave them at the end of our class.

I've made these cake so many time, with or without chocolate ganache, they are delicious. Here is the recipe of eggless and butterless chocolate cake. Recipe source from azlitamasammanis blogspot.

EGGLESS AND BUTTERLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE

Ingredients;

1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup cocoa powder
2 tablespoon milk powder
1 cup brown sugar
A pinch of salt
1 1/4 cup cold water
1/2 teaspoon coffee paste
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon lemon juice or vinegar

METHOD;

- Preheat oven 160° and prepare baking pan.
- Sieve the flour, baking powder, cocoa and milk powder together in a bowl.
- Add sugar and a pinch of salt, mix well.
- Add cold water, oil and coffee paste and stir until everything is well combined.
- Lastly add lemon juice and mix well.
- Pour batter into prepared baking pan and bake for 40-50 minutes or until skewer comes out clean.
- Garnish a cake with chocolate ganache or whipped cream.

Happy baking!