Breaded Sardine Rolls

Bonjour,

I always believe that the best snacks are the ones that are easy to make, taste great and simple yet delicious. Saying that doesn't mean the recipe which is complicate to make are not good, most of the time they tasted great as well. Just like Sarawak layer cake, it can be complicated to make but I can assure that the taste was so rich and delicious.

For our tea time snack today, I made breaded sardine rolls since I had an extra white bread in the kitchen. These sardine rolls make me feel full until dinner time and I don't need to take any heavy food for dinner.

BREADED SARDINE ROLLS

Ingredients;

1 canned small sardine in tomato sauce, mashed
1 onion, chopped
1 small chili, chopped
Chili sauce, ketchup, salt and pepper to taste
A few sliced white bread
1 egg, lightly beaten
Bread crumb

METHOD;

- Heat little oil in a frying pan and fry onion and chili until fragrant.
- Add sardine, sauces and salt and pepper to taste.
- Cook for a couple of minutes, set aside.
- Roll the white bread with a rolling pin to make it thin.
- Spread a spoonful sardine on the flattened bread and roll the bread tightly.
- Dip the sardine roll in beaten egg and roll in a plate of bread crumbs.
- Heat oil in a pan and fry sardine rolls until golden brown.

Bon appétit!

Steamed Red Bean Buns

Hello,

Last month, we spent almost four weeks traveling in Asia specially in Malaysia and Thailand. I'm slowly catching up on my blog posts from the last couple of months. It's just a bit too much of Asian food when we were in Asia and now it's time to track back my food and calories intake.

This afternoon, I made steamed red bean buns, but for the red bean paste I have made it one day earlier. When we were in Malaysia, we used to buy the baked version of red bean buns that we can find everywhere in the small or big shops.

STEAMED RED BEAN BUNS

Ingredients;

For the paste

200g red beans
1/2 cup brown or white sugar
1 tablespoon vegetable oil

Dough

250g flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 tablespoon butter or vegetable oil
1/2 cup warm water
1 packet dry yeast
1 tablespoon sugar

METHOD;

For the red bean paste:-
- Soak red beans in water overnight.
- In a medium saucepan, add red beans and water about 3 cups and bring to boil over medium heat for at least 30 minutes.
- Once the red beans are almost soft, transfer the red beans with the water to a blender or food processor and blend red beans until it becomes a paste.
- Transfer back the paste into saucepan and add sugar, simmer over low heat until the paste reach the desire thickness.
- Add in 1 tablespoon of oil and stir a while before turn it off. Allow the paste to cool, keep in the fridge.

For the dough:-

- Dissolve sugar and dry yeast with 1/2 cup of warm water. Allow to foam for 10 minutes.
- In a bowl of standing mixer, mix flour, baking powder, butter or oil and a pinch of salt.
- Add in the yeast mixture and knead the dough for 5-7 minutes or until smooth.
- Remove the dough and divided into small balls, about 8-9 balls.
- Flatten the ball and place about 1 tablespoon of red bean paste in the center, Gather up the edge to seal and shape into round ball.
- Place the ball on the small square baking paper.
- Arrange the bun in a tray and let the buns rise for another 15-30 minutes, in a warm area.
- Prepare the steamer, I used the bamboo steamer and place the buns in a steamer and steam for 7-10 minutes.
- Once it's done, transfer the bamboo steamer away from the water, remove the cover and take the buns out. Continue to steam the rest of the buns.
- Buns also can be frozen and steam for 5 minute before serve.

Enjoy the buns!

Roti Canai

Hello,

It's been quite some time since I made roti canai or paratha, I'm kinda miss having these flatbread Malaysian style dish after a while. Making roti canai may takes a little time but believe me, it's worth it as we can't get enough with only one piece, it was so delicious to eat with any kind of gravy like curry prawn, chicken or beef and a sliced of onion rings.

We enjoyed our lunch and dinner because I can say that today is our roti canai day. I can make 12 roti canai with this recipe and with the prawn curry on the side, the food was exceptionally delicious.

ROTI CANAI/ PARATHA

Ingredients;

3 cups flour
1 cup water, more or less
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon oil
2 tablespoon condensed milk
A pinch of salt

METHOD;

- Combine flour, butter, oil, condensed milk and salt in a large bowl or bread machine or stand mixer.
- Add water little by little and let the machine work for a few minutes or until the dough smooth and no longer sticks in hands.
- Divide dough into 10-12 small balls and coat each dough with oil and place them in a large plate or baking pan. Pour some oil over dough.
- Cover and let the dough rest for several hour or overnight.
- Flatten and roll the dough as thin as possible and start pleating the dough, carefully stretching between hand and slowly circle the dough.
- Heat up pan with some oil and roll the prepared dough as desirable thickness. Cook the flatten dough for 1-2 minute on both side.
- Slap the bread together to fluff it up.
- For the egg roti canai, pour the beaten egg in the middle of flatten dough and fold into square, cook then flip until golden brown on both side.
- Serve roti canai with prawn curry or any other preferable gravy.

Enjoy!

Roti Paratha

Namaste,

A few months ago when I was in Asia for holiday, I ate roti paratha or we called roti canai once or twice a week. Roti canai also one of the all time favourite food in certain country like Malaysia and Singapore. Indian restaurant are at every corner in Malaysia and they served roti canai all the time and they are always a favourite.

Roti paratha or roti canai is a soft yet crisp fried flat bread, usually served with curry sauce like chicken, beef or fish curry, dalcha and some Indian restaurant even served with spicy sambal chilli sauce. I was thinking about roti paratha recently and made it after I found a simple recipe from pinterest called it Kerala parotta. There are many recipe about Kerala parotta and most of the basic ingredients are the same.

ROTI PARATHA/ ROTI CANAI

Ingredients;

2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
2 tablespoon oil
1 cup water (more or less)

METHOD;

- In a large bowl, mix flour, salt, sugar and oil.
- Add water little by little and make a dough. Knead for a few minutes until the dough soft.
- Add some oil all over the dough and keep it covered for at least 15 minutes.
- Take the dough and make it a 6-7 sized balls.
- Take one ball and flatten as thin as possible using a rolling pin on a greased oil surface.
- Apply little oil over the dough while rolling whenever possible.
- Pull and pleating the circle to the end. After making pleats, stretch and roll them. Repeat with all the dough.
- Meanwhile, heat up the pan over medium heat, add a little oil and take the rolled ball and roll it using rolling pin into slightly thin circle.
- Place the paratha and cook for 2-3 minute on both side or until brown spots appear.
- Remove from pan and gently flip the paratha like clapping the hands to make the paratha soft, layers out and flaky.
- Serve with fish or prawn curry.

Bon appetit!

Potato Doughnuts

Bonjour,

Who doesn't like soft doughnuts? I suppose everyone enjoys a doughnuts every now and then, plain, glazed or powdered doughnuts. Mon mari is someone who doesn't like doughnut at the beginning, but it's appear that he loves them since I begin to make doughnut at home not long ago. He likes the fresh and warm doughnut and I often made them since then.

When I was in my hometown, my mum had mentioned about the soft bread that she was tried in one patisserie here and as far as I remembered, I ordered glazed doughnut for her that time. So, one afternoon, I made potato doughnut and she ate three pieces and I suppose she loves it! Mission accomplished!

The picture's below are the potato doughnuts that I made few months back. I used sweet potato in this recipe.

POTATO DOUGHNUTS

Ingredients;

3 cups flour
2 boiled potato, mashed (or sweet potato)
1 egg
2 tablespoon melted butter
6g dry yeast
100ml warm milk
2 tablespoon sugar
1/2 cup powdered sugar for dusting

METHOD;

- Dissolve yeast in a warm milk and add sugar, let sit for 5-10 minutes.
- In a large bowl, mix flour, a pinch of salt, mashed potato, egg and melted butter.
- Add yeast mixture little by little and form into a soft dough. Add more flour if needed or vice versa.
- Cover and keep in a warm place for 1 hour or until double in size.
- Punch down and turn dough onto flour surface, roll and cut the dough using the doughnut cutter.
- Transfer the doughnuts to a parchment paper lined baking pan. Cover and let the doughnuts rise for another 30 minute.
- Meanwhile, heat oil in a wok and fry doughnuts until golden brown on both sides.
- Dusted the doughnuts with powdered sugar and turn until evenly coated.

Enjoy the soft and warm doughnuts!

Sweet Buns

Bonsoir,

Time goes by so fast and I can't believe it's already April. Spring is here, flowers are everywhere and how I wish this spring could last forever.. Anyway, let's talk about homemade bread now and since I begin making my own bread at home last few months, I found that baking homemade bread was truly easy and simple. There is no need to have a fancy equipment or special ingredients to make a good breads or buns.

One thing I like to make a homemade bread or sweet bun because with this sweet bun basic recipe, the dough also can be formed into other shape of buns, doughnuts or even filled with sweet or savory or even spicy and salty filling like tuna and cheese.

SWEET BUNS

Ingredients;

300g flour
2 tablespoon vegetable oil/ melted butter
7g dry yeast
2 tablespoon sugar
150ml warm milk
A pinch of salt

METHOD;

- Place warm milk in a small bowl and dissolve yeast. Add sugar and let it sit for 5-10 minutes.
- In a mixing bowl, mix flour, oil and salt.
- Gradually add yeast mixture and knead for a few minutes until the dough is getting firmer and won't stick. Add more flour if needed.
- Place the dough in a lightly oil bowl, cover and let it rest in warm place for 1 hour or until double in size.
- Punch the dough down and knead for 1 minute.
- Form the dough into small balls and place in prepare baking pan.
- For the stuffed buns, flatten the balls and fill with the favourite filling like tuna and reshape back into a ball.
- Arrange them in a baking sheet and let them rest for 20-30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, preheat oven 180°.
- Before baking the buns, brush with the beaten egg and sprinkle with sesame seeds or grated cheese.
- Bake for 20-25 minute or until golden brown.

Happy baking!

White Bread And Doughnuts

Bonjour,

Making homemade bread at home can be fun and at the same time its a good exercise if making it by hand. Some people might think that making bread can be complicated, just like what I think before I begin making my own homemade bread not long ago. In fact, there is nothing complicated at all.

This simple basic bread recipe is great and works well for me. Even without a bread machine, they are worked fine and the bread actually tasted good. This is also the recipe that I used to make for a simple doughnuts and sometime I divided the dough into two and make half doughnut and half white bread with it.

For the doughnuts, just make a doughnut ring or balls, let the dough rise and fried. Dust with powder sugar or dip the tops of doughnuts into the chocolate glaze. Voila! There are bread and doughnuts at the same time with only one recipe.

WHITE BREAD AND DOUGHNUT 

Ingredients;

500g flour
2 teaspoon salt
8g dry yeast
1 tablespoon sugar
3 tablespoon vegetable oil
300ml warm water

METHOD;

- Mix flour and salt in a large bowl, set aside.
- Dissolve yeast in warm water, add sugar and let stand for 5-10 minutes or until yeast bubbles and foams up.
- Add oil in the flour mixture and pour the yeast water little by little.
- Mix well and knead the dough onto the lightly floured surface.
- Once the dough smooth, place it in a lightly oiled bowl. Cover and leave to rise 1 hour in a warm area until doubled in size.
- Punch the dough down, knead for a minute and pat the dough into regtangle and roll up tightly.
- Place the roll dough into greased loaf pan. Cover and let it rise until doubled in size, around 30-40 minutes.
- Preheat oven 180° and bake bread for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.
- Remove from oven and brush with melted butter. Allow to cool before remove it from pan.

Happy baking!