Asam Pedas Ikan Keli

Sebenarnya mood nak masak dah tak de coz dok teringat nak masak kat kitchen kat umah baru. Tapi bila perut berdendang sayang mintak diisi, terpaksalah gak masuk dapur. Feel nak masuk umah baru is all over me, tapi memang banyak lagi lah yang pending. Oleh kerana makan ni amat penting dalam idup setiap individu maka, meja makan sememangnya lah menjadi perhatian utama aku and husband. Walau pun bajet dah lari, dan bajet semakin nipis, menyebabkan kami terpaksa postphone niat nak cat umah, terpaksa tidur atas toto coz dah tak de bajet nak beli tilam and katil, tapi meja makan mesti diutamakan hehehe. Dah ada dah satu yang aku and hubby berkenan, alaaahhh kat Leon Yew lah kat mana lagi kalau kat Tanjong Malim ni, bukan ada lorenzo ke, fella design ke harvey norman ke. The table is square, 8 seater, dan warna of coz lah mahagony coz nak bagi sama dengan kitchen cabinet. The price of that dining table is RM2200. Mahal, tapi aku dah suka hehehe. Jadi sebelum meja baru sampai, tak aper lah kita makan nasi dengan asam pedas ikan keli ni kat meja lama je. Kata Along, "Kenyang gak mama", heh memang la kenyang, feel tu yang lain... By the way, aku sebenarnye bukan lah gemar sangat dengan ikan keli ni. The only ikan keli yang aku suka is bila ikan keli tu dibakar garing dan dimakan dengan air asam. Lain dari tu aku tak makan. Tapi hubby suka ikan keli masak asam pedas. So presented here is the asam pedas ikan keli...


ASAM PEDAS IKAN KELI

2 ekor ikan keli - cukup la untuk laki aku sorang makan. Hari ni harga dia 2 ekor ni is RM2.60.
Daun kesum
1 kuntum bunga kantan - belah 2
2 batang serai - diketuk
2 biji buah tomato - belah 4
4 keping asam keping
Minyak untuk menumis

Bahan untuk dikisar:
4 ulas bawang merah
2 ulas bawang putih
6 biji cili api
3 biji cili merah
2 cm halia
1 cm kunyit hidup

Cara-cara:

1. Panaskan minyak dalam periuk. Tumis bahan kisar hingga garing dan pecah minyak.

2. Masukkan serai dan secukupnya air untuk kuah. Masukkan juga buah tomato, bunga kantan, dan asam keping.

3. Bila kuah dah mendidih, masukkan ikan dan juga daun kesum. Masak hingga ikan masak. Rasakan garam, gula dan masamnya.

Ayam Goreng Berempah

Everyone's favorite fried chicken. Memang sedap ayam goreng rempah ni. Sometimes i prepared this chicken with the chicken rice. Sometimes just makan with the white rice pun sodap. Sum other times tu just goreng untuk meratah je. Kalau out of ideas nak masak ape, just cook this Spicy Fried Chicken, wahhh macam kfc lak...hehehe...

AYAM GORENG BEREMPAH

200 gm ayam - aku suka wings and ribs
2 cm kunyit hidup
1 camt ketumbar
1 camt jintan manis
1 camt jintan putih
3 batang serai
1 inci halia
1 inci lengkuas
3 camb serbuk kari
Garam
3 ulas bawang putih
5 ulas bawang merah

Cara-caranya:

1. Semua bahan-bahan kecuali ayam di masukkan ke dalam blender dan dikisar hingga lumat.

2. Perapkan ayam yang telah dicuci bersama bahan kisar selama 15 minit.

3. Sediakan kuali, gunakan minyak masak hingga tenggelam ayam, in other words, goreng ayam dalam minyak penuh.

4. Bila dah masak and garing, angkat dan toskan minyak lebihan. Boleh makan dengan nasi putih, dan asam rebus keladi tu. MMMM sedap sungguh!

Cheesy Seafood Macaroni

(Pic 1: Cheesy Seafood Macaroni; Pic 2: Along, 2nd place in her class for year 2008)
I have been sick for one week. For what reason, i had no idea. The head is throbbing, the nose is runny, bad cough, and bad sore throat. I have been on medical leave for two days now and hoping to be able to return to work tomorrow as i'm very worried about the students who are facing the final exams very very soon. When i woke up this morning, there was not much in my pantry and fridge to cook for my breakfast. Along is not schooling, she kept on telling me that she was hungry and i felt so weak to drive for some food for both of us. Thank God hubby had sent wawa to the babysitter earlier this morning. If both of them (Wawa and Along) were around, they kept on arguing over anything that the house had turn into some niosy place that i can't bear. But if they are not around, i miss the arguments, crying, shouting sound between both of 'em. Huhhh that's the beuty of having kids i guess. When i peeked into my pantry, i saw 2 packets of mac n cheese by san remo we bought from Cold Storage One U last month. There were a few cans of baked beans, and some sardins. These will do, for today....instant pasta will do..for a sick mother...and her lovely daughter...


CHEESY SEAFOOD MACARONI

1 packet of instant mac n cheese by san remo. I haven't tried another brand. I am a san remo's loyal customer.
1 camb of butter
1 cup of fresh milk
2 cups of water
6-7 prawn - peel the skin
3 sticks of crab meat - cut into 2 cm stick
1 tomato - diced
2 camb of fried garlic

Methods:

1. In a non stick pan, heat the butter. Then pour milk, water and mac n cheese. Cook until the macaroni is tender. Add water if necessary.

2. When the pasta is tender, add the seafood and cook for a while until the seafood is cooked. Add in the diced tomatoes. Stir. Do not add more salt as the san remo mac n cheese is salty enough unless you are really a salt-person.

3. When its done, sprinkle some chopped English parsley and fried garlic when serving. Delicious.

Today for breakfast, Along and i had some of this cheesy seafood pasta, some baked bean which i heated in the microwave, some bread and scrambled eggs. Guess these can keep us going until hubby come home in the afternoon for lunch. Sedihhhnyaaaaa...

Asam Rebus Keladi

(Pic 1: Wawa in her sister's tudung sekolah; Pic 2: Asam Rebus Keladi)
Last couple of weeks, if i'm not mistaken, both of my sisters in law dropped by. They went home in Alor Setar to collect Dik Yah's new BLM. She was very excited about the car, as she waited quite long for it. On their way back to Putrajaya they dropped by and dropped me some of this keladi. Actually this is the first time ever i tried to prepare and cook keladi by myself. Usually, i asked my mom, or my sister or whoever was available at that point in time to be my involuntarily assistant. I didn't dare coz i'm afraid my hand will be itching all over and i guessed i was right. Right after i was done preparing this keladi, my God, my hands were itching all over and i kept on scratching and the hand had turn red and sore. Uhhhh at that time, i regret i ever played with this keladi. I wish i had asked sumone to prepare that for me or better yet, i wish i had bought the prepared ones from the wet market. But i can't go back, can I? What shud i do then? I washed my hands with dettol, it didn't work. I used asam jawa, also it didn't work. I put some minyak panas, it didn't work either, i smear some nivea, it didn't produce any good result anyway. My Godddd, i felt like crying. Uhukkkssss. Then i turned to my mum, and she said i could put some cooking oil all over my hands and put it near the fire, it other words, u smoke your itchy oily hands laaaaa....and Thank God! It finally worked. But I learned a lesson today...if you are working with keladi, make sure wear your glove! Be safe than itchy! Heheheh


ASAM REBUS KELADI

4 batang keladi
2 ubi keladi
2 ulas bawang putih
5 ulas bawang merah
4 cili kering
2 cm belacan
Segenggam ikan bilis
5 keping asam keping
1 inci lengkuas - diketuk
1 inci halia - diketuk
1 cm kunyit hidup
Beberapa tangkai daun kesum
Garam dan gula to taste

Cara-caranya:

1. Batang keladi disiat kulit arinya dan dipotong 1 inci panjang dan direndam air. Ubinya dibuang kulit dan dipotong nipis.

2. Cili kering, bawang putih, bawang merah, kunyit, dan belacan dikisar halus.

3. Rebus ubi keladi sehingga empuk. Bila dah empuk, masukkan air secukupnya untuk kuah. Masukkan bahan kisar, ikan bilis, halia, lengkuas, asam keping, daun kesum dan batang keladi.

4. Rebus sehingga batang keladi lembek. Rasakan manis, masin dan masamnya. Boleh dimakan bersama nasi putih. Memang sedap hirup kuah asam pedas ni MMMMm YUmmmmY

Lala Masak Lemak Cili Api

Sesetengah orang panggil siput ni retak seribu. Aku panggil lala. Walau ape pun nama yang dipanggil dia memang kegemaran anak dara aku yang sulung tu. Masak ape pun dia akan belasah sampai licin dengan syarat jangan pedas sangat. Lagipun masak lala ni memang sekejap je. Dia tak perlu rebus lama-lama macam nak buat sup daging etc. Kejap aje dah siap. Lala ni tak dijual everyday kat pasar, tatau la kat pasar lain. Kalau kat pasar Benrang Stesen memang jarang-jarang ada dijual. Kalau ada memang aku jarang miss untuk membeli. Tapi make sure jangan beli yang tertutup rapat coz usually dalamnya penuh dengan lumpur. Kalau kat Tg Malim ni sekilo lala harganya RM5. Cukup la untuk aku 4 beranak. Sekarang ni aku memang tak sempat nak masak. Firstnya sibuk dengan nak pindah umah baru. Umah baru dah siap, kalau diizinkan Allah SWT sebelum raya haji nak pindah masuk. Kira macam raya haji kat umah baru la. So bila tengok dapur kat kuarters tu mood nak masak macam fade je coz teringat kat dapur dan kitchen cabinet baru kat umah baru yang mencecah RM12,000. Memang den bangkrap lepas niiii. Hari ni makan je la lala masak lemak cili api ni...

LALA MASAK LEMAK CILI API

1 kg lala - dicuci, buang lumpur dan tos
3 ulas bawang putih - ditumbuk
5 ulas bawang merah - ditumbuk
10 biji cili api - ditumbuk
3 batang serai - diketuk
3-4 keping asam keping
1 cm kunyit hidup - ditumbuk
1 mangkuk santan
2 biji tomato buah - belah 4



Cara-cara:

1. Tumbuk bawang putih, bawang merah, kunyit, dan cili api.

2. Dalam one pot, masukkan semua sekali bahan ie santan, bahan tumbuk, asam keping, jangan lupa the main ingredient which is the lala dan masak hingga santan mendidih dan lala masak.

3. Rasakan garam gula dan juga masamnya. Boleh letak tomato buah yang dibelah 4. Senang dan cepat dan tak pakai banyak bahan menu ni. Untuk orang-orang yang on the go!