Friday, January 9, 2009

Bakwan Jagung

9 Januari 2009, jumat

Nyobain resep dari temen, bkin bakwan jagung ..
Bahan
1 kaleng jagung manis
3 sdm tepung trigu
2 sdm tepung kanji
1 bh telur
ikan teri kecil/chilimen
1/2 bwg bombai, iris kasar
3 siung bwg putih, iris halus
garam lada merica secukupnya

Cara
- jagung tumbuk kasar
- tepung trigu, kanji, telur, aduk rata
- masukkan bwang bombai n bawang putih, bumbu lain
- masukkan jagung n chilimen
- goreng hingga matang

Hasilnya yummy...enak buat cemilan....thx ya, mbak!

girls don't really agree with this, guess so?

well. i've got this from a bulletin board.
and. i disagree with some of it! =P

21 things Girls don't realize

1) Guys may be flirting around all day,
but before they go to sleep,
they always think about the girl they truly care about....

2) Guys are more emotional than you think,
if they loved you at one point,
it'll take them a lot longer then you think to let you go,
and it hurts every second that they try.

3) Guys go crazy over a girl's smile(:

4) A guy who likes you wants to be the only guy you talk to.

5) Giving a guy a hanging message like
"You know what?..uh...nevermind.."
would make him jump to a conclusion that is far
from what you are thinking.
And he'll assume he did something wrong and
he'll obsess about it trying to figure it out.

6) If a guy tells you about his problems,
he just needs someone to listen to him.
You don't need to give advice.

7) A usual act that proves that the guy
likes you is when he teases you.

8) GUYS LOVE YOU MORE
THAN YOU LOVE THEM!!!

9) Guys use words like hot or cute to describe girls.
They rarely use beautiful or gorgeous.
If a guy uses that, he loves you or likes you
a whole heck of a lot.

10)If the guy does something stupid in front of the girl,
he will think about it for the next couple days
or until the next time he spends time with the girl.

11)If a guy looks unusually calm and laid back,
he's probably faking it and he is
really thinking about something

12) When a guy says he is going crazy about the girl,
he really is. guys rarely says that.

13)When a guy asks you to leave him alone,
he's just actually saying,
"Please come and listen to me"

14)If a guy starts to talk seriously,
listen to him. It doesn't happen that often,
so when it does, you know something's up.

15) When a guy looks at you for longer
than a second, he's definitely thinking something.

16) Guys really think that girls are strange
and have unpredictable decisions and are MAD confusing
but somehow are drawn even more to them

17)A guy would give the world to be able
to read a girl's mind for a day.

18)No guy can handle all his problems on his own.
He's just too stubborn to admit it

19)NOT ALL GUYS ARE RUDE!!!
Just because ONE is RUDE
doesnt mean he represents ALL of them

20)WHEN A GUY SACRIFICES HIS SLEEP
AND HEALTH JUST TO TALK TO YOU,
HE REALLY LIKES YOU AND WANTS TO BE WITH YOU
AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE

21)Even if you dump a guy months ago
and he loved you he probably still does
and if he had one wish it would be you
to come back into his life

Unplanned Pumpkin

Each week I pick out some recipes to make, write up a grocery list, and get around to making some but not all of my recipes. Sometimes I can't find one ingredient, like dried porcini mushrooms, or I have lunch plans or dinner plans, or my leftovers last longer than I expected. But sometimes I'll have a week like this one where I ate everything in my fridge over the course of the week, and I ran out of planned dinners by Thursday night (actually by Wednesday night - maybe I didn't plan so well).
I came home at 7:30 on Thursday and looked in my freezer. The four remaining potstickers in the package looked good. While I cooked the potstickers (pan fry for a minute until they are "potstuck" or brown on the bottom, then add a couple tablespoons of water, cover the pan and steam for 5-6 minutes. This gives you a great texture on the potsticker, different from steamed dumplings. I guess I could write a whole separate entry on dim sum!), I looked back in my freezer. I spotted a tupperware of frozen canned pumpkin, leftover from making pumpkin biscuits. Pumpkin freezes really well, so don't be afraid to try a recipe that leaves you with leftover canned pumpkin. Throw the extra in a tupperware in the freezer, I've used it months later. The pumpkin biscuits had required such a small amount of pumpkin that I had nearly a whole can left. Immediately I hit on the idea of making pumpkin soup.
I chopped a carrot and half an onion and started cooking them in a small quantity of butter while the pumpkin defrosted in the microwave. The carrot and onion base, commonly combined with celery, is called a mirepoix in French cooking, and is the base for quite a few soups. Then I added the pumpkin to the pot, with several cups of chicken broth made from bouillon, salt and pepper, and allowed the soup to cook until the carrots were soft enough to puree. My only mishap at this point was forgetting to cover the soup - the cooking pumpkin splatters quite a bit and was soon all over my stovetop and floor! After cleaning that up, I used my immersion blender with the appropriate attachment and blended the vegetables. I tasted it but it was a bit bland so then I spiced it up, adding brown sugar (just enough to cut the bitterness, not to make the soup sweet), cinnamon, nutmeg, ground ginger, and cloves. Note that this is an appropriate use for ground ginger rather than fresh. It still didn't taste quite right, with the pumpkin giving off a slightly mealy flavor and texture. I had one more thing to add. I had some leftover heavy cream from the last time I made ice cream. I swirled some cream into the soup and tasted it. Now it was good enough to lick the bowl, and tasted even better the second day (rule of soups - they're always better after the flavors have a chance to meld overnight). Here's the approximate recipe:

Pumpkin Soup (3-4 servings)

1/2 tablespoon butter
1 carrot, peeled and diced
1/2 medium yellow onion, chopped
salt and pepper to taste
1 can pumpkin puree
4 cups chicken broth
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1/8 cup heavy cream

Place a pot on medium heat and add butter. When the butter melts, add carrots and onion. Cook until slightly soft, about four minutes. Add salt and pepper, stirring to coat vegetables. Add pumpkin and chicken broth and stir. Cover and simmer for ten minutes, until carrots beome soft and easily crushed. Remove from heat and cool slightly. Place soup in blender or use immersion blender to completely puree carrots and onions with pumpkin. Return to pot and heat on medium again. Stir in brown sugar and spices. Add heavy cream and continue to heat for two to three additional minutes. Serve with bread.

PAPAD CANAPES RECIPE - Quick Recipes


Papad topped with tomato masala.

Cooking Time : 5 minutes.
Preparation Time : 3 minutes.

Makes 6 canapes.
Ingredients
6 mini papads, roasted or fried
For the tomato masala
1 tomato, chopped
1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
1/4 teaspoon fenugreek seeds (methi)
4 to 5 curry leaves
1/2 teaspoon garlic paste
2 tablespoons onion paste
1/4 teaspoon green chilli paste
1/4 teaspoon chilli powder
2 tablespoons oil
salt to taste
To garnish
2 tablespoons coriander leaves
Method
1. Arrange the mini papads on a plate and keep aside.
2. Heat the oil and add the mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds. When they crackle, add the curry leaves, garlic paste, onion paste, green chill paste and chilli powder and stir for some time.
3. Then add the tomato, salt and 2 to 3 tablespoons of water and cook till the oil separates.
4. Spoon out this masala on to the mini papads.
5. Garnish with the coriander and serve immediately.

ACHARI PANEER RECIPE - Starters Recipes


A delicious dish in minutes.

Cooking Time : 7 minutes.
Preparation Time : 6 minutes.

Serves 2.
Ingredients
1 cup paneer, cubed
1 teaspoon fennel seeds (saunf)
1/4 teaspoon mustard seeds
5 to 6 fenugreek seeds (methi)
1 teaspoon onion seeds (kalonji)
1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds (jeera)
1/2 teaspoon asafoetida (hing)
1 onion, sliced
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder (haldi)
1/2 teaspoon chilli powder
1/2 teaspoon black salt (sanchal)
3/4 cup curds
1 teaspoon plain flour (maida)
3 tablespoons chopped coriander
1 tablespoon oil
salt to taste
Method
1. Mix the fennel seeds, mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds, onion seeds, cumin seeds and asafoetida in a small bowl.
2. Heat the oil and add the seed mixture.
3. When they crackle, add the onion and saute till it turns translucent.
4. Add the paneer, turmeric, chilli powder, black salt and stir for some time.
5. Add the curds, sprinkle the plain flour and mix well.
6. Add the coriander and salt and bring to a boil.
7. Serve hot with rice or rotis.

QUICK PASTA RECIPE - Easy Recipes


Serves 4

When there is very little time, this dish comes handy. The advantage with it is, it can even be made without any vegetables, and will still taste good! Make it on a busy morning for a packed lunch, or on a late evening for a quick dinner.

Ingredients:
1 ready-to-make soup packet with 4 servings
(Any thick soup. Suggestions: tomato, sweet corn or chicken soup)
1 cup vegetables, chopped (optional)
400gm of any pasta

Method:

  • Check the instructions on the packet of pasta.
  • Boil 2 cups more water than mentioned on the pack, and add the pasta.
  • Add the contents of the soup packet, and the vegetables.
  • Simmer for the amount of time mentioned on the pasta packet.
  • Serve hot.


MASALA PURI RECIPE - Easy Breakfast receipe

Serves 4

Ingredients:
2 cups whole wheat flour (atta)
¼ cup gram flour (besan)
¼ cup rice flour
½ cup chopped coriander leaves
1 big green chili
½ tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
2 tbsp oil
Salt

Method:
  • Grind the coriander leaves, green chili and cumin seeds together.
  • Mix all the flours, add the ground mixture, salt and oil.
  • Add water and knead to a medium-hard dough.
  • Make small balls with the dough, flatten and roll them into a thin circle.
  • Deep fry in hot oil over high heat.
  • Serve hot as a snack with dry coconut chutney or as main course with potato curry.

BATATA POHA RECEIPE - Easy Breakfast receipe


Ingredients:
2 cups thick poha
1 onion, chopped
2 potatoes, chopped small
¼ cup roasted groundnuts
2 green chilies
2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
4 tbsp freshly grated coconut (or dessicated coconut)
½ tsp turmeric powder (haldi)
½ tsp chili powder
½ tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp oil
Salt
Water
Method:

  • In a bowl, soak poha in enough water to cover the surface and a few millimeters above.
  • Let sit for half an hour, or until all the water is soaked.
  • Heat oil in a pan and add the mustard seeds.
  • When they splutter, add the onion, stir and add potatoes.
  • Cook until the potatoes are done.
  • Add groundnuts and stir until they brown.
  • Add the poha, turmeric powder, chili powder and salt. Mix well.
  • Serve garnished with coriander leaves and coconut.
Serves 4

Batata Poha is a favourite Maharashtrian dish, and eaten very frequently for breakfast and snacks.

SABUDANA VADAS RECEIPE - Vegetarian Recipes


Makes 20 vadas

This snack is very popular in Maharashtra, and one of the most-missed dishes among the ones who leave the state. Luckily, sago is available almost all over the world today, and this dish can be enjoyed by anyone, anywhere.

Ingredients:
1 cup sago (sabudana)
3 small potatoes
4 Bread slices
Salt
1/3 tsp Chili powder
¾ tsp Garam masala
1/3 tsp Baking soda
Oil for deep-frying
7-8 Mint leaves finely cut

Method:

  • Soak the sago in water
  • Boil, peel and mash the potatoes
  • Dip the slices of bread in water, squeeze and mash them.
  • Mix all the ingredients into a smooth dough
  • Heat oil in a deep bottom non-stick pan
  • Shape a bit of dough with oiled hands and slide it into hot oil.
  • When putting the next one in, slide it gently so that two don't stick .
  • Fry until cooked on both sides
  • Drain and serve hot with tomato ketchup, sweetened yoghurt or with tamarind chutney

TOMATO OMLETTE RECEIPE - Easy Breakfast Recipe


Makes 4 omelettes

This omelette has no egg at all! It is quick and simple, and quite ideal when you need to have a quick breakfast before rushing to office.

Ingredients:
1 cup Gram Flour (Besan)
1 Onion finely cut
1 Tomato finely cut
1 Tomato sliced
¼ tsp baking soda
3 tsp Oil
Turmeric powder
Chili powder
Bread slices
Salt

Method:
  • Mix gram flour, tomato, onion, turmeric powder, chili powder, oil, salt, baking soda and water into a medium thick batter.
  • Heat a skillet (tava), smear it with oil, spread the batter and place a tomato slice in the centre.
  • When cooked, pour a teaspoon of oil over it and flip it over.
  • Cook until done and serve with tomato sauce and toasted bread.

AKKI ROTIS RECEIPE - Easy Breakfast recipe


Makes 3 akki rotis

Ingredients:
½ cup rice flour
½ onion, chopped
3-4 sprigs of coriander leaves (or cilantro)
½ cup grated coconut
1 green chili minced
Salt to taste

Equipment:
Banana leaves or plastic sheets
Flat skillet (tava)

Method

  • Mix all ingredients with a little water to make the dough thick enough to hold in your hands.
  • Smear oil on a banana leaf and flatten some dough on it. You could either flatten the dough with your hands - in this case, wet your fingers with water periodically, to prevent the dough from sticking to them. Or, you could place the dough between two well-oiled banana leaves and use a rolling pin to spread it. Take off the upper banana leaf before cooking, in this case.
  • Heat some oil on a tawa and place the banana leaf on it, dough-side down.
  • Carefully peel the leaf off. If you are using a plastic sheet, make sure it doesn't touch the tava.
  • Cook on a medium flame on both sides. Serve with coconut chutney or vegetable curry

Which came first?

A few months back we bought two chickens, Marx and Eggels in the hope that they would provide us with a near endless supply of fresh, delicious free range eggs. Sure enough by the end of November, just as we were giving up hope that either would ever provide us with anything other than vague entertainment, Marx started to lay and we have had an egg every day since then.

The excitement of opening the hatch every morning and finding a perfectly formed egg sitting atop a pile of straw hasn’t dulled. Nor has the novelty of eating them freshly poached, happy in the knowledge that they have travelled no furter than ten metres in their journey from chicken to plate.

But it soon became obvious that Eggels was something of a late developer. Her comb hadn’t grown, she didn’t seem to be putting on any weight and she spent a long time seemingly imitating John Cleese doing a Ministry of Silly Walks sketch. We contacted Cambridge Poultry, where we bought our two revolutionary chicks, and the conclusion was that we had invested in an ‘odd-bod hen’ who didn’t seem destined to lay anything other than epic amounts of chicken poop.

As such, we were offered a replacement, free of charge. Perhaps replacement is the wrong word because there was never any question that Eggels would be returned to sender or end up in the pot. She’d become a pet quite rapidly and we couldn’t even consider the possibility of turning her into food. We’d just let her peck her way around the garden, enjoy our hospitality and generally live the good life.

Just after Christmas we finally got round to picking up chicken number three, Poulet, or Pou, for short. She’s a feisty little chick with a revolutionary zeal stronger even than the other two. So much so that I’ve nicknamed her Henin (in order to keep up the Communist theme).



But then something odd happened. I noticed this:



An egg sitting merrily in our recycling box. I had no idea how long it had been there - whether it was freshly laid or if it had survived three or four frosts but either Marx was laying more than her fair share or Eggels, spurred into action by the threat of a new arrival, had finally started to fulfil her destiny.

And I wasn’t sure which until yesterday when I looked out of the office window and saw Eggels sitting in her newspaper nest looking very pleased with herself, something distinctly egg-shaped underneath her feathery bottom. After she’d got bored and flown off to try and find some bugs to eat I went out to confirm my suspicions and there it was. An Eggels egg.

It may have taken a while, but it was definitely worth the wait.

With Pou due to start laying in the next few weeks I dare say that we will have more than enough to keep us in delicious breakfasts with plenty left over to make sweet tasty items like crème brulee and cinnamon meringues (more on those to follow). I might just have to start baking…

Five days of Camp Food

Stafford done it first .
http://stafford.squarespace.com/journal/2008/10/31/school-lunch-5.html

I am at camp for four weeks and although teaching cooking (Pancakes )
I am not getting to cook like I normally do so I got to focus on something else. So here it is some of the meals from my Five days Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. You may know there is no difference in the breakfast lunch or dinner in Korea Its rice rice and rice .


"Jajangmyeon (also spelled jjajangmyeon) is a Korean dish, derived from the Chinese dish zhajiang mian. It consists of wheat noodles topped with a thick sauce made of chunjang (a salty black soybean paste), diced meat and vegetables, and sometimes also seafood. Jajang (also spelled jjajang), name of the sauce, is the Korean pronunciation of the Chinese characters , which literally means "fried sauce." Myeon (also spelled myun) means "noodle."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jajangmyeon
THIS HAD NO NOODLES A LOT OF SPAM AND COURGETTE.


DEOK MANDU GUK
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandu_(dumpling)
In Korean cuisine, mandu denotes a type of filled dumplings similar to the Turkish mantı, the Chinese jiaozi, and the Japanese gyoza. If the dumplings are grilled or fried, they are called gunmandu (군만두). Mandu are usually served with a dipping sauce made of soy sauce and vinegar.
RECIPE HERE



DWENJANG SOUP I THINK
http://www.trifood.com/dwenjang.html
Dwenjang is a traditional bean paste that is fermented from soybeans which has been a fixture of the Korean diet for centuries. It is similar in texture and consistency to Greek hummus and can be purchased at any Korean supermarkets in readily available jars or containers.

UDONG
http://recipes.wikia.com/wiki/Udon
Japanese thick noodles
Wikipedia Article About Udon on Wikipedia Udon (Hiragana:うどん; Kanji:饂飩, rarely 餛飩; Traditional Chinese:烏冬, sometimes 烏冬麵) is a type of thick wheat-based noodle popular in Korean and Japanese cuisine. Udon is said to have been imported to Japan from China in the 6th century. This original udon was 2 to 3 cm in diameter, a flat pancake-shaped "noodle" added to miso-based soup. In modern Chinese, the characters 餛飩 refer to wonton dumplings, not noodles. (Compare pasta, which can be both noodle-like and dumpling-like.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budae_jjigae

Budae jjigae (pronounced [putɛ ʨigɛ]), lit. "army base stew") is a jjigae, a thick Korean soup similar to a Western stew. Soon after the Korean War, meat was scarce in Seoul, Korea. Some people made use of surplus foods from U.S. Army bases around the Uijeongbu area such as hot dogs and canned ham (such as Spam) and incorporated it into a traditional spicy soup flavored with gochujang (red chili paste).

Budae jjigae is still popular in South Korea, and the dish often incorporates more modern ingredients such as instant ramen noodles and even sliced American cheese. Other ingredients may include ground beef, beans, minari (dropwort), green onions, tteok, tofu, chili peppers, kimchi, garlic, mushrooms, and onions.



Sandwich one was egg fried bread with jam in the middle served cold.
Sandwich two was sweet bread with jam and potato with a lot of sugar.

Banchan (side dishes)
Cockles in soy sauce, Kimchi, Radish, Potato gamjachae bokkeum, Mandu, Seaweed, beansprots, ddeokpokki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tteokbokki) , Galbi jim
Spagatti, apple juice, orange ,chicken ,Gaeran Jim,
Tonkatsu, SIGUMCHI (SPINACH)

PASTA ALLA CARRETTIERA

In italiano su Agave blog


This dish is a very simple and tasty, is part of the traditional vegetarian cuisine of Sicily. Of course the result also depends on the freshness and quality of products and maybe even a nice view of the sea, then eat this pasta in Sicily is another thing ...

Palermo, Barcarello

Ingredients:
A kg of ripe tomatoes, 3 cloves of garlic, red pepper, basil (someone replace it with parsley), extra-virgin olive oil, salt, optional addition of grated cheese (pecorino or ricotta salata). Spaghetti or bucatini (400gr).

Preparation:
Wash the tomatoes and peel (to facilitate the operation make some superficial cuts and put in a pot with boiling water for a few minutes) and remove the seeds. In a bowl, cut into pieces and add the chopped garlic cloves (remove the sprout inside) and the chopped basil. Add oil, salt and red pepper and let rest for at least an hour.

Cook pasta, place it in a bowl with the dressing and mix. If you want you can add the grated cheese.

Tagged by Panzer

Tag: 2008 stuff list

Ok, here's some short trivial list bout myself in 2008 which panzer created in 15mins and tagged some of us for it:

Where were you on midnite Dec 31, 2007?

Is it december 31, 2007 or 2008?

In december 2008, i was in vista amani, watching fireworks from the veranda of the said apartment, on the 17th floor eating meehoon goreng. and in december 2007, i was in vista amani, watching fireworks from the veranda of the said apartment, eating meehoon goreng.

yup, history repeating itself.

5 favorite movies of 2008?
  1. Sex and the city
  2. Madagascar
  3. Dont mess with the Zohan
  4. Kung Fu panda
  5. Quantum of Solice

Worst movie(s)?
The day the earth stood still.

5 songs you played to death in 2008?

  1. Viva la Vida - Cold Play
  2. Womaniser - Britney Spears
  3. Crush - David Archuleta
  4. Bila Rasaku in Rasamu
  5. Say - One Republic
5 games/activities you did in 2008?
  1. going there
  2. going here
  3. going somewhere
  4. eating
  5. eating at a lot of places
(but i dont want to put massage as one of my 2008 activities)

Number of crushes you had in 2008?
2

Number of heartbreaks you had in 2008?
2

Number of hearts YOU broke in 2008?
2

Number of people you made cry in 2008?
2




Boring isnt it?