Al Fatihah: TGNA & Dato' Hasbullah Awang

Deepest condolence to family members of Tok Guru & Pak Bol. May Allah give you strength & patience in this hard time. 

May ALLAH bless their soul. 

Homemade Lamb Chop & Chicken Chop

Assalamualaikum

 Every morning I would take out fish/meat stored in the freezer and place it in the sink to thaw. After that I will decide what to cook. My reference would always be from blogs. 

The same routine was for yesterday. Once the lamb was thawed I put it into my trusted slow cooker. Boiled it to tender. At this point of time, I still didn't make up my mind on the menu :)

I was considering kurma kambing but I was run out of  kurma powder. Then I decided to try making a lamb chop. And chicken chop for the kids. 

First I marinade the lamb and chicken. Put them in the fridge. These menus were for dinner. 

Since Balqis were sleeping I took the opportunity to prepare the black pepper sauce. Omai! It's sooo easy to make. 

I paied them with coleslaw and simple stir-fried vegs. Here they are;

 Chicken chop

This one was super delicious. Thanks to Ideal Recipes for sharing the secret :). The result is beyond my expectation. Please try!

Lamb chop

There was a strong smell and taste of garlic I guess. Though it was a good try but I believed it needs some improvements from my side. First I didn't grilled it until brown. I can still taste the raw garlic once I bite the lamb. Secondly I should not boil the meat at the first place. It lost its juice and sweetness during the process. Lessons learned!

The best part was the black pepper sauce. It was super awesome. I owed to Lina PG  for both the lamb chop and the sauce recipes. 

Take care.

Kuih Keria aka Donut Keledek

It happened yesterday.

 As I woke up from my afternoon nap, my stomach (or rather my brain) was telling me "lapar..lapar". I went straight to the kitchen and had a bowl of pengat keledek or my kampung folks call it serawa ubi. I made the dish earlier while preparing for lunch. As I enjoyed the sweetness of the keledek, I was thinking of making a keledek-based dish for my better half and the kids as they don't like the serawa.

I decided to try kuih keria. It looks like a doughnut but smaller in size, less gebu and the dough is made of keledek and small portion of flour as compared to doughnut where we use flour as the main ingredient.

 This is how my kuih keria looks like;

It turned out well except the sira part. I failed to make it so I decided to sprinkle the sugar on them. That's why I call it kuih keria aka donut keledek :)

Please go to kakinakl's blog for the resepi. She also shows how to do the sira process.

 Happy trying!

Monkey oh monkey...

 Satu...

 Dua...

Tiga!

Assalamualaikum

 Gambar2 ni diambil oleh jiran saya, KF. Sejak minggu lepas memang ada sekawan monyet yang berkeliaran di kejiranan kami. Mujur tiada kekecohan yg dilakukan oleh mereka. Setakat ini.

Sewaktu tinggal di asrama Taman Ilmu & Budi dulu ada seekor monyet yg sangat nakal. Kami panggil 'Michael'. Maklumlah tinggal di universiti bertaraf antarabangsa, namanya pun mat saleh habis :) hobi si Michael ni suka bebeno masuk bilik student perempuan. Dia ni merayau di asrama pompuan je sbb dekat hutan kot. Eh asrama lelaki pun dekat hutan juga. Takde pula dengar diorang kena ganggu. 

Hobi dia suka menyakat students. Pernah sekali dia muncul di tingkap dorm saya. Kita halau dia dia menyeringai dekat kita. Pucat mokcik. Nasib sempat tarik tingkap & tutup. Pernah juga dia kejar seorang kakak senior sampai patah pinggang kalau tak silap. Senior tu lari sampai jatuh tangga. Dahsyat betul gangguan Michael ni. Ada juga yg kata Michael ni jelmaan!

Satu lagi hobi dia suka curi cermin dan penutup rice cooker. Lepas tu bawak lari naik atas atap dan tersengih2 menengok muka sendiri di cermin/tudung periuk. Lagi kita tengok dia lagilah macam2 aksi dia buat. Cerdik dan ligatnya dia sampai tak dapat ditangkap. Jika ditanya penghuni kolej N & S pasti banyak cerita tentang 'mamat' ni.

Panjang pulak cerita si Michael ni :)

Moral of the story;

Peace!

Sifir Bahagia #1

Ada suatu perkara yang suami suka ulang-sebut kepada saya terutamanya jika saya mengadu tentang ketidakpuasan hati terhadap seseorang. Ingat dua perkara lupa dua perkara pesannya. Nasihat/pesan ini datangnya dari seseorang, mungkin ulamak atau bijak pandai. 

"Ingat kebaikan orang pada kita, lupakan kejahatannya (kesalahannya) pada kita.

Sebaliknya;

Ingat kejahatan (kesalahan) kita pada orang, lupakan kebaikan kita pada orang"

Sifirnya mudah bukan? Tapi itulah, nak mengamalkannya bukan semudah mengingatinya. Andai dapat diamalkan memang tenang hidup kita. Tak perlu gusar dek memikirkan itu ini yg bisa meruntuhkan sebuah perhubungan. Sentiasa positif. Sentiasa jernihkan hati dalam melihat setiap perkara.

Akhir kalam;