Salam Aidil Adha

Almost a week tak update blog, rasa rindu sgt2. Tapikan nak wat camne, kat rumah mok kat kampung, takde internet. Jangankan internet, 018 service pun takde. 012 and 019 semput2 je service. Kalau nak connect guna broadband, memang berjanggut la tunggu. Loading lambat, macam hidup zaman batu pulak. Five days with no internet connection membuatkan aku kembali membuang masa dengan membaca buku novel.. hehehe.. Ye la, kena la baca the books yang aku beli kat Big Bad Wolf sale tu, takut nanti banker aku aka hubby merajuk pulak :)

Banyak yang aku nak tulis, but I need to keep this short coz mata dah tak tahan ngantuk. Gambar kat bawah tu, gambar mok and abah with the cucu-s masa raya.

Dalam gambar ni, cuma ada 13 cucu je, four more missing, Iman, Iffah, Sofea and Ara. Perasan tak cucu-cucu mok and abah semua lelaki kecuali Zulaikha dalam gambar ni? Currently, cucu pompuan cuma ada 5 orang je, yang lain semua lelaki. Bila time cuti, memang pening kepala.

Big Bad Wolf Book Sale

One sale that I cant resist is, book sales! Kalau takleh pegi book sales, memang meroyan la aku kat rumah. I love book sales!! Dunno why.. ke sebab aku ni seorg nerd? Erm... I doubt that. Though I might look like a nerd, but I'm definitely not one! My kids love books too. In a way, I'm glad that they love to read. Aku ingat dulu, masa kecik2, though there're 9 of us, tapi most of the time, rumah mak aku senyap sunyi je sebab semua orang sibuk baca buku. I'm hoping that Iman and Iffah will be ulat buku too, but definitely not facebook type of buku la. :)

Pagi tadi aku bangun dengan sungguh bersemangat sekali sebab nak pegi big bad wolf book sale. Hubby came home from Johor last nite. Dia kata he arrived at 4am. Aku dah tak sedar apa2 coz I was dead tired. Lepas breakfast pagi tadi, I begged him to take us to South City Plaza (where?? ). Aku dalam blur2 ni, terpaksa la guna google map nak cari where the hell South City Plaza is. Dah ler aku tak familiar dengan area balakong and seri kembangan tu. Sesat la jugak kita orang nak cari the place.

The shopping mall nampak mcm a rundown shopping mall. Takde banyak activity, banyak kedai yang tutup. The only place yang ramai orang was the big bad wolf sale. Believe it or not, aku kena beratur panjang before I can enter the sale area. Macam nak gi sale LV je. Punya la ramai manusia yang membeli buku. Aku budget around RM200 for books, but I ended up paying almost RM400. Tu la masalahnya bila buku terlalu murah. But I think it's worth the money la sebab dapat more than 60 books termasuk la some bodybuilding books that hubby has always wanted but too expensive to buy, which was selling at about RM8-10 each.

Paling banyak rasanya buku for Iman and Iffah. I just let them take whatever they want. Most of their books were selling at RM5, some as cheap as RM3. I bought Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper for Iman at RM8! Baru je last month tergerak hati nak beli kat Popular. But because it was selling at RM32.90, terus aku tak jadi beli. Semua Jodi Picoult books are selling at RM8 until this Sunday. Tapi tak tau la whether esok ada stock lagi tak coz tadi pun aku tengok most of the books yang popular, dah almost gone.

Oh ya! We had to queue for more than 2 hours masa nak bayar! Mula2 ingat nak bayar guna cash, but I only had RM50 in my purse. Aku jarang carry duit byk2 coz selalunya aku guna Maybank debit je. But kalau nak bayar guna debit card, kena beratur kat lane credit card. Argh! such a hassle!! Dah ler ATM jauh giler! In the end, terpaksa la beratur lama, sampai lenguh kepala lutut and buku yang tak penuh kotak, jadi penuh kotak sebab aku keep on adding new books.

 Iman dah kepenatan.. 

 The person in front of me bought that many books!

 My book carrier.. hahahha

Lapar and penat.. Cepat la mama...

 Phew! Finally sampai rumah..

Books, books & books! ..

Almost 2 weeks....

If I'm still sick tomorrow, means that I've been sick for 2 weeks!! Paling tak tahan, nak kena deal with selsema ni. Sedihnya.. Ingatkan dah habis makan antibiotic, I'll be feeling better, but tak! Hari ni start sakit tekak balik. Rasa macam nak nangis je. Hubby suruh pegi klinik again, ambik another course of antibiotic. Nanti la aku pegi.

Bila tak sihat macam ni, memang sangat malas nak masak. Everyday cuma makan nasi goreng or meehoon goreng or anything yang simple. Nasik with lauk pauk memang tak la. Kalau the kids nak makan nasik pun, we'll go out and eat coz aku seriously takde mood nak masak and mengemas with hidung yang sentiasa berair macam ni. That's also the reason kenapa aku tak update blog. Too tired to sit for too long depan pc. Plus Shariff was around for the past few days sebab mak dia masuk spital coz she's not well. Jaga Shariff pun dah enuff to sapped my energy level to almost zero.

Alhamdulillah the much awaited parcel from Saudi sampai this week after almost 2 weeks being sent out from Saudi. Thank you so much Za for the gifts, hanya Allah saje yang boleh balas kebaikan engkau. Za bought buah zuriat, pollen kurma and rumpun fatimah for few people. Aku dah distribute some, tinggal lagi few people yang nak kena bagi barang2 tu. Semalam I went to As's house, hantar pollen kurma and buah zuriat for her. Dah few weeks aku tak jumpa As. I'm such a bad neighbour. Padahal rumah dia dekat je dengan rumah aku, about 5 minutes drive. Sorry As, for neglecting you.

 Buah Zuriat, Pollen Kurma & Rumpun Fatimah

Rumpun Fatimah. Kena rendam dan minum untuk dijadikan selusuh.

Budak Hingusan Still..

Yes, it's my selsema, which refused to go away. Tak kuasa dah nak beli tissue, dah berkotak2 habis. Malam2 punya la susah nak tido. Last nite I slept at 5am. Err..bukan sebab selsema tau, but sebab aku melayan tengok cerita drama korea "King of Baking". Hari ni tobat dah takmau layan cite korea. Kang melekat depan pc ni lama macam semalam.

Tu pun nasib baik petang, Wan (cousin aku), telepon ajak keluar minum kopi kat Jusco AU2. Kalau tak, memang aku akan duduk mengembangkan bontot kat depan pc lagi layan drama tu. Dah la drama tu 30 episodes!! Elin came over lepas lunch semalam sebab nak copy drama2 korea yang aku dah download. Rumah aku dah jadi mcm tempat menyedut movies pulak. Memang berbaloi aku ambik UNIFI. To those yang plan nak ambik UNIFI, now dia org dah kenakan installation charges RM200. Alhamdulillah masa aku install dulu, it was still free.

I'm actually lalok now.. Rasanya effect makan ubat selsema kot. Erm.. so patut ke aku buat cake? Macam malas je.. Semalam, Mate aka Dila, mengingatkan aku, betapa berantunya cucur kentang aku masa kita org duduk serumah kat Tassie dulu. Aku ada buat cucur kentang ke? Wah! tak sangka aku begitu creative masa tu.. hehehe.. Mate cakap, Eli, another housemate of ours loves the cucur kentang. Sanggup bangun sahur just to makan the cucur kentang. Err.. Mate, pesal engkau ingat so many things? Aku tak ingat pun bab pose kat sana. Yang aku ingat, ada one time, the four of us, tak boleh puasa, so kita jalan2 kat beach sambil makan ice cream siang2 hari buta.. hahahhaha.. best wor! kat Msia mana boleh buat mcm tu :D

Sambal Tumis Telur Kicap Manis.

Rasanya tu lauk yang aku masak few days ago. Terlalu busy tengok cerita korea, aku cuma ada masa untuk masak food yang sempoi je. :D

Selsema & Hot weather

Bila panas macam ni, with hidung yg decided to go on 40km marathon, I dont have much choice but to cook something light. Kebetulan masa blog hopping tadi, singgah kat rumah K.Min and I saw her beautiful Thai Roast Chicken Salad, terus teringin nak buat salad yang sama. Actually hubby requested for Sambal Tumis Daging and Masak Lemak Kobis. In this weather, I really wanna minimised my time in the kitchen. So hari ni, terpaksa la I jadi isteri "kurang mithali".. hehehe.. sorry ye dear hubby, next time. Tunggu you balik from Johor on Tuesday je la ye.

Oh ya, I did some modification to my Honey Semifreddo. I added pistachios to it, whisk it again and freeze it again. And I think it tasted better, well ikut my taste bud la.

Thai Salad with Thai Beef Chili

 

Semifreddo with load of pistachios and honey! 

Thank you K.Min for sharing the wonderful salad recipe. Recipe for the salad can be found here. But as you can see, my salad memang langsung tak sama dengan yang K.Min buat or the one featured kat website tu. Aku guna whatever available in the kitchen. The sauce saje yang sama.

Pastu for the Thai Chili Beef, it was an adaptation from my Vietnamese Ricepaper Rolls dipping sauce. The recipe can be found here. 

Thai Chili Beef

Ingredients

1/2kg beef - thinly sliced ( I bought thinly sliced meat kat butcher. save the trouble slicing it)
2 biji cili hijau - minced
2 biji cili merah - minced
4-5 cili padi - minced
7-8 ulas garlic - crushed
4 tbs lemon juice
1 tbs fish sauce
salt, sugar
coriander leaves
1/4 cup water

1. goreng beef dgn minyak byk sampai garing but jgn hangit, toskan
2. panaskan kuali with canola oil about 1 tbs, tumis bwg putih dgn cili hijau, merah n cili padi. add water
3. bila air dah mendidih, masukkan lemon juice, fish sauce, garam and gula.
4. biarkan til sauce jadi pekat, then add daging, kacau. pastu campur coriander leaves, then hidangkan.

Actually, boleh je kalau takmau tumis, just mix everything to the cooked meat. So jadi another salad :)

Honey Semifreddo

When I saw Mate's (Dila) semifreddo, I fell in love with it. It looks so delicious, rasa mcm nak je korek facebook photo dia, makan.. hahahha.. if only that is possible.

Maka hari ni, dengan hidung yang still on acara marathon, tekak yg sakit and lips yang still pouting mcm Angelina Jolie ( CS & K.Lili, nothing happened last nite that contributed to the pouting lips! :P ), aku bertungkus lumus membuat the semifreddo. My mistake was that, I only googled for Nigella's recipe. Normally, I'd go through few recipes and mix and match the recipe to create my own. To me, the semifreddo is a bit too rich for my taste. Rasanya macam rich creamy ice cream. Kalau makan sikit ok la, but makan banyak, mau pengsan tergolek tengok calorie yang masuk.

My semifreddo tu, bila keluarkan dari freezer and masuk dalam bekas, cepat cair. Maybe because my kitchen is a bit warm tonite. Tak hujan, so the whole house rasa mcm oven. Kalau buat roti ni, kejap je dah naik roti tu. I substituted the pine nuts with pistachios sebab I couldnt find pine nuts kat Bagus.

Akak Nigella, saya mintak izin untuk copy the recipe dan paste disini ye.
Source : Nigella Lawson (http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/honey-semifreddo-239)

Ingredients

• 

• 1 egg
• 4 egg yolks
• 100g best-quality honey, plus 3 tablespoons or so for serving
• 300ml double cream
• 25g pine nuts, toasted

Method

1. Line a 900g/1 litre loaf tin with clingfilm.
2. Beat the egg and egg yolks with the honey in a bowl, over a saucepan of gently simmering water, until the mixture is pale and thick. I use a wire balloon whisk for this, but if you feel like a bit of culinarily aided whirring, it will certainly be quicker with a hand-held electric whisk.
3. Whip the double cream until thick, and then gently fold in the egg and honey mixture. Pour into the prepared loaf tin, and cover carefully with clingfilm before putting it in the freezer for about 2-3 hours.
4. When it is ready to serve, turn out the semifreddo on to a suitably sized plate and drizzle this manilla-coloured log with honey, and sprinkle with the toasted pine nuts, before slicing. It thaws quickly as it stands, but that is part of its heavenly-textured charm. If you've got some dark, syrupy - indeed, honey-coloured - pudding wine to drink while you eat this, so much the better.

Serves: 6-8.

Recipe posted by Nigella

DSST & Kuey Teow Goreng

This time aku nak tiru CS, tulis dalam shortform.. hehehe.. CS, jangan marah ye, saya peniru tulen. :D

What does DSST stands for? Mula2 nak tulis title penuh, pastu panjang sangat, maka jadi la DSST = demam, selsema & sore throat. *sigh*.. These past few days, my health is just not as bubbly and lively as I am. It started with demam last week kan, pastu stomach cramp. Pastu pagi semalam bangun with a bad sore throat and lips pouting like Angelina Jolie sebab ada ulcer besar kat lips. It's sooooooooo painful to pout like that the whole day. Tak letih ke Angelina pout her lips camtu? Aku yg dah 2 hari kena pout ala2 dia pun rasa lenguh mulut. Anyway, pagi tadi bangun dengan cough, sore throat decided to stay for a while and tengahari tadi demam..

Sedih nya... Tak tau la pesal asyik tak sihat je. Yes yes, I know, I should banyak beristighfar dan muhasabah diri. Sakit is part of penghapus dosa. Aku redha, thus I will not complain anymore. The good thing about being sakit is, I can mengada2 with hubby. hahahahha.. seronok ape mengada2 ni. Tapi kan, bila sakit mcm ni, still kena masak, memang la rasa a bit sedih. But kesian jugak kat hubby kalau aku tak masak. Dia dah rindu sangat dengan masakan aku. Chewah! macam real je..

So, what did I cook today? Suprisingly, aku ada stamina untuk buat kueyteow goreng for lunch. Then masak kacang buncing goreng with ikan bilis, telur dadar and ayam goreng cili hijau. But sadly, aku terlupa nak masak nasik. Boleh? ishk ishk! macam mana aku lupa nak masak nasik? Beria2 aku hidang lauk atas meja for hubby tadi, pastu bila bukak periuk nasik, nasik mentah. Aku dah masukkan beras dalam rice cooker, but lupa nak tekan cook. So nasi tak masak. Instead, jadi jelatah (betul ke?) coz the rice cooker was on warm. Terpaksa la aku buang nasi yang worth about 2 days tu dalam tong sampah. Aku selalu masak nasik every 2 days sebab rice cooker aku jenis yg sentiasa warm, so nasik sentiasa panas and tak basi. Pemalas kan? hahahhaa.. Takpe, nanti makcik ton balik, aku akan jadi lebih rajin.

Haa.. jangan tak tau, today, bila hari mendung bagai nak hujan tapi tak hujan, matahari tersipu2 malu, aku basuh 5 loads of laundry termasuk la selimut tebal. Masa angkat tadi, still ada baju yang lembab. Pesal la aku tak basuh baju semalam, masa matahari tak malu, memancar dengan gamaknya from pagi sampai ke maghrib?? Argh!! Something is wrong with me..

Kueyteow Goreng Ayam

ingredients
1 bungkus kueyteow
ayam/daging/seafood (as much as u want)

5-7 ulas bwg putih - crushed
2 tbs cili giling (boleh kurangkan kalau kids tak makan pedas)
2 tbs kicap manis
2 tbs sos tiram
3 tbs tomato sauce
1 tbs cili sauce (boleh omit kalau taknak)
1 1/2 tsp salt
2-3 tbs sugar ( i like mine to have a hint of sweetness)
taugeh, kucai
1/4 cup air

cara2
1. tumis bwg putih and cili giling sampai garing, masukkan ayam yang dihiris nipis.
2. pastu masukkan air, sos tiram, sos tomato, sos cili, garam, gula dan kicap. bila air mendidih, masukkan kueyteow.
3. bila kueyteow dah a bit kering, masukkan sayur. goreng for 2 minutes, hidangkan. :)

note : i tak masukkan any perasa/msg in my cooking unless sgt2 diperlukan.

An Old Maid, A Donkey and A Happy Family.

We went to Syed, Taman Permata for dinner. I dont really wanna eat mamak coz it's just not my type of food. Tapi sebab hubby dah kemaruk sgt, seminggu makan clean food, he need to have something spicy. So we went to eat nasi bukhara. Hubby makan 2 pinggan!! I know, I know.. dia memang byk makan. Takpe la, kasi can before kita org go full blown on bodyforlife punya program.

After dinner, we started to look for card game. Of course yang famous nya will be Old Maid, Donkey and Happy Family. Rasanya kita orang pusing every kedai yang ada kat Melawati tu before finally jumpa kat kedai runcit tepi rumah mak aku. Yang kelakarnya, masa mula2 berenti kat 1st kedai runcit mamak, Iffah tanya mamak tu, "Mamak, ada jual kad main tak?". Mamak tu blur.. agaknya dalam hati dia, biar betul budak ni. Kad main?? Aku dengar nak tergelak pun ada, because the question was asked so innocently, but to those yg always see things as double meaning mcm aku, of course la shocking! hahahha... aku cerita kat hubby dalam kereta, dia gelak giler. Nasib baik mamak tu tak meroyan je :D

I wanna share something beautiful from our garden yang sekangkang monyet tu.

Pisang Lemak Manis. Baka was given by my sister kat Johor. Gebu kan? Shariff habiskan 1/2 tandan. Actually pisang ni kecik2 je, about size jari manis, but gemuk2. :)

Stomach Flu and Eating Expedition..

On Friday, the whole day aku melepek kat atas katil. I was so sick that I could barely get out of bed. My fever was running as high as 39 degree C. Luckily Iman and Iffah tak pegi sekolah (Mama was too sick to get up and send them to school that morning). So I have two angels babysitting me at home. Alhamdulillah. Thank you Allah for the beautiful gift.

The saddest part about not having hubby around was that, there was no one around to bring me to the clinic. My sister, Mas, was at work. Nazri, my brother, was also at work. Aku terpaksa la merengkuk dalam selimut, sponged by my two girls, and wait til Mas came back home. By the time Mas balik, I was feeling better. Tak jadila aku pegi clinic. I think masa duduk hospital dengan Iffah, somehow, aku dapat the virus that causes the stomach flu. Fever is well gone, but the stomach cramp is still there.

Dah la 2 hari ni, asyik ikut orang makan je. Semalam aku keluar dengan my siblings, pegi Al-Rawshar kat bulatan Kg Pandan. The food sucks. Same goes with the service. Will blog about it tomorrow, once I get my hand on the photos that I took of that place. Today pulak, I went out with Azli and Sally to One Utama, pegi makan Chili's and ice cream. Iman and Iffah slept at their Aunt's place (hubby eldest sister) sebab nak celebrate Halloween kat sekolah Zuleika, their cousin. Can believe it, ada one of the parents kat kelas Zuleika sponsored FREE Starbuck Coffee for visitors yang membeli kat their booth? I was like... waaaaaaaaaa... kayanya!!

 Sally's plate.

 My honey chipotle chicken crispers. Sadly, because of my stomach cramp, I couldnt eat much.

 Nachos yang sangat tidak sedap.

This was heaven!!!

Penne with Spicy Tuna

This week memang takde mood langsung nak masak. Bila angin malas melanda, pasta will be in the menu sebab boleh makan from morning til mlm. Melampau kan? hahahhaha.. takpe.. the kids dah biasa.

Penne with Spicy Tuna

Gambar sangat buruk sebab I took using my hp. Hubby ambik my camera.. huhuhu.. In this particular dish, instead of using canned tuna in water, aku guna ikan kukus. Patutnya ikan kukus tu aku guna untuk buat sambal nasik lemak. But, I'm not in the mood to cook something heavy, maka aku guna untuk masak pasta. I used green olives instead of black coz nak menghabiskan olive yg Za bagi. It's very simple and tak rasa pedas pun. Cili kering tu saje je buat gempak.

Recipe for ikan kukus boleh ambik from here.

Ingredients

500gm Penne - rebus til al-dante.

6-7 ulas bwg putih - crushed

1 canned of olive

8-10 tangkai cili kering - potong

olive oil

salt

cara2

1. tumis bwg putih dgn a good amount of olive oil sampai golden, then masukkan shredded tuna. 

2. goreng tuna sampai a bit garing, masukkan cili kering dan pasta.

3. add olive and salt.

4. voila! boleh dihidangkan :D

Dickens? Chickens rebrand?

There are Chick-ens and there are Dick-ens in Stavanger (male version of chickens are dickens).. hehehe

Iffah getting better a bit.

Alhamdulillah her vomitting dah stop. Hopefully her diarrhea too. Pagi tadi buat MRI because of the severe headache that she has been complaining for the past 1 week plus.

Mama dah tak tahan nak duduk hospital. Please get well soon sayang..

It's not fun when you have to drive all the way to Melawati to drop kakak at school and brave thru the heavy traffic on MRR2 to go back to the hospital again. Argh! I was stuck on the highway for more than 1/2 hour after sending Iman to school. Tension!!

Iffah Warded

Mama Iffah is taking a short break.. will be back once Iffah dah better.

Off to Norway..

Hubby will be gone for a week. I'm so sad.. huwaaa... Selalunya kalau dia outstation, cuma 3-4 days je. Actually aku bukan sedih sebab dia pegi lama, but aku sedih sebab kena tido rumah mok lagi. Argh! time macam ni la aku rindu giler kat Makcik Ton. Hubby tak bagi kita org tido just the 3 of us kat rumah. Since rumah mok ada adik2 aku yg lain, so at least ramai sikit. Takla dia risau sangat.

Tadi kita orang dinner kat TGIF, Wangsa Walk. Sebenarnya aku lagi prefer Chilis than TGIF. Pulak tu, aku tak suka the fact that TGIF ada few menus yg ada Jack Danial. But since Iffah tak sihat, with vomitting and diarrhea, maka terpaksa la kita org pegi somewhere closer to home. The food was ok, but aku still prefer Chili's. The ice lemon tea, rasa mcm minum air gula. It was too sweet! Nasib baik ler aku order for Iman and Iffah je. Kalau tak, sure balik dari TGIF, aku kena kencing manis. Aku rasa the best part of our meal was the dessert. The mocha parfait was parfait! ie. perfect! :D

Mocha, Strawberry and Tropical Parfait.

Mee Goreng Sempoi..

I wanted to update on our trip back to Terengganu, but I'm so lazy (as usual) to take out the camera and upload photos. And seperti biasa, I'll just upload gambar mee goreng yg sangat2 la diminati oleh adik ipar aku, Suhaila. Few times she called asking for recipe. But Suhaila cakap, rasa mee dia masak tak sama dgn yang aku masak. Sian Suhaila.. Masa balik baru ni, dia cakap, kalau dia bukan on diet, she will definitely ask me to cook mee goreng at 1am.. hahaha.. kalau dia tak diet pun, aku taknak masak. Giler ke apa, pukul 1am nak masak mee goreng. Mau tambah 5kg the next morning.. hahahha..

Tadi aku pegi Pasar Payang for breakfast. I ended up with 10 ekor ikan tongkol/aya/tuna berat more than 20kg. I'm on body for life program (again.. *sigh*), so ikan will be our main protein source for the next month or so. Aku hope this time I'll be able to stick with the program. Last week aku dah start warm up, doing some weight lifting exercise and gosh it hurts! Especially my lower body, rasa mcm orang tua 80 tahun. Hope this week it wont be that painful, but I doubt that...