Another Kimbap Day

I have this one bad habit, bila dah suka something, aku akan buat dan buat dan buat sampai la aku muak makan benda tu. Selagi aku tak muak makan, then aku akan buat. Walaupun anak2 dan suami aku dah muak and sit at the dining table with a bucket (untuk muntah lepas makan). Hahahahha.. I was exaggerating, takde la sampai macam tu sekali. This week aku dok sibuk buat karipap ikan and now kimbap.

Kimbap

Aisey! sapa la nak makan kimbap yg banyak macam ni? Dah la iman and iffah are sleeping at their nenek's house, maka tinggal la aku and Hubby berdua, oh ya! bersama Makcik Ton too.

Talk about maid, baru teringat, today aku baca berita yang tersgt la horrifying-nya. Ada this one Chinese lady, kena pukul dengan maid dia, sampai kena masuk hospital and stitch more than 100 stitches. Makcik Ton akan buat macam tu kat aku ke? Hopefully tak la. Makcik Ton has been staying with my family for more than 22 years, rasanya insyaAllah takde la sampai hilang akal macam maid Chinese lady tu.

Aku wonder apa yg that Chinese lady dah buat sampai maid dia dendam sampai mcm tu sekali. Ngeri sungguh!

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/2/28/nation/20090228183257&sec=nation

Kimbap

Hari ni teringin nak makan kimbap. Tengahari tadi after Iman & Iffah balik from their KAFA, aku pegi Saeme Mart kat Ampang dengan adik aku Mas. Aku kindda comfortable shopping kat Saeme Mart tu sebab dah kenal ahjuma (owner) kat kedai tu. So masuk je kedai dia, aku mintak barang2 untuk buat kimbap. Since dia dah tau aku takleh makan pork, or anything non halal, so senang la.

Dia bagi aku seaweed sheet, pickled raddish, pickled vege (tak tau nama) & fishcake sheet. Macam2 boleh letak dalam kimbap tu termasuk la telur, sausage, zucchini dan lain2. Kimbap ni lebih kurang sushi, cuma bezanya dalam nasi sushi, kena add vinegar and sugar. But dalam nasi kimbap, kena add sesame oil and korean salt.

My version of Kimbap

Maangchi's version of Kimbap

Tuna Kimbap

Ingredients:

• 5-6 cups cooked rice (made from 3 cups of uncooked rice)
• laver (“kim”)
• yellow radish pickle (“danmu ji”)
• 1 avocado
• crabmeat, a can of tuna
• soy sauce, garlic, sesame oil and seeds, and a green onion.

(2-3 servings)

1. Prepare about 5-6 cups of cooked rice in a large bowl
2. Make your mixing sauce by mixing up ½ tbs sugar, 1 ts salt, and 1 tbs of vinegar until the liquid looks clear
3. Mix rice with the mixing sauce and stir it evenly. Set it aside for now.

Prepare a large plate to arrange all ingredients for kimbap

1. Make seasoned tuna flakes
   1. Open a can of tuna and remove the oil or water. Put it on a heated pan and drizzle some sesame oil over it. Toss it and cook it for 2 minutes
   2. Add 1 tbs of soy sauce, ½ tbs of sugar, 1 clove of minced garlic, and 1 ts of ground black pepper.
   3. Keep stirring for another 3 minutes.
   4. Turn off the heat and add 1 chopped green onion, 2 ts of sesame oil and 1 tbs of toasted sesame seeds.
2. Place 3 yellow radish pickle strips on the plate.
3. Place 3 pieces of crab meat on the plate.
4. Slice an avocado and place it on the plate.

Let’s roll Kimbap!

1. Place a sheet of laver(“kim”) on the bamboo mat and evenly spread a layer of rice in the center of it.
2. Place 2-3 spoons of seasoned tuna flakes on top of the layer of rice. Add a yellow radish pickle strip, some avocado, and a red crab meat strip.
3. Roll it up gently using the bamboo mat.
4. Remove the bamboo mat and cut the roll into pieces about 2 cm thick and place it on a plate

*tip: prepare a wet cloth or paper towel to wipe the knife while cutting, it will make it slice easier.

Fillings for Kimchi kimbap

If you want to make kimchi kimbap, instead of tuna kimbap, mix the following ingredients and use them instead of tuna:

½ cup of chopped Kimchi, ½ tbs of hot pepper paste, 1 ts sugar, ½ tbs of sesame oil, ½ tbs of sesame seeds, and 1 chopped green onion.

The Artist ~ Iman

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Picture 1

Picture 2

Facebook - Part 3

I'm a FB addict. Yikes! hate to admit it. Susahnya nak tinggal facebook. For the past few days, I've been experiencing some difficulty in connecting to FB. The pages load too slow, sometimes hang, and that really pisses me off. Argh!!! Tension big time!

On a lighter note, Iman managed to get 79% for her math during her PKSB 1 exam recently. For us, it's an achievement. Iman was born premature, at 33 weeks. Initially she had problem reading, focusing in class and always day dreaming. Then we brought her to Dyslexic Center at Titiwangsa. She was diagnosed as having mild dyslexic. She started to read when she was 6 years old. Mula-mula tu punya la susah nak boleh baca, but Alhamdulillah, she managed to overcome that. We were so happy.

Iman loves to draw. In fact I uploaded few of her drawings in FB. If only I can get FB to load faster tonite... zzz.. it's as slow as kereta lembu, geram je.

Abstract

I love looking at this drawing. I've my very own Da Vinci at home :)

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Phd

I'm dedicating this to my friends yang tengah buat Phd at various Universities around the world.

http://iisc.wordpress.com/2008/09/22/phd-resolutions/

phd resolutions.

By iisc

Before joining PhD:

• I want to win the Nobel Prize.
• I want to win the Turing Award.

First year of PhD:

• I want to finish PhD in two years.
• I want to publish papers only in top tier conferences.
• I want to make ground-breaking research.
• I want to win the best PhD Thesis award.

Second year of PhD:

• I want to finish PhD in 5 years.
• I want a problem.
• Shall I change my advisor?

Third year of PhD:

• I want a paper; I don’t care which conference.
• Shall I change my topic?
• I want to be known as Dr bhOndOO.

Fourth year of PhD:

• I want to finish PhD!
• My industry-friends have two children by now. When will I get married?

Fifth year of PhD:

• Why did I come here?
• Why did I choose this advisor?
• Why did I choose this topic?

Sixth year of PhD:

• Someone give me a degree!
• I want to leave this place — for ever.
• Let me leave.

Seventh year of PhD:

• People call me uncle.
• She waited and finally married someone else.
• I don’t want any degree. I just want to live peacefully.

Research Life

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research life.

By iisc

After the meeting with advisor:
Debugging your own code:
Attending a lecture:
Attending a talk suggested by your advisor:
Experiment succeeds:
Advisor on leave:
Semester ends:
Paper accepted:
Experiment fails:
Why did I choose this advisor?:
Before exam:
Failure in comprehensive exam:
Paper rejected:
Advisor praises:
Everyone else goes for a trek and you have to stay back:
7th year of PhD:
Review comments on the final report asking you to rewrite 3 chapters and add 2 new:

Urat Jati

Hehe.. sure korang semua pelik, pehal la nama recipe2 aku ni pelik sgt. Ni semua part of Terengganu nye dish yg dah almost pupus. Nak buat urat jati ni leceh, but not seleceh buat Rokok Arab. Kena goreng mcm lempeng, nipis, then kena lapis byk2, baru roll and potong.

Since aku ni suka modify recipe nak bagi senang and tak suka menyusahkan diri sendiri. Maka aku buat style goreng telur dadar Korea dalam Maangchi.com. Nama recipi Maangchi tu Gye ran mal yee, link kat sini http://www.maangchi.com/recipes/egg-side-dishes. Recipe Urat Jati memang langsung tak sama, but aku guna cara yang sama untuk roll.

Oh! lupa nak cakap. Today aku memang flat. So tired. Buat karipap inti ikan lagi, pastu lepas asar tertido sampai maghrib. Aku tak suka tido petang, but was too tired to duduk menghadap facebook.. or buat keje lain. Aku rasa bila dah makin muda (hehe) ni, maka energy makin kurang. Ye la, semalam seharian buat Nasi Telur, today separuh hari buat karipap. Peh! kalah orang bukak restaurant.

Urat Jati

Nasi Telur

Pagi tadi pukul 7.00am dah bangun. Sangat luar biasa pada not a morning person like me. The reason kenapa kena bangun awal is sebab nak pegi Pasar Tani Melawati. Today dah janji dengan few friends nak buat Nasi Telur. Pastu Hubby nak jamu his aunt sama. Che' Haq is going back to Terengganu today.

Bila kena buat nasik telur, aku dah pening. Penat nya nak pikir mcm2 benda yang nak kena siapkan sebelum boleh siap nasik telur tu. The most crucial ingredient dalam nasik telur is hati. Some people guna hati ayam, some guna hati lembu. Aku prefer hati lembu. Aku tak suka hati yg beli kat pasar sebab mungkin hati tu tak fresh. Selalunya kalau kena beli hati, aku akan ke Pasar Tani. Rasa memang lain la dari hati kat pasar.

Yang paling tak tahan kalau masak nasik telur ni, bab nak mendadukan hati. Dah la hati tu lembik, pastu kena potong kiub kecik2 pulak tu, smaller than jari kelingking aku sizenya. Boleh imagine tak mcm mana nak potong hati tu kalau hati tak fresh, sticky and berbau la jawapnya.

Anyway, ni gambar yg aku dah ambik few mths ago. Malas nak ambik gambar lain sebab letih yg teramat sgt. Nasi Telur makan dgn kerutup ayam and acar kobis.

Nasi Telur with Kerutup Ayam & Acar Kubis

Karipap Ikan

Karipap Ikan

Another Terengganu delicacy. I love karipap ikan, cuma tak reti nak buat je. Alhamdulillah aunt hubby tolong ajarkan. Today aku buat nasik telur, will talk abt it later :)

Ikan Masak Merah Che' Haq

Rasa macam nak demam je hari ni. Aku dah takleh nak tahan dgn KL nye dry spell. Hari2 rasa sakit kepala and kesabaran amatla nipisnya. How I wish I'm in UK or Europe, kan best.. Now tgh snow. Nak je tumpang rumah Emil kat Zurich, dah la katanya snow lebat giler sekarang.

Anyway, hari ni belajar masak Ikan Masak Merah. Another Terengganu authentic dish. This recipe a bit different than masak asam pedas or tumis pedas. Hubby cakap tak ramai yang pandai masak Ikan Masak Merah ni. Kalau nak makan, kena ada durian and cili padi.

Ikan Masak Merah

Ayam Golek Che' Haq

Today masak ayam golek terengganu.

Ayam Golek Che' Haq

Daging Lemak Putih

Still takde masa nak update blog, busy yang amat. Pagi tadi pegi pasar beli brg2 utk masak. Balik je dari pasar, masak for lunch, then buat Rokok Arab lagi.. letih! Dish yg belajar today.

Daging Lemak Putih

Bahan2
1 kg daging - rebus, potong nipis2, air daging jgn buang
5 ulas bwg putih - mayang
10 ulas bwg merah - mayang
1 inci halia - mayang
1/2 tsp halba
1 keping asam
1/2 kg santan
2 tbs sugar
1 tbs salt

cara2
1. Masukkan dalam daging & air daging dalam periuk, add santan, bwg yg dah dimayang
2. Bila dah mendidih, masukkan asam keping, halba, garam & gula.
3. Utk garnish, potong cili merah dan bwg besar, masukkan dalam daging lemak.

Rokok Arab

The next few days, I'm gonna learn authentic Terengganu dishes. Semlm masak Ayam Gulai Pedas, today belajar buat Rokok Arab. Rokok arab ni made purely from telur. It's crunchy and sweet. Sekali pandang mcm Apit-apit. But the taste definitely better than Apit-apit.

Rokok Arab

Ayam Gulai Pedas

Today aku belajar masak Ayam Gulai Pedas from aunty Hubby. Aku suka sgt2 belajar from aunty Hubby ni, Che Haq. Belajar la masak apa sekali pun, insyaAllah menjadi. So far aku dah belajar few Terengganu dishes termasuk la Nasi Telur, Apam Dewa and Dador.

Tomorrow nak belajar buat Rokok Arab, InsyaAllah. Now aku saji gambar la dulu yek. Too tired nak berceloteh panjang lebar sebab hari ni extremely panas. Rasa mcm kena heat stroke, kepala tengah sakit.

Ayam Gulai Pedas