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2 1/4 cups (335gm) self-raising flour 3/4 cup (165gm) caster sugar 2/3 cup mashed banana 1/2 cup chopped hazelnut chocolate (Cadbury or any brand of your choice) 2 eggs, lightly beaten 1 cup (250ml) milk 1/2 cup (125ml) vegetable oil
- preheat oven 180'c, place cupcakes casing in 12 mini muffin tray - sift flour and sugar into large bowl, stir in hazelnut chocolate - stir in all remaining ingredients - DO NOT overmic, mixture should be lumpy - spoon mixture into muffin casings - bake about 10 minutes or until golden brown - cool on rack - serve lightly dusted with icing sugar
aaahhh...the King of Fruit season is here again. Missing it very much from where I am at. Tempoyak @ fermented Durian flesh is a much loved & a must have for many people in Malaysia during the durian's season. This is one of the traditional ways of preparing the tempoyak. This is a recipe shred by my friend Kartini that she got from her friend (thank you Puan Thaudhah, semoga murah rezeki)
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1 genggam tempoyak / a handful of tempoyak (about 1 cup)
I really admire people who can create their own recipes. Two thumbs up for my beloved friend Kartini for doing so. As for me, I am still at the 'adjusting' stage ... have not tried doing my own for ages .. :). TQ Tini for this great recipe. I c&p from your FB notes .. :)
I used below ingredient with hope the chicken would turn out goody-licious. I kinda like it, hence I thought I should share it with my frens.
************************************************************ Ingredient : [A] CHICKEN
200 gm chicken
1/2 clove of garlic - blend.
2 tablespoon bbq sauce
2 tablespoon sweet soy
2 spoonful margerine/butter (according to your preference)
Salt to taste
Method
1. Mix ingredient [A] and marinate the chicken for 20 mins. (I did mine for 5 min considering the time)
2. Roast the chicken at 220 C for 40 min. At half time (20 min) drain the fluid from chicken tray, turn the chicken and continue to roast.
3. Dish out in a serving plate.
Ingredient : [B] MANGO SAUCE
1 mango - cut into little pieces and then blend.
1 teaspoon vinegar
1/2 cup of chicken stock
Salt to taste
Method
Mix all above and cook on low heat.
Once well blended, dish out.
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Sorry guys, the term i used maybe a little weird, but as long as you guys understand it, it should be ok.
- Squeeze 3-4 lemons and pour in a jug. (-if jug too big squeeze in some more) -Pour the sugar in and satret stirring until sugar is totally disolved. -Than add water, depends if the jug's big put more water and add more lemon juice and sugar. -Stir the hold thing until everything is mixed. -For finishing touches cut the remaining lemon into slices and put in the lemonade, if sour put in a tbsp of sugar.
A simple, ease-my-life, yummy great recipe by Datin Seri Raihan Abdul Rahman from her book "Taste of Batu Gajah"
40 small banana (she recommended pisang emas, but there's none here so I used about 6 large banana) 2 cups plain flour 2 cups coconut cream / milk (equivalent to a can) 1 teaspoon vanilla essence 1 egg 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon salt butter for greasing
- preheat oven @ 200'c - mash bananas in a large bowl - lightly beat egg & add into banana & mix well - add sifted flour & sugar alternately & mix till well combined - pour coconut cream / milk bit by bit while stirring - add vanilla essence & salt & mix well - pour into a square (10 inch by 2 inch) dish or any dish you feel suitable - bake about 50-60 minutes - set aside to rest about 5-10 minutes - sweetcake cooks well when its firm when press & brown outside
Please don't mind the looks ;) ... the recipe is great ...
3 small croissants (recommended by the recipe, I used 5 pieces soft white bread with crust) 100g white chocolate, chopped coarsely (I used plain choc) 1 cup raspberries (I used strawberries coz that's all i had, roughly chopped) 1 1/4 cups milk 3/4 cup cream (in case you do not have this, add another 1/2 cup of milk) 2 tablespoon caster sugar (can reduce if you want to control the sweetness) 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence 3 eggs
- preheat oven 160'c, grease & line large muffin pan with baking paper in every hole - cut / tear bread into small pieces (not too small though :)) - in a medium saucepan heat milk, cream, sugar & vanilla till over medium heat till boil - whisk egg in a bowl, - remove milk mixture from heat and slowly pour eggs while whisking slowly till well combined - put bread into muffin pan leaving some space in between for chocolate and strawberries - pour milk mixture (custard) to fill each hole almost to top - bake in oven for about 25-30 minutes or till almost springy - take out pan from oven & let the bread pudding rest to cool in pan for about 10-15 minutes
* the recipe recommended to bake using the water bath method that is by placing the muffin pan in a large baking tray filled halfway with hot water, but I don't have a large enough baking tray to fit my muffin pan so i baked it direct + I love having some crusts :D
Its not rocket science but this juice I had yesterday was really refreshing. I've improvised a bit the juice by 'fusioning' it with an ingredient from another juice I've tasted before.
A friend made this bread sometime ago yet the taste still lingers in my mouth. Though she got it from the internet, but since she made it, I attribute the deliciousness to her ... :)
2 cups of fresh strawberries 3 1/8 cups of all purpose flour 2 cups white sugar 1 tbsp ground cinnamon 1 tsp salt 1 tsp baking soda 1 1/4 cup vegetable oil 4 eggs beaten 1 1/4 cups chopped pecan or any other nuts
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F(175C). Butter and flour loaf pan but she used baking paper instead. - Slice strawberries and place in medium sized bowl. Sprinkle lightly with sugar, set aside. - Combine flour, sugar, cinnamon, salt and baking soda in a large bowl: mix well. - Mix oil and eggs into strawberries. - Add strawberry mixture to flour mixture, mixing until dry ingredients are just moistened. - Stir in pecan or nuts. - Pour batter into loaf pan. - Bake for 45 to 50 minutes or until tester inserted comes out clean. - Let cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes. - Turn loaf out, and cool completely.
* it was great with a cup of hot chocolate / mocha ... :)
125gm butter, softened (if still hard, put in microwave for 25 seconds:)) 3/4 cup caster sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups self raising flour
1/2 cup orange juice
1tbsp orange zest
2tbsp poppy seed
- put all ingredient into mixing bowl, using electric mixer beat all ingredients for 3 minutes.
- grease loaf tin n line w baking paper.
- bake at 170'c for 45mins or til baked.
