| Friday, November 25, 2005 |
Sweesan and Melisa had a war in the Sweesan's Kitchen while me, on the other side was having another battle in my Grandma's Kitchen. However, my battle was a much simplifier one...no fancy decoration. Just simple and yummy banana cupcakes. You know what, when you have extra banana at home, you dont have to worry stuffing everything into your mouth. Instead, you can make use of them to make banana cupcakes. Its simple. Well, when yeemei says its simple, it means its simple. Knowing that im a rather clumsy and blurry girl. Well, lets take a look at the cupcakes before i share with you the recipe.
 Before baking them in the oven....
I told you, its simple and nothing fancy but its quite yummy....you can try this out with the recipe below:
Ingredients
(A)
250g butter
230g sugar
(B)
5 eggs
(C)
300g flour
1/2 tbps milk powder
1 tsp baking powder
(D)
200g banana
pinch of salt
1/4 tsp banana essence
Methods
Cream (A) till light and fluffy
Add (B) and cream till light and smooth
Fold in the sieved (C) and mix well
Mash the banana and mix with the rest of (D) ingredients till smooth. Add into the above mixture mix till well incorporated.
Pour the mixture into a greased and lined loaf tin.
Bake at 180oC for 50-60 minutes. Serve.
Happy trying....
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| Thursday, November 24, 2005 |
as part of the .gif){kind=small} , i also made these cookies..i thought they were really cute.. haha i got the recipe from Hershey's Kitchens  Ingredients: 1/3 cup margerine, softened 1/2 cup sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 egg 3/4 cup all purpose flour 1/3 cup cocoa powder 1/4 tsp baking soda pinch of salt  Directions Preheat oven to 350 F Beat butter, granulated sugar and vanilla in large bowl unilt fluffy. Add eggs; beat well. Stir together flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; gradually add to butter mixture, beating until well blended. Divide dough into 24 pieces. On lightly floured surface, roll each piece with hands into pencil-like strip, about 12-inches long. Place strip on ungreased cookie sheet. Twist into pretzel shape by crossing left side of strip to middle, forming loop. Fold right side up and over first loop. Place about 2 inches apart on cookie sheet. Bake 8 minutes or until set. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. 
i think adding a lil more nuts (macadamia or almonds) it would be great.. haha.. it looks bit too dark actually, the colour. thts' why i added some buttercream icing on top :P |
We just wanted to make this day (yesterday) a 'kitchen war day' Humble Beginnings.. The whole idea started when Swee n mel got bored during a mamak conversation..and we came up with the idea of a gathering among the three crews of JH..We were juggling with a few ideas to name this historic event..due to the lack of creativity at that moment, we choose to settle with "Kitchen War"..the sad part,yeemei couldn't join swee n mel at swee's kitchen for the war as she was fighting another battle in another kitchen.. The Missions.. Swee : green tea short bread and chocolate pretzel cookies Melisa : caribbean smoothie and mango smoothie Yeemei : tomyam spagetti n samosa Mel's say of the event: Since i have no skills in cooking, i couldnt be a part of the event by doing nothing..So i did 2 type of smoothies for the day..well it's better than doing nothing right?? Swee's say: actually, i wanted to do the cookies for the cookie swap event organized by the domestic goddess. :)
mango,bananas n pineapples for carribbean smoothies...
all fruits in the blender..with a scoop of smooth vanilla ice cream, a splash of tropical juice..and couple of ice cubes... TADA~~~
Mel's Say : I dont have the exact recipe for the Caribbean Smoothie..Y?That's cos i first tasted this drink at JuiceWorks..n i kinda remembered the stuffs they put in..so i just gave it a try..the smoothie turn out pretty fine other than the fact that the mango taste was probably drowned by the other fruits... Next..my 2nd attempt was Mango Smoothie..got the recipe from a site and tried it out as the ingredients use were almost similar..
Swee's turn for her cookies ...
and the green tea cookie, it's great.. it would be better if there're more greentea flavour in it .. Green Tea Cookie Recipe HERE ! Chocolate Cookie Pretzels Recipe HERE !! Mel's say: The cookies were great..umm..would b nicer if the choc biscuit had some nuts in it..n more green tea flavour in the cookies.. All in..it was a great day..would be even more fun if we were a complete team.hehe..there will be a second episode without a doubt... |
It's been a while since i wanted to cook pasta with a tomato base..so today..i finally did it..Geared with everything else i can find in the kitchen..fingers crossed before i begin..knowing the lack of cooking skills in me will spell disaster even with the simplest dish.. so i came up with the below stuffs.. the stuffs.. * spiral pasta * tomato paste * ham * 2 eggs * 1 piece of ham * butter mushrooms
i think it looked alil scary (dont worry..no violence involve while making this pasta)than yummy.. When me n my bro finally tasted the pasta..the verdict was..abit too sour..damn! The sauce was too thick too..but other than that the others are fine..ham slices..mushrooms..n scrambble eggs.. Any pasta experts out there who wanna offer me some advice??Please do so...hehe..
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i wanted to join this .. so i decided to make some cookies earlier.. i got this recipe from Marta Stewart's living page 1 cup all purpose flour 1 tbsp green-tea powder 1/4 tsp salt 1/4 pound unsalted butter 1/4 cup sugar  method : Sift Flour, tea powder and salt into a small bowl, set aside Place butter in the bowl of an electric mixer. cream on medium speed till fluffy, 3-5 minutes. Add sugar; continue to beat until very light in colour and fluffy; abt 2 minutes. Add flour mixture until well incorporated. Place a piece of parchment on a clean surface; dust with flour. roll dought to 1/4 inch thickness; chill refrigerated or freezer until firm, abt 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 325 F. Line baking sheets with parchment. cut chilled dought with cookie cutters of your choice. Gather scraps together, reroll, chilil and cut shapes. Bake until firm and barely starting to colour, 15-20 mintues, rotating halfway throught. Cool on wire rack   the green tea taste was fine.. maybe a lil bit more would enhance the cookie's flavour.. |
The above is not a statement..but another Western eatery with quite a funny or catchy name.. Today, San and I had our lunch at Bukit Tinggi's Mama Chops Papa Grill after our round of shopping for the day's Kitchen War ingredients at Giant..We were spoilt with choices at 1st for lunch..as the the area we were at was certainly a new food haven in klang..but we settled with MCPG at the end.. To begin with, we walked into the place feeling just alil less comfy..why?cos we were the only customers there..n our watch shows us that it's lunch time..so where are all the peeps?hmm..Looking at the 4 corners in MCPG wasn't helping us much with getting in the mood..
Y?lets peek at the interior...
The colours of the interior certainly doesnt boast a comfy eatery..it does somehow look like a kiosk..but at least the food can make up a few points for this eatery.. The chops..
my blackpepper chicken.. in the midst of eating..we obviously cant help but to comment about our food (as always...) some of the comments made.. "the coleslaw taste abit weird" "must be the mayonese".. haha..thats quite a pretty conversation..so after we were done with eating..paid the bill and head back to san's place for a kitchen war..haha..guess there wont be another trip to MCPG for a while..
That doesnt look like a happy picture to me..i wonder if mama likes choppin and papa likes grilling..hehe..seriously..the food is quite ok..everything else..hmm... |
| Wednesday, November 23, 2005 |
this one's from Nigella Lawson's book - Nigella Bites as well. this isn't a pudding as in dessert, but as in rifh heavy, airless souffle. this is certainly easy to make, toothsome and comforting to eat.
sweetcorn pudding Recipe:
5 eggs
510g can sweetcorn, drained
418g can creamed sweetcorn
(its 1 whole can of it, u can get them at hypermarkets)
300ml full-fat milk
300ml double cream (i used whipped cream)
60g plain flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
Preheat oven to 190 C and butter and ovenproof dish.
whisk the eggs in a large bowl, and then add, beating unenergetically all the other ingredients.
pour into the buttered dish and cook for about an hour, by which time it should have set within and puffed up slightly on the top.
Serves 8 (depending on portion)
if u want, u can sepereate the eggs and whisk the whites and turn into lighter, frothier affair. =)
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