Tau Pok Goreng

I been super bz these few weeks and rarely have the time to catch up with aunty sarah and uncle david. It's so nice of aunty to pop y to ask about my concern and specially made some tau pok goreng where she got the recipe from her sis.

Here's the unique version of tau pok goreng by aunty and she shared with me her method in preparing the sauce.

Sauce;
Pounded peanuts
Gula melaka
Water
3 tbsp prawn paste
Lime juice
2 chili padi
3 shallots
oil for frying

Method;
-Fry grind shallots and chili till lightly browned
-Add gula melaka and water.
-Bring to boil, dissolve prawn paste.
-Add lime juice and toss in pounded peanuts.
-Drizzle over stuffed tau pok and serve.
-Enjoy!

Sambal Prawns With Coconut Rice

Paid Aunty Sarah a visit just now as i bought some apple strudel for her and instead, came back home with a plate of samabl prawns with coconut rice. :-P Yeah...it was meant for Aunty Sarah's dinner and she gave mi half the portion. That's the problem with her as she prefers to give and take. Since i gave her some food, she return some as well. :-P

I love the sambal so much! Spicy, fragrant, simply delicious! Even mum and adam can't resist temptation and help themselves with the rice. :-)

Appam Breakfast

I got an invitation to enjoy Appam breakfast @ Aunty Sarah's place this morning. Hey, i can take tis as an learning opportunity to learn the skill of cooking Appam.

Delicious Appam served with brown suagr.

Here's aunty sarah's demostration:

Get ready the Appam's pan and heat it up. The rice mixture was grained earlier on and left to rise.

Greased the pan and pour 1 ladleful of mixture in, swirl the pan and cover.

Remove from heat when browned on the sides.

Scoop out and serve with brown sugar or coconut milk mixture.

Uncle David prefers it with coconut milk and he's demonstrating on how to eat.

Yes, demostrating on his preferred way. And he says out the procedures... tear appam into smaller pieces, dip into sweetened coconut milk, twirl 2 rounds or let it swim 2 laps and pop into the mouth. Wow...shiok ar.

Here's mine where i made myself. Looks great for a lst timer rite? And serve with with a cup of hot coffee. Taste great!

印度姑娘~Ekina

Aunty Sarah invited a priest to bless her house on Sunday morning and i was invited for the praying session followed by breakfast in her house. This is a good chance for me to know more about other culture and after the session, i was given door gifts as well.

The return gift which Aunty Sarah got for all ladies.

Hair gear made up of jasmine flowers. Nice?

And the blessings which Aunty Sarah gave as she put the dots on my forehead.

I'm very happy with my new look and many of my frens tot i converted! Lolz...

Vadai Cutlets

Aunty Sarah gave us a surprise this afternoon by making some vadai cutlets for us this afternoon and wow... its delicious! Erm... i have yet to master the skill of making indian vadai, guess there's still rooms for improvements ya!

Here are the hot crispy vadai cutlets with plenty of onions and green chilies. Juz in time for teabreak today!

Close up on the delicious cutlets.

Kimchi Gyoza

There's a new flavour of kimchi gyoza in town and Aunty sarah bought some for our family to try. As the frozen gyoza were kept in the freezer for days, i decided to fry some for our lunch today.

Pan fried the frozen gyoza till crispy and golden, serve hot.

Here's how the packaging looks like.

Special Muruku

I was at Aunty Sarah's house earlier on and she gave me some home-made muruku which her sister made. I been longing to meet Aunty Sarah's sister as i heard so much about her. She's gifted in making Indian desserts and snacks especially those which are used for offerings.

A very spicy muruku with some nuts, curry leaves, long strips and small grains of muruku. Interesting!

Crab Soup

Aunty Sarah came over with a big bowl of crab soup for our family during lunch today. It is said that this soup is good for those who slough hard for work, aids the joint, good for those who are having coughs.

Wow... seems like this is a wonderful soup! And the actual fact, it tastes great!

Idli With Dahl Curry for Bento

Aunty Sarah cooked some idli with dahl curry for me last evening. Since i already had light dinner, i decided to keep it for lunch the following day. Woke up early to steam the idli and curry and warm them juz b4 eating at lunch time.

Here's my spread for lunch today! Wow... enjoy!

Vegetarian Nuggets

I'm gonna get recipe for this fantastic vegetarian nuggets from Aunty Sarah. I made her some black glutinous rice dessert and she cook this treats specially for us.
So sweet of her, but this is the 1st time I've come across vegetarian nuggets and i fell in love with it.
Simply fantastic....
Loads of chilies, capsicums, mushrooms being coated with cornmeal and deep fried till crispy and brown. Goes well with dips!

Paper Thosai

Aunty Sarah prepared some paper thosai with ginjelly oil for me this morning. Wow... using ginjelly oil in indian cooking is a healthier option. It is something like our olive oil, other than that it also enhanced the fragrance of the food.

Hot and crispy paper thosai, serve with pepper mint chutney.

What is Chutney?
Well, it is a class of spicy preparations used as an accompaniment for a main dish and they usually contains an idiosyncratic but complementary spice and vegetable mix.

Indian Chicken Soup

I visited Aunt Sarah yesterday to pass her some of her favourite red bean soup which mum cooked. She was bz baking all the goodies for Deepavali. Hmm... despite such a bz day, Aunt Sarah still has time to prepare chicken soup for Uncle David, since i was at their house, i was given a bowl to taste.
While drinking the soup, i can tell the soup contain ingredients will be funnel seeds, pepper , Chinese parsley, chicken feet etc...
After drinking soup i tried to find out bout the cooking method from Aunt Sarah. 1st she need to grind all the indian spices till powdery form, mix with some water to form paste. Prepare stock by boiling chicken feet & bone together, add paste & pepper. Lastly stir in chinese parsley. Heard that the soup is good for the body, especially when having a bad flu, it helps after drinking a bowl of it.
Probably i can use my creativity to come up with a different style of spicy chicken soup. :-P

Plain Thosai With Mock Mutton Curry

Now is the vegatarian month for aunt sarah & uncle david. Understand that they will start their vegetarian diet 1 month b4 Deepavali.
Aunty cooked some mock mutton curry for me. On top of that, she gave mi some thosai batter which she grinded before lunch.

Hey, the thosai which i made seems pretty good for a 1st timer like me. haha...

Berry Buttermilk Muffins

Aunty Sarah baked some blueberry muffins for our breakfast today.
Being a fan of blueberry,i reali loved these muffins. Its so sweet of Aunt Sarah to bake so early in the morning & bring over to us at 9am. :-)


See, its full of berries inside.Yummy!Aunty Sarah even gave me the recipe for these lovely muffins.

Ingredients;
400g plain flour
175 caster sugar
1 tbsp baking powder
1 tsp lemon rind, grated
½ tsp salt
285ml buttermilk
2 eggs, beaten
85g melted butter
250g fresh blueberries

Method;
Preheat oven to 180 ºC, butter muffin tin.
Combine flour,sugar,baking powder,lemon rind & salt in a large bowl.
In another bowl,mix buttermilk,eggs & butter
Mix the liquid ingredients to the dry ingredients until just combined. Do not overmix.
Fold in berries lightly
Spoon mixture into prepared muffin tins.
Bake in preheated oven for 25mins.
Enjoy!

*Per muffin contains;
253 kcalories
5g protein
44g carbohydrates
4g saturated fats
1g fibre
15g added sugar
0.91g salt

(ps:Nutrition facts is wat i like about certain recipe)

Assorted Cookies

Greetings to all!

My neighbour,Aunty Sarah is a great cook. She cookes fantastic indian crusine. Each year during deepavali, she would invite us to her place for a feast. Other than that, the snacks & cookies that she prepares are yummy!

She baked some delicious cookies for my family the other day.

My favourite is the chocolate covered cookies with chopped almonds.