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Kitchen Aid for me..

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Alhamdulillah... finally i got my dream stand mixer.. Now no excuse maa. every other weekend must at least produce 1 beautifully baked cake with perfect frosting or choc mousse or cupcake or so on and so forth..fuh what a plan! And for info, I bought it not because i want it but i NEED it ok.. when my old hand mixer started making funny noise then i knew that its time... yeayyy!! This  is how it looks like but the colour a bit different. I'll take the real one when it comes out from the box ok..hehe..

How cooking can make you healthier...

I love reading "how-tos" because it gives me ideas and better knowledge of the subject that interest me... For example just now i read about "what makes a face beautiful"..No need to go further into that topic because you can read from yahoo webpage. Now back to the title of this post.. I find that cooking can make us healthier because before we cook, we have to think what dishes to cook for that day... is it balanced healthy and nutritious...if it is new recipes, then more thought put into it... So we exercise our brain everyday.. wow! Just remember that our brain cell or neurotransmitter will die everyday if it's dormant. Check if what we are doing are only routines.. Routines are automatic.. It does not utilize our neurotransmitter.. Don't let our brain die in vain.. Let's do some serious thinking ya! Hah let's think what to cook for buka puasa today.. hmm.. tick tock tick tock.. gotcha! I'm thinking of my mom's special fried chicken... ...

Chocolate fondue on shakira's birthday...

Hello everyone! Today is my youngest baby birthday. Time flies so fast huh. Now she's 5 and getting smarter prettier and cheekier :-). As usual, I got my brain raking for an idea to prepare interesting dish for our dinner tonight. So i decided to make my signature dish which is sweet & sour kerapu, stir fry mix vege and chocolate fondue for dessert. This choc fondue is my kids favorite. It's very simple..(pejam mata pun boleh..hehe) I managed to take pic of my fondue.. maybe it's not that attractive and inviting but i tell you...(hmm i couldn't post the pix here right now..maybe later) Ingredients 200g chocolate bar 60g butter 2 eggs 1/3 cup brown sugar 2 tbsp flour Method 1. Use small pan and melt the choc bar over simmering water 2. Put butter, sugar, eggs and flour in food processor and blend thoroughly 3. Pour the cooled choc into the mixture and mix until smooth 4. Put the mixture into 4 ramekins 5. Bake for 15 mins in 180 degrees  oven. The r...

Shopping Frenzy!!

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Our second day in Langkawi was full of shopping activities. We started off with Dataran Lang where everybody was so eager to take some pictures with the biggest eagle in the world.. then to the Legend Park but before that tried roaming the jetty point shopping mall... bought some souvenirs at the shop called Naple. An interesting shop where you can find handmade crafts like handbags, jute shopping bag, musical instrument like gamelan, guitar, flute, small drum or rebana and lots of deco stuff... Eric Leong suka la ni... And guess what! I bought takraw ball for shamin and gamelan for eisya so that she can play and shauqi and tatila will dance to the music... Kuda Kepang dance suits the sound of the gamelan. After that we proceed to Gamat Nusantara where all of us I think bought some gamat products as the tagline says (Gamat Nusantara..Jangan Pulang Tanpanya).You can test the boiling gamat oil. It was hot but it won't burn your skin (it's true). And I bought Bedak Sejuk just b...

Langkawi Travelog

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Salam to all.... Our first day in Langkawi - we had a very adventurous and exciting (tiring and exhausting) day in Langkawi. I wanted to strictly follow the itinerary as prepared by me but "Kita hanya merancang, Allah yang menentukan".. First, we planned to take a dip at  Tanjung Rhu beach but the beach was quite unsafe and unpredictable. My mom said it looks like a wok. The current and wave could pull us further into the sea. Scary kan. So we agreed to just snap a few pictures as memento and my kids as usual played with the white sand and Eisya collected few seashells for her art project.. Then we proceed to the jetty nearby the beach for the mangrove tour. Basically it's a tour by boat through  the mangrove forest, bat cave, crocodile cave and eagle feeding. We finished it off by having our lunch at the Thai seafood floating restaurant. Marvelous food because the seafood are the freshest. Shamin get to see his favourite pet "Baby". A baby stingray which ...

Healthy Breakfast Anyone?

Salam and happy new day to all my friends... Have you all heard of a breakfast known as "Healthy Breakfast". I prepare it every morning for me and my husband before we go for work. I just popped in 1 green apple, 4 tbsp fresh plain yogurt, 200ml low fat milk or fresh milk, 2 scoop berry protein powder, 1/2 packet of low fat positrim drink mix, 2 tbsp fortified beverage lemon lime, a multivitamin and a few other vitamins into my blender and walla!. Super easy, delicious and nutritious. Ha! Ramadhan is approaching. This drink is perfect for sahur meal. Just take this and you'll be energetic throughout the fasting day. Happy trying!

I cooked Gulai Tempoyak Pucuk Ubi Racik when i was 12..

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Salam to all readers... I start salivating when I mention this dish. Gulai Tempoyak Pucuk Ubi Racik.. my favourite forever and ever...though my other half won't even try it (even if i threaten to jump..hehe). I learned how to cook this special dish since i was 8 or 9 I think and I finally cooked it myself (because my mom was not at home...working) when I was 12 years old. And it turned out pretty well. We had it with hot rice and fried fresh water fis h (ikan sungai which i don't know its real name which my father got it from fishing at the river just behind our house. But quite sadly, there are fewer fish in that river nowadays. Hmm.. environmental issue comes in... better discuss it in a different platform la kan... So to all of my brothers and sisters, I invite you to share your memorable and enjoyable cooking experience so that we can look at it with warm heart and feelings and we can exchange good recipes and useful tips to enhance our cooking skill and experience. Wassala...