TGIF....

the mother of all days... yeah! it's Friday.. booked movie tixs for tomoro's evening show, Wrath of the Titans & Hunger Games... perhaps tomoro morning I shall bake Lapis Surabaya... Sari and Rika, if u guys r reading this, so come Monday, there will be food tasting ya... in the mean time, be it whether it's ur last day in the co., out celebrating ur special day, shopping, or perhaps it's just one of those days... Happy Friday!!!!

age is catching up

the new project has taken its toll... m dead tired mentally and physically... guess, age has caught up...;( woooo!!! wish I cud update my blog everyday but life has its day, it's either up or down....

thank U... sudi juga..:=)

Ms EiraMalik, thank you for being the 1st member of my blog... u made my day...:=) hvg said that I accidentally followed my own blog.. excuse me for I'm new to blog ya... hehehe, will work on to remove myself from following my own blog... so whose next? countdown for micro lens...

LoL... No follower

I was showing my man this blog... and he was like..."no follower? like dear, y waste your time... nobody interested in following U as there's so many out there and they hv started much2 earlier..." huhuhu.... mmmm, told him what if I hv 10 follower in a month, then he has to get me a micro lens for my food photography. He paused and set a challenge.. 20 follower in a month, I'll get my micro lens... woooo!!! that's a tough one :( but can try ah.... looks like I hv to blog harder... gd luck to me..:)

'sinful' yet yummy Ayam Kalasan

hola... how's weekend, everyone? hope u guys have a great weekend ya... last Sat. Mama Rose managed to bake Tiramisu Roulade, recipe referred from Women's Weekly cookbook.

With God's will, I hope I can share most recipes that have been on my stove, in my oven or simply from my humble kitchen. :) However, today's recipe is one of those popular Indonesian fried chicken, Ayam Kalasan. The reason I categorised that as'sinful' simply bcos the coconut ingredient. The ingredient is easily available in the supermarket. The setback is the time taken in preparation. We will know what I mean as we go about with the recipe. Without further ado, here's for you.

Ayam Goreng Kalasan ( Kalasan Fried Chicken)

Ingredient:
500ml coconut cream (santan) - I used 200mml KARA coconut cream w/ 300ml water
1 whole chicken cut into 8 parts - I used 8 chicken drumstick
1 tbsp sweet soya sauce (kicap manis)
1 tsp tumeric powder (serbuk kunyit)
Salt and sugar (garam dan gula) - to your own liking
Oil for frying

Paste Ingredient
*all to be finely blended
6cm galangal (lengkuas)
5cm ginger (halia / jahe)
4cm tumeric - I used abt 1 tsp tumeric powder)
5 cloves garlic (bawang putih)
5 sticks lemongrass (serai)
2 red onion (bawang besar)

Method:
1. Marinate the chicken together with sweet soya sauce, tumeric powder & salt for about 1 hour.
2. Boil the marinated chicken with coconut cream along with paste.
3. Add sugar and salt to taste.

4. Once the chickens is half cook, transfer the chicken to a sieve (tapisan/saringan).
5. Also sieve (tapis/saring) the boiled paste (bahan rebusan) and set aside.
6. Heat the oil and fry the chicken till golden brown.
7. Fry the sieved boiled blended ingredient (bahan rebusan) till crispy and tossed.

8. Place your fried chicken in a serving plate and spread the crispy paste. and Voila!!

See you around in this humble blog of mine... 

here we go...baked blueberry cheesecake

it's been a roller coaster ride in the office, tak boleh tahan :( ... but what is office w/o works... anyway, shall not bored u guys with my 'complaints'... ok, this cheesecake is simply yummy and simple to bake. it's my shaqilla's favorite, her frens' and at times, cuzzies text how they 'miss' the cheesecake... hmmm, tak tanya pon khabar...hehehe. well, here we go and do let me know, if this inspire you to bake this cheesecake...

What you need:

8 digestive biscuits
50g butter, melted

600g cream cheese
2 tbsp plain flour
175g caster sugar
vanilla extract
2 eggs plus 1 yolk
142ml pot soured cream

fresh blueberries ( to ur liking, but not too much ya)
blueberries pie filling ( I bought the small can)

* Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4.
* Crush the biscuits in a food processor (or put in a plastic bag and bash with a rolling pin).
* Mix with the butter. Press into a 20cm springform tin and bake for 5 minutes, then cool.
* Beat the cream cheese with the flour, sugar, a few drops of vanilla, eggs, the yolk and soured cream until light and fluffy.
* Stir in the fresh blueberry and pour into the tin.
* Bake for 40 minutes, place at the third rack and check, it should be set but slightly wobbly in the centre.
* Leave in the tin to cool.
* Spread the blueberry pie filling, when serving.

Happy Baking!

what am i waiting for...

wow... now i'm contemplating whether to continue using this blog, cinnamonbyrt.blogspot... ah, shud hv not rush things out... honestly, i'm excited to post my very first tried and tested recipe... well, all the recipes posted shall be tried and tested ya... but friends advised on watermarking the photos.. thats adds another extra works rite.. alrite, perhaps tonite I shall launch my 'Baked Blueberries Cheesecake'......  are u ready..;)

the start of my blog

hey there... hope it's not too late to start this blog ya. well, what's the reason for this blog???hmmm.... well, firstly, is for my family, 2 lovely kiddos who are in their teens now and of cos, my man.. and they have been very supportive in my passion and hobby... ie cooking and baking. And last two days, my colleague, Rika who claims that she will subscribe my blog if I were to ever have this blog up.. well, we shall see then..:D. Oopps, its already past my lunch hour.. hehehe.. now you know where I set up blog ya..;) I'll brb shortly.. hopefully by then my blog shall be full of colors... chao.. ta ta ta..