Bananas and eggs

I was quite busy hari ni with a few errands to do.

Pagi2 lagi Miss 8 and I dah terpacak kat the shopping mall. Kat sini kalau dah nak dekat2 Christmas, the shops will be jam-packed with shoppers by 10 o’clock and a lot of the shoppers will be in a grumpy mood.

(I dont know why but a lot of people get grumpier as Christmas gets nearer. Maybe tension fikir pasal hadiah apa nak beli, berapa dollars nak spend  per gift, nak masak apa for Christmas lunch and dinner, nak jumpa the in-laws and sanak sedara yang menggeramkan jiwa).

So, pukul 9 tadi we all dah sampai kat the shops and by 11.40 we all dah sampai kat rumah balik and all the errands done .

So, tu yang sempat lah nak buat kuih for afternoon tea tadi.

Sekarang kan pisang dah murah bebeno so every time I nampak pisang murah, I surenya akan beli sebab nak melepaskan gian tak dapat beli pisang for nearly a year, hikhikhik.

So, bila dah banyak sangat pisang, banyak lah pisang yg over ranum kat dalam fruit bowl tu.

Jemput2 pisang dah selalu sangat buat semenjak dua menjak ni. Apam pisang I malas sikit nak buat. Banana cakes pun dah selalu buat and takde sape nak makan sangat in this house.

So fikir punya fikir, I pun buat donut pisang.

I takde recipe. I cuma ambik the main ingredients yang I slalu guna untuk buat donuts (minus the egg) and then I campur kan pisang lenyek. So, tadi I campurkan tepung gandum, susu tepung, margarine, salt, sugar, yeast, warm water and pisang lenyek in a big bowl. I agak2 aje the measurement and uli sampai the dough tak lembik sangat. Let it rise until double in size.

Then gelek on a floured surface and tekap dengan acuan donut.

Let it rise for the second time and then goreng dengan api sederhana until golden brown.

I golekkan the donuts in cinnamon sugar (I just used caster raw sugar+cinnamon powder) and siap untuk dihidang.

You can see the brown flecks associated with pisang ranum on the donuts.

Miss 12 loves donuts and when she first bit into it, she said, “it’s got banana in it! Still yummy though.”

Then for dinner, The Other Half kata dah lama sangat dia teringin nak makan eggs benedict so I pun buatkan lah dia tadi poached eggs on toast with hollandaise sauce. I don’t like making this dish because you have to do everything at the same time and to stand at the stove top whisking the sauce and have to make sure everything stays warm and served warm.

Nasib baik The Other Half tolong whisk so boleh lah I buat scrambled eggs on toast for the girls and poached the eggs while he was whisking.

I dont like it that much because I rasa macam too much butter in that sauce (ini pun I dah kurangkan the amount) and too many eggs but The Other Half loves it.