Salam Ramadhan

Penyimpan mohor besar Raja2 kat Australia dah umumkan tarikh mula Ramadhan…

Kat Perth ni, kali ni semua masjid (well, except the Turkish Masjid) dah bersepakat to start fasting on Wednesday the 10th.

Alhamdulillah, bersepakat membawa berkat kan.

I pun dah start beli all the dried fruits and nuts utk buka puasa.

Sebab kat sini pun meriah jugak sambutan Ramadhan at the big shops like Coles and Woolies.

Kali ni I beli dates 1 kotak terus so tak payahlah susah2 beli every week.

Orang kat rumah ni suka medjool dates sebab makan sebiji dah kenyang sebab besar and so moist n juicy.

And beli jugak dried apricots and dried figs kalau nak tukar selera sebab dah jemu makan dates, hehehehe

And sekarang tengah Winter kat OZ kan so buka puasa is quite early and Imsak pun tak awal sangat.

The earliest Iftar will be on this Wednesday at 5.28 petang/malam and the latest will be on the last day of Ramadhan at around 5.45 petang/malam macam tu.

Imsak paling lewat will be this Wednesday as well at around 5.40 in the morning. while Imsak on the last day of Ramadhan will be slightly earlier at 5.27.

So, kalau bangun kejut budak2 pukul 5 dari awal sampai akhir Ramadhan, insyaAllah sempat lagi makan and minum sebelum habis waktu kan, hehehe…

And nak jadi cerita, Wednesday ni birthday The Other Half…

So, I said to him that I will cook whatever he wants for Iftar cum celebratory/birthday dinner and I will also cook a special dessert as his birthday cake .

So dia tengah hard at work thinking lah tu, hahahahahaha…..

And nak jadi cerita, mak mentua and pak mentua I balik awal ke caravan park diaorang.

Sepatutnya diaorang stay another night here but Pak mentua tak sihat badan and dia nak balik tidur katil sendiri so pagi tadi they went back so legalah I malam ni tak payah fikir susah payah nak masak apa, hahahaha….

But they’ll be back here on Saturday before they head back to Adelaide on Sunday morning…

And I ended up cooking quesadillas for dinner tonite.

I guna cooked beef mince and red kidney beans mixture as the filling.

Makan dengan avocado salsa and guacamole.

Sempena bulan Ramadhan yang mulia ni, I want to ask for forgiveness for any wrongdoings and offences I have unintentionally made and caused throughout the 5 and half years of blogging.

May our Ramadhan this year be filled with prayers and Quran reading and good deeds and barakah.

Another dinner for the guests

Pagi tadi everyone went to Kings Park except me.

Sebab I malas dah nak berjalan2 kat Kings Park tu..

Kalau duduk rumah, boleh lah jugak kemas2 rumah, vacuum rumah, bersihkan the bathrooms and toilets sambil lepak2 kan….

Tomorrow, they’ll be going to the city and I will be staying at home alone again.

I like this kind of arrangement, hahahahaha….

And since I stayed at home hari ni tak ke mana2, I pun masak lah something yang konon2nya special sikit….

I bought loads of chicken thigh fillets.

Which I then stuffed/ filled with breadcrumbs, macadamia, spinach and cranberry filling and rolled up.

Then I golek2 them in flour, dip them in egg and golek2 them in breadcrumb+parmesan mix.

So jadi lah crumbed chicken thigh rolls with stuffing .

I then ‘goreng’ the crumbed chicken rolls in the airfryer.

Punyalah sukanya I sebab minyak tak memercik2 and dapur I sikit pun tak kotor!

My In laws ni jaga kesihatan so diaorang pun suka lah takde minyak2 yg banyak ni.

Which we then had with fettucine in garlic, chilli, broccoli and roasted cherry tomatoes.

And then I sauteed some breadcrumbs, garlic and chilli flakes in olive oil which I then sprinkled onto the fettucine.

The inside of the chicken roll.

Semua makan dengan gumbira and takde komplen…..

Maknanya kenalah kan dengan tekak semua orang including Miss 14, hehehe…

Now, Mak mentua saya tau lah kan the reason behind kenapa anak dia tu cepat noh gemuk nya, kahkahkahkahkah….

Esok malam tak tau nak makan apa pulak…..

The food for the guests

Thank you for all the lovely warm wishes and the doas on my birthday.

May all the doas be granted by the Almighty.

And thank you for the compliments kata I awet muda, hahahaha…

Gambar jauh senang lah nak nampak awet mudah kan sebab all the wrinkles tak kelihatan.

Kalau dekat2 baru lah nampak the wrinkles and the uban .

And if you want to know, I still do not know what I want for my birthday.

Mau lah kot sampai bawak ke next birthday, I still tak tau lagi, heeeee….

So, what did we do today with the in laws.

We went rock climbing sebab saje nak ajak Nana and Pop panjat dinding, hehehe.

Cuma Nana aje yang tried panjat but takde yang dapat sampai atas but at least she tried and enjoyed it kan.

After coming back, I made karipap versi Mat saleh for our lunch.

Kalau we all aje yang kat rumah, memang makan leftovers ajelah for lunch.

Tapi sebab ada guests, kesian pulak kalau hidangkan leftovers kan.

Ini lah karipap versi Mat Saleh.

Inti dia inti karipap yang I jumpa dlm magic freezer tu.

Kulit dia pulak I guna readymade shortcrust and puff pastry.

Masak dlm piemaker and tak sampai 5 minutes, dah siap cantik sahaja.

The Other Half kata lepas ni boleh lah I try with diffferent fillings, tak payah beli pies lagi.

Kalau bini kamu rajin lah!

Hahahaha…..

Then for dinner pulak, I decided to make steaks.

I prepared everything and The Other Half tinggal BBQ the steaks and asparagus aje.

Makan dengan salad and chips and sweet potato gems with mushroom gravy.

The salad which consists of mixed leaves, pear, walnut and camembert.

And this was my plate

Semua makan dengan hati riang.

Tukang masak pun happy lah sebab it was such an easy meal to prepare, hehehehe….

But esok tak tau nak masak apa……

43 is just a number

Today I officially turned 43 years old.

Bila dah makin berumur ni, makin selalu terlupa what my real age is everytime someone tanya.

I was born in 1970 right so after the year 2000 when I turned 30, dah makin susah nak kira….

Lagi lah bila perangai I tak mencerminkan kematangan usia I.

Hahahahaha…..

Anyway….

This was what I found on my bedside table.

A card he got for me..

Notice the note at the bottom tu?

Dah nak dekat sebulan dia tanya I hari2 apa I nak for my birthday and everytime I will jawab, “I don’t know”.

So, tu yg dia tension, hahahaha….

And ini pulak, my outfit of the day on the day I turned 43.

Konon masih nak perasan muda lah, hahahaha.

Actually, it was freezing pagi tadi, tu yang pakai boots and jacket tebal.

And ini pulak my birthday ‘cake’.

Salted caramel macadamia slice. I ikut recipe ini tapi I tambah sea salt masa masak the caramel and I guna macadamia instead of kacang tanah.

And biasalah kan, birthday orang, I yang masak and birthday I pun I jugak yang masak .

I berpegang pada prinsip, kalau I nak makan sedap on my birthday ikut citarasa I, baiklah masak sendiri dari suruh orang masak, hahahahaha….

What I made for dinner tadi.

And the tukang masak..

satay we all memang kena buat gumuk2 so makan sikit dah kenyang…

The Other Half tadi makan 10 cucuk dah kenyang, hehehehe….

Chicken satay with nasi impit Adabi, kuah kacang extra mahal kurang pedas (I guna almonds, walnuts, cashews and macadamias ) and salad.

Semua makan bertambah2…

My In Laws are currently staying at our house.

Sepatutnya diaorang datang esok tapi I suruh The Other Half invited diaorang untuk dtg awal so they can celebrate makan satay.

Beria2 diaorang makan the sate and the nasi impit and the kuah kacang mahal, hehehehe….

Macam mana rasa kuah kacang mahal ni?

Untuk peminat tegar kuah kacang pedas, memang akan rasa kuah ni tak sedap lah sebab rasa dia lain sikit. Takde rasa lemak kacang tanah goreng tu.

Tapi untuk we all yang tak boleh makan kuah kacang tanah, kuah kacang mahal ni is a very very good substitute. We really really love it. Memang buatkan sate tu jadi sangat2 sedap, hehehe.

Even Miss 14 yang sangat fussy tu makan kuah kacang ni bertambah2 so I guess sedap lah kan .

A dish that I can’t cook

I ni memang sentiasa fail kalau suruh masak kuey teow goreng or pad thai.

Sebab my kuey teow ended up being in between those two.

Nak kata Pad Thai bukan, nak kata kuey teow goreng melayu pun bukan.

Tapi I suka makan kuey teow goreng.

Kalau kat Msia, memang selalu order kuey teow goreng and kuey teow goreng yang orang lain buat sentiaaaaaaasa lebih sedap dari mine!

Hahahahahaha….

Malam tadi I buat kuey teow goreng again.

Tak lah tak sedap langsung….

Tapi kalau I buat berjual, memang orang akan beli sekali itu aje lah, takde nya repeat order, hikhikhik….

Miss 14 asked, “what’s for dinner?”

I said to her, “rice noodles”

Dia terus buat memek muka and said, “You know I dont like rice nor noodles. Now it’s double unlike cos it’s rice noodles!”

Since I wasn’t going to cook something else for her…

So, terpaksalah dia makan hanya untuk lapis perut saje….

Oh well, asalkan kenyang, ok lah tu kan….

I tak reti masak kuey teow goreng, tapi ada dishes lain yang I terer masak so tak lah kebulur family I, hahahaha….

Tongue-tied Tuesday

Our dinner tonite.

The ‘frozen food’ dinner we had 2 nights ago.

the home-made bubble tea we had yesterday

The sandwiches I made a week ago.

The makan2 we had di siang hari sebelum Ramadhan

Our briyani dinner

Dulu2 I tak berani nak masak nasi briyani sebab rasa macam susah sangat2 nak masaknya.

Bila dapat makan, rasa macam in awe aje kat tukang masak yang obviously terer giler dapat mendalami rahsia memasak nasi briyani yang sedap tu.

Paling berani I masak was just nasi berperisa and then makan dengan lauk pauk ala2 briyani.

Until one day I said to myself yang I have to berani kan diri untuk masak nasi briyani.

And now, dah banyak kali jugak lah I masak nasi ni sebab dah tak rasa takut lagi, hehehehe…

And all thanks to youtube yang mengajar I cara2 nak masak nasi ni .

(I banyak belajar masak from youtube ni!)

Macam2 cara ada kat youtube tu, from the most simple one to the most complicated one. And macam2 jenis daging were used.

And seperti biasa, I akan ikut video yang senang aje lah kan.

Selalunya I masak chicken briyani yang you cook the chicken and the rice separately first and then cook them together for the final 30 minutes in the oven.

But for our dinner tonite, I made the other version where you dont pre-cook the chicken.

You put the raw chicken into a pot and layer the parboiled rice on top of it and cook it on the stovetop.

And it turned out really good for a first timer except that the rice is a bit overcooked I think!

The rice was a bit too soft, but tak pecah2 or tak lah lembik macam bubur. Cuma soft aje which I guess some people will like and others might not like.

But the most amazing thing is that, the chicken was well cooked, takde langsung raw bits walaupun I didnt cook it that long!

(Ayam tak masak tu lah yang I paling takut sangat).

We had it with acar timun and some leftover beef curry I found in the freezer, hahaha.

Next time boleh buat macam ni lagi sebab dah  berani masak bryani .