pandan butter cake

Ingredients

250gm butter
170gm sugar
6 eggs
300 gm cake flour
1 tsp baking powder
100ml coconut milk
1 tsp pandan paste (I used homemade pandan paste)
pinch of salt (if using unsalted butter)

Method
1. Sieved together in a large bowl; cake flour and baking soda.
2. Cream butter and sugar till creamy.
3. Add in egg one at a time and make sure it's properly mixed before adding in another egg. Pour in coconut milk (and salt) slowly and if it cuddles, put in some flour. Add in pandan paste and continue mixing untill the color is well blended.
4. Fold in cake flour and baking powder and then pour into a 8" sq. tray. Baked at 180C for about 40-60 mins. (depending to your oven)

chicken and mushroom tortilla wrap

Ingredients
potato tortilla
chicken breast - sliced
fresh/can button mushroom
garlic - shopped finely
onion chopped
lettuce
tomato - chopped
mayonnaise
thousand island
single cheddar cheese
olive oil
butter

Method
1. Seasoned chicken breast with garlic, oyster sauce, chili sauce, salt and pepper. Marinade for 15 minutes.
2. Heat pan and add olive oil and butter. Once the oil heated saute the onion and add in chicken and mushroom. Fry until chicken is cooked.
3. Spread mayonnaise and thousand island sauce. Layer a piece of single cheddar cheese. Followed by a lettuce leave chopped tomatoes. Spoon the chicken and mushroom mixture on top and roll.

kek batik

view the recipe for this kek batik on my previous post.click here

begedil udang kering

Bahan-bahan
4 biji kentang
segengam udang kering - direndam sebentar, tos dan ditumbuk kasar
1/2 cawan bawang goreng
daun bawang -dihiris
daun sup - dihiris
lada hitam - ditumbuk
garam - secukup rasa

2 biji telur - di kocok dengan secubit garam
minyak untuk menggoreng

Cara-cara
1. Ubi kentang dikupas kulit, potong bulat dan digoreng hingga empuk. Tos kan minyak.
2. Tumbuk ubi kentang hingga lumat dan campurkan bahan-bahan yang lain.
3. Bulat-bulatkan adunan begedil dan leperkan sedikit dengan tapak tangan.
4. Celup ke dalam telur dan goreng hingga kekuning-kuningan menggunakan api sederhana.

apam pisang dengan cip coklat

 resepi dari resepidiana

Bahan-bahannya
2 cawan tepung gandum
8 biji pisang emas (sederhana besar)
3/4 cawan mentega, dicairkan dan disejukkan (I used sunflower oil)
4 biji telur
1 sudu teh baking powder
1 sudu teh baking soda
1 cawan gula
secubit garam
cip coklat (I added)

Cara-caranya
1. Tepung gandum diayak dengan baking powder. Ketepikan.
2. Pisang dilecek halus dan digaul dengan baking soda dan garam.
3. Pukul telur bersama gula, masukkan mentega cair/ minyak.
4. Kemudian masukkan tepung gaul rata dan diakhiri dengan cip coklat.
5. Tuangkan kedalam loyang yang telah disapu dengan mentega. Kukus selama 45 minit menggunakan api yang sederhana.

Nota: Kukusan hendaklah dipanaskan terlebiih dahulu dan tutup kukusan perlu dibungkus dengan kain supaya wap tidak jatuh keatas permukaan kuih.

spinach, mushroom and tofu soup

recipe from Chinese Vegetarian Cooking book

Ingredients
1 tbs cooking oil
2 cloves garlic, smashed with side of cleaver, skin removed
2 slices of ginger
300g fresh chinese spinach (bayam), washed and plucked
800ml (3 1/4 cups) vegetable stock or plain water
1 cake soft tofu, cubed
1 cup canned button mushroom, halved
2 tsp sesame oil
salt & pepper to taste

Method.
1. In a medium-sized saucepan, heat oil until smoking hot, then add the garlic and ginger and stir fry quickly for 30 seconds. Add the chinese spinach and stir-fry for a about 2 minutes.
2. Add the vegetable stock (or water), tofu, button mushrooms and cover. Bring to  a full boil, then lower heat and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes.
3. Turn off heat, stir in sesame oil and salt and pepper to taste, then transfer to soup tureen and serve.

homemade pandan paste

recipe from wendyinkk

blend 25pcs of snipped pandan leaves with 300ml water and leave in the fridge for 5 days.
a layer of pandan paste (chlorophyll) will sink at the bottom.
pour away the upper layer of water, leaving behind moss like powder. there you have it, concentrated pandan extract.

keeps well in the fridge for up to 2 weeks. discard when it smells like rotten leaves.