Cooking Monster: July 2012

Blueberry Muffins

July 29, 2012

Ingredients
1 1/4 cup of self-raising flour
1/2 cup castor sugar
3/4 cup blueberries
3/4 cup milk
90g melted butter
1 large egg

Cinnamon Sugar Crumbs
4 tsp plain flour
2 tsp castor sugar
2 tbsp cold butter
1 tsp cinnamon powder

Instructions
1) Preheat oven to 200'c
2) In a large bowl, sift in flour and sugar. Then add in the blueberries and mix well
3) In a different bowl, whisk the melted butter, milk and egg lightly. Pour it into the dry mixture. Stir gently until the flour incorporates. Do not over beat or else the muffins will come out tough
4) Mix all the crumbs ingredients in a small bowl and pinch in the butter until they form like wet sand. Sprinkle them on top of the muffins
5) Bake it in the preheated oven for 15 minutes or until a pick comes out clean

ps. The cinnamon sugar crumbs are optional but I think they add some really yummy flavours to the muffins

Chicken

Ayam Masak Merah Tomato

July 27, 2012

Ingredients

8 ketul ayam, marinated with kunyit

3 bawang putih, hiris

1 big red onion, potong bulat

1 1/2 cup tomato sauce

1/2 cup tomato puree

1 cup air

2 tbsp kicap manis

Salt and sugar to taste

Instructions
1) Goreng ayam lembab (not too garing). Set aside
2) Guna about 4 senduk of the minyak goreng ayam tadi untuk tumis bawang besar and putih sampai layu
3) Masukkan tomato sauce, tomato puree, kicap and air. Stir well and biar sampai simmer. Salt and sugar to taste
4) Add in the chicken pieces and gaul rata

Brownies

Chocolate Brownies

July 24, 2012

Ingredients
450g unsalted butter, chopped small
500g semisweet chocolate chips
170g unsweetened cooking chocolate
6 eggs
2 1/4 cup castor sugar
3 tbsp coffee granules
2 tbsp vanilla extract
1 1/4 cup all purpose flour
1 tbsp baking powder
1 tsp salt

Instructions
1) Preheat oven to 180'c
2) Fill water in a pot about an inch from the bottom and put a bowl on top of it. See that the bottom of the bowl does not touch the water. Turn on to low heat. Melt butter, 450g of the choc chips and the cooking chocolate in the bowl until smooth. Might take around 15 minutes. Bila dah melt, set aside to cool down to room temp

3) In a different bowl, add in the eggs, coffee granules, vanilla extract and sugar. Stir the ingredients, do not beat
4) In a bigger bowl, sift in 1 cup of the flour, baking powder and salt
5) In a small bowl add in the remaining flour and choc chips. Mix with your hand. This is to avoid the chips from sinking to the bottom of your pan

6) Once the chocolate and butter mixture has cooled down, add in the egg mixture and mix well. Then add the mixture into the dry ingredients (flour, salt, powder) and again mix well until the flour incorporates. Then stir in the floured choc chips
7) Grease well a baking pan and pour in the batter
8) Pop it into the oven for 20 minutes. Rap the pan on the rack a few times to let out trapped air. Continue baking for 10-15 mins until a pick comes out clean
9) Let cool to room temp, refrigirate for about 15 minutes and slice into squares

ps. You can add in about half a cup of chopped walnuts if you like

Prawns

Kari Udang

July 22, 2012

Ingredients

20-30 udang besar

3 bawang merah

2 bawang putih

1 inci halia

3 tangkai daun kari

2 cinnamon sticks, buah pelaga, cengkih

2.5 tbsp curry powder mixed with some water to make a paste

1/2 cup water

1 1/2 cup santan

1 asam keping

Salt and sugar to taste

Instructions

1) Bersihkan and buang kepala udang

2) Potong and tumbuk bawang merah, bawang putih and halia. Panaskan minyak, tumis bahan-bahan tumbuk together with daun kari, cinnamon sticks, buah pelaga and cengkih sampai naik bau

3) Masukkan curry paste, tumis sampai naik bau. Then add in water, stir for about 5 minutes

4) Add in santan and asam keping, mix well sampai mendidih. Then masukkan udang-udang. Keep stirring sampai udang masak

5) Salt and sugar to taste, tutup api. Don't leave the udang too long atas api, nanti dia keras or the kulit will stick to the isi

Noodles

Mi Goreng Basah

July 18, 2012

Ingredients

2 paket mi kuning, cleaned

5 ulas bawang putih, chopped

1 senduk lada blend

2 senduk oyster sauce

2 tbsp kicap manis

1-2 cups of water

1 cawan sotong bulat

1 cawan udang basah

1 cawan isi ayam

1 stick of carrot

4-5 rumpun sawi, leaves separated from the stems

Daun sup, chopped

Instructions

1) Panaskan minyak, and masukkan bawang putih, goreng sampai garing

2) Then add in the lada blend, mix for a while sampai lada garing for about 5 minutes. Then add in oyster sauce, air and kicap manis, mix well

3) Masukkan sotong, udang, ayam, carrots and batang sawi. Biar sampai mendidih and the ingredients are cooked through

4) Add in mi yang dah basuh tadi with the sawi leaves, mix well. And add chopped daun sup for garnishing. No need to use salt because the oyster sauce is salty enough

Crabs

Ketam Goreng Berlada

July 17, 2012

Ingredients

4 large crabs, cleaned and halved, marinated with kunyit

5 bawang putih

5 bawang merah

3 batang serai (optional)

3 senduk lada blend

1/2 cup air asam jawa

4 biji telur

Brown sugar

Salt and sugar to taste

Instructions

1) Goreng ketam dalam minyak banyak. Not too garing though. Set aside

2) Slice the serai, bawang putih and bawang merah thinly. Goreng serai first, halfway through, masukkan bawang putih and merah and goreng sampai garing. Set aside

3) Guna minyak bekas goreng serai and bawang tadi and masukkan 3 senduk lada blend and 1 tbsp brown sugar. Goreng for about 10 minutes sampai garing then masukkan air asam jawa. Add the fried serai and bawang back in

4) Pecahkan telur and leave until half cooked before stirring until the eggs are fully done

5) Salt and sugar to taste and add the fried crabs. Mix well

Fish

Ikan Goreng Asam Jawa

July 12, 2012

Ingredients

4 big slices of ikan merah or ikan tenggiri

3 bawang merah

2 bawang putih

1/2 bawang kuning besar

1 inci halia

1 cili merah besar

5 cili hijau

2 cawan air

2 tbsp asam jawa

2 tbsp kicap manis

Salt and sugar to taste

Instructions

1) Marinade the fish slices with kunyit and deep fry. Set aside

2) Panaskan minyak and tumis bawang merah, bawang putih and halia sampai garing

3) Mix water and asam jawa in a big bowl. Sift out any seeds then add into the wok

4) Perlahankan api sikiy and let it simmer for about 10 minutes until pekat. Add kicap manis, sugar and salt to taste. Mix well

5) Add in ikan yang dah goreng earlier, sliced big onions and chillies. Mix well for about 2 minutes and tutup api

Prawns

Udang Masak Lemak Cili Api

July 09, 2012

Ingredients

20-30 prawns, depending on the size. I used Tiger Prawns which were huge

3 bawang putih

4 bawang merah

1 inci halia

3 batang serai

15 cili padi

1 tsp kunyit

2 helai daun kunyit, optional

2 asam keping

2 cups, about 800 ml santan

1 cup water

Salt and sugar to taste

Instructions

1) Tumbuk bawang putih, bawang merah, halia, cili padi with 1 tsp of kunyit until fairly lumat. Don't blend bc then you'll need extra water

2) Put the paste inside a pot with the crushed serai, daun kunyit, add 1 cup of water and asam keping. Bring to simmer for about 5 minutes

3) Add in the santan, stir well. Then add in the prawns. Kacau selalu so that the santan tak pecah lemak until the prawns are cooked through (they'll turn orange)

4) Salt and sugar to taste

5) Serve with ikan masin goreng and it also goes well with Sayur Campur Goreng

Beef

Shepherd's Pie

July 08, 2012

Ingredients
Mashed Potatoes
8 large Russet/Holland potatoes
1 cup fresh milk
6-8 tbsp butter

Meat Sauce
5 cloves garlic, chopped small
2 big yellow onions, chopped small
500g minced meat
2 tomatoes, diced
350g tomato puree/spaghetti sauce
1/2 cup sliced button mushrooms
1/2 cup mixed vege
Black pepper
Oregano
Salt

Instructions
Mashed Potatoes
1) Boil the potatoes together with the skin until fork-soft

2) Take them out, peel the skin, cut into wedges and mash while still hot. Add in butter and milk and continue mashing until smooth. Set aside

Meat Sauce
3) Heat up some oil in a pot, add in the chopped garlic and onions until fragrant
4) Add in the minced meat and stir until brown. When its half-cooked, add in the diced tomatoes and stir until they wilt
5) Add in the tomato puree or spaghetti sauce, slice mushrooms, 1 tsp black pepper, 1 tsp salt and 1 tsp oregano. Mix well
6) Add in the mixed vege. Cook until the sauce reduces and thickened. Set aside

7) Pre-heat the oven to 200'c with the bottom heat first
8) Grease the bottom of the bakingware (I got 3 out of this recipe) with a thin layer of butter
9) Pour 3-4 laddles of the meat sauce and cover with a layer of mashed potatoes, about 1.5 inch

10) Spread mozarella cheese and sprinkle some oregano on the top

11) Pop it in the oven for 25 minutes on the bottom heat and switch to the top heat for another 10 minutes

Rice

Nasi Lemak

July 04, 2012

Ingredients

4 pots of rice

3 bawang merah

2 bawang putih

1 inci halia

4 pots of water (pot beras)

400 ml santan

1 tsp salt

Some pandan leaves

Instructions

1) Slice the bawang merah, bawang putih and halia

2) Add all the ingredients together except for the pandan leaves, turn on the rice cooker

3) Bila air dah kering sikit, add in the pandan leaves and kacau. Its fine if you can't get the leaves, nak bagi bau je ni

4) Kalau rice cooker turn off before the nasi habis masak, which is usually the case, just press the switch and hold it down with a spoon or something until the rice finishes cooking

5) Prepare other garnishings while the rice cook like fried chicken, ikan bilis, telur rebus and timun

6) Get the recipes for Sambal Udang or Sambal Tumis Ikan Bilis by clicking on the links

Fish

Ikan Goreng Berlada

July 03, 2012

Ingredients

10 small fish (selar kuning/kembung), cleaned and marinated with kunyit

3 serai

4 bawang merah

3 ulas bawang putih

3 senduk lada blend

Kicap manis

2 asam keping

Salt and sugar to taste

Instructions

1) Goreng ikan sampai garing, set aside

2) Slice serai thinly, goreng sampai garing and brownish then add in the bawang merah and putih, tumis

Thinly sliced serai

3) Add in lada blend and 1 tbsp of sugar, goreng sampai pecah minyak and garing

4) Add in the asam keping and about 3-4 tbsp of kicap manis. Salt to taste

5) Add in the ikan goreng and mix well

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