Mickey Mouse Pancake

My little boy loves this... especially with the Nutella on top... to him it's not the eyes, nor the nose, nor the mouse, when he eats it - the chocolate would be splash all over mickey's face...hahahahha...

This very simple breakfast, will surely bring your children shouting for more...

I taught this during the Domestic Sc Class, and my students had fun in creating not only mickey but others like snowman, butterfly, etc...

Ingredients:

4 tbsp flour (any kind, sift it)
1 tbsp (milk powder)
1 egg
1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp oats/raisins/bananas (smashed)/strawberries (smashed)
water (if you're using fresh milk then pandai-pandai agak la)

Method:
Mix all the ingredients together. On the frying pan brush melted butter. Slowly make one big circle shaped with the batter, then another two more on top as ears.

To draw eyes, nose and mouth, use nutella, or melted choc or hersheys... emmm....yes... yummy! yummy!!

*Pictures taken with PENTAX K-X

Steamed Lo Bak Gou (Chinese Raddish Cake)

I taught this in my Domestic Sc class. Some students even fried it after we steamed the lo bak gou... it was really delicious... due to we only cook halal food in school, we didn't use 'char siu' or 'siew yoke', or even 'lap cheong'. I used dried shrimp instead, and it tasted as good... here's the recipe:

Ingredients

 190g rice flour

 70g wheat starch (tang meen fun)

 35g potato flour / corn flour / tapioca flour

 450ml water

 225g pared shredded radish

 35g dried shrimp, soaked and coarsely chopped

 20g diced Chinese sausage (lap cheong) / Chinese mushroom

 3 tbsp oil

 1 tsp sesame oil

Seasoning

 1 tsp salt

 25g castor sugar

 1/2 tsp pepper

 1/2 tsp ground black pepper

Method
Mix rice flour, wheat starch, potato flour, water and seasoning to make a batter.

Combine shredded radish with hot water in a saucepan and cook over a gentle low heat for 10 minutes until radish is soft.

Add in oil and sesame oil and stir in dried prawns and Chinese sausage. Mix in batter and stir with a wooden spatula. Cook over medium low heat until mixture turns into a sticky paste.

Transfer into a greased 20cm cake tin and smooth the surface with a plastic spatula. Steam over rapidly boiling water for 45-50 minutes or until kuih is set and firm. Cool thoroughly before cutting into slices.

Heat 1-2 tablespoons oil in a non-stick saucepan and fry the slices for 1-2 minutes on both sides or until lightly golden. Serve with chilli sauce.

EMMMmmmm...yummy!!!!

Beef Burger on Bagel

I should have taken a picture of hubby's face when he ate this!!! Then you'll know how good it tastes...hahahaa...ok here it is...
Ingredients: To marinate: 100gm minced beef 2 tbsp kicap manis 1 tbsp soy sauce 1 tbsp oyster sauce 1/2 tbsp sugar 1 teaspoon black pepper 1 teaspoon pepper 1 yellow bellpepper (chopped) 1 red bellpepper (chopped) 1/2 onion (chopped) some lettuce some sliced tomatoes some cornflour
Method: Marinate beef overnight or at least 1/2 day. Then, add yellow bellpepper, red bellpepper, onions, and a little cornflour. Pat it into a burger shape. Grille. Do not press the meat while grilling or frying, so that you will not lose the juice in the meat. Then serve... depending on individuals, fully cooked, half cooked, or 3/4 cooked...

To make the sauce:

1 teaspoon of mustard
2 teaspoon of mayonaise
1 melted cheddar cheese

Stir them altogether...really really yummy!!!!

*Pictures taken with PENTAX K-X

Kuih Puteri with Glutinous Rice

This was our first Domestic Science lesson. Our girls wanted to eat this, and as teachers, we tried our utmost best to fulfill their wants... u know la... teenagers nowadays, quite hard to satisfy one... and so glad to have Ms Jun in our team, she taught us this... Ms Jun is such an experience "kuih" maker, and she even taught us how to wrap nasi lemak with banana leaves...

Alright, try this recipe...it's awesome... guarantee yummy!!!

Ingredients:

Glutinous rice layer (bottom)
250g glutinous rice (soaked 2 hrs before cooking)
75ml coconut milk
100ml water
1/2 tsp salt


Green custard layer (top)
3 medium egss
250 coconut milk
100g sugar
1/2 tsp pandan paste (cook with some thick coconut milk)
25g rice flour
1 tsp corn flour
salt

Method:

Make the bottom layer first. Drain the rice and place it in a cake tin or aluminium foil, with pandan leaves, then add coconut milk and water, salt. Stir evenly and steam it for 30 mins.

In another bowl, beat eggs and sugar till frothy, add coconut milk, pandan paste and gradually add rice flour, alternate with bits of corn flr. Lastly add salt.

Pour mixture onto the warm glutinous rice and steam for 15 mins. Leave to cool and cut them out... emmmm....yummy!!! especially the pandan and coconut aroma....

Baked Sandwich Loaf

Emmm...thot of using the same recipe but vary a little on the method and bake it... and it turned out to be real fine... Sandwich Loaf...

The INGREDIENTS are the same as the mantou i posted here... but the METHOD varied a little...

The Method:

Dissolve yeast in lukewarm water, wait till its frothy...
In a large bowl mix all the dry ingredients, korek a lubang in the middle and take the froth from the yeast mixture, pour into the hole in the middle. Then add in others like butter/shortening (so that it's more solid).

Then knead to become a dough, knead and knead till it is stretchy...may take quite some time... but worth the effort...loaf will turn out to be soft. Leave dough to rise till triple of its size.

Punch to bring out the air. Knead a little and roll out the dough, put the choco ingredients in the middle and gulung the dough...

Place the dough in a loaf pan, and wait till it rises triple or quadriple of its size... Then bake at 175c for 25 mins, depending on how "burnt" you want the top to be....

When done, knock knock the pan on a solid surface, if loaf moves around, it's done. If it doesn't, then put it back into the oven for 5mins - 10 mins...

Taste awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pao (Mantou) Choc

This was done out of a great demand from my little boy. We normally buy the frozen ones off the supermarket shelves. But when I have the mood I'll make them myself... and here it is....

Again, honestly I really don't know what's the right measurement but only feel the texture... So whatever I've given here, they're all agak-agak only...hahhahah... try it if you dare...ekkekeekkeke...

Ingredients: For the white layer: 500 gm all purpose flour/HongKong flour/Pao flour/High Protein flour 11gm yeast 1 cup of lukewarm water 2 tbsp shortening/corn oil/softened butter 2 tbsp brown sugar/sugar 1 cup of milk/fresh milk

For the chocolate filling: 2 tbsp cocoa powder 5 tbsp all purpose flour 1/4 cup of milk a little corn oil
The method: In a small bowl pour water and yeast. Wait till it become frothy. Mix the flour, yeast, sugar, and a little salt in a large bowl. Then dig a hole in the middle, pour in oil/butter/shortening, milk, and yeast (scoop only the froth on the top layer) Form a dough. Knead for a little while, rest it in the large bowl. Wait till it rise to triple of its size. The dough should be soft in texture but not soggy.
While waiting you can start with the choc filling. Just mix everything together. It'll form a soggy dough.

There is no fix time in waiting, as soon as the dough grows triple of its size, then you can start work already. Punch the dough to let the air out, dust the worktable with a little flour. Start kneading the dough again. Divide dough into 4 portions.

Roll out dough with a roller. Roll out in a rectangular shape. Lay a little of the choc dough on top from top to bottom. Then "gulung" the dough. Cut according to your own size. Let it rest, wait till it rises 3 times of the pao. Steam it on high heat 20 mins... emmmm...taste awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ginger Onion Fish Fillet Fried Noodles

ahahahha...this name is really long....... just don't know what to name it... My students and colleagues would remember this. I taught my students this dish during the puasa month, and I remember we had to cook a few more for our Muslim colleagues to buka puasa...

I personally like using beef and hubby enjoys it better with beef. And not using egg noodles but Yee Mee... it will bring out the aromatic ginger onion taste... emmm...yummy...

The ingredients? easy...

1 yee mee/egg noodles
200 g beef/a pack of dory fish
2 stalks of spring onions
2 inch ginger
2 shallots
1 pip garlic

For the sauce:
2 tbsp oyster sauce
2 tbsp kicap manis (optional)
2 tbsp soy sauce
3 tbsp sugar
1/2 tbsp dark soy sauce
a dash of sesame oil

The method?? easy...

Coat fish with corn flour and fry them. Set aside. If you're using beef, rub some soda bicarbonate on it so that it's soft and tender. Don't need to fry beef...

Then saute shallots, ginger, garlic and spring onion. Add in beef or fish and then sauce. Lastly add in noodles... and then serve...emmmmmm....