Ikan Cencaru Sumbat - My Version

Saturday, January 31, 2009

Semalam dah beriya-iya nak try the recipe mentioned in my previous entry, kena pulak ada ikan cencaru. So, lepas siapkan the main dish, I proceeded to try my own version of ikan cencaru sumbat.

Sayangnya, no pics attached. Ada a few things I added, like I used kunyit hidup instead of kunyit serbuk and since my family suka bawang, I added hirisan bawang. I also added air asam for additional flavour. In this version, I cooked 'bahan sumbatan' prior to menyumbat. I simply love how it turned out.

BAHAN-BAHAN:

4 ekor ikan cencaru (belah belakang)
1/2 biji kelapa (parut)
16 tangkai cili padi (tumbuk)
3 ulas bawang putih (tumbuk)
1 labu bawang besar (tumbuk)
1 labu bawang besar (dihiris)
Kunyit hidup sebesar setengah ibu jari tangan (tumbuk)
Air asam jawa 3 sudu besar
Sedikit garam


CARA MENYEDIAKAN:
1.Lumurkan ikan dengan sedikit garam dan ketepikan.
2.Panaskan kuali, tumis bawang besar yg dihiris, tapi jangan sampai garing.
3.Masukkan bahan tumbuk, air asam dan garam. Masukkan kelapa parut. Masak sekejap sampai kelapa hampir kering
4.Masukkan bahan yang digaul sebati tadi ke dalam ikan.
4.Panaskan minyak dan goreng garing.

Ikan Cencaru Sumbat

Friday, January 30, 2009

Dah rasa macam ruangan Masak Bersama Cik Kiah? Sabor jelah. Ini hasil dari meng'google' semalam when someone asked about this simple dish. Truly, this isnt my version. Dicilok dari SajiOnline. Menarik to me sebab instead of using cili merah, dia replace dengan cili api. I suuuka pedas. You?

Jom kita try weekend ni nak?


BAHAN-BAHAN:

3 ekor ikan cencaru (belah belakang)
1/2 biji kelapa (parut)
10 tangkai cili padi (tumbuk)
3 ulas bawang putih (tumbuk)
1 labu bawang besar (tumbuk)
1 sudu besar serbuk kunyit
Sedikit garam


CARA MENYEDIAKAN:

1.Lumurkan ikan dengan sedikit garam dan ketepikan.
2.Gaul sebati bahan tumbuk, serbuk kunyit dan garam.
3.Masukkan bahan yang digaul sebati tadi ke dalam ikan.
4.Panaskan minyak dan goreng garing.

PULUT UDANG

I dont intend to convert this to a cooking blog, sebab saya pun bukannya teror masak pun. Main purpose for putting the recipe here is for my own compilation and future references je pun.


You see, I brought back from lunch tadi, some Pulut Udang and one of the colleague asked me for the recipe. Yours truly memang tak pernah buat sendiri, selalu beli sendiri je. Hence, below is of courselah not my own version, tapi cilok dari Mesra.net. Selamat Mencuba kepada saudari yang bertanya. Jangan lupa calling-calling bila dah siap nanti. Boleh jugak saya merasa sepinggan-dua. (Harus orang tak call punya. Buruk lantak, nak rasa sampai sepinggan!)


To the rest of you lovelies juga, selamat mencuba!















Gambar taken from SunFlower

900 gm pulut
1 biji kelapa
Garam
Daun pisang
Lidi

Bahan inti:
100 gm udang
4 biji cili kering
2 batang serai
10 ulas bawang merah
½ sudu jintan manis
1 sudu besar minyak masak
Gula & Garam

Cara:
Untuk membuat inti, udang dipotong kecil-kecil.
Cili kering dimesin bersama jintan manis.
Serai dan bawang merah dihiris halus.
Panaskan minyak dan masukkan cili kering dan jintan manis tadi serta kacau.
Masukkan kelapa parut dan serai, garam, gula, udang dan bawang merah.
Kacau hingga masak dan ketepikan.
Rendam beras pulut semalaman. Bersihkan dan kukus hingga masak.
Pulut ini digaul bersama santan yang telah bercampur sedikit garam.
Layur daun pisang dan potong 7.5 x 15 cm.
Ambil 2 sudu besar pulut dan letakkan atas daun pisang tadi dan tekan pulut supaya leper.
Letakkan inti di bahagian dan gulung pulut berlapikkan daun pisang.
Matikan dengan lidi di hujung dan pangkal pulut udang ini.
Bakar pulut di atas api yang sederhana hingga garing.

Laksa Johor

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Cuti panjang, bosan jugak sebab tak pergi mana-mana except for a few kenduris and a picnic. Now, budak-budak dah sihat and their appetite pun sudah kembali. Apa lagi, seronok mummy melayan especially bila selera semua lebihkurang sama je.

Harini kita cerita pasal Laksa Johor. Favourite budak-budak ni and of course the bapak budak juge.

I love laksa since kecik but then it was only Laksa Penang. I sampled my first Laksa Johor masa sekolah menengah, pastu terus smitten. Untung jugak, lepas habis sekolah pun sambung belajar di Johor jugak. Ada lah supply..

For those yang teringin nak try masak your own, silalah follow the recipe below. Of course, this is my own version of Laksa Johor setelah merombak recipe asal by a renown royal cook. Let me know how yours turn out ok? For those yang dah biasa masak, ada apa-apa lagi yang I miss out ke selama ni? Kotlah boleh tukar versi sekali-sekala..

Sorry, gambar tidak disertakan sebab camera sudah beyond fixing. Tulah, banyak sangat ambik gambar 'orbs'...

Bahan Kisar A
Ikan parang/tenggiri yang direbus - 1/2 ekor

Bahan Kisar B
Udang kering - 200g

Bahan Kisar C
Ketumbar - 10 sudu besar
Jintan putih - 2 sudu besar
Jintan manis - 3 sudu besar
Lada putih - 1 sudu besar
Serai - 6 btg
Halia - 1 1/2 ibu jari tangan (pandai-pandai le agak, mine is of small size)
Lengkuas - 1 1/2 ibu jari kaki (tergelak I bila first read the original recipe, ada gak org benchmark ibujari.. belasah je la)
Bawang merah - 10 ulas
Bawang putih - 1/2 labu
Cili kering - 10-15 tangkai

Lain-Lain Bahan
Serbuk kari ikan - 1 bungkus
Asam Keping - 4-5 keping
Santan - 1 kilo (Yg siap diperah, i dont guarantee the results if you use instant ones)
Air - 1 liter
Kerisik - 100g
Garam secukup rasa
Minyak untuk menumis - 2 cawan
Spaghetti

1. Tumis bahan kisar C. Then slowly masukkan serbuk kari.
2. Masukkan bahan kisar B
3. Masukkan bahan kisar A
4. Masukkan santan dan air
5. Masukkan asam keping
6. Masukkan garam
7. Masukkan kerisik

Notes**
1. The gravy mesti pekat and in order to have kuah yg kaw, masak for at least 45mins to 1 hour, api sederhana. Kacau selalu, ok. In the meantime, rebuslah spaghetti. This much gravy boleh serve ramai jugak. Up to 3 bungkus spaghetti - not sure pulak for how many pax. I selalu buat banyak, kuah leftover tu boleh frozen up. 'Rajin' kan? Bila nak guna lagi, reheatlah kuah frozen tu, campurkan dengan santan.

2. Laksa Johor ni umph kalau makan dengan tangan. Sebab, ada sambal belacan. So, prepare the sambal belacan. Tumbuk the followings;

Cili merah
Cili padi (tak suka tak yah letak, tapi kalau rumah ni mesti kena pedas berapi)
Belacan (ikut selera)
Garam

3. Dah ada sambal belacan, mesti ada ulam kan? Contoh-contoh ulam-ulaman ;

Daun Selasih - potong halus
Daun Kesum - potong halus
Timun - potong bulat nipis keliling timun tu, then potong halus. (Help-ada org boleh terangkan dgn lebih detail? Kalau ada camera, bolehlah I demo)
Taugeh
Limau Nipis (Perah on sambal belacan, right before makan)

Rumpus rumput rampai

For those who've been wondering, the rumpus situation had been taken care of. Dah tenang semuanya. Anak-anak pun tak ada masalah lagi. The house was 'cleaned' thoroughly by the group of Ustaz, Alhamdulillah. But according to them, sepatutnya takada major issue because those yang 'menumpang' didnt mean any harm pun.

So, per my mum's advise, we treated the kids for worms pulak. Betullah.. cacing rupanya! Heran jugaklah sebab all 3 kids kena cacing at one time. But well, diaorang dah cure pun, Alhamdulillah..

I've been meaning to update tapi asal log in je, kena writer's block. Hence the tweakings. So, do you like the new look?

Paranormal?

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Aisya started vomitting since last Thursday night, followed by Adly who started early Friday morning. Both continued vomitting and by Saturday, Azhad joined in. I mean, join "geng muntah". Zickry was sent to his gramps sebab sekolah ada activity on Saturday morning. Kesian, sampai lembik lah the 3 kids.

When we brought Aisya & Adly to the clinic on Friday, the doc's diagnosis was food poisoning to which sent me thinking. There's this 1 week during school holidays when all 4 kids muntah-muntah. Pun doc kata food poisoning. Why? What is actually wrong? Hygiene level kat rumah ni tak bagus ke? Sebab when they'e back at my parents, ok pulak. Nak kata because makan outside food, tak jugak sebab the 2 young ones jarang makan outside food. Dalam sibuk menjaga, jenuh jugak kami perah otak. We're desperate to know the rootcause. So, boleh solve this issue. After all, kesian anak-anak, kan?

Well, I dont mean to whine. I'm more of sharing this with you readers.

Last night, the hubs found this interesting read (Mazidul) on paranormal stuff. Is that what they call it? Benda ni memang susah I nak digest. Probably sebab ceteknya ilmu didada. Kebetulan the hubs dok load gambar family and he saw a lot of those called 'orbs' pada gambar we all. Yang tak best, dalam rumah pulak tu. I pulak penakut nak mampus. Aduh.. Gambar dulu-dulu pun dah ada benda tu! Maksudnya? Dari dululah benda-benda ni dah ada kat rumah ni? Yikes. Tapi, takde pulak benda-benda pelik jadi. Cuma lately.

You see, I had a miscarriage last month. Time tu badan tak bersih. Budak-budak muntah-muntah. Now, pun badan I tak bersih beginning Thursday night and budak-budak muntah-muntah jugak. Masa berurut after a week I miscarried tu, bidan tu taught me sepotong ayat and asked me to put certain things under our mattress sebab dia tengok I ada lebam besar kat peha. Experiment dia kata, since I told her memang selalu dapat those lebam. She said 'benda' ni dah lama dengan I. Betul, lepas-lepas I put those things, lebam-lebam tu tak pernah ada. Infact, in my condition now, the lebam tak ada. Usually, time nilah yang banyak. Adakah ini bermakna 'benda' tu start kacau my kids sebab dia tak boleh kacau I dah? I'm puzzled. It's hard to digest, tapi tak boleh jugak ditolak terus. Sebab we know, benda-benda halus ni wujud.

Entahlah. Pray for us. We're having some people yang arif dalam hal ni to come by tonight. Scary, tapi if it's true ada gangguan, better to get it done, I mean rid off and over with. And of course, the kids are still under medications.

It's show time

Thursday, January 15, 2009

I came home early today and saw that the Id0l is back and beamed all the way through dinner. And just a moment ago, I learnt that Pris0n Break 4 is starting come next Monday. So how cool is that? Now that my fav tele shows are back! Although I'm not putting much hope for PB. Last season was a huge disappointment. I watched the first 2 episodes and that was all. Bosan. Tapi I love M1chael Scoffield. So, let's see lah kan? So, 2 more additions to the already addictive Gr3y's Anatomy show. Ada lagi new ones that I'm missing?

Someone pernah comment, said I kaki tv. The way she delivered it was like it's not quite proper for a mum of 4 like me. Which I disagree. Sebab, those shows after 9pm and by then, budak-budak dah ready for bed. The shows helped me to wind down before I hit the sack. Combat stress and besides, mummy & daddy bolehlah lepak berdua. If not, sibuk je gerabak mengekor..

On Staying Healthy

Few Health Tips, some we may not be aware of..or rather, I'm not aware of. Just a little sharing. Read on..

* Answer the phone by LEFT ear
* Do not drink coffee TWICE a day
* Do not take pills with COOL water
* Do not have HUGE meals after 5pm
* Reduce the amount of OILY food you consume
* Drink more WATER in the morning, less at night
* Keep your distance from hand phone CHARGERS
* Do not use headphones/earphone for LONG period of time
* Best sleeping time is from 10pm at night to 6am in the morning
* Do not lie down immediately after taking medicine before sleeping
* When battery is down to the LAST grid/bar, do not answer the phone
as the radiation is 1000 times

Volcano, am I not?

Monday, January 12, 2009

Lately, I notice saya sangat cepat emo. Kenapa ye? Nak kata PMS, dah habis pun.

Last week, I geram tak tentu pasal sampai boleh nak resign just because of a tiny insect. Boleh tak? Cut story short, dia baru, dengan tak tau protokol nya, whining je manjang. End of the day, her director was made to believe yang saya ni tak cooperative. Habislah reputation.. KAN? Tu yang rasa nak resign tu. Dia pun satu, staff baru taknak train betul-betul, menyusahkan orang. Buat analysis silap, orang lain kena blame.

Tadi pagi, my patience yg setebal kulit bawang was again, tested by Adly. Mummy malas nak layan, so I told him, taknak sekolah takpelah. I told him too, that I'll be stopping by at our neighbour's house to pick and send the boy to school because Mummy sayang dia sebab dia rajin pergi sekolah. So, our boy terus melompat bangun and cried and feed me with the usual "Maaf, Mummy.. Maaf" while he too, walked to the bathroom. *Grin* Kan senang? Saja nak menyakitkan hati orang pagi-pagi.

Good thing volcano tak sempat meletup. TAPI, selesai hantar Adly, bapak dia pulak silap petik suis and buat volcano meletup dan dengan tak disengajakan memuntahkan lava-lavanya. Memang tak best. Stress punya pasal ke ni eh?

Another Week

Saturday, January 10, 2009

A week gone. 2 days off and tomorrow, he'll be back to school. Err, will he? We'll find out. Pray with me, dear friends, for a smooth sailing week. Taknak le kena go through the cycle again.. Amin!

*Note:Kedah school weeks begins on Sundays

At Last

Monday, January 5, 2009

So, the boy finally decided to go to school on late Saturday evening. And mummy was then panicky. I didnt buy him a thing!! Quickly, went out, grab him some stationeries, Ultraman this, Ultraman that, just to encourage him. I couldnt find a bag for him, though, none offered was to his liking. So, finally we settled for his brother's old bag til this weekend, more time to shop.. and err, more reason for ME to go out and shop. Hiks!

So, yesterday, the boy got up early, anxious but not too excited. Registration process took a while and the teacher was involved. So, the boy sat at his desk anticipating on what's to come next. Yet, a few more parents showed up with other newbies, and that extended our boy's wait. He turned back at me, and yup, I saw tears rolling down his pale cheek. Adoi! I quickly went and hugged him. Takut meraunglah pulak kang. But, lucky, he only wept quietly. Kalau ikutkan dia ni, if kat rumah, sure dah meraung. Control macho la tu. Nak balik, he whispered. Nasib baik by then, the teacher was ready to start. So, he let me wait outside. For 10 minutes or so, he turned back a few times. And when his 'minyak sudah panas', I could hear him answering to the teacher's questions. Loud and clear. Ok, seeing the boy has got his confidence, I felt that it's time for me to leave. By then, the teacher paused again as another parent came. I went near my boy and he told me he's fine and it's OK for me to leave. Just dont forget to come back and pick him up, he said. Phew!

As promised, I went and picked him up from school. I asked him how did he like school. He said, "Bestlah sekolah". I smiled and heard him saying "Harini hari yang paaaaling seronok. Thanks, Mummy. Esok Adly nak pi sekolah lagi". I was all smiles.

TAPI, pagi ni dia buat hal. He didnt want to go to school. Somehow, I managed to make him shower, put on his clothes, had breakfast and finally got in the car. He totally ignored his school bag. Takpe, mummy bawakkan. Sampai at the school gate, he hesitated until he saw some friends. Thought, I'd just follow him in. Selamba, I was ignored! His teacher came, he followed her, put his bag and sat at his desk. Erkk..? Tunggu lagi? Kissed him goodbye and he let me go with a smile. Happy!

Back to school

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Today is the last of the long school holidays. And til today jugaklah, saya masih belum berjaya memujuk my soon-to-be 5 year old to go to school. Sudah habis idea. Macamana ni?

When you're down..

Thursday, January 1, 2009

..What would you do? What sort of escapism is good? Would you opt to live in denial? But wouldnt that make you a hypocrite? Or would you confront? Would that bring results? Would it turn ugly that you end up wasting tears? Or would you creep in your shell and keep things to yourself hoping that time will heal the pain?

Do you know...?

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