Buttermilk, Parsley and Mushroom biscuits...

These are decadent, flaky biscuits and pretty to look at (to me at least..LoL..!), with green parsley and fresh mushroom it it.

  

 

 There's really nothing hard about making them. 

  The secret to making great and flaky biscuits is not to overwork the dough...

 

 

Ingredients:

2 1/4 cups of Plain Flour

2 1/2 tsp baking powder

3/4 tsp salt

2 tbsp sugar

125 gm cold butter – cut into cubes

3/4 cup of buttermilk (or mix 1 tbspoon vinegar + 3/4 cup fresh milk)

3 tbsp freshly chopped parsley

1 cup of sliced fresh button mushroom

Few sprigs of Chives

Fresh Basil  (optional)

1.  In a heavy-bottomed skillet over medium-high heat, saute the sliced mushrooms add basil.  Allow cool then chopped it roughly and set it aside.

2.  Pre-heat the oven to 400 degree F. Line the baking sheet with parchment papert. 

3.  Combined flour, baking powder, salt and sugar in a bowl. Mix well. Add cold butter, mix, until the mixture resembles coarse meal. 

4.  Add in  the chopped parsley and chopped mushroom. Mix well. Add in the buttermilk and stir until it forms into a dough if not you can add a bit more buttermilk to it.

5.  Pour out the dough on a well floured work surface and knead the dough 4-5 times. Using a rolling pin, roll the dough into a rectangle shape. About 9 x 5 inches.

6.  Lightly dust the top of the dough with floured then folds the dough crosswise into thirds (like folding a letter). Re-roll the dough into rectangle again. Lightly dust the top with flour again and fold it into thirds again (this is to creates the layers).

7.  Gently roll the dough out into ¾ inch thick, cut it into square with a knife or biscuit cutter to form the biscuits. Place the biscuits on the baking sheet, 1” apart from each other.

8. Brush the top of the biscuits with a bit of milk; sprinkle the top with a bit of chopped chives or parsley.

9. Bake for 15-18 minutes or until golden brown. Cool down for a few minutes and enjoy it with some butter.

Note: With this basic biscuit dough you can add any type of herbs, cheese, nuts, strips of fried sausage, etc.... to it.

Maggie Meat Kepal... My way....

A new job, demanding and stressful, has left me feeling depleted and quite drained off late. On the home-drive, ideas run through my head for dinner, full well knowing SO will also be expecting some sort of sustenance for the evening dining experience. In my head, I create a wonderful meal. Something homemade would be great, but just not from "my" home. Yet, I find myself too down to even drag myself into the grocery I'm driving by to grab something from the ready-to-go entree section. The next thing I know, I'm in my driveway and now I'm too tired to think about cooking.

At times,I walk into the kitchen and all I want to do is walk right out again.  Honestly, if I didn’t have a hungry household expecting me to keep them alive, I’d pack it all in.

Sound familiar?

We've eaten a lot of Maggie Mee and eggs and that's OK, but someone else in this house may be getting a bit tired of that. Lets see...packets of Maggie Mee in the cabinet... How difficult is it? This thing has been around since before I was conceived. And besides, it did say "'Fast to cook, good to eat", right? I'm a career woman, I dont really have time to go over cookbook details...! (LoL)

 

 

My Ingredients:-

I paket Curry Maggie Mee (keep the flavour sachet)

200 gm Minced Meat

2 tblspn Maggie 'Cukup Rasa'

2 tblspm Black Pepper (grounded)

1  Red Chilly (chopped, add more if you prefer hot & spicy)

1 large Egg

1 Carrot  (grated)

50 gm Cilantro (chopped)

50 gm Parsley and Scallion (chopped)

1/2 bulb Large Onion (diced)

Salt to taste

My Method:-

1.  Boil Maggie noodles (leave out the flavouring) - seive

2.  Add all other ingredients and mx well, add the maggie flavouring

3.  Shaped the meat/magge mixture into balls

4.  Arrange on baking pan/caserole and bake until golden brown - Done!

5.  You can eat this with salad.

If you think this is too plain to eat with salad..lets  'improvised'...

Yes,  why not..??.    

...second batch....

....my improvised version - topped with boiled potatoes and gravy...

Ingredients for improvise version..

4  Potatoes - peel, cut into half and boil till soft

Cheddar cheese 

Salt to taste

For the Gravy..

1 small bottle Prego pasta sauce

1 small can Tomato Paste 

Cara:-

1.  Mix pasta sauce and tomato paste

2.  Pour onto the Maggie Meat

3.  Arrange the boiled potatoes and sprinkle Cheddar cheese.

4.  Bake in 200 deg oven for ten mins or until cheese melted (no need to bake too long as the meat and potatoes are already cooked)

 

.hmmm didnt even get the chance to snap photo, household already plate-it up...!

Easy, Right? 

Aaaahhhh....Life is soooo beautiful when one is innovative..! (*chuckle*)

Kuih Cara Manis...My way...

 Simple, fast and easy to make....

.

My Ingredients:

200 gm Plain Flour

200 ml Coconut Milk or Fresh Milk

2 large Eggs

1 1/2 tspn Salt

Brown/white sugar for filling

Few Screwpine leaves (Daun Pandan) blended with 200 ml water

(or you can substitute with Screwpine's essence, add few drops of green food colouring)

The Pan

My Method:-

1.  Add all ingredients, mix well.

2.  Add screwpine's juice (or essence + few drops of green food colouring) - mix well

3.  Heat up the pan and brush with vegetable oil.

4.  Pour batter into individual compartment, half full, add 1/2 teaspoon sugar on top and top/cover with batter again.

5.  Bake in 100 deg (low) to prevent the Kuih from burning as this Kuih cooks very fast - around 5-10 mins.

Enjoy...!

Mini Quiche.... My Way...

This is an easy mix-it-up-one-bowl and cook Quiche recipe.  Just made it for my snacks tonight... Yeap, my snacks while revising for my exam...

(To my classmates.... I wish you were at my 'crib' to enjoy this...jangan marah..... lol)

 

If you are a vegetarian, you may substitute with chopped spinach, cauliflower, broccoli, asparagus if you wish.  Almost anything can be added to make this dish conform to your tastes, or it can be left plain for those with simple tastes. That rule does not  apply to my household..!

 

Before

all plate up...!

My Ingredients:

Slices of White Bread - (wholemeal, or any bread you desire)

6 eggs

1 cup fresh milk

2 cups minced meat (or any chopped seafood or chicken)

1 cup Broccoli - chopped

1/2 cup large Onions - diced

1 clove Garlic - chopped

1 Red chilly - chopped coarsely

1 tbspn - Olive Oil

Spring onion (Scallion)  - finely cut

salt & pepper to taste

Cheddar cheese - shredded

Permesan cheese - optional

My Method:

Preheat oven to 200 deg F.

1. Trim edges of the bread (if you want) - or you can leave it as it is (why waste!) - flatten the bread thinly with a rolling pin and fit them in a muffin tray.

2.  In a separate bowl, lightly beat egg + milk, add a pinch of salt - set aside

3.  Fry minced in olive oil, add onion, garlic and red chilly. Add salt & pepper to taste. 

4.  Once meat is cooked, spoon into the 'bread pastry', sprinkle with chopped scallion/spring onions and cheddar cheese.

5.  Bake for 20 mins on until eggs are set and top is golden brown.  And its ready...how simple is that..!

Enjoy...!

Salmon Fish Head Curry - My way...

Cooking curry fish head is easy and this is a very simple, tasty and healthy dish.  I do not use coconut milk in all my curries. I use plain yoghurt which makes a healthy meal. This curry is best eaten with Basmati Rice or Roti. It tastes better the next day.

...that head part is mine, mine and all mine...!

I like to use salmon fish head to cook curry because I like it loaded with lots of omega 3 fatty acids, which means it is oil-rich hence tasty, it also matches well with some vegetables to become one pot dish to serve the entire family.  I garnished with some chopped cilantro (daun ketumbar) only, but you can try with mint leaves - it really makes a significant difference! Its worth trying! .... go ahead...!

Ingredients A: 
2 pcs Salmon Fish Head
2 pcs of Salmon cut

Ingredients B:
I bulb yellow onion - diced
2 inch ginger - sliced thinly (Julianne)
2 cloves of garlic - chopped
3 tbspn Olive oil

Ingredients C:
1 pc cinnamon stick
3 pcs cloves
3 pcs cardamon

2 sprigs curry leaves

1 tspn  cumin - grounded

Ingredients D:
2 tbspn  Fish Curry Power (any brand will do, but I like Baba's)
1 tbspn Cili Boh
1/2 cup of water to mix into paste

Ingredients E:
3 cups water
2 tbsp plain yoghurt

Salt to taste

Optional: (I skipped this)

2 round egg plants - cut into quarter

2 tomatoes - cut into quarter

Method:

Fry (B) in 3 tablespoons of oil for about 1 min; or until onions become translucent.

Add (C) and continue frying until fragrance.

Add (D) and stir well over low flame until fragrance

Add (E) stir well and add fish and egg plants (if using) - cook for 5 mins or until eggplants are soft.  Add tomatoes and cover for 2 mins.  

Check  seasoning, add cilantro and Curry is and ready to be served.

Enjoy...!

...so what's on your fridge...?.

My only child, and she wanted to do something special for me on Mother's Day as I have always been her rock and she considered me one of her best friends. Unfortunately, I had a presentation whole day today at the University and felt bad that I was not able to be with her. 

For the past years she bought me pretty cards and she will get a large frame which she will fill photo of us.  This year she said its gonna be something different.   When I got back from my class, I saw a nicely, neatly, wrapped box on my study table.

 She knows I spent most of my time in kitchen baking and cooking, so she bought me  this fridge magnet just to remind me of myself 25 years ago... 

Girl, this is sooooo cool.... Mummy loves it!  

Thank you for reminding me that I have 'grown sideways..!

...and yes, I will definately stick it onto the fridge...

...and yes.... I love you too..  mmmuuuaaahhhh...!