My Kitchen and Me

This simple vege/salad goes well with briyani rice.. Ingredients: 1 cucumber - cut length wise and diced 1 tomato - diced 1/2 onion - diced Chopped coriander leaves 1 cup fresh yogurt Mix all the ingredients together and sprinkle with some salt and pepper!

Ingredients: Cucumber - 1 chopped Onions - 1 chopped Tomato - 1 chopped Pineapple - 1/2 chopped Chilli - 1/2 chopped Lime juice - 5 tbsp Salt to taste Sugar to taste Mix all the above ingredients in a bowl and you have a healthy vegetable salad! This goes well with savoury rice dishes.

Prepared Chicken Briyani for lunch today! Will be posting the recipe soon :)

Since Raya mood is in the air, decided to make some tomato rice, ayam masak merah and cucumber salad. We had some friends come over and they seemed to enjoy the food, so it must have been good :) Ingredients: Chicken - 1 cut into small pieces Dried chilies - 20 soaked Galangal - 2 inch piece Ginger - 2 inch piece Onion - 2 Lemongrass - 5 stalks Garlic - 5 cloves Star anise - 4 Cardamons - 3 Cloves - 5 Cinnamon stick - 1 Tomato soup - 1/2 can Coconut milk - 1/2 can Turmeric - 1 tsp Spring onions - 1stalk Salt to taste Marinate the chicken pieces with turmeric and salt. Set aside for 1/2 hr then deep fry til golden brown. Blend onion, garlic, ginger, lemongrass, galangal and chilies to a fine paste. Heat some oil and stir fry star anise, cardamons, cinnamon and cloves until fragrant. Add in the blended paste and increase the heat until the mixture bubbles. Reduce the flame and let it simmer until the oil is separated from the paste ( pecah minyak ). Add in tom...

With just a few basic ingredients, you will have some awesome and crispy chicken wings. You could also add in some chili flakes to give it a hint of spiciness. Yumm... Ingredients: Chicken wings - 12 Corn flour - 2 tbsp Flour - 3 tbsp 1 egg Salt to taste Pepper to taste Rinse the chicken wings and pat dry. Combine all the ingredients and mix well. Ensure chicken wings are well coated. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Deep fry until golden brown, drain on paper towel and enjoy!

I've been wanting to try this for a very long time. Finally made these for tea today! Yummy.. Ingredients: Pastry All purpose flour - 300g Margarine - 70g Water - 150 ml Salt - 1/4 tsp Filling Onion - 1/2 cubed Potatoes - 2 cubed Chicken breast - 1 cubed Chili powder - 1 1/2 tsp Meat curry powder - 1/ tsp Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp Water - 100 ml Salt to taste Pepper to taste Prepare the filling first by sautéing onions in a little oil.  Add chili powder, meat curry powder, turmeric powder and continue to stir.  Add chicken pieces and potatoes. Add water and bring to boil. Season with salt and pepper. Once the potatoes are cooked and the liquid is reduced, remove from heat and let it cool. To make pastry, mix flour, margarine, salt, water and knead well until it forms a dough. Let it rest for 30 minutes. Cut the dough into circles about 2mm in diameter. Fold the filling in and seal the edges. Deep fry in hot oil until golden brown.

Kuih is a snack or dessert type of food found in many shapes, colours and textures. Seri muka is one of my favourite kuihs and I decided to try it at home. (Honestly, it's better to get them from the stalls as you will probably eat one or two pieces only.  ) Anyways, i t turned out well but we couldn't finish the whole tray at home. We gave some to our neighbours and.... they loved it!  Ingredients: Bottom layer Glutinous Rice - 250g (aoaked for 4 hours, and drained)  Bottom Layer Thin coconut milk - 150 ml Salt - 1/4 tsp Top Layer Eggs - 2 Castor sugar - 150g Pandan Juice (Blend approx 10 pandan leaves with 120ml water) Coconut milk - 350ml All-purpose flour - 120g Corn flour - 3 tbsp Salt - 1/4 tsp *Green colouring (optional) Steam glutinous rice with coconut milk and salt for 30 minutes. Let it rest for about 5-10 minutes and transfer to a square pan. Press it with the back of a wet spoon till firm and let it cool. To prepare the top layer, beat eggs an...