10 tahun sudah rupanya!

Tadi saya belek-belek blog saya ni. Wow rupanya blog ni dah berumur 10 tahun!! Kalaulah saya start online bisnes masa tu, mesti dah berkembang maju dah sekarang. Heheh... Berangan je tak habis-habis, namun sampai sekarang tak tahu nak bisnes apa hehehe

Macam-macam ada dalam blog ni.. suka duka etc.. Tapi paling banyak mestilah pasal anak-anak. Dan kebanyakannya memang episod suka saja. Jarang saya menulis tentang episod duka di sini. Sebab memang jarang ada episod duka pun dalam hidup saya cewah. Alhamdulillah.. Segala puji bagi Allah. Segalanya saya kembalikan kepada Allah. Dia yang mengaturkan segalanya. I am really thankful for that.

Of course, kita tidak terlepas dari ujian dan cabaran. Namun bagaimana kita menghadapinya, itu yang menjadi ukuran. Sebagai manusia biasa memang kita ada banyak kelemahan. Percaya atau tidak, kekuatan untuk menghadapi atau melaksanakan sesuatu perlu diminta dari Yang Maha Berkuasa, bukan datang dari diri sendiri semata-mata.

Saya suka nak bagi contoh. Saya selalu teringin nak bangun awal supaya saya sempat solat tahajjud sebelum masuk waktu subuh. Sebab saya memang selalu bangun tengah malam untuk menyusukan Aqil dan Aqlan. Banyak kali bangun. Tapi selalunya tak dapat bangun solat tahajjud pun sebab sambil menyusukan sampai saya sendiri tertidur semula. Tapi jika malam sebelum tidur saya niat betul-betul untuk bangun solat tahajjud, dan berdoa semoga Allah beri kekuatan dan bedoa semoga Aqil Aqlan tidur nyenyak waktu saya nak bangun tu, Insya Allah memang saya akan dapat tunaikan apa yang saya mahu. Tapi biasalah sebagai insan biasa. Saya dah tahu tapi saya selalu tak buat. Tidur pun kengkadang tertidur macam tu saja. Salahkan diri sendiri.

Itu salah satu contoh je.

Ok hopefully ianya sedikit perkongsian yang ada manfaatnya kepada semua terutama sebagai peringatan kepada diri saya sendiri.

Homemade Choc Chip Cookies

2 3/4 cup flour

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1 pkg butter, softened to room temperature (I use Anchor)

1/2 cup sugar

1 cup brown sugar

2 eggs

2 tsp vanilla

1 cup chocolate chunk/ choc chip (I use chopped Beryl's Dark Compound)

1 cup nut (walnut/hazelnut/almond)

Preheat oven to 175 degrees celcius

Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a large bowl and set aside.

Cream butter and sugars with a mixer for about 2 minutes until light and fluffy.

Add eggs one at at time until combined. Add vanilla and mix until combined.

Then add flour mixture slowly and mix until just combined.

Stir in nuts and chocolate chunks.

Roll into 1 1/2 inch balls and place two inches apart on prepared baking sheet.

Bake for 16-20 minutes or until done. 

Easy peasy!

Homemade Apam Balik

Senang baitu...

Bahan:

2 cawan tepung
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 cawan fresh milk
1/2 cawan air
1 biji telur
1/2 cawan gula pasir
Sedikit pewarna kuning
Kacang tumbuk
Krim jagung dalam tin
Mentega untuk mengoles

Caranya

1. Ayak tepung, baking soda dan baking powder. Ketepikan.
2. Pukul gula dan telur hingga kembang. Saya guna whisker saja.
3. Masukkan susu, air dan sedikit pewarna kuning. Pukul lagi hingga sebati.
4. Masukkan campuran tepung yang telah diayak tadi sedikit demi sedikit hingga habis. Kacau hingga sebati.
5. Rehatkan sebentar (dalam 1/2 jam - 1 jam)
6. Panaskan non-stick pan. Oleskan mentega padanya.
7. Tuangkan sesenduk adunan tadi dan ratakan menggunakan belakang senduk. Gunakan api kecil.
8. Tunggu sehingga hampir masak. Taburkan gula, kacang, mentega dan krim jagung
9. Lipat dua dan sudah boleh dihidangkan.

Resepi diolah sikit dari sini.

Sedapnya! Rasa nak buat lagi hari ni :)

A weekend full of cooking activities

Last weekend was full of cooking activities. It started on Friday nite where I made the congo bars. Actually I have invited some of my usrah friends to come to my house on Saturday afternoon. So I made the congo bars ahead of time.

On Saturday, I cooked Sheperds pie and fried macaroni for tea. I made some adjustment to the mashed potato because i remembered the last time I made this, my Sheperds pie splitted into two when cut - the potato layer and the filling, because the mashed potato is a little bit hard. So this time, I added some fresh milk and butter when I mashed them. And this time, I am using chicken instead of beef. Save you a lot of time. (If beef, I need to rebus until tender). The end result is still yummilicious. And the better texture of the mashed potato topping made it even more yummier. Hmmm.. I loved it!

The 2nd dish I made was the fried macaroni. Macaroni is the trick for small kids! They love macaroni. Just a simple recipe. Boil the macaroni until tender. Blend some onion, garlic and anchovies. Saute them, put in some crab stick, fresh mushroom and diced green pepper. Put in the macaroni. Add whisked egg. Put some salt, pepper and mixed herbs. Voila! And as expected, it was a hit to the small kids! and the kids' mama too. Hehe.

While I was busy preparing Sheperds pie and fried macaroni, Maisara insisted that she wanted to make congo bar cookies, a type of biscuit using congo bar recipe which Humaira and Maisara had made it a few times already. I did not really like it though so I said to Maisara to make a real cookies. So I showed her a recipe in the internet which I have been eyeing for quite some time but haven't really make the effort to try it. It was a very simple recipes but it actually turned out real good! Yes, Maisara and Humaira made them themselves but with my supervision. Everybody loves it! And Humaira and Maisara had started talking about their business plan. Hehe..

On Sunday, Luqman made me do some homemade apam balik. He is a fan of apam balik. He has been nagging me to make this since I told him that I have found an apam balik recipes last week. I already bought the ingredients but haven't found a suitable time to try it until yesterday. So since the family ate quite an early lunch yesterday (because they have Akademi Bolasepak Sutera and came home very hungry or should I say, starved!), I made the apam balik at around 3pm. Wow, the recipes is definitely a keeper. I didn't know that making apam balik is this easy. Hehehe.. And delicious and soft and I can put corn cream and nuts as much as I want. But next time I need to double the recipes, not enough for our big family heheh... 

At 5.30pm, Maisara complained that she was hungry. What! Just ate tea and now you are hungry again! Hahaha.. I scanned through the fridge and saw a bowl of macaroni which I have boiled yesterday but I purposely left some. Mac n cheese it is!  I take out 3 crab sticks, about 1 cup fresh milk, a spoon of butter, a spoon of flour and 2  cheese slice. Melt butter, saute flour using whisker until brownish, add fresh milk. Stir for some time, add sliced crab stick, put in cheese until melted, put in macaroni. Add some salt, pepper and mixed herbs. Mix and stir. Taraaa... Hmm... makan lagi... And I am very happy because Aqil ate a lot of it. Aqil please put some weight! huhu...

Well other than these, of course I also cooked for lunch and dinner - asam pedas ikan senangin for Saturday, ayam masak kicap for Sunday lunch and chicken soup for Sunday dinner. There is nothing can replace the feeling when I cooked for my own family. I usually take the effort to really cook on weekends because on weekdays, I pass the cooking task to my maid. And the most important thing is my kids love my cooking. Yippee!!

p/s - recipes for cookies and apam balik coming soon....

Tak ada kerja?

Ahahahaa... kelakar tak? Ini namanya memang tak ada kerja!

Memang semenjak dua menjak ni agak boring di office sebab tak berapa ada kerja sangat. Biasalah bila masuk phase build, testing memang slow sikit sebab tak berapa involve sangat. Cuma selalunya bila masuk phase build, release baru akan masuk so kita akan sibuk semula dengan requirement dan design. Tapi disebabkan projek pun dah nak habis so hmmm... macam ni lah...

Dengar ura-ura projek sampai bulan Jun je. Wah itu tak lama lagi tu. Nanti kenalah balik ke tempat asal. Cuak juga. Sebab tempat lama dah tak macam tempat lama sangat dah. Sebab masa saya masuk projek ada buat restructuring so orang-orang pun ramai yang baru kat office saya tu. Sekarang pun bila ke office lama tu memang terasa macam orang asing je sebab tak kenal orang walaupun sebenarnya kita la penduduk asal office tu huhu. Kerja kat tempat lama pun dah lama tinggal dan dah banyak yang berubah sampai kadang-kadang saya pun terlupa team saya jaga customer mana hehehe. Hmmm.. kenalah belajar balik nampaknya.

Tapi sebenarnya excited juga. Suka belajar benda baru. Mungkin kat sini sekarang dah tak berapa ada benda baru tu yang jadi agak boring je tu hehehe..