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Tuesday, 6 November 2012

Fried carrots

They don't sell carrots cheaply. It feels funny when buying just a single carrot stick. What if you have too many carrots? What can we do? We can prepare tasty fried carrots. This recipe was prepared and cooked by Affandi.

Ingredients

2 red carrots

1 small red onion

half a big white onion

1 cup fine anchovies (ikan bilis halus warna putih)

2 tabspoons chili paste

1 teaspoon fine salt

5 tablespoons cooking oil

1 tablespoon virgin olive oil

Method

Wash, dry and fry the anchovies till brown.

Wash and slice onion thinly.

Add sliced red onion, stir and fry till onions are brown.

Add sliced white onion.

Add carrots and stir. Let it soften a bit.

Add chili paste.

Add salt to taste

Switch off the fire.

Add olive oil and stir to mix evenly.

Serve.

Thursday, 11 October 2012

Beef stroganoff

http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/beef_stroganoff/

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/beef-stroganoff-recipe/index.html

http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/classic-beef-stroganoff/c17a904f-a8f6-48ae-bedb-5b301a8ea317?p=1

http://guiltykitchen.com/2011/01/11/beef-stroganoff/

Wednesday, 10 October 2012

Rare Bit

This is a version that I learnt in Form 1 Domestic Science class at Zainab Secondary School, Telipot in Kelantan in 1971. It is called 'rare bit' or other. For this version of rare bit, I used a slice of raisin oatmeal bread from Gardenia. Then I added tasteless shredded Mozzarella cheese and tasty shredded Australian Coon cheddar cheese. Then I toast the bread in an electric toaster till the bread is brown and crispy. Then I apply a little salty garlic butter spread at the edges of the toasted bread. That's it. It is good to go. Bon Appetit!

Nasi Lemak (2)

This nasi lemak is sold at Anjung Cafe, Hospital USM (HUSM). It is delicious and just the right amount. Nasi lemak is a healthy food as it contains approx. 50 g rice cooked with very little santan, 1/4 boiled egg, a slice of fresh cucumber and a tablespoonful of sambal ikan bilis (fried anchovies in chili). Normally, there would be a teaspoonful of fried peanuts (with skin on), but this has been omitted over the years to cut cost. The amount of santan used for cooking the rice has been greatly reduced over the years; previously the rice used to be very fatty (hence the term lemak) but today there is hardly any santan in the rice. However, the santan fragrance is still there. Previously nasi lemak came in banana leaf packs, but nowadays, waxed paper is used (which I think is wasting precious paper). Surat khabar lama (used newspaper) has been used as the outer piece to pack nasi lemak. Some newspapers are interesting and form good reading while eating nasi lemak. The piece of newspaper below is about Anwar Ibrahim.