Gula Melaka Jelly, a Malaysian Delicacy!

To me, this dish is like making MAGIC! You will understand what I meant once you try this at home (^^)

Ingredient

20g agar-agar strips

200ml thick santan

200g gula Melaka/palm sugar

80g sugar (my sugar measurement is 20g)

1200ml water (I didn't measure the water, I only make sure that all the agar-agar strips are all in the water)

4 pandan leaves

1/2 tsp salt

Methods

1.) Place water, sugar, agar-agar strips, gula Melaka and pandan leaves in a roomy pan and bring to boil. Lower the heat and simmer until agar-agar strips completely dissolves, about 8 minutes.

2.) Remove the pandan leaves.

3.) Stir in the salt into the coconut milk and pour this into the jelly mixture a little by little.

4.) Return the mixture to the heat and bring it to boil and turn off the heat immediately.

5.) Pour the jelly into a glass dish or jelly mould and leave undisturbed until set. The jelly should separate nicely into 2 layers (a clear gula Melaka layer and a coconut layer)! This is why I said it's MAGIC!

Simply love the aroma and the taste! Oh my, the aroma filled the whole house!!

Easy Banana Cake

My friend bought me some banana and it turned up to be too ripe so, I decided to use it to bake banana cake. Survey a few recipes and end up very very headache with the recipes as all the recipes are very very different. Didn't know which recipe to use but in the end, decided to use the easy recipe.

Ingredients

180g butter

180g sugar (I use 140g)

2 eggs

250g cake flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

220g  mashed banana (I use 320g)

50g evaporated milk

Method

1.) Cream butter and sugar till light and creamy.

2.) Pour in the eggs gradually and beat till creamy.

3.) Add in evaporated milk and mashed banana and mix well.

4.) Add in the cake flour, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda and beat for a while.

5.) Bake at 180 degree for about 50 minutes or until cooked.

Egg Tart

Looked through a few egg tart recipes and decided to try this recipe as it's using least sugar and egg. Very satisfied with the outcome ^^

Ingredient & Method

A) Skin : 140g butter
               1/2 egg
               70g icing sugar (I use 50g)
               200g plain flour
Mix all the ingredient and knead it into a dough. Refrigerate the dough for about 30 minutes. Then, press the dough into the mould. The edges should be slightly higher than the tin. Bake at 160 degree for 8 minutes.

B) Egg Filling : 140g sugar (I use 100g)
                       300ml water
                       4 eggs
                       80ml full cream evaporated milk (I use normal milk)
Boiled the sugar and water. After the sugar water has completely cooled down, add in the milk and egg. Mix well. Then, sift the mixture 3 to 4 times. Pour the mixture into the baked tart skin, about 80% full and bake IMMEDIATELY. Bake at 160 degree for 20 minutes. The egg tarts are ready when a toothpick can stand upright.

小野花

“妈咪，我们回来了！这是送给你的！”原来是小花儿，五朵小野花！看着女儿晒红了小脸蛋，手上拿着小花儿，心中有一些说不出的感动!

这是小野花，很不起眼的小野花，经历过许多的风风雨雨然而还是生存着。虽然不值钱但是意义重大，虽然不起眼但是它是女儿第一次为我亲手摘下来的小野花。孩子这小小贴心举动真的让我甜在心头。我把小野花放好，摆在客厅的桌上。没想到，真的没想到。。第二天，小野花居然变了样！！孩子觉得小野花好厉害因为不用水，不用太阳，不用施肥都能变成另外一个样子。。哈哈哈哈。。我就是喜欢孩子那单纯的思想！

谢谢你们的小花朵。。妈咪希望你们也像小野花一样那么坚强。。有一天，你们也会变成一朵独特的花儿。。妈咪永远爱你们噢！

Non-bake Lemon Oreo Cheesecake

A few years back, I learn to make this from a friend. My family love it so much, especially my hubby. The best thing about this recipe is that you can modify it, putting any ingredient that you like as long as the basic ingredient is used.

Basic Ingredient
250g Cream cheese
200g Whipping cream
40g Icing sugar
1tbsp Gelatin powder

The Base
8-10 pieces Digestive biscuit (use oreo biscuit if you want an orea base)
5tbsp Melted butter

Additional Ingredient
10 pieces Oreo (crush to pieces, big or small)
5tbsp Lemon juice

Method
1.) The Base: Put digestive biscuit in a zip bag and break it. Then, add in the melted better and mix well. Press the mixture in the cake mould to form the base.
2.) Dissolve gelatin powder in 1.5 tbsp boiling water.
3.) Break the oreo into pieces (big or small pieces) for later use.
3.) Whisk whipping cream until light and fluffy. 
4.) Beat cream cheese and sugar until creamy.
5.) Add in gelatin mixture and beat til mix well.
6.) Add in whipped cream (Beat with low speed for 30 seconds)
7.) Take out some of the cheese mixture. Then, add in the crushed oreo and stir well.
8.) Add in the lemon juice into the remaining cheese mixture and stir well. 
9.) Now, you can mould the cheesecake in whatever layer you like.
10.) Chill for at least 4 to 5 hours or preferably overnight.

Hubby's Birthday Celebration 2013

For sure, everyone will headache when it comes to celebration, at the very least once a year. I'm the one who is always headache when it comes to celebration, really had no idea how to make it a special one. A surprise party? No..no..I do not want to trouble anyone. A big feast?? Well, he is at the bolder line of high cholesterol, a big feast is sure not a good idea!

In the end, we had a very simple celebration at home. I make a non-bake lemon oreo cheesecake for hubby as requested. It has been years since my last baking of it. Luckily, it tasted good, at least suit our taste! The kids were so eager to try out the cheesecake, holding the spoon while singing birthday song! YengYeng is overjoyed too, looking on at the lighted candle. Although it is a very simple celebration, we are happy and contented for being able to celebrate it together. Nothing is more precious than spending the special moment together! Hopefully, for the many many years to come!

原来，金龟包是"感恩之宝"!

今天一早就急着起身做包子给老公和孩子。这是我第一次做，本身不是爱包之人但是想学做的原因是老公和孩子都喜欢吃。今天学做乌龟包是因为老公很想吃，再加上这个月是九王爷诞。

趁老公和孩子还在睡梦中，我已经在厨房里打仗，时间很紧凑。眼睛一直望着钟点，害怕孩子上学迟到。做到一半又冲冲忙忙地叫孩子起身准备上学。老公便帮我打点孩子而我就继续做包子。

好不容易终于完成了！很兴奋！孩子也很兴奋！拿了一个给孩子试一试。。大女儿说“MMmm..很好吃!" 我开心极了！轮到二女儿试吃。。她说“MMmm..一点点好吃。。一点点不好吃!" 我自己也咬了一口！哎哟，包子有点硬也不够香甜！是个失败的糕点！！

我有点失望。。也许，女儿知道我失望也看到我满头汗。。她坚持要把包子带去学校吃！！这一刻，我很感动！感动因为女儿很懂事。。感动因为女儿很体贴。。感动因为女儿懂得爱。。感动因为女儿的善解人意。。我也只能说：感恩！感恩！

今天的金龟包虽然失败了，但是换来了我们之间更深一层的爱，这是无价的。。