BAsiC and SiMPLe Beef Macarena ehhh MacArOnI

Suka makan spegeti? 
And how much do you usually pay for it? RM9 per plate more or less.
And that it just for one portion.

My kids love to eat this menu.  And it is the simplest meal to prepare.  Less than half and hour if you have all the ingredients ready.
My ingredients are basic.  Yes very BASIC.  

5 ingredients only:
- Pasta ( I use macaroni) - RM3.40 per packet
- Spaghetti sauce (Prego) - RM7.80 per bottle
- Minced beef or chicken - RM10.00
- One big onion - RM0.50
- 2 pieces of cheese - RM2.00

Total cost roughly about RM24.00.  But this portion can serve 5-7 people.  And if I cook this, the three of us will be eating it for the whole day, or dinner and breakfast if I cook it in the evening.  Optionally, you can add in the mushroom, yellow and green peppers and more cheese.

To prepare the gravy/sauce:

1.  Fry the chopped onion. 
2.  Stir in the minced meat.
3.  Pour in the Prego sauce.
4.  Pour in some water.
5.  Let it simmer (I will dash in some Maggi Cukup Rasa at this point).
6.  Put 2 slices of cheese and let it melt (ini untuk menambah kelemakan kuah spegeti anda).

                                             

To cook the macaroni:

1.  Boil water in a pot.  Put in some oil and salt!

2.  Throw in the packet of macaroni.  Dont forget to stir now and then.

3.  Once the macaroni is the double its size, it is cooked.

HOLA! Serve it and dig in!

Easy measy peasy..... 

NASi GoRENg SARdIN

All of us like to eat fried rice right?

There are so many types of fried rice - yong chow fried rice, seafood fried rice, nasi goreng ayam, nasi goreng dabai, nasi goreng belacan, nasi goreng kampung, name it.... semua ada.

I still remember back then, my nenek used to fry 'nasi aruk".

She fried the rice with ikan bilis and put sugar..... yes sugar. If I'm not mistaken no oil used to fry. Goreng kering je beb.  Nyaman juak bah.  Tambah cili.... lalu orgarsm kekenyangan, puas.

Kalau dulu nasi goreng selalunya jadi menu sarapan pagi.  Nowadays, menu tengah malam pun ada kalau kat kedai mamak.

Meh... let me share my Nasi Goreng Sardin recipe.  Simple and fast, no fuss.

5 or less ingredients jer.... 

a. Nasi sejuk (jangan guna nasi panas, tak sedap, nasi goreng jadi lembab)

b. 2- 3 eggs (kalau you suka telur put lebih lah, the more the merrier but jangan sampai resepi bertukar jadi telur goreng nasi bersardin)

c. Sayur - boleh guna kacang panjang, kacang buncis, carrot atau kesemuanya jika tamak, dihiris halus

d. Sardin - depends on your choice of brand.  Banyak di pasaran. Ambil isi nya aja.  Pecah deraikan,

e.  Most importantly.... MAGGI Cukup Rasa

Cuba you tengok list tu.  Akak tak guna bawang dik oi... 

Semenjak kekanda ku pergi, akak jarang masak kat rumah.  Tiap kali beli bawang putih bawang rumah, akak selalu terkejut dapur akak terhias daun bunga bawang.... hehehehe.

Kini, akak simpan bawang besar je kat rumah.  Alternatifnya guna Cukup Rasa sebagai pengganti bawang.  

Sama ke rasa masakan berbawang fresh ngan tidak?  Sama je dek non.... yang penting kepakaran you merasa makanan untuk mencapai ke'uummmppphhh'an nyer.  Bila part ni, memang totally depend ngan air tangan masing-masing.  Akak tak dapat tolong.  Ni dah consider personal skill.  Akak boleh cium je masakan untuk tahu cukup masin or perasa makanan itu.  Menar eh... sik ku bulak.

La..... belum tuang minyak, akak dah menggoreng rupanya.  Berangan nak jadi Rachel Ray dah ...

Let's cooking...

1.  Pour cooking oil into the wok.  Biar minyak panas.  Then throw in the beaten eggs.  Stir.  Throw in the sliced long beans.  Stir again.
2.  Dash in the MAGGI Cukup Rasa, about 3-4 teaspoons.

 

3.  Pour in the rice.  Kacau hingga mesra.

4.  Tuangkan sardin yang telah dideari-deraikan, minus the gravy.  I like it kasar-kasar. Stir hingga mesra again.  I dashed in some cut chilies  here to make it pedas a little bit.

5.  Tadaa.... siap dah.  Simple kan?  As easy as one two three... :)

See..... the happy face of my makan buddy, MsCyril whom I invited to the house to help me eat the Nasi Goreng Sardin and  Kuey Tiaw Goreng.  I cooked a lot that morning, as if for consumption of 10 pax.  Terbiasa sudah sebab keluarga ramai.  But that day only kita 3 beranak je kat rumah mak bapak kita.

Selamat mencuba!

Nasi Ayam Super Duper Express

I love to cook.  I know I can cook but I hate to bake cakes or biscuits.
I love it very much if the people I serve with my dishes enjoy the food and be satisfied.
One of them has left me forever.

I cook less and lesser nowadays. I cook simple food for my kids.  Simple, fast but healthy. I normally cook chicken rice, spaghetti, fried rice, fried mihun, varieties of chicken dishes and sometimes a dish of vege and fish/seafood nowadays.  Not forgetting Barry's favourite, lamb curry.

No more meriah-meriah like curry fish head, sayur terung asam or even tempoyak goreng.

It is my dream to open up a kedai makan in future.
Few of my ladies colleague have agreed to team up.
What will we serve?
Authentic dayak food, cheap and affordable but no cincai-cincai ones.
We have aimed our potential customers....hehehehe

Let me share my super express way of cooking nasi ayam or chicken rice.
My sis did ask for the recipe yesterday morning.

1.  Marinate the chicken pieces with pound ginger and 'sesedap rasa' or 'secukup rasa' whichever yang you ada.  No need salt or ajinomoto. But you need to put some sesame oil and dashes of black pepper. You can also add up the chicken cube. Kalau big family more chicken pieces lah.  Kalau small family, lesser lah. But kalau ada yang kuat makan, and akan bertambah-tambah u agak-agaklah.  It would be better if you can marinate the chicken for a few hours but usually mine is just about half an hour.

2.  Then the rice.  Prepare your rice for cooking as normally you do.  Once you have measured the water level bla bla bla.... arrange the marinated chicken pieces on top.  Throw in a few teaspoon of butter if you want the extra ummmph.  You can also throw in daun pandan for extra aroma.

3.  Switch on your rice cooker and leave it to cook macam biasa.

4. Tadaa...... Nasi Ayam Super Express siap untuk dimakan!

Tak percaya? Give it a try.  Prepare your own chili sauce but I prefer mine to be eaten with dashes of Kicap ABC.  Dont forget to serve it with slices of cucumber or salad.

Happy cooking guys!

Note:  Kena jangkit Miss Ophelia and Madam Dinah posting a recipe entry... hehehe :)