Happy 2008 Screwdriver

Happy New Year 2008!!!
Cheerz!

this cocktails is called Screwdriver
the very first cocktail i had
during my very first visit to a disco pub 10 years ago ingredietns:
ice cube, 45ml vodka, orange juice
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* half-full the glass with ice cube
* pour in the vodka n top up with orange juice
* garnish with a twist of orange peel

Christmas Meal

only manage to make 1 nice meal today
because i was so tired...
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mushroom soup + garlic bread

it was a nice meal but no time to decorate
chicken chop with brown sauce, mashed potato,
sauteed button mushroom with yellow onion,
fresh tomato & long bean

Christmas Cinnamon Coffee

saw this recipe earlier
n i modified a bit here n there
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ingredients:
coffee powder, water, cinnamon, rum, honey, cream
deco:
whipped cream, cinnamon sugar, chocolate syrup
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* boil coffee powder, water, cinnamon
for approx 8 minutes
* blend in rum, honey, cream, (ice)
* pour in glass, decorate with whipped cream,
cinnamon sugar, & chocolate syrup

nice nice nice nice~ really nice!!!
trust me...
take 1 sip i already wee wang wang~

Silent Nite~ Lonely Nite~

Christmas Eve me Home Alone
not scare! not scare!
i got things to play ^^

my lonely dinner platter~*
the ingredredients might make u faint
i had
Ramli Beef Patty, Mashed Potato, Tomato Omelette
Deco: Chinese Parsley & Pomegranate

when cha-pa-lang ingredients
gone through Ah Yan's Magical Kitchen
everything will turn to be a piece of Art :P

Merry Christmas oh!

Tom Yam Kung

my first time making Tom Yam
seems like a lot of people also make Tom Yam today
hmmm... Dong Zhi Day~ Tom Yam Day~
^^
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these are the ingredients
pls dun ask me to explain these
i have trouble with the names...

very beautiful colourful eh...
*before boil*
well...
the taste not powelful enough lar
next time i'm gonna make shrimp soup!
oh ya... i had glass noodle in the soup
i had Stir-Fried Long Bean to go with the Tom Yam

simple simple~

Happy Dong Zhi 2007

finally comes Dong Zhi
didn't play keng chao tang yuan any more
did it earlier mar...
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i made red bean + black glutinous rice dessert

so i only ate 2 biji of tang yuan today
+ 1 flower roll nice nice breakie
so authentic oh...
this month played too much masak-masak liao
electricity bill went up
so i decided not to boil overnite in slow cooker
i soak the rice n bean overnite instead
woke up early early to boil it with gas
then went back to sleep
*LOLz*

Pumpkin Porkie Ball

had this recipe in mind
since i started my Dong Zhi Project
it's very different from normal Tang Yuan
because it's not sweet but salty
and the filling is made of pork
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ingredients:
skin: pumpkin, glutinous rice flour, dash of salt
filling: minced pork, chopped carrot, garlic,
spring onion, pepper, soy sauce, sugar, water,
oyster sauce, sesame oil, starch
soup: any kinda stock - 高汤

* steam pumpking for 10 minutes n mash it
* blend in glutinous rice flour with pumkin:flour 1:2
* form a dough and roll into little balls
* roll meat patty into little balls, freeze them a little
* wrap up meat balls with pumpkin dough
* boil them until floating
* serve with soup

the meaty filling

Turkey-Wanna-Be

gingy: hey chic! nice to meet u!
turkey-wanna-be: me no Chic! me Turkey!

gingy went round n round n round for inspection
"alrite... u're Turkey-Wanna-Be!"
well... nvm, it's Christmas anyway~

no oven, no turkey
but i managed to get a Teriyaki Roasted Chicken
added some ah yan magical touch~*
* stir fry potato, carrot, whole onion, pumpkin
* season with salt, dried rosemary & basil
* garnish with fresh salad & some cherry tomato

everything is ready for Christmas!

Mix Bean Sesame Rice Ball

i did my 2nd Dong Zhi Project loo...
ah yan invented recipe ^^
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ingredients:
Mix Bean (black eye pea, red bean, mung bean, barley),
rock sugar, pandan leaf, sesame rice ball

Mocha Red Bean Dumpling

冬至
Dong Zhi is the thanksgiving
of the Chinese calendar
"Dong Zhi" literally means "arrival of winter"
coinciding with the winter solstice
it is an occasion for the family toget together
to celebratethe good year they have had
Tang Yuan (汤圆) is cooked and eaten
to symbolise unity and harmony within the family
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so ah yan made Tang Yuan lo~
ingredients:
glutinous rice flour 200g, tapioca flour 15g,
warm water 110g, green tea powder, green colouring,
red bean paste 65g, soya milk 500ml

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*sift all flours together and add in water slowly
*form a dough
* roll red bean paste and mocha dough into small balls

here are the steps:
ready to boil looo...

boil till all the balls float
this mean they are cooked lor~

serve in soya milk

red bean paste!

Colourful Dinner

because of Selangor Sultan's Buttday
i oso got holiday ahhhh...
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went out kai kai whole day
then came home to play masak-masak
because of good good mood
the dishes oso super colourful ^^

Porkie Bowl
this is an new invention
because i wanted to make emperor chicken drumstick
but the chicken just dun wanna defrost
n we were very hungry!
ingredients:
minced pork, chopped carrot,garlic, spring onion, pepper,
soy sauce, sugar, water, oyster sauce, sesame oil, starch, egg
* blend everything together and steam for 10 minutes
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ABC Soup again...

the never simpler Tofu

the Rocket Dish *muahahahaa*
at first it was just boiled broccoli
looked too plain
so i added in corn n carrot from the soup

good mood determines good meal too!

Under Water Dinner

it has been a while
since i last making proper home-style meal
in the mood for one today
because found some fresh 'water world ingredients'

^^
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lettuce in oyster sauce

my first lala ^^
* rendam lala in salt water - 30 min - drain
* saute minced ginger, garlic, chili
* season with salt, pepper
* pour in lala fry for a while
* add a little cooking sherry
* cover lid for 10 min & serve
my 2nd talapia fish ^^

ABC soup with corn
extra sweetness!