Nasi Tomato

yang ni pulak today's lunch. asyik makan western jer today kita tukar selera pulak. dah lama tak masak ayam masak merah, so lawannya nasi tomato & veggie dhall. masak nasi tomato kali ni lain sikit, kugoreng dulu beras basmathi bersama bahan2 tumisan dalam kuali sebelum transfer dalam periuk nasi. hasilnya nasi masak sekata dan lembut. so far dah 2 kali cuba kaedah ni, alhamdulillah memang terasa perbezaannya. atau maybe sebab nak tidur malam tadi memang dah asyik terbayang2 nak cuba kaedah baru masak nasi tomato ni tu yang turns out perfect tu... hehehe i am mad! but i believe if you put your heart in to cooking memang semuanya serba menjadi.

ni resipi nasi tomato versi ngada2

3 cups basmathi rice (washed & drain)

1/2 onion - blend

2 garlic - blend

2cm ginger - blend

2 tbsp tomato puree

1 fresh tomato - quatered

1/4 cup fresh milk

1 stick cinnamon

1 tsp cardamon seeds

2 star anise

2 bay leaves

2 tsp salt

water (to your own adjustment)

Fish 'N Chips

yesterday's lunch was salad, mushroom soup (again! ni kes nak habiskan stock mushroom dalam fridge) eaten with garlic bread for appetiser & fish 'n chips served with mayonis and baked potato wedges.

sebelah petang pulak i made butter cake... again sebab ada permintaan daripada fahmi yang mengamuk2 sebab butter cake that i made yesterday habis dimakan farah. amazing sebab before cameron highlands trip nobody cares about butter cake tapi lepas masing2 hirup boh tea sambil makan butter cake it become a hit pulak. mangsanya, mama kena buat butter cake 2 hari berturut2... hehe my pleasure. i topped the butter cake with lemon curd yang dah 2 bulan dok dalam fridge... ada juga gunanya lemon curd tu ye.
i made them extra special for the kids, i baked them dalam love-shape silicone mould courtesy of madam lemongrass. tengok tu the cakes popping out from the mould. yaya had hers with my homemade strawberry jam. the rest i baked dalam loyang bulat jer untuk seisi keluarga.

sambil2 prepare lunch tengahari semalam, sempatlah buat strawberry jam. ni mix of cameron highlands sour strawberry dengan driscoll's (californian) strawberry (yang debab2 tu). sangat2 mengecewakan sebab driscoll's strawberry musim kali ni tak manis macam tahun lepas... *sigh*. last year strawberry tu semua habis dimakan begitu aja tapi this year semua berakhir dengan jam.
merah gelap warnanya tapi rasa tak manis pun...