Ayam Masak Merah (Chicken in Red Chilli Sauce)

There are different styles of cooking this. Different people might use tomato puree, boh chilli, whatever. Here goes...

Ingredients (for 3 pax)

1) 1/2 chicken - cut into pieces
2) Oil - 1 cup
3) Dried chilli (blended) - 2 1/2 cup
4) Chilli & tomato sauce - both 1/2 cup
5) 3 pieces lemon grass
6) Shallots - 6 pieces
7) Ginger - 1.5cm
8) Garlic - 4 cloves
9) Tumeric powder
10) Salt to taste
11) Water - 1/2 cup

Initial preparation

1) Items 5 to 8 are blended together.
2) Mix chicken with tumeric powder and salt, enough to cover the chickens cut.
3) Fry chicken in heated oil until brown.

Further instruction  

1) Heat some oil. Saute blended dried chilli with blended items 5 to 8.
2) Pour in fried chicken, tomato and chilli sauce, and some water. Salt to taste.

Ready to serve!!!

Sorry for the bad presentation!!! trust me, it looks good...lol

Masak Lemak Cili Api

Ok so this is our (Me + Masterchef Izah) first attempt to do Masak Lemak Cili Api (Coconut Gravy using Small Green Chilly Dish). We are using Kerang (cockles). Common use for this dish includes chicken, fish, meat, escargot, prawn, for your taste.

Ingredients (for 6 pax)
1) 1 whole chicken - cut into pieces
2) Coconut milk from 1 coconut
3) 1.5 cm tumeric
4) 6 pieces shallots
5) 3 lemon grass - minced
6) 6 small fresh green chillies (cili padi)
7) Salt to taste
8) Tamarind water - 1 glass

Instruction
1) Blend items 3), 4) 6)
2) Stir together chicken, coconut milk and blended items in a pot using average fire
3) Put in cockles or anything as per ur taste
4) Put in minced lemon grass and salt to taste
5) Stir occassionally to avoid coconut milk from breaking

The result???

Yummy!

Asam Pedas Muar

Weeee!!! I love cooking. It is a great stress reliever. What better way to spend the weekend other than cooking with moi cousin, Izah.

What is Muar, you may ask?

Muar is a small town situated in Johor (one of the 13 states in Malaysia). For more info, visit this website About Malaysia ok. Or if you still dunno, just GOOGLE k...

Hence, here's the result....

Asam Pedas Muar Ayam

So how to do it?

Basically if you're not a spicy food lover, DO NOT, i repeat, DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!!! Since Asam Pedas stands for "Spicy & Sour" hahahaha.....

Anyway, back to the ingredients (for 6 pax)...

1) Cili kering (dried chili)

2) 1 big cup of oil / 1 cawan besar minyak

3) Ayam seekor dicincang (1 whole chicken, cut into pieces) - you can opt for fish/meat too

4) Garlic (5 cloves) /Bawang putih (5 biji)

5) Ginger 1.5cm /Halia (setengah ibu jari)

6) Tumeric 1.5cm /Kunyit (setengah ibu jari)

7) Shrimp paste a pinch /Belacan (secubit)

8) 1 glass of tamarind water/Air asam jawa (segelas besar)

9) 1 weave of "daun kesom" (sorry I dunno what's this in English, pls google)

10) Shallots (6 pieces)/bawang merah (6 biji)

11) Salt to taste / Garam secukup rasa

Items to blend:

1) Dried chilli.....Once blended with water, put aside 

2) Blend garlic, ginger, tumeric, shrimp paste, red onion....Once blended with water, put aside

Items to saute: 

1) Heat 1 big cup of oil

2) Saute 2 1/2 cups of dried chilli into the oil

3) Put in together items to blend no (2)

4) Put in the cut chicken

5) Put in together tamarind water

6) Stir and leave it for half an hour, until chicken is properly cooked using medium fire

7) Put in daun kesom leaves

8) Salt to taste

It's ready!!! Do enjoy your Malaysian Meal at your own risk....:)

My Wedding Pic

Just to share with you my wedding pic....

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Last piece: MCC 0083 (MYR 139)

1) The first piece is a great cotton piece to wear with jeans in this hot weather.

2) The 2nd piece is a multi-functional piece. It is either formal, or casual.

3) Last piece is a stunner. It is decent, but trendy, made out of cotton to be worn in this hot weather as well.

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Fishy DayCare

Kids, today I want u to take care of Puss while I'm cooking lunch.

Dad is helping to take care of Pawl.

So make sure u're not up to anything fishy today.

BORING!!! Same thing on TV everyday...

Hey Jen, u wanna explore the world outside?

I'm getting kinda bored.

Puss is always sleeping anyway.

A little tour wouldn't hurt.
We'd better get back early before mom finds out.

Sneak peek: Mom's cooking.

Dad's watching TV, as usual.

Oh hey there Lil Pawl! Be quiet ok.

Ok line's clear.

Bye bye house!

First stop. Hey what's this? Siamese twins.

Hello? Hello? They are not moving and won't budge.

I guess they are stuck with each other for life. That sucks.

Hey that's Mickey!

I think he's desperate to get out, eventhough he's smiling.

Let's help him.

U push 1 side, I push the other side.

1,2,3...

I guess we're not strong enough. *panting*

Let's try rolling it then.

Wow, it's snowing.

Mickey must be having a good time.

Even we don't experience snow here in Malaysia.

We'll just leave you as you are okay Mickey, since ur snowing :)

Hi Mr Robot. I'm totally okay with u except that u don't have any emotions.

Hey that bed looks comfy. Even the bed in our house don't look that comfy. Let's try it out.

Weeeeeeeee!!!!

Hey shoes!!! BIG one.

This is what I call "A walk in my shoes"

Hey that's a big TV!

Let's change channel.

Cool. Phineas & Ferb.

Last stop: The aquarium.

Wait a minute? Where are the fishes?

Let's take a closer look.

Jen: Don't get too near, Jas.

Ah ah ahhh arrgghhhhh I'm slipping, Jen. Help me!

It's too late. Are u okay down there?

Dushhh! Oh no, he can't swim. Think, think, think...

Rescue mission in progress. Hold on...Catch this!

Wow, I can't believe I am so strong & smart.

I feel like tug-of-war and winning. Gosh, ur so heavy Jaspurr!

Jaspurr: Thanks, Jen my darling sista. U've saved my life. Mind giving me a CPR?

Jennyfur: No way. Ur breath smells like fish puke.

Hey what's the time now? It's 10 mins to lunchtime. Mom would kill us if she finds out that we're not taking care of Sweet Puss.

U'd better make yourself dry fast.

Run for your life!!!

Jennyfur, Jaspurr!!! Lunchtime!!!

Awww...my lovely and obedient kids. :)

Goes to show "There are really no fishes in the sea after all!"

Tee hee hee...:)

Hot Staff

Received email from our head of department aka "PARTNER". This email is indirectly telling us, "Don't worry. It's the PEAK PERIOD. Though 5 MANAGERS & SUPERVISORS already tendered, but you really have nothing to worry about. Because...."

"As at 12 Jan 2011, we have 171 permanent staffs in our Group as compared to 2009 (149) same time last year. The numbers will increase to 199 (LY:161) if we include interns. This is not to say that we have sufficient staffs at the moment as you aware that  COMPANY P&C will be taking alot of our resources. We are trying our best to recruit at the moment but you know better than I do that recruitment will remain one of our most challenging task ahead. In the meantime, do continue to haunt me for staffs. But the partners ask only 1 thing in return, we expect you to work SMART, not HARD!!!"

Hmmmppphhh. Does he actually know the breakdown of the so-called PERMANENT STAFFS? The way I see it, my department have alot of junior staffs now (rather than senior staffs who have mostly tendered)  which require more coaching, etc etc. Which only adds up to having to train (increase time in engagement), further headache & stress. And the fact that 5 Managers & Supervisors resignation during peak period, the portfolio will be given to other managers, which in turn, leads to increased burden and taking up more of the team's work & time. Thanks a lot Partner for the not-so-convincing email. I really appreciate it.