Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween everyone!
This is the very first time i celebrate Halloween! Only this year i got to know the exact day for Halloween...;p I think its not quite porpular here, in Malaysia. All i know is we got to dress spooky and have lots of sweet treats...haha! And we had a great day celebrating it at our dear friend's house. Lots of sweets, yummy food and desserts! Yum yum..:)

Everyone brought something to the party, as we are having potluck...so i just came up with this silly ideas....;)


Grave Yard Chocolate Mousse

Strawberry Ghost

My very old style Sticky Rice (糯米饭）

All these were brought to my friend's house...together with other delicious food made by my friends, all displayed on the table. All were too good to resist...and now i still need time to digest before i go to bed. Just imagine how much i've eaten...haha!
I really had a great time today, and i hope we'll celebrate this day every year from now. Guess our little girls had fun dressing up and too will look forward to the next Halloween..:)

Nyonya Spiral Curry Puff

Hey my dearest reader, as i promised you before that there will be m0re nyonya recipes be posted...;) Of course i'll keep my promise, but sorry for the delay..;p
Now here's one of the recipe from my favourite Nyonya collection, "Curry Puffs".
I enjy most of the curry puffs selling outside, and i always hope to make those myself one day.
Yeah, this was the first time making curry puffs..;p Not bad ha! I'll give myself a thumbs up for this...;=p

There is not much trouble to prepare this puffs but the washing part was..."sigh"..:( By then i'll wish i have a helper..haha! Ok ok, here goes the recipe and method......

Ingredients Pastry:

210g Plain flour

1 Egg

60ml Cold Water

(B)

110g Plain flour

90g Melted margarine

1/4tsp Salt

Ingredients Filling:

(A)

150g Onions (chopped)

80g Shallots (chopped)

1/2 tbsp, each..Curry leaves (shredded) and lime leaves (shredded)

3 tbsps Meat curry powder, mix with 1 tbsp of water into a paste

1 tbsp Chilli paste (optional)

(B)

150g Diced Chicken breast

200g Cooked potatoes (small cubes)

1 tsp Salt

1 tbsp, each..Sugar, cornflour

Method:
~ Making the filling: Fragnant ingredients (A) with some oil, then add in ingredients (B) and stir fry till chicken has cooked. Leve aside to cool.
~ Mix pastry ingredients (A) well and knead into a dough.
~ Mix pastry ingredients (B) well to form the second dough.
~ Wrap dough (B) inside dough (A), as shown in picture below.
~ Flatten and roll out the dough and roll up like a swiss roll, as in picture no.2
~ Turn the rolled dough 90 degrees, and roll out again.
~ Roll up swiss-roll style again, cover the dough and rest for 20 minutes.
~ Divide dough into small portions then flatten it lightly, roll out the dough. After flatten, a spiral will appeared as shown in picture no. 3
~ Wrap up the filling and seal the edge by pinching the edge like picture no. 4
~ Heat up oil and deep-fry to golden brown.

Do remember to place the cooked puffs on a absorbent oil paper to drain away the extra oil.

Its really yummy, and i can easily took 2 right after frying. haha! Opps...got to drink lots of water after eating all these oily frying food, ha!

Somehow, after trying, i find my fillings are not spicy enough. So if you like, do add more chilli paste to spice up. Try it out and let me know how is it..;)

Honey Ma Lai Koh 蜜香马拉糕

These few days have been craving for snacks and kuehs..;p Have been on a strict diet for sometime but guess i couldn't hold it any longer...haha! JUST EAT!!!
"Lives too short for that".....my friend used to tell me..:=) Okay, here i come again.....back to the kitchen and start baking...:)
Already have some recipe planned for this week.....this is the 1st...;p



A very nice recipe from my new book,..actually bought this book quite sometime ago, but never have the time to try it. Why? Read on and you'll know why..;)
Btw, isn't it looks nice..??


The texture is GOOD!! Alright here's the recipe for you...:)

Ingredients:
(A)
150g Low protein flour
150ml Water
1-1/4tsps Instant yeast

(B)
200g Caster Sugar
1 tbsp Honey
1/4tsp Salt

(C)
7 large eggs
60g Low protein flour
50ml Corn oil

(D)
1 tsp Baking powder
1 tsp Baking soda
2 tsps Water
1/8 tsp Alkaline Water

Method:
~ Combine ingredients (A) in a big bowl. Cover and proof for 6 hours.
~ Place the proofed dough in a mixing bowl, add in ingredients (B) and beat till sugar is dissolved.
~ Add in eggs of ingredients (C) and beat well.
~ Add in flour and oil, continue to beat well. Strain mixture into another clean bowl and proof a second time for 12 hours.
~ Mix baking powder, baking soda and water of ingredients (D) together. Pour into the ready dough.
~ Add in alkaline water, mix well. Pour into a lined 8" basket or lined 8" base tin with perforated holes.
~ Steam over high heat for 35 minutes. Test with a skewer, it should come out clean.
~ Remove the cake from the tin or basket immediately and cool completely on a wire rack.

See, this is why i've been waiting this long to make this cake. All the waiting and waiting and waiting.......But it worth all that, really. You'll love it!!