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Noticed there was no cooking post for the past one month? That’s coz I havent’ been cooking much *shifty eyes*

But in view of the long Chinese new year weekend, I decided to cook some Chinese food! And now I got a few dishes to share with y’all! Yay!

First up – cornflakes chicken. Oh hell yea. You might think it’s weird, but it’s so easy to make and taste wonderful too.

Cut chicken into bite size and marinate with some sesame oil, light soya sauce and lots of black pepper. Fry it and then drain. In a separate bowl, pour sugar-free cornflakes (any amount you desire) and season with black pepper, lemon and pepper seasoning with a bit of salt, gently press down cornflakes to break it.

Heat wok with oil, add in 4 tablespoons of butter, add in 4-5 clove chopped garlic, curry leaves from 3 stems and 2 halved birds eye aka chilli padi (more if you like it spicy). It should smell glorioussss by now. Add in cereal and coat with butter sauce and then combine with chicken and stir for another 1 minute.

 And you’re done! Believe it or not.

I served it with some Golden egg tofu! And this was easy peasy to make.

First off, buy 2 tubes of egg tofu (soy beancurd in tube form), gently cut out the tube and let it roll out like toothpaste :D  Cut tofu into pieces and fry it with oil until golden brown. Prepare the seasoning by adding 2 tablespoon light soy sauce, 2 tablespoon oyster sauce, some black pepper, some seasoning oil, salt, sugar and some water. Prepare cornstarch with water for thickening. Heat oil, fry some garlic, red bell pepper and handful of dry chillies. I earlier boiled some baby corn and added it to the pan. Throw in seasoning. And the cornstarch. You can add an egg into the pan if you want. Add in browned egg tofu and you’re done. Increase seasoning if you want more sauce to the plate

Chinese new year dinner is served, hehe

Then on Sunday, I decided to make egg noodles for lunch because Sairah LOVES her egg noodles. I guess the Thai blood in her runs deep Thesedays I have to cook food that my toddler can eat as well so here’s a great recipe for kids and family!

Add 4 portions of egg noodles into the pot and boil until noodles are soft. Drain with cold water and set aside. If you frequent hypermarkets you’ll notice they love to sell a portion of assorted dumplings like crab sticks, prawn cake and the works for steamboat. Boil that in hot water until soft, I also added some baby corns to it. Chop all in bite size when done.

Fry one chopped onion and four clove chopped garlic until light brown. Add in one chopped chilli, and throw in the assorted dumplings and baby corn and fry for a bit. In a bowl add 4 tablespoon light soya sauce, 4 tablespoon oyster sauce, half tablespoon sugar, ½ tablespoon dark soya sauce, some sweet soya sauce, some water and mix. Throw in the mixture and add in the noodles while coating everything. You may cook some eggs after that and add to the  mixture. Season with black pepper and salt and garnish with spring onions, like this:

 DONE!

My baby absolutely LOVES this dish. She kept eating and eating it and when I stopped she would say maam maam, and she’s usually not *this* easy to feed, LOL.

The next dish is a super easy dish to make! And best of all, I boiled some tiny macaroni and coated it lightly with the sauce and added in some chopped sausages for Sairah’s lunch – it’s like killing two birds with one stone. The kid enjoyed her meal alright and then slept for a good 1.5 hours

For the chicken:

Using 2 pieces of chicken breast, slice each piece into half making it flatter and easier to cook in the grill. Season with black pepper, garlic salt, rosemary, dried oregano, some paprika – in short you can season with anything you like so long there’s rosemary for flavor. Fry in the grill with olive oil until cooked.

For Sauce:

Saute one chopped onions, 5 clove chopped garlic, red bell pepper in butter. Pour in tomato sauce (I used Prego’s as it’s sweeter) to thicken, and add in one cheddar cheese slice. Add in some rosemary and black pepper to taste. Sauce is done.

I had some Greek potatoes to go as the side. Cut 2 russet potatoes into large wedges. I nuked it for 2-3 minutes in the microwave so it will cook faster in the oven. Mince 4 garlic clove, half a lemon juice, black pepper, oregano and a drizzle of olive oil (I omitted this though). Then heat up your oven and cook it until it’s cooked. I would also suggest wrapping it up in a foil to maintain the flavor of the garlic juice while adding some water to it. I’ll probably try it later.

Arrange the chicken, potatoes and sauce to look like this:

A closer look – almost gourmet-ish, *pats back* Well done ME!

Twas the day it was Christmas and The Mrs Blogs was cracking her pretty head on the perfect dinner she would cook for her man. Not too heavy she said, for we had a hearty Christmas eve feast the day before. And not too simple for it was a special day of course.

A light bulb went off and ting that woman said ‘I shall cook him a yummy  Broccoli and Turkey Ham Casserole’ , ‘incase the other half has bought me something nice for Christmas ‘ she further wishes.

No gift came that night. True story. But they were thankful for this wonderful concoction of fresh green vegs with turkey ham all wrapped in a cheesy rue goodness.

But as that Bastard Murphy would interfere, blast the damn bland recipe off the internet! Luckily, a savior came in the form of Domino’s chilli flakes that was lying around. She got down on her knees and gave thanks to it for providing that extra kick ass flavor. My savior, she said and gave the packet a BIG kiss!  

Doctor approved with its vegetable and meat serving *rubs tummy*

And twas the day AFTER Christmas called Boxing Day that the Mrs Blogs felt like she had to be as authentic as the Italians are and make her OWN Gnocchi!

She will not lie to you and say this is a walk in the park recipe as it took alot of effort of kneading and shaping the dough until these little bastards were good to go.

Risking a perfect manicure did the day before – that is how much she was willing to sacrifice herself for the sake of this thing called Gnocchi!

She killed 4 potatoes until she could pierce a fork through it and mashed it well until they died a painful death!  She devoted herself by throwing in one egg, and then seasoning it with lots black pepper and salt.

Knead knead knead her pretty long fingers did, we need more flour flour flour damnit she yelled told the husband (yes of course she had a little elf helper) until it eventually looked like this.

She then rolled some dough into a  dick  long fat roll, pinched it off to shape into a ball, pressed it down further with a fork in the middle to look like this:

Purely aesthetic she said. Quite frankly, we could have gone with that dick shape she told her little elf.

And then she murdered these cute little balls again by dropping it into a pot of steaming hot water added with salt and olive oil. With her little evil elf at the side, they waited patiently for it to RISE!

For that was the sign the Gnocchi is READY.

Rise my little Gnocchi munchkins, riseeeeeee! *evil laugh*

Though she really wanted to make her own tomato sauce, she was convinced the bastards in Cold Storage decided to hide all the tomato puree cans away from her, leaving her to buy a ready made pasta sauce in the form of Prego, for she was too cheap to buy the more expensive once.

Saute white onions and garlic she did, throw in the canned sauce and some water to create the perfect sauce, she achieved. And what’s a sauce without some Italian Parsley and Parmesan cheese aye, she said and dumped it all in with full of glee.

And now my little elf can EAT his heart out.

Little Gnocchi’s butchered into half. They were so perfect that it almost made her cry for devoting close to one hour preparing it and sparing only less than 5 minutes to gulp it all up. The world is so cold and cruel sometimes.

On a side note, this is a what Edward and Bella’s baby should really look like…..

Pasty white with blood on her mouth ever so ready to pounce and bite you!

Except………

I iz eating mama’s gnocchi for lunch and loving it! Har har.

The end!

And go try this thing called Gnocchi Gnocchi Gnocchi!

Ladies, so we’ve learned on this bloggie that a jar of Thai red curry paste is not just for  Thai Red Curry! It can be used in a whole lot of other ways when it comes to cooking a tasty dish. Now if only we can implement this surely every ingredient will become of good use instead of being chucked to the side. How many times have we bought that one single ingredient for one recipe and then left it to rot in the fridge because we can’t come up with other ways to fully utilize it? I can tell you it happens to me way too many times.

So today’s lesson is WASTE NOT!

Anyway dish of the day is some pretty awesome Thai Chicken Cakes. Why you no make Fish you say? Coz we prefer chicken! Besides, the husband said it taste just like Thai Fish Cake so……..fish, chicken, same same but different, haha. They belong in the tummy!

I made this a longgg time ago and decided to give it a try again. I remember it being good the last time, and having modified it a little, I have to say, this is pretty flavorful and goes well, even as a snack. Serve with a side of sweet chilli sauce and you’ll have a pretty good appetizer

Ingredients:

1 tray of minced chicken

2-3 tablespoon red curry paste

2 chopped shallots

Some chopped long beans

1 egg, beaten

1 tablespoon flour

Some chopped lime leaves

Some chopped spring onions

1 chopped chilli.

Black pepper and a dash of paprika

In a bowl, combine chicken, eggs and flour and mix. Add in red curry paste and remaining ingredients and mix it all up with your bare hands! Put in the fridge for it to set. When you’re ready to cook, form a ball shape and cook in pan. Let it brown on one side for 2-3 minutes before flipping it over.

Sounds easy but preparation is borderline gross. Have you seen chicken meat broken down into a paste like texture?? Oh you’ve not? It’s gag-worthy trust you me! Good thing the end results make it worth it.

Best serve with a side of yummy egg. I add in a bit of mayo so that it fluffs up well. Try it and see the difference.

And for the smarty pants that I am, I decided to use the Khao Soi noodle curry recipe to make well, curry. I thinned it down by adding more water, added in some taufo, chicken and potatoes and it went wonderfully good with rice. Almost like panang curry me reckon. Same same but different

The hubby was pleased.

Only because I am saving money in the long run with less ingredients

Excuse me as I find a million and one ways to utilize the red curry paste jar in the fridge. It’s my go-to ingredient at the moment if there’s ever such a thing! Wait till you see what else I came up with

If you remember my Red Mac and Cheese then yes this is the recipe! Well almost. Using the same sauce as the base I figured I would come up with another meal :)   I would totally categorize this as comfort food as it’s rich in taste and creamy! And being Malaysian, it helps that it has that extra spicy kick for our thick tongue

For the chicken:

I used chicken breast and seasoned it with paprika, lots of black pepper, lemon pepper, cayenne paper and garlic salt. Feel free to use any spice of your choice. Cook on the grill and set aside once done.

For the sauce:

Melt 2-3 tablespoon of butter, add in half chopped onions and 5 clove chopped garlic and fry until aromatic. It should smell glorious at this point. Pour in one box of whipping cream followed by one cup milk. Add in 1 – 1.5 tablespoon of red curry paste and stir.  Throw in quarter cheddar cheese (processed or slice or even mix both), a handful of mozzarella cheese or any of your fav cheese. Let the sauce simmer and thicken first before tasting. If you like it more spicy, you know what to do Season with lots and lots of black pepper and some salt.  You may add in some paprika and cayenne pepper spices for taste.

Sauce should look like this! RICH with its cheesy goodness with a hint of spice! And if you intend to make baked mac and cheese,  throw in some chopped sausages and mix cooked macaroni in the sauce before putting them in ramkin bowls.  Top up with cheese and breadcrumbs and bake

For the spaghetti:

In a separate pan, toast breadcrumbs until brown and put away. Pour some olive oil into pan, and fry some chopped garlic. Saute chopped red capsicum until soft. Sprinkle in half a packet of Dominos chili flakes. Throw in cooked spaghetti and coat. Using a spoon, slowly pour in the sauce and coat the spaghetti and continue cooking for a minute or so.

Arrange spaghetti on plate, put the chicken on top and drizzle with more sauce.

Ladies and gents, after all that hard work, this is the end result.

A sinfully rich dish to whet the appetite. I realize it lacks some vegs but we’ve not really fans of vegetables with pasta so…..

SOOO GOOD!

Food for the Gods?

Ahem I’d like to think so

At worse, it’s a good recipe for the Indian Thai Wannabe husband

EEK I”m itching to update y’all on what happened yesterday but I forgot to save the photos so this cooking post will have to do for now. And quite frankly, I’m pretty damn sure my post title doesn’t make sense.

Let me present you my projects done over the LONG weekend. I made it a point to cook at least one meal at home for all three days :) 

I’ve fallen in love with cooking and think I’ve gotten good  decent over the years Practice makes almost perfect in this case. These days even chopping onions and garlic excite me!!

I shall start with the sweet stuff first.

This is Earl Grey ICE CREAM! Yea, who knew making ice cream would be THIS easy! This was a simple combination of evaporated milk, condensed milk, whipping cream and some early grey tea bags. That’s it! The texture is most definitely kulfi-like, meaning it melts almost instantly in the mouth and plate. I would however go slow with the condensed milk as it can get a way too sweet. Click here for the recipe.

This ladies and gents is the Molten Lava Cake. We’ve tried it in various places before so I thought it would be nice to bake something in our oven. I usually bake at my mom’s place, under her watchful eyes so I was a tad nervous attempting to bake all by myself. But what do you know…..

It came out gorgeous. I cut down on the sugar to avoid being super sweet. Instead of all the other ’spices’ called for, I substituted it with instant coffee and wala!

Mmmm mmm mmm chocolatey gooey goodness! Thank you The Neelys.

I naturally had to include an Indian dish for the sake of my hubby. So I decided on the Chicken Tikka Masala recipe plucked from here. I did some modifications like adding in some green pepper, black pepper, spices and some sugar. As I’m a HUGE fan of simple recipes and ingredients (gee can’t you tell), this is indeed an easy version of Tikka Masala and a must try!

Served it with some frozen paratha. You’re mad if you think I was gonna make paratha from scratch. Now I just need to learn how to make some good paneer to go with it. Any recipes to share?

This was Monday’s dinner! I whipped out chicken breast in garlic cream sauce with a side of spicy wedges. It was divine. Of course the recipe wasn’t exactly good so I frantically had to modify it until it sauce was yummy. Can’t recall where I found this recipe from.

Empty plate usually means something doesn’t it?

I”d like to think so

Think for this weekend I”ll just take a break from cooking and let the hubby pamper me by dining out.

Right, truth is, we’ll be busy using up our vouchers bought by various group discount sites, hah.

This week definitely flew by fast. Toodles!