Sunday 18 November 2012

MURTABAK LAPIS

 Ingredients:

22 pieces + 1/2 cream cracker biscuits
200g minced meat
11/2 tablespoons curry powder
150 g  diced onion
2 red onion *
2 cloves garlic *
1 cm ginger (finely ground *)
150 ml milk + 200 ml coconut milk
1/2 cup water
11/2 tablespoons cooking oil
3 red chillies, sliced ​​(can reduce)
sprigs of  fresh parsley, finely chopped
3 eggs, slightly beaten
2 tablespoons butter
Salt, pepper and a little sugar


Directions:
1. Heat oil in a large skillet and fry the finely ground spices until fragrant,

2. Add ground beef, stir and pour water, stir well. When dry put onion, salt, pepper and a little sugar. Saute the meat on medium heat until browned.
  Set aside.

3.  Spray pan with nonstick spray or line pan with aluminium foil and spread with butter and rub the sides of the pan too.  Take 7 pieces of biscuits and cut into two (with similar size) + 1/2 slice = 15 parts altogether.

4. Soak briefly 3 pieces (full size) biscuits +  another 3 pieces (1/2 size) biscuits into a mixture of milk + coconut milk and lay the biscuits onto a baking  pan.

5. Spoon 1/5 of the meat mixture on the top of the biscuits and pour with 1/5 of egg. Do the same method on each layer.
6. For the final layer , pour the remaining egg, milk mixture on top of the biscuits.
7.Spoon the butter over it and bake in a preheated oven at a temperature of 200C for 45 minutes or until cooked. Allow to cool before being released from the pan.


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Bahan-bahannya:

22 keping + 1/2 keping biskut cream cracker
200g daging cincang
11/2 camca besar rempah kari daging
150 g bawang besar yang telah didadu
2 biji bawang merah*
2 ulas bawang putih*
1 cm halia (*dikisar halus)
150 ml susu cair + 200 ml santan
1/2 cawan air
11/2 camca besar minyak masak
3 biji cili merah, dihiris (boleh kurangkan)
3 tangkai daun sup, di hiris
3 biji telur, dipukul sedikit
2 camca besar mentega
Garam, serbuk lada sulah dan sedikit gula

CARA MEMBUATNYA

UNTUK INTINYA:

1. Panaskan minyak, tumis bahan kisar halus dan rempah hingga harum.

2. Masukkan daging, kacau rata dan tuang air, kacau rata. Bila kering masukkan bawang besar, garam, lada sulah dan sedikit gula. Kacau hingga bawang layu.

UNTUK MURTABAK CRAKERS:

1. Alas dasar tin dengan aluminium foil, sapu dengan mentega, sapu juga bahagian tepi tin. Ambil 7 keping biskut dan kerat dua (biar sama besar) + dengan 1/2 keping = 15 bahagian.

2. Rendam sekejap 3 keping biskut + 3 keping biskut yang 1/2 bahagian tadi dalam bancuhan susu + santan dan susun pada dasar tin.

3. Masukkan 1/5 bahan no. 1, rata dan curah sedikit telur tadi (anggaran 1/5 juga). Buat kaedah yang sama untuk baki biskut  dan no. 1 juga telur.

4. Untuk lapisan terakhir, jika ada lebihan telur, bancuh dgnan bahan susu + santan, kacau rata dan tuang atas biskut tadi hingga rata.

5. Sudukan mentega atasnya dan bakar dalam oven yang telah dipanaskan pada suhu 200C selama 45 minit atau hingga masak.  Biarkan sejuk sebelum dikeluarkan dari acuan.






Recipe courtesy of ' Resepi Bonda via Facebook'
Original Recipe + Picture courtesy of 'Dapur Tanpa Sempadan' - www.tiffinbiru.com

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE

How possible a person could lose her weight in a short span of time especially someone like me who is eager to look good for my graduation day on this coming December ? Duhhhhhh....worst still even my baju kurung specially made for that day does not fit me at all :(

I have to admit that I do have excess weight that I carry in my body and I have already tried a number of ways of relieving myself  of those extra pounds , but to varying degrees of success.

I've been spending and wasting my money to try out all sort of slimming products (you just name it!) and I've been following one of slimming programs from a beauty centre and all these are a major flop for me...it doesn't work at all because I have a big appetite...lol 

Now my mission is to do regular exercise like brisk walk or jog during my free time and atleast 3 times a week I join aerobic classes plus to control my appetite as well.

To look super slim with a model figure (my long term goal perhaps??...huhu) for my graduation day is quite impossible but I'll be more than happy if I could wear that 'baju kurung' which I suppose to wear on that day or should I buy the new one, I will tell you the result...just stay tuned :) 

xoxo
Fergie










Monday 12 November 2012

WOMAN AT WORK


When I came to the office this morning wearing a black blouse with a black pant and blue shoes , I was told that my office mate who just came from holiday bought me a blouse. Infact 3 of my colleagues including myself have the same blouse with different colours to choose from. I was trying to avoid purple colour all this while simply because that colour has dominated my wardrobe so far. I admired the green colour but too bad it was already taken by our tea lady. I had no choice but to take the blue colour but it was okay to me since I was wearing a blue skechers.   I was delighted that I've received that prezzie early in the morning. I love surprises. Tell me who would'nt? :P
While the others were busy talking I wanted to try that blouse whether it fits me or not and didn't want to take it off after trying. So I decided to wear it and took my old black blouse into my bag.  I've got a 'whoa' remark from office colleagues when they saw me wearing that new blouse...lol how spontaneous I could be???

Infact that's how I show my gratitude and appreciation to any giver and I don't mind at all if the gift is small or inexpensive , comes in whatever form or size because to me 
most importantly it's the 'thought' that really counts! :) 

Of course I would love people to give me the same reaction when I give something to them. Well atleast show a little bit of appreciation. No need a little drama like what exactly I'm doing even if you want to be dramatic enough ..no harm done right?
I just don't get it when people simply put aside the gift and ignore it as if they don't appreciate it, merely because it isn't a 'branded' thing, no 'Thank you' remark after receiving it..nothing. 
You can be a branded conscious person but please bear in mind don't ever exaggerate especially when receiving a gift with no brand name on it! You can piss someone off by doing so.
To me this kind of people are selfish, insensitive and plain ignorant! If I receive that kind of remark from any one , I swear god that would be first and the last I give any thing to that person!  I might tell him/her off my dissatisfaction right away.  Hehe as if I dare to do so! hey I'm a bit too much of a softie I guess :P
Well enough said, I don't have to mumble much on this matter.

So here I am camwhoring with my new blue blouse :)