Saffron Thai

Korean Fried Chicken & Chicken Cordon Bleu

yesterday, i suddenly feel like making Korean Fried Chicken that i used to make, that recipe wins everyone's heart, totally .. !!
but, after searching in the internet.. where the hell is the recipe?




in a (still) attempt to find the recipe i previously used, i keep searching and trying Korean Fried Chicken recipe in internet, gosh, it does take a lot of time to find one recipe :'(
So, today, i decided to test another Korean Fried Chicken recipe, and decided to make a sesame-soy sauce based sauce instead of the gochujang based sauce, coz last time my boyfriend could eat that gochujang based but did not really enjoy it, also the first successful chicken that lingers in my mind is the chicken with soy sauce-sesame based sauce, i used the recipe from vietworldkitchen
http://www.vietworldkitchen.com/blog/2009/07/best-korean-fried-chicken-recipe-yangnyeom-dak-.html

Korean Fried Chicken
Yangnyeom Dak
(Serves 4)

8 chicken thighs
1 yellow onion, grated (use largest hole on the grater)
2 cloves garlic, minced and crushed into a paste
Scant 1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper

Batter:
1/2 cup all-purpose bleached or unbleached flour
2/3 cup cornstarch
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
3/4 cup cold water (ice it before measuring)

Chile sauce option 1:
6 tablespoons Korean chile paste (gojuchang)
6 tablespoons ketchup
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup toasted white (hulled) sesame seeds
2 to 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

Chile sauce option 2:
3 tablespoons chopped garlic
3 tablespoons chopped fresh ginger
6 large red chiles, such as Fresno or Holland, seeded and roughly chopped
2 tablespoons canola oil
3 to 4 tablespoons light (regular) soy sauce
2 tablespoons packed brown sugar
3 to 4 tablespoons Korean barley malt syrup (mool yut) or light corn syrup
Water

http://www.vietworldkitchen.com/blog/2008/10/barbecued-pork-ribs.html
http://www.vietworldkitchen.com/blog/2008/05/red-rice.html
http://www.vietworldkitchen.com/blog/2010/10/sichuan-crescent-dumplings-recipe-zhong-jiaozi.html
http://www.vietworldkitchen.com/blog/2008/05/wok-seared-shak.html
http://www.mahalo.com/korean-fried-chicken
http://tofoodwithluv.blogspot.com/2010/09/green-tea-red-bean-roll-cake.html
http://buildabetterburger.com/finalists/2007/07_fivespice_pork
http://www.asiandumplingtips.com/2009/07/steamed-vietnamese-rice-and-pork-pyramid-dumplings-recipe-banh-gio.html
http://everybodyeatswell.blogspot.com/2010/05/baking-frenzy-15-min-chocolate-cake.html

http://www.chinasmack.com/category/secrets/
http://www.chinasmack.com/2009/secrets/perverted-girls-experiences-chinese-men-1.html
http://www.chinasmack.com/2010/pictures/chinese-people-then-and-now-same-poses-same-positions.html
http://www.chinasmack.com/2010/pictures/long-legged-beauty-kong-yansong-2010-beijing-auto-show-bad-skin.html
http://www.chinasmack.com/2008/pictures/caught-chinese-middle-school-students-having-oral-sex.html
http://www.chinasmack.com/2008/pictures/caught-students-having-sex-in-roman-coliseum.html
http://www.chinasmack.com/2009/videos/unlucky-chinese-student-thief-falls-through-roof.html

Little Lamb HotPot

American Risoles

my bf, is a self-proclaimed lover of deep fried foods, sometimes, he even loves those deep fried nibbles more than me :p. Everytime he eats deep fried foods, he always have that oh-very-happy-satisfied look on his face, so, one day i asked him

me : dude, do u know ameriacn risoles?
my bf : which one is that?
me : risoles with ham and boiled egg and cheese on the inside
my bf : i knoow !! i like that and i always ask my mom to buy it for me from the wet
market
me : how about i make that for you?
my bf : yeaay !!

so, i decided to make this risoles for the very first time in my life, well, actually i did make it before, and it got devoured fast, yet, considering that the my maid was the one making the skin and i was the one who instruct and wrap them, i cannot say that i have made one myself. Acually i did try to make the skin myself, but, second attempt failed and i didnt bother to try it again

it is so damn hard for me to make the skin, well im not that patient to make that thin and delicate skin :(, i'd even rather make pancakes than crepes ;)
but, to make my boyfriend happy, i decided to try it, making everything from scratch, anyway i have just finished my first exam, so i need some fun (experiment in the kitchen) and this recipe is one of those recipe that i would really like to have a hold on anyway :D

we went quickly to woolworths to buy ingredients that we didnt have. We spent like an hour there looking at other aisle and buy stuff that we did not need as well though x(, that's why we have this food as our dinner at 12 pm

After m exam this week finished i'll be totally be dancing around in the kitchen :D
i want to cook this ayam merah madu for my boyfriend who is a big fans of deep fried stuff :p

Banana bread hey hey~

i used 2 bananas, compared to the previous one, this banana bread is significantly less dense, crispy on the outside, and inside is so sooft, i may as well regard it as banana cake
i dont know why this one is so different with the picture of the recipe, probably coz the kitchen scale a bit fucked up or i was not too care when i making it (was very rushing to quickly study for my behavioural study exam :( )

need to mention that i already put half of the butter from a newly bought butter but the scale still says it's only 120 when the whole butter itself weights 500 grams :/

for the frosting, i did not have icing sugar on hand, so i used white chocolate cream cheese frosting (to get rid of my Cadbury "dreamy~" as well)

verdict : my boyfriend prefers this one to the last one (coz this one is crunchy), my sister said she still cannot taste the banana (will leave it one day first before i try it), i also loves the crispiness of that banana cake. Downside : we prefer the cream cheese frosting to be more cheesy, the frosting this time, is good, but some said it's too sweet

Pulao Rice

first attempt (here)
emm, i may say, when i cook it, the small was astonishing, very fragrant, everyone knew right away that i was cooking something, yet, the taste was plaaaiiiin, probably because i didnt put the tomatoes? anyhow, i saved the rice by adding chicken powder, and my sister likes it veryy verryyy muuch !! i'll try to cook it again next time

risotto (combined from here and here)

Ghee

from here and here

Nasi Kebuli

recipe from here

Ingredients:
½ kg daging kambing (kaki depan), potong sesuai selera
½ kg beras basmati, rendam dengan air selama 30 menit, tiriskan
1 sdt pasta tomat
8 buah cengkeh
6 buah kapulaga
1 batang kayu manis
½ bawang bombay ukuran sedang, cincang halus
3 sdt ghee
Safran
750 ml air panas
Garam dan gula secukupnya

Bumbu, haluskan:
½ bawang bombay ukuran sedang
3 siung bawang putih
3 buah cabe merah
3 sdt ketumbar bubuk
1½ sdt jinten bubuk
½ sdt pala bubuk
1 ruas jari jahe
1 ruas jari lengkuas

Pelengkap:
Kismis, tumis sampai kismis mengembang
Natural yoghurt

Directions:
1. Panaskan 2 sdt ghee. Tumis bawang bombay sampai layu, lalu tambahkan bumbu halus, cengkeh, kapulaga dan kayu manis; tumis sampai harum.
2. Masukkan daging kambing, masak sambil diaduk sampai air dari daging kambing habis dan keluar minyaknya.
3. Tambahkan air panas, masak dengan api kecil sampai daging kambing setengah empuk.
4. Masukkan pasta tomat dan safran. Aduk sebentar sampai pasta tomat larut, lalu masak kembali dengan api kecil sampai daging kambing empuk.
5. Tumis sebentar beras dengan 1 sdt ghee. Masukkan beras dalam rebusan daging kambing. Tutup panci dengan aluminium foil dan kemudian tutup dengan tutupnya. Masak dengan api kecil selama 15 menit.
6. Setelah 15 menit, matikan api, buka sedikit aluminium foil dan biarkan uap keluar sekitar 1 menit. Tutup kembali dan biarkan selama 5 menit. Angkat dari api dan siap untuk disantap bersama pelengkapnya.

Catatan:
Karena beras sudah direndam dahulu selama 30 menit, perhatikan waktu penambahan air matang (bila air kaldunya tinggal sedikit), jangan sampai terlalu banyak.

vietnamese roll with vermicilli

another banh xeo (try making it next time)

http://www.giadinhfood.com/2010/04/che-dessert-quick-easy-recipe.html

http://www.giadinhfood.com/2010/02/crunchy-chicken-salad-goi-ga.html

http://theveryveryhungrycaterpillar.com/2008/05/12/mothersday2008/

For Him :)

i'll try to make :
Pate de Campagne