Ayam Masak Merah

My grandma's secret recipe. A hari raya tradition!

Ingredients:
1 ekor ayam
8 biji cili kering - blend
10 ulas bawang merah - blend
3 ulas bawang putih - blend
1/2 inci halia - blend
1 1/2 sudu besar jintan putih - gaul hingga sebati + bahan kisar
1 1/2 sudu besar jintan manis - gaul hingga sebati + bahan kisar
4 sudu gula merah & gula pasir - gaul hingga sebati + bahan kisar
2 senduk kelapa untuk di buat kerisik - gaul hingga sebati + bahan kisar
1/2 botol sos tomato - gaul hingga sebati
santan dari 3/4 biji kelapa
garam secukup rasa
kayu manis, buah pelaga & bunga lawang untuk menumis

1. Panaskan 2 senduk minyak masak, tumiskan kayu manis, buah pelaga & bunga lawang.
2. Campurkan dgn bahan kisar & gaul hingga naik minyak
3. Masukan ayam dan santan
4. Masukkan sedikit bawang besar (potong 4) bila kuah mendidih

Cream Puffs

This was the day our cheapo mixer broke. Am now waiting for my Cusinart stand-mixer. Yippiee..!!

Puff Ingredients:
Unsalted butter 145g (10 tbsp)
Water 250ml
Salt 2g (1/4 tsp)
High protein flour 200g
Egg 285g (7 large sized)

Puff Method:
1. Pour water, salt & butter into a bowl and heat.
2. When liquid starts boiling, add flour and stir.
3. Transfer mixture into a mixing bowl and mix.
4. Add egg, GRADUALLY, to prevent curdling.
5. Mix until get a smooth texture.
6. Scoop out into piping bag and pipe out atas tray.
7. Make sure ada gerase proof (teflon) paper atas tray or sapu sikit butter.
8. Bake at 200C for 20-25 min.

Cream Ingredients:
Instant custard 100g
Water 250ml
Whiping cream 75g

Cream Method:
1. Kacau instant custard & water. Mix!
2. Pukul whipping cream until reach soft peak consistency.
3. Then mix together!

Tips:
1. Jgn buka oven selalu! Leave it for 20 min at least.

Sponge Cheesecake

My auntie's signature cake. Fluffy ever so soft sponge cheescake. Now that she's half a world away, we'll have to fend for ourselves.

Ingredients:
Susu UHT (Fresh milk) 60g (1/3 cup)
Cream cheese (philadelphia) 160g
Butter (Buttercup) 35g (2.5 tbsp)
Super fine flour 25g (1/4 cup)
Corn flour 25g (1/4 cup)
Egg yolk 80g (3 large eggs)
Egg white 160g (5 large eggs)
Castor sugar 90-100g
Garam 2g (1/3 tsp)

Method:
1. Double boil butter, cream cheese and milk until no lumps.
2. Dah smooth, keluarkan & masuk egg yolk dan kacau perlahan2.
3. Then mix in flour (SF & CF). Sieve dulu!
4. Make meringue: Whip egg white, salt and sugar until soft peak consistency.
5. Add cream cheese mixture into meringue and fold with spatula.
6. Prepare 7"x7" baking tray. Bawah sekali letak 2 lapis grease proof paper. Side of tray sapu butter sikit.
7. Tuangkan mixture. Hentak 2-3 kali to get rid of bubbles.
8. Pre-heat oven to 150C (300F) for 10 minutes.
9. Steambake for 50-60 minutes until golden brown.
10. Once keluar, terus terbalikkan and remove grease proof paper. Terbalikkan balik and terus letak dlm kotak.

Tips:
1. Must not open oven in first 30 minutes, at least!
2. Must not let cake cool down drastically (box it!).