Pot Luck Planning

Apa itu pot luck? sumer orang bawak pot yang berisi makanan berlainan untuk dikongsi bersama rakan-rakan supaya kenyang...and luck pun datang.. (lucky sebab takyah beli breakfast / lunch kat opis benonya..)
We in the office plan to buat pot luck next week..tapi ramai plak unavailable... set date will be 8th June.. hmmm....apa nak bawak ni..
Mihun goreng & Kek Pisang Kukus dalam kotak pemikiran ku... wohoooo.....
Nanti lain2 bawak lain2....

TGIT!

Hari ni baru Thursday but I have already sounded celebrating...hahhaha... the fact that today is the last day of Mid Year Exam for Alia n Faiz.. this weekend will be something fun-tastic I guess..! Other half said he will be OFF WORK Sunday and Monday.. so will I too..!! Big plan for long weekend I guess.. over excited my parents are coming too, to 'borrow' Alia n Faiz...

As per their conversation:
Ayah: Korang pegi la cuti kat umah Tokcit, mama dgn ayah nak pegi dating..
Alia: ye latu nak dating..
Ayah: iye... ayah dgn mama nak bawak adha n emir pegi zoo
Alia: eleh.. zoo ke, bukan laa nak dating tu.. nak pegi jumpa sedara ayah kan..!

Both of us tersenyap, and I smiled dalam hati.. anak dara kepochi ni...

Anyway, I have pumpkin n sagu..boleh buat pengat!!! tapi dalam kepala hotak ni nak try Kek Pisang Kukus...mak oi.... banyak nye nak buattttt.... sume nak buat, buat dgn tidak je u....

UNIVERSITY'S DINNER....(OUCH!)

Alia: Ayah, Mama, Happy University!

Mama: Bukan UNIVERSITY la kakak, ANNIVERSARY!

Uwan: Kakak tau ke anniversary tu apa..?

Alia: Tau, kawen-kawen kan...?

Cehh.... anak ku ini...kepochi tak sudah2 tapi merepekkk jekkk...

For 9 years and 4 kids... I am blessed for everything I have.. Thanks so much to other half who made this happened to.. and I pray for another 9 years, followed by 9 years more and more, without us feeling bored / hatred of each other... I love what we have, and thanks to Allah for giving us the life we are living...

Anyway, I took half day leave yesterday... main reason was I have an interview to attend, just went there to test market org kata... kalau dapat pun kena pikior dulu banyak2...although dekat giler dgn umah, less than 15 minutes away jek... the place I am working now is also a good prospect though!

Anyway, my interview was scheduled at 4, but i left my office 10 to 2 pm and managed to hit Jalan Kuching by 5 past 2.. since i still have much time before the interview, i went to tesco just to window shop...half an hour later i found myself with half a trolley of things.. ouch! so called window shopping yek.. in my mind was to prepare something good for the family tonight.. hmm.. ayam masak gulai lemak dah ada...ada jering cambah.. thinking of nak buat sambal jering + ikan bilis.... ikan merah ada, goreng kan for the kids since angah tak suka pedas..adha plak suka, but kalau makan tercirit2....rendang daging dah ada.. cukup la tu.. heheh..PLUS Kek Coklat Kukus special tu sekali le...

lepas interview i reached home 10 to 5... kemas2 barang, adha tgh tido...my MIL tolong kopek ikan bilis semangkuk.... thus, senang le keja mama.. before start masak (ikan baru tgh defrost dalam sinki), pi amik emir katumah opah.. hai.. si comel tu tgh menyusu atas riba opah.. instead of bringing him home, i brought LAKSA PENANG plak.. opah bagi stapau besar... Opah kata nanti Acu hantar Emir..

Balik terus start masak, si Adha plak bangun...half an hour later, Emir balik dgn Acu.. told acu nanti bagi sikti coklat kek universiti (anniversary) tu.. hihih..

quarter past 6, other half plak sampai umah.. memacam terhidang atas meja... kek tgh kukus lagi.. sampai kaka n angah balik... makan2 potong kek.. Happy University Mama & Ayah..! hahhahahha..... Love my life a lot!

Weekend Meals

Again about weekend ya... well nampak tak kueh lapis yang tak berapa menarik dipotong tu..hmm.. tu weekend punyer penangan ye..

saturday we went out, thus, Sunday I was expecting a challenging day as Adha is around, Emir's opah balik kampung (otherwise mid of the day Opahmenti pinjam Emir kejap..kekadang sampai siap makan n mandi..senang mama tau..!).. so i was not planning to cook anything for dinner..forget lunch as I do not have appetitte to eat alone.. i just cut off yesterday's chocolate cake..for the kids..mix some Campbell's soup and stir slowly over slow heat.. took the with somebread from tesco.. Milo kaw is ready to drink.. anough for them..

While Emir and Adha were sleeping, i did the laundry (for weekend forgot to mention Adha vomitted in the wee morning for eating TOO MUCH during the day!!!).. i need to wash the comforter today...finished that and the little two woke up..ready to rumble, mama!!
other half mentioned before he left that he will be home early today.. after 6.. i had some time for myself before he came home.. surprisingly, slightly after 4, my brother and his wife and little Chienta dropped by.. its been months we did not see each other....luckily i had a tray of choclate cake for them..

but, as i told you i do not want to cook anything for lunch or dinner, yet i still made something in less than half an hour... geuss what? you've guessed right, kuehlapis.. hhahha.. my sis-in-law asking me how did i make the kueh lapis..the exact ingredients.. ouch..sorry sis.. exact amount is never in my dictionary.. thus, i showed her how i did it..haha..sorry ye..tawar sikit..!

they stayed till other half came home with m y MIL... LUCKY for me, my MIL brought RENDANG DAGING.....wah....ada ikan selar goreng sambal..nyumm..nyum... betul2 malas nak masak rupanya ada bontrot dari umah MIL.. hehehehhehe..... senang hidp mama..!

My Littlest Food Lover

What is it for weekend, mama? Look at my face, I am hungry and please prepare something for me okay...

Well, other half took leave on Friday & Saturday. He sent MIL home just before Friday prayer and let Adha stayed there overnight. Hence, when I was home, he was HOME ALONE since Alia n Faiz went to school...Emir was sent to Opah's place too...wahh...senang2 kan jadi HUSBAND ni... >:P Anyway, I was not planning to cook anything for the night as the leftover are still there for quick dinner.. I did not eat dinner either that night because I had rice twice from morning and cheesecake for tea break.. too much !!

Other half asked whether we need anything from tesco.. I told him whatever left in the freezer just add, and Adha likes FISH so much and no more fish in the freezer though. In short, we went there and bought few things for our stomaches. ahhahahh... I took a bottle of TAMIN taucu (this one is better than the packet ones) as other half strolled around the wet market area.

This is one of the lovely Saturdays I have as I don't have to rush ironing otherhalf's shirt, boiling water for other half before he went off to work..yelling at Adha as he ran down towards the gate or playing with the brooms..while I am busy with Little Emir and kakak surely fed up being asked to watch over the nottie Adha.. (see his pic there, the nottie face shown!) today, I woke up a little bit later..poking other half what to eat for breakfast... he kept quiet..I woudn't want to ask anymore I woke up, boiling water, filling up flasks for later use.. other half came to the kitchen, refilling the MILO pot, and had some left in the packet, thus he asked me to prepare MILO KAW! prepared that and i told him i just prepare light meals for breakfast.. he said ok..just cook for lunch je la... i agree thus i just fry some nuggets, cuttlefish balls and fish fingers.. i took out ikan terubuk and udang we bought from tesco last night... i took my own sweet time to cook those.. my plan was to masak asam pedas terubuk and stirfry the shrimp..

but, later, i did masa asam pedas for the terubuk and i goreng tauchu for the shrimp..maveles (as per Alia...) Emir was still sleeping when I finished cooking where his father dozed off next to him.. I asked Alia n faiz to do some revision for exam while i was cooking... Thought I still have time before Emir is up, I whisk 5 eggs and sugar...found the cocoa powder.. wahh.. it would be nice if we have chocolate cake for desserts.... after less than half an hour, my chocolate cake is already in the steamer...



Emir is already up when the choc cake is steamed. I bathed Emir and put on some new clothes.. by this time, other half is also up and asked us when to fetch Adha.. while I am getting ready myself..the cake was ready..but still TOO HOT! when we were about to leave, Alia asked for a piece of this cake.. still too hot to cut, i pinched soem for her though..! thank you, mama...

we left for Anna's kids bestday party..after we fetched Adha.. went to Muksu's palce after ANna's, wahh...restless la mama.... sampai rumah semua terbongkang!!!

what a nice weekend....too bad, my sunday will be a challenging one as other half supposed to work...ouch!

Udang Goreng Taucu

Hahhaa..gasak le penah ke org buat udang masak ni... pepandai je i ni meng'alter'2 masakan.. anyway I did and tasted good! Awesome! tgk gambo to..tak meleleh ayor liur?? hish... posa laa plak hari ni...(ganti you... 6 days to go...!!) tahun i dengan azamtakmau ponteng2...harap2 dgn pil yasmin tu berkesan laa...

memandangkan posa, pepagi buta ni malas nak mengexplain further taucu udan gni..tgk gambo dulula... pepetang sikit explain...huhu..

Sambal Jering Cambah

Korang tau jering cambah??? i bet not many knows kan.. i ni gelak je lebih I pun tau jering cambah bila kawen dgn org Minang... tp thebest is bukan my other half yg introduce this, my MIL yg bgtau... ini banyak belajar dari MIL kalau kat dapur ni, tapi early training dari Omah la.. teringat kata2 TokCit (my beloved father..) "kau tu tinggal dgn mak bapak 12 tahun je yg penuh, lain2 tahun kau mana tinggal kat umah..." sedih pun ada bila TokCit cakap camtu sebab mmg betul pun I stayed for full 12 years dgn diorang, meaning the first 12 years of my life je.... pastu dok asrama, pegi sambung belajo la..lepas belajor, koje pun kat Lembah Klang areas... dapat koje kat JB pun stayed in JB, bukan Kota Tinggi... tapi above all, all the time staying with TokCit and Omah is the best I have had especially my childhood memories tu... owh, sini bukan tempat nak luahkan kegirangan zaman kekanak ye...hahhahahah

Anyway.. bila dah kawen, rajin le menanya MIL tu cemana buat jering cambah ni..sebabnya kita2 ni bukannya suka pun makan jering, bau tak hengattt kan! Tapi bile first time tried my MIL sambal jering cambah ni, mak oiii...best giler...macam makan sambal kentang gitu...tapi kentang stail minang la kan bukan mat salih.. hihih.. rupanya nak buat jering tu lembut kena ada cara... sama kind of jering dgn jerign utk menggulai tu..maksudnya jering tua la.. pastu rendam for whole night, next morning, toskan rendam lagi.. for 2-3 days la kena buat gitu, evryday kena air rendaman baru, jangan bior je, kalau tak umah bau tak hengat...lalat berkeliaran nanti ingat umah kita bau tong sampah! hahah.. ok, after jering tu dah agak2 lembut, or terbelah, leave the jering dalam tapis...sampai bercambah...3-4 hari gak laa..... kalau nak best, cambahkan dalam pasir samapi tumbuh anak cambah tu.. tapi kalau nak buat dalam pasir tu bukan tak nak, sebab lagi senang takyah nak tukar2 air, just one thing, takut di*tuuttt*kan dek kucing2 berkeliaran sebab depa ingat tu TANDAS depa.....hihihihihi

dah bercambah tu, dah boleh la belah jering tu 4.. gorengkan... gorang segenggam ikan bilis.. set both aside... tumbukkan 2-3 biji bawang merah and 3-4 biji cili merah (bukan cili kering) boleh blend or tumbuk..buh garam secubit...pastu tumiskan dgn 3-4 sudu minyak...dan naik bau masukkan jering and ikan bilis tadi, gaul rata dalam kuali..READY TO SERVE!!

nak best makan dgn any gulai lemak...dapat plak gulai lemak ikan kering + nenas muda...pegh...maveles!!!