Kal El

Ekekekek jangan takut tengok gambar-gambar ni... Makanan ni bukannya benda lain hehehehe. Ni lah scrambled egg versi Kal El. Tengok mak KN buat hari tu memang sedap so Kal El cuba la... selalu gak buat cam ni dulu tapi Kal El tak letak satu benda - kicap.


Mengikut resipi mak KN letak kicap... so telur, bawang dihiris besar-besar dan kicap. Tu je... Sebenarnya Scrambled Egg ni berbagai versi, kalau arwah mak Kal El dulu suka letak fresh milk, memang lembut lemak berkrim heheheh.

Apa yang kuning tu? Aaaa... tu ler mustard. Kal El memang suka sangat dengan mustard. Kalau boleh makan nasik ngan mustard Kal El dah buat dah... kui kui kui... jemput makan...

Ok...ok... the syrup is bad for me, I know... but what the heck hehehe...sekali sekala maaa... So it was Saturday and I craved for some homemade pancake@lempeng - this is Ka'ngah's recipe and the colours? Ahahaha that's my trade mark. Saja je suka-suka untuk seronok makan.

Memang senang je nak buat pancake@lempeng ni... and besides, you can add onions or grated coconut - also Ka'ngah's recipe - I like 'em plain.

Kalau la teringin kan, here's how to prepare it:

Tepung gandum (suka ati ler nak banyak mana - the more the merrier)
Telo
Air
A little salt and sugar kalau mau
Colouring kalau nak dunia anda berwarna mwarni hehehe



Bancuh ke semua bahan tadi (just make sure adunan tak berketul) dan masak dalam kuali - kalau ada kuali leper macam kat gerai burger tu lagi bagus. Kalau kuali biasa pun ok gak, boleh agak-agak saiz dan shape pancake anda - sesuai kalau ada tetamu hehehe. Enjoy!



Masak ni kejap je, jangan lelama nanto hangus pulak... dan kalau ada kaler brownish pun dah tak cantik kan? Penat je nanti letak colouring lawa-lawa...

Inilah makanan kami malam tadi... Kal El wanted to prepare something fast and easy so I decided to masak Indo Mie. Actually Kal El lebih suka Mi Goreng Pedas Myojo but sekarang ni dah takde in the market - that one tastes a lot better sebab pedas (tapi I guarantee KN tak makan punya la...)


Dan telor adalah dish wajib untuk Kal El for my CAPD treatment requires me to eat a high protein diet (habis la muka jadi macam telor... kentut pun bau telor ekekekeke opps!)

Haaaa berasap lagi dapur Kal El. Ever since takde kaki sebelah ni memang jarang Kal El dapat peluang masak. Since dah pakai prosthethic ni pun, kalau diri lelama penat dan sakit kaki so whenever Kal El rasa nak masak, maka cepat-cepat lah Kal El ke dapur.


Senang je masak Nasi Goreng Mentega ni... all you need ialah Mentega (obviously, thus the name kan), Telor, Bawang and sedikit Garam - itu je! Gorengnye seperti biasa la (but a tip though, kalau goreng nasi, scramblekan telor dulu dan asingkan, then goreng the rencah, masuk nasi, last-last baru masukkan telor yang telah di scramble tadi) Ini untuk mengelakkan nasi goreng tu jadi benyek@lembik.

Haaa.... setelah sekian lama dapur ku malap tidak berasap, tidak berbau dek makanan yang aku masak, kali ni semua itu berubah hehehe... dapur Kal El kembali ceria!

Lauk malam ini ialah Daging Masak Kicap dengan Kentang dan juga Telor Dadar... Telor tu tak leh tinggal mesti ada sebab rawatan CAPD yang Kal El jalani sekarang ni requires me to eat at least 2 butir telor sehari - for the protein sebenarnya.


Haa... sapa tak tau masak Daging Masak Kicap ni? Senang bai.... begini (huhuh siap kasi resipi lagik ni....)

Daging (sukati la berapa banyak)
Kentang (digoreng dulu)
Bawang (potong bulat)
Lada Sulah (Pepper la tu)
Serbuk Lada Hitam (Black Pepper)
Kicap Masin
Sedikit Gula
Air & Minyak Masak

Caranya:
Tumis Bawang sehingga wangi, kemudian masukkan daging dan goreng sedikit. Masukkan air, lada sulah dan lada hitam serta gula. Kacau, kacau dan kacau, masukkan kicap dan biarkan sehingga daging empuk. Tambah air jika perlu. Last-last sekali masukkan kentang (masuk last supaya tak jadik lembik ler).

Errr... telor dadar reti buat tak?

Haaa kalau nak tau, ni la dia pau goreng sambal yang Kal El buat tapi shhhh! ada rahsia... pau ni tak jadi hehehe sebabnye? Kal El tengok resipi kat Internet dan Kal El tak tau yang adunan ni tak boleh di simpan dalam fridge. So penat la Kal El menggentel pau sambal ni semalaman dari pukul 8 sampaila pukul 11:30 malam. Bila nak digoreng keesokkan harinya semuanya melekat dan rasanya huk ala.... buruk gila. Yang herannya resipi ni suruh campur minyak, macam buat roti canai plak. Akhirnya... masuk ke tong sampah semuanya!

Tapi Kal El tak putus asa. Beberapa hari lepas tu Ka'Ngah datang rumah dan Kal El minta resipi dari dia. Dah lama Ka'ngah tak buat Pau Goreng Sambal ni. Yang Kal El suka adalah Pau Goreng Sambal yang dijual di kampung Papa di Pontian... Masa kecik-kecik dulu la... dah berkurun lamanya Kal El tak balik sana sebab dah takde sapa pun sana.





Resipi Ka'ngah seperti biasa menjadi dan amat sedap sekali. Rupa-rupanya kalau nak simpan dalam fridge/freezer buat jadi frozen food kene la di goreng sedikit dulu... kalau tak, alamatnya dalam tong sampah la perginya... melekat dan adunan pau tu pun rosak.





Here's how:
Campurkan serbuk roti Mauripan ke dalam cawan dengan air (paip yang difilter pun ok. Jangan pakai air sejuk nanti lambat naik) lalu kacau dan biarkan ia naik.
Setelah campuran tadi naik, curahkan pada 500g tepung gandum campur gula dan garam secukup rasa. (see, gula mesti ada hehehe) kemudian gaulkan....
Tambah sedikit air kalau perlu.
Dah sebati bulat-bulatkan adunan tadi. This is the hard part sebab akan melekat-lekat. Sediakan tepung gandum dan sapu pada tapak tangan supaya adunan tak melekat.
Leperkan adunan yang dibulat-bulatkan tadi, letak sambal di tengahnya dan pujutkan serta jadikannya bulat semula.
Goreng sedikit dan bolehlah disimpan dalam freezer untuk dijadikan frozen food. Nak makan terus goreng la sampai masak... jangan hangus plak ek.


Huhuhuhu terlapar plak tengok masakan sendiri!

Salah satu masakan Ka'ngah yang Kal El teringin sangat ialah sambal tumis. Ka'ngah tahu cara masakan yang Kal El suka... pekat dan berapi! Kal El tak suka kalau sambal tumis cair apatah lagi kalau tak pedas. Dah menjadi tradisi keluarge belah mummy kalau masak pasti letak gula (bukan, kami bukan orang Kelantan tapi asal dari Kukup, Pontian), so sambal tumis ni pedas-pedas manis. (Patut la ada Kencing Manis ek?)

Kal El plan nak buat Pau Sambal Goreng menggunakan sambal tumis ni. Nak buat? Rupa-rupanya senang je buat sambal tumis. Tidak ler Kal El tau selama ni. Kalau tau senang macam ni dah lama Kal El cuba. Thank you Ka'ngah for the recipe. Macam-macam lagi nak cuba ni. Ok la boleh la tahan sedap (huhu puji diri sendiri... ye la KN tak makan pedas so dia tak dapat ler rasa dan memuji makanan Superman dia ni kan heheeh)


Here's how to cook this sambal tumis.
Cili kering (buang biji, sikit sikit ada takpe - takut perut bocor nanti kalau tak buang tapi kalau dah dasar pemalas, tak dapek Kal El nak tolong) - kemudian rebuskan cili kering tu untuk bersihkannya. Tos.
Bawang merah - jangan guna bawang bombay ek
Bawang putih
Blendkan Cili kering, bawang merah dan bawang putih.
Gula - Kal El letak dalam 10 sudu besar untuk 1 paket kecik sambal - dapat la satu tupperware tu
Garam sket

Caranya:
Panaskan minyak (Tips: letak banyak cepat masak, dah masak nanti bolh buang sket minyak dia)- make sure betul-betul panas dan masukkan kisaran cili dan bawang tadi
Masukkan juga gula dan garam (rasa-rasa la masa masak tu nanti, tak cukup tambah lagi)
Goreng dengan sangat lama dengan api yang perlahan sambil kacau-kacau sambal tu supaya tak hangus. Kalau kaler dia dah agak gelap dari asalnya (bukan gelap hangus ek) maka dah masak ler... make sure masak betul kang sakit perut kang!

Siap! makan dengan roti pun sodap... buat sambal nasi lemak lagi sodap... buat pau goreng sambal pun lagi sodap... makan dengan nasi letak telur rebus pun sodap.....

p/s kalau tertanya-tanya kenapa tak letak ikan bilis... 1. Kal El tak makan ikan 2. sambal tumis ni memang kosong intentionally...

Ok la... Kal EL namakan sambal tumis ni Sambal Tumis Superman... boleh simpan dalam freezer buat dimakan lain kali... heheh untuk orang bujang especially! Selamat mencuba! Ada berani?

Tetiba terajin plak nak masak Spaghetti Bolognese setelah sekain lama... cuma tak rajin plak nak buat Meatballs. Kalau ada meatballs pasti mengancam tapi kuah spaghetti ni dah cukup banyak guna daging.

Can anyone tell me why Jemput-jemput is called by some, Cekodok? I don't see any resemblance of the food to a frog. And why in the world would anyone name their food after such slimy and hideous creature?

Anyway, I was in my very rare mood to cook and last weekend I had a sudden craving for Jemput-jemput Bawang...with LOTS of thickly sliced onion. I would usually crispy-deep fry them so that they become real crunchy on the outside but soft in the inside with thick pieces of juicy onion. I love dipping these Jemput-jemput Bawang with chili sauce. Yummy! Now, isn't Jemput-jemput a nicer name for such a delicious traditional food?

I have always complained that the sambal belacan at the places i've been to are not up to my liking... not my style, especially those served with Laksa Johor at Laksa Shack, AJ Restoran Masakan Melayu Johor ke or Restoran Mak Tim Warisan Asli Johor. So Ka'Ngah was kind enough (again) to prepare me some of my favorite-styled sambal belacan. Ahahaha nak buat sendiri tak reti... Malu je! Komplen pandai!

So I bought Laksa Johor from Laksa Shack with the usual white laksa noodle (the kind served with Assam Laksa) and hentam ate it with lots and lots of my favorite-styled sambal belacan... Huhuhuhu one little secret though (I bought two packets of Laksa Johor and finished both at one go... now tell me why am i complaining about high blood sugar again? - Hope my doctor doesn't read this heheheh)

I wasn't really in the mood to cook but both of us were too lazy to think of where to go for lunch last Sunday so I decided to rummage though the fridge to see what's available. Walla there were eggs and only eggs in the fridge and some potatoes left from what I cooked a couple of days ago. Also in the fridge was a bottle of Life's Sweet and Sour Sauce and a quarter packet of mixed vegetable from the Fried Macaroni I proudly prepared God knows how many weeks ago.

So here it is, Fried Egg and Fried Potatoes in Sweet Sour Sauce. Easy and fast to prepare, except for the tedious (hiks) process of peeling the potatoes. Dasar pemalas! Taste wise (masuk bakul angkat sendiri punya kes ni) boleh la tahan till KN tambah 2 kali nasi muaahahahah. Am so proud of myself!

This is one of my favourite home cooked meals - simple, easy to prepare and what's most important is that it was Mummy's recipe. Unfortunately I didn't get to learn the recipe from her but from Ka'ngah - even though the recipe was Mummy's, Ka'ngah has always been the one who cooks.

So this was what we had yesterday...Makaroni Goreng or Fried Macaroni. As usual, I would cook more than what we can consume so we gave some to Along and Ka'ngah. Ahahah Ka'ngah kata pass... sedap.... chewah... bangga plak rasa.

Muahahaha saspen je tajuk ek? No lah Kal El tak main masak-masak but weekends are usually the time I'd try cooking some home cooked meals. If when Ka'ngah was well, she would be cooking some real nice food for her nephews and niece on weekends - usually this was the time we go back to our parents home to spend time with our family. But things have rather changed. With Ka'ngah not being really well, with me falling sick too, we'd only meet for makan-makan once in a while at nearby restaurants or we'd just buy food and eat together at home.

Last Saturday I was quite in the mood to cook, teringin nak makan kari sebenarnya. Of course the recipe would come from my beloved auntie hehehe tapi kan biasalah, air tangan tu tak sama, so my cooking is not at all sedap. You can tell that by just looking at the photos. Ahaha KN would normally just eat whenever and whatever I cook, apa lagi time for my darling to be treated like a Royalty la, dia tak perlu masak kan...





So the menu was chicken curry with potatoes, sayur kacang buncis goreng, tempe goreng and lawannya, sambal kicap ( I would usually have a tupperware full of this ready in the fridge) My version of sambal kicap is the MALAS version, just like I always complain when dining out - dorang ni malas la.. blend la the chillies and so on and so forth (Tapi tak semalas ada satu kedai kat Section 8 Shah Alam yang blend together with the tangkai) - ahahah I did just the same, takde kederat nak tumbuk but believe me, kalau tumbuk with the coarse chillies, memang pasti lebih sedappppp. I use kicap masin cap Tamin and add a little sugar to the sambal. The chillies are strictly cili padi... yummm yummm mau tak meletop perut satu hari nanti.

Ok lah, selamatlah menengok masakan ku yang tak seberapa. Janji hilang teringin walaupun tak sama langsung dengan Ka'ngah's cooking. Sesekali ku rasa teringin....