Cindy's Worldz of Cooking

Nasi Lemak Kukus

2017-10-24T00:06:00.002-07:00

This is the late post of my cooking recipies...

During the 'Hari Raya' Holiday, my mother in law have given me some 'Ayam Rendang' & 'Sambal Ikan Bilis' and my neighbour have given us some 'Rendang Daging'. So, I have decided to cook 'Nasi Lemak Kukus.

Ingredients:-

~ Uncooked rice

~ Asam Keping

~ Coconut Milk

~ Pandan Leave

~ Salt to taste

Methods:-

Soak at least 4 -6 hours the uncook rice with 'Asam Keping' with water.
Once done with the rice soak, rinse with water and dry up.
Then mix the uncooked rice with coconut milk and salt to taste
Steam the rice till cooked.

Served the rice while is hotel with sambal or rending.

Roasted Pork

2017-03-29T20:24:00.004-07:00

This is the successful recipe of mine of making 'Roasted Pork'

Ingredients:-

~ 3 Layer Pork Belly (Fa Yuk with 3 layer)

* Do not remove the skin & remove the pork hair

~ Coarse Salt

~ Vinegar

~ Aluminium Foil

(A) Mix

~ Five Spice Powder

~ Pepper

~ Shaoxing Wine

~ Salt / sugar

Methods:-

Clean and drain well the pork belly, using knife to clean the skin and meat surface and dry up with kitchen paper towel.

Place the pork belly in boiling water with the skin side down under medium heat for approximately 5 minutes till it change color (for easy pricking)

Once done use the fork/wood stick/skewer/meat tenderizer to prick the skin and prick as much as you can. While pricking, use paper tower to wipe off the excess water out from the skin.

Turn the pork belly, use the seasoning (A) to rub it on the meat area evenly, keep in the refrigerator with the skin side up for more than 5 hours or overnight in the fridge.

Then, use aluminium foil to cover up meat portion only.

Rub a layer of vinegar on top of skin surface only and then follow by a tick layer for coarse salt.

Preheat the oven 200C/400F, put the pork belly in the middle of the oven bake for 30-45mins (with skin side facing up).

Remove the pork belly from oven, take-off the thick salt layer, leaving only a little evenly coated in the skin at the same time.

Open the aluminium foil and put the pork belly and placed on a wire rack and bake for 10-15 minutes or until the skin has been golden brown

Final steps, scrap off the charred areas from the skin with knife. Sliced the roasted pork and further cut to bite-sized pieces and enjoy yummylicious porky

Hainese Chicken Rice

2010-08-20T18:10:00.000-07:00

This is a very special edition of rice which I have learn from my MIL special rice recipies..

Ingredients:-
~ Shallot
~ Garlic
~ Ginger
~ Pandan Leave
~ Rice (Uncooked)
~ Oil
~ Salt
~ Water
~ Chicken stock

Methods:-

Finely chop the shallot, garlic & ginger (alternately you may use the small blender to blend
Heat up the wok / pan with some oil then pour in the shallot, garlic & ginger. Fry it till it turn aroma & golden brown.
After than pour in the friend shallot, garlic & ginger together with the oil into the uncooked rice (make sure you clean the rice) and then add in sufficient water, chicken stocks & salt to taste.
Normally, this rice will come with the steam chicken. Once the steam chicken is cooked there will be some chicken soup in it, you may pour in the steam chicken soup into the rice before cooked it.
You may serve the rice with the steam chicken or other dishes...

Chicken Cordon Bleu

2009-11-16T02:26:00.001-08:00

Well, this is my very very first time making this Chicken Cordon Bleu. Alassssss... successfully done and my hubby & lil girl like it so much. Here is the recipies:-

Ingredients:-

2/3 boneless chicken drumstick/skinless chicken breasts
2/3 slices of cheese
2/3 slices of smoked ham
Salt & pepper (to your taste)
1 egg, beaten
Bread Crumb

Methods:-

To prepare the chicken breasts, you can either cut into the thickest part of each fillet (notright through) and then open it out in a butterflyor you can cover them in plastic wrap and pound themflat with a meat mallet.

Season the open fillets with salt and blackpepper. Place a cheese and ham slice on each fillet.fold the fillet in half to enlcose the filling. You canalso roll them and secure with toothpicks.

Coat each of the fillets in the flour, shaking off excess.Dip them in the egg and then roll in the dry crumbs,turning to get an even coat.

Either bake them in a lightly greased oven dishat 200 degrees C (400 degrees F) for about 40 minutesor fry in vegetable oil in a heavy based pan for 4 minuteson each side.

Happy Cookingzzz...

My Chicken Rice...

2009-11-01T08:08:00.000-08:00

This is another easy & rather fast way of preparing your lunch/dinner.

Ingredients:-

Chicken (cut into pcs)
Chinese sausage aka Lap Cheong (Slice)
Button / Chinese Mushroom (Slice)
Ginger (Slice)
Oil
Soya Sauce
Dark Soya Sauce
Oyster Sauce
Water

Methods:-

Marinate the chicken with soya sauce and oyster sauce, leave it for 1-2hrs.
Heat the oil and fry the chinese sausage till you smell the aroma then put back on the plate
Add in the slice ginger and fried it till u smell the aroma, then add in the chicken and stir.
Once you see the chicken is almost cooked then add in the water then dark soya sauce, soya sauce to taste. Let it cook for a while then add in the Button/chinese mushroom and chinese sausages and boil till it cooked. Once cooked put it aside.
Cook the rice in cooker but don't add too much of water. Once the rice is cook, stir well the rice and then add in the cooked chicken with it's sauce in the rice and stir it in the cooker itself. Once done the stirring then let it cook for a while in the rice cooker.
Then you may serve with some spring onion.

Happy Cookingzzzz...

Kurma Chicken

2009-10-14T21:40:00.000-07:00

Finally this turn out to be nice and tasty... of course with the help of the maggi kurma powder...

Here is my recipies of Kurma Chicken.

Ingredients:-

Chicken cut into pieces
Carrot
Tomato
Potato
Shallot
Coconut Milk
Maggi Ayam Kurma Paste
Kurma Powder (to taste)
Oil & salt to taste

Method:-

Cut the carrot, tomato & potato into pieces. Chop fine the shallot.
Fry the potato till crispy and leave it aside.
Heat up the oil and add the chop fine shallot. Fried till you smell the aroma and then add in the Maggie Kurma Paste.
Add in the chicken and stir for a while. Then add in the coconut milk and leave it till boil. If you like a stronger taste of Kurma, you may add in additional Kurma Powder. Add in tomato, carrot and potato and boil for a while.
Once cooked you may serve with white plain rice.

Homemade 'Loh See Fun' aka 'Lai Fun' (Rat Noodles)

2009-07-01T23:33:00.000-07:00

This is my very first homemade 'Loh See Fun' (Rat Noodles). Some This was hand-rolled and steam it until cooked. You may serve them in soups or dry (kon loh) with frangrant oil, black thick soya sauce and cooked minced pork. I follow this recipies from this 'Blog' and thanks to her recipies. Although is not presentable but is nice. (mmm am I praising myself... he he he...)

Here is the ingredients:-
2 cups rice flour 2 tbsp tapioca starch
550 ml boiling water
1-2 tsp salt

Method
Line basket for steaming with a clean napkin, put in the dry rice flour, steam for about 1 hour.
Put the rice flour and tapioca starch in a bowl. Pour boiling water, add salt all at once onto the flour, stirring with the handle of a wooden spoon until the flour is moistened.

When cool enough, gather it together with the hand and ensure there are no pockets of dry flour by kneading lightly.

Repeat making noodles and when done, put the noodles to steam over fast boiling water for 5 - 8 minutes or until noodles are cooked and translucent. Remove from steamer, allow to cool slightly.

We call this 'Loh Shi Fun' or 'Silver Needle Noodles' or Tung Mein Fun' or in English it is called 'Rat Noodles'. Try it... You will enjoy it...

Happy Cookingz...

Chilled Cheese Cakes

2009-07-01T21:57:00.000-07:00

This is my very first post of my cooking worldz.

Finally I have open up my skills in baking a cheese cakes... Ermmm.... not from the oven / microwave but from the fridge... is Chilled Cheese Cakes!!!

I was so relieve that the cake did not turn out to be that bad taste although it is not presentable but... but... if you try it you will know the tastes isn't that bad at all... he he he, am I praising myself... but my hubby & my girl like it so much, I hope to improve my baking skills. Here are some of the photo of the 'Chilled Cheesecakes'.

The Ingredients:-
1)Digestive biscuits / Marie biscuits - 200 gms (for the base)
2) Melted butter - 150 gms
3) Thickened cream / Whipping cream - 125 ml
4) Castor sugar - 100 gms
5) Cream cheese - 250 gms
6) Gelatine - 20 gms (melted with 60gms of water)or double boiled until dissolved
7) Blueberry filling or jam... (optional)

Steps 1
Place the digestive biscuits in a plastic bag, punch with your hands if you do not have any tools or else use blender. The mix the biscuits with melted 150gms butter as the base. Chilled it in the fridge for 1-2 hrs.

Steps 2
Blend cream cheese together with castor sugar, thickened cream and melted gelatine will creamy. Lastly pour into the chilled biscuit base. Then chilled in the fridge for 2 hours then the cheese can can be serve either without any filings or you can add in some strawberries, almond chips, blueberry, rapsberry or fruity jam.

What do you think? Easy right? Try it yourself,
Quote : You never try you'll never know...

Happy Bakingz...

World of Cookingz...

2009-06-20T00:25:00.000-07:00

This is my very new blog of my cooking world.. What makes me out of sudden to start to create this blog is I wish to learn more simple cookingz and share with everyone who read my blog.

Happy Reading & Happy Cookingz