Heavenly Banana Smoothie

Heyya!

If you were to ask me one of the best heavenly desserts out there that can be prepared within 5 minutes.. My definite answer would be Banana Smoothie! The ingredients are simple, the preparation is easy peasy, and yet your taste buds could definitely be cooled off by this even after having some hot and spicy stuff!

Let's check it out ;)

Ingredients 

2 bananas

2 cups of full cream milk

2 tsp of vanilla essence

1-2 tbsp of sugar (up to liking)

8 ice cubes

Method

1) Blend all the ingredients until they become smooth and foamy! Anddd you're good to go ;)

Nasi Lemak Kukus Ayam Goreng Berempah

Assalamualaikum and good day everyone!

It's holiday today so I just wanted to have something special for breakfast, so I've decided to try 'Nasi Lemak Kukus Ayam Goreng Berempah'.. Its taste is awesome and marvellous! It's worth giving this recipe a try ;)

Lets check the recipe out!

Ingredients 

For Nasi Lemak 
(*Credit to Dinil Haq - Lecturer at Sandakan Polytechnic ;) )

2 cups of rice

1/2 box of small Ayam Brand coconut milk

5 red onions (thinly sliced)

1 inch of ginger (thinly sliced)

Salt (up to taste)

3 pandan leaves

For Ayam Goreng Berempah

6 chicken drumsticks

2 inch of 'lengkuas' *

2 inch of ginger *

1 inch of turmeric *

3 cloves of garlic *

3  lemongrass *

2 tbsp of of biji ketumbar #

1 tbsp of jintan manis #

1 tbsp of jintan putih #

2 tbsp of curry powder

1 tbsp of fine sugar

1 tsp of salt

Method (Nasi lemak kukus) :

1) Soak the rice for about 2 hours in clean water

2) Filter the rice. Add water and coconut milk until approximately half an inch from the rice surface

3) Add in all other ingredients and steam for about 30 minutes 

Method (Ayam goreng berempah) :

1) Coarsely grind all ingredients marked with * using mortar and pestle (lesung batu)

2) Finely grind all ingredients marked with # using mortar and pestle

3) Marinate the chicken with all ingredients. Leave it for about 30 minutes - 1 hour

4) Deep fry the chicken. Don't turn the chicken until the bottom part is well-cooked

Of course, it's best served with flaming hot chilli paste and fried anchovies :)

And this is your final outcome..!! Happy trying!!

Yummylicious Pavlova

Hellooo, readers!! It's May 2013 and I just feel like updating the blog with a pavlova recipe that I've tried out yesterday,, It came out really nice ;)

Pavlova is a very famous delish dessert which you cannot resist, especially during one of those hot days. I've been wanting to try out baking pavlova long time ago but I had a difficult time contemplating about which recipe is best used.. And after doing some reading and blogwalking, I did some adaptations and came out with this recipe. Well, let's check it out!

Ingredients :

Meringue 

4 eggs (large size)

160g @ 3/4 cup of castor sugar 

1 tbsp corn flour

1 tsp vinegar

1 tsp vanilla essence

Topping  

250ml non-dairy whipping cream (I used Rich's brand)

Any sour fruits (strawberry, kiwi, peach, blueberry, grapes, etc)

Method :

1) Separate the egg yolks and egg whites since we'll only use egg whites. 

2) Using hand mixer, beat the egg whites until it becomes foamy.

3) Add in sugar and beat well (1 spoon at a time, until it finishes)

4) Beat the mixture until it forms soft peaks and becomes shiny and thick. By the way, there are two ways to test whether this meringue is well done or not. Firstly, try rubbing a little meringue in between you thumb and fore finger - it should feel smooth, not grainy. Secondly, if you turn over the container, the meringue shall not fall off.
5) Add in corn flour, vanilla essence and vinegar and beat SLOWLY in one direction by just using spatula (no hand mixer, please!) 

6) Draw a circle on a piece of parchment/baking paper using a cake container of any size you would like it to be, preferably 9". Flip the paper over and use the circle drawing as a guide to form a perfect circle shape for your meringue.

This is how the meringue should look like on your parchment paper :)

7) Pre-heat your oven at 150 degree celcius for 15 minutes. Then, just before you bake the meringue, decrease the heat to 140 degree celcius and bake it for about 60 - 75 minutes (or until the outside is crisp and appears shell-like).  When it's done, open the oven door and leave it slightly ajar for about 10-20 minutes to make sure it's perfectly baked inside and to prevent it from severe cracking (Never, ever take it out immediately or it will definitely collapse!)

8) Using hand mixer, beat the whipping cream at a high speed until it becomes thick and firm.

9) Spread the whipping cream generously and garnish with the fruits, however you like it. It's now done!