Tortilla Bread

A very healthy  bread .... i  freeze them for my stock ..... Prepare for enchiladas and nachos too!                                                                                                                                                           Ingredients 2 cups flour (you can get creative with your flour choices like whole wheat, spelt, soy, or a mixture of flours)

1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup vegetable shortening or 1/4 cup vegetable oil ( i use olive oil )
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup warm water (may possibly need to add more, up to 3/4 cup) or 1/2 cup milk (may possibly need to add more, up to 3/4 cup)

Directions:

Sift the flour, salt & baking powder into a large mixing bowl.

Into the dry ingredients cut in the shortening, or add oil if you are using this option, & mix with your fingertips to combine.

Add the milk or water, working the liquid into the dough until a sticky ball forms.

Wrap in plastic and let rest for at least 30 minutes.

Divide the dough into 8-10 balls (for small tortillas) or 6-8 balls for larger ones, cover them again with the damp cloth.

Lightly dust a counter or pastry board w/flour & roll out each ball of dough into a circle or oval approximately 1/4" thick. If you want nicely rounded tortillas, trim off any ragged edges & discard. Don't roll the dough out more than once or the tortillas will be tough.

Heat a dry griddle or heavy skillet over high heat for 5 minutes. Cook the tortillas 30 seconds on each side or until the dough looks dry & slightly wrinkled & a few brown spots form on both surfaces. Do not over cook or they will be hard. Butter and roll up and wrap in damp tea towel to keep warm as you cook the other tortillas. By spicygrits

A big dream comes from donuts!

have u ever heard or watch a story about a tiny girl who has a big dream?....once i watched this story with my kids ...then their English teacher asks them to understand and summarize the story...A tiny girl who has a big dream. i did not  really remember the title of the story..but this story gives me an inspiration ......hahhahaa   do i ? Last 2 weeks my daughter qistina told me that she wants to be a group leader in her class project .....but she is only 9 years old and in Year 4, all her classmates are 10 years old...because of  her age and size, they did not trust her credibility....so she misses her chance. My daughter was born @ 2.2kg within 8months pregnancy..and her size at that time.... was only as big as a 2 kg Nescafe  bottle ..hahhaaa. when she was 2 years old while watching naruto, she told her granny  " eventhough naruto is small but he is great"! ....hahaha...but today she is still 'small' compared with her friends size....

Beef lasagna

Ingredient
500 g mince beef
2 cloves garlic, sliced thinly
2 onions, chopped
1 cm ginger (crushed)
1 tbsp  blended chili
2  bay leaf
1 tsp black pepper
1 can plum tomato (i just blend the fresh tomato)
1 tbsp curry powder
1 can button mushroom..slice(i don't have any stock..so i skip it heehe)
Lasagna sheet  and Sugar , salt(i use spaghetti ..)

White sauce40g butter
2 Tbsp plain flour
310ml milk
grated Parmesan cheese
White sauce: Melt butter in medium saucepan; add flour, stir over, until bubbling and grainy. Remove pan from heat, gradually stir in milk; stir over heat until mixture boils and thickens. Remove pan from heat; stir in cheese.
 

METHOD

Heat oil in large saucepan or casserole dish;  cook onions and garlic until translucent. Add beef and cook until brown.
Add tomato  and all the ingredient...lastly add some seasoning; bring to a boil.  cook abt 30 minutes.

In a 35cm x 25cm oven dish, alternately layer the meat sauce and pasta for 2 layers each. Then add half of the white sauce. Repeat the 2 layers of meat sauce and pasta finishing with pasta.

Top the pasta layer with the remaining white sauce and cheese.

Steamed Rice Cake

Ingredient
1 cup rice
2 cup rice flour
1 cup white sugar
1 1/4 cup water
1 tsp yeast
1 sachet eno

How to do?
1. Blend rice and water 
2. Add in sugar, rice flour and yeast. Continue  blend until mix well
3. Pour in airtight tupperware. Keep for 4 hours...
4. After 4 hours...add in eno and stir slowly.
5. Add in  colour  and keep for 5 minute.
6. Pour batter into cups mould till 90% full
7. Steam over rapidly boiling water for about 15 minutes.
8. Remove from mould and cool it on a wire rack.

Remarks:
Nice to eat with grated coconut /brown sugar
(Adapted from Watie, Penang)

Orange with Poppy seed Soft Muffin

1 Tsp ovallatte @ Mayonise
15gm poppy seeds ( i don't use this..hehhe no stock!)
1/4 tsp salt and ....1tsp baking powder *
10 gm powder milk*
150gm plain flour*(* combine the ingredient and sift)
125g brown sugar
125g butter
25gm ground almond 
2 eggs, lightly whisked
2 tsp finely shredded orange rind
60ml (1/4 cup) fresh orange juice
Icing sugar, to dust (optional)

Preheat oven to 180°C. Combine the poppy seeds and almond in a small bowl. Set aside.. .

Step 2

Combine butter, brown sugar and ovallate , beat until combine. Add in an eggs and beat again. In slow speed   add in flour mixture  and orange juice.

Step 3

Spoon the batter among prepared muffin pans. Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centers comes out clean. Remove from oven and turn onto a wire rack. Serve warm or at room temperature dusted with icing sugar.

 (Adapted from dapur tanpa sempadan.blogspot.com)

Happy Birthday Hana

Simple celebration for hana's 4th birthday with teacher and friends at Learning Tree School. I just prepare some dadih, bake some muffin  chocolate chip  with m&m cookies and small meringue cookie for the goodies. Posing with class teacher ,Tcr Rakiah

 

Super Soft Slice Cheese Cake

Ingredient

• 5 slices of cheese
• 200ml of milk
• 70gm butter
• 4 egg yolks
• 70gm cake flour
• 1 tsp vanilla paste
• 65gm sugar
• 4 egg whites
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Method

• Place a greaseproof paper on the base of an 8-in pan and preheat oven to 170C.
• Break sliced cheese into smaller pieces and add to the milk in a small pot.
• Apply low heat to the milk and melt the cheese, making sure that there are no lumps.
• When cheese had melted, remove pot from fire, stir in the butter. Set aside.
• Whip egg whites in a clean bowl till foamy and add in the sugar. Continue to whip till stiff peaks form. Set aside.
• In another bowl, beat the egg yolks till light, pour in the milk/cheese/butter mixture and drop 1 tsp of vanilla extract into it. Stir till well blended.
• Sift in flour and fold into the mixture till batter is smooth.
• Fold in 1/3 of the whipped egg whites into the batter, once well blended, fold in remaining egg whites. Be careful not to deflate the egg whites. Final batter will be watery.
• Pour batter into 8-in tin and bake, baine marie, at 170C for 20mins and lower the temperature to 140C and bake it for further 50mins.
• Cool cake and chill before serving.

(Adapted from baking fiends.blogspot & onigiri@myresipi.com