My Version of Bimbimbap

After looking at someone posted her bimbimbap on Facebook, I felt like eating it, but since I'm not a fan and dont quite like bean sprout, let's do without it and have this instead.

Ingredients (to make two plate of medium eater):

• 1 cup of rice, cooked like normal
• a handful of choy sum (washed, cut to small pieces and you can either blanch in hot water or lightly fry in oil)
• a handful of julienned carrot (either blanch in hot water or lightly fry in oil)
• a handful of chinese cabbage (either blanch in hot water or lightly fry in oil)
• 250g of sliced pork (marinated in Korean BBQ sauce for at least 30mins in advance)
• 2 eggs (sunny side up)
• 1 tablespoon of soy sauce (for the sauce)
• 1 teaspoon of brown sugar (for the sauce)
• 2 teaspoon of sushi rice vinegar (for the sauce)
• 1 tablespoon of chopped spring onions (for the sauce)
• 3 cloves of minced garlic (for the sauce)
• 3 tablespoon of siracha chilli sauce (for the sauce)

Methods:

1. Prepared the rice and vegetables and arranged them either on a bowl or plate (your preference).
2. Pan friend the marinated sliced pork with a little oil till cooked, and arrange it on the plate too.
3. Top the arrangement with a sunnyside up egg.
4. Mixed all the ingredients for the sauce together and pour over.
5. Served. To eat, mix everything evenly and bon apetit.

Westernized Otak Otak

Not sure what got into me, I just got a bit bored with pan frying the fish fillet and wanted something different, so I ended up with a westernized version of otak otak.

Ingredients:

• 300g of basa fish fillet
• quarter carrot, cut to smaller pieces to be able to blend easier
• a handful of spinach
• a handful of shredded cheddar
• 2-3 cubes of ice
• a pinch of salt
• a pinch of pepper
• 1 teaspoon of curry powder
• 1 teaspoon of tumeric powder

Methods:

1. Mix all ingredients in the blender and blend till the fish turn pasty and ice is well crushed.
2. Scooped paste on aluminium foil and shaped and keep in fridge.
3. Either pan fried with a little oil or covered in foiled and bake in oven at 180C for 20mins.

The picture above is served with some salad leaves and pan fried potato slices.

Milo Muffin Brownie

With Easter round the corner and lots of egg chocolate in the fridge from the Easter Egg hunt the kindy organised last week, I decided to do the Milo Muffin Brownie. I had been collecting some egg shells and decided to use it as mold for the girl's snack while the rest go into the muffin tin, with the yummy chocolate eggs as the filling.

Ingredients:

• 113g butter
• 160g brown sugar
• 2 tablespoon of milo
• 2 eggs
• 90g flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• a pinch of salt
• mini chocolate eggs (qty depending to how many of the muffins you want to have it with the chocolate in it)

Methods:

1. Preheat oven at 180degree celcius.
2. Cream butter and sugar till creamy. Add in milo and continue mixing till even.
3. Slowly add on one by one egg and mix till even.
4. Add in vanilla essence, flour and salt slowly while mixing.
5. Scooped the batter to the mold, either the egg shell or the muffin tin.
6. Insert the chocolate egg in the middle of the mixture.
7. Bake for 15-20mins at 180C. Check if it is done with the skewer.

Savoury Pumpkin Muffin

Yes, another muffin recipe again. This time, it is savoury with lots of healthy goodness in it. It has pumpkin, spinach, cheese and onion. This is so yummy... taste better than the sweet version I think.. hehehe...

Ingredients:

• 2 cups self raising flour
• 1 large egg (beaten)
• 1/4 cup of olive oil
• 1.5 cup of milk
• 1/8 cup of julienned mini red radish
• 3/4 cup of shredded cheddar
• 1/2 cup of chopped pumpkin + 1/2 cup of shredded pumpkin
• 1/2 cup of shredded spinach

Methods:

1. Preheat oven at 180C.
2. Mixed all the ingredients together except the flour. Mix till it is well blended.
3. Then add in the flour and give it a quick fold.
4. Scoop batter into the muffin pan, 24 minis here... (I lightly oil the tin)
5. Bake for 25mins at 180C.

Yogurt Muffin

While the little one was napping, I decided to make something healthy, yummy and pretty for her kindy snack tomorrow. So, colourful chips yogurt muffin. And the rest, with the blackberry jam that the relocation bought for us when we first arrived.

Ingredients

• 2 cups Self Raising Flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1/2 cup of yogurt

Methods:

1. Preheat oven at 180C.
2. Lightly mix the sugar, milk, yogurt, egg and olive oil till well mixed.
3. Add in the flour and lightly fold it. Just a quick one will do, no need to be extremely well mix coz that will overmix the mixture and it will be too hard.
4. Pour in the muffin cups. Make 22 small size cups. Each cup should be 3/4 filled.
5. Scooped in 1 teaspoon of jam for each muffins. Those without, sprinkle with the colorful chips.
6. Baked for 15mins at 190C.

Head Bursting Sambal Belacan

Ok, I guess this is something most Malaysians will find it hard to live without especially my dear husband who loves chilli and sambal a lot....

Since I bought the ingredients, why not make something...

While making it, hubby and dear daughter complain that the house stinks and I basically sin so much, I killed almost 50 or more flies that day (attracted by the belacan.. kekekekeke)

Ingredients:

• 1 cube of Jeeny's belacan, crushed them while they are still in the packet, though it was stated that it is roasted, I still roast it on the pan without any oil for another 2-3mins.
• 3 big size shallots
• 5 cloves of garlic
• a big handful of dried chillies (from the Asian grocers)
• 2 fresh red chillies
• 3 super spicy small red chillies (that's how Woolies labelled it)
• a small pinch of salt
• 5 tablespoon of sugar
• 1 tablespoon of tamarind puree
• some oil
• lime juice (to be added when u want to serve only)

Methods:

1. Roast the belacan on a dry pan with no oil, medium fire for about 2-3mins.
2. Soaked the dried chillies. 
3. Removed seeds from all the chillies (some left is ok).
4. Since I wanted more flavor out of the sambal, I pounded the first 6 items first. And I dont have that much of energy to do it till they are super fine, I transferred all the ingredients into the magi mix. Include the rest of the ingredients except the lime juice. Blend till fine.
5. Heat up the oil, saute the mixture till they are fragant and dry. This should takes at least 15mins on low to medium fire.
6. Cool and keep in air tight container/jar. Served with lime juice.

Lentil Potato Burger

Not sure what to do with the leftover lentils that I used for the dhall curry, and dont feel like making shall again and again, so, decided to make some healthy lunch for myself instead.

Ingredients:

• 1.5cups of yellow split beans (soaked overnight in the fridge)
• 2 small size potato, cut into cubes, skin removed
• 3 tablespoon of oat
• 2 chinese mushroom, soaked
• one bunch of black fungus, soaked
• half a medium size carrot
• 2 tablespoon of water
• 1egg
• 2 teaspoon of curry powder
• a dash of cinnamon powder
• 2 teaspoon of soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon of sesame oil
• a dash of ground pepper

Methods:

1. Cooked the bean and potato in the sauce pan with enough water to submerge the ingredients for about 15mins.
2. Then mixed it with ingredients 3 to 7 in the magi mix (or the blender). Blend till all items are fine and mixed well.
3. Add in an egg and continue to blend till it is even.
4. Season with the rest of the ingredients. 
5. Similar to the pork burger, shaped and keep in the fridge.
6. Pan fry and served as per the way you like it.