Q's Daging Rendang Dendeng

One day a friend of my ask whether I cook Daging Rendang Dendeng before. Well to think of it the answer is no.  So as usual, I when thru google for recipes.  I print out a few and compared.  After looking at it for days, I mixed & match the ingredients and methods. This is what I have come out with. Give it a try you will be surprise with the taste.

Clock-wise from left - Fried and blend to fine powder
 (3 nos Cardamon Seed , 5 nos Clove, 2 nos Star Anise
& 5 gm Cinnamon Stick)

Clock-wise from left - Blend (4 nos Lemongrass, 140gm Shallots,
 15 nos Dried Chilli, 15 gm Gelanggal, 10 gm Ginger & 10gm Garlic)

Clock-wise from Top - 200 ml Thick Coconut Milk,
1 tsp Tamarind & 250 ml Light Soya Sauce)

Trim and wash clean beef.  Boil till beef tender. Keep about
300 ml beef stock

Slice thin the beef and pound

Slices of fine thin beef after pounded.

Marinate the beef in a big bowl mixed with all the spices and
sauces for at least 8 hours

Pour in the marinated beef, coconut milk and beef stock. Bring
to boil. Turn fire to low and cook till beef cook and gravy
thicken.

Remove and serve with rice or bread.

Q's-Pelampung (Beef Lung)

Perak has it's own specially dish. Just to name a few that I'm aware ie. Rendang Tok, Ayam Lengkuas, Pelampung and etc. Here I like to share with you the Recipe - Pelampung.

Wash, clean and boiled 1 kg Beef Lung. Once cook remove,
leave it to cool and cut into small cube.

From top right  clockwise - Fried and pound fine 3 nos Cardamon
seed, 10 nos Cloves, 2 nos Star Anise &  2" Cinnamon Stick,
500 ml Coconut Milk,  Sliced - 20gm Garlic, 80gm Shallot & 30 gm
 Ginger, 1 no Chili half & remove seed, 1 stick Lemongrass mash,
and 2 pcs Tanrmirin skin.

Boiled 500 ml Coconut Milk mix w 500 ml water  till "break".
Then add in all ingredients and stir till well blend. 

Cook in mid-low fire till gravy all dry up.

Remove and serve.

Q's-Seaweed Jelly

There are many methods to cook this fresh seaweed. Some prefer it as drink and some prefer it in jelly. You can also add in ingredients like Dried Longan, Kei Chee, Pak Hub, North and/or South Almond or even Sea Coconut.
Here I like to share with you the step-by-step on how to cook the Seaweed Jelly my way.

Step 1 - Weight 50 gm of the dried seaweed and
soak in pipe water for about 8 to 10 hours or till it is soft
and is clear in colour.

Step 2 - This is how it look like after number of hours soaking.
Drain dry.

Step 3 - Here I add in (from top left clockwise) 10gm Pak Hub,
20gm Dried Longan,  50gm Cube Rock Sugar,
10gm North/South Almond and 2 liter Water

Step 4 - Boiled in medium fire and keep stirring till
seaweed dissolved. Portion out and once cool store in fridge
overnight.

Step 5 -  Now it's ready to eat..

You can also substitute water with Fresh Soyabean Milk.  The step is the same as above. Below is how it look like.

Give it a try. It sure taste nice.
Cheers

Q's Chicken Burger

Ingredients
4 nos Burger Bun (Cut half, spread thin layer of butter and lightly grill)
1 no Tomato (Not to ripe. Slice thin)
1/4 no Cucumber (Remove skin and slice thin)
4 pcs Cheddar Cheese Slice

Sautee Mushroom
100 gm Fresh Sliced Button Mushroom
1/2 no White Onion (Slice thin)
10 gm Butter (for sautee)

Chicken Pattie
400 gm Mince Chicken (only lean meat)
1/4 no Pepper Green, Yellow and Red (Chopped fine)
1/2 no White Onion (Chopped fine)
3 tbsp Oyster Sauce
1 tsp Black Pepper
1 tsp seasoning

Methods
Sautee Mushroom
1. Heat butter in non stick pan
2. Stir in white onion for about 2 minutes
3. Add in mushroom
4. Stir till all ingredient mix
5. Cook till mushroom soft. Remove to cool

Chicken Pattie
1. Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl
2. Divide the mixture to four round pattie
3. Heat 20 gm butter in grill pan
4. Grill pattie till golden brown or cook
5. Remove to and place on the bun

Q's Baked Cheese Rice

Ingredients
A. Carbonara Sauce
50 gm unsalted butter
50 gm plain flour
400 mL milk
Seasoning to taste

B. Seafood or Meat or Poultry
1 clove garlic finely chopped
1 no big onion finely chopped
100 gm fresh button mushrooms, finely sliced
Cut chunk 100gm prawn (remove shell), 50 gm mussel and 100 gm fish fillet or
200 gm meat or poultry
Butter or olive oil, extra

300 gm cool rice
300 gm Low Fat Mozzarella Cheese

Method
1. Heat and melt butter in a medium non-stick saucepan
2. Sauté garlic and onion for a few minutes.
3. Add either combination of seafood or meat or poultry and fry gently.
4. Add mushrooms and fry till all ingredient mixed well and cooked.
5. Whisk milk and flour mixture in a bowl.
6. Pour into the saucepan and bring to boils and thickens.Then remove to cool.
8. Heat oven at 200 degree celcius.
7. Portion the cool rice in the pie / bake pan.
8. Scoop carbonara mixture over the rice.
9. Sprinkle cheese on top of the portion.
10.Place the pan in another pan that is fill with water.
11. Bake it for 30 minutes.
12. Remove and serve.

Q's Set Menu (23rd February 2013)

Nice food does not mean that you need expensive ingredients to whip up a nice and tasty meal. Let me share this menu with you and it will not cost you much.

Set Menu
Clock-wise from top. Acar Nyonya.
Ikan Sardine Sambal, Hard-boiled Egg and
Kangkong Sambal Belacan

 3 Spices Rice
1pc Cinnamon Bark, 3 nos each of Cardamon Seed and Anise Star
2.5 cups Rice wash clean then add 3.75 cups of Coconut Milk with a pinch of salt

 Kangkong Sambal Belacan
500gm Kangkong (Clean and wash)
Soak 10gm Dry Shrimp
Blend 3 nos Red Chilli, 2 nos Shallots,
1 clove Garlic and 3cm Shrimp paste

Ikan Sardine Sambal

1kg (10#) Ikan Sardine clean and deep fried

Blend 6nos Shallots, 3 cloves Garlic, 100gm Dry Chilli and
Tarmerin paste.  Seasoning to taste.

Q's 2013 Chinese New Year Menu

Finally I manage to hold a very small sacle gathering with less than 10 pax. Normally each gathering we used to held are more than 50 pax less than 300 pax at our lovely home.  All food serve are home cook and these are menu for the night.

Chocolate Ice Cream

Various type of cookies

Green Tea Ice Cream

Red Velvet with Cheese Froasting

Tomyam Steamboat section

BBQ section Marinated Lamb Shoulder
and Chicken Sausage

Salmon Yee San

From Left Curry Chicken, Fried Bee Hoon
and Roasted Chicken

Q's Homemade Ice Cream Collections

Firstly I would like to thanks Chef Ghazali for this basis recipe.  Without it I would not be able to whip this out.  Ingredient you need are 2 nos Egg Yolk, 300 ml Whipping Cream, 300 ml Low Fat Milk, 50 gm Icing Sugar and the most important piece of equipment that is the Ice Cream Maker.

Chocolate Ice Cream (Add 30gm Chocolate powder to the basic recipe)

Green Tea Ice Cream (Add 30gm Green Tea Powder to the basic recipe)

Q's Homemade Loafs

Roasted Almond Loaf

Almond are one of the most nutritious of all nuts.  

From research it is found that it help in:- 
Cancer Prevention, Reduce Heart Attack Risk and Lower Cholesterol

Sultana Loaf or Mixed Fruits Loaf
Fruits are nature's wonderful medicines packed with vitamins, minerals, anti-oxidants and many phyto-nutrients.  They are absolute feast to our sight, not just because of their color and flavor but their unique nutrition-profile that help the body stay fit and healthy.

Before I start making my own bread, I thought that we need a bread maker to bake a loaf of bread. NO all you need is a help of an oven. I used to knead and wait for the dough to double it size.  But after following AFC (Asian Food Channel) I found a new method to bake bread without kneading the dough. So I give it a try and to my maze it really work. Here is the simple basis recipe on how to bake your own bread.

Ingredients:

(A)

350gm High Protein Flour (Super Fine Flour)

2.5gm Bread Improver

(B)

50gm Icing Sugar

200ml Warm Water

6gm Instant Dry Yeast

(C)

1no Egg (Break)

1tsp Vanilla Essence

30gm Butter

Methods:

1. Sift ingredient (A) in a mixing bowl

2. Mixed ingredient (B) in a bowl

3. Pour ingredient (B) and (C) into ingredient (A)
4. Mix until dough comes together in a shiny mass and pulls away from the sides of the bowl
5. Cover the bowl with a damp tea towel
6. Leave the dough under the hot sun till the dough rise double in size
7. Preheat the oven at 180 degree Celsius for 10 minutes
8. Once the dough has rise, remove it to the loaf pan
9. Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes
10. Brush the top of cook loaf with butter
11. Let it cool before slicing the loaf
Note: You can add in mixed fruits, various type of nuts, spices or even cheese