2011 Raya @ Home

This year we did not manage to go back hometown so we end up "celebrate" raya at home.  If I'm not wrong this is is the first time my husband have to sacrifice his raya celebration with his parent.  Which is hard for him.  No words can describe his sadness.

We are not prepare for raya so I just whip-up two simple dish to go with Tomato Rice for dinner.

Ayam masak merah is very common in most of the malay house.  So I want to try a new version of this dish.  Here is what I use for 1 no. of Chicken cut 16 wash & grilled in oven (deep fried is too oily), 200 ml Tomato puree, 50 ml Chili boh,  6 cloves Shallots & 3 cloves Garlic (blend), 1 no. tomato cut cubes, 2 pcs Cinnamon stick, 2 pcs Star anise and sugar & salt to taste.

As for second dish, I cook Egg Kurma for a change.  For this we need 5 no. Egg boiled hard, 3 cloves Challot & 1 clove Garlic (blend, 1 no. Potato cut cube, 1 no. Onion cut wedges 6, a bit of each Cinnamon, Star anise & Clove, 2 tbsp Kurma powder, 1 tbsp Meat curry powder, 50 ml thick coconut milk, 1 ltr water and Sugar & Salt to taste.

Cheers :)

Selamat Hari Raya

Raya Cookies 2

Completed my second batch of raya cookies.  Here we have Honey Cornflakes, Chocolate Nuts and Sarah's Semprit.  This year just manage to bake six type of cookies.  Maybe on raya eve, I bake either Cream Cracker Fruity or Carrot Walnut. 

This also depend on what time I'll be able to dismiss work.

Cheers :)

Raya Cookies

Just complete my first batch of this year Raya Cookies and thery are Oats Raisin, Butter Chocolate Chips and Walnut.  The second batch I'm looking at, follow me in my next post.  See you soon.

Cheers :) 

Save the Gate

I was telling my son about the Finance Office Makeover and it is fun to be able to work as a team.  That is how Save the Gate came-up.  Since we move in till now that is about 11 years, we have not paint the gate. 

We did think about changing to the auto gate but oh my god it is so expensive. Having no knowledge on what type of paint to buy, we just go to the nearest hardware shop asking the owner what paint is suitable of painting a gate.  We receive a funny look from the owner and he ask us whether we would like to have a expensive one or a lower range.  I does not know that paint can cost so much now a day.  We head home right after it and start on the task. It took us 4 hours to complete it.

Let me tell you it is a very tiring job and that is why people charge so high for their labour cost. But anyway, we did it and we are happy with the result.

When my husband saw it, all he can say "so free ah, nothing else to do?"  HA! he is only jealous that we could do it without his help.

Cheers :)