Proton Persona Car Advertisement... What If?

Imagine if this is a proton's advert...

Suga mama...

Expect the sales to be sluggish though...

Curi Kepala Ikan + Ikan Belah Belakang

Curi as in Fish Head Curry... not stealing... just to sensationalised my title. :p

Last Sunday Sue+Hubby+kid+bibik was planning to have dinner at my place. So, by Thursday, I was still clueless on what to cook.

Just go with the flow lah, see what available at the 'Pasar Malam' that Friday nite. So yeah, came friday, I saw these 'Jacket Fishs' being sold.. So that was it... Chilli's Fish and Curry.

On Sunday, I started early to prepare dinner (as early as 9am!). By 5 pm I was nowhere near completion and panic struck... the fish was halfly done, the curry was still in the packet, the veggie was yet to be cut, and the rice was still in the packet... arghhh...

The jacket fishes... make a pocket out of the fish to shove the chilli.


Fish and veggie...

The whole experience left me with a renounce respect to all those housewives who could cope up with cooking 24x7 3 times daily. Plus the raising kids, cleaning the house... etc..

Dealing with one cook for a day is enough headache for me, let alone daily. To add the salt, I was using the technology to assist me (instant cocunut milk, blended chillis/shallots /garlic)..


Le ingredient


Fried them.....


Sautee them.....

Finally at 7++ I managed to cook the Curry, the Fish, Fried Tempes, Vegetables, Sambal Belacan and dessert (caramel pudding!!!!). By then I was so exhausted and short tempered (luckily no one was around)...

Voila...

Luckily there's Carpenters to soothe me down...

That Virtual Trip

No, I was not physically in Paris last week.

The server is in Paris... while yours truly was stuck somewhere in damansara.

So please dont ask for the pictures there :p

But hey, knowing me... i would try to accomodate every request from my fan and such a camwhore myself, so, here's pictures taken in the nederlands back in 2003.. hi hi hi..

Close enough ler.. france - nederlands, just a stone throw away......

Near the Beurs van Berlarge (bourses place I think). Almost got hit by one of the trams.. they're so


Having lunch.. Turkish kebab...


@ the van gogh museum. You might see most of my pics were in a peculiar angle. It was because I went alone meh.. no one to snap snap pics for me :p


Near the Malaysian Restaurant (Wau) in the middle of the city. The food is very noiiicceee esp the satay. The only malaysian restaurant around as compared as hundreds of indonesian restaurants there. And foolishly I thought those indo restaurant was halal. so, I went there and sat and about to order when i saw the menu... babi ketjap (pork in soy sauce)... tarus cancel.


at the farm outskirt the city... even the cows were avoiding me.. boo hoo..


Like yeah, the water mill. Trademark of the nederlands.


Inside the Heinieken beer factory. I lost the coupon for the free mug. so, no momento.. Tsk..


Voldelpark..


The pub inside the watermill (windmill).. Pretty cozy

Lost Hopes, Shattered Dreams

Drawing more students from China

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This association of Ah Niu with Malaysia is exactly what the ministry had hoped to achieve when organising an 11-day visit to promote tertiary education in four Chinese cities – Taiyuan in Shanxi province, Urumqi in the Xinjiang autonomous region, Xining in Qinghai province and Guiyang in Guizhou province.

Source: The Star; Sunday

What so special about this article? well, this is the online version's photo


compare that with the paper version:

Look at her expression, pricesless! Im guessing that's what in her mind that moment.

But of course, the paper would always quote something like this:

Student Han Xiu Ying, 19, from Xining used to share the same sentiment.

“I had always wanted to go to western countries like Canada or the United States but I was also worried that I would not be able to communicate with the locals there as we hardly speak the language with our friends here.

“My father also did not feel comfortable sending me there to study as he was afraid I would adopt western culture,” she said.

Another Week and Another Meal

Recipe entry again? Muahahhaha.. I cooked Crab Curry on Saturday, aug 11. Only now got a chance to post them here..:p


The ingredients: crabs, coconut milk, pineapple cube, seafood spice, curry leaves, fennels, cummins, shallots, ginger, garlic. + a nice mood to cook.

having a-sassy-mouth-know-it-all sitting behind you advising alternatives ways to cook/cut the crab/etc would result in a disastrous concoction... had it last time, and I banned cooking for 2 years :p Make sure your crabs are really dead... dont want to end up like this:



mix them..


toss em..


The final product...


From top, clockwise: The gulai ketam, ikan patin masak lemak (I didnt cook this, leftover from somewhere, ikan goreng, emping binjai + sambal belacan, dan ulam2. Salivating already?


+ some tokyu (soy sauce) = im in heaven :p

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Feel free to drop comments as usual nonetheless, it just wont be published immediately.

TQ.. and ohhh.. Im away for a week... Dont get to excited when you see a visitor from Rhone-Alpes, France... Its not a french guy with hidung mancung and an IP of 155.208.254.*... its just me :p

A Masala Vadey In A Friday Morning

Another attempt to cook went down the drain, literally.

The recipe is simple enough, only a fool like me who tried to cheat could get such a disastrous result.

The Recipe:
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1 cup Dhal / Parpu
1 Onion
5-6 Red Chillies
A few Curry leaves
2 Tbs Fennel
Oil for deep frying
Salt to taste


Soak the dhal for two-three hours and drain it. Grind the channa dal with salt into coarse grains.

* First clue: I cheated here, i just boiled the dhal to soften it ... stoopid!


Mince finely the onions, chilies and curry leaves. Mix everything (including the fennel and salt)nicely to make a dough.


Make the dough into flat rounds. Heat oil in a pan. Deep fry the dough rounds in oil to golden brown on both side.

* The second clue I got was when the patty looked soggy and didnt really stick together.


The outcome: Dont let the picture fools ya. When you touched it, it brittled. Grrrrrrrr...

I am so mad...

So, instead of enjoying my masala vadey like this;


I felt like this:


Boo hoo...

Out of My Mind

Insanely busy... No time to update..



Enjoy the video

Shed Your Tears; Hapuskan Airmata Mu

I was watching the Malay movie titled as above yesterday, and salivating over those currypuff made by Normadiah.

So today, I decided to make currypuffs for a breakfast :)

Brought some to the office, and it wont take an einstein to figure they would ask for a recipe. sahih buatnyer idok, buang karan sajo aku menulis.

so.. here it is.

The fillings / Intinya:
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1 medium sized potato / kentang *
1 medium sized onion / bawang besaq *
150gm chicken meat / daging ayam *
* cut into cubes / dipotong dadu

2 stalks curry leaves / daun kari
1 packet of curry powder / serbuk kari daging
3 shallots / bawang merah
1 garlic / bawang putih
zing of ginger / halia beberapa hiris

a pinch of salt/ se'getu' garam
2 tablespoon cooking oil / minyak untuk menumis
water / ayaq


crush the shallots, garlic and ginger (use mortar and pestle for authenticity). In a skillet, heat the oil. Sear this blended ingredients and the curry leaves until fragrant. add chicken.
tumbuk bawang merah, bawang putih dan halia. panaskan kuali, tumis bahan2 yg ditumbuk berserta daun kari sehingga naik bau.


stir for a minute and add curry powder. after another minutes, add some water to dilute the curry powder.
masukkan ayam, gaul seketika dan masukkan serbuk kari. tuang sedikit air untuk melarutkan perencah.


add potatoes and 1/2cup of water. cover and simmer until potatoes become tender. then add the onions.
masukkan kentang dan 1/2 cawan air. renih sehingga kentang menjadi lembut. kemudian, masukkan bawang. .


simmer again until the curry becomes dry. turn off the heat. leave it to cool.
inti akan terhasil bila air sudah kering. tutup api


The skin/pastry: Kulit karipap:
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The trickiest part of the process (if you opt for this kind of currypuff).
Bahagian paling rumit dalam pembuatan karipap pusing.


Ingredients/ Bahan2 nye:

Part A / Bhg A
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1/4 cup of Flour / Tepung
4 tbs vegetable shortening / Spry
DO NOT ADD WATER!
JANGAN GUNA AYER!


Mix and knead the flour.
Gaul tepung dengan spry.


If the right amount of shortening is used, the 'ball' should stick together like this.
Jika kuantiti spry mencukupi, bebola diatas akan terbentuk dengan kejapnya.

Part B / Bhg B
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2 cup of Flour / Tepung
6 tbs butter / mentega
A pinch of salt / garam seover rasa
Iced water / Ayaq Ais (bukan ais ketul)


Knead the flour, butter and salt. Add water bit by bit till you got a dough.
Uli tepung, mentega dan garam jadi berbiji biji. Masukkan ayaq sikit2 samapi menjadi doh.

Part A+B / Bhg A+B
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Divide/cut both (A & B) doughes into 4 parts
Potong kedua dua doh A & B kepada 4 bahagian.


Insert A into B. Dont know how to describe, refer to the image above. Flatten the dough with the rolling pin.
Kepalkan A dan lipat masuk dalam B. Rujuk gambaq diatas. Canaikan doh.


Cut approximately a radius of the doh's circle.
Potong sebesar jejari bulatan doh.


Roll it counterclockwise.
Gulungkan dan kona ikut arah bertentangan jam.


The end result should look like this.
Doh kena jadi lagu ni. Mcm bunga sikit.


Flatten the dough with the rolling pin again.
Sekali lagi, canaikan doh tersebut menjadi seperti ini.


Roll the dough.
Gulung doh yg telah dicanai tadi.


Cut into 8 segments. I use the mould to shape the currypuff.
Kerat menjadikan 8 bahagian. Gunakan acuan 90sen dari parkson untuk membentuk karipap. Bagi yg ingin menggunakan tangan, dah gilo ka apo?


Lay the pastry onto the mould and put the filling.
Masukkan inti.


Clip the mould. Remove the excess dough. Voila...
Ketipkan acuan. Buang kulit berlebihan. Jadi lah karipap gulung!


Fry the puffs over low heat.
Pastikan minyak tidak terlalu panas untuk mengelakkan kulit karipap daripada menjadi seperti kulit bekas suami mazuinmengelembung.

These Only applicable to Malaysian 80's malay movie fan:
Cara2 Menikmati Karipap ala2 Hapuskan Airmatamu
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*Background lagu Seiring dan Sejalan ok!*

Cara pemakanan yg betul, bak kata org utara, polok dan 'pose'..


Bukan dihumbankan ke atas lantai.. sambil menayang pungkok ketika masuk dlaam lif.


Kerna ia akan menyebabkan kak norma sedih kuat!


Pabila kak norma sentap, nescaya kak pah akan dilanggar lori...


Walaupun sudah terperosok dibawah lori, seripah annie masih mantain chantek dan bernyawa!