Showing posts with label Foodies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Foodies. Show all posts

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Alhamdulillah and thank you for Tutti Fruitti Ice Cream



Thank you Allah.
Alhamdulillah at last I can taste Tutti Frutti Ice Cream
ermm... hardly to find their branch here..
so far so good.. worth it
Thank you to you too Raff 

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Victoria sandwich cake with strawberries and cream

• 6 ounces (1 1/3 cups) self-rising flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 6 ounces ( 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons) sugar
• 6 ounces (12 tablespoons) unsalted butter, softened
• 3 large eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons warm water or milk
-- FILLING --
• 1/2 cup strawberry jam or preserves
• 1 cup strawberries, hulled and quartered
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream, whipped until soft peaks form, or frozen whipped topping, thawed
• Confectioners' sugar for dusting
PREPARATION: Heat oven to 325 degrees. Spray 2 8-inch sandwich tins or cake tins with nonstick cooking spray. Line with parchment paper.
In a small mixing bowl, sift flour and baking powder. In a large bowl, beat together sugar and butter until fluffy and pale. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, until thoroughly incorporated. Lightly beat in the vanilla extract until blended. Add water or milk until just blended.
Pour batter evenly into two pans and bake 20 to 25 minutes, until springy when touched or when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cake cool for 5 minutes and turn out on wire rack.
When completely cool, place one layer on cake plate, spread with jam, top with strawberries, followed by whipping cream or whipped topping. Add top sandwich layer. Sift 1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar on top. Serve immediately or refrigerate until ready to serve.
Makes 10 servings.
Nutrition information per serving: 406 calories, 24 grams fat, 4 grams protein, 42 grams carbohydrate, 1 gram fiber, 133 milligrams cholesterol, 293 milligrams sodium

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Mandhi Rice

Mandhi rice is so Delicious meal, specially with lamb meat.
1. Use basmati long grain rice.
2. special combination of spices.
3. each rice cup add one water and so on.
4. salt as per your test.
5. boiled on low temprature

Here Mandhi Rice Chicken Recipe:

ngredients:
5 chicken thighs, cut into 2 pieces with skin on
1 tsp ground cumin
Juice from ½ of lemon
1 tsp vinegar
2½ cups of Basmati rice (long grain rice)
4 tbsp raisins
1 onion (cut into 2 pieces)
1 cinnamon stick
1 bay leave, shreds
2 cups of water

Spices, grind/puree:
4 cloves garlic
1 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp fresh black pepper
1 knucklebone* ginger
1 knucklebone galangal
7 cardamons
1 tsp ground curcuma
1 tsp salt
1 block of chicken broth
Sugar to taste

Directions:
1. Marinate chicken with cumin, lemon juice and vinegar for 10 minute

. Clean.
2. Mix ground spices with 2 cups of water inside a big pan. Add chicken, cinnamon stick, and half of onion, bay leave and sugar as desired, then boil. After boiling, reduce the heat and simmer it for 20 minutes. Remove from the heat.
3. Put the chicken in a baking dish (greased with margarine). Bake until the color change or cooked or as desire.
4. Chop the rest of onion. Sauté until fragrant and smell.
5. Mix rice with onion and chicken broth (water from boiling chicken). Cover with aluminum foil. Simmer with very low heat for 20 minutes or until rice is cooked. Set aside.
6. Sauté raisins for 5 minutes. Set aside.
7. Serve rice and garnish with chicken and raisins.

* 1 knucklebone is circa 2 cm

Friday, January 7, 2011