Fresh Homemade Burger~!

HEYA~!!! 

Gosh it has been sooo long isn't it! With baby Laaiqah around it's near impossible to take my own sweet time and create own recipes in the kitchen! 

However...this woman gotta eat and she continues to cook for the whole village! Here's my recipe (inspired by Jamie Oliver but added other ingredients along the way...). 

Ingredients: 

(burger patty)
600g minced beef / chicken (makes 8 patties)
8 pcs cream cracker biscuits (that's right.. cream cracker biscuits!)
4 tbsp Worcestershire sauce (estimation.. as I NEVER use tbsp for my sauces ahahah!!)
2 tbsp Teriyaki sauce
1 egg (whipped)
dash of black pepper
dash of italian herbs
dash of salt

THAT'S IT! 

8 burger buns
salad
onion
gherkins
mayo / chilli sauce
cheddar cheese
Fried / baked potato wedges (just buy or make your own wedges.. up to you!)



How to make the burger patties:

1) place cream crackers in a bag and smash them up with your hands (make sure you break those big pieces)

2) Mix all the ingredients (for patty) together. (best to use your clean hands)

3) Once all the ingredients are mixed up well, roll about 8 meatballs and start patting them (about the size of your palm, and about 2 cm thick)

4) heat up a flat pan with a little butter and start grilling the patties! (I used my wonderful HappyCall pan)

5) Press the patty every now and then to ensure that it is cooked inside.



Have fun dressing up your burger!!

Tacos~!

ME BACK!! After giving birth to the most wonderful God's gift to me.. I am back in the kitchen..

A friend of mine is currently pregnant and wanted to eat some tacos (one of those cravings).. and I know how it felt like to have cravings during pregnancy! (you just gotta have what you feel like eating man...) So decided to make some tacos for her so here goes the recipe! (It's simple..) =)

Nothing beats making your own tacos at home... yummayy~~!!

Here's what you need:

1) A box of taco shells (can be found in any supermarket)

2) 500 grams minced beef (for the box of 12 taco shells)

3) 2 big onions (diced)

4) 1 tablespoon of chopped garlic

5) 1 bottle of taco sauce (also can be found in the supermarket)

6) cayenne and paprika

7) italian herbs

8) 1 can of diced tomatoes

9) a pinch of salt

10) shredded iceberg lettuce

11) diced fresh tomatoes

12) Light sour cream

13)shredded cheese (whichever you prefer...emmentel, mozarella, cheddar...etc.. )

Here's how you make the beef sauce:

1) add olive oil in a heated deep pan

2) Fry the onions and garlic, then add the beef (mix in well to break the lump of minced beef)

3) Add the chilli powder (paprika, cayenne) and the italian herbs

4) Then add the bottle of taco sauce and the can of diced tomatoes... stir till it is mixes well and the beef is fully cooked..

5) add the salt to taste..and you're done!

To make the tacos:

1) Heat the taco shell in the oven (follow the instructions on the box.. don't be lazy!)

2) add the beef sauce/sour cream/lettuce/fresh tomatoes and the shredded cheese accordingly..

3) to make it more spicy, drizzle some tabasco..

HAVE FUN EATING SOME MESSY TACOS! ;)

Chapalang Chilli Chicken~!

Ola! I dedicate this recipe to my pal Melissa Lee hahaha!! ;)

This dish is best eaten with warm rice or dipped with bread =)

Ingredients:


1) 2 tablespoons of blended garlic and ginger (mixed together)
2) 1 cup of chilli paste
3) 1/2 cup of sugar (more if you don't want it to be too spicy)
4) 4 tablespoon of tamarind paste that is mixed with water
5) 2 cups of mixed vege
6) cubed potatoes (fried and out aside)
7) 7-8 pcs of chicken wings (marinated with some salt and turmeric powder, fry them for a while and put aside)
8) 2 eggs (beat them and put aside)
9) salt to taste
10) ketchup and chilli sauce
11) 1/2 cup of water




Here's how to make it!:

• Heat about 5 tablespoons of oil in the wok
• fry the blended garlic and ginger
• add in the chilli paste and cover (mix it around, let it fry for abut 15 mins till the colour turns darker)
• add the sugar and some salt to taste
• add the tamarind juice and mix it around 
• add a cup of ketchup and some chilli sauce (try to taste it and see whether you are satisfied with the taste, if not add whatever ingredients that you feel is insufficient - be it sugar, salt or ketchup)
• add some water if the gravy is too thick
• once you are satisfied with the gravy, add the mixed vege, fried potatoes and fried chicken)
• once all the ingredients have been mixed, lastly add the beaten eggs in gravy and mixed them around... 

VOILA~!! YOUR CHAPALANG CHICKEN IS READY! ;)

ENJOY!

Super Duper Nachos Supreme~!!

It's the Euro fever and I have the perfect game food for you~!! It's easy!!

How to make your own cheese sauce:

1) cut a block of Cheddar cheese into cubes
2) warm a small pot and pour the cubes and some milk in the pot
3) add some onion powder (McCormick) if you have any...
4) keep on stirring until you are satisfied with the thickness of the sauce.. add some more milk if it's too thick...



How to make your own beef Chilli (for nachos):

1) Fry mince beef (or chicken) with paprika, chilli powder, cumin powder and Cayenne powder
2) Add a dash of salt and place the fried minced beef aside.
3) Heat the pan again and fry some chopped onions.
4) Add the fried minced beef, bottled taco sauce and diced canned tomatoes.
5) And we are done!! =)


Here's how to combine all those awesome ingredients together!!!

1) Place nachos chips in a pan and bake for about 3 mins in the oven
2) Pour the cheese sauce
3) Pour the beef Chilli mix
4) top it up with light sour cream and chopped spring onions
5) you can add Jalepeno if you want to...


DONE!! =)

Enjoy!

Chicken Potato Salad~!

My very own recipe that I created more than 10 yrs ago...  =)

So here's the recipe...

To marinate the chicken:

1. 6 pcs of chicken wings
2. 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
3. 4 dashes of light soy sauce 
4. 3 tablespoon of oyster sauce
5. some italian herbs

Marinate the chicken overnight...

And then fry the chicken till it's nice and brown =)

Once done, shred and chop the chicken and leave it aside...

Here are the rest of the ingredients for the potato salad:

1. 6 boiled potatoes (diced after boiled)
2. a jar of mayonnaise
3. chopped spring onions
4. 2 boiled eggs (mashed after boiled)
5. italian herbs
6. some salt and sugar 

Mix the mashed eggs, mayo, herbs and a little sugar and salt ...

Once mixed, add the rest of the ingredients! (spring onions, potatoes and chopped chicken)

and you're done!!! ENJOY!! =)

Spicy crispy fried chicken~!

Ok... so I wanted to create my own crispy fried chicken...Did my research, add some of my golden touches and voila~!

Here's the recipe:

1. 1 cup of plain flour
2. 3/4 cup of self raising flour
3. 1/4 cup of corn flour
4. cayenne pepper (depending on how spicy you want it to be)
5. paprika
6. 3 tablespoon of HAO CHI seasoning
7. 1/2 tablespoon of salt
8. 1/2 kg of wings
9. 2 eggs
10. 1/4 cup milk

Mix all of the dried items together. 

Beat the eggs and the milk.

Dip the wings in the egg mix, flour mix, and then dip them again in the egg mix followed by the flour mix (double dip).

Fry the wings and serve them hot with thai chilli sauce / mayo or any sauce you prefer!

Enjoy~!!

~NJ~

Simply Bruschetta~!

I love Bruschetta! It's so simple yet rich in taste! This is a great recipe for those lazy afternoons ;)

Ingredients:

• 4 plum tomatoes chopped (I choose plum tomatoes instead of the big ones as they have less of the squishy centre)
• italian herbs
• a tiny bit of salt
• a dash of parmesan
• olive oil
• 3 slices of white bread

Method:

1. Mix the chopped tomatoes with as much italian herbs as you want (I like it a lot... but not TOO much though hehehe..)
2. add the tiny bit of salt, a little bit of olive oil (about 2 teaspoon) and some parmesan 
3. Cut the white bread into halves, lay them on a pan and drizzle some olive oil!
4. place the bread in the oven for about 5 mins till they are nice and crispy.
5. take the slices of bread out and top them with the tomato mix
6. you can place them in the oven again for another minute or two.
7. VOILA!!! ENJOY!! =)