Kuey Teow Beef -my version

This my own version kuey teow beef. Invented it after trying various fried kuey teow, cantonese kuey teow etc which involves kuey teow..The gravy was adoption of beef stew which I used to make many many years ago..But not so sure why and when that dish like missing from my dining table..maybe this is next mission..Beef stew & home made bread...Lets go the recepie

Beef Kuey Teow

Gravy:

5 cloves garlic

6 shallots

1.5 inch ginger

2 tablespoon dark soya sauce

4 table spoon light soya sauce

4 table spoon oyster sauce

4 table spoon wheat flour

750 ml water

350 gram tenderloin beef

salt

sugar

3 table spoon cooking oil

Method:

Cut the beef 3cm length. The pound it with the meat hammer. Then, slice it about 0.5 cm thickness. The purpose is to give the difference on the meat texture. Marinate it with 2 tablespoon of light soya sauce, 2 tablespoon oystersauce, salt & pepper. Put aside. Heat the oil, fry the sliced garlic, sliced shallot and ginger till golden. Put in the wheat flour and fry it for a while, then put in the water. Let it boil then add in the soya sauce, dark soya sauce & osyter sauce, then add in the marinated beef. Cook it till tender then only the vegetables. The gravy ready once the vegetable cooked.

P/S: can add more flour if prefer thicker gravy. Make sure disolve the fluor with some water before add in to the boiling gravy. This to avoid lump.

Golden Apple Honey Cake

This cake is very much different from the rest of the cake that I ever bake..consider healthy since it use shortening instead of butter. The kids like it minus the hazel..

Golden Apple Honey Cake

Ingredients:

3/4 cup packed brown sugar

2/3 cup vegetable shortening

3 large eggs

3/4 cup honey

2 teaspoons grated lemon zest

3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon ground allspice

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/2 cup warm coffee

2 cups Golden Delicious apples, peeled, cored, and chopped

1/2 cup chopped walnuts ( substitute with hazel nuts as I got lots of stock of hazel nuts compared to walnuts)

Golden Apple and Honey Topping:

1 Golden Delicious apple, cored and sliced

1/3 cup honey

1. Heat oven to 350° F. Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.

2. In large bowl, beat sugar and shortening until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in honey and lemon zest. In medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, allspice, salt, and nutmeg. Add to sugar mixture alternately with coffee, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Stir in apples and nuts.

3. Spread batter in prepared pan. Bake 1 hour and 10 minutes or until wooden pick inserted near center comes out clean.

4. Meanwhile, prepare Golden Apple and Honey Topping: In small skillet, heat honey; add apple. Cook, turning slices occasionally, until tender and glazed.

5. Cool cake in pan 10 minutes; remove from pan and cool completely. Arrange apples on top of cake and serve

Banana Walnut Crumble Muffin

The original recipe was given to me by Mamafami. But after few attempt of this muffin I made some changes or additional ingredients such as the amount of butter and sugar. The additional is the chopped walnut. Many years back I used to buy Banana Walnut Cake from the bakery at Bukit Tunku. Now I am not sure wheather the bakery still exist or not. Since I got back from Labuan, I hardly get out from Bukit Jelutong as I turned to very kampung girl instead of the cosmopolitan which I used to be. Driving around in Klang Valley has become such a heavy task nowdays. Cant stand the traffic, the road user, etc or maybe coz of the increase of the no..hmmm you knowlah what no I am talking about heree...enough of "membebel"..lets go to the recipe.

Ingredients:

3 bananas ( if pisang emas I will put 4-5 depending on the size)

1/3 sugar

2/3butter ( my preference butter is scs and golden churn)

1 big size egg

1 1/2 cup normal wheat flour

1 tea spoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup chopped walnut ( can put more if you want)

1 table spoon butter

1/3 cup soft brown sugar

2 table spoon normal wheat flour

A pinch of cinnamon powder

Method:

Melt the butter. Put in the bowl banana & sugar then mashed it till fine. Then put in egg which has been beaten lightly followed with the melted butter. Put it aside. In different bowl, sieve the flour, baking powder, baking soda & salt. Once done, put in the banana mixture into the flour. Stir it well and put in the chopped walnut. Grease 15 small papercups. Spoon in the mixture. Mix the butter, brown sugar, flour & cinnamon & sprinkle it on top of the muffin. Bake for 20 mins with the temperature of 170 degree.

Dumb Blond Mee Hoon

Why does it called "Dumb Blond Mee Hoon"? Coz its a simple mee hoon but the fantastic part is..its been garnished with fried cashew nuts! this is the part make my mee hoon a little bit different from other fried mee hoon After a while I developed my own style of the "rempah" which suits everybody since my kids still cant take spicy stuff.

Ingredients:

5 fresh red chillies

5 cloves garlic

7 shallots

2 table spoon of dried prawn or "udang geragau"

2 table spoon tomato sauce

2 table spoon oyster sauce

2pieces of hard bean curd ( cut into small cubes and fry it till crispy)

3 table spoon chives

2 cups of bean sprout

2 inch carrot (jullien)

300 gram fresh prawn

1 egg (optional)

salt

oil

half pack of mee hoon ( soak it till soft)

Garnishing

3 table spoon of cashew nuts (fry till golden brown)

2 spoon chopped tomato

2 spoon chopped spring onion

Method:

Blend the chillies, garlic, shallots & dried prawn. Then fry it in hot oil till it crispy then add in the tomato sauce. One tip I like to share here is when you "menumis" please put a little bit of salt to enhance the taste of the dish. After it well blend in the wok, put in the prawns, then followed with chives and carrot. Fry it till bit tender then put in the soaked mee hoon. If its too dry, add a little bit hot water. Never used the normal tap water as this will make your dish taste bland especiallywhen you making soup. After all the spices and mee hoon blend together, then you may put it the egg then followed with the bean curd & bean sprout. I like my bean sprout quater cook only but its up to individual. Once cooked, put in serving tray & sprinkle it with all the garnishing. Dont forget to make sure its "cukup rasa" .

My 1st Birthday Cake

This was in June 2009. Was too busy to upload it..Priority has to go somewhere else. Nowdays feel a bit organise with everything, house, kids & trading. So I steal bit of my time to updated the "berlapuk" blog.

This fruit fresh cream cake was made for my husband 52nd birthday. Wanted to try something new apart from cupcake. The sponge cake I adopted from Peggy Porshen's book. Hope the spelling correct. If I navigate myself from the screen just to look for the book, means this entry will be abandon. So will put up the recipe next time. The topping, I used whipped cream. I got a duplicate for this cake for him to bring to his office. I used cream cheese topping for it..