~Homemade Vanilla Extract~

Wanted post  my homemade Vanilla Extract so long now finally.

Ya, i couldn't find Vanilla Extract on the shelf all are Vanilla Essence .

Share this simple Vanilla Extract just need

 Vanilla Pods And Vodka

 4 Vanilla Pods + 340ml Vodka

Soak it for 6 months

That's all

~Pandan Chicken~

Time flies today last day of July realize i didn't post anything actually all photos are uploaded , i was thinking want to blog during Hari Raya holiday too many program going on drag till now ..haiz
Saw my friend post  Pandan Chicken in Facebook, she say no difficult lar..so i tried it out....we all loved it!! Just need time to wrap it with pandan leaves one by one!!


Ingredients:-
1 piece of chicken breast (deboned and skined cut it into abt 2" slice)
10-15 pandan leaves for wrapping cut into abt 4" each

*ground the below ingredients:
1 stalk lemongrass, white part
2 cloves garlic
3 shallots
2cm knob ginger

*Seasoning:
1/2 tsp ground turmeric powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
2 tsp light soy sauce
1 tsp fish sauce
1/2 cup coconut milk
1/2 tsp Thai ground chilies (i bought it market form Thai women)

Method
1. Marinate the chicken with the 'ground ingredients and seasoning' for 2 hours the best overnight
2. Wrap the marinated chicken with pandan leaves and secure it with toothpick
3. Heat the oil, deep fried it till golden brown, kitchen will full of aroma of pandan.

To me this is a very good 'finger food' for party. you will non stop eating it.

~Lemon Curd (Lemon Filling)~

I like this Lemon curd, i eat with bread....like the taste..not too sweet and not sour with the lemon taste. Use as filling for swiss roll  or cake very nice. The best part is quick and easy.

Ingredients:-
- 2 Lemon Juice
- Lemon zest from the 2 lemon
- 120gm sugar
- 3 eggs (beat and sieve it)
- 50gm butter

Method:-
~ Put all the above ingredients in a aluminium / stainless steel bowl
~ Cook it using double boil method
~ Keep on stir it till the mixer become thick and creamy it took about 15 - 20 mins
~ Cool it down keep in bottle .

~Chilled Soya Bean Curd ~

For the past 2 day, i made this 2 times. This Soya Bean Curd silky smooth to the taste can't stop eating it!! Found this simple , easy and yummy Soya Bean Curd from facebook group.

Ingredients are as below 

Method to cook:- A pack of 1 litre "Home Soy' brand soya bean milk,

  1 teaspoon of jelly powder and a few pandan leaves.

All put in a pot cooked it in slow heat till it boil , ya need to stir!! pour it to small container cool it down ,chilled it for 4 hours .

Serve with "Gula Melaka Syrup" 

 "Gula  Melaka syrup"  ( water + gula melaka + brown sugar + pandan leave)

Thickness and sweetness of the syrup please adjust to your own taste!

~Try it out you sure love in it~

~Swiss Roll With Lemon Curd Filling~

This is my 1st Swiss Roll, for the past one week i baked 3 times in a week. Love it because Simple and fast.
Plain cake with 'Lemon curd filling"' (i will shared this simple filling next blog)

Ingredients
(A)
~ 3 egg white
~ 40gm  Sugar
~ 1/4 tsp cream of tar tar
Beat the above till stiff

(B)
~ 3 egg Yolk
~ 15gm sugar
~ 25gm Oil
~ 36ml Milk
~ 60gm Superfine Flour
combine all the ingredients (B) mix well

*this swiss roll recipe was using chiffon method so fold in  the beaten egg white in to mixture( B)
*I am using 8"x 11" tray, line the tray with baking paper
*Pour the batter into the prepared tray slowly, use spatula spread it to the edge and even it
*Bake in preheated oven @160C for 18mins or till it golden brown.
*Over turn the cake to a rack with another baking paper, peel off the lining paper
*Leave the cake cool down , spread with filling as you like
* Roll up the cake and wrap with cling wrap. Chill the cake for 30mins
*Cut into slice , this recipe can cut about 8 pcs

~Banana Raisin Cake~

I am back.....Time passed very fast ...is end of April. am i busy?? yes or not really , i not sure .
Still cook but baked less..i forgot when i baked this Banana raisin cake .Good combination ! using the same banana cake recipe just add in some raisin.

Here again the recipe for those 1st visit my blog

Ingredients:-
Butter    -120gm
Sugar    - 70gm
2 Eggs
Self Rising Flour (sifted) 140gm
1/2 tsp  Vanilla Extract
160gm banana mashed it and mixed with 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Method
- Pre-heat oven 180C
- Beat butter and sugar in high speed till fluffy
- Add in egg one at a time
- Add in Vanilla extract
- Lower mixer speed add in Self Rising Flour
- Add in mashed banana mix well
- Lastly add some raisin mix well
- Pour the batter in cake tin bake for 40 mins

** The banana cake will taste better after a day!!!****

~Happy Chinese New Year ~2014

Wishing You a Happy and Prosperous 

Chinese New Year

Have a Wonderful and Joyful

 Chinese New Year Celebration

May the Year of Horse bring

 Good Health and Good Wealth to all of us.

光陰似流水，又一年，

馬年到了，祝大家

歡歡喜喜迎馬年，萬事如意平安年，大吉大利順新年

馬年快樂,安康

馬年吉祥, 如意

馬年大吉,大利

馬上发财

~Peanut Cookies~ (2014)

Peanut cookies is all time favorite CNY cookies in my family.

A MUST have cookies.

Today Chinese New Year eve, i'm sure everyone are busy.
busy preparing re-union lunch or dinner
busy shopping
busy cleaning
those still on the way going back home town ,drive safely.

This is the final post for all my CNY 'goodies'

Wishing all my followers, readers, friends....

Happy Chinese New Year
GONG XI FA CAI

~Star Cookies~ (2014)

Is 'Star' shape so i name it Star cookies...hahahaha

when i bake Pineapple tart left quite a lot pastry dough 

so i take out my 'Star' shape cookies cutter

chop chop chop.....

so another type of CNY cookies

This year i baked and fried quite a lot cookies and snacks.

let my families enjoy more variety...

GONG XI FA CAI

~Pineapple Tart~ (2014)

Pineapple Tart another must have cookies......

Pineapple in Hokkien "Ong Lai" mean "good luck coming"

with this post i wish all of you have the best luck for coming year.

Recipe??? please refer my last year post

http://mycookingnbakingdiary.blogspot.com/2013/02/pineapple-tart.html

~Butter Cookies~ (2014)

Butter Cookies a must have CNY cookies in my house. i like this melt in the mouth butter cookies, this year put red cherries and chocolate chips for decoration.

Recipe please refer to my last year post.

http://mycookingnbakingdiary.blogspot.com/2013/02/butter-cookies.html

Wishing all of you 

"Happy Chinese New Year"

~Post this butter cookies again just a record for me what i have bake for 2014 CNY~

~Fried Cod Fish Strips~

Last year CNY my friend give me this Fried Cod Fish Strips....i non stop eating it...i buy a few packs of

Cod fish strips (大发鱿鱼丝/ Da Fa Fish Fillet ) when offer.

I 'tide' up the cod fish strips when i watch TV program, take a strip round it and use another strip to 'tide' it.

after tide up all heat up a wok of oil deep fried it.......be careful  when fried very FAST turn brown.

 "Baked Cod fish strips " VS " Fried Cod fish strips"

I prefer  "Fried" version

~Crispy Seaweed Rolls~

This year i try out a lot new CNY snacks also available in market. a big thank you to all the bloggers share out all yummy, non stop  bite snacks. This fried crispy Seaweed Rolls quite popular .

i made this because of the 'baked cod fish strips' i still have the seaweed....so don't waste it go buy a pack of spring roll skin and i can have another type snacks...hihihi

Ingredients

*Seaweed (cut about 2inche width each )

* Spring roll skin 1 pack

*1 egg white

***Need a chopstick and scissor

Method

~place the seaweed in the middle of spring roll skin

~roll up the spring roll skin with chopstick

~brush some egg white at the end of spring roll skin 

~pull out the chop stick

~ use scissors cut into small pieces 

~heat up oil and fried it

***keep in container.....once eat will be non stop***

~Baked Cod Fish Strips~

This year i  saw this 'baked Cod fish Strips" appear in many blogs and FB also  a lot peoples post. It look simple so i try it out. Since i bake pineapple tart left over some egg white so i  buy a pack of 'Cod Fish Strips' (大发鱿鱼丝) and a pack of  Seaweed.

Ingredients

*Cod fish Strips

*Seaweed

*1 egg white

Method

~take 2 cod fish strips, i fold in both end to center use the seaweed strip wrap over, apply some egg white on the seaweed roll it tight

~Bake at preheated oven 140C 8-10mins or till golden brown.

~Leave to cool and keep in an airtight container.

 A simple CNY  'tidbits'

~Honey Cornflakes Cups~

I'm not stop blogging....busy for the past 3 months and seldom bake cake. I know my follower will be disappointed i didn't update my blog for 3 months+, 'sorry'....Chinese New Year just around the corner. i will post up all my Chinese New Year cookies. Actually this 'Honey Cornflakes Cups' is the last item i bake but i post first.

It's a simple and fast , not require any baking skill!!!!!

You just need 4 ingredients if you plan to do some simple bites for chinese new year still got time.

Ingredients 
1 box (150gm) Corn Flakes
50gm butter
2 Tablespoon honey
Red glace cherries (cut into small piece)
small paper cups

Method
- Melt the butter in a bowl
- Add in honey mixed well
- Add in Cornflakes & Cherries mix well till all coated with the "butter honey" mixture
- Put the cornflakes into the papercups one by one
- Bake in pre-heated oven 150C, 10-12mins
- Cool it down and keep in air tight container

Easy??? Try it out!!! Kids will like it.