Potluck Picnic

A friend and I organized a potluck picnic with the theme Nasi Lemak last weekend. We found a really nice shaded park with a duck pond near downtown where we host the picnic. The turn out was great and everyone was enjoying themselves and the food. We had nasi lemak, sambal ikan bilis , nasi lemak ganishes, curry veggies, curry chicken, curry lamb, beef rendang, otak-otak, sambal prawns, fried chicken, mee goreng, spring rolls, pickled veggies, agar-agar, cakes, cookies, fruit salad and drinks.

Black Sesame Seeds Bun

Made this when I was out of bread. Used the basic sweet bun dough recipe and sprinkle the top with black sesame seeds. Easy to make and my daughter loves it, just the bun not the sesame seeds though.

A Way to Eat French Bread

My hubby took me to an Italian restaurant last week. This restaurant served a kind of bread, looked like french bread but only about 6 inches long. And the way they served it was to present you with a plate of some dried herds and then sprinkle some extra virgin olive oil on it. You ate it by tearing some of the bread and dipped into the olive oil mixture. Oh man, can I say good! I saw people dipping bread in plain extra virgin olive oil on TV, but never really though of eating a bread in that way, you know what I mean? But after this, after I got home I have to make my own since I have lots of dried herbs in my pantry anyway. So, I came out with this mixture (not sure whether it's the same, but it was pretty good).

Simple Dip for French/ Italian bread

A few sprinkles of dried basil
A little salt
A few sprinkles of extra virgin olive oil (EVOO)

1. Place the dried basil and salt on a plate and sprinkle the EVOO on top and serve with the bread.

So easy and yummy as well. And EVOO is good for your heart!! So, do try it and let me know whether you like it or not.

Homemade Ground Chillies in Oil

My friends always praise about my ground chillies and asked me for the recipe. Thus, I would share it here since it's a good spicy chillies.

Evy Latest Pictures & Update

These are her latest pictures. She is growing up, just look at her 6 months old picture on the right, she looks different isn't it? How her facial feature change since birth until now is amazing. When I looked back at her old pictures or video, I was like she looks so different now. And how weird that she has brown hair instead of dark? People said it's the weather here that made her hair brown. She is talking up a storm, keep adding new word or sound as the months go by.

She had her first camping trip over the weekend. Glad to say that she did good, slept through the nights and enjoyed walking around the bushes. Got a few scratches on her knees though because I couldn't keep an eye on her all the times as she loved to walk around. Hmmm...should have put her on long pant but it was sorta hot in the day. Anyway, she loves camping!!

Pandan Kaya

~Yield one medium jar, adapted from Jo's recipe.

Ingredients
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3 large eggs
1 1/3 cup sugar
300 ml thick coconut milk
1/2 tsp. pandan paste

1. In a bowl, lightly beat the eggs. Add sugar and whisk until sugar dissolved. Add coconut milk and pandan paste. Mixed well.

2. Sieve kaya mixture into a stainless steel saucepan (twice) and place on stove top over medium heat and stir occasionally with a whisk until mixture started to thicken. Scoop out any bubbles that formed while whisking. Switched to low heat and stir continously until kaya reached the desired thickness or consistency. Remove from heat and cool completely before storing in a glass jar. Refrigerate afterwards. Kaya will be thicker when it's cool and even more so when refrigerated.

~Will produce a smooth kaya.