Nice apple pie~~

Apple, apple, apple, apple~my friends used to call me like that~but i enjoy it~as i like the name Apple and the real apple~Sure you heard "an apple a day will keep the doctor away". Apple is rated as low in glycemic index which means it will not suddenly spike or rise the sugar level and also means will not turn to fat easily. Apple is also a good source in potassium, fiber, vitamin A and vitamin C. It also contains small amount of iron, calcium and phosphorus. At the skin of apple, it is concentrated with vitamins. So, if you eat it, you will get more nutrition. Now, let's do something with the fruit, apple~~Maybe try APPLE PIE~

Prep time: 30 mins
Baking time: 45 mins

Equipment needed:

Mixing bowl, wooden spoon, scales, 22 cm springform tin, peeler, food processor, frying pan, baking sheet, rolling pin and board

Ingredients

130 g diced unsalted butter (straight from fridge)
50 g shortening
250 g self-raising flour
50 g grated cheese (cheddar is great)
3 large eggs
Water
Pinch of salt
1750g apples

80 g unsalted butter
Pinch of nutmeg and clove
100 g brown caster sugar

How to make it

Step 1. Make pastry: Using the pulse function on your processor, mix the fat (50 g butter and 50 g shortening) and flour into a breadcrumb texture.

Step 2. Gently mix in the grated cheese.

Step 3. Add one egg, salt and some iced water and mix until formed into a ball.

Step 4. Split the ball - one a little larger than the other and place in the fridge, wrapped in cling.

Step 5. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees/gas 6.

Step 6. Fry the chopped apple in 80 g butter, with the nutmeg and clove, until very soft.

Step 7. Beat 2 eggs and add ¾ to the apple, with the sugar.

Step 8. Roll out the large piece of pastry and line the tin. Add the apple mix.

Step 9. Roll out the smaller disc and seal the top, brushing with the rest of the egg

Step 10. Cook for 20 mins and then turn the oven down to 180 degrees/gas 4 for 30 mins.

Step 11. Serve with custard – a tea room favorite.

Tea Time~~

When i worked in hospital with all my colleagues, they usually will have tea time around 3 pm. Well, what will you have during tea time section? My friends will have sweetened tea or maybe Milo or Nescafe, accompanied by fried food such as fried popia, kuih-muih or maybe fried rice.

Do you think this is a healthy way to snack?

Sweetened beverages and oily food. I think it is not a good way to snack.

Too enjoy a tea time that is healthy, you may can try to have yogurt. Other than that, you may try to have a green salad as itcontains many vitamins and minerals that will make you tea time more healtier. If you think that is too little for you to have such as tea time, you also can have sandwiches~Let's try make this sandwich~This sandwich tastes a little bit of India but hope u enjoy it~

Ingredients

3 cups cooked, shredded chicken breast
1/4 cup chopped walnuts or almonds
2 celery stalks, minced
1 large sweet onion, minced
2 cloves of garlic, minced
¼ cup chopped cilantro or coriander leaves
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 cup plain nonfat yogurt
Curry powder
16 slices of white bread
Softened butter

How to make

Step1. In a large bowl, combine the chicken, nuts, celery, cilantro/coriander leaves, onion and yogurt. Drizzle lemon juice on top and stir well.

Step 2. Add the curry powder, a teaspoon at a time, to suit your preference. Stir until all ingredients are evenly mixed. Chill for several hours or overnight.

Step 3. Butter one side of each slice of bread.

Step 4. To assemble the sandwiches, spread the curry mixture evenly over the buttered side of the first 8 slices of bread. Top with the remaining 8 slices, butter side down.

Step 5. Use sharp knife to cut the crusts off of the sandwiches. Slice them in half vertically and then in half again diagonally, to yield 32 tiny sandwiches.

Well~how it is?nice?Hope you enjoy you healthy snacks~

Mushroom soup~~

When eating in a restaurant, i always wonder how they cook the mushroom soup..So tasty and so creamy and also full of small mushroom cubes~so nice~i don't really like soup that is from powder form as it alreadt add some additives such as MSG. So, why not make a soup that is from all pure ingredients~

This video will help you to understand the steps very well~

Try to do own soup~

Italian food~

There are so many kinds of food~ Now, let's talk about Italian food. This will make me think of mushroom soup~So creamy and rich with mushroom~best served with garlic breads!! Other thanx that, i will also think of minestrone. Minestrone is a soup that is rich in vegetable broth such as onion, celery, cabbage and so on.

~Mushroom soup with garlic bread~

~Minestrone~

The spaghetti also very nice~There are many types of spaghetti such as pasta, fettucine, fusile and so on. For the sauce, there also many types such as marinara, carbonara, tomatoes and so on. So spagetti will also top with cheese such as parmesan, mozzarella and so on.

~Spaghetti with tomatoes~

~Spaghtti with carbonara sauce~

For desserts, tiramisu is the most popular dessert. It consists of rich creamy mascarpone cheese is layered between brandy and coffee infused savoiardi cookies and dusted with rich dark chocolate. Different types of liquor are used in Tiramisu. The one that i ate is diped in red wine~what a good combination~~

~Tiramisu~

Thai Food..

Well, thai food...i not really like that because of its spiciness..However, as i said before, if the food is really nice, i will try it!..Indeed, it is very nice but spicy..=(..There is one restaurant in Taman Yulek, A Wet restaurant, I had been there several times. Although some of the food is spicy, but i still miss it. One of the dishes called Kerabu Mango. It is a mix of sliced of mango, onion, chili, peanut adn some sauces. It is sour and is spicy, but it is a very good dish for appetizer.

~Kerabu Mango~

Now, let's try some tomyam soup. This tomyam soup is special as it is using the coconut water to cook. So sweet and tasty and is SPICY! However, once you have a try, u will addicted to it. Really nice to have a try~

~Tomyam soup~

If you cannot accept spicy food, try this pork neck. It is not spicy but is tasty!! It is recommended by my friend and really nice and should have a try!!

~Pork neck~

Beside that, pineapple fried rice is also not spicy. This is the best pineapple fried rice that i ever eaten. It has small pineapple cubes, meat, peanut and i am not so sure about the ingredient. After watching all these food, if you are interested, you should try them! They are really nice!

Japanese Food~~

In ancient time, if you want to eat Japanese food, you might need to travel to Japan to eat. However, now, there are a lot of Japanese restoran, such as Sushi King or Sakae sushi. Some of the buffet restoran also provide Japanese food. Now, when we talk about Japanese food, what is the first thing come to your mind? SUSHI!!!! I am a sushi lover~ I am also a sashimi lover~~Let's know more about sushi. Literally, "sushi" means "it's sour" as it is considered as a fermented product. fermentation of fish packed in rice is that the vinegar produced from fermenting rice breaks the fish down into amino acid, which is the simplest form of protein. The oldest form of sushi in Japan, narezushi, still very closely resembles this process. In Japan, narezushi evolved into oshizushi and ultimately Edomae nigirizushi, which is what the world today knows as "sushi".

~Sushi~

There are different types of sushi. Nigirizushi ("hand-formed sushi") consists of an oblong mound of sushi rice that the chef presses into a small rectangular box by hand. The topping usually is salmon, tuna or other seafood. Some of the toppings such as octopus (tako) or squid will be bound to the rice with a strip of nori which is also known as seaweed. Makizushi ("rolled sushi") is a cylindrical piece, formed with the help of a bamboo mat. It is usually wrapped with nori. Oshizushi ("pressed sushi"), is a pressed sushi which is a favourite and specialty of Osaka. Inarizushi is a pouch of fried tofu filled with usually just sushi rice. Chirashizushi ("scattered sushi") is a bowl of sushi rice mix with other ingredients. Narezushi ("matured sushi") is a traditional form of fermented sushi. There is also Western-style sushi which is rare in Japan but typically found in North America and Europe. California roll is one of the examples of western-style sushi.

Sashimi is thinly sliced, raw seafood. Many different kinds of fresh fish and seafood are served raw in the Japanese cuisine. The difference between sashimi and sushi is sashimi does not have the sushi rice. It is usually dipped into soya sauce before eat it. Different kind of sashimi will also accompany by different condiment such as gound ginger, wasabi and so on. I love salmon fish the most~Other than that, i also like to eat tempura. tempura is actually a deep fried vegetable or seafood. However, not recommended to eat it frequently as it is oily~

~Sashimi~

~Tempura~

Oh? What is this? It is so nice~

It is Japanese Okonomiyaki. It is also known as Japanese pancake. Okonomiyaki usually includes chopped cabbage and various toppings like thinly sliced pork, red ginger, yakisoba noodles, tenkasu (tempura crumbs), corn, green onion, squid, shrimp, dried bonito flakes, bean sprouts, and more. Nice~

Korean Food~~

There are many korean restoran near Ampang area. I had been to severals korean restoran in Ampang. Every time go to korean restoran, we sure will order grill chicken or pork. This dish is accompanied by garlic slices and raw vegetables. Other than that, we will also order Bibimbap. Bibimbap is a simple but popular dish. It is a bowl of hot rice served in a bowl topped with a variety of vegetables (cooked and raw) arranged on top. Vegetables can be seasonal, with toraji, bell flower roots, gosari, bracken, bean sprouts, and spinach often served. There may also be some other ingredients such as chestnuts, jujubes, ginseng, and a small amount of seafood or meat. An egg may be also served on the top. They also provide us a big scoop of gochujang and red pepper paste placed with the vegetables. Later on they will help us to mix the rice with the paste. This is so nice but just a bit spicy. Before all the dishes are ready, they will serve us with small appetizers, including kimchi!

~Grill meat~

~Small appetizers~

~Kimchi~

~Bibimbap~

Most of the korean food are spicy. However, there are also some which are not spicy, such as taufu soup, egg soup, dumpling soup and so on. There is one dish called Tteokbokki. It has long tteok (rice cakes) are stir-fried with carrots, bamboo shoots, mushrooms, and cucumbers and stewed in a gochujang-based sauce. The taste is very good~ If have time, sure i will go there again~~

To know more about Korean food, visit here~

Indian Food~~

Talk about indian food, the first thing comes to my mind is mamak stalls!!!haha..When at mamak stall, the first thing comes to my mind is roti canai!! There are many types of roti canai such as normal roti canai, roti telur, roti sardin, roti salad and so on. The most special one is roti tisu. I attracted by its appearance. It is not similar like the other type of roti canai. Others are flat, but, it is tall and have a cone shape. It is called as roti tisu as it appearance just like a tissue before u taken it out from box. Roti salad is just lke a popia, but, when u add a pice of meat into it, it taste very nice!! Usually other roti canai will eat along with dhall. Dhall is actually a sauce made from akind of bean called dhall. Beside that, roti canai may also eat along with mutton curry. It taste so nice!! Other than that, maggi mee goreng is also one of the food when talk about mamak stalls.

~Normal roti canai~

~Roti tisu~

~Roti salad~

~Maggi Mee Goreng~

Oher than that, during Deepavali, they have a lot of cookies. But the one that i like the most is Muruku.

~Muruku~

Malay Food~

Since i am living in a multi-racial country, Malaysia, i have the chance to try other food such as Malay Food. I am a person who not really like to eat spicy food, so when i saw all the Malay foods in red colour, sure i will think "oh my gosh, this is so spicy". And i will not try the food. However, i was forced by my mum to have a try on them. So strange, it does not spicy as what i had imagined. And this make me loves the food~But some of the food is still spicy and i will not try it unless they are really nice. Hari Raya Aidilfitri is a joyous occasion for Muslims, as it signifies a personal triumph, a victory of self-restraint and abstinence, symbolising purification and renewal. Every Hari Raya Aidilfitri, my dad's friends sure will invite us to go to their house to have a lunch. They also prepare a lot of kuih muih and cookies. Rempeyek is one of my favourites. It is cripy and has peanuts on it may also have some anchovies. Other than that, i also like kuih rengas. It is a kuih which is made by green bean and santan.

~Rempeyek~

~Kuih Rengas~

After trying the cookies and kuih, they will invite us to have a meal. I really like to eat the food as they are not spicy and very tasty~~Most of the time they will cook chicken rendang. This dish have a bit spicy but just a little bit. It is best when it eat with lemang. However, most of the time, the Malays will eat it with ketupat. They will also have chicken kurma. This is a non-spicy dish and is a bit sweet. They will also have a dish which is seem like a vegetable soup. I like to eat that also but i don't know the name of it.

~Chicken Kurma~

~Chicken Rendang~

~Lemang~

~Ketupat~

Other than that, most the time before Hari Raya, there will be a market which will sell all kinds of malay food, such as fried mee, cookies and all kinds of dishes.

The day before Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year is coming very soon~This will make me think of the day before Chinese New Year. On that day, all of the chinese will gather with their family to have a reunion dinner. This also includes me. As i am a normal person who cannot spilt into two at the same time, so, in the morning, i will go to mum's side relatives house to have a reunion "breakfast"; while for my dad's side relatives, we will have a reunion dinner. As most of my mum's relatives are "Hakka", most of the food is cooked by Hakka style. All of my aunties will cook the dishes and bring to my grandpa house. There are many kinds of dishes, such as soup with fish balls, pork meatballs, sotong meatballs, fries meatballs, vegetables, chicken "yong tau fu" and a lot more. Most of the time, my mum will cook pork with yam, which is my favourite food!

~This is my favourite food ♥~pork with yam~

~Fried meatballs~

~Chicken~

During night in my uncle house, we will also have similar dishes but in different style, which is Cantonese style. We will also have fish and prawns.

~Prawns~

~Fish~

~Vegetable "Lo Hon Zhai"~

Every time i will eat till i am full seem like hard to move. XD I think this New Year, i will also will do the same thing and may gain weight. Oh no! But still enjoy eating~~