Saturday, December 31, 2016

Busy day and since I'm cooking for one, today's meal cooked using ELB. Steamed Golden Pomfret recipe as below. Lined the base with sliced ginger, garlic, green onions, Coriander leaf roots, mushroom, tomatoes. Season fish with a lil salt. Pour the grave which consist of a dash of chicken stock, oyster sauce, water, sugar, lime juice a some water. Add sesame oil n light soy sauce or fish sauce if you can take that. Cook in your ELB for 15 mins or so #lizaohlala #elb #electriclunchbox #lizzyspantry #lizzyspantryrecipe #lizzyspantryelb #steamfish #goldenpomfret #fish #blog #twitter


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Marketing done Me time :-) I'm having christmas blend with milk today. After abstaining from coffee like forever, this is bliss... #lizaohlala #blog #twitter #starbuckssg #starbucks #caffeine


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One week marketing. I shopped like want to feed army today. Cannot help it la all I want and of all day, today I went marketing alone. I bought 3 Red Snapper + 2 Siakap from our number 1 fishmonger here. Cost me $29 for both. A bit pricey compared to the rest but we like him. I bought 1kg Ikan Terubuk = $14 from this Malay couple featured in Berita Harian I bought 3 ikan sembilang + Sotong from another younger Malay couple. Cost me $11 or $12 in total. I bought Big size Ikan Debam or Rabbit Fish from another preferred fishmonger $4. I bought one only because I think my Mr and FIL didnt eat that fish I bought Ikan pari or Stingray + Tenggiri fish egg $2. Total around $7. Too heavy until I skip buying veg all that.. #lizzyspantry #lizaohlala #fish #marketing #wetmarket #torishad #shad #catfish #redsnapper #seabass #fishroe #parrotfish #pasar #ikansembilang #ikanmerah #siakap #becok #ikanbecok #terubuk #blog #twitter


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Sunday, November 20, 2016

Rolls rolls and rolls. All ugly and not pic worthy hur hur hur.. That's Kaya Rolls, Cinnamon Rolls with Streusel Topping, Sugar Rolls, Sausage n Cheese Rolls and Chocolate Rolls. Today I did not use the usual sweet dough recipe I'm used to. Today I tried gelatinised dough method which is basically scalding a portion of flour with boiling water, mix until it become rough dough and rest 12hrs. After that, prepare the rest of the dough, yeast all that as usual bread and mix with rested dough. Proof and shape. I read that the end result will be very soft bread. Will update after I try a piece. #lizaohlala #lizzyspantry #blog #twitter #breadnoob #noob #rolls #cinnamonrolls #streuseltoppings #sugarrolls #kaya #chocolate


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This book my dear friends is a keeper. Mr told me about this book by Christopher Tan. So since it's rare for Mr to recommend cooking book to me, I logged online and placed reservation for this. No regrets... A gem. Reading just the first few pages is enough to engage me. It is filled with great unique recipes which are easy to follow, useful need to know pointers and detailed instructions. Even if one don't bake, reading snippets of his travels and life stories is enough to make one smile. There are many awesome cookbook out there. Some are just purely for browsing and some are worth investing... and now I want a copy of this ๐Ÿ˜… Mr buy for me??? #lizaohlala #lizzyspantry #cookbook #nerdbaker #christophertan #blog #twitter


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Upset because I did not manage to get Coldplay tickets Baking frenzy today.. #lizaohlala #starbuckssg #starbucks #caffeineaddict #caffeine #coldplay #blog #twitter


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Yuzu Buttercake - Chef Zan recipe This recipe is simple and fuss free, perfect for quick bake session or late night bake without waking up my downstairs neighbour ๐Ÿ˜… The recipe did not call for Yuzu Concentrate but I have a jar of Yuzu so I added 1 teaspoon to the batter as well. The end result is a moist dense and rich buttercake with a hint of Yuzu. Even with the addition of Yuzu, concentrate, I still find the Yuzu mild. Next time, I'll try add 2 teaspoon concentrate for a stronger taste. Psstt : If you have tried Sicilian Orange Butter cake then you'll love this. The recipe ratio is also somewhat similar.. Just need to replace the liquid to Yuzu and Milk. #yuzubuttercake #yuzu #lizaohlala #lizzyspantry #blog #twitter #buttercake #lizzyspantrylatenightbake #latenightbake


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Saturday, November 5, 2016

Fresh Fettuccine with Swedish Meatball and Sour Cream Sauce Experimenting with Fresh Pasta. I'm a happy girl. Totally worth all the kneading and rolling. I made enough for one servings. 1 egg yolk, pinch of salt pepper and olive oil with 1 cup of flour. Knead, rest and roll. I watched many videos online before attempting this. I learned that If I want al dante pasta then I should not cook it more than 90secs. So happy with the outcome. For the meatball, I am out of breadcrumbs so I blitz 2cream crackers for the breadcrumbs. For the sauce, in my freezer I only have left over chicken stock so I used that instead. I'm also out of cream so I used Sour cream instead. Still yummy. My only regret was too little sauce but it's ok because I made enough meatballs and it's now nested safely in the freezer so I can whip another batch when I feel like. #lizzyspantry #lizzyspantryexperiment #lizaohlala #blog #freshpasta #freshfettucine #sourcreamsauce #meatball #swedishmeatballs #twitter


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Experimenting My very first fresh pasta. I can only tell once I cooked this. #lizaohlala #lizzyspantry #blog #twitter #freshpasta #freshfettuccine #fettuccine #pasta #lizzyspantryexperiment #shotwithiphone6splus


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Experimenting Not even sure if this is going to be a hit or miss ๐Ÿ˜‚ #lizaohlala #lizzyspantry #blog #twitter #dough #handknead #experimenting


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Sunday, October 16, 2016

Tau Huay. Throughout 18 years of marriage. This was my 2nd time making Tau Huey. I followed late MIL recipe with good result previously but as you can see the paper is torn beyond repair. I can only roughly guess the steps through the somewhat hazy memories and through online resources. The only changes I did back then was to switch Gypsum to GDL (Lactone) because Gypsum is not good for health in big quantity but the truth is I cannot find it anywhere near Woodlands. You can get GDL from anybake shop and the Gypsum from singseh. Follow the recipe via my Facebook link on my profile. #lizaohlala #blog #twitter #lizzyspantry #tauhuey #tofufa #gdl #soybeans #soy #soycustard #shotwithiphone6splus


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Thank you all for the kind thoughts

Thank you all for the kind thoughts, wishes, messages and prayers for our late nenek. 

We are sorry that we were unable to reply to each individual message and personally thank each of you who took the trouble to come down despite your busy schedule to offer prayers and contributions.
Your presence means a lot to all of us.

Looking back on the past wonderful memories with nenek, the one on repeat mode revolves mostly around food especially during the time period where we stayed with nenek at tampines block 266.

We don't have that much money then but we always had enough to eat because nenek was resourceful and fed us well with love.

I remembered her nasi lemak, which was unlike the one's sold in shops. If I'm not mistaken, her sambal was a watery kind. I neither like nor dislike it but If I am to try in recreating the taste, I don't think I can do it as well as hers.

I remembered learning on how to pull the dough for prata by stretching it on the back of big round serving (enamelled) tray, (just like Mr late grandpa used to do to) but I had forgotten what were added in as ingredients to the dough. Melted ghee, warm water and salt? Maybe. Must ask my mom or father in law (who used to work with Mr late grandpa selling prata that his family still raves about when reminiscing).

I remember the times she sat snipping bags of dried chillies while watching news or whatever P Ramlee or Hindustan or video Omputeh atuk fancies at that particular time, on repeat mode. Because we were staying with the grandparents, we received regular visitors and nenek usually cooked invbig pots and we can use up 2 big red plastic bag of dried chillies real fast because asam pedas and sambal tumis was always on the menu. 

I remember how early she woke up every morning to also cook 'bekal' for working adults in the family. The most common bekal will be ayam masak kicap. Her ayam kicap for bekal will always be chicken wings and she does not pre-fried the wings. I remember the gravy was watery with tinge of vinegar and not the typical dark gravy. Not the way I would cook now but something which I enjoyed eating back then because it taste so simple and comforting at the same time.

I remember there was always something daily on the dining table for afternoon tea. Interesting traditional kuehs the teenager food snob me back then don't care much but the now me turned to Google and Youtube for recipes.

I remember jemput2 ikan bilis basah. 'White Bait Fritters'. 

Here's an elaborate recipe by Hedy Khoo. http://www.soshiok.com/recipe/white-bait-fritters 

Nenek recipe on the other hand was a simple no frill batter. Into the big basin of batter she would add thinly sliced tumeric leaves, tumeric powder and If I'm not mistaken, some blended dried chillies instead of sliced chillies. The sliced tumeric leaves gives a really nice bite to it. I remember I don't really like white bait because I remember biting on lots of baby bones so I always pick them out. Maybe If the fritters was abit tad crispy, I would love it. 

Sometimes she replaced the white bait with udang geragau (Dried Baby Shrimp). I loved this version better but sadly I can no longer eat prawns now. 



I remember Lempeng Kelapa. Have you tried that before? It is actually a traditional pancake made with flour and grated coconut. You can have it as it is or dipped in left over sambal from breakfast. The last time I had that was when we were still staying with granny. Wow that must have been close to 30 years ago. I don't think we will be trying to make this. I doubt Mr like the idea of grated coconut pancake ๐Ÿ˜…. Here's Lempeng Kelapa recipe you can refer to http://www.tiffinbiru.com/2015/12/sarapan-lempeng-kelapa-pagi-ni.html

I remember Roti Jeneket which taste very much like Butterfly Bun without the sesame toppings. Her's was a simple recipe without use of yeast. Her's doesn't stay crispy when cold so we always grab when it's still hot. I have been wanting to make Roti Jeneket for the longest time. I studied so many recipes online and bookmarked some from popular food bloggers. I really should zoom in to one recipe and try. Here's one of the recipe I bookmarked http://rozzan.blogspot.sg/2008/01/jeneketjanekek.html

Of all the food memories, the one I missed the most is Murtabak Udang Kering dan Lada hitam. (Dried Shrimp and Black Pepper Murtabak). You prepare this as per usual murtabak but instead of minced meat you add blended dried shrimps and black pepper to the egg and onions mixture. Mak still made this many years back but since now I'm allergic to shrimp, this shall be one food I will forever yearned for but whose craving will never be satisfied alas.

What was supposed to be a note thanking each one of you for your thoughts and kindness has now turned into a post reminiscing about the past and food (Mr also complaining suddenly how come sunday brunch is not prepared yet after editting this post)

Such fond priceless memories indeed. 

May nenek soul rest in peace and may all her good deeds be remembered and may she be granted Jannah. Insyallah.

Alfatiha to nenek Mariah Binte Ibrahim.

Here's one of the nice photo with arwah nenek and atok taken 18 years ago. She will definitely be missed.


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