Daging dendeng.

Hello ladies.

Daging dendeng is one of my favourite!! Suka gila. Kalau nak raya je mesti mintak kan mak orderkan dengan kawan dia, mak cik zah. Dendeng dia memang marvellous! Mak tak penah pulak buat sendiri. Tak tahu la mak tau buat ke tak. Maybe sebab macam leceh sikit so mak malas kot. Banyak lagi benda lain mak nak masak and of course rasa terbaek!

Masa duduk HUKM dulu pun selalu makan daging dendeng ni. Ada satu foodcourt dekat dengan BHP. Dendeng die lain sikit ngan makcik zah punya. Garing-garing tak berkuah sgt. Makan dengan sambal belacan. Perkkhh...

So, today disebabkan dah tiap-hari masak tak tahu dah nak masak apa. Asyik ulang menu sama je, so operasi meng-google pun bermula. Then jumpa la resepi daging dengeng.. Wuuhuuu. Excited uols. Tengok bahan-bahan pun semua ada kat rumah. Tak payah bak meredah snow :)

So, tanpa melengahkan masa. 

Bahan-bahan :

Daging ( di potong nipis )

Kicap manis

Bahan kisar :

Bawang merah

Bawang putih

Halia

Cili kering

(Bahan-bahan ni semua, i memang tak letak amount. Semua pun ikut sesedap rasa, sesuka hati. Itu barulah seni. Haha)

Caranya :

1. Rebus daging sampai empuk. I remembered last time mak used to put a metal spoon dalam periuk rebusan daging. Nak bagi daging cepat empuk katanya. 

2. Lepas daging empuk, keluarkan. Simpan air rebusan. Then daging ditumbuk-tumbuk manja untuk leperkan and lembut kan dia lagi.

3. Daging yang dah ditumbuk tu then peramkan dalam kicap manis about 10-20minutes.

4. Then, goreng kan daging yang dah peramkan tu dengan minyak. Yang ni ikut korang, kalau suka daging tu lembut tak payah goreng lama. Kalau suka garing, boleh goreng sampai dia garing.

5. Lepas goreng daging, letak dalam bekas. Minyak yang sama tumiskan bahan kisar tu sampai masak or garing. 

6. Then, masukkan balik daging tu. Kalau nak basah-basah berkuah boleh letak sikit air rebusan tadi. Jangan letak banyak. I tak letak pun sebab nak dia kering sikit. 

7. Gaulkan sampai sebati, then letak garam and gula secukup rasa. Siap! 

Selamat mencuba. :) 

Gamba tak menarik sangat. Sebab dah lapo tak kuasa nak amik banyak. Ngap terus! :p

Baby is coming!!

Salam everyone...

Alhamdulillah, tahun ni insyaAllah will be an interesting year. Amenn... Amenn..  Selepas 6 bulan "berpisah" dengan cik abe sayang now we're back staying togather. US and Malaysia is sssooo faaarrr awaaayyyy~  so bila dah duduk sama ni baru lah hati berasa tenang. But, yup! A lot of things that I need to sacrifice. But entry ni I tak nak cakap pasal tu. Nanti sedih. I nak cakap pasal benda happy. I'm having a baby!! Syukur alhamdulillah.. Duduk sini terus lekat u ols. LOL!

Last week I did my fist antenal check up. I buat dekat Brooklyn Hospital. Kat sini lain sikit. There is no such thing macam kat Malaysia which ade goverment hospital, ade private hospital. No no no. Sini medical expenses you kene bayar sendiri. Either you pay by your own cash or by insurance. Alhamdulillah since Im not working at the moment, I'm eligible untuk apply Medicaid. Lebih kurang macam insurance, tapi no monthly fees. Dia akan cover all antenatal check up, delivery, postnatal check up sampai baby umur 3 tahun. Bagus kan? Syukur dapat rezeki macam tu.

And then, mase my first antenal check up tu, yang jumpa I is not a doctor tapi midwife. Midwife yang sama ni la yang akan tengok I everyfollow up sampai lah I deliver. My midwife nama die Yvette Byer. Nice black lady. I like her. What I did during my first antenatal check up? I would say its quite different from what we have in Malaysia. 

First sekali mase I datang tu die amik my urine for FEME. Basically die nak tgk I ade urinary infection ke tak. Then amik my vitals sume tu lah. Lepas tu I masuk bilik Yvette. She did some interview. Ask a few personal questions then examine. Hebat midwife sana bole buat full examination. Die check thyroid, breast, abdomen. Part paling mantap die buat bimanual examination and pap smear. Kat Malaysia selalu tak buat pap smear lagi-lagi masa pregnant. Tapi sini buat. Mungkin dia tak nak terlepas orang dari buat screening for cervical ca kot. Ye la cuba kalau bagi appointment untuk pap smear je, out of 10 maybe 3 will be dafaulted. Alasan : takut sakit. It is sakit, but just for awhile mase masuk speculum tu. Pastu ok je. ( cececehh... Dah lepas cakap la ok. Haha )

And then, after I dah settle dengan Yvette, phlebotomist pulak jumpa I untuk amik darah. Im not very sure darah apa dia amik other than yang routine macam Malaysia sebab macam banyak gile tube die amik. 

Lepas tu, I kene jumpa nutritionist, health worker and mental heath worker. Semua semua ni bilik die sebelah-sebelah or just around the corner je. At the same area. And then, siap ade check list for each and everyone yang you pegi jumpa ni. Boleh nampak tak macam mana dieorg really take care pasal women and child health ni. I bet you, kalau la kita kena pegi benda-benda ni dengan kesedaran sendiri memang tak la kan. And then, they are really systematic and pandai to minimize defaulter. They make it a point untuk letak all these personale at one place so that patient senang nak pegi jumpa and tak payah nak naik turun building untuk jumpa different different person. And each personale akan bawak you pergi jumpa next personale by themselves, and make sure that people is around and available. Basically, zero waiting time. How good is that? Ok, bukan I puji dieorang ni lebih-lebih. Look at the brightside. Its a good thing and kita actually boleh buat macam ni. For sure our medical service will be much much better. 

Ok selesai checking and interviewing, i kena scan pulak. Ni pun lain jugak. In regular basis kat sini, scan takkan buat mase first antenatal check up. Biasa dieorang akan bagi a different date for dating scan. Macam I cakap tadi yang jumpa I midwife kan, bukan doctor, so I dont think makcik Yvette ni boleh buat scan pun. So, yang akan buat scan I adalah sonographer. There is a special place macam xray department tu, tapi untuk buat sonography or other pregnancy related ultrasound guidance procedures. And, case I special sikit. I dapat appointment untuk scan on the same day, sebabnye mase Yvette buat bimanual examination kat I, die detect macam ade pelvic mass over the left side. Most probably fibroid. So kononnya urgent la benda ni, jadi I pun dapat la 'urgent' appointment untuk scan. And yup, it turned out that I memang ade fibroid. Ada 2, but not so big. So hopefully ok je :) insyaAllah... Terima kasih makcik Yvette sebab buat bimanual dengan jayanya. I memang tak tahu pun I ade fibroid sebab memang tak penah ade problem dengan my menstrual cycle and ofcourse tak penah buat scan diri sendiri before this. 

So, itulah yang berlaku dihari pertama. Lama jugak benda tu. Almost the whole day kat situ. Ikmal dari plan nak amik halfday terus amik cuti. Since it was on Friday pun. My next follow up will on this Friday. They wanted to review all the results and ultrasound report. Moga-moga semuanya ok saja and anak ini akan lahir sihat, cukup sifat and baka menjadi khalifah Allah yang soleh / solehah. Cant wait to see you baby. Muah!

Cheese ball

Holla~

Ok, I'm going to share with you guys a new recipe that I just learned today. Haha. Initially I saw my former lecturer posted in FB this recipe and it looks interesting. Its Cheese Ball. Dalam bahasa mungkin boleh namakan begedil keju. LOL!

Ok, ni bahan-bahannya:

1. Kentang

2. Cheddar cheese

3. Tepung gandum

4. Bread crumps

5. Telur

Cara-cara :

1. Rebus kentang yg dah buang kulit dengan sikit garam sampai betul-betul empuk. Ikut suke korang la nak gune brp byk ikut berapa banyak nak buat :p

2. Sambil tu, potong cheddar cheese into small pieces and then put it aside.

3. And then, lepas kentang dah masak korang lenyek-lenyekkan. Then gaulkan dengan tepung gandum sampai sebati. Nanti rupa dia jadi macam ni :)

4. Lepas tu, ambil sikit kentang tu. Buat bentuk bulat and letak cheese kat dalam dia.

5. Then gaulkan dengan bread crumps. I pakai bread crumps yang ni. Sedap.

6. Next step, salutkan bebola tadi tu dengan telur and letak selapis lagi bread crumps.

7. Then, goreng. Siap!

Tips: 

Jangan buat tebal sangat, nanti bila masak cheese tak cair.

Then, masa goreng kene ingat, SLOW FIRE! Iye, SLOW FIRE. Kalau tak nanti cheese tak cair, kulit hitam legam. Hiks. 

Selamat mencuba.

Xoxo!

I'm back!

        Hello guys, sorry for the long silence. Been busy since moving here. Pindah dari Kluang to Shah Alam, then prepare barang to New York. Alhamdulillah things ran smoothly, and now dah almost 2 months in new York. Yaaaaa.. Im in New York nowww!! Weee~

Anddd I need to thank my beloved friend Fairuz Alia sebab bagitau pasal apps Blogger ni. Senang sikit nak update blog sebab malas gile nak bukak laptop 😁. 

Okay guys. Nanti I update lagi okay. Its 9.27am here New York time, and its snowing right now. Need to do some house chores. Almaklumlah dah jadi housewife. 😊

See yaaa!

Da~

Salam,

Alhamdulillah, finally i got a chance to write my first travelog. I feel so proud that i can start it off with a place in Malaysia which is PENANG!! Im so excited about Penang because I never been there (or maybe once when i was in primary school that I dont remember)

First of all let me introduce u my travel partner. Its Aina!

 Say hi to Aina :)

Me and Aina decided to take the earliest flight on that day, which was at 740am! Thanks to my parents in law who was so kind to send us to the airport. I like taking airplanes, and my favourite is of course Malaysian Airlines. We were so lucky, that we managed to a get the promotional price which was only RM210 for return ticket. It's cheap!

As we reached Penang International Airport
which is in Bayan Lepas, Aina's elder brother Abg Wan fetch us and brought us to a super 
sedap roti canai stall. Yes, its was super sedap!!! 
At first abg wan asked me 'Nak satu ke dua keping?' i was so confident, 'satu je'. then, see.... what happen?! hahaha. Baru makan sikit then straight away cakap kat Abg Wan ' Macam kene tambah lagi satu je' ;p

Next stop, Abg Wan brought us to Bandar Georgetown. He dropped us at the area of Padang Kota Lama and me and Aina started our Wall Art hunting. Hoyeah!!! It was so exciting. Its just like treasure hunting! So girls, if u really want to enjoy this, put on your sunblock, forget your high heels and have fun!Here are some photos that we took.U guys can google map all of the wall arts. We managed to find most of the wall arts, but sadly got one or two that we couldn't find. Maybe they are already faded I assume.

 

 

 

Anyhow, we had so much fun!The wall arts are just amazing. it was a good idea of having this as a tourist attraction. Bandar Georgetown is a nice place. REALLY. Its amazing how they can preserve the actual design of the buildings which most of it was there since the time when English ruled the country. I just love the whole idea of it!

After we were done with it, we went back to Padang Kota Lama to meet Abg Wan for lunch at the food court nearby. Ok guys, imagine this, it was a hot sunny day, you've walked  for god knows how many kilometers, u were tired, sweating, thirsty and hungry, then...tadaaaaa..

Arrgghhh.. the Coconut Shake was superbbbb!!its so cooling and taste so good!seriously satu tak cukup! but i was so shy to order another one and when i think about it now, i feel so menyesal! And of course that's not all here for our meal. Mee Sotong they called. It tastes good but i think the colouring is a bit too much. Anyhow thank you Abg Wan, belanje makan! :))

Lepas tu, Abg Wan sent us to the hotel. We stayed at The Gurney Hotel and Residences. The hotel is not so bad. I like it except for the toilet without pipe. Do they think we're in a western country or something? bluurrghhh.. Hate it!

Then, after a good rest for a few hours. Me and Aina went out again. Since Abg Wan had things to do, Aina's 10 years virtual friend, Arif fetched us for evening walk. 

Hi Arif! imagine, they know each other for almost 10years, but this is the first time they're meeting each other! *ehem* ;p

Okay, Arif's first question was, do we drink coffee. We were like, 'gile kau tak minum kopi?!' haha. I love coffee. And i can say that im a coffee addict. I need at least one dose a day to make my life complete. Ok, thats definitely exaggerating. :p So, he brought us to a small coffee shop at Medan Lebuh Campbell. I dont know whether to call it a shop or what, because its actually placed IN BETWEEN shops. The 'shop' was already there for years and it was so obvious. If u want me to describe how it was like, i would say, 'Old school gile!' Nak prove? Nah!

Haa.. depa bakaq roti pakai arang habaq hanggg. :p

The coffee. AWESOME. Have boiled egg. AMAZING. They purposely put it in a cup so that we can 'drink' it. nyuummehh!

 

The 'shop'

Wow! Long day isn't it? Tak habis lagi! After a coffee break, Arif brought us to Penang Road for cendol!!! Argh, malas nak describe. tengok la gamba  sendiri. :p

 

Penang Road

After cendol visit, Arif brought us back to hotel because he needs to go home. Ahah! Tak habis lagi, after Maghrib prayer, Abg Wan pulak fetch us. Dinner time! 

 Its the famous Sany Char Kueh Tiaw. Aarrghhh.. Teliuq!

After dinner, we sent off abg wan to the airport. He was so kind for lending us his car, and went back to KL by plane. Baik sungguh! At first me and Aina wanted to go back to the hotel  straight away as we were so tired. But, on the way back we saw 'Batu Ferrenghi' signboard. Ahhh... Hard Rock Hotel is there!! So, without further due, the plan was changed. Hehe. Penat? No more. :p 

I'm a die hard Hard Rock cafe shirt collector (ill make a special entry about it one day). So, the only place that ill go is Rock Shop! :) To be honest, I've never say at Hard Rock Hotel, neither tried their cafe. I know I should someday. :) Ok, here is the exciting part. I went crazy in the shop! Argh, all the tshirts looked pretty to me. their sweater also looked nice. OMG!OMG! So, i took a deep breath , and shopped wisely (HAHA).

                                                                         Tadaaa.. 1 for me, 1 for my abg syg :)

Ok, tipu je. 2 for me actualy. Hehe. Again, i was so lucky on that day, because at that time Rock Shop had a kind of promotion, if u spend a total of RM400 in a single receipt,you will be able to buy a basic tshirt at only RM10!!! Me and Aina share a receipt and Aina was so kind by letting me take the promotional price tshirt! Horrey!! So, here it is. 

But, a part from tshirts, i also bought these!

Its a cute guitar shaped mint!

Weee~ Im a happy girl!

 :))) So happy~

*Deep breath* 

Its was really a long day, and we had so much fun!

And hey! its only day one, ill continue with the rest of the days in Penang on my next entry.

See ya!

Da~