Kristygourmet Cook Book

To my dearest reader, as promised I am written down the details as requested. However, more practice may helps to make perfect. So, I hope you will try and have fun. Please read on for more. Ingredients : 150gm   all purpose flour 130gm   glutinous rice flour 1 tspn   yeast 40gm   fine sugar 50gm   gula merah/palm sugar 1 tspn  dark soy sauce 100gm  water 100gm  hot water 2 tspn   cooking oil * extra cooking for coating * some banana leaves for lining or silicon sheets Method : (1)  combine both sugar & dark soy sauce into hot water till dissolved, then stir in water & yeast and let to rest for 5 minutes. But before adding in the yeast, make sure the water is not too warm. Otherwise the yeast won't be able to survive there. (feel with your fingertips) (2)  now, combine flour & glutinous rice flour till well mixed then stir in cooking oil and knead till smooth. At this stage the dough is slightly sticky, let to rest for 5 minutes. (3)  as

Introducing another easy method of making a streusel cake or coffee cake with a deliciousness of apple fillings. I wanna to pamper myself with some sweet little dessert to keep my happy soul lifted. So, make a quick one >o<  Please read on for more. Ingredients : (A) 2 cups  all purpose flour 2/3 cup  sugar (I used brown sugar) 1/2 tspn  baking powder 1/2 tspn  baking soda a pinch of salt 230gm  cold butter, chopped (B) 3/4 cup  heavy cream 1 egg 1 TB  lime juice & zest 1 tspn  vanilla essence (C) 4 green apple, diced 100gm  sugar 1 tspn  cinnamon powder 3 TB   cornstarch (combine all ingredients and cook till softened then set aside to leave cool) Method : (1) for ingredients (A), combine together flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar & salt and mix well. Then rub in butter till everything well cooperated and reserved one cup for topping later on. The best is to keep the remaining mixture refrigerated. (2) for ingredients (B), beat ev

I made some sambal sauce today to stock up for my daily cooking. I normally will make in batches once in 2 months time or sometimes once in six months. Though I don't use it everyday, just stock up for emergency >o<  You never know, right !  haha.....   Please read on for more. Note : Kindly contact through email if you have any questions. Thank you. From the kitchen of  My Little Space  >o< Ingredients : 40 dried chilies, cut and washed 10  red chilies, seeded & sliced 8  shallots (medium size), sliced 5 cloves  garlic 3 stalk   lemongrass, take only the white part & sliced 1/2" toasted Belacan 2 tspn  asam paste (Adabi asam paste) some water salt to taste 1 tspn  granules 1-1/2 cup   cooking oil 2 TB  gula melaka/brown sugar Method : (1)  after cut and washing dried chilies, then cook it over medium heat till soft about 15 minutes. Discharge chilies from hot water to reduce the seeds from going together. (2)  next, blend dried

As requested by my boy, prepared another 2 loaves of cheese bread loaf. One with spring onion sausage & cheese and the other one just plain cheese loaf for myself. Both taste sinfully delicious. I actually using the spring onion sausage bread slices to make pull apart chicken sandwiches. Another deliciousness packed full of super flavour in one. Please read on for more. Ingredients for  dough : 350gm  bread flour 200gm  all purpose flour 3 TB   Parmesan cheese powder 1-3/4 tspn   yeast 250 ml  warm milk, warmed 3 TB  sugar 1/2 tspn  salt 1 egg 50ml   mayonnaise (one small pkt) 3 TB  olive oil **Fillings : 1 stick black pepper sausage, chopped (for one bread roll) ** handful of spring onion, thinly sliced (for one bread roll) *100gm   cheddar cheese block, grated finely for topping Method : (1) combine milk, sugar & yeast to rest for 5 minutes or till bubbling. (2)  now, mix both flour, cheese powder, milk mixture, salt & egg. into a large

Another hectic day or rather a headache day, sometimes really no idea what to prepare for the family, as the father and son love different dishes  ....haha  ..... I tried not to cook extra dishes cause they don't like taking leftover food the next day either. See what I mean by "headache day" !  Me is OK with anything but not them. So, final decision making spicy food for them. Not actually spicy but this masala chicken tastes a little bit similar to nyonya chicken kapitan, except the smell its different. But very very tasty and best to go with the rice. I am glad I am making the right choice. Please read on for more. Ingredients for  simple pilaf rice  : 2  bay leaves 2  star anise 1  cinnamon stick 5  cloves 1 tspn   cumin powder (mixed with 2 tspn water) 1 shallots, sliced 2 cups  rice, wash & rinsed 2 cups  water some olive oil Method : (1)  heat up a pan with some olive oil and saute sliced shallots till fragrant, then add in bay leaves, star anis

Recently I've been busy watching some really nice K drama. Now, I am in the mood wanna to make some Korean dishes.  haha.....  I haven't done much Korean food for a while especially when my kids not around. I am glad my boy is back and will be around for some time, I am taking this opportunity to discover more delicious recipes. And this recipe is actually inspired by  Seonkyoung Longest   and I am trying to make it into a halal dish by using chicken meat. And it is actually quite good and interesting too. Please read on for more. And here is what I did from scratch. Since some ingredients are not available here, I just substitute with other items. It works pretty well actually. Ingredients : 2 large  chicken thigh, deboned (or 3 medium size) 1 large yellow onion, sliced 1 green chili, sliced 1 red chili, sliced 2 stalk of spring onion, cut into 1" length 1 TB  toasted sesame seeds Ingredients for  marinade :  3 cloves garlic, minced 1/2 TB  canyenne pepp