CapCay Kuah

Capcay ada lah masakan populer di Indonesia, fusion food antara Chinese berbaur dengan budaya Indonesia membuat masakan ini sangat mudah, enak dan disukai oleh segala golongan umur. 

Anak saya sangat menyukai capcay, sehingga kami tidak menambahkan merica/lada dalam masakan. 

Kalau di Western Country orang lebih menyebutnya sebagai Chop Suey.

Bahan yang diperlukan tidak harus sama persis, tetapi menyesuaikan dengan isi kulkas ya. 

Capcay yang enak terletak pada bumbu inti, gula, garam dan sedikit saos tiram. Dan beberapa ekor udang segar akan menambah rasa gurih pada kuah.

Nasehat saya untuk tidak menambahkan MSG pada Capcay, karena kombinasi gula-garam-saos tiram-kaldu bubuk sudah cukup membuat masakan sangat gurih. 

Bahan:

10 butir bakso sapi, iris dua.

2 batang sosis, iris tipis.

1 genggam udang, buang kepala. 

Sayur-sayuran 

Brokoli 1 cup

3 batang Sawi Hijau 

1 batang wortel ukuran sedang, kupas dan iris.

1/4 kubis, potong-potong. 

Bumbu:

5 siung bawang putih

1/4 sdt merica bubuk (kurangkan jika terlalu )

1/2 sdt kaldu bubuk sapi

1/2 sdt garam

1 sdm saos tiram

1 gelas air

1 sdm minyak goreng. 

Haluskan bawang putih, kemudian tumis hingga harum, masukkan wortel dan bakso. Masak sebentar kemudian masukkan air, dan tutup wajan.

Biarkan sehingga mendidih.

Masukkan brokoli dan kubis, aduk sebentar dan masukkan bumbu.

Masak hingga brokoli setengah matang (Kira-kira dua menit) kemudian rasakan. Tambahkan gula, garam dan lada sesuai dengan selera.

Terakhir masukkan sawi, sosis dan udang. 

Aduk kembali sampai sawi layu, hidangkan dengan nasi panas dan taburan bawang goreng.

Something to satisfy my craving

I can't deny I missed Malaysia badly. Being stuck in Indonesia for almost 13 months right now at my parent's house, I miss "Rasa Malaysia" on my palate...

Oooh the heartwarming teh tarik, ooooh.. the soul awakening Ipoh roasted white coffee, oooh.. The comforting rice spread over banana leaf.. 

Until yesterday we went to convention store for ice cream and I'm so curious about this noodle. Mie SEDAAP white curry

Mie Sedaap White Curry

I was laugh at myself, what can instant noodle do? Doesn't matter how much you tried to copy some food, you will still tatse like instant noodle. Especially Indonesian where they are already very rich in flavours, I doubt they could imitate foreign flavor.

I guess I'm wrong.. 

This humble noodle just had three sachet. Seasoning, creamer, and chili oil.

I cooked the seasoning together with the noodle so all the flavor soaked. Then mix bit of the gravy with creamer until all lumps dissolved before pour the rest.

I served with bits of chicken, steamed vegetables and fried onion.

Taste: 9/10 very similar, but the gravy was lighter.

Noodle bit too chewy according to me.

The chil oil need bit of "kick" to make it spicier :-p

If you asking me, was it satisfy my Malaysian craving? The answer is YES

Will I buy again? YES

Am I in love with this noodle? YESSSSSSSSS

Ginger Syrup Drink (Also To Improve Fertility)

Siapa suka minum air halia (jahe)...?

ME ME ME ME

*tunjuk tangan

Gambar Pinjam

I love warm ginger drink so much,

terkadang in one week I can finish up to 1 Kg ginger.

(Boleh bayangkan kos membeli halia tu memang kena masuk dalam monthly expenses)

Everyone has different calming drink/food to reduce their stress.

Kalau lepas balik kerja, penaaaaaaat gila....., lepas naik KTM yang gila sesak,

sambung naik RapidKL yang banyak aroma *wooopsss.... I shouldn't complaint... 

bukan complaint laiye...

ni just nak telling the story to let you imagine the feeling... haha

Balik rumah je, 

potong ginger, masak air panas, rebus sekali.

Then add in honey or lemon.

Drink slowly....                    WAH..... MEMANG LAH

My then boss taught my officemate how to make fertility drink, which I stalked their conversation and listen carefully. 

Kupas dan cacah 500gr Ginger (Malaysia, halia bentong is the best. Indonesia Jahe emprit is the best) 

Mix with 1/3 cup honey. Madu brand apa saja is fine. Masukkan dalam mangkuk tahan panas, kemudian kukus selama 30menit.

Dinginkan, dan pindah kedalam wadah tertutup. Simpan dalam fridge (peti sejuk/kulkas). 

Jika ingin membuat, campur 1sdm ginger mix dengan 1 cup air panas. Tambahkan gula, madu atau lemon sesuai selera. 

Birthday By The Park

Ulang Tahun di Taman Kota.

Sebenarnya sudah dua bulan yang lalu kami merayakan hari lahir kemenakan yang ke-9.

Karena ingin tempat yang berbeda dan waktu perayaan yang agak panjang, kami memilih untuk melakukan di taman kota belakang rumah.

Dengan membawa sedikit culture playgroup kami dari Malaysia (hehe) saya menyarankan untuk potluck saja agar tidak memberatkan orang tua.

Setiap ibu membawa satu jenis makanan atau lebih untuk dishare bersama. Seperti biasa, sebagai ibu yang pemalas, saya membawa telur rebus dan jagung rebus.

Kakak ipar membawa nasi tumpeng dan segala ubo-rampe-nya, adik membawa kopi, teh dan es jeruk untuk anak-anak. Sedang Mbah Uti membawa mie goreng.

Ultah yang agak berbeda dengan budaya di kampung kami dimana anak-anak biasanya duduk anteng, menyanyi, salaman, makan dan pulang.

Happy 9th Birthday Monica Putri Wibowo
We Love You Too Much... :-*

We eating, cycling, climbing, eating again until almost midday before finally all get too hot and tired. 

Homemade Banh Mi

Banh Mi adalah sandwich khas Vietnam yang isinya lebih ke sayuran daripada daging.

Walaupun berasal dari Vietnam, bahan-bahan pembuat Banh Mi meruapakan fusion (campuran) dari berbagai budaya.

Roti Perancis (Baguette) yang berasal dari Perancis, di isi dengan aneka sayuran dan daging panggang khas lokal. Sebenarnya Banh Mi tidak memiliki resep khusus. Daging dan sayuran bisa mengikut kegemaran masing-masing.

Kunci rasa Banh Mi adalah daun ketumbar segar (coriander), acar carrot, dan mentimun segar. Isian daging, ayam, ikan bahkan tahu bisa ditambahkan sesuai selera.

BAHAN

Roti Baguette / Roti Perancis, belah memanjang (jangan sampai putus)

1 Dada ayam (bumbuin dengan garam, merica, bawang, gula pasir sedikit)

1 Wortel/Carrot, iris korek api

1 Timun, iris korek api

1/2 Bawang Bombay, iris tipis

Daun ketumbar secukupnya

1/2 cawan air panas

1/4 cawan gula pasir

1/4 cawan cuka

sedikit garam

ACAR /PICKLE

Panaskan air, gula dan cuka hingga semua bahan larut.

Dinginkan.

Rendam wortel dan bawang ke dalam larutan cuka (min 30 menit)

simpan dalam lemari sejuk jika ingin disimpan lama.

Panggang ayam (kurang lebih 20 menit)

iris tipis.

CARA MENYUSUN

Belah Baguette memanjang, tapi jangan sampai putus.

Keruk bahagian tengah untuk memberi tempat pada daging dll.

olesi roti dengan mayonais pada kedua belah.

Susun daging, acar wortel, acar bawang bombay, irisan timun, dan daun ketumbar.

peras jeruk nipis di atasnya.

hidangkan dengan saos pedas dan mayonais.

Mee Goreng Mamak Simple

One of my favorite meal in Malaysia. It so cheap, simple yet delicious.
Stir fried yellow egg noodle with plenty filling and condiments are common ordered in "Mamak Restaurant" (Indian Muslim living in Malaysia), or Nasi Kandar Restaurant.

However since I tried to reduce weight, I couldn't dare myself to order it again cos I'm scared with the amount of cooking oil used to make the dish. And for sure I can't share the meal with my toddler.

Lucky enough the internet shares us plenty recipe, but I am comfortable most with recipe from this pispterian blog the ingredients and seasoning written complete just like the original recipe in Kedai Mamak.

However I will share my version which less filling (fridge aku tak selalu ada benda semua tu, ha ha) and tiada cili so its friendly enough for 19 Months old baby.

Key Ingredients:
1/2 pack yellow noodle (saya pakai mee kuning cap wau)
1 yellow onion
3 cloves garlic
1 tomato, cut into 4
2 tbs sweet soy sauce
1 tbs oyster sauce
1 tsp light soy sauce

bit of sugar, white pepper.
1 tbs cooking oil
50 ml water
1 egg

White tofu, cut into cubes
1/2 cup cabbage, shredded
boiled potato, prawn, squid, fish cake, sausages as per 'fridge stock'

*potato, sausages, fish cake need to add after sauteed the onion. To make it bit charred and crispy. While prawn and squid only add at the last part before adding water and egg to avoid overcook.

1. Heat up half of cooking oil, put in tofu. lightly fried until bit yellow. Add rest of oil, sliced onion and minced garlic.
2. Add in tomato and cabbage. stir fast. Then add in noodle.
3. Keep stiring fast, add in all the sauce, sugar and pepper.
4. Keep stir the noodle until fully covered with the sauce.
5. Add in other ingredients you might want to put, stir for another 30 second.

6. Add in water, stir very quick. Push the noodle at the side, and crack an egg in other side. Scramble it fast, then mix with the noodle.
7. Serve immediately.

I even have the noodle for Marcella's lunchbox for her to bring to day care :)

The key of good Mee Mamak depend on the size of the wok.
I think the bigger the wok is, make it easier to stir and mix and we don't have to scared if the noodle will splash over the floor (well, it will splash anyway).

Use big fire and stir them fast.
The cooking time shall less than 10 minutes. 

Mie Kuah Cap Cay

A very simple made up recipe which I really like.  I can mix and match the ingredients according to the fridge shelf *wink . Cap Cay or Capjye or Cap Jae on whichever region or country you are coming from.  Basically stir fried mix vegetable,  seafood and other protein in starchy gravy.

Is almost similar with Malaysian dish called Mie Kungfu,
however in Indonesia the vegetable and seafood egg-y gravy served with rice instead of noodle.

Ingredients:

1 cup cooked eeg noodle
2 pcs chicken sausages or chicken breast.
1 carrot (wortel) iris bunga
1/2 cup sweet corn kernel (jagung manis pipil)
1/2 cup frozen peas (kacang kapri)
1/2 cup prawn (udang kupas)

seasoning (bumbu)
1 tbsp oyster sauce (saus tiram)
2 tbs sweet soy sauce (kecap manis)
1/2 yellow onion (bawang bombay)
2 cloves garlic (2 siung bawang putih, geprek)
salt, pepper, sugar to taste (merica, garam, gula)
200 ml water (air)
1 tbs corn starch (tepung maizena/tepung jagung)
1 eggs, beaten. (telur ayam)

1. Haluskan bawang putih. Bawang bombay diiris tipis.

2. Panaskan minyak 1 sdm, masukkan telur ayam. Buat orak-arik sebentar. Kemudian angkat dan sisihkan.

3. Panaskan sisa minyak, tumis bawang putih hingga harum. Masukkan wortel, sosis, kecap manis dan saus tiram. Aduk kembali hingga rata.

4. Masukkan air, tutup kuali. Dan biarkan hingga wortel setengah masak (5 menit).

5. Masukkan jagung dan kapri. Masak sebentar hingga kedua bahan empuk.

6. Cicipi kuah, kemudian masukkan merica bubuk, garam dan gula sesuai selera.

7. Campur tepung jagung dengan sedikit air, masukkan ke dalam kuah.

8. Terakhir masukkan udang, aduk sebentar agar udang masak.

9. Tuangkan kuah capcay ke atas mie telur yang telah masak.

Taburi bawang goreng, irisan seledri dan cabai rawit jika suka.

Mudah kan....
Very easy...

even my 19 months kid love it too.. :)

Sorry for mix-max language, secara otak sudah bercampur aduk seperti cendol.
Kalau kurang faham, please use google translate.

One Busy Sunday for My Little One

It was a very busy day out for Marcella today.

We made a special treat to celebrate her recovery after long weeks of cold,  cough and mouth infection.

Finally we got rid of those nasty thing...  Yaiy...!!!

She is much healthier and back to a happy kid.

Had a nice Tosai and Fried Chicken for her brunch. Tosai is an Indian thin pancake made from rice flour batter served with coconut chutney, curry and dhall (lentils curry).

She munch a lot without hesitate, and of course fresh coconut to wash down all the food.

We went to Buk it Kiara Park, some forest and hill nearby the restaurant to watch monkeys

Wild monkeys and birds around the park.

Watching Turtles swim in the pond.

We back after a she start all over the place.
She was watching baby monkey breastfed by its Mom,  and that makes her want to go home and having the same LOL.

We took the car keys and drive home :)

When we reach home day was still hot and sunny, so we brought her to swim.

Her picnic meal aka early dinner  and some snacks for me to munch.

Keropok rebus (Malaysian steamed fish cake)
Original from Terengganu,  North East Malaysia where all the area surrounded by sea.
With plenty fishes products around.

Mini roll cake we bought from Bakery nearby.

Macaroni soup with bean and carrot for her dinner.

Munching my Keropok rebus while watching Marcella swim with her Dad.
A good way to relax.

Had my rest time and just watching them.

Had my evening tea with her watching ipad.

Funny story Daddy read to me I couldn't stop laugh and giggling.

After swim we had an easy evening.
I had my tea while Marcella is having her 15 minutes allowance of watching whatever she wish from iPad.

When the Maghrib prayer call announced that is her "sleeping call"  lol.

We all went to bedroom and read some books. Hoping that she will had a good dream about all the beautiful and fun stuff she had one whole day.

I just hope she will forget about her suffer and how many times a day she has to cried and fight with me about medicine,  cream time,  mouth gel time,  brushing time.  All seems so frustrating and traumatising to her.

Hope you have a great weekend too just like her.

Kuey Teow Seafood Soup

Menu yang menurut saya termasuk menu MEWAH

Kenapa Mewah..?

Udang bukan mahal sangat pun di Malaysia, unless kau nak pakai Tiger Prawn ke Lobster hik hik..

Mewah karena diperlukan masa yang spesial untuk basuh udang dan sotong,

belum lagi bersihkan kitchen dari segala bau seafood...

Hmmm.... 

**kita beli udang dan sotong yang siap kemas boleh??

BOLEH AJA.... 

Kuey Teow Soup

2-3 porsi

Bahan:

6 pcs udang segar, kupas kulit.

1 Sotong, bersihkan kulit, potong2

6 fish ball

2 fried fish cake, iris tipis

2 cekak kuey teow segar. Siram air mendidih, tiriskan

2 batang Sawi Hijau 

Kuah:

2 liter air

kulit udang

2 butir bawang putih

merica

garam

sedikit halia/jahe iris tipis

1 batang daun bawang, iris halus

1 sdt minyak goreng

Cara:

Rebus kulit udang dengan 2 liter air, saring dan buang kulit udang.

Tumis bawang putih, halia/jahe hingga harum.

Masukkan tumisan bawang putih ke dalam rebusan kaldu.

Bumbui kaldu dengan merica, garam dan taburan daun bawang.

Masukkan sawi, udang, fish ball dan sotong ke dalam kaldu.

Masak selama 30 detik saja (jangan lama-lama, nanti alot/bergetah)

susun kuey teow, sawi, fish cake, udang, sotong dalam mangkuk.

Siram dengan kuah.

Taburi dengan sisa bawang daun.

Terus Makan dengan cili padi (cabai rawit) dan kecap asin...

peeerrgghh....... ingusan 

Makanan ini tidak menggemukkan karena kuey teow di buat dari beras, bukan terigu seperti mee lain.

Senang nak hadam (senang di cerna)

tiada lemak apa kecuali 1 sudu minyak goreng.

Resep Mie Ayam

Mie Ayam aka Chicken Noodle 

is a very common Indonesian street food which almost everyone love.

A bowl of piping hot noodle with stewed chicken bits in light soy gravy...

Served with bowl of clear soup and couple bits of meatball.

awwwh.... sedap dan mengenyangkan.

But living far from the hometown is not easy when you crave for bowl of it.

Also I am currently having 1 years old plus a bit who is now very curious with every single food I ate. Which make me always think twice if I want to buy food.

Lucky for us living in google era.

Where everything is google-able, and there will never no-answer for anything.

I found very simple recipe of Mie Ayam and having step that easy to follow.

Resep saya bukan 100% autentik, tapi mengalami modifikasi karena masalah (ahem... kesehatan...)

mencoba kurangkan lemak, dll.

Membuat mie ayam ni memang sedikit leceh, banyak step dan langkah.

Selalunya saya tidak akan membuat serta merta.

Hari ini buat minyak ayam dan tumisan ayam, masukkan tupperware.

Separuh masukkan fridge, yang separuh masuk freezer untuk lain hari.

Bakso (meatball) saya buat in advance, masuk freezer.

Jika nak makan Mie Ayam, tinggal keluarkan bahan dari freezer, buat kuah ayam, rebus mie kering dan sawi. Semua siap dalam masa 15 menit saja ")

Bahan-Bahan:

Tumisan Ayam

2 Buah dada ayam / chicken breast

2 batang daun bawang / spring onion

1 bawang bombay (bawang holland) / yellow onion

3 butir bawang putih (garlic)

=> potong kecil-kecil.

1/4 sdt ketumbar

1/4 sdt merica

pala seujung sendok (nutmeg)

1 cm kunyit (turmeric)

=> ulek halus

5 sdm Kecap manis

1 sdm saus tiram

daun salam, daun jeruk purut, gula, garam,  

1. Tumis bawang merah, bawang putih, dan daun bawang hingga layu, Masukkan bumbu ulek. Masak hingga harum.

2. Massukkan Ayam, aduk hingga ayam setengah masak.

3. Masukkan Air, kecap, saus tiram dan bumbu lain.

4. Masak hingga ayam empuk, dan kuah menjadi agak pekat.

Kuah Ayam:

1 Liter Air Mendidih

Tulang Ayam secukupnya

Daun bawang sedikit

Garam, Merica bubuk.

Bakso (resep akan di tayangkan pada postingan berikutnya), atau beli frozen.

=> 

Rebus tulang ayam dengan air mendidih, masukkan bahan-bahan lain.

Rasakan, kemudian saring.

Minyak Bawang:

5 sdm minyak goreng (saya pakai sunflower oil), minyak biasa pun boleh. asal minyak baru.

3 siung bawang putih, iris tipis

3 sdm lemak ayam/kulit (saya tidak pakai)

=> panaskan minyak, goreng kulit (jika pakai) hingga kering, Sisihkan kulit.

=> masukkan bawang putih kedalam minyak, goreng hingga garing.

=> tumbuk kasar bawang, masukkan ke dalam minyak semula.

=> simpan dalam balang/tupperware.

How to assemble

1. Rebus mie dan sawi, tiriskan.

2. Campur mie dengan 1 sdm minyak bawang.

3. Tuangkan tumisan ayam.

4. Tabur dengan daun bawang.

5. Sajikan Mie Ayam dengan kuah bakso.

Baby took a part in enjoying Mie Ayam.

Love it...!!