1 Syawal 1427H/2006 at Lufbra, UK

Syawal in Lufbra, UK start with Eid Prayer in Dance Studio, Lufbra Uni. The crowd is soo big. Arabic, Iranian, Malaysian and Bruneian, even Muslim-European altogether prayed for the big winning day. After that, the 3 young couples (one couple is veteran already. hik..hik..hik) toured in the Lufbra University capturing autumn moment. Hmm..cantik sungguh view. Than, we joined others to the rumah terbuka. It last till night.

*I do miss my family back in Malaysia and tq abah, for the nice baju raya.

Recipe : Bihun with meat and vege soup

Ewah, nama resepi. ntah apa2x... The truth is, the soup is made by campak2x vege (since vege kat UK is so cheap) and daging. You can opt for yellow mee instead of bihun together with the soup. Here is the campak2x recipe:

Gravy Ingredients
1/2 kilo of fresh meat
Cherry tomatoes - cut into halves
Broccoli - cut into floret
Cauliflower - cut into floret
Carrot
Mangetout
Cabbage
Shallots - 5 cloves
Garlic - 3
Dried chillies - 5

* you can also add button mushrooms, baby corn ....campak jer semua sayur yang ada.

Other Ingredients
Bihun or yellow mee
Telur rebus
Red & green chillies

Method
1. Machine the shallots, garlic and dried chillies.
2. Stir fry the machined ingredients.
3. After the ingredients turned yellowish, add the meat and 4 cups of water.
4. Let it boil and add carrots.
5. Pour all the boiled ingredients into the slow cooker.
6. Add all veges into slow cooker. Set at med for about 4-5 hrs.
7. Serve with bihun or yellow mee.
8. Garnish with boiled egg, red&green chillies.

Majlis Takbir 1427H Session

It's 1 Syawal 1427H. Tinggalkan Ramadhan dengan kesedihan, sambut Syawal dengan kesyukuran. The night of Syawal we start with Takbir Raya session. So, syahdu...I never did this back in Malaysia. In Lufbra, the Takbir Raya been divided in four zones - Morrison Zone, Town/ Train Station Zone, Tesco/Sutton Zone, and Burleigh College Zone. My house is in the Town/Train Station Zone and the Takbir Raya session start around 8 pm until 1130 pm. I cooked bihun kuah as main menu and raya cookies (specially posted from Malaysia) as dessert.

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Chicken Soup

Ingredients:
Chicken - 8 pieces, medium size.
Shallots - 3
Garlic - 1
Ginger - 1/2"
Carot - 2 (I used organic carot, more sweet)
Potato - 2
Oil - 1 tbsp
Rempah bunjut Adabi (or soup powder)

Methods:
1. Pound roughly garlic + ginger + shallots.
2. Stir-fry the pounded ingredients.
3. After yellowish, add 2 cups of water and chicken
4. Let the chicken half-cook and add carot and potato.
5. After 15mins, add a pinch of salt and sup bunjut.
6. Let it boil.

Tomato Salad @ Kerabu Tomato

Ingredients:
6 Salad tomato - medium size, half ripe (slice thinly)
3 red onions (slice thinly)
6 red chillies (or you can add 3 green chillies with 3 red chilles) (slice thinly)
3 tsp sugar
1 tsp salt

Methods:
Mix all the ingredients together. Ready to eat!!! ez-pzy.

Notes:
My mom version, she'll add vinegar and pound the chilies with a little bit of belacan.

Ginger Fried Chicken

Ingredients:
Chicken - 10 medium pieces
Shallot - 2 cloves (pound roughly)
Old Ginger - 1/2" knob (slice thinly)
Garlic - 7 cloves (slice thinly)
Oyster Sauce - 2 tbsps
Salt - to taste
Sugar - a pinch
Turmeric powder - half tsp
Olive Oil - 3 tbsps

Methods:
1. Season chicken meat with turmeric powder + salt + sugar. (use sugar to bring the shiny effect after the chicken been fried)
2. Fried the chicken until full-cook. Set aside.
3. Heat olive oil in a pot over medium-high heat. Stir-fry the garlic + ginger + shallots.
4. After the stir-fried ingredienst become yellowish (about 7-8mins), add oyster sauce.
5. Add salt to taste. (I omit this step, for healthy reason)
6. Pour them on the fried chicken
7. Ready to eat

You Are What You Eat

I am hooked to this series - You Are What You Eat, on Channel 4. Self-proclaimed TV food fascist Dr Gillian McKeith helps the XXL Factor people with their eating habit. The yuckie part is when they do the analysis on the participants 'pupu' . Siap letak najis tu dalam Pyrex. At the end of the diet, most of the participants lost several stones and dropped their clothes sizes. Watch this series every Wednesday, 830pm on Channel4, UK.

Picture from http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/Y/yawye/detox.html

Morphy Richards

My parents first iron was Morphy Richards. Memang tahan lasak dan berat. We used it from 70's until 90's. Balik modal tu. Now, bila dah sampai UK aku memang nak borong barang Morphy Richards. Nah, sudah dapat satu ; slow cooker 6.5l cuma 19 GBP!!!

Siri 3- Majlis Berbuka - 14 Oct 2006

At last, we managed to handle the third and the biggest crowd for the Majlis Berbuka at our house, Wharncliffe Road, Lufbra. Satisfaction. Happiness. Alhamdullilah for the limpah kurnia rezeki dari-Nya. The guest Ros-Ridhuan brought an Arabic manisan which is Karas-looks-alike. Darn..I didn't snap the picture, dah habis masuk dalam perut. heheh...e Anyway, the taste is more or less like Karas.

Juadah Berbuka:
1) Nasi Tomatomato aka Nasi Citra Warna 2) Chicken Curry-Parsley 3) Daging Bakar Berlada 4) Daging + Button Mushroom Masak Kicap 5) Salad Tomatomato 6) Papadam Masala 7) Puding Jagung Fresh Strawberry 9) Fruit Cocktaila 10) Arabic Karas - Ros' 11) Caramel - Kak Ain's

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Coming soon ... review food & health tv series in BBC.

Siri 2 - Majlis Berbuka Puasa : 7 Oct 2006

Again, Alhamdulillah....it happens, the well-organised Majlis Berbuka at our home at Lufbra with 2 families : Kak Mimi's & Elina's. We have a long nice chat and makan-makan. From Korma to Nasi Warna-warni (according to Jiha, hehe...), Pratha Power Puff and Blueverry Ice Cream. My husband and I are so glad that we managed to cook for another 2 beautiful families. Thank you for coming.

Menu of the day: 1. Nasi Warna-Warni 2. Ayam Perap Sate 3. Daging Masak Hitam Mami Penang 4. Kerabu Tomatomato - my Fav! 5. Pratha Power Puff ... Girls 6. Chicken Wing Parsley (Kak Mimi's) 7. Fruity Cocktaile 8. Blueberry Ice-Cream 9. Keropok Udang-Veg, from Brunei! 10. Profiteroll

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More to come...Siri 3 - Majlis Bebuka, 14 Oct 2006

Siri 1 - Majlis Berbuka Puasa - 30 Sept 2006

Alhamdulillah...we succeed to host a beautiful Majlis Berbuka for 2 families in Lufbra. The menu that I managed to cook for the majlis were :

1. Nasi Tomatomato 2. Daging Bakaq Lada Hitam 3. Kerabu Tomatomato 4. Gulai Ayam 'Dara' 5. Fiesta of Veggie 6. Finger Bread Pudding 7. Peachy-Fruity-Fruit Cocktail

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