Recipe No. 4: Curry puff a.k.a Karipap (orang Johor panggil Epok-Epok)

Dear readers, hehhehe my..my.. this week I am damn RAJIN cooking.. so today I managed to call my mum and ask her for the Curry puff recipe... Huhuhuh my mum was not feeling very well when I called her... A little bit worry... Mum...hope you can get over your cough after this.. Don't forget to take your medicine. Ok back to the story... actually this evening it was raining I and Ayunni was bored.. so we have a chat in his room... then we start to talk about food... About Basir great attempts to cook us Nasi Dagang yesterday... About our favourite food back in Malaysia.. About that it is now Durian season in Malaysia (wargh!!!!! nak makan durian!!!) About what to cook for dinner tonight (well it is my turn today...and I managed to whip up something great.. Ikan Haddock Bakar, Bayam Masak Belacan, Telur Dadar and Nasi Putih hehhehe Great what??) Then I started to browse the internet looking at websites and blogs concerning bout food and recipe. There was one particular website that caught my interest because all the great pictures that the moderator put inside it huhuhuu then my eyes were stuck to pictures of Malaysian Kuih...and particularly curry puff...so then I called my mum and ask her the recipe... So here it is folks...

Curry puff.



The Filling.

Ingredients:

5-7 potatoes (depending on the size..if it bigger use less)
2 tbspn of curry powder.
2 tbspn of blended dried chillies.
3-4 cloves of garlic finely chopped.
2 tbspon of blended onions.
Mince meat or even sardines, or tuna depends on what you like.
Salt to taste.
Oil for cooking.

Methods:

1. Cut the potatoes in small cubes and boil it for a while - until a little bit soft (My mum said to get rid the taste of "pahit" of the potatoes.
2. Heat the oil - add the blended dried chillies fried it and wait until it fragrance (or pecah minyak that what I always do) - Add the garlic and onion.
3. Add some water to the curry powder and fried it along with the other ingredients.
4. Then you can add the meat, sardines or what so ever additional things that you like.
5. Finally add the potatoes, mix it well and let the filling cool down for a while.

The Skin (Pastry).

Ingredients:

500 gm of flour.
3/4 cup of hot melted butter.
A little warm water (add some salt).

Methods:

1. Add the melted butter into the flour and mix it well - Make sure that the melted butter is still hot.. really hot.. my mum said if not the skin will not by crispy when you fried the curry puff.
   
2. When the flour is well mix with the butter add water bit by bit not to much at a time (You can feel the texture of the flour when it is ready).
3. Then knead the pastry according to the size of the curry puff that you like.

I think the rest of the work you can figure it out, knead the pastry, put the filling inside and clip the side of the curry puff. Well for me it was easy because I bring along with me from Malaysia a curry puff mold hehhehehehhe nasib baiklah terfikir masa packing barang hari tu. Well there you have it folks.. try it you will be satisfied with all the work at the end...trust me.

p/s: This recipe can make about -/+ 20 curry puffs.. depending on the size that you make.

Why so serious??? Let me put a smile on that face!!! Hahahahhaha :o)

Ok.. it might be a little bit late but don't blame it on me... Blame it on the UK cinema industry... When the world had already savour the great imagination of Christopher Nolan on the 14th July we over here in UK have to wait until the 24th. Even Malaysia cinemas are much more faster than the one over here. Well the waiting was worth it... so here a small preview of the movie and..

Batman: The Dark Knight.

Well so how about the preview??? Hehhehe great right?? That just a small preview not the real one in cinema... with the big screen and big speakers you will be enjoying every bits of magic that Nolan had put in this movie. The length of the movie is 2 hours and 32 minutes but you wouldn't feel it. Every scene is full of suspense and you couldn't guess what's going to happen next. As Nedd said Christian Bale role as Batman a.k.a Bruce Wayne was great but the late Heath Ledger who played the role of the Joker was superb. Overall I think the Joker is the one who make the story so interesting not Batman. Ledger managed to bring out the role of a highly dangerous psychopath who willing to do anything in order to get his work done. The Joker is damn scary...and all the things (killing, torturing etc) is still playing in my mind. A standing ovation for the late Ledger... again as Nedd said his death is not a waste at the end.. he managed to deliver the best of his talent.

What I would like to say is that this movie is awesome... It is worth it for you to finish up your assignment early (well I did it.. I finished my LA assignment really early just to make sure that I can catch the movie with Nedd, Apek, Bob and Jiejie) and worth to be watch a second time in the cinema (again I did it.. the second time was with Izzati, Hana, Mira, Fayadh and Hasnul).... All in all this movie deserves 4 and half stars hhehehe Cannot wait for another great movie like this... So anyone want to catch The Mummy???? If there are any tell me.. and we can go together!!!

p/s: rindu lah plak nk tgok movie dgn bdk2 PISMP huhuh dulu Ja'are sllau ajak tgok movie hehhehe teringat masa tgok Transformers Dobok sampai tetido lg huhuhu apalah.. erm rindu gak nk tgok movie dgn Saqinah n Sarah.. miss u girls... erm nnt balik Malaysia kita tgok sama2 ek???hhehehehe

Recipe No. 3: Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Topping.

Hey...it has been long since I post anything in here huhuhu well a little bit busy with assignment.. Language Awareness (LA) or we can just say Grammar + a small boost of Linguistic....huhuh well to explain grammar with the limit of 1,500 words you wouldn't know where to start . Alhamdulillah I got a help from Jiejie.. he is the one who lent me his previous LA assignment and I see the light at the end of the tunnel huhuh I see hope in my assignment (wah lebih-lebih pula nie hahahha). Well to make it short I managed to finish it up huhu.. Ok.. done with assignment lets talk about the tittle of this entry huhuu Yes Carrot Cake....Well this evening I make a carrot cake after Izzati and Nad ask for me to make one. Well I do make one but all the ingredients were bought by them huhuhuhu So here is the picture of the cake followed by the recipe.. hope you'll like it cheers!!!

Carrot Cake.



Ingredients:

1 1/4 cups of peanut oil @ vegetable oil
4 eggs
120 gm of caster sugar
120 gm of brown sugar
100 gm of walnut mince roughly (or any nuts will do it)
1 cup or raisins
1 1/2 cup of grated carrot
250 gm of flour
1 tsp of baking soda
1/2 tsp of cinnamon powder (add the cinnamon powder and the baking soda into the flour)
1/2 tsp of salt

Methods:

1. Before starting, heat the oven to 180 degrees Celcius.
   
2. Whisk the egg until it fluffy. Add the oil, caster and brown sugar. Continue whisking.
3. Add the walnuts, raisins and carrots.
4. Using spatula mix the the flour mixture in and lastly the salt. Do it slowly..jangan tumpah huhuhu
5. When the mixture ready, put it in the baking mold let it rest for a while.
6. Then bake in the oven - Heat: 180 degree Celcius. Time: 60 -50 minutes. To make sure the cake is well baked, use a bamboo screwer or fork and pierce the cake, if it come out clean then the cake is ready.
7. Let it cool for a while and prepare the topping.

Cream Cheese Topping.

Ingredients:

250 gm Cream Cheese
100 gm of butter
100 gm of icing sugar
A little bit of lemon juice (optional but it taste better)

Methods:

1. Add all the ingredients in a blender or mixer and MIX!!!!
2. When the cake is already cool... spread all the topping on top of the cake.. let it drizzle down...lawa beb hehehhe
3. Chill the cake for one night in the fridge.... Tadaa!! You have yourself a carrot cake for the whole house!!!!!

Actually I got this recipe from the net but I forgot where it is from huhu well credit to the one who post it earlier in the net....
For me I like to make the cake less sweeter because of health thingy huhuhuh so I just use 100 gm of brown sugar and 100 gm or caster sugar. Bak kata Kempen Kesihatan Malaysia: "Kurangkan Manis dalam Makanan, Tambahkan Manis dalam Senyuman" sebenarnya dalam minuman huhuuhhuhu... what ever lah kan??? hahahah

p/s: woit House 20.. so how was the cake??? and to others I can make you this cake but buy the ingredients ok??? Dah sengkek dah huhuhuhuh cannot simply give treats to others huhu

Profesionalisme guru terhakis?

I was browsing through Metro and found this... so read up fellow teachers wannabe erm bg komen sikit ek betul ke??? Profesionalisme guru terhakis?

"IBU bapa kita pernah bercerita betapa guru zaman 60-an dan 70-an begitu dihormati dan disanjung masyarakat.Karisma dan profesion mereka bukan sekadar di sekolah malah diangkat sebagai pemimpin setempat di kalangan masyarakat."

Ibu bapa yang menghantar anak-anak ke sekolah tidak pernah mempertikaikan hukuman dan didikan guru pada masa itu.

Cuma, ibu bapa berpesan, jika guru memukul atau merotan anak mereka, jangan sampai patah tangan atau patah riuk.

Bagaimanapun, lihat dilema guru hari ini. Kebanyakannya berpendidikan tinggi tetapi masyarakat kurang menghormati mereka.

Jika seorang pendidik memukul, merotan atau mendenda anak mereka, ibu bapa pasti bersemuka dengan guru terbabit dan menengking bagaimana boleh bertindak kasar.

Tidak cukup dengan itu, ada ibu bapa mengambil tindakan menyaman guru sehingga timbul konfl ik di antara ibu bapa dan guru.

Pelajar pula tidak takut dengan guru. Ada guru dipukul pelajar, kenderaan mereka dirosakkan atau tayar dipancitkan.

Justeru, di mana sanjungan dan penghormatan terhadap guru? Apakah guru kini sudah hilang taraf profesionalisme dan kebebasan mencorakkan hala tuju pendidikan kepada anak bangsa? Dekan Pusat Pengajian Ilmu Pendidikan Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Profesor Madya Dr Abdul Rashid Mohamed, mengakui senario masa kini memang berbeza berbanding zaman lampau tetapi menganggap kehadiran guru masih relevan dan dihormati.

Beliau berkata, perubahan dunia mengubah mentaliti dan pendirian ibu bapa terhadap pendidik kerana mereka mahukan yang terbaik untuk anak masing-masing.

“Melalui perubahan ini, ibu bapa yang dulunya memberi kepercayaan penuh kepada guru tanpa banyak soal kini sudah semakin bijak bertanya, memerhati dan menilai,” katanya.

Menurutnya, kebanyakan ibu bapa terpelajar dan tahu hak masing-masing.

“Bagaimanapun, itu bukan faktor ibu bapa memandang rendah golongan dan kerjaya guru, cuma mereka mahukan yang terbaik.

“Saya kurang bersetuju jika dikatakan ibu bapa sekarang sudah tidak hormat guru,” katanya.

Ditanya sama ada guru masa kini tidak berkualiti sehingga mencabar rasa hormat ibu bapa, beliau berkata, itu tidak benar kerana penilaian bersifat subjektif dan hanya mereka yang ‘bermasalah’ memberi dan mencetuskan tanggapan itu.

Menurutnya, ibu bapa dan guru ibarat aur dengan tebing kerana kedua-duanya saling memerlukan.

“Saya tidak tahu bagaimana wujud tanggapan guru masa kini dikatakan tidak berkualiti, tiada produktiviti malah semakin berani mencabar ibu bapa.

“Keadaan ini sangat merugikan kerana bakal mengundang rasa tidak puas hati kedua-dua pihak hingga menjejaskan kepentingan pelajar.

“Persengketaan di antara guru dan ibu bapa boleh menjejaskan proses pembelajaran,” katanya.

Beliau berkata, apabila wujud konfl ik, kedua-dua pihak perlu mencari jalan penyelesaian bagi mengelak menjadi bertambah buruk.

“Jangan ambil tindakan menyalah atau menyelar mana-mana pihak tanpa perbincangan.

“Ibu bapa terlalu memberi tanggungjawab yang besar kepada guru dan apabila berlaku sesuatu, mereka terus menunding jari kepada golongan itu padahal ia patut dibawa berbincang.

“Ibu bapa perlu faham, guru mempunyai banyak tanggungjawab.

Jika diasak bertubi-tubi dengan permintaan ‘bukanbukan’ pasti ia meninggalkan tekanan dan hilang kesabaran.

“Keadaan berbeza dengan ibu bapa zaman dahulu. Mereka memberi kebebasan kepada guru mencorakkan pendidikan anak mereka. Mereka tidak campur tangan,” katanya.

Justeru, apakah kebebasan guru semakin terhakis? Dr Abdul Rashid berkata, pelaksanaan undang-undang tidak bermakna kebebasan guru tersekat.

“Yang penting bagaimana guru boleh memberi komitmen tinggi pada tanggungjawab.

Contohnya, jika ada pelajar tidak boleh bergiat aktif dalam kokurikulum, adakah perlu dipaksa atau guru ambil pendekatan sendiri mengatasinya.

“Guru perlu menggunakan ilmu bagi mengawal situasi dengan tenang, bersikap terbuka dan profesional.

“Ibu bapa jika tidak berpuas hati dengan guru perlu menggunakan saluran betul seperti Persatuan Ibu Bapa dan Guru (PIBG), bukan menyerang membabi buta.

“Malangnya, ramai menganggap fungsi PIBG tidak penting sedangkan ia platform terbaik menemukan masyarakat dengan sekolah,” katanya.

Beliau berharap ibu bapa jangan lepas tangan dan mengharapkan guru menjaga semua keperluan serta kebajikan pelajar.

“Ibu bapa perlu memikul tanggungjawab lebih berat kerana mereka mendidik bukannya menternak anakanak,” katanya

So what's your opinion??

Taken from:

http://www.hmetro.com.my/Current_News/myMetro/
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