My Fish Balls and Potato Soup

Fish balls and Potato Soup...

Hubby loves soup, any clear soup! Yesterday he requested for fried rice and soup for dinner. Cik Ngah only have fish balls and mackerel in the freezer. So we had fried rice and fish balls soup for dinner...
Ingredients;
5 fish balls halved
1 potato skinned and cubed
1/2 carrot skinned and cubed
1 tomato sliced into 6 or 8
1 stalk celery chopped
3 young corns sliced
3 bird eye chillies crushed
Chinese celery, spring onion and fried shallots for garnish..

Hubby savouring the soup.....

1 tspn minced garlic
1 tblspn minced shallots
1/2 tspn crushed black pepper
1/4 tspn ground white pepper
1 tspn ground soup spices - I used Adabi.
2 tblspn vegetable oil
1 litre chicken broth or plain water
1 tspn of your favourite seasoning - optional
Salt and Sugar to taste

Preparation;

1. Heat oil in a pot and saute garlic, shallots and peppers until brownish.
2. Add soup spices and stir until combined and immediately pour the chicken broth or water.
3. Add fish balls and cubed potatoes, simmer until boiling.
4. When the potatoes are soft, add all vegetables to the soup including chillies, simmer for a while.
5. Finally add seasoning, salt and sugar to taste.

The One with the Ingredients Price

Yeehh..I am baking on Sundays....

Cik Ngah has been quite busy this weekend. Went back to Temerloh on Friday evening, and had been baking non-stop on Sunday! Cik Ngah had to bake to fulfill friends orders for cookies and Strawberry Surprise Cupcakes, all to be delivered today.. Alhamdulillah all went well except that Cik Ngah had issues with the cream cheese topping, so the cream cheese topping has become Butter Cream, Cream Cheese Topping!..And worst of all Cik Ngah had forgetten to take pictures! Too tired I think!!!

Cookies anyone?....

Well back to the title of this post, since Cik Ngah has started taking orders for cookies, Cik Ngah had done some survey on baking ingredients price. In fact it was done on last Saturday evening. So far Cik Ngah had listed down the prices from Bagus, OTK, 99 Speedmart and Giant. Main ingredient was off course, butter! So Cik Ngah wants to share with readers the result;

The winner so far is 99 Speedmart with tthe cheapest SCS and Buttercup. Unfortunately the mart does not sell other brands! Cik Ngah will continue the survey and share it with all!!! Sharing is caring!!!

My Ayam Kampung Goreng Bumbu

Ayam Kampung Goreng Bumbu......

Cik Ngah memang suka ayam ni especially bumbunya tu, hubby pun suka..Nilah antara masakan ayam yg dia makan...he doesn't like ayam very much!! Hidangan wajib bila makan di restoran padang pusako. Lagi enak dicicah dgn sambal hijau....   

Sebelum ni nak cari resepi tak tahu apa nama masakan ni, hari tu ternampak keratan akhbar with the recipe name! voila!!! Cik Ngah pun menggoogle lah... Banyak resepinya tapi mostly in Indonesian!!! Jenuh Cik Ngah mencari apakah itu Kemiri.... rupa-rupanya buah keras!!!

Cik Ngah sertakan resepi yg telah diubah suai dan di BM kan!!! Selamat mencuba yer.....

Bahan-bahan:

1 ekor Ayam kampung  - potong 8

100 gram Lengkuas muda, di parut.

2 helai Daun Salam

2 helai Daun Limau Purut

1btg serai dititik

Garam secukupnya

1 sdm air asam jawa

(1/2 sdt asam jawa+1 sudu makan air)

500 liter santan dari ½ biji kelapa


Bumbu yang dihaluskan/diblend:

8 biji Bawang merah

6 biji Bawang putih

6 biji buat keras

½ inci kunyit

1 sdm serbuk ketumbar

1 sdt gula merah

½ sdt serbuk jintan manis (optional)

½ sdt serbuk pala (optional)

Cara masak:

1. Tumis bumbu halus sampai harum tambahkan lengkuas, daun salam, daun limau urut, serai, air asam dan garam
2. Gaul rata ayam dan biarkan sebentar.
3. Masukkan santan dan masak sampai ayam empuk dan kuah agak mengering.
4. Panaskan minyak dalam kuali berasingan
5. Goreng ayam hingga garing dan angkat
6. Kemudian goreng bumbu/kuah tadi.
7. Tabur bumbu diatas ayam...

Nota:

Kalau nak bumbu byk, gandakan bahan2 bumbu dan santan.Jgn lupa tambah extra garam....