Lasagna Recipe

I am so happy that I manage to try out this recipe today(30 August 2009), you need to buy the noodle sheet from the local super market, I bought the noodle sheet from Jaya Jusco super market.
It taste great, try this out !


INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)
1 pound sweet Italian sausage
3/4 pound lean ground beef
1/2 cup minced onion
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
2 (6.5 ounce) cans canned tomato sauce
1/2 cup water
2 tablespoons white sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons dried basil leaves
1/2 teaspoon fennel seeds
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
1 tablespoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
4 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
12 lasagna noodles
16 ounces ricotta cheese
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 pound mozzarella cheese, sliced
3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese


DIRECTIONS
In a Dutch oven, cook sausage, ground beef, onion, and garlic over medium heat until well browned. Stir in crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato sauce, and water. Season with sugar, basil, fennel seeds, Italian seasoning, 1 tablespoon salt, pepper, and 2 tablespoons parsley. Simmer, covered, for about 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally.
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook lasagna noodles in boiling water for 8 to 10 minutes. Drain noodles, and rinse with cold water. In a mixing bowl, combine ricotta cheese with egg, remaining parsley, and 1/2 teaspoon salt.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
To assemble, spread 1 1/2 cups of meat sauce in the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish. Arrange 6 noodles lengthwise over meat sauce. Spread with one half of the ricotta cheese mixture. Top with a third of mozzarella cheese slices. Spoon 1 1/2 cups meat sauce over mozzarella, and sprinkle with 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese. Repeat layers, and top with remaining mozzarella and Parmesan cheese.


Cover with foil: to prevent sticking, either spray foil with cooking spray, or make sure the foil does not touch the cheese.
Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes. Remove foil, and bake an additional 25 minutes. Cool for 15 minutes before serving

Chinese Recipe

How To Make Sweet And Sour Chicken
Sweet and sour chicken is a delicious and wildly popular dish found in most Chinese restaurants. Asian food instructor Chef VanRoo will show you a step by step easy way to make sweet and sour chicken.

You will need
½ kg chicken breast
¼ cups (60ml) corn starch
1 green pepper
4 pineapple slices
1 medium onion
Sauce:
3 tbsp vinegar
4 tbsp sugar
4 tbsp ketchup
5 tbsp water
2 tsp corn starch
½ tsp sesame oil
2- 4 cups corn oil , for frying
large wok or skillet
large chef knife
strainer
Step 1:
Prepare The Chicken
Start by slicing the chicken into one inch cubes and placing the cubes into a clean bowl. Now add a half cup (64 g) of corn starch into the bowl and thoroughly coat the chicken cubes. The corn starch acts as a sealing agent, keeping the chicken moist on the inside during the frying.
Step 2:
Oil Blanch The Chicken
Now oil blanch the chicken cubes, which essentially means deep-frying for a very brief time. Place the chicken cubes in a few inches of pre-heated vegetable oil in a wok or large skillet. The oil should be between 325o - 350o (163o- 177o C). You will know when the oil is hot enough when you start to see smoke or little squiggly lines in the oil. Take care not to overcrowd the chicken when placing in the wok. Oil blanching is intended only to seal in the chicken's moisture, not to fully cook the chicken. So when finished, the chicken is still raw inside. You will know when the chicken is done when it turns a golden brown, which will take between 30 and 60 seconds. Upon removing from the oil, drain the chicken on a paper towel and repeat the process with the remaining chicken.
Step 3:
Prepare The Vegetables
Take your green peppers and seed it by either using your knife to cut out the stem or by placing three fingers on the stem and pushing down hard. In either method, you want to remove the pepper's stem and seeds. Also, remove the white ribs of the green peppers as they have a bitter flavor. Cut the green peppers into one inch cubes. Now dice the pineapple and a small to medium sized onion into similar sized cubes.
Step 4:
Stir Fry
After first pre-heating your wok until it starts to smoke, add about a tablespoon of vegetable oil around the sides of the wok. When the oil is hot, add the cut onions, green peppers, and pineapple to the wok. Next, pour in your sauce ingredients starting with your vinegar, sugar, ketchup and the sesame oil. Stir all this around for at least a minute then add the oil-blanched chicken to the mix and let cook for a couple of minutes to thoroughly cook, stirring occasionally.
Step 5:
Thicken The Sauce
Mix together five tablespoons of water and two tablespoons of corn starch in a small bowl with your finger. Now add this slurry to the ingredients cooking in the wok, stirring constantly so that this slurry mixture will not clump. The slurry will thicken the sauce

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How To Make Butter Chicken
Butter Chicken Recipe. A delicious chicken dish that can be made as hot or as mild as you wish - a perfect meal for curry lovers who want to keep it simple. Taste our Butter Chicken recipe.


You will need…
2 chicken breasts, cut into chunks
2 tbsp vegetable oil
2 tbsp butter
1 onion, chopped
¼ tsp cinnamon
1 tsp garlic, crushed
1 tsp ginger, crushed
½ tsp ground turmeric
1 tsp chilli powder
2 tbsp ground almonds
220 g can of whole peeled tomatoes
1 tbsp tomato paste
1 tbsp natural yoghurt
2 tbsp fresh coriander or spinach, chopped
salt
pepper
1 large frying pan
1 spoon
1 tray
Step 1:
Season the chicken.
Begin by seasoning the chicken with a generous sprinkling of salt and pepper.
Step 2:
Heat the oil and begin to fry the chicken.
Using a large frying pan, heat the vegetable oil and add the chicken.
Step 3:
Fry for 3-4 minutes.
Fry the chicken for 3-4 minutes until it turns a golden-brown colour.
Step 4:
Remove the chicken.
Take the chicken out of the frying pan and put it aside.
Step 5:
Melt the butter.
Use the same frying pan to melt the butter.
Step 6:
Fry the onion with the cinnamon.
Now add the onion and cinnamon and fry together in the pan.
Step 7:
Add the remaining ingredients.
At this point add the crushed garlic, crushed ginger, turmeric, chilli powder, almonds, peeled tomatoes, tomato paste and the natural yoghurt. Stir all of the ingredients together and mix thoroughly.
Step 8:
Bring to the boil and cook.
Bring the ingredients to a boil and stir for 4-5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Step 9:
Add the chicken.
Put the chicken back into the pan and combine with the other ingredients.
Step 10:
Add the fresh coriander.
To compliment the dish, add the coriander (or fresh spinach if you prefer) and mix with the sauce.
Step 11:
Serve while streaming and eat up!
Spoon the chicken and the sauce onto a large serving dish and serve with rice and naan bread. A perfect curry dish that goes down well with an icy Asian beer.

Baking

On 15 September 2009, I have try to bake the bread pudding again without the pineapple which turned out really good.

Today 5 September I have try out a recipe book that I brought from the local magazine shop, the recipe writen in Bahasa Malaysia which I could understand pretty well. It taste alright, the first time I learned to use the ingredients shortening, I managed to find this ingredients from Cold storage, Bangsar Shopping Centre. If you guys wanted to try out any western cookies or recipes, could check out this supermarket that supplies a lot of overseas products to cater for the expatriates residents.

Biskut Jejari Nestum

Bahan A

200g mentega

50 g shortening

1 sudu besar vanila

90g gula kastor

Bahan B

300g tepung gandum

30g tepung jagung

1/2 sudu kecil serbuk penaik

10g tepung kastard

60g nestum/kisar

Cara Meyediakan

1. Pukul bahan A hingga lembut dan masukkan bahan B

2. Terap menggunakan acuan dan hiasan

3. Bakar pada suhu 180 C selama 20 minit

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Nestum Cake
Ingredients
- 240g butter/margarine
- 200g castor sugar
- 1 tbsp honey
- 4 eggs
- 50g Nestum
- 200g self-raising flour, sifted
- 150ml milk

Method:
1. Put A into a mixing bowl and cream till light
2. Add in eggs one by one, beating well after each addition till creamy
3. Add nestum and mix well
4. Divide flour and milk into 3 parts and fold in alternately till well-combined
5. Pour mixture into a 22cm/9" lined and greased square baking tin, baked in a pre-heated oven at 180C till golden brown and cooked, about 45 minutes
6. Remove from oven, leave to cool before serving.


Hollander Torte
- 100g butter/margarine
- 60g icing sugar, 1 egg yolk
- 200g plain flour, sifted
- 2tbsp strawberry jam

Filling:
- 120 g butter/margarine
- 80g castor sugar, 2 eggs
80g plain flour, sifted
100g ground almond
Decoration
30g flaked almonds

Method:
1. Pastry: Cream butter and icing sugar till light, add egg yolk and cream till well-combined. Add flour and mix into a pliable dough. Rest for 20 minutes
2. Roll pastry in between two sheets of plastic till 3mm thick and big enough to line a 22cm/9" pie dish.
3. Remove the top plastic sheet, invert and place the pastry over the pie dish. Press neatly and remove the excess pastry from the sides. Brush strawberry jam on the base.
4. Filling: Cream butter and castor sugar till light, add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Fold in sifted flour and ground almond, mix till well combined.
5. Pour filling mixture onto the pie dish and spread neatly. Sprinkle flaked almonds on tops as decoration.
6. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 180C for 35-40 minutes till golden brown. Remove, leave to cool before serving.

Butter Cookies Recipe
Ingredients A
150g butter
100g Castor sugar
1 tbsp condensed milk
1 egg yolk
1/2 tsp vanilla
Ingredients B ( Sifted Together)
200g plain flour
50g cornflour
1/8 tsp salt
some crushed cornflakes or Nestum

Marble Cake Recipe

Ingredients

250g butter

200g castor sugar

4 eggs

1tsp vanilla

250g self-raising flour

4tbsp milk

1tbsp cocoa powder, add 3tbsp hot water and mix into paste

Method

1. Get ready all the ingredients

2. Put butter and caster sugar into the mixing bowl

3. Use low speed to mix until even. Change to medium speed and beat until light ( sugar has not dissolved yet) Add in the first egg

4. Beat well after each addition of egg until creamy

5. Scrape down the sides of even mixing

6. Add in Vanilla and mix well

7. Divide flour into three portions, use lowest speed to mix in flour. Scrape down sides for even mixing

8. Finally, add milk

9. Mix until well-combined.

10. Pour into a 22cm lined and greased baking tin. Shake lightly to distribute cake miture evenly. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 180C for about 45 minutes until golden brown and cooked. Remove from oven and leave to cool.

Pineapple Bread Pudding Recipe

Ingredients
8 pcs bread, trimmed

120g butter

1 tin pineapple rings, drained, chopped

60g raisins

A(mixed)

5 eggs, beaten

2 cups pineapple juice

50g castor sugar

Method

1. Spread butter onto bread ( both sides) and cut into triangles. Arrange 4 slices of bread on a greased 22 cm/9" square oven proof dish.

2. Pour in half of mixture A, spread chopped pineapple, raisins on top and cover with the remaining 4 slices of bread. Pour in the remaining mixture A, put aside for 3-4 hours for the bread to soak up the liquid.

3. Bake at 180C till cooked and golden brown ( about 45 minutes). Remove, decorate with pineapple rings and red cherries.

Begger Chicken @ Banting

Really good begger chicken and seafood, price are reasonable .

Restaurant Address:-
Viking Seafood & Restaurant

Pengkalan Nelayan,

Kg Permatang Pasir,

42700 Banting,

Selangor Darul Ehsan.

Tel: 03-31202393

Mr Ong Kook Soon - mobile number : 013-3973012

Sri Penang@ Cyberjaya

We had a lunch department at a new place at Cyberjaya near the Petronas Petrol Station.

The price range from RM 8.90 onwards and it is a good place for company event as in Cyberjaya there are not much food choices.

Souveniers @ Hanoi

Pantings

Vietnamese clothes

Food Items @ Vietnam

I have not come across this Milo wafer, only saw this at Hanoi

Highland coffee was one of the recomended brew coffee

Some of Vietnam biscuits

I got the chance to try out vietnamese coffee

What is the procedure if your lost your Malaysia Passport

I found that losing a passport is really a big problem plus a lot of hassle running between the gavornment department, in order to help others who might has some similar incident, the following some tips on what to do in the event you lost your passport.

Kes Kehilangan/Kerosakan Pasport Malaysia
Pasport Malaysia diistilahkan rosak jika :
Basah Diconteng / terconteng Dikoyak / Terkoyak Dibakar / terbakar Dimakan anai-anai/serangga Gambar pudar / luntur Butiran dalam pasport dipinda
Warganegara Malaysia yang telah kehilangan Pasport Malaysia perlu :
Membuat Laporan Polis (jika berkenaan) Jika memerlukan Pasport gantian, sila ke Pejabat Imigresen Negeri berdekatan tempat tinggal pemohon (kecuali Ibu Pejabat) untuk mengemukakan permohonan seperti berikut :
Borang Permohonan Pasport Malaysia (IM.42 Pin 1/97) Borang Soal Selidik Kehilangan Pasport MAlaysia (IM42c) Laporan Polis (2 Salinan) Laporan Jabatan Bomba; jika kehilangan dalam kebakaran (2 slinan) Kad Pengenalan (2 salinan) Gambar terbaru berukuran pasport Surat pengesahan bekerja dari majikan (2 salinan) dan jika berada diluar negara, perlu tunjukkan bukti Permit Kerja Salinan Pasport Malaysia yang hilang (jika ada) 2 salinan Sijil Perkuan Cemas beserta Laporan dari Pejabat Imigresen Lapangan Terbang/pintu masuk (jika kehilangan berlaku semasa lawatan singkat seperti malancong, menghadiri seminar/persidangan antarabangsa atau mengikuti kursus jangka opendek diluar negara) 2 salinan surat pengesahan taraf (jika pemohon bertaraf penduduk tetap diluar negara) 2 salinan surat pengesahan banjir dari pihak berkuasa tempatan (jika kehilangan kerana banjir) 2 salinan surat pengesahan / tawaran belajar di luar negara 2 salinan sijil perkahwinan / surat cerai (jika bawah 18 tahun dan telah berkahwin) Jika pemohon dibawah usia 18 tahun, 2 salinan kad pengenalan ibu atau bapa.
Makluman
Jika semasa kehilangan Pasport Malaysia berlaku pemohon berada di luar negara kerana menetap sebagai Penduduk Tetap, bekerja atau sedang melanjutkan pelajaran, permohonan hendaklah dikemukakan di Pejabat Perwakilan Malaysia di seberang laut yang berdekatan. Permohonan untuk Pasport Malaysia gantian kerana kehilangan akan di hantar melalui Beg Diplomatik oleh PErwakilan Malaysia ke Bahagian Keselamatan Dan Pasport, Ibu Pejabat Imigresen, Putrajaya. Jadual setiap penghantaran adalah 1 kali dalam sebulan dan keseluruhan tempoh yang diambil untuk proses siasatan dan keputusan permohonan sehingga Pasport Malaysia siap dihantar kepada Perwakilan adalah dalam tempoh 3-4 bulan. Ini adalah anggaran untuk permohonan yang lengkap mengikut prosedur kes kehilangan.


http://www.imi.gov.my/index.php/bm/perkhimdmatan/warganegara/pasport-/pasport-malaysia-antarabangsa