BINGKA TEPUNG BERAS

This is another traditional kuih of Malaysia/Singapore, made of rice flour, coconut milk and sugar.  Bingka Tepung Beras  is normally served either for breakfast or after completing your meal as dessert.

In the olden days, fresh coconut is used for making this dessert but now ready made coconut milk is being used.

Almost forgotten, this  Bingka Tepung Beras is hardly on sale unlike kuih bakar (similar preparation) which is made of wheat flour is easily obtainable from food stalls around the country.

For more information about pandan leaves, do check out this link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandanus_amaryllifolius

FISH VINDALOO

After searching through the net about  Fish Vindaloo , I came across few versions of making this dish, one with tamarind and another one without.

Tried this  Fish Vindaloo with tamarind and it turns out slightly darker tone compared with the other style. Overall it has tangy and spicy taste and not so overpowering with vinegar, my family loved them so much.

This is what I have used, you could adjust the quantity of chili and vinegar according to your taste. After all cooking is about experimenting and getting the taste right to our taste bud. If you want to try, here is the recipe :

SUGAR COOKIES

For some time I didn't bake any cookies, so i tried this simple recipe and it turns out to be not overly sweet and easy to prepare. This is just the basic dough but you could add nuts, chocolates or dried fruit and decorate according to your style.

I'm using the cookies cutter and sprinkle the chocolate rice on top, lightly press so the chocolate will stick to the cookies.

INGREDIENTS

2 cups all purpose flour
3/4 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 tablespoon milk
chocolate rice for garnish

METHOD

* Sift flour and baking powder.

* Cream butter and sugar until creamy, add baking powder and vanilla essence.

* Now add butter mixture with flour and milk, form into pliable dough.

* Shape the dough using cookies cutter or roll into small ball then flatten. Preheat oven @ 170 C.

* Decorate cookies with chocolate rice and bake for 10-15 minutes . Remove from pan after 5 minutes and cool on wire rack.

* Store in an airtight container once it is completely cool.

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TOMATO RICE II

There are so many ways to cook tomato rice but my choice goes to this recipe, simply fantastic.

When using tomato puree make sure you taste first before adding since certain brands are fully concentrated and adding too much will make the rice overly sour and spoil the taste of this yummy rice..

You could use basmati rice but that requires soaking  for about 30 minutes before hand. The water level should be 1 inch above the rice. Let's cook...

INGREDIENTS

2 cups long grain rice/basmati
2 green chili slit
1 onion chopped
1/2  cup  tomato puree
1/2  tablespoon  ginger garlic paste
1/2  tablespoon  chili powder
4   tablespoon  butter or oil
1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
2 T chopped coriander leaves
1 stick cinnamon
2 cardamoms
salt to taste
4  cup  water

METHOD

* Heat the oil, fry cinnamon, cardamom and onion until light brown. Add ginger garlic paste, green chili and coriander leaves, cook until fragrant.

* Now add the tomato puree, chili powder, turmeric and salt, stir until well blended.

* Transfer this onto rice cooker, add rice and required water to cook the rice, on the switch.

* Rice is ready to eat with your favorite curry. Enjoy!

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HOMEMADE TUNA PIZZA

After my successful trial on baking pizza, baked this using the same dough but now topped it with tuna. I made them spicy, spreading the mayonnaise on top, done without mozzarella cheese since I don't have any at the moment.

My family truly enjoyed eating them. Tasted great, won't be buying the ready made pizza in future. If you wish to try my version here is the recipe:

INGREDIENTS

Pizza dough kindly refer here.

TOPPING
1 can (185g) tuna in water drained
2 tablespoons chili paste
1 onion sliced
1 tomato chopped
3 cloves garlic chopped
lemon juice
salt to taste

TO SPRINKLE ON TOP
6 T tomato sauce
3 fresh tomatoes sliced
2 big onion sliced
5 T mayonnaise/cheese

METHOD

* Heat the oil, fry onion and garlic until fragrant, add tomato and salt, cook until tomato turns soft.

* Now add chili powder, stir for few minutes, add tuna and stir well.

* Just before removing from heat, squeeze the lemon juice and add more salt if needed. Cool.

* Preheat oven @ 200 C. Roll out dough into 4 pizza and place onto baking pan. Rest for 30 minutes.

* Spread evenly each pizza with tomato sauce, sprinkle the tuna, followed by onion then tomato. Lastly spread mayonnaise/cheese  on top. Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown.

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