CARROT RAISIN QUICK BREAD RECIPE

If you're looking for a fast and easy bread, you should look out for quick bread that needs no kneading and no rising like this Carrot Raisin Quick Bread.

This bread also was  egg free.   As for the flour part, used a combination of plain flour plus whole wheat flour.

I grated the carrot using a box grater and used evaporated milk, but you could sub that with regular  milk if unavailable in your country.

Carrot Raisin Quick Bread turns out incredibly moist, easy to slice and took exactly  50 minutes to bake.

Other breakfast recipes:

Apple Raisin Scones

Raisin Bread Pudding

Honey Oat Bars

7 TASTY RECIPES USING FRESH TOMATO

This juicy, plump and colorful tomato can be used to make  all sort of dishes that not only gives a beautiful color but importantly a great taste.

Tomatoes should be part of your diet since they are beneficial to your health. Enjoy this tomato  fresh or cooked.   So my 7 Tasty Recipes Using Fresh Tomato  would help you to enjoy tomato in  7 different ways.   

The list consists of  pizza, noodles, tart, soup and fish dishes.  You may want to have a look at  these   7 Tasty Recipes Using Fresh Tomato

Click on the title, to  view full recipe

KITCHREE (SPICED YELLOW DAL WITH RICE) RECIPE

A combination of rice and yellow lentils  make this a nutritious meal. I serve  my  Kitchree or Kitchari  with Ayam Masak Merah (Chicken in Spicy Red Sauce),

You can  make this rice on stove top  following my  recipe below or use rice cooker.

For rice cooker, fill your cooker with water, milk, yogurt, salt and turmeric and bring to boil by pressing the 'cook' button.  In a separate pan, heat the ghee, fry onion,  cinnamon, cardamom,, cloves, ginger and garlic till fragrant.

Once the water is boiling, add in rice, lentils and the fried  spices.  close lid.  You need not worry about burnt rice, the rice cooker would take care  for you.

Other rice recipes you should try:

Mutton Biryani

Chana/Garbanzo Pulao

Easy Tomato Rice

Pumpkin Pulao

AYAM MASAK MERAH / CHICKEN IN SPICY RED SAUCE

This chicken is cooked in a spicy red sauce that was a popular choice here. Ayam Masak Merah / Chicken in Spicy Red Sauce  got its color from chili paste, chili sauce and tomato sauce. .

Before you start, prepare the chicken by coating with turmeric and salt  then fry until half done.

Also get ready those  ground ingredient.  Cut dried  chili into small pieces, wash and boil .  Drain then grind into smooth paste together with ginger and garlic.

Have added a cup of water but this depends how thick you want the gravy to be.

You can use white sugar instead of brown sugar as brown sugar makes this Ayam Masak Merah / Chicken in Spicy Red Sauce a bit dark in color..

The other chicken recipes you should check out:

Pan Fried Honey Soy Chicken 

Lemon Chicken

Hot & Spicy Chicken Masala. 

6 AMAZING CAKE FOR RAYA

After posting  Top 10 Cookies for Raya. , let's  have a look at  6 Amazing Cake For Raya  that are served during  Hari Raya (Aidilfitri)   for open house to guest, family and friends.

One of most famous cakes was Kek Kukus (Steamed Fruit Cake) that has been baked for more than 50 year despite emergence  of modern cake.

Most older cake recipes were time consuming  to  prepare like Kek Kukus (Steamed Fruit Cake), it requires 4 hours of steaming and Honeycomb Cake needs 3 hours resting time before baking.   So plan wisely before you start.

6 Amazing Cake for Raya.   Click on the title to view full recipe


1.  Honeycomb Cake / Kek Sarang Semut 

This cake has holes that resembles honeycomb,  this is  how it got his name.   Allow the batter to sit for 2-3 hours before baking to get that honeycomb effect.

2.  Kek Kukus (Steamed Cake)

Super moist and addictive fruit cake that was time consuming to make,  It takes 4 hours to steam yet after more than 50 years, it still remains most sought after cake during Eid.  It is challenging and at the same time rewarding to bake this legendary cake


3.  Tricolor Marble Cake Recipe        

Similar to butter cake but the batter was divided into 3 different color.  Spoon layer by layer until all used up.  Swirl 3-4 times with a skewer.  You can choose other color of your choice

4.  Butter Cheesecake Recipe       

With combination of cheese and butter, it produces  a delightful treat.   In this recipe, egg whites are beaten until stiff

5 Lemon Yogurt Cake Recipe  

If you love citrus in your cake, this recipe would make you love lemon even more.  Using lemon juice, lemon zest and lemon frosting.  It was AMAZING!

6.  Eggless Light Fruit Cake Recipe    

This eggless cake was light with least amount of dried fruit.    It uses oil and yogurt but still turns out super moist and as good as the one with eggs

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