It's that day again...Sunday. One more week has passed me by...
Yesterday was the usual COD...yup, our weekly "Chef's Off Day". A day when the Chef is the "boss" & me the "Ahmad" aka the chauffeur! After having "served" me great meals for the week, me felt it was only fair that each Saturday be her own special day, namely codenamed "COD"...
Breakfast was our fav "cheap BF" followed by time spent a-walking @Giant hyperstore along Jalan Langgar. Lunch was @Jin Ho coffeeshop in town with my fav fried KT & my other half's "pork leg rice". A short siesta came soon after we reached home. Dinner was @Timuran for her fav "Sar Hor Fun" & my "Yee Mee" with egg...haha!
Cine Nite was the latest Indiana Jones movie...The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. On our "big" screen in the lounge area. Not a bad show...although, at 1 point, me thought it was gonna be a 2-man movie...
Waited for the TV3 "Nightline" news before me called it a day. The news didn't bring much comfort for sleep because one of the main items was that Malaysia would be now on high alert due to Korea finding Melamine in fruits & vege from China! Phew...what is going on? It was the Melamine scare in milk & dairy products just a short while ago...and now even in fruits & vege? C'mon, China....this is certainly not the way to go!
Let's all hope & pray that our Msian authorities do take all necessary action to protect all Msians from undue harm & suffering...a great test of their integrity during such times! IMHO, it's best to avoid all foods from China until all this mess is cleared up...
Frankly, it is so difficult to really know, even now, what dairy products are really safe to be consumed. Most of the proclaimed "melamine-free" products are declared safe merely by virtue of declarations by the producers & manufacturers only but very few have been truly tested to be so by the health authorities! Now, there's that little nagging voice in the back of my head that keeps on asking a simple question...if you know what I mean....hehe....
Anyway, to keep myself from being totally bored this Sunday, me decided to Google for what used to be one of my favourites...Ban Chean Kuih...a Chinese style pancake. Haven't been able to see anyone selling it along the routes I usually take whenever I do go out. Any recommendations?
Fyi, my Google search came up with a few recipes. Found a simple & fairly easy one to follow, with ingredients easily obtainable. Only 1 item was not in stock in the Chef's kitchen....groundnuts/peanuts. Made a quick trip to the nearest sundry shop & back again with 600gm of raw peanuts.
Microwaved the peanuts nice & crunchy, skinned them & it was ready to be used with the other available ingredients.
Not wanna bore you with how this ole guy became a "Chef" within the span of less than an hour tho. Here are a few pics, in sequence, of my very own "Ban Chean Kuih" ...
The good news...They look nice, don't they? Cute small ones...hehe...
Now, the not-so-good news...they don't taste like what is sold outside!! Edible tho...not too bad, really! With enough sugar & pounded peanut fillings...
Feel they would be much better if the batter is made to rise more. Me had to use stock of bicarb of soda which is kinda old...maybe the reason? Or maybe those other recipes using "alkali water" or yeast would be better?
So sorry but the newly self-appointed "Chef" has gone on long leave. Will see about that when he's back lo...a miraculous comeback maybe....in the near distant future? Moreover, it's NOT often that the real Chef allows anyone to mess about in her kitchen! Hehe...
Well, almost time for the 2 Lot 10 OFH inmates to watch a couple of regular programs on the "idiot box". Have to go...
Next week might bring some " ?expected? " excitement on the political scene. Or maybe even some disappointments? Let's wait & see, ok? Keep yr eyes & ears well-peeled. Bye...
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