Temptations during Ramadhan..

During this Ramadhan, I see almost all bloggers showing their delicious and tempting menu for Iftar. Besides, being good muslim *beramal* in this month, I dare say temptation or craving towards Food is in everyone. Neither do I nor any one else could just be simple or.. *makan apa ada* The least they could do is cook or buy back their favorite food. Like me I would prefer to cook...*puas rasanya dan Masak masakan yang berasa. It didn't have to be so elaborate but a little extra ingredients dah memadai.. How could I not cook one special dish at least, as every day without missed my kids would asked me what I had cooked for tonight. And also during this time, you got extra strength for cooking ya. Like baking cake, I sempat jugak buat untuk Hb which I did not insert in the previous entry, my HummingBird Cake.

HummingBird Cake

On Saturday night, my niece Dira came with a present for Hb and me for our birthday and Open Fast with the rest of us. She got us Chocolates that we both love so much having it after meal. Thank you Dira!!

I cooked 3 kinds of dishes, Fish Curry, Sweet Sour Prawn and Beehoon Soup... Dira loves soupy..
Eh, one more, Salad with left over Lamb and sauce.

I lovee Choclates

Bought Popia and Murtabak at Pasar Ramadhan.

Night Out.. Starbucks

Had light refreshment at Starbucks after Terawih prayer.

My favorite drink at Starbuck *Caramel Macchiatto*

Adios...

Feast Fit For A King

Salam Ramadhan....
I must admit that this Ramadhan, I was feeling very very lazy, lemah longlai and with my perut still bloated with gas. The sofa at the living room was like my second bed. That each time, I thought of resting but ended in Dreamland..
Cooking? Oh yes, made extra effort for my family this Ramadhan. I loved to see them having the Food that I cooked.

Friday, we celebrated Hb's birthday. The kids decided to get Food for Iftar at any Restaurant that Hb requested. They had suggested Meatworks Solaris but Hb insisted on Arabic's Kabsa rice. Actually, Meatworks sounded good for Meat Lovers for a change tho, but the Birthday Boy is crazy over Arabic Food. They went as far as KL city at Andalusia Arabic Restaurant to get the food, as we all know the traffic was bad during this Ramadhan. And meanwhile my other son Syafiq bought Papa's favorite food 'Murtabak Singapore and some Satay. Oh yes, not forgotten the loving wife had baked him 'HummingBird Cake' This is a moist Cake. Well, it has a strong banana taste, a combination of bananas and crushed pineapple and Pecan Nuts. I had been wanting to try this recipe, it's one of the current favorite cake.
To Hb, Happy Birthday, Love...*smilling away broadly*

Now, let's see the pictures below and how my kids had spoil their Father.

Don't you guys think, that this Feast Fit For A King?

Lamb Kabsah

And this is Lamb Kebab..

Meanwhile...Two Menus from Nigella Lawson's Book some nites ago.

Roast Chicken with Greek Yogurt Sauce. Awesome!

Vietnamese Beef Noodle..Hmm, Yummy...

Caramel Steam Cake. My forever favorite cake.

Well, I do hope you get to menjamu mata with the Food above.
Adios Peeps!

Present, Plants And Menu.

My kids got me this Recipe Book for my 'B'day' Today. Thank you love! Will make use of the recipes in this Book. They know Nigella Lawson is one of my favorite Chef. I will do one recipe for iftar from the book tonight..insyallah.



PLANTS
It has been awhile I have any good gardening material to write about. My plants looked happily flowering with nice fragrant almost can be smelled everywhere in my garden. My Gardenias and my Kerak Nasi or Vallaris Glabra in English has a very sweet smell that any passer by would ask where that smell came from. My Roses too, blooming in the pots, though they don't look that healthy. Well, I should thank my Sister Teh for giving me the fertilizer almost 2 months ago. Since then, the plants started flowering.
My orchids, just starting to get healthy after I forbid my maid from watering or in contact with them. It's not the same when you manage it yourself..

Gardenia

Vallaris Glabra *Kerak Nasi*

It's a beauty, isn't it!

Yesterday Iftar I cooked a bit extra portion of each dish, Fried Beef with Green Peper, Fried Lala with Towchew and Bee Hoon Soup. For Deserts, Fifa baked Brownies and Curry puff.

A bit too much for us!

Sunday's menu. Pasta and Fried Salmon with plenty of Herbs

Lengat pisang

I've got to go now. Wanna explore into my new Recipe Book..*happy*
Adios!

Iftar

This Puasa Month, I had been less active, not like the past years, maybe the weather... or like I said, age is catching up. The weather was so hot and humid, that make you wanna die *hangus* when I had to cooked outside. But yesterday Saturday, the weather was a little kind, when I came back from the Market with Hb and my maid, I straight away cooked before it gets hot...that was around 12.30 pm and finished cooking about 2pm. My nephew Taqi and family Open Fast with us.

From Left Masak kicap Hati, Masak lemak Ayam,
Goreng Kacang panjang and tempe,
and sambal tumis sotong. Not in the picture
..sambal kelapa with ulam.

I cooked Bubur Durian with Pulut and the rest, Mertabak and some
kueh Mueh bought at Pasar Ramadhan.

The Selection of drinks

Waiting for Azan.

Aydan and Mummy.

Menu some nights ago.....

Sweet and Sour Prawns

Sweet and Sour Prawns, Fish Soup, Left over Beef curry,
and vegetable with Mushrooms

Hb and Syafiq had flu, fish Soup for them.

Bubur Jagung and Swirl Curry Puff

ALL ABOUT FOOD
*continuation of Last Kopek before Ramadhan*

Before Puasa, activities punya lah banyak, ya lah... nak bantai betoi2 sebelum berlapar...*dahsyat betoi orang2 kita ni kan* Puasa2 ni all you could think of was FOOD. When you chatted on the phone pun, the main topic was FOOD. When you were all alone, you thought of FOOD. Beriya2 layan mind ni dengan makanan yang sedap2. Just before puasa, Restoran dimana mana pun penuh dengan..Orang2 kita. That Sunday, we had our favorite Nasi Lemak Kukus at Village Park Damansara. Sesak sendat kedai tu. Order macam2, like there's no tomorrow. Tunggu makanan entah berapa minit. Before that we had Roti Naan yang sedap at my area. Tempat tu memang famous among my family saja, know why? bila tak masak disitu lah tempat bersantap,. Guest yang datang rumah pun sometime I bawak ke sana. Mee Goreng dia memang tak ada tandingnya *kata Hb*
By the way, the Sunday 31st July was our 28th Anniversary. No celebration.... We already had enough of FOOD, hehe.. Apa Hb beli? Baskin Robbin ice cream *isn't that Food* hahaha.
We had guest a day before Puasa, my neighbor Kak Faridah and Abang Fauzi. Sempat juga saya menjamu, Kotiaw goreng, curry Puff dan Baskin Robbin ice cream.

Look at the crowd.

'Selamat Menyambut Ramadhan Al Mubarak'

Salam Ramadhan buat seluruh Muslim dimana anda berada. Semoga di bulan mulia ini membawa barakah kepada kita semua. Insyaallah, semoga juga dikurniakan kesihatan serta kesabaran yang baik supaya dapat menunaikan ibadah sepanjang bulan ini. Saya juga mengambil kesempatan ini untuk memohon maaf sekira nya terkasar dan tersilap bahasa. Di bulan ini seharusnya kita bermaaf maafan semoga segala ibadah mudah dilaksanakan. Selamat berpuasa!

Alhamdullillah, it had been three days now, in Ramadhan. I wasn't in my best health...headache. Sorry, for blaming the weather..but it was intolerably hot. But, you know..dah dewasa ni , tak boleh nak layan diri ni sangat, life has to go on...I had not been blogging....tried to avoid the strain of my eyes...maybe pening dari mata or perut. As my perut was kinda gassy.
Anyway, I was resting a lot in the house with the curtain drawn down *avoid glare*
I could only planned but God decides what's gonna happen. As I love to recite some verse from the Quran, but the three days had gone by with splitting headache.. God's willing, by the way. And the good thing was tonight the whole family had Break Fast in the mosque..followed by Terawih prayers...Alhamdullillah.
Food, well I prepared just enough for Break Fast, no bring forward as we only had bread and cereal for Sahur.

My Juadah on the first day. Masak lemak Udang Galah, Terung
masak Siam, Chicken Ladna, Fried Tenggiri and

Roast Chicken *bought by my son, Syafiq*

Closer view of Masak lemak Udang Galah and
Terung masak Siam.

Our favorite Drink.

Dessert..Bread Pudding and bought Samosa *by Syazwan*

Saturday, 30th July..
Here are some photos that I promised to post. It was the Durian Fest we had at our playground on last Saturday evening. Hb, Fifa and me who attended. The Durians was sooo good! that's one of the reason my perut berangin and splitting headache.






I hope you guys have wonderful time doing good things *Ibadah* during this month of Ramadhan. Till my next entry...Adios!