Baked Rice

Everytime we go to Swenson's, my kids would always order chicken baked rice. Usually J would order something else so that he could have his share of baked rice as well(from Js share). It's really quite pathetic that the 3 of them have to share that small portion of baked rice. I thought it shouldn't be too difficult to cook up baked rice. Tried several times and it's really well-received by the kids. Hubby would eat it, but he wouldn't lap it up like the kids do.

300g fresh sausage (chipolata is good)--sliced
250g fresh button mushrooms -- sliced
1 head of brocolli--cut to bite size
5 cloves garlic --chopped
1 onion --chopped
salt and pepper to taste
1 can cream of chicken/mushroom
1 cup fresh cream
1 cup milk
shredded cheddar & mozarella cheese
4 cups of cooked rice

1. Fry garlic and onion in olive oil.
2. Add brocolli, then mushrooms, and then sausages.
3. Season with salt and pepper.
4. Add cream and milk.
5. Once the sauce is bubbly, turn off the fire.
6. Put rice on a baking dish. Top with sauce and sprinkle cheese on top.
7. Bake at 220 degrees for 15 minutes and grill for 5 minutes until cheese browns.

Creamy Tuna Pasta

Ran out of ideas as to what to cook for lunch over the weekend. Ransacked the pantry and saw the cans of curry tuna and chilli tuna. And since I have some cream in the fridge, decided to do a simple pasta. Fried some garlic and chopped onions, fresh button mushrooms then add the tuna and some cream and fresh milk. Really easy!
The kids love it too.

Choc Orange Muffin

G helped me to make muffins for church refreshments. As I divided the batter into 2 parts--1 chocolate and the other orange based, she got rather excited by the possibility of personalising the muffins...hence the different designs! She cleverly used a toothpick and just used her imagination!

Otak Sandwich Roll

Haven't updated this blog for some time...have been so busy, but actually also quite lazy. As my kitchen and toilets are being renovated, we decided to stay over at my mum's place, which is nearby. What was supposed to be a one-month renovation has turned out to be almost 2 months. Well, it's partly my fault--for wanting to change this, that or other. After all, staying at Mummy's place is so comfortable. The kids enjoy it and also, we get the morning sun and the clothes dry so fast! Altho' the reno has been completed, there's the endless packing and cleaning to do...so we're not moving back as yet!

Made some otak and found it a bit too wet. So I thought why not make it as a filling for sandwich rolls, since it was my turn to bring refreshments for church on 18 August 07. Added a bit of mayo to enhance the taste.

Ingredients

½ kg boneless fish meat (chopped)
4 shallots
4 cloves garlic
6 candlenuts
1 tsp belacan
2 stalks lemon grass
2 cm piece galangal
4 lime leaves (limau purut)
3-4 red chillies
1 cm yellow ginger
1 egg
sugar to taste
1 tbsp cornflour
180ml thick coconut milk
salt to taste
banana leaf, oil

Method

1. Pre-heat oven to 180C

2. Grind the onions, belacan, lemon grass, galanggal and red chillies with coconut milk to a fine paste. Add the turmeric. Mix well. Fry paste.

3. Mix in the fish paste, egg, sugar, salt and cornflour. Beat the mixture until smooth.

4. Cut the banana leaf to fit a 16 cm ovenproof dish. Scald the leaf and rub some oil over it. Place the leaf in the dish and pour the fish mixture over.

5. Bake fish until firm to touch. (Approx 15-20 minutes.) Cool before cutting.