Flavoursome Roasted Chicken

If you are in a hurry or not in a mood of cooking, try this chicken recipe. I always arrive at home late after work but yet I still want some comfort and proper food. The easiest way is to use an oven to safe my legs from standing.

Normally I use chicken if I want something roasted. Beef and lamb I prefer to cook on stove. But it all depend again on the recipe it self. Below are the list of ingredients:

1) A whole chicken (if you using chicken legs, might need 7-10 legs depending on size)

2) Salt and sugar

3) 2 table spoons Tumeric Powder

4) 5 table spoons Curry Powder

5) 1 table spoon Dried Chili powder (dont use this if you want less spicy)

6) 2 table spoon Cooking Oil (I prefer olive oil). If chicken skin still intact, don't have to put oil at all.

7) Some lime/lemon juice

8) Some black pepper powder

9) Some black soy sauce/oyster sauce (optional)

10) Some chili oil (optional)

Steps:

1) Pre heat the oven at 150-200 degree Celsius.

2) Wash the chicken. Put it into a large bowl

3) Put all the ingredients on top of chickens and mix it all evenly.

4) Do not afraid to lick your finger to taste the flavour just to make sure its all enough. Put what ever ingredients that you feel is insufficient more to the flavour. I normally make the sweet, salty, and sour flavour evenly and always a little bit more spicy.

5) Apply aluminum wrap on baking tray and arrange the flavour chickens on top of it.

6) This is optional. Sprinkle with 1-2 drops of chili oil on top of each chicken.

7) Roast it in oven for 30-45 minutes. Might need longer depending on type of oven. Just take a look after half an hour to make sure your chickens is not burn yet.

Serve it with rice and vegetable cuisine. Find my older post on Pak Choi with crispy garlic. Thats suit with this roasted chicken. I have another vegetable recipes to share in the next few chapter. And also do you know how to cook rice? I will guide you step by step.....stay tuned till my next post....

Warning: If you suffer from IBS, or a type of person who-do-not-eat-spicy-food you need to be cautious of having this flavoured chicken. You know yourself what you can get/the consequence of eating spicy food!!!!

B Factor

Its a fresh morning to continue life today. I woke up at 7.30 am, prayed to God and as soon as the sun was rising, I went out jogging around outside my apartment. It was minus 3 this morning. No wonder I did not feel warm with jacket during the session. My accompany was my husband so I did not need mp3 player anymore.

It looked like that was the first time I did outdoor since the past 12 months. Normally after work I did routine of sit-up, skipping, steps-using-block, or a quick aerobic at home. But it did not work for everyday.

After exercise, we had a small breakfast. There was some left-over noodle from yesterday night dinner. We made it as breakfast now. As usual after breakfast, we need coffee or tea. So I had my vanilla coffee and my husband liked his local tea to serve as his morning beverage.

So it is 10 am now. Plan to do some shopping on the Saturday morning. I think there is a Saturday market happening at town today. Might just visit and take some pictures. That will be a good idea to share I guess.

Still have to do shopping list before entering the town though coz this will save every single penny from buying unnecessary stuffs.

What is the B factor anyway.....thats just a random title that suddenly came out...might discuss it later....

The Very First Gown

If I am not becoming a doctor, I think I might pursue to become a fashion designer. Believe it or not, this is the very first gown I ever made. There was a few dresses/gowns that I sew before however I was using a cheap materials for training purposes. I had made 2 dresses/gowns before I made this gorgeous pink gown.

Its all started in the middle of last year where I bought my very first sewing machine. I have a hobby which I like to sew and create something such as pencil case, handbag, duvet cover, pillow case or even cloth. When I was 17 my mum send me to the nearest sewing centre so I can learn how to made our traditional malay dress. Back home if you ask a tailor to sew your own dress, it cost you around 10-20 euro per dress/cloth. I have 9 siblings so it was impossible at that time to spend a lot of money for that reason. You could just learn how to sew and made it by your self. It is so much worth it because you know your own body size and you can tailor your own dress. Its fantastic!!!

Anyway, this is a gown that was inspired by most of Malaysian celebrities whom worn classy gowns at their big events. To tell the truth even though I had learnt how to sew in the past now I completely forget how to make my own body pattern. I had been spending all my life studying medicine I suppose. But I don't feel regret at all because I can still get the sewing pattern from fabric shop/website. I bought 2 types of sewing pattern to make this dress.

I have not complete with this dress yet. Still have to decorate with sequins, diamond-like-beads and some glittery stuffs to make it WOW!!! I actually plan to wear this at my big day but I could not make it before the dead line. Well at least I had worn other people's creation.

Its Just A Shopping Bag

I am sure you know what this object right???

Take a closer look

That's right. Its a shopping bag...

Lets see more closer

Wow its a LV Shopping Bag!! There must be something inside!! Who bought this luxury stuff for me?? What type of LV inside???

NOw project my camera lens over this brown bag please...

Laa...its empty ke??? Where is the bag has gone??? Did somebody steal it?? Oh no...

I think I still can't own this luxury handbag cause THIS IS ACTUALLY MY FRIEND'S BAG...hahaha...

Maybe some day under the rainbow, I own it as a gift =)

Pak Choi/Sawi with Crispy Garlic in Black Soy Sauce

I think this blog will turn up to be a recipe blog. Never-mind. In a next few chapter it may be turn up to be fashion/drama/medicine blog =)....

Here I have a very quick vegetable recipe...Its Pak Choi/Sawi (can substitute with Kai Lan or Large Green Crispy Salad. I think its not suitable for spinach, but no harm trying).

Ingredients

1) 2 Small Bunch of Salad (here I am using salad. Most of the time I use Pak Choi)

2) 1 bulb of garlic (use it all, remove the white outer, cut it into multiple thin slice)

3) 3 types of soy sauces- use approximate of 5 table spoons for each (Dark SS, Tamari SS, Kikkoman Salty SS. If you dont have this at home/country, do not worry. Substitute to Dark SS, Salty SS and any Japanese SS)

4) 2-3 table spoons of sugar

5) Some water

6) Cooking Oil


Steps:


1) Remove all the leaves/layer of salad from it bunch. Do not cut it into any pieces

2) Boil it into hot water till it become tender (Do not boil it too long. All the mineral and vitamin component will be distorted

3) Remove the water and drain it till dry

4) Heat cooking oil. Fry the sliced garlic till crispy. Set the heat at medium scale. Otherwise garlic will easily burn

5) Put crispy garlic aside. Now reduce the amount of cooking oil you use for frying the garlic just now. Pour all the 3 SS, sugar and some water. Cook it till it boil. (taste it first before you turn the heat off. make sure you get the taste of salty and some sweet)

6) Pour the sauce on top of boiled salad. Lastly sprinkle it with crispy garlic.


All of these steps will take you no more than 20 minutes, provided that you are a regular cook.

Here is the picture that I promise to upload. Sorry its took forever...

I eat it with fried fish (i think that was seabass), rice, chilli paste and soya sauce...delicious!!!

Spicy Black Soy Sauce (SBSS)

All you need are:

1) Soy sauce (preferably SS made in Malaysia such as Habhal Kipas Udang, Adabi, Jalen etc)

2) Bird's eye Chilies (does not matter whether it is red or green colour)

3) Garlic (1 piece is enough)

4) Salt and sugar


Steps:

1) Blend chili and garlic using dry blender/small blender/ice blender

2) After blend it, put the blended mixture into a small bowl.

3) Put sugar, salt and soy sauce into mixture and stir it very well. Add sugar and salt accordingly (make it sweet and salty. If you use salty SS, reduce the amount of salt, vice verca)

4) This is optional. You can add some hot water to dissolve salt and sugar faster. Remember do not put water too much. Your sauce will be too thin.


This sauce you can keep it in the fridge and lasted for approximately 3-4 weeks. So whenever you have fried banana, grab SS from your fridge and you can enjoy your teatime straight away.


Also you can have SBSS with other meal such as Soto, Fried Tempe, Mango etc.........thinking about it, instantly craving......it looks like I have to find banana, bird's eye chili in the nearest supermarket!!!!

Crispy Fried Banana (Pisang Goreng Rangup)

HOw many days now I haven't create blog? Its been a while. I want to share to everyone today how to make a crispy fried banana. Again this recipe is so simple. I am a type of person who like to make things simple and fast.


Fried banana is suitable to serve during teatime. Some people they like to eat it with spicy-soya-sauce (SSS, I will show how to make this in the next chapter), with sugar or even without anything. I preferably like to have it with SSS. Its actually wonderful to add some spices in your fried banana!!!!


Now, all you need to make this are....



*this is a fully mature banana. I dont have the exact picture not/half mature one


1) 5 pieces bananas (whether it is not mature, half mature or fully mature banana, its all up to you. I normally choose half mature one coz its consistency is not too hard or soft and the taste is not as sweet as the fully mature one)

2) 5 full large spoons of rice floor

3) 1 full large spoon of wheat floor (optional)

4) 1 tea spoon of tumeric powder

5) Half tea spoon of Salt (you can add accordingly)

6) Half tea spoon of kapur (optional)---> I will find out what is this in English

7) Half cup of water (you can adjust the amount of water)

8) Cooking oil for deep fry

*if you dont have the optional ingredients, do not worry. Your fried banana is still crispy.


So now you have all these ingredients in your kitchen table.


Next steps:


1) Put cooking oil into deep fryer/deep pan. Heat it moderately

2) Strip off your banana from its skin. Cut banana into medium-large slice. You can see the shape of banana in the picture below

3) Put rice floor into a small bowl.

4) Put also wheat floor, tumeric, kapur and salt to 2.

5) Add water and mixed all the ingredients till the texture become yogurty-like-texture. Make sure the salt is enough (don't make it too mild or too salty)

6) Put the banana cubes into the mixture that you just made and mix it well till all surface of bananas coated.





7) Now its time to fry the coated banana. Just put it one by one into the deep fryer. Cook it till it turns to golden-brown colour. (this is important to make sure the banana is really cook well till it become crispy. Otherwise, the banana will turn up to become soft and that is not nice. Normally it takes 15-20 minutes to cook till crispy)











8) Take it out from the fryer, hold it there till the oil finish to drop down. Put it into the plate (I like to cover the plate with kitchen tissue paper to absorb more oil)








You can eat it while it is still hot or you can leave it till it get colder a little bit. Serve with hot tea or coffee. I am sure your family/husband/children will like it!!! ENJOY!!!!

Scrub comfort on-call doctor

This is a fact. Any on-call doctors on duty need scrubs. Scrub is equivalent to stethoscope. Without stethoscope, murmurs and crackles can't be appreciate at all. Without scrub, doctor can't function properly for the rest of the day!!! It design to make doctor more comfortable, freedom, easy-to-move and can run faster to be at cardiac arrest. HR in every hospital should comprehend this fact and therefore should provide free scrub to all on-call doctor on duty.





Red little comfy scrub

There 2 pockets on each side (inside out) of scrub. Unique. Pen, i-phone, bleep, patient list..all dump into this small little pocket. Don't forget to close your pen properly. Otherwise link can be easily leak out and stain your scrub...just like mine =(


Stubborn stain won't go away!!!

Shawl/scarf collections

It's winter time. We wear thicker clothes than before or add more layers to make it thicker. Either way, it design to make us warm and cozy. However without shawl/scarf that conceals your neck jacket, it wont create enough hot spell around your body.


I really like the latest shawl fashion.....the ear-ring shawl...its really suit me....plus for muslim girl if you twist it to hijab/scarf, you look elegant, posh and classy!!!!







* Elegant scarf. Its made from 100% cotton. It wont scratch your face or nose at all. It will be gentle to your skin instead.




This is actually an older version of ear-ring shawl. There are variety of designs available out there. This old version however is sweet and simple. Its still my no one!!!!



In an extreme cold weather, a soft fluffy shawl is always the best choice. I bought one recently at AWEAR only cost me 7.50 euro. It made from artificial fur (I have psychological problem to wear a genuine fur....I guess =P). Still its very soft and gentle. I like it!!!



*Fluppy shawl


A vintage collection is always remind you what had happened formerly. This is one of my winter-best-friend-ever when I was a student. Back then I was a student. Financial constraints made me spending most of my money at carboot sale (the best place to shop, even now when I already earn some money that allow me to spend at least in Argos). I bought this for only 50 penny. The seller offered 1.50 pound. But I asked for less. And I got the price that I want. YESSS...that's the beauty of CARBOOT sale!!! You can BARGAIN...Again this colourful shawl is made from 100% wool. Really squishy....:P



*My vintage shawl


For those who are a type of light-travel-person, this shawl will fulfill your criteria. Its weightless and thin yet provide you warmness and make you look fashionable. What I have here is 2 tones colour wrinkle scarf. There are other patterns such as cheetah, rainbow and multiple colours



*2 tones colour shawl


These are all the shawl collections that I have so far. This last piece is made from cotton as well. One thing I like about this particular scarf is it comes with these large beads at the edge of it. Makes you look different.



*Large beads shawl

Reminder for myself

2 down 9 to GO!!!

Yes you can DO this!!!

I knew it from the beginning!!!

Lets do it NOW!!!

Different sauces for more choices

When I was a student, normally I bought only 1 type of soy sauce. The act of financial limitation. I just want to share to the world, the use different choices of sauce for cooking.



* From Left: Kikkoman salty soy sauce, chilly oil, Amoy Dark Soy Sauce, Sweet Chilly Thai Sauce, Tamari Japanese Soy Sauce, Oyster Sauce, Habhal Kipas Udang Soy Sauce and Olive oil.

These are what I have in my kitchen (of course I have other ingredients ie sugar- not include in the pic though) Its better to have many choices of sauces, I tell you. It makes your dishes more impressive. I cook so I make my own signature....


Here I already have 4 types of soy sauce which are a lot actually. It will take a few months to make it empty provided that I cook every day =). Next time I show you how to cook pak choi/greeny leafy veg using 3 types of the above soy sauce...its so yummy...trust me =)


Panda Oyster Sauce is always my first choice (here in Ireland)...there is another better choices back home!!!



However Tamari Sauce is always my first choice wherever I am...=)...very rare to find it here and back home...a lot in Japan though




This season (since before Christmas) around must be a good deal for me since Don Carlos giving out lengthy sale period for customers. Its still expensive though even after 50% off. 6 euro for only 500 mls...ermm..think it back its worth for sake of healthy heart to live longer (under God permission)

House Cleaning

Below is my previous entry...dated 8/1/11



It has been a month since I returned back to Ireland from my hometown. I did not have a chance to do house cleaning. I had been busy with on calls duty, wedding preparations, studied for MRCP etc...So today, together with my husband, with our new live and apartment, working together to tidy up as much as we can.

During house cleaning, I opened a box, found a Sunsilk Control-Leave-on cream. I was so excited coz since so long haven't treated my hair properly especially after shampoo. Then I pressed the hair cream on my palm and applied it to all of my hair evenly. A few minutes later, I smelled a very strong fragrance that makes me very sick, nausea and headache. My head felt so heavy suddenly. I can't proceed with house cleaning coz I need to lie down or get some fresh air. I can't help myself with this new fragrance..ARGHHH!!!!

Moral of the story, do not use any of an old product that you already kept for quite sometimes. It definitely will harm you in anyway. NOw I need to get back to work. This 'mess-up' makes me feel more sicker than anything else. =)))

Mee Kuah a.k.a Soup Noodle

Yeay!!! Finally I got a chance to cook mee kuah (the translation as above)....Me and my husband was visiting my husband's friend house last week. He is a great cook and he loves to cook. So he treated us with this special meal which is called mee kuah. All you need is to make the kuah aka soup and just prepare the noodle and serve it with dried ingredients such as tofu, fried potatoes, bean sprout, chopped chillies, sliced limes, fried tempe, vegetables etc...its pretty simple....


Flower


To make the soup you need to boil the beef overnight.

The next day, blend the dried chili (you need to cut into small pieces and boil it too) together with onion, garlic and ginger. I called this as A

Fried an A with cooking oil until it become a little bit dry

Put some water

Put oyster sauce and soya sauce

Blend raw potatoes and mix with it as well

Dont forget to put the beef stock as well

Boil it with low heat until it cook well



Soup

Then for the dried ingredients, you can just chop, fry or boil it.


Lime and chili



Tempe and fried potatoes



Boiled king prawn and pak choi



I use spaghetti =)


Oh, dont forget to boil the noodle too. Alternatively you can use fine spaghetti too. NO big difference

How to prepare the mee kuah? Put all the dried ingredients into small plates. Put noodle into a bowl. Choose your fav dried ingredients and put it on top of the noodle. And lastly, pour the soup into the bowl. TADAAA......your Mee Kuah is NOW ready to EAT!!! ENJOY!!!!!


NOw ...Its dinner time!!!



Forget to mention...and the beverage as well