Miso without Alcohol added!!!!

Most Japanese Miso has added alcohol to enhance the taste. Just a month ago, i dropped by Isetan Orchard to check out any suitable halal japanese items to add to my mini-NTUC panty unit (that's what most of my friends said about my pantry unit, it has many many food and condiments). My husband likes miso soup so i was checking for any suitable miso paste. Found this miso has no added alcohol which is shown by the blur pix's red label. The ingredients are just soy bean, rice and salt. So this should be 100% halal. So hope this will be useful to ppl out there craving for halal miso.

To make miso soup, all u need is water, miso paste (add to your own preference), dashi powder (replace by ikan bilis maggie cube). Then just dump in what u want to be 'swimming' inside your miso...u can add fresh seaweed (can be purchased from NTUC), tofu (cut into small cubes), straw mushroom etc.

If you are interested to buy the miso paste, u can check out the miso website for more information.
http://www.maruman-miso.com/2syouhin_miso.htm

Yoshinoya Beef Bowl - Halal version

Years ago, there was news saying that Yoshinoya is getting halal certified but till today it is still not halal certified. I miss their beef bowl as the beef is sliced so thinly that it simply melts in your mouth without much chewing. I tried looking for thinly sliced halal beef and only cold storage sold such meat but it is not halal. One fine day, i went to Jurong East NTUC and saw this frozen shabu shabu beef slice (shabu shabu is japanese steamboat) and it is 100% HALAL. At one shot, i bought 6 packs of it as it was on promotion selling 2 packs for $9.90. My sister told me that she found the beef bowl recipe online and it is very easy to cook. Basically u need the right beef (super thinly sliced), dashi (japanese fish stock), mirin (japanese sweet wine), sugar, japanese soy sauce and onion. With the halal shabu shabu beef i bought from NTUC, i cooked my very own halal beef bowl.

Ingredients:
1) 1 White Onion (Sliced)
2) 1 pack of 100% Halal Shabu shabu beef (can be found in NTUC)
3) 1 beef stock cube (Knorr brand) (-> To replace dashi)
4) 1/2 cup water
5) 1 - 2 tablespoons Japanese Soy Sauce (YAMASA brand)
6) 1 - 2 tablespoons sugar

Steps:
1) Cook sliced white onion till translucent
2) Add in the thinly sliced beef meat and cook until almost cooked
3) Add the rest of the ingredients and cook until the gravy looks like beef broth
4) Serve with Japanese rice and dash of japanese black sesame seeds to add that extra crunch


My own halal version of 'Yoshinoya' beef bowl

Stomach stomach, my growling stomach...where serves the best duck meat???!!!

Talk about duck, i have been sourcing for good halal duck for years. The first halal duck that i ever ate is from Malaysia Johore Bahru Pan Pacific Hotel's chinese restaurant (they also serve dim sum from 12noon to 2am). Their peking duck is the authentic crispy duck where they will slice the duck skin to eat with crepe, hoisin sauce and cucumber.

Delifrance Bistro also serves duck cooked in french way. The duck is cooked so well that it simply melts in your mouth. It tastes very unique when u eat it with mashed potato and braised cabbage. Below is the description of this french delicacy from Delifrance

Confit de Canard:
Duck Confit, a traditional French classic, slow-cooked and seared for a crisp layer of skin, served with braised red cabbage, broccoli and mashed potatoes

Last year, my muslim friend recommended me to try roast duck selling near Rex Theatre. But the skin is not crispy and the meat is tasteless and chewy. I was pretty disappointed with the duck sold there.

My department organised destress lunch at Hyatt and i found the BEST halal duck from Hyatt's StraitsKitchen. I've been to StraitsKitchen twice and without fail, i will attack their duck (at least eat 5 plates). It is better than JB Pan Pacific. The duck skin is very very very crispy and the duck is roasted well that the fat underneath the skin has melted. The meat is tender and succulent.

Hope StraitsKitchen will keep their duck standard.

Evertop Hainanese Chicken Rice - Duck joins the chicken family (^__^)/~

Last year, i went to Evertop at Clementi to tapau chicken rice for sahur. I happened to meet the boss there and asked him if he would ever consider selling duck as duck is not a common item that can get it halal. This year, i went again to tapau for break fast. Guess what i found this year, i found 2 ducks hanging at the display deck together with the hainanese chicken. Maybe the boss really took my advise and started selling duck. The duck meat is just as tender as their hainanese chicken. The only thing that is lacking is that the rice serves with duck meat is not the authentic dark yam rice. Hope the boss will improve on this and maybe next year i will get to eat authentic halal duck rice with dark yam rice. Yummy....

Address:
Blk 354 Clementi Ave 2
#01-259

Popiah...Laksa...Mee Siam...Nasi Lemak...Local Delights!!!!

Sorry to leave this blog outdated for so long. Busy with work recently. Just yesterday, i was talking to my muslim colleague and recommended him to try QiJi. Last time, i used to eat my dinner there (Bugis outlet) before i went for my sewing class. Really miss the good old days. QiJi's popiah is very nice...it's a 'die die must try' item there. Also, their mee siam and laksa are very nice esp. the gravy. My husband loves their laksa. Nasi lemak is a 'must try' item too. Basically all food items from Qiji are good. If u are keen, u can go to their website to check out their outlets.
http://www.qiji.com.sg

Bread Conquest

I always wanted to bake my very own bread that is as soft and fluffy like what is sold in bakery. Finally, i mastered the skill!!! I discovered a new method of bread making which will guarantee softer bread. Check out the recipe below which i found it in this link http://www.bettyskitchen.com.cn/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=22249

Water Roux:
1) 20g bread flour
2) 100g water

Mix ingredients 1 and 2 in a pot until flour is fully dissolved. Cook over slow fire and stir non-stop to prevent burning the base. Keep stirring until u see streaks are formed while stirring.

Cool down the water roux with a piece of glad wrap with the wrap touching the surface to prevent the surface from drying up.

Dough:
Mixture A
1) 210g bread flour
2) 56g cake flour/plain flour
3) 20g milk powder
4) 42g caster sugar
5) ½ tsp salt
6) 6g instant yeast
Mixture B
1) 30g egg (mixed yolk and white)
2) 85g water
3) 84g water roux

Mixture C
1) 22g unsalted butter

Steps:
1)Mix mixture A (except yeast) thoroughly.
2)Add mixture B and yeast in bread machine pan and wait for 5 min for the yeast to dissolve.
3)Add in mixture A into the bread machine pan and set the bread machine for SWEET DOUGH mode and press START.
4)After 15 mins of mixing the dough, add in mixture C. Stop the machine and reset to SWEET DOUGH mode and press START.
5)After 30mins, the bread machine will stop and let the dough to prove instead the machine.
6)After proving for at least 35-40mins, remove the dough from the machine and punch out the air.
7)Divide the dough into 9 equal size portions and roll them into ball. Rest them for 10 mins.
8)After 10 mins rest, wrap red bean paste (according to your preference of sweetness) with each portion and roll into balls.
9)Proof the red bean unbaked buns inside the oven (not switched on) with 2 cups of hot water to simulate a proofing environment for 40 mins.
10)After final proofing, brush egg mixture over the surface and put black sesame seeds.
11)Bake for 15-20mins for 170 degree celcius.

For me, instead of using bread machine, i hand kneaded the bread and put cheese filling instead of red bean paste. Check out my pix below!!!


Hand knead the dough for 20 mins

Able to pull a thin layer without breaking -> dough has kneaded well with elasticitiy. Rest the dough for 40mins

After proofing for 40mins till double the original size, divide into smaller balls and rest for 10mins

Fill the balls with slice cheese and roll into balls. Send for another round of proofing of 40mins till double size

Prepare the cheese toppings which is made of grated cheddar cheese mixed with sugar

Dough after been proofed for 40 mins

Brush the surface with egg and top with a slice of cheese and sprinkle grated cheese mixture

Bake for 15-20mins at 170 degree celcius

Done!!!

See how flurry the bread is

My own version of cold ramen

Last Sunday i made the cold ramen using the recipe i posted below. But the topping i used tomato, japanese cucumber, chicken ham, egg and crabstick. The noodle i also swapped with japanese soumen (instead of dan dan noodle). I like it very much because it's healthy and different.

Japanese Cold Ramen, simple yet healthy (^__^)/~

Year 2002 i went to Japan to learn japanese drum from our grandmaster's troupe in Nagano, Suwa. I remember one of the Japanese dish that i ate was this cold ramen which has many vegetables added to it and the dish was presented very colorful. This dish is normally comsumed during hot summer. So give this a try if u want something that is easy to make yet healthy and delicious.

Ingredients:
1) Chinese dan dan mian 4 bundles
(Boil and drain in cold ice water and toss with sesame and salad oil)
2) Sesame oil 1 tablespoon
3) Salad oil 1 tablespoon
4) Celery 1/2 stick (Can omit if u don't like celery like me)
5) Japanese cucumber 1/2 stick
6) Egg 1
(Season with salt for taste and cook like pan fried egg and cut into strips)
7) Ham 2 slices
(Can substitute with halal chicken/beef ham)

Sauce:
1) Soup (chicken stock) 1 cup
2) Japanese soy sauce 4 tablespoons
3) Vinegar 2 2/3 tablespoons
4) Sugar 2 teaspoons
5) Sesame oil 2 teaspoons
(Mix all the ingredients for the sauce thoroughly)

To make this recipe more interesting and colorful, you can add tomato in strips, Japanese seaweed in strips, crab stick in strips and also carrot in strips.

So basically just assemble them by putting the sauce in a plate and top with cooked noodle. Then assemble the vegetables and ham/crabstick/egg on top of the cooked noodle nicely. Enjoy~~~

Japanese Soy Sauce - (Unverified)

Soy Sauce is very important in japanese cooking and Japanese soy sauce (shoyu) is very strong in taste compared to Chinese soy sauce. I've been searching for halal japanese soy sauce for years. Finally after asking halal japanese outlets in Singapore like Ramen Ten and Hei Sushi, i've found the halal Japanese soy sauce that i can use for my japanese cooking. I thought KIKKOMAN is halal but after talking to their Japanese manager and he claimed that none of their KIKKOMAN product is halal as they added alcohol at the last stage of process. So the halal Japanese soy sauce that Ramen Ten and Hei Sushi are using is YAMASA brand. Their soy sauce does not add any alcohol. I've read online of how they process their soy sauce and it looks 100% halal to me. But take note that not all of their products are halal. Check out their website if u are interested to know more:
http://www.yamasa.com

Halal Japanese Sushi finally...

Finally, Hei Sushi is halal certified (they acquired the cert this year February). But they have closed down the restaurant at Whitesand mall and reopened it at Downtown East. Very happy to eat halal japanese sushi with the sushi served on conveyer belt. heehee. Hei Sushi is a 'sister' to Sakae Sushi. Hope they will open more halal japanese restaurant all over Singapore.

Steak!!!!

We still have a lot of beef from korban. Last sunday, my husband asked me if i can cook steak for him. Happened that we still have baked bean, potato, canned peach and beef in the fridge. So i cooked a simple steak for dinner. I made mashed potato which after boiling the potato, i mashed them up and add butter, salt and pepper for taste. For the beef, i cut them into 1 inch thick and then coated both sides with side and pepper. Heat up the pan super hot and add olive oil. Then cook both sides for 4 minutes (or till the surface is browned and grilled-looking). Remember the pan must be hot before u place the meat in. Then quickly transfer the meat on aluminium foil and wrap up to seal the heat so that the meat will continue to cook inside the aluminium foil. The keypoint is the pan must be hot to 'grill' the meat surface in short time and the heat inside the aluminium foil will cook internally without overcook the meat. Give it a try!

Ikea Swedish Meatballs - Halal version

Hi hi, it's me again. Last Saturday, my sister-in-law and her husband came to our house to learn dreamweaver and photoshop from my husband. So i cooked the halal version of ikea swedish meatball for them. Ikea's swedish meatball uses pork. So all we have to do is to substitute the pork with beef. Very easy to make and u can freeze the meatball and cook it whenever u crave for swedish meatball. Enjoy cooking

Swedish Meatball Ingredients
1) 2 pounds minced lean beef
2) 2 eggs
3) 1 medium chopped onion (Saute the chopped onion in butter and keep aside for use)
4) 1 cup cream (Add in little at a time and mix to make sure the meat dough is not too wet)
5) 1/2 cup of fine bread crumbs (If cream is added too much, can add more crumbs balance the wetness)
6) salt and pepper to taste

Swedish Meatball Steps
1) Mix all the ingredients.
2) Use an electronic mixer or just your hands, but make sure you mix well.
3) Then form little balls, each about 1 inch in diameter (2.5 cm).
4) Pan fry them for about 10 minutes with a little butter or oil in a moderately hot pan. The balls should be able to roll in the pan.
5) Shake the pan gently during cooking to keep them turning.
6) Take them out, put them in a large pot to keep them warm and prepare the Swedish meatball sauce in the same pan. Leave the fat in it!

Ingredients:
1) 1/8 pint cream 2) 1/4 pint beef stock (Can use Knorr Beef Cubes and mix in water)3) 1/2 tbsp soy sauce
4) 1 tbsp white flour
5) 1 tbsp water
6) salt and pepper to taste

Sauce Steps:
1) Swirl out the pan (with the remainding fat from cooking swedish meatball) with boiling beef stock.
2) Add the cream.
3) Add the flour mixed with approx 1 tablepoons of water.
4) Add the seasonings.
5) Simmer until the sauce thickens.

Final step: Serve meatball with sauce, lingonberry jam (can buy from ikea's foodmart) and boiled potatoes

Chinese New Year - Pineapple tarts

Hello. For my family, we celebrate Hari Raya and Chinese New Year. Every year i will make pineapple tarts which recipe is from Phoon Huat. I like the crust taste as it uses custard powder and milk powder to give this extra rich milky taste. Very easy to make and you can get the ingredients from phoon huat's outlet http://www.phoonhuat.com/

Ingredients:
1) 6 egg yolks
2) 1kg cake flour
3) 150g milk powder
4) 75g custard powder
5) 10g vanilla powder
6) 20-60g sugar
7) 750g salted butter (melt at room tempt)
8) 2 packs of PhoonHuat Pineapple paste

Steps:
1) Mix all ingredients. Knead into dough. Chill in fridge.
2) Wrap the pineapple paste (Red Man brand, Phoon Huat) with chilled dough.
3) Coat the tarts with egg yolk.
4) Bake at 150-180oC for 20-25 min.

PS: One pack of pineapple paste can make about 100 balls of pineapple tarts.

Tang Tea House - more pix...

Hi all. The previous post i recommended Tang Tea House and didn't post any pix. Yesterday we went down for late dinner and took some pix to share with you. We ordered satay (open at 6pm), seafood hor fan (for my husband), fish slice soup noodle (for my son), beef tang hoon (for me) and lime sour plum drink. It was crowded with so many people (muslims and chinese). So hope the pix will delight your palate...

Hungry for Halal Chinese cuisine? Bedok Area

Chinese New Year is round the corner and some muslim converts will be looking for restaurants where they serve nice and affordable halal chinese food. So this is one place u can reserve for your reunion dinner. Tang Tea House is located in Bedok and they serve more than 100 dishes. They also serve steamboat which is the most common dish to eat during CNY. I've tried their Hongkong breakfast set (2 inches thick toast with butter on top) and Hongkong style milk tea (which is very milky taste). My husband is a fan of noodles and he gives 2 thumbs-up for their noodle. Their porridge is very nice too. It may look plain but it has one unique taste (sweet taste of rice). So far, we only tried about less than 5 dishes out of their 100 dishes. Overall, i give this shop 8.5/10. 1 point minus for being too remote and 0.5 point minus for limited carpark. Will drop by the place again to try out other dishes. So next time when u are in Bedok, drop by this place to fill your stomach with good food. Address: 357 Bedok Rd Singapore 469545. Tel: 6445 9100

Fresh Sashimi straight from the distributor

Last tuesday night, my family was sitting together in the living room watching whatever was showing on Channel 5. Then it was showing Heartland Getaways 2 hosted by En Lai. My husband and I are crazy over salmon sashimi. Happened that En Lai was touring this Fassler Gourmet factory located in Woodlands. Fassler Gourmet also welcomes walk-in visitors to buy their products with no price limit. They sell freshly packed sashimi and other products. So this weekend, we might drop by Fassler Gourmet to buy salmon sashimi. So this is one outlet we can go for instead from non-halal japanese restaurant. Their homepage is http://www.fasslergourmet.com/. Address is: 46 Woodlands Ter Singapore 738459. Tel : 6257 5257

Han River Barbeque Restaurant - Competitor of Seoul Garden...

Hello, it's me again. Last Saturday, we went to Eastpoint mall to buy a patchwork bedcover. I saw my friend had this beautiful bedcover when i visited her during last Hari Raya Puasa. So after buying the bedcover from Eastpoint mall level 2, we saw this banner advertising Han River Barbeque Restaurant at level 3. So we gave it a try and surprisingly, though the restaurant's layout is a bit run-down, the food is pretty good. The beef slices are nicely marinaded and my husband was like eating > 40 grilled prawns as he said the prawns are very fresh. Their spread is slightly more than Seoul garden's spread. I couldn't eat much because i had to feed my son. But my husband was like stuffing himself with so much food. Hmm...i forgot how much was per person for the buffet. It's about $37+ for 2, so roughly is $18.5+ per pax. I will rate this 7.5/10 because 1 minus point for the run-down condition of the restaurant, 1 minus point for no drinks included in the buffet (we bought a jar of $15 of lime juice instead) and 0.5 minus point for very cramp layout of the tables and chairs. No picture provided (forgot to take). Just imagine is like Seoul garden but is a bit run-down. Hope they will improve in this without increasing the price.

Eatzi Gourmet - Jack's Place brother...

Hi hi. It's me again. This time i am not sharing any recipe but to recommend u this halal outlet which serves food as good as Jack's Place (non-halal). Eatzi Gourmet's outlets are subsidiaries of Jack's Place Holdings Pte Ltd and have sucessfully achieved Halal Certification from MUIS in July 2006. They have 2 outlets, one in Yishun Safra and the other in Eastpoint Mall (level 2). They have their 'homemade' chicken bacon which tastes almost like the real bacon except this is 100% halal. I will ask the waiter to top my baked potato with lots of sour cream and chicken bacon. Calling all halal steak lovers, don't miss this Eatzi restaurant as they serve very good steaks. You can read more about Eatzi at http://www.eatzi.com.sg/. I will give this a score of 9/10. 1 point minus because their locations are rather remote. Hope they will open more outlets in town or places. I suggest they open at IMM (Jurong East) because i am staying near IMM hahaha.

Soup of the Day...Very easy!

These recipes are modified to make cooking easy as ABC. All u need to stock up at home is milk powder (nestle brand or so), chicken powder/cube (without MSG), pepper (coarse is nicer) , and some fresh vegetables like mushroom or pumpkin.

Mushroom Soup:
Ingredients:
1) Mushroom 15 pieces (Can be button mushroom or shiitake mushroom. Add more for rich mushroom taste)
2) Butter 2 tablespoon (Add more if u want rich buttery taste)
3) Milk Powder 4 tablespoon (Add more if u want it to be rich)
4) Chicken power 1 tablespoon or 1 cube
5) Water 2 cups

Steps:
1) Heat up pot with butter and add in sliced mushroom (Washed and rinsed)
2) Cook until there ss gravy from mushroom
3) Reserve some sliced mushroom in the pot and put the rest to blender
4) Add in water, milk powder and chicken powder. Blend until smooth
5) Pour back the mixture from the blender into the pot and continue cooking until boiling
6) Season with pepper and serve with roti prata (optional)

Note: To thicken soup, u can either blend in more cooked mushroom or combine plain flour (not cornstarch) with water and pour into soup to thicken (keep stirring)

Pumpkin OR Carrot soup
Ingredients:
1) Half pumpkin or 2 carrots (peel and cut into cubes)
2) Butter 2 tablespoon (Add more if u want rich buttery taste)
3) Milk Powder 4 tablespoon (Add more if u want it to be rich)
4) Chicken power 1 tablespoon or 1 cube
5) Water 2 cups

Steps:
1) Boil pumpkin/carrot in water until cooked
2) Pour everything into blender (including the water) with milk powder and chicken powder. Blend until smooth
3) Pour back the mixture from the blender into the pot and continue cooking until boiling
4) Season with pepper and serve with garlic bread (optional)

Note: To thicken soup, u can combine plain flour (not cornstarch) with water and pour into soup to thicken (keep stirring)

Broccoli soup
Ingredients:
1) One large white onion (Sliced)
2) One whole large broccoli (cut into cubes)
3) Butter 2 tablespoon (Add more if u want rich buttery taste)
4) Milk Powder 4 tablespoon (Add more if u want it to be rich)
5) Chicken power 1 tablespoon or 1 cube
6) Water 2 cups

Steps:
1) Heat up the pot with butter and stir fry sliced onion till fragant
2) Add in broccoli and cook until broccoli almost cooked
3) Reserve some broccoli in the pot and put the rest to blender
4) Add in water, milk powder and chicken powder. Blend until smooth
5) Pour back the mixture from the blender into the pot and continue cooking until boiling
6) Season with pepper and serve

Note: To thicken soup, u can combine plain flour (not cornstarch) with water and pour into soup to thicken (keep stirring)

Clam Chower soup
Ingredients:
1) One can of clam (Can purchase from coldstorage)
2) Butter 2 tablespoon (Add more if u want rich buttery taste)
3) Milk Powder 4 tablespoon (Add more if u want it to be rich)
4) Chicken power 1 tablespoon or 1 cube
5) Water 2 cups
6) 3 potato (Peeled and cut into cubes)
7) One large white onion (Sliced)
8) 2 strips of halal Beef becon (Slice into same pieces)
9) Garlic powder 1 tablespoon (Can buy this from supermarket)

Steps:
1) Boil potato until overcooked (best if cooked until it is a bit mushy)
2) Heat up pot with butter and stir fry sliced white onion till fragant
3) Add in bacon and stir fry till fragant
4) Add in the cooked potato (together with the water)
5) Add in clam (together with the clam juice from the can)
6) Add in garlic powder, milk powder and chicken powder.
7) Cook untill boiling
8) Season with pepper and serve with roti prata (Optional)

Note: To thicken soup, u can combine plain flour (not cornstarch) with water and pour into soup to thicken (keep stirring)

PS: All the above recipes are my modified version of soup that is easy to make =) Enjoy. U can modify the recipe according to your own preference.

Hokkien Prawn Noodle (Dry)

This is a very popular dish in Singapore. I like this dish when it has lots of lime juice. Very nice dish to eat for lunch. All you need for the seasonings are just fish sauce and sugar.

Ingredients:
1) Chives (Cut into strips of 2 inches)
2) Sotong (Remove the organs and peel off the skin membrane. Slice into rings)
3) Prawns (Deshell and remove the intestine)
4) Fish Cake (Sliced)
5) White thick noodle (300 g for 2 pax)
6) Yellow thick noodle (300 g for 2 pax)
7) 2 eggs (beaten)
8) 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
9) 2 tablespoon fish sauce
10) 1 tablespoon sugar
11) 1/2 cup water (Can substitute with chicken broth for extra taste)
12) Limes (if u like sour)

Steps:
1) Heat up frying pan and add olive oil
2) Add in chopped garlic and stir fry till fragrant
3) Add in the beaten egg and stir fry
4) Add in sotong, prawn and fish cake and cook till prawn is almost cooked
5) Add in both white and yellow noodle and mix thoroughly
6) Mix fish sauce, sugar and water, and pour into noodle mixture
7) Mix thoroughly and cover to simmer till water is almost absorb by the noodle
8) Add in the chives and cook for a minute
7) Serve with lime juice

Halal Sukiyaki

Sukiyaki sauce normally contains japanese wine (sake). So I make my own sukiyaki sauce using light soya sauce, dark soya sauce, dashi (made from bonito, a kind of japanese fish) and sugar. The best part about sukiyaki is to dip the food into beaten raw egg. Some people find this rather weird but in fact, it enhances the taste and cool down the food. Give it a try and you will sure like it.

Ingredients:
Sukiyaki sauce:
1) one cup of water
2) 1/3 cup of light soy sauce
3) 1/3 cup of dark soy sauce
4) 1/3 cup of sugar
5) 2 tablespoons of dashi powder (Optional)


Steps:
Put all ingredients into a pot and bring to boil and set aside. The sauce should taste a bit saltish and sweet.


Sukiyaki ingredients:
1) Shiitake mushroom
2) Straw mushroom (Chop off the roots)
3) Japanese fish cake (Pink in colour, you can get this from NTUC frozen corner)
4) Tofu (Cut into cubes)
5) Leeks (Slice diagonally)
6) Cabbage
7) Beef (Slice thinly)
8) Udon noodle
9) Raw egg
10) Onion (Sliced)


Steps:
1) Heat up the pot with olive oil and stir fry the sliced onion till fragrant and soft
2) Add in the sliced leeks and cook till soften
3) Add in half portion of each ingredients (Except the egg and beef) and pour in the sukiyaki sauce
4) Cover the pot and bring to boil
5) Beat then egg and put in small bowl for individual consumer
6) Cook sliced beef in the broth and dip the beef (or other ingrdients) into the raw egg before pop into your mouth.

You can also check out this youtube videoclip of how to make authentic japanese sukiyaki
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVWPH0C_17c

Enjoy ~\(^__^)/~

Instant Donut

This recipe is from allrecipes.com. Most donut recipes need yeast and time for it to proof. But this particular recipe do not need any yeast at all. Very easy and yet the donut turns out very crispy outside and soft like cake inside. Best of all, it doesn't need any sugar coating or jam to compliment it. It tastes great by itself.

Ingredients:
1) 2 cups of all-purpose flour
2) 1 egg
3) 2 tablespoons of shortening or butter
4) 1/2 cup of caster sugar
6) 1/2 cup of plain yoghurt
7) 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
8) 1 teaspoon baking powder

Steps:
1) Whisk shortening with sugar till creamy
2) Beat in the egg
3) Sift flour, baking soda and baking powder
4) Fold in flour mixture and yoghurt in alternate batches into the egg mixture
5) Dust surface and roll the dough to 1/3 inch thick
6) Cut out the dough using the donut cutter and let the donut to rest for 10 mins
7) Deep fry till golder brown

Introduction of myself (^__^)/~

Hello. I'm a chinese muslim. I've created this blog to share recipes which are cooked/modified to cook in halal method. I like baking and cooking (esp japanese, western and chinese food). Haven't really master malay cooking but will learn from my mother-in-law. My cooking is not very professional but is simple enough to cook in small kitchen. Hope you enjoy viewing my food blog.