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

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.