Hari Raya is coming to an end! FINALLY! But one thing I'm proud of this year is that I didn't get frozen fried satay. I whipped up dishes on my own! Plus I didn't bake too much cookies. Just the right amount.
I had a cookout for last Friday for Husband's students and I had planned to make hummus, keema and spicy chicken with chappati and wrap. Cooked like 1.5kg of mutton keema and 1.5kg of chicken and they were all snapped up! But my hummus was too much though. I used a third and froze the rest. Even using a third was a lot! Yesterday I made shepherd's pie for my sister's birthday. Pretty fast too I might add. I love multi tasking in the kitchen, but I need to do it alone.
Proud of the fact that I cooked these with lots of agaration and still turned out fine, but still have many things to learn along the way!
Like cutting the potatoes first before boiling. Unless you have too much time to wait for the potatoes to cook through fully.
And never ever add sriracha to a small pot of chicken curry for the kids. No amount of yoghurt can save it. I tried.
Sriracha! Why my mummy never introduced me to such things! It's like cooked cili kisar ready to use. Super awesome to add as marinade.
And smoked paprika ftw! Say goodbye to plain old paprika. Always thought that paprika was just for colour, not much taste.
Also, never underestimate the amount of food growing adults eat. Husband said I cooked too much, but half of the students came and yet most of the meat and breads are gone!
Oh and frozen minced mutton has that mutton smell. Urgh. I had to use mint leaves, lots of coriander leaves, cumin and coriander powder to mask the smell. I was kinda successful, but the smell was still there. Read that cumin helps too but I didn't try. Shall never buy mutton for keema again. Though I still have 600g of minced mutton left.
Okay that's all!
I had a cookout for last Friday for Husband's students and I had planned to make hummus, keema and spicy chicken with chappati and wrap. Cooked like 1.5kg of mutton keema and 1.5kg of chicken and they were all snapped up! But my hummus was too much though. I used a third and froze the rest. Even using a third was a lot! Yesterday I made shepherd's pie for my sister's birthday. Pretty fast too I might add. I love multi tasking in the kitchen, but I need to do it alone.
Proud of the fact that I cooked these with lots of agaration and still turned out fine, but still have many things to learn along the way!
Like cutting the potatoes first before boiling. Unless you have too much time to wait for the potatoes to cook through fully.
And never ever add sriracha to a small pot of chicken curry for the kids. No amount of yoghurt can save it. I tried.
Sriracha! Why my mummy never introduced me to such things! It's like cooked cili kisar ready to use. Super awesome to add as marinade.
And smoked paprika ftw! Say goodbye to plain old paprika. Always thought that paprika was just for colour, not much taste.
Also, never underestimate the amount of food growing adults eat. Husband said I cooked too much, but half of the students came and yet most of the meat and breads are gone!
Oh and frozen minced mutton has that mutton smell. Urgh. I had to use mint leaves, lots of coriander leaves, cumin and coriander powder to mask the smell. I was kinda successful, but the smell was still there. Read that cumin helps too but I didn't try. Shall never buy mutton for keema again. Though I still have 600g of minced mutton left.
Okay that's all!
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