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May 23, 2012
Kuih Bakar Berlauk
Category: Recipe
Funnily enough, I only discovered that I liked this other savoury version of Kuih Bakar a few years ago at my brother’s wedding. (Sorry – I don’t really know how to translate the word “berlauk” in English) For a long, long time, I decided that I was not going to like it (don’t ask me why as I don’t really have a valid reason for it), and so never did have the slightest inclination to even taste-test it.
Ironically, the only reason I got curious was when Silver Bullet tried it and then raved about it! And then, he got me hooked.
This one requires a little bit more work from the sweet Kuih Bakar, but worth the effort nonetheless. Here’s the recipe.
Kuih Bakar Berlauk
2015-07-13 17:32:08
Ingredients
- 500g minced beef
- 1 tbsp curry powder
- 1 tspn cumin
- 1 tbsp coriander powder
- 1 small clove garlic, pressed
- 2 thin slices ginger, pounded
- 1 tspn white pepper powder
- 300g all purpose flour
- 3 eggs
- 350 ml water
- 200 ml coconut milk
- yellow colouring
- oil for frying
For toppings
- Parsely
- Scallion
- Sliced red chilli
Instructions
- Fry cumin, curry power and coriander without oil till golden brown and set aside
- Heat up some oil and add in ginger, pressed garlic. fry till a little browned.
- Add beef and white pepper. Then add back the mixture of cumin, curry powder, and coriander. Mix them up well till cooked
- When done, set aside.
- In separate bowl, mix flour, water, eggs, coconut milk and yellow colouring. Strain several times till the batter is smooth and creamy
- Add in the spiced meat which was fried earlier into the batter. Mix well
- Pour the mixture into a mould.
- One by one, add the sliced red chilli, scallion, parsely on each of the batter
- Bake in a 200 degree celcius over for 25-30 minutes or till evenly cooked
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Mine turned out pretty well taste-wise, despite a somewhat a visually retarded look, without the parsely.
May 22, 2012
Feeling sentimental
Category: Being Parents
We have a little evening ritual every single day, Spud and us.
On weekdays (mostly by default) I am usually the one who would be doing the evening routine with Spud as I am a lot closer to home from my office as compared to Silver Bullet.
Spud usually has ants in her pants and we all know that she cannot keep still! However, in the last few months or so, a different side of her emerged as her tolerance to sit still gets better and her attention span to the TV gets longer.
Since then, the best part about the evening ritual for me is the fact that she can sit still on my lap for a good half hour as she finishes up her milk while we both watched whatever it was she requested for. (And this could be Happy Feet for the7 th time for 7 straight days for the last one month or so – and to date, we still haven’t quite watch the entire movie because she usually gets bored after 10 minutes and will ask to switch to Gruffalo, Nemo or George The Monkey)
It doesn’t matter though – it still is the best part of the day. It is the only time when I get to cuddle up with her, babble or sing along with her, shower her with hugs and kisses as she sits quietly on my lap for a little bit before putting her to bed. Without protest!
I get sentimental these days as I realized that she is also showing stronger sense of independence. While she does tolerate the little cuddles to a certain extent, Spud also much prefer to sit independently as she sips her milk while watching TV.
Sometimes, just me picking her up to put her on my lap will rile her up in a crying protest!
A cliché to be saying this I know – but really, I am amazed as to how much and how fast Spud is growing up. Very soon, she’ll be resisting all those little cuddles we used to have as our evening rituals. Very soon, she won’t be a bumbling toddler and I won’t have the chance to carry her in my arms anymore.
She will, very soon, be her own little person…an independent girl with her ways about the world.
It is only a matter of time…
As it is, I could hardly carry her for long these days and I sometimes miss it. She has gotten so heavy now that I don’t have the strength or energy to be carrying her or I’ll break my hip!
And with Spud’s recent desire for independence to want to do things on her own, I get even more sentimental as I realize how precious a time it is to be spending as much time as we can with the little baby we have.
And that I now realized it is okay to be carrying the little child most of the time when she’s still a tiny little baby, because, before you know it, 4 years have passed and there is no turning back!
Sometimes, when I checked on her before we go to bed, I almost wish that I could pick her up and cuddle up with her in bed her while she is sleeping . (But I also know that that would not be a wise thing to do – so that is unlikely to happen)
Looking back, I am so glad I got into baby wearing as seriously as I have always done, for, once Spud passes the stage of toddlerhood, we can never go back this way again.
I guess it is true when “they” keep telling us that kids grow up too fast!