What kind of food are you?

Haven't been baking as much as I want to. *sigh* I need to reduce my calorie intake. However, I do have a few more recipes that I will blog later. Meanwhile, let's find out what kind of food are you?

You Are Thai Food

Trendy yet complex. People seek you out - though they're not sure why.

What Kind of Food Are You?

Comfort!

one of the places to visit whilst in Budapest for us is KFC! I tell you it was all worth it going through the hassle of tracking down the only one KFC in the city.
When entering the outlet, you'll immediately noticed the dull ambience, not very KFC-like with bright lited box, colonel sanders plastered around. The neglecting ambience is probably due to fact colonel sanders is relatively unknown here..people prefer the more trendy McD and B King, I guess.

But who cares! I came for the chicken! the crispy deep-fried chicken! I know i know its not healthy..be moderate and I should be fine :p Yummy, it was! I smothered some coleslaw on the chicken and its ooh la la! So yummy, the next morning we decided to pack this christmas set and eat it as brunch...finger lickin' good ;)

what to eat before you die ?

A tough question to answer! at least for me...here's an idea of what others voted for, compiled by BBC "50 things to eat before you die"..scanning the list, wow! I did good! what about you?

50 cornish pasty 49 caviar 48 haggis 47 jerk chicken/pork 46 tapas
45 roast beef 44 ribs 43 octopus 42 Durian 41 mango
40 Australian meat pie 39 scallops 38 kebab 37 reindeer 36 barramundi
35 paela 34 sushi 33 shark 32 guinea pig 31 venison
30 salmon 29 american diner breakfast 28 squid 27 mexican food 26 burgers
25 Greek food 24 sandwiches 23 chocolate 22 kangaroo 21 oyster
20 alligator 19 cream tea 18 lamb 17 cheesecake 16 mussels
15 pasta 14 pancake 13 barbeque 12 clam chowder 11 Moreton Bay bugs
10 Prawn 9 Curry 8 Crab 7 Pizza 6 Ice cream
5 Chinese food 4 Thai food 3 Steak 2 Lobster

1 Fresh fish

Baklava

I love anything crispy, therefore, preparing snacks with filo sheets can be addictive. It's so easy. Throw in any sweet, or savoury fillings, ensure you treat the filo sheets right, throw in the oven cook til golden brown (first grease it of course). You'll get your snack in jiffy and less oily!

Making baklava which uses 30 filo sheets required more "courage" for me, though. In the end, the anxiety was worth it. Not as good as the ones you get in the shop :p but am PROUD and very sure i'll get it better the next time. Do try this at home, i insist !


Baklava

Ingredients:
30 pieces of filo (strudel) sheet
150gm margarine
300gm ground walnut
100gm sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
150gm honey

for the syrup:
1 lemon
100gm honey

Method :-
Pre-heat oven gas mark 3
Heat up the honey with sugar, walnut and cinnamon.
Grease a baking pan, which is the same size as the filo (strudel) sheets, with the margarine.
Put two filo sheets inside, then spread margarine on them, then put two other filo sheets and
so on until 10 sheets. Put half of the walnut filling on it, then 10 new filo sheets again, then the other half of the walnut filling, then the remaining 10 sheets.
Spread some margarin on it in slices with a sharp knife.
Bake it until it has golden yellow colour. (approx 20 mins.)
Pour hot honey and lemon juice – previously boiled in 2-3 dl water - on it.

appetising...

I attempted cook this yesterday. Now who would have thought things can go wrong with such a easy peesy recipe? The rice became mushy when i poured in the sardines, perhaps it is the type of rice and the method of which the rice was prepared (no one uses rice cooker here..can't even find it in electronic shops :(. Then, the canned sardines were tasteless (no ayam brand!!) not tomato-ish enough. In the end, the dish was saved by a simple side dipping sauce of
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sliced chilli with soya sauce saved the day! ;)

kohlrabi

In German it means, kohl (cabbage) plus rabi (turnip). I'm curious, can you get this in your country? I'm asking because the vege. is alien to me until I arrived here. They are popular in Hungarian househoulds and great in soup :) In desparation, I use it to substitute turnip when I made spring rolls few months back. Boy! was I glad that it turned out as good as using turnip.
Perhaps you can try a salad recipe by Rick stein.

Asian Jam

"Kaya" a type of jam made of eggs, coconut milk and sugar. The word "kaya" means "rich" in Malay. Not sure how the name was derived. All I remember was as much as we (siblings) love the jam, we dread whenever mom decides to cook it. It takes ages to thicken to the consistency required. As mom gets older, she stopped making it and anyway, its easily available at the markets these days.

welll, I finally got into action in trying this recipe. I was ready for some serious hand exercise. Surprising, it only took me 2 hours all in to achieve the texture required ;)


Eat it like any jam ; however, it is best with toasted bread, combined with magarine (or a slap of cold butter) a.k.a Hainanese toast. Try it and you'll love it.

Recipe from here

Ingredients
1 1/2 cup sugar *too sweet for my taste
1 1/3 cup coconut milk (fresh / canned)
5 eggs (XL size) *fresh

Beat eggs and sugar till well blended.
Cook in a slow cooker over low heat.
When slightly thickened, pour in coconut milk in a thin stream.
Stir well until liquid mixture is thick and gooey.
The color should have changed from yellow to a darker shade in 1-2 hours of constant stirring