DIY - Home made Onde-Onde

I feel paralyzed.... it had been more than a month, without internet access at home. I can't browse internet with my little Joybook while lying myself at the couch, can't move around the house with my little netbook... I would have to stay still at my study desk, because it is the best spot to detect my neighbour's wireless... sigh.... what a boring life.

Some dated blog hanging around at my netbook lately. I don't have much to write, in fact... I felt no excitement in life... poor me.

Anyway, here is something I could share. I made Onde-Onde for a home gathering event.

Here's the recipe from Amy Beh, I had added on potato mash into the dough... It made the Onde-Onde ball more Q.

Without further explain, I prefer to show you the pictures taken for each steps and process.

Little coloring and favoring with fresh Pandan juice


Chopped gula melaka


Mashed potatoes


Mixed dough


Little balls


Into the boiling water


Grained coconut with pinch of salt


The end product !

A friend was asking for the actual recipe I used. Here you go, its from Patsie Cheong's Malaysian Delicacies recipe book.

Ingredients:
Skin
300g sweet potato paste
100g glutinous rice flour
80g tapioca flour
50g sugar
28ml water
green colouring

Filling
150g gula melaka (chopped)
50g sugar

Coating (Steam for 5min)
1 young shredded coconut, pinch of salt

Method

1. 1) Mix skin ingredient and knead into a smooth dough.
2. 2) Divide into small balls and wrap in filling
3. 3) Place balls into boiling water to boil until float up, remove and coat with shredded coconut

Cooking Tips

• - Onde onde will be elastic if glutinous rice flour and potato paste are added.
  

Life is.... unpredictable

Pic taken Aug 2008... beloved island of Labuan

I don't usually blog emotional stuffs... but this strike into my mind while I was driving home today. Being a person who have lots and lots of analogy in mind, I could say I had a fulfill moment today. Some may think I shouldn't be an emotional person, as the person they knew is someone who don't really care what happened to the world... and yet feels good all the time. Guess that is no longer me, that was the college day me! Let's face the reality as we grow older. :(

I lately noticed life is really unpredictable. Being swept by a sad news earlier this week made me feel life can be so delicate, it could broke anytime, when we say treasure life treasure moment, we really must meant it from the heart.

Someone whom I knew couple of months back (and most of my closed colleagues do) had just passed away due to an accident. Some colleagues just saw him last week, and he was my scuba diving instructor, whom I earned my ":Open Water Diver" title 3 months back. A friend just had a small chat with me, before I left office today. She felt sad and shock from the news, and from the wake session last Tuesday, she revealed how the session was... pretty sad imagining all of those, especially to his family members, it must be a difficult time to them. Condolence is the word.

Spoken to another friend lately, on a different occasion and topic... he has this believe to share "when we say we treasure something or someone, say it truly from the heart". It's true, when you wish to love someone or something, really meant and show it in action which really meaningful to the other party, not only specifically to you yourself - which most people unintentionally did that always. Seeing something, would always thinks that is the BEST to others.

Since life is rather unpredictable. I now think I should have something meaningful planned for myself... something which I had in mind for a while but never execute it, kind of an unbelievable task and self mission after all.... :) guess what would that be???

My Ginger Plant

It was a surprise indeed. Am always so lazy to move this box of plant at my backyard, not until lately when was 'forced' to do so. Finally, I knew how much of ginger I had planted in this box of soil.

Back to my previous post written last year, I found my ginger flower.

This time round, I found my ginger! I finally harvest them... imagine, all and all, there was about >1 Kg worth of ginger found at my backyard. Could last me months of ginger consumption. Hehe...

Here are the proofs!

Mulberry "Tea" Leaves

I miss my mulberry tree!!! oh yeah, it has now turned to a tree from a bush, unfortunately I would need to leave them back :( Before leaving them, I had harvest their leaves and further transform them into useful item - mulberry tea leaves!

Here was what I did. Firstly, pluck the leaves and soak in water then rinse. Then, dry them up.. then place the leaves into microwave!!

What a great idea taught by a friend. It's so convenient, instead of having to wait for the sun shine in order dry them up.

Here's the end product. It smells so good.... probably I should improve the leaves by cutting them into tiny little leaves.

Cheese Cakes !

Guess I had lost my momentum in blogging lately... probablyI feel shy of utilizing my neighbor's WiFi everyday... poor me has not even get my TM Streamyx internet connection back. It's almost 3 weeks! That will be a separate issue to bring on later, will see how much more time I will need to wait.

OK, since its Friday.. and the weekend has started... let's have my 1st writing Last-in First-out (LIFO) ! This is the latest hot-baked cheese cake from the oven...

My house is now full with Cheese Cakes !! There are all together... about 7 varieties??!! (I had lost count in fact). The one I remember most is the rum and raisin cheese cake... it tasted more like fruit cake... probably the rum and raisin taste had covered up the cheese taste.

Further on (as I remembered correctly), there were carrot cheese cake, apple pie cheese cake, baked blue berry cheese cake, and.... was plain cheese cake (oh no, I lost my memory). I like the apple pie cheese cake the most, if only the apple could have tasted better... its just as much as I like McD's apple pie !!

Apple pie cheese cake


Blueberry chilled cheese cake

Oh by the way, when I had the slice of cheese cake this morning, it from from my fridge. Guess what, the smell blended well with my box of durian in the fridge. Believe it's time for a Durian Cheese Cake ! To those who involve in this cake-baking session, probably its time to try out new recipe. ... hehe, the 'those' obviously does not include me, I am definately not a cake-maker :P

Next on the menu was lemon cheese cake and chilled blue berry cheese cake. I hope that is all for the weekend, I don't wanna dream of cheese cake in my dream :P

p.s. guess this is the first time in my blogging history, I took almost 5 hours to complete this post :))

Yummy Hotdog @ Ikea, Mutiara Damansara PJ

I think I am addicted to the Hotdog served at the exit of IKEA, Mutiara Damansara PJ. IKEA is a famous Swedish furniture mall, most will know it sells many kind of nice, practical, modern design of furniture. Many loves to shop here for ready made furniture too... It has been a while since I last visit the store, it was because I don't need new furniture as I don't think my current house could fit anything more :P

Anyway, I visit the store couple of weeks back. As I was hoping for a tea time break after my 'window-shopping'. Upon exit of the store, I found they sell some snacks at very reasonable price. Combo set of a free-flow carbonated drink + hotdog (bread & sausage) for only RM3. Hotdog only for RM2, and another combo of a free-flow carbonated drink + curry puff for only RM2.

Great deal.... and I like the hotdog so much. It's unlike normal Ayamas local sausage, and free-flow of carbonated drink just nice for 2 persons' share. Back to the hotdog, they allow you to 'decorate' your share with unlimited pickles, onion, mustard, chilli and tomato ketchup. I like the fine chopped onion + mustard... yummy... feel like having one now.

Probably its the deal that drew my appetite, coz its sort of a cheap tea time meal.

Location : Exit of IKEA counters. http://ikea.com.my/store_services/ss_swedish.asp

Lunch @ Restaurant Gembira Taman Megah, PJ

Since I am going to lost my internet connection in a couple more hours... *sob *sob... I would better continue my weekend blogging activity as soon. Starting up with another food blog.

It was a planned route for lunch, since we have to drive all the way from Kota Kemuning to PJ. Might as well visit some new lunch place, instead of the normal coffee shop we like at Paramount garden. I found this Lui Cha stall from a food blog, introducing how worth it is, I might as well give it a try... hunting the road name from my GPS... tada... it is near Fatty Crab! I knew it should be the corner coffee shop around the area. Noticed my GPS does introduced good Sarawak Laksa. I had read another food blog introduced Sarawak Konlo Noodle too.

Unfortunately, I missed the boat... by the time I reached the noodle stall, all kinds of noodle was sold out. No choice, I ordered a Lui Chai (mixed vegetable rice) to share...

I found the Lui Cha was not as nice as I expected. I should have ordered the Taiwanese noodle instead. Anyway, this serves pure vegetarian dish. Believe it is worth introduce to my vegetarian friend :P.

I then observed around what others ordered. This particular pork noodle stall is kind of famous too. I noticed my next table aunty ordered a pork noodle covered with pig's skin... wow!! This can be my friends favourite, should introduce her to this stall one day.

Other than that, I noticed the Char Kuey Teaw stall is famous too... believe its worth a try. But I didn't :P, may be next time.

[Updated separately] This is the Sarawak Konlo noodle I introduced earlier.. paid a 2nd visit shortly after the 1st one. Hehe..

Where does Restaurant Gembira located? Here's the map, click to enlarge. GPS coordinate : N3 06.843 E101 36.736