Good morning 13th May 2009. Today is my eldest son's birthday. I woke very early this morning. Last night I have set my phone alarm to 4:30 am. Today I want to prepare some nasi dagang to bring to the office. It's has been so long, after I bought the brown rice, I planned to prepare the nasi dagang, but always got something else that need my attention more. So today, I decided to cook some home made nasi dagang for family and friends in the office. Nasi dagang with acar timun, replenished with Gulai ayam and gulai udang. On top of the gulai udang I also add hard boiled eggs. I packed 2 bungkus of nasi dagang, one for my daughter (bekal so that she doesn't need to queue at the school canteen this morning) and the other for my husband. And of course I bring some for my officemates.
So everybody can have a taste to the home made nasi dagang. Although the taste couldn't challenge the professional makcik kat Pasar Siti Khadijah, it still in the edible mode.
The ingredients for the nasi dagang that I prepared are as below:
Nasi Dagang Kelantan
Ingredients for the rice.
1. Of course the brown rice (without this, I couldn't call it nasi dagang)
2. Glutonous Rice
3. White Rice
4. fenugreek or Halba
5. Ginger
6. Onion
7. Garlic
8. Fresh Coconut Milk
9. Salt and sugar
Steps
1. Mix the 3 different rices
2. Put in a big container such as basin or plastic tupperware
3. Pour some water into the container till reach above the mixed rice.
4. Add some fenugreek or halba
5. Let them soak for a night
6. Go to sleep because tomorrow need to wake up early
7. After an overnight, steam the rice. (Usually we use the periuk kukus made in Thailand. Don't worry about that coz the one that Made in Taiwan also will do)
8. After the rice half cook ( around 30 to 40 minutes ) , pour the mixed riced in a big container and pour the fresh coconut milk (if couldn't get the fresh one, you can also use the one in a box such as cap Hanna, ke Adabi ke opps .. no branding here)
9. Stir until evything(ops Ms Swan influences here) everything mix well.
10. Add some salt and sugar
11. Steam again.
12. After half an hour take the mixed rice and pour again in a basin, but this time just add the slices onion, ginger and garlic.
13. Put evything in a tupperware. Ready to be eaten
Ingredients for the Gulai Ayam/ Gulai Udang
1. Chicken (potong 12 atau potong 16 - depend on how big you want the chicken to be). Note : this one is a must have. Or you can replace the chicken with shrimp or ikan tongkol (in other word ikan aya or tuna fish, lovely).
2. Fresh milk
3. Onion to be blend
4. Garlic to be blend
5. Ginger to be blend
6. Tumeric to be blend
7. Rempah gulai "Cap orang memasak". This rempah is recommended by my late-mother in law (she is the best Cook in Kampung Mahligai, Melor). You can find this rempah only in Kelantan.
8. Kerisik
9. Salt and Sugar
10. Gula melaka or "Nissan" can only be bought in Kelantan or Terengganu. If you couldn't have this one, you can replace with the one made in Siam or just replace it with Gula Merah.
11. Budu or Anchovy Sauce. This one can be ignore if you don't like the smell, but if you add this one .. It bring the difference in the taste.
12. Asam Jawa or Asam Keping will do
13. Fresh chillies
Steps
1. Tumis All the blended ingredients
2. Pour the rempah and stir until mix and change the color to redish/orange.
3. Put the chicken
4. Add the asam jawa/asam keping, salt and sugar
5. Wait till evything mixed
6. Pour the fresh coconut milk (For those who want to replace with a more healthy meal, just replace this one with fresh milk)
7. Stir well
8. Add kerisik and anchovy sauce if necessary
9. Put some fresh chillies.
10. Ready to serve.
So, everybody can enjoy the delicious nasi dagang. So that's enough for the nasi dagang, the purpose i'm posting this is to wish my eldest son a happy 17th birthday. Wow, you are getting 17 this year. By all mean, I just want you to know that I still love you like 17 years back. Never getting lesser than that. Hope you study hard for your semester exam, and remember that the SPM is also around the corner. So sharpen your knowledge. Work hard towards it...And I always pray for your best.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Happy Mother's Day
Hi, meet again. Hope it's still not too late to wish Happy Mother's Day to all the lovely mother and mother to be in the world. Although deep in my thought, we should celebrate mother's day everyday, not just once annually. But if so, can't imagine how full and occupied your locker will be..Full with roses and gift boxes.
Last Sunday on 10 May 2009, on the Mother's Day itself and same with the previous morning i woke up as usual and knocked my daughter's door for a wake up call and shake my other son to get ready for school.
Later, that very morning and on my laptop I found a small box and 2 roses nicely put. I know this must be from my daughter, no wonder last night she was busy doing something in her room with the door locked. I thought she just want to avoid her brother, because usually the day before school, she must be very busy with unfinished homework.
I opened the small box. Though it was very small,but I appreciated the present. I took the box and the flowers and arranged nicely on my bed. The time didn't allow me to open it, coz I need to rush to work.
In the afternoon, when I was in the office, my daughter called me up. "Umi, dah buka ke hadiah angah bagi" she asked. So I answered that I didn't manage to open the box cause I need to rush to the office. She sound devastated. I know, she really wants me to open that very minute when i saw the present. No wonder why she purposely put on my laptop. She knew that, before going to the office, I will pack and keep my notebook in my bag, so I will find the present that she gave and will open it immediately.
In the afternoon, I arrived home, locked the car, ran into my house, hang the car key and rushed upstair. Aha, I opened the gift my daughter presented me this morning and I found a very small, tiny time sand. You know the small bottle, with three compartments, filled with sands. The sand will gradually fell, when you turn it upside down. Very nice.. I remember last week she said to me, this month I will get 3 presents. The three are for Mother's Day, Teacher's Day and My birthday. I replied to her that I don't want any present this year (last year she spent her pocket money for these three events, so I asked her not to buy any present next time). I added to her that she doesn't need to buy me anything because she was my birthday present since last 12 years ( she was born on the same date with me except yearla). What I like most with what she gave is the lyric for a song that she wrote dedicated to me, the one that she wrote on the box wrapper.
May is so special to me. My eldest son birthday is on 13th May, my youngest son is on 2nd May and my daughter and me on the 20th May. And it happened that every year we are celebrating Mother and Teacher's day in May too.
Last Sunday on 10 May 2009, on the Mother's Day itself and same with the previous morning i woke up as usual and knocked my daughter's door for a wake up call and shake my other son to get ready for school.
Later, that very morning and on my laptop I found a small box and 2 roses nicely put. I know this must be from my daughter, no wonder last night she was busy doing something in her room with the door locked. I thought she just want to avoid her brother, because usually the day before school, she must be very busy with unfinished homework.
I opened the small box. Though it was very small,but I appreciated the present. I took the box and the flowers and arranged nicely on my bed. The time didn't allow me to open it, coz I need to rush to work.
In the afternoon, when I was in the office, my daughter called me up. "Umi, dah buka ke hadiah angah bagi" she asked. So I answered that I didn't manage to open the box cause I need to rush to the office. She sound devastated. I know, she really wants me to open that very minute when i saw the present. No wonder why she purposely put on my laptop. She knew that, before going to the office, I will pack and keep my notebook in my bag, so I will find the present that she gave and will open it immediately.
In the afternoon, I arrived home, locked the car, ran into my house, hang the car key and rushed upstair. Aha, I opened the gift my daughter presented me this morning and I found a very small, tiny time sand. You know the small bottle, with three compartments, filled with sands. The sand will gradually fell, when you turn it upside down. Very nice.. I remember last week she said to me, this month I will get 3 presents. The three are for Mother's Day, Teacher's Day and My birthday. I replied to her that I don't want any present this year (last year she spent her pocket money for these three events, so I asked her not to buy any present next time). I added to her that she doesn't need to buy me anything because she was my birthday present since last 12 years ( she was born on the same date with me except yearla). What I like most with what she gave is the lyric for a song that she wrote dedicated to me, the one that she wrote on the box wrapper.
May is so special to me. My eldest son birthday is on 13th May, my youngest son is on 2nd May and my daughter and me on the 20th May. And it happened that every year we are celebrating Mother and Teacher's day in May too.
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