376. Cendawan Kelapa Sawit

Pernah makan 'Cendawan Kelapa Sawit' ini? Rasa nya tidak? :)


Tumis Cendawan Kelapa Sawit



Hubby often brings home this mushrooms when he comes back from driving off stations. For him, off station means he drives up to Bakong, Niah, Bekenu, Kampung Iran or Selangau sending supply of fresh chickens for his Company.

Now these mushrooms can only be found around these areas. These that I cooked, he bought from the market in Bekenu. Mushrooms in Bahasa Melayu is 'Cendawan', whereas Mak isah and the locals here called them 'Kulat'.

Kulat-kulat ini diambil dari hasil komposit atau hampas kelapa sawit yang tidak digunakan. We have a lot of 'Kelapa Sawit Plantations' in those areas that I have mentioned above. So what the locals did was put together the hampas kelapa sawit yang telah dibuang & hasil komposit (wasteproducts) in one area, let it wet and covered with a plastic sheet. After 5 days, the plastic sheet was taken away and so to let the mushrooms to appear and grow.

The locals picked these mushrooms and sell them at the market with their other products like vegetables or local rice.

At first Mak isah don't know how to cook these mushroom in the best way. After a couple of trying, it's really very simple.

Cook it with hot cili padi and eat it as soon as it's cooked.

To Cook :-

1. Wash the mushrooms quickly and let it drip dry in a sieve.

2. Ground 3 - 4 hot cili padi, 2 garlic and 1 small shallot.

3. Saute ingredients no. 2 in hot cooking oil.

4. When aromatic, add in the mushrooms.

5. As soon as cooked, add salt & ajinomoto to taste.

Eat it hot with rice and other dishes.


Salam Maulidur Rasul.. buat semua muslimin dan muslimat dimana jua anda berada.



Cheerio.

375. Happy Saturday

Happy Saturday Everyone!

Today Mak Isah feels like going out to eat...


THIS!


Been meaning to eat 'Lazagna' at Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf at Bintang Mega Mall for the last 2 days, finally I made it today he he...

I ordered my favorite drink 'Iced Blended Double Chocolate', size small would be enough, mind the calories and yet today I don't want to mind :)


Iced Blended Double Chocolate



Saturdays & Sundays I am free from looking after my grandson Alif so today after breakfast at home and cooking lunch for the family, I went out at 2pm.


Today for lunch Mak isah cooked 'Fried Ikan Pasong', 'Fried Tempe', 'Fried Eggs with Baked Beans' & my son's favorite ' Kerabu Sayur Masin'. That would be enough for me to leave them eh? Just kidding :p

Before heading for town I sent Noormy (my youngest daughter) to the resort as she is working on PM shift.

Afterwards, I stopped first at my usual 'Car Wash' shop to let them snow wash my Elite Viva. Forty five minutes later I head to Bintang Mega Mall. I drove to 3rd floor to get a good parking space then down the escalator to 'Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf' at the ground floor.

I like passing my own 'alone' time at this place. It's been quite a while I had not come here so definitely I wanted it today :) They have a comfortable sofa to sit and some plug points for us to connect our laptops to go online.

See what I mean? This is where Mak isah sitting right now...Lasagna pun dah habis he he...



I was here since 4pm. Now it's almost 630pm. Dah abis buat one entry ni... :)

And at the same time did chat for 10 minutes with Noormy on Facebook earlier on her Resort's laptop.


My son will be coming home for the weekend (he lives out) at around 730pm later. He knows I am here and Noormy told me to enjoy myself chilling out and come back as late as possible. Hish she loves seeing me relaxed ha ha...

Anyway, I think I give myself another half an hour before I am out of here.


Have a great weekend everyone!


Cheerio.

374. Sayur Keladi Masak Asam

Pernah makan 'Sayur Keladi'? In English this is called 'Yam' and what I cooked was the yam stalks as well as the yam fruit itself. Usually you can find these sold in any 'Tamu' or market in your area. For some yam, the seller has them ready sliced and put into a plastic bag. So all you have to do is just wash and boil them in water first before cooking. Boiling will rid off the 'getah' or 'gatal' of the yam.

Today I cooked 2 bunches of this 'sayur', which hubby has bought on his way back from Niah yesterday. Usually the children like their dad to cook this because he can cook this dish well. Today I said let me give it a try. Lagi pun their dad was busy somewhere with work :)


My homemade 'Sayur Keladi'



What vital ingredient you must have in this dish besides your onions and chillies is you must have some very thinly sliced 'Daun Kunyit' (Turmeric leaves).

Turmeric Leaves (2 stalks)



To Cook :-

1. Ground 2 red chillies, 2 garlic, 3 small shallots & 1 tablespoon belacan (shrimp paste).

2. Break 1 stalk of lemon grass.

3. Saute ingredients 1. & 2. in some oil.

4. When aromatic, add in a glass of water.

5. When boiled, add in 4 - 5 pieces of 'Asam Gelugor' ( dried tamarind fruit).

6. When boiled, add in the boiled sayur keladi in as well as adding more water the same level as the sayur.

7. Let boiled and cooked for 15 minutes under moderate fire.

8. Add in the thinly sliced turmeric leaves.

9. Add salt and ajinomoto to taste.

10. Serve hot with rice.

Best eaten with fried salted fish and 'Sambal Belacan' !


Cheerio.

373. Mak Isah Suka Hati...

I have not update for over a week. Mak Isah is not so okay here, still recovering from a bad Tonsilitis and right now recovering from coughing. Tapi Alhamdulillahh...dah beransur baik ni.

I keep blaming the weather's abrupt changes which was sunny, then wet then sunny again.

I had been busy always going out of the house either on a shopping errand, among some crowd or just going OUT.

Tapi, Mak Isah suka hati.... sebab Miri now has a REJECT SHOP (Mak isah likes their affordable clothes) at Bintang Mega Mall. Perhaps you don't like?

Reject Shop at Bintang Mega Mall

And...

I went to a movie 'The Green Hornet' at Bintang Cinemaplex. A hilarious action movie. Dah tengok?





And then....

For the first time Miri was chosen to organize a national level CHINESE NEW YEAR Open house at MIRI CITY FAN. Despite the gloomy weather I believed over 10,000 people of Miri came out for this one day function.

I came early and left 2 hours later to avoid traffic jam and road blocks in the area.

Some pictures I took in the early part of the evening


Banners everywhere...


From a different angle



Open house means food. Food and drinks were distributed at the earlier part of the evening.


But...look at the long QUEUE! No thanks :p



Besides going to all these places I also went visiting to some Chinese friends. After 4 houses my stomach was feeling uncomfortable due to drinking gassy drinks he he....


Did you all have a blast Chinese New Year? I mean to all those of you who celebrates and those of you who were visiting?


Cheerio.