Since I felt guilty because I rejected my big bro's idea to go for vacation this Raya, I actually splurged on food this time. I mindlessly ordered quite a number of Raya biscuits thinking that I could use my 'Bonus Raya' to cover the cost which in the end happened to be hurm... non existent.. hahaha
One of the reason why I suddenly feel like cooking these days is because I'm sort of inspired by this woman who is the same age as me who seem to be very good at it. I think I better start cooking again before I totally lose my touch like how writing lesser and lesser made me lose my voice.
So... I made some sushi for the first time the night before Raya. Usually I'll be busy with baking cakes, but this year I gave it a pass since baking cakes are such a cliche hahaha
I've been looking for Sumo rice for a few times but I just can't find it whenever I go looking for it. The one I used was Hikari brand that I got from Everise. I don't know how Sumo rice is cooked, but I strictly adhered to the instruction at the back of the packing for this one. That is...
- Wash the rice 3 times until the water become clear
- Soak in water for 30 minutes to 1 hour before cooking
I went out with my niece to do some last minute shopping while soaking the rice and was still not home by the time it reached 1 hour. I was anxiously looking at my watch every now and then to make sure my rice is cooked on time hahaha so Cece called Kimi, "Ti.. Tekan nasi aunty gg..." Because it was all ready inside the cooker waiting to be cooked hahaha
I got the rice vinegar ready, just a random brand I picked up in Survay. Diluted some sugar and salt inside the vinegar and later mixed it with the rice. Placed the nori on top of the sushi mat and spread the rice on top. Put the cucumber and filling in the middle and ROLL! Dan ijyodesu!
The next one I cooked the next morning was Kuah Kacang Dengan Ayam Istimewa that I got from this → blog. I actually tried a lot of her recipes and so far the results are satisfying hehe I wasn't in the mood at first because I was a bit tired from driving the day before raya, and then was cooking for the break fast and later made sushi but since my family kept asking me, "Masak apa u esok??" so I was like ok I'll just cook Mihun Goreng, Nasi Impit and Kuah Kacang~
I had failed attempts with Kuah Kacang before but this one SADAP! hahaha padulila puji masakan sendiri 😝 who reads this blog anyway~
I was confident that I could finish before the others return from the Eid prayer and started from scratch at around 6 am. I have this habit of trying to prepare any dish within one hour no matter how complex the steps are haha kunun2 masterchef~ But fate had it.. As I was boiling the water to soak my cili kering and also boiling the Nasi Impit packet on the other burner.. POOF! Api padam~
I panicked and screamed, "ABANG!!!!!!!!!!! KENAPA API NI PADAM!!!!!!!!!!!!???"
The solution at that hour when the possibility of buying gas was near to none, we manage to borrow tong gas from our tenant.. fuh~
I just followed the recipe inside the link..
Roasted the chicken inside the oven for about 15 minutes. The idea is to let it dry so the meat will not shred when it is mixed with the kuah kacang later
The thing I never did in my previous attempts was simmer the kacang in water before mixing it with the blended ingredients. The idea is so that the kacang would not soak in too much water while it's cooked.
My family think it was good but they complained the kacang was too coarse hahahaha I didn't use the grinder because I find the end result is too fine so I used the blender instead. There were some peanuts that were not cut at all and I was too lazy to crush them since I already wasted more than half an hour with the gas issue hahaha
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