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Sunday, 31 May 2015

(Very) Easy Sheperd's Pie

shepperd's pie

Sheperd's Pie is a classic British Dish. It's very simple and kids love it. The most important thing for a mother like me. Once you cook shepherd's pie you can have protein from the meat, vegetables and of course the carbs from the potato.

There are many recipes of this shepherd's pie on the internet. However, since I'm not a kitchen person, I chose the most simple recipe from Kraft Website. The ingredients are also simple and easy to follow. And as I thought before, my kids love it.

About the Kraft Website, I love it. Cause it has tick and mark tools so you can follow the steps one by one. And you can send your favourite recipe to your email address.

But, pardon me. I forgot to take picture of the result.... cause it's all gone in hours by my kids.. :) 

Notes: 
1. I chose the onion gravy for more tasty beef mix, if you got plain gravy you can add the onion powder.
2. I added some left over mozzarella instead of cream cheese
3. I love it and want to cook it again some other time.
4. Have a nice try...


All you need
Prepare the cheddar cheese, mozzarella and minced garlics
Mixed the cheese with mashed potatoes
Brown Meat in large skillet
Add thawed mixed vegetables
Prepare the serving dish and the instant gravy
Pour the gravy into the meat mix
Layer the meat mix in the baking dish
Cover with potatoes mix and sprinkle with cheddar cheese then bake 20 minutes




Please, click the recipe to go to original website....
courtesy to kraft recipes

courtesy to kraft recipes




Thursday, 14 May 2015

Nasi Bakar Teri (Baked Rice with Anchovies)

Baked rice with Anchovies



Hallo, May....

Oh My God, I haven't write for this blog for almost one month.
Shame on me. 
Actually I had really really tough weeks in April and also in beginning of May.
But it's just second week of May,  so I'm not that wrong, am I?

Today after strolling around the first and the only one IKEA in Indonesia.
I promised myself that I have to cook something today and it has to be an Indonesian food.
This morning after I made pancake for my kids, I browsed some recipes.
And Nasi Bakar was my choice.
I picked one food website that had the most simple recipe.

My notes for this recipe:
1. Don't add sugar if you don't like sweet taste
2. You can replace anchovies with chicken or tuna
3. Add some chilli bird eyes to spice up if you like spicy food
4. Whenever you don't find any banana leaf, you can use aluminium foil to wrap
5. Better served with fried chicken, fried eggs, crackers,  and fresh vegetables such as cucumber and tomatoes
6. Let's try


What We Need

Dice shallots, red chillies

Saute shallots, red chillies until smell nice

Add anchovies, bay leaves, lemon grass

Pour the coconut milk and cook until boiled

Add Rice 

Close the lid for 30 minutes

Cool down the rice for about 20 minutes

Wrap with banana leaves and bake over the heat


It's ready, served with anything you like

Ingredients:
  • 300 gram rice
  • ½ liter water or coconut milk
  • 2 tablespoon anchovies
  • 2 bay leaves (daun salam in bahasa)
  • Banana Leaves for wrapping the rice (25x25 centimetre)
  • 4 shallots, diced
  • 2 lemongrass, smashed the white part
  • 2 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 teaspoon seasoning
  • 2 red chillies, diced
Directions:
  • Saute shallots and red chillies until they smell nice
  • Add water or coconut milk (choose one), bay leaves, lemongrass, anchovies, sugar and seasoning and stir until it's boiled. 
  • Add rice, stir well and put on the lid until 30 minutes in low heat.  
  • Turned off the heat and let it cool for ± 20 minutes
  • Divide and wrap the mixture with banana leaves and close with small stick at each side.  
  • Baked over the heat for  ± 3 minutes, you can also use skillet/teflon for baking.