Sunday, June 29, 2008

2 MINUTES CHOCOLATE CAKE RECIPE


2 Minute Chocolate Cake Recipe

Indgredients:
1/2 cup Self-raising flour
1/2 cup Superfine Sugar
2 level Tbsp Cocoa
pinch Salt
1/4 cup Melted butter
1/2 cup Milk
1 Egg
a little Vanilla

Oven Temp ~ 350° Baking Time ~ 35 - 40 Min.Pan Type ~ 7 inch cake pan Preheat Oven, Grease and flour pan.

Place all ingredients into a mixing bowl in the above order. Beat well for 2 minutes. Pour into a prepared pan. Bake in preheated oven until cake test done, when using a toothpick.

Be happy to try.... taste delicious....

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

CHICKEN SATAY..... UMP!.... DELICIOUSE!.......



Introduction to Satay (also Saté)

Many Westerners think satay is a Thai dish, but in fact it originated in Indonesia and is found everywhere in Malaysia. It is a very inexpensive dish in these countries. Families can make their own satay on a charcoal grill, but more likely they will go out and get heaping platters full of tender skewered meat. Satay is a meal in itself -- not merely an appetizer!
Chicken and beef satay are the most common, but you can also find pork satay -- and even fish satay. The meat is always marinated and should be grilled over charcoal for the best flavor. Satay is always accompanied by delicious peanut sauce!
In Malaysia, satay always comes with chunks of cucumber. Sometimes the cucumber has been soaked in mild vinegar, maybe with some sugar added. Another very common accompaniment is rice cakes (ketupat), which taste great with peanut sauce.Now, if you look at a Malaysian menu, you will see sate. That is satay! To pronounce "sate" correctly, just say "SAH-teh."

INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 kg chicken - deboned and cut into bite size pieces
1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
10 shallots - diced
1 stalk serai (lemon grass)
2 tsp cooking oil
bamboo skewers (thick, soak skewers in water overnight - prevents sticks from burning)
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp coriander seeds
1 inch piece turmeric
2 tsp roasted peanuts
1 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
300 gm roasted peanuts - pounded
1 inch piece lengkuas (galangal)
2 stalks serai or lemongrass
1 inch piece ginger
1 large onion - sliced
3 tsp ground chillies
1/2 cup tamarind juice
Salt and sugar to taste Ground together: for seasoningGround together: for peanut sauce

To prepare Satay:
Marinate chicken pieces with seasoning ingredients, shallots, cinnamon powder and cooking oil
thread 5 pieces of chicken on each skewer and place on grill
Brush chicken occassionally with oil until cooked and tender
Serve hot with peanut sauce, cucumber and onion slices

To prepare peanut sauce:
Fry onion silces till fragrant
Add ground ingredients, ground chillies and tarmarind juice
Stir well
Add salt and sugar
Add peanuts and stir constantly until sauce is thick

Introduce variety to your dishes. Try using beef, or shrimp pieces as well. You can also add slice cucumbers and red onions to go with the satay.FYI: Satay (also written saté) is a dish that may have originated in Sumatra or Java in Indonesia but is popular in many southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia and Thailand. The Japanese variant is called yakitori. Extract

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