Langkawi's Happy Family | Keluarga Bahagia Langkawi

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Anak mencari ibu| Baby search for mother

Bapa, ibu dan anak berkumpul | Father, mother and new born baby reunites

We went to Langkawi and of course we visited my uncle who owns a resort there. 

He also conducts cooking sessions for tourists who interested in traditional Malay cuisines. I did saw about him in magazine/TV but never had a chance to tell him about it.

Visiting them are always interesting, island life, everyday looks like they're on vacation even though it is work for some. 

We stopped by at the resort but didn't visit his Malay designed house which is beautiful to many. 

At that time, the resort was almost ready, we listened about their plan about the end of  the village resort. Kind of impressive as they received bookings from all over the world. The cooking session is `Cook with Shuk'. the resort name is Hujung Kampung Resort. 

On the way back to our hotel, we bumped into a 'happy family', adik was so excited calling 'sweety, sweety, sweety' to the mother, and more overwhelmed when the baby walked slowly to join his mama, could see adik was enlighted how she expressed it, it's the best stop ever for us, not the zoo, not the safari but real life by the village road side. 

Let's prepare for a happy holiday. ❤️

Kami pergi ke Langkawi dan semestinya melawat pakcik saya yang mempunyai sebuah resort yang bernama Hujung Kampung Resort. 

Pakcik saya juga membuat kelas memasak makanan melayu tradisional buat pelancong pelancong yang berminat iaitu 'Cook with Shuk". Pernah melihat di majalah/televisen berkenaan pakcik saya tetapi tak berkesempatan untuk memberitahunya lagi. 

Melawat mereka memang menarik, kehidupan pulau setiap hari adalah ala percutian, walau kerja kata mereka.

Kami singgah di resort yang hampir siap masa tu, tak sempat singgah di rumah pakcik yang berkonsep rumah melayu lama untuk kali itu. 

Kami mendengar  perancangan terakhir pembinaan resort yang berkonsep percutian di dalam kampung, terpegun kerana ramai dari luar negara telah membuat tempahan awal.

Semasa menuju pulang ke hotel, kami terserempak dengan 'keluarga yang cantik dan bahagia', adik begitu teruja siap  memangil 'sayang, sayang, sayang' bila ternampak si ibu. Lagi kagum dan teruja bila ternampak si anak berjalan ke ibunya, aha baby iaitu si anak yang baru lahir katanya, meh ke ibu, come to mama, kesian pula bila dengar balik terlalu ceria penuh expressi bila suka hati.

MashaAllah! Begitulah kami terasa rezeki tak sangka dapat dinikmati memerhati keluarga ini bukan di zoo atau safari tapi kehidupan sebenar di tepi jalan.

Jom rancang percutian yang indah ❤️

Waiting for food | Menanti makanan

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Water cress/ Pegaga

Membuat pesanan, Menunggu

Order and wait

Menapak, mengambil  pula

It was a beautiful morning, but I was not so hungry. However, I had a craving for an authentic Malaysian food from a  restaurant at the nearby mall. 

As for mall outlets, normally we only can place order at 10 am.  

The restaurants that cater breakfast really early in the morning are only few that I knew of. Indian nasi kandar food which also known as restaurant mamak provides early  morning meal; Or elsewhere there are McDonald's or Coffee Bean & Tea leaf and even Starbucks.

 

I'm craving for food from the shop at the mall, but they don't open until 10 am. While waiting, I went to the kitchen and take out the garbage from two bins and in the basket for recycle items. The feeling of taking out the garbage its like detox and to make the

house smell good. Went out with the garbage, walked straight to the bin box. 

While walking I saw the pegaga herbs is also a type of water cress blooms beside the grass. I pulled them from the root and transfered to pots. This herb is quite well known for it's 'stay young' properties amongst Malaysians (or elsewhere too?) 

I walked back into the house, washed my hands, and quickly made an order for food. Approximately 20 minutes later, the nasi lemak daun pisang arrived, oh! such a relief and satisfying taste. The reward of patiently waiting.. mmm even birds had early breakfast :) 

Bon appetite! ❤️

Pagi indah yang tak berapa lapar.  Selera dipagi inginkan makanan autentik dari restoran di pasaraya yang berdekatan. Pasaraya hanya akan dibuka pada pukul 10 pagi. 

Restoran yang menyediakan sarapan yang saya tahu, kedai mamak atau nasi kandar, selain dari Mcdonald's atau Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf malahan juga dari Starbucks. 

Dah tekak teringin yang special hari ni jadi saya sanggup tunggu.

Sementara menunggu, saya pergi ke dapur, ambil bungkusan-bungkusan sampah, terus keluar dari rumah dan buang di kotak sampah.

Semasa berjalan balik menghala ke rumah, saya ternampak pokok pegaga merunyut tumbuh bagai cendawan tumbuh lepas hujan. Saya cabut dari akar, pindah anak pokok ke pasu. Herba ini memang terkenal dengan 'awet muda' nya dikalangan warga Malaysia (dan mungkin warga lain juga?) 

Selesai menanam saya masuk dan basuh tangan, terus tekan pesanan. Dalam anggaran masa 20 minit, Alhamdulillah sampailah makanan yang dinanti iaitu nasi lemak daun pisang yang oh! sedap, dan puas hati. Itulah ganjaran bersabar menunggu, mmm.. tengok burung-burung pun dah kenyang. 

Selamat menjamu selera! ❤️

Planting Pineapple | Tanam Pokok Nenas dan khasiat yang ketara

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Nenas diamalkan untuk kuatkan imuniti tubuh

Pineapple defends from free radical 

After knowing the goodness of pineapple for body immunity, I made a point to eat pineapple as often, kids abang adik tried it but never liked it so much. As for them I would give them oranges and apples instead.

I purchased pineapples online or bought at the shop nearby. Bought two sometimes, I give one to my neighbour. My neighbour even went and plant it and it grows successfully. 

I did the same. I cut the stalk and planted it at the back of our house. Actually I procrastinate to plant it. I hope it will grow.

Benefits that I feel after having pineapple often, I feel at normal state even when I eat something that give 'wind' to my body. For example, after eating stinky beans, I didn't feel anything funny, even glutinous rice was fine too. 

Fact of stinky beans or any beans are superfood, like milk is superfood, when we eat and stay idle, the energy don't go through sweat, it will be stucked at muscle, that's when we feel aching. 

Superfood like milk, for instant newborn baby can grow fast to become  toddler. As an adult human, if I'm taking milk or beans (bean itself is a seedling to a tree, means that I will get nutrition not like from leaf but from bean right?, folate will be in leaf but bean has both folate, protein and much more.  

Back to consuming milk or glutinous rice and idling, layback and do mild work will not be enough of energy usage, so once consume these foods, do a lot of work movement or my own remedy to eat pineapple to add more nutrition, good digestion plus detoxifcation help stabilize.  Note to self. 

Happy weekend❤️

Selepas mengetahui dan diingatkan lagi dalam berbagai media tentang kebaikan pengambilan buah nenas, setelah tahu saya mula  pastikan untuk makan nenas selalu. 

Saya buat pembelian nenas dalam online atau beli di kedai berdekatan. Beli sebiji dua setiap kali, kalau dua, saya beri satu kepada jiran saya. Saya nampak jiran tanam pokok nenas dari putiknya itu. Saya pun turut serta menanamnya dibelakang rumah. Potong bahagian bawah sikit dari jambulnya atau putiknya, tanam dalam pasu sebab emak saya cakap dia letak atas tanah tumpang pasu pokok lain, naik subur. Jadi saya tanam macam tu je. 

Khasiat buah nenas yang saya ketara saya rasai ialah bila makan benda yang berangin sepert petai atau pulut, tak rasa apa pun Alhamdulillah, rasa biasa.

Cuba bagi dekat abang adik, mereka kurang gemar, jadi diberi  buah oren atau epal untuk menambah immuniti. 

Sebenarnya makanan terbaik superfood iaitu susu, kacang, cendawan tu ada khasiat bole membesar dan menguatkan tubuh, jika tidak digunakan dan di keluarkan melalui peluh, jadi toksik yang boleh memberi sengal-sengal.

Susu tu ringkas tetapi makanan super/terbaik ini yang boleh membesarkan seorang bayi. Untuk dewasa meminum susu tetapi berlegar tak bergerak kerja lama-lama rasa badan berat dan berangin. Tetapi jika mengambil buah nenas dapat menolong menambah nutrisi, prnghadaman yang baik, detoksifikasi yang lancar dengan kuasaNya tubuh rasa biasa dan segar lagi. Jadi, sekurangnya dapt menolong jika ingin makanan kegemaran seperti petai dan pulut. Peringatan ini untuk diri juga. 

Selamat berhujung minggu❤️

Turnover Pancake | Apam Balik

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Buat kecil dengan harapan boleh balikkan | make tiny cake so the corn topping dont glide out when half turn over

Biar masak  | Let it cook so easy to turn it half

"Apam" means pancake whilst "balik" means turnover so turnover pancake or peanut sweet corn with sugar topping pancake. 

I saw in foodpanda delivery that Apam balik or turnover pancake is being sold but decided to make my own. 

I tried to make turnover pancake before and failed at folding them in half, perhaps the mixture was too runny. The corn, sugar and nuts spilled over to the pan, fast enough to caramelized turned brown, smell burnt. The pan needs to be cleaned first to start all over. 

This time I decided to turn it over after it has been cooked and on the plate not on the pan. The below pancake looks like over cooked but its crunchy of the margerine that I used. It tastes good, soft inside creamy of the sweet corn. 

The recipe I took from the website 'elmundoeats' but modified a bit. Instead of using 1 cup of all purpose flour, I used self raising flour instead. 

Turnover pancake turned out very good and delicious, after adik left the kitchen as she was full, I tried making round shaped since I already got the hang of it, hehe. 

If you happened to have dry yeast should give it a try yeast do give it an asian taste. I think :) 

Love greetings❤️

Apam tu seakan kek, bancuhannya juga serupa cuma kaedah masaknya lain. Ia perlu ditutup semasa ia dimasak. Balik kan itu sebenarnya melipat dari tengah. Biar berbuih dan isinya memecah gelembung tu, boleh bubuh isinya iaitu gula pasir, kacang tumbuk dan jagung dan akhirnya barulah boleh balikkan separuh. 

Saya nampak Foodpanda ada jual Apam balik tapi rasa hendak cuba buat sendiri. 

Saya pernah buat apam balik dahulu sebelum ni tetapi masa nak balikkan separuh tu, isi jagung gula tu terkeluar ke pan lalu jadi gula hangus, berbau hangit jadi kena cuci dulu sebelum mula tuang bancuhan lain. 

Kali ini saya nak balikkan di pinggan bukan di pan. Di bahagian bawah apam tu terlalu masak warnanya kerana marjerin yang digunakan untuk masak. Gelap tapi rangup, lembut di dalam, berkrim isinya. lazat keseluruhannya.

Saya ambil resepi ini dari laman 'elmundoeats' . Tetapi saya ubah suai sikit di mana saya guna tepung naik sendiri sahaja tak campur tepung gandum biasa.

Apam balik yang dibuat ini Alhamdulillah menjadi, selepas adik tinggalkan dapur, katanya dah kenyang, saya cuba pula buat bulat biasa pula, sebab rasa dah dapat agak bila nak balikkan separuh tu.

Kalau dirumah ada yis, bolehla cuba buat, kerana bahan yis tu yang membuat rasa asian tu, puas dan tak muak. Saya rasa la :)

Salam keluarga Malaysia ❤️🇲🇾

Butterflies | Rama-rama Seekor dua masih sabar menunggu sayap kering

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Mariposa

Teringat pula pernah panggil bomba untuk makhluk lain

Beranak-pinak di  pokok pandan

Moment of truth when waking up in the morning to see two young butterflies just came out of their metamorphosis and waiting for their wings to dry up before they can fly off to brave new world. 

The background of the green pandan or screwpine leaves made them even more stand out.

I searched what type of butterfly species that came and made a home here. They kinda looked like the Monarch butterfly but then not really as the colors are different. 

I have also used to call the 991 rescue team to move the bee hive inside the roof tiles near the high trees. I have regreted it as one whole bee colony is lost. But had to, if not the roof portion will become heavier and finally break up and fall. Godforbidden. 

Happy Friday❤️

Momen yang nyata lagi benar di pagi hari terlihat dua ekor rama-rama muda yang sudi berada di sini, menanti kepaknya yang masih basah itu menjadi kering selepas metamorfosis. Mereka akan berani terbang pergi ke dunia baru ini. 

Kehijauan dari daun pandan itu menyerlahkan lagi warna rama-rama putih, jingga, kuning dan hitam itu. 

Saya cuba cari jenis spesis rama-rama apakah ini, terjumpa seakan dinamakan "monarch butterfly" tapi tak pasti kerana warnanya tak begitu sama. SubhanAllah serangga yang indah. 

Saya juga pernah panggil bomba 991 untuk memindah sarang lebah yang bermastautin di dalam bumbung rumah. Saya menyesal kerana sekoloni lebah hilang sarang, tetapi bila ingat balik memang perlu, Nauzubillahiminzalik jika tidak bumbung akan menjadi berat, kemungkinan bahagian tu akan pecah dan jatuh. 

Salam Jumaat❤️

Leftover crushed chicken | Ayam semalam dicincang

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Cincang ayam

Crush the chicken

Fixing breakfast must be done early, after dusk prayers, citing verses. It's a habit to open the fridge first thing in the morning. I looked deep inside and saw fried chicken leftovers from yesterday dinner. Thought of reheating, but I knew it will not be as good to eat them just like that. Therefore, I took them out together with capsicums and salad. Not just the chickens are from the past but the macaroni cheese sauce is also left undemand. 

I cut the capsicums while thinking what should I do with the chickens, if I make fried rice the cheese sauce will not be suitable for frying. Hmm.. Ending up back to the start from the beginning which is beautiful garden on top of something who can guess??  hehe.. . So the chicken must be crushed for a better mixed taste with capsicum and tiny cut salad. 

I spread the sauce on the basic home but staple ingredient (have you guess yet?) scattered the crushed chickens, covered with capsicum. Another set, cut salad on top of sauce, the rest almost the same. I had to finish the breads as I was thinking of making bread apple pudding not in the near time. I had procrastinated on it due to not enough corum as not all of us eat pudding., kind of low confident vote. (country first world problem). 

Glad that I fixed all that as they turned out very delicious and nutritious breakfast. The crunchiness of capsicum turn juicy after bites and so flavourful. 

Grateful always❤️

Menyediakan sarapan mesti dibuat diawal pagi, selepas solat subuh, seusai mengaji. Buka pintu peti ais dari tabiat hingga  kini menjadi tuntutan serta tanggungjawab. 

Lihat di dalam ternampak ayam goreng kemarin. Dalam fikiran kalau panaskan ia saja untuk sarapan tak mungkin akan jadi sedap seperti yang asal. Bukan saja ayam yang lebihan semalam tapi ada juga sos cheese macaroni juga turut dalam simpanan. 

Saya keluarkam ayam, sos keju, cili benggala dan daun salad.

Potong cili benggala tu sambil memikir pula apa yang patut saya masak dengan ayam, kalau nasi goreng, sos keju tak sesuai pula. 

Berakhirlah kembali pada mula dulu dimana campuran bahan-bahan  bagai taman diletak atas ruji teka apakah itu?? 

Hehe.. 

Jadi ayam perlu dicincang baru tergaul dalam mulut dengan cili benggala yang rangup tapi berjus dan aroma bila ditokak. 

Sapu sos keju dulu, letak ayam diatas potongan 'ehem-ehem' tu (dah teka ke belum?) kemudian sayur tu di atas sekali. Buat satu set lagi diletak daun salad yang dimayang dan letak lain seperti set tadi.

Sebenarnya perlu habiskan roti sebab saya tak jadi buat pudding roti masa terdekat ni sebab tak cukup korum yang nak mahu menikmatinya. Macam tak cukup undi percaya la pula tu, masalah negara kan? 

Syukur Alhamdulillah saya buat sarapan begini sedap dan lazat, kerangupan chili benggala yang berjus dan ber-aroma menjadi lebih enak. 

Syukur selalu❤️