#106 - Successful Cooking

Assalamualaikum.

So, I had the opportunity to prepare decent lunch for En. Suami and Inas last weekend. We went to Pasar Tani on Saturday morning since we were out of things to cook. That was my first time going there actually and at 10 am, the place was still buzzing with people.

I actually went crazy looking at the stuffs selling there. Nasib baiklah we have to be on budget and need to be realistic. Otherwise, semua benda pun beli

I straight away started preparing the ingredients moment after we reached home. I left Inas under En. Suami's care. 

I can't believe how at ease I was preparing the lunch. Probably, it has been a while since I prepared something other than fried chicken for En. Suami.

Saturday lunch; fried chicken, daging salai masak lemak and bendi goreng belacan. My masak lemak was not thick enough though. But for a first timer, I think I did okay.

Sunday lunch, garlic fried chicken, sambal tumis sotong and stir fried bak choy. All good and finished within one seating. HAPPY.

I admit, my cooking is far from great or even very delicious. I'm still trying and struggling to get everything right. But alhamdulillah, En. Suami is very supportive. Whenever I prepared something for him, he would look at the dishes, smile and give me a kiss on the forehead. Give so much joy and makes everything worth it. 

After all this success, makes me wanna go to pasar tani every week and try different dishes.

All the best, Zeti!

#99 - Nutella Mug Cake

Assalamualaikum.

So my husband invited some of his cousins to come over last weekend for iftar. Initially we wanted to have our iftar outside but since one of them just had a baby , we decided to have it at home.

Being such an undomestic goddess, of course I opted for take-away. Like, I'm struggling to cook for 4 people, you can't expect me to cook for 10 people. We ordered 4 chicken mandy and salad from Saba' Restaurant and lamb vindaloo from Mughal Restaurant.

As for dessert, I decided to try something new. I made Nutella Mug Cake. Have it with vanilla ice cream. Oh sedapnya.

Everyone loves it and the most important thing, En. Suami loves it too. Makes everything worth it!

For recipe, please click here Irma di London

#98 - Snippets of the Week Part 7

Good day lovelies!

Here some snippets of what I've been up to for the last couple of weeks;

1) Although we are only on second week of Ramadhan, both of us are basically done with our raya preparation. By raya preparation, I mean our attire. Yeah, so semangat like that. The thing is, I sent all my materials earlier this year thinking I could wear them during my cousin's wedding and repeat them during raya but unfortunately, the tailor couldn't get them ready on time.

2) I learned (the hard, sad way) that not all people can understand my jokes. Regardless how long you know someone. Sad but true.

3) I'm beginning to enjoy my work. Alhamdulillah.

4) Since both En. Suami's aunt and uncle invited both us to join them for iftar every night, I only have the opportunity to cook for En. Suami during Sahur. So far, we have missed one sahur.

5) I seriously to catch up with my closet organizing, clothes folding and house cleaning.

6) I already applied for my hari raya leave and am planning to bake something for En. Suami's birthday which is on hari raya's eve.

That's all for now.

Till then.

#73 - Snippets of the Week Part 3

2nd week of becoming a housewife and the only down side of not working is I don't have the access to blog everyday. Not really fond blogging from iPad. The only choice is to borrow my SIL's Macbook. Maybe I should get myself a laptop but En. Suami prefers desktop. Whatever it is, I need to have either one so I can blog.

Anyway, here's another snippets on what I've been up to since last week.

1) Was in Pekan last week for gotong royong session. But, we didn't actually participate (more like tunjuk muka) since we arrived Pekan only on Saturday evening. Spent one night there and headed back to Kuantan on Sunday morning. 

2) Since some of the states were on public holiday that Monday (Selangor included), we took the opportunity to shop for my Raya dress in Kuantan. Managed to get one maxi dress and one blouse (approved by MIL) but still not done with raya shopping as I need to find something blue to match En. Suami. 

3) During our monthly check up (the reason why we arrived late in Pekan), we finally can confirm on our Little Star's gender. But, I would like to keep it as a secret first. You guys have to wait until November to find out *wink*

4) Went to Kenanga Wholesale City with Ain. The mall was huge. We bought more than we should. But, I managed to get the blue dress for raya and red dress for my brother's wedding. I have a feeling that I'm probably going to buy another dress for his wedding but if not, I just wear the dress that I already bought. So now I am pretty much settled with raya preparation. Oh, except for shoes.

5) I wanted to bake some cookies but we don't have an oven. Maka, impian tinggal impian. But, it is good to know that my favourite cookies is also En. Suami's favourite. I should just master that one particular cookies. 

6) For En. Suami's birthday, I planned to cook his favourite dish which is Spaghetti Carbonara. But, my SIL invited to her house for iftar so we celebrated his birthday with his siblings. But, I managed to prepare the dish the day after that. It was ok. En. Suami finished off everything and it really makes everything worth it.

6) I finally found the time to reorganize my closet. OMG, do I have a lot of shawls. The shawls in the picture above are only half of them. But still, I think they are not enough. Sigh.

This year, we will be going back to Kuantan and Pekan for Raya. I only have a few days left to settle everything before we head back next Thursday. I should prepare a list of things to bring because lately I always forget things.

Let's hope I can squeeze some time to blog before another long hiatus.

Till then.

#38 - Stepford Wife

I prepared dinner last night after a very long hiatus from the kitchen. There was always dinner with families or friends.

At the office, I already planned what I want to cook. Since I forgot to take out the chicken from the freezer in the morning so I decided to make the next best thing; fried rice. Nasi goreng belacan to be exact. I googled on the recipe (yes, I am that noob) and finally settled with the simplest way of making it.

As I was very excited of making the dish, it was such a sickening moment when you found out the belacan that you know was in the fridge is no longer edible. Then, instead of using the traditional belacan, I used the belacan seasoning. And it didn't turn out to be something like you imagined.

IMAGINE THE FRUSTRATION.

I was close to tears at that time but I kept it together and started to prepare the table for dinner.

Despite En. Suami kept having second and third helpings, I felt bad. I felt that I am such a bad cook that I can't even prepare a decent meal for my husband. At the end of my meal, I started crying.

En. Suami said I have such a high standard in my cooking whereas he felt that it was ok.

Maybe I have too high expectation. I wanted everything to be perfect, you know the Stepford Wife perfect but it's getting out of control. I should learn to let loose.

Sigh.

#26 - Recap

Here's a recap;

1) Started work on the 3rd January. Been travelling by PUTRA LRT and Monorail which is so convenient plus healthy too. At least, this would be the closest that I can get to exercising. I am not stuck in bad KL traffic anymore. Managed to finish one book in one week. I have the book since early last year. Only now I have the time to read it.

2) Participated in team's performance for company's annual dinner. It was fun experience but was tiring with all the practice. Thank God, it's all over now.

3) I could not fit into my wedding dress anymore. I wanted to wear it to the company's annual dinner but I had trouble putting it on. So I ended wearing my old baju raya. This is why shoes are better because they could never go out of size. Does not matter how much you weigh, your shoe size will remain the same.

4) I need to get new pants, tops and shoes for work.

5) Finally get to meet my godson, twinnie's son. He is like 5 months now. I know, I am a failed godmama but on my defense, twinnie was in Ipoh so it's kinda hard for me to visit her. But now, twinnie is back in KL.

6) Err..that's probably it. I thought I have so much to right about but that's it. Heh.

7) Oh, I know to cook something else now. Ayam masak lemak. Standing ovation please :)

8) Praying very hard for En. Suami. Hope good things will come his way.

Till then.

#19 - Masterchef (Pressure Test)

So today is my second day as a housewife. Till this minute, I've done laundry, vacuumed, little wiping here ans there plus prepare today's lunch.

En. Suami is on half day off today so I'm taking the opportunity to cook something. You know, to enhance my cooking skills.

Prepared fried chicken (his all time favourite), ikan tenggiri masak asam and stir fried choy sum with squid.

Hope he likes them.

#8 - Curry Gone Wrong

So, En. Suami was asking me to cook chicken curry the other day. Of all things. I wonder if he is reading this blog.

He was out to get groceries for the house when I asked him what he wants for dinner so I can google on the recipe (He was on half day leave and I was working at that time). He said, chicken curry.*Gulp*

So, instead of googling the recipe, I turned to the most reliable source, My Mom.

I also planned what other things to cook just in case my curry gone wrong.

I prepared everything before Maghrib and started cooking right away after prayer.

It was alright in the beginning until I poured down the santan. You see, the reason why I don't really fancy cooking curry or anything berlemak for that matter is because of santan. I don't know how to estimate. So, my curry did not look like curry. More like percik. Hahahah.

I felt so bad cause I wanted to make it good for En. Suami.

Alhamdulillah , it was still edible.

Nevertheless, I will try again until I can make it right.

Till then.