Kuih "Shrek"

- Ateen.

Hello hello!

Wow, when was the last time someone (other blog owners) ever post something into this blog? You guys don't cook anymore ay?
Hahaha.

Anyway, happy Ramadhan Kareem to all. Hope this year will bring us more barakah than the year before and help us to find the true meaning of being a Muslim, insyaAllah.

So today, the recipe that I want to share with you guys is how to make a traditional Malay sweet dish known as "Kuih Gulung" or some people just called it "Kuih Ketayap" or "Kuih Dadar". Doesn't matter what it's being called, it tastes the same anyway ;p

For those who doesn't know what "Kuih Gulung" is, it looks like spring roll but the filling is made from shredded coconut which being cooked together with brown and white sugar. Meanwhile, the wrapper is made from plain flour and few other ingredients that I will list down here later.

So, go get a pen and piece of paper so that you will be able try to make it for breaking fast today! =)

Ingredients:

For the wrapper

1. Plain flour
2. Egg
3. Fresh milk
4. Green colouring (can also use "Pandan" leaves but you have to blend and filter to get the green-coloured juice)
5. Vanilla essence
6. Table salt
7. Cooking oil

For the filling

1. Shredded coconut (if you're in Malaysia, it's very easy to find, but for overseas student, you can use dessicated coconut which can easily be found at supermarket)
2. Brown sugar
3. White sugar
4. Plain water

How to make?

The Filling

Put the dessicated coconut into a pan and then add a scoop (means ladle or "senduk") of sugar and 2 scoops of white sugar. Add some water to mix them together. Cook for about 3-5 minutes.

The wrapper

1. Put 4 cups of plain flour in a round shape and flowers pattern container.
2. Add an egg into the container.
3. Pour a cup of fresh milk.
4. Add a few drops of vanilla essence.
5. Add 1/2 tea spoon of table salt
6. Add 1 tea spoon of cooking oil (optional. this to avoid the wrapper sticks to the frying pan during cooking)
7. Stir all the ingredients until they are completely mixed together.
8.Then, heat a frying pan and put some cooking oil on it just to make sure that the wrapper does not stick on the pan later on.
9. By using a ladle, scoop the mixture about 1/2 full of the ladle. Then put it in the heated frying pan.
10. Try to spread the mixture well and thin by swinging your hip the pan. Wrapper which is too thick will be very hard to be folded and becomes brittle too.
11. Wait until it cooked (you may know by looking at its colour).
12. When cooked, transfer it to a plate for the next step.

Rolling

1. Put the cooked coconut filling onto the wrapper. Try not to put the filling to much because it will coming out of the wrapper when being rolled.
2. Now, you can roll them together according to your own style but make sure to fold both of the right and left sides of the wrapper after you put the filling onto it so that the it won't come out.
3. Done!

Few tips: Start the rolling process as soon as it is taken out from the pan. This ensures the wrapper still soft and sticks together after being rolled. Also, don't forget to wash your hands before you touch the food! Stop the flu y'all! =)

"Kuih" Shrek ;p

That's all for now!

Keep rolling rolling rolling rolling~~ (Limp Bizkit song ;p)

For Cookie Lovers, this is for free~

- Odie.

*got this email from a friend of mine, and i thought that it's kinda relevent to post it here. On the second thought, i find this email s very interesting. It's about the famous amos cookies. famous amos cookies as biskut raya, anyone? hehehe.. (note: i havent tried baking it. so please dont blame me if it doesn't taste anything like the famous amos one =p) *

This is a true story

My daughter and I had just finished a muffin at Famous Amos Caf in Bangsar & decided to have some cookies. Because both of us are such a cookie lovers, we decided to try the "Hawaiian Nut Cookie".

It was so excellent that I asked if they would give me the recipe and the waitress said with a small frown "I'm afraid cannot". Well I said, "Would you let me buy the recipe?"

With a cute smile, she said "YES". I asked how much and she responded, "only two fifty, it's a great deal!" I said with approval, "Just add it to my bill"

Thirty days later, I received my VISA statement from Famous Amos and it was RM285.00. I looked again and remembered I had only spent RM9.95 for two muffins and about RM20.00 for a pie. As I glanced at the bottom of the statement, it said, "cookie recipe - RM250.00". That's outrages!!!

I called the Famous Amos's Accounting Dept. and told them that the waitress said it was "two-fifty", which clearly does not mean "two hundred and fifty dollars" by any POSSIBLE interpretation of the phrase. Famous Amos refused to budge.. They would not refund my money, because according to them, "What the waitress told you is not our problem. You have already seen the recipe - we absolutely will not refund your money at this point."

I explain to her the criminal statues which govern fraud in Malaysia. I threatened to refer them to police for engaging in fraud. I was basically told, "Do what you want, we don't care, and we're not refunding your money." I waited for a moment, thinking of how I could get even, or even try to get any of my money back. I just said, "Okay, you people got my RM2-50.00, and now I'm going to have a RM250.00 worth of fun." I told her that I was going to see to it that every cookie lover in Malaysia with an email account has a RM250.00 cookie recipe from Famous Amos...for free... She replied, "I wish you wouldn't do this" I said, "Well you should have thought of that before you stole from me", and slammed down the phone on her.

So, here it is!!! Please, please please pass it on to everyone you can possibly think of. I paid RM250.00 dollars for this...I don't want Famous Amos to ever get another cent off of this recipe..... Recipe may be halved:

Ingredients
2 cups butter
4 cups flour
2 tsp. baking soda
2 cups granulated sugar
2 cups brown sugar
5 cups blended oatmeal (measure oatmeal & blend in blender to a fine powder)
24 oz. chocolate chips
1 tsp. salt
18 oz. Cadbury bar (grated)
4 eggs
2 tsp. baking powder
3 cups chopped nuts (your choice)
2 tsp. vanilla

Steps
- Cream the butter and both sugars.
- Add eggs and vanilla; mix together with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder, & soda.
- Add chocolate chips, Cadbury bar and nuts.
- Roll into balls and place two inches apart on a cookie sheet.
- Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees.
- Makes 122 cookies.

Have fun..!!