the Weird, Bad and Lazy Cook

A. Red Velvet Cookies Recipe is adapted from Azlina Ina 1 cup butter >> 1/2 cup (115gm) butter, 1/2 cup (115gm) margarine Pelangi 2 tbsp (30gm) ghee 2 cups brown sugar >> a bit too sweet. 1 1/2 cup. 3/4 cup (150gm) castor sugar. ¼ cup (50gm) muscovado sugar. +50gm cream cheese 1 egg yolk >> 1 whole egg A dash of vanilla essence >> 1 tsp (5gm) vanilla essence 2 tsp red colouring Imauco, 1/2 tsp Star cochineal >> somehow, red colouring is not enough. Perhaps to increase to 3 1/2 tsp Imauco. 4 tsp red colouring 2 tsp orange colouring 2 tsp vinegar (added after creaming) 2 tsp baking powder >> 1/2 tsp double action baking powder (so as not to soften the cookie) 1 tsp baking soda (for effervescent) 4 tbsp (25gm) cocoa powder >> 50gm cocoa powder 2 tbsp rice flour 4 tbsp corn starch >> 1/2 cup (60gm) 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour >> 2 1/2 cups (300gm) all purpose flour +2 tbsp (30gm) malted milk horlicks +1 tsp emplex (2gm) Chocolate chi...

Note 1 : Bumbu rempah daging halus adaoted from < https://youtu.be/E6W1YuByjXE?si=AOTbaS07cxg7JJJD > Note 2 : Sukatan awas-awas adapted from < https://youtube.com/shorts/llOr3lJcXRE?si=sIz6V2IHtD3yFOkk > 500gm santan pekat 1kg santan cair 2 tsp garam kasar *450gm bawang merah besar *100gm bawang putih *50gm halia *50gm lengkuas *6 biji kemiri *80gm cili merah birds eye (quite spicy 😅, perhaps to balance it with lada besar merah someday) *15 keping (10gm) cili kering (rendam) 1kg daging lembu (kiub besar) 2 lembar daun kunyit 3 lembar daun salam 4 batang serai kampung 6 lembar daun limau purut **1 batang kecil kulit kayu manis **1 biji bunga lawang **10 biji bunga cengkih **10 biji buah pelaga **10 biji lada hitam **1 tbsp jintan manis (fennel) **1 tbsp jintan putih (cumin) **2 tbsp biji ketumbar **1 tbsp nutmeg powder 1 butir (30gm) gula melaka comel 1/2 tsp chicken stock powder 200gm kerisik (1.5 to 2 butir kelapa) (needs to be very black or the rendang will look light br...