the Weird, Bad and Lazy Cook

Note 1: Inspired from <https://uncutrecipes.com/EN-Recipes-Japanese/Takoyaki-Recipe.html> Yield: 12 balls on standard takoyaki pan Ingredients: 1/2 cup all purpose flour 1 cup water (plus a few more) 1/2 packet dashi (1/2 x 8 gm pp) 1/2 inch ginger paste 1 stalk spring onion, chopped finely 1 shiitake mushroom, chopped finely 1 slice of cheese, chopped finely 1/4 cup sliced boiled tako or octopus Garnishing: Takoyaki / okonomiyaki sauce Kewpie mild mayonnaise Aonori Katsuoboshi Steps: 1. Mix all ingredients to form quite a thin, runny batter. 2. Heat takoyaki pan on medium to low heat, depending on the strength of your stove. 3. Drizzle the pan with oil. 4. Pour enough batter in the holes to form 1/2 ball. You may use chopstick to scrape all  adjacent spilled batter into the takoyaki holes. 5. When slightly hardened at the sides, tilt one side and pour more batter to form 3/4 ball. Adjust heat as you go. 6. Again, as you see slightly hardened at the side, pour remaining batte...

Note 1: Inspired by <https://anitalianinmykitchen.com/cranberry-scones/>. Though, I think I kinda made adjustments to it and my scones were very airy and almost bread-cakey like and not at all dense, dry, hard or crumbly like usual scones. Haha but my husband seemed to like it, so keeping it! Note 2: The recipe said if you don't have buttermilk, you can substitute with 3/4 whole milk + 1 tbsp whole cream + 1 tbsp vinegar. Or, if you are lazy like me, you can use yoghurt. Then they might have bread-cakey like texture. If using milk, rest the milk mixture at least 5 minutes before being incorporated in the dough.  Note 3: I don't have clotted cream or mascarpone cheese. Sour cream works well too. Yield: Depending on the diameter of your cutter, might yield 6-10 scones. Ingredients 1/4 cup granulated sugar (used: coarse) 2 cups all purpose flour 2 tsp baking powder 1 pinch of fine salt  1/4 cup + 1 tbsp of grated butter (used: 90 gm) 3/4 + 2 tbsp buttermilk or 3/4 cup who...

Note 1: Inspired from <https://www.aziekitchen.com/2014/08/roti-jala-yang-kekal-lembut-sampai-ke.html>. Honestly, so delicious and easy! Yield: 8" - 10" frypan gives 25 - 30 roti jala Ingredients: 3 cawan tepung gandum 2 1/2 tbsp minyak masak 1 tsp garam 1 biji telur 3 cawan santan cair Sedikit pewarna kuning (bukan serbuk kunyit) Steps: 1. Blend kesemua bahan dalam blender sehingga sebati. 2. Boleh masak dengan acuan roti jala dalam periuk rata (flat frypan) yang sudah diratakan sedikit minyak dan yang sudah di-preheat atas api kecil - sederhana. 3. Biarkan sejuk sedikit sebelum gulungkan roti jala. 4. Serve with curry.

Note 1 : I kind of butchered the first try. Haha because I winged it. And got it terribly wrong. Well, so much for a first try. Haha Note 2 : Adapted from this recipe <https://www.aynorablogs.com/2016/07/resepi-biskut-bangkit-asli-yang-sedap.html>. I followed the weight grams but it turns out it was half of the 'cup' recipe. Terribly wrong. So next to try with this ratio from this recipe <https://resepibonda.my/resepi-kuih-bangkit/>. Ingredients: 2 cup or 270gm tapioca flour 1 cup or 130gm all purpose flour 1 cup of 225gm icing sugar (or castor sugar) 2 tsp baking powder 1 1/2 cup or 375ml coconut milk 2 eggs Steps: 1. Fry flour without oil on a pan. Roast until dry and light. Set aside to cool. 2. Combine flour with sugar and baking powder. Mix well. Set aside. 3. Beat eggs until it blooms, frothy and light. Combine with coconut milk. Beat alternately. 4. Pour in flour in batches and combine until it forms a dough. 5. Pre-heat oven at 150C for 15-30 minutes. 6. Rol...

Kulit: 2 cups of flour 1 tsp salt 1 senduk margarine 2 tbsp cooking oil 1/2 cup hot water Inti ikan: 1 bowl isi ikan (from 4-5 ekor ikan kembung) 2 bowl kelapa parut segar (3/4 taken from 1 biji kelapa) 1 bowl santan segar (diperah from 1/4 taken from 1 biji kelapa) 1-2 biji bawang merah kecil atau sederhana 4-5 ulas garlic cloves 1 inch halia 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp black peppercorns 6 tsp sugar Steps: Kulit: 1. In a bread maker, mix flour, salt, margarine and cooking oil together until well mixed. 2. Slowly drizzle in hot water until form a dough. 3. Knead for 15 minutes. Rest for 1 hour. 4. Optional - knead for another 20 minutes. Rest another 1 hour or at least until use. Refrigerate if want to store until use for the next day. Filling: 1. Pound onion, garlic, ginger, black peppercorns, and salt until form a paste. Set aside. 2. Combine fresh kelapa parut, isi ikan, onion paste, sugar and santan in one pot. Mix under medium to low heat until quite dry but not desert dry. 3. Let cool b...

Spring Roll Normal wrapper Fillings Cabbage Carrot Cucumber Black fungus Soft tofu 1 garlic, minced 2 tbsp soy sauce Suhun, cut up 1 egg Sesame seeds Flour + water (glue paste) 1. Mix everything except suhun. Rest for 1 hour in the fridge. 2. After 1 hour, squeeze out and remove excess liquid. 3. Add suhun, sesame seeds and egg. Mix well. 4. Wrap spring roll and deep fry immediately. 5. If want to freeze, freeze immediately after wrapping. Place somewhat apart from each other in a closed container. Fillings - Others 1. Parutkan carrot dan timun dalam bentuk matchstick. Boleh dicelur atau digaramkan untuk buang excess air. Saya pilih untuk digaramkan. 2. Gabung carrot, timun, dan taugeh untuk ditaburkan garam halus dalam 2 tsp. Gaul rata dan biarkan seketika dalam sekurang-kurangnya 10-15 minit. Bilas dan toskan air garam. Set aside. 3. Rendam suhun kering dalam air panas. Apabila sudah lembut, toskan air dan potong halus. 4. Ramas tauhu sehingga hancur, gabungkan dengan suhun. Perasaka...

Note 1 : Birria soup or consomme was adapted from this recipe <https://houseofyumm.com/beef-birria-and-birria-tacos/>. Homemade flour tortilla was adapted from this recipe <https://growagoodlife.com/flour-tortilla-recipe/> Note 2 : I cheated. I used technology because I have too much work. Hehe I used bread maker and pressure cooker. Ingredients Part A - Beef Birria 500gm beef (mix of lean and fatty) 1/2 holland onion, diced 1/2 garlic bulb, halved 1/2 carrot, roughly chopped stew size +1 tomato 1 cinnamon stick 2 pc bay leaf 7-8 pc dried chili pepper 1 tsp coarse salt 1 tsp cayenne pepper 1 tsp cumin 1 tsp ground oregano +1 tsp smoked paprika Water Part B - Flour Tortilla Yield: 6 small tortilla 1 cup all purpose flour 2 tbsp cooking oil 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 cup water + extra if needed Part C - Assembly and Garnish Mozzarella Birria red oil or carotino oil (since my birria did not produce enough oil) Diced red onion Lime wedges Birria consomme Steps 1. Cook all of Part A in a ...

Note 1: The recipe came about after making chocolate lava cake. It calls for an additional egg yolks which is so annoying because where would I use the remaining egg whites? Then, this recipe came about. Ingredients: 2 egg whites 2 tbsp sugar 2 tbsp flour Steps: 1. Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. 2. Gradually add in sugar and beat until well incorporated. 3. Add in flour and beat until well incorporated. 4. You can use spoon or ice cream scoop and stack the pancake in two. Slowly cook it under the lowest fire on your stove with a transparent glass lid on. It may take a brief minute before it is done on one side and ready for flipping. Keep an eye on it.