Thursday, January 5, 2012

Masak - masak : Daging Dendeng

Salam hai hello pembaca budiman..

Hari ni nak cakap pasal memasak pulak la.. Sebulan lepas my buddy ada request minta saya masakkan beliau daging dendeng. Teringin katanya. Dengan kehairanan saya bertanya macam mana rupanya daging dendeng? Kadang-kadang saya ni makan aje tapi tak tau nama makanan tersebut. Yang pastinya daging dendeng ni bukanlah popular kot di tempat saya atau dalam kalangan keluarga saya, sebab saya tak tahu! haha.. My buddy cakap makanan di majlis kahwin, buat saya terfikir, daging masak itamkah? Hurmm.. Walau bagaimanapun dek kerana beliau terinngin sangat, beliau mencari sesungguh-sungguhnya gambar daging dendeng untuk ditunjukkan kepada saya. Masih, saya tak berapa pasti. Kena tanya ibu samada saya pernah makan atau tidak. 

Dipendekkan cerita untuk tidak menghampakan keinginan beliau kami carilah resepi daging dendeng tersebut. Pada awalnya beliau memberitahu saya cara memasaknya adalah leceh, (perlu ketuk hirisan daging dengan batu lesung, perap dan sebagainya ) tapi ternyata resepi yang saya jumpa tidak meminta saya membuat seprti yang demikian. 

Pada pendapat syaa cara memasak daging dendeng adalah ringkas dan mudah. 

Tidak seperti masakan-masakan daging saya yang lain, untuk memasak dendeng saya tidak merebus daging sehingga empuk sebelum mula memasak. Ini kerana masakan dendeng memerlukan dagingnya digoreng garing. 
Maka waktu menyiapkan bahan pun dapat dikurangkan :) 
Mari kita tengok resepi : 

Bahan-bahan yang diperlukan adalah :
  1. Setengah kilo daging
  2. 2sb kicap 
  3. 2sb gula
  4. 4 biji tomato (tapi saya gantikn dengan sos tomato sebab di rumah saya tiada tomato dan cuaca terlampau sejuk menyebabkan saya tak terniat pun untuk ke kedai membeli tomato.. hehe~) 
  5. 2sb jintan manis *
  6. 1sb jintan putih *
  7. 10 ulas bawang merah (saya pakai bawang holland-ni kot nama dia- sebab korea susah nk cari bawang merah. tapi sebab bawang holland besar gedabak saya letak dalam 3 biji kot -alamak tak ingat!)*
  8. 3 sudu cili giling. Biasanya kt Malaysia ibu saya blend cili kering tapi kat sini saya pakai cli merah basah. Takpe kot.*
  9. Halia sikit. setengah inci ke seinci macam tu.*
Okay cara- cara dia macam ni :
Mula-mula bahan-bahan bertanda * dikisar. Kemudian daging dihiris nipis-nipis, dan digaul-perapkan dengan bahan kisar tadi. Kalau hiris lagi nipis daging tu maknanya lagi garinglah hasilnya nanti. Saya dimaklumkan dari my buddy daging dendeng ni memang garing. (Again at this time I still have no idea pasal daging dendeng ni). Kemudian gorengkan daging yang dah diperap tadi, dan ketepikan. Ha. Bahan-bahan kisar tadi takla semua dicurahkan pada daging tadi, cukup sekadar nk perap, jadi lebihan bahan kisar tadi saya tumis. Kemudian masukkan kicap, gula, tomato , kemudian daging yang dah digoreng. Masak sampai kering. Warna masakan ni gelap je disebakan tindak balas kicap tadi. Disebab kan saya tak familiar dengan masakan ni , my buddy yang jadi tukang rasa. Dia kata ok, macam tu lah rasa daging dendeng.

Masakan ni rasanya manis-manis aje, mungkin gula dan jintan manis yang manis tu. Dagingnya pula garing sampai 'berkrup-krup' masa makan. My buddy sangat gembira sampai semangkuk dia habiskan. 


Dan bagi saya yang bukan peminat daging ni pula, biasa-biasa aje. hehe .. Saya rasa daging masak itam kenduri kahwin lagi sedap sebab lembut. Masakan garing-garing krup krup ni bukan favourite saya. Daging pun jarang-jarang makan. Tapi gembira tengok beliau suka. 

Saya bukannya tau ambil gambar. Tapi ni lah daging dendeng hasil masakan saya. Habis licin dah hehehe..

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

I'm so much in need of a getaway : ridiculous escapade!!

Salam hi hello gentle readers.. Been wanting soooo much to write since I don't know when. I have a lot of stories in list for the last two months but just didnt got a chance :(

What can I say, 2011 left with thousand bittersweet memories. May 2012 be a blissful year and brings belssings... :) 

At this moment, all I wanted soo much is to lay down on a really really big wide bed. A comfy one. Super comfy. Since November, most of my sleeptime spent on a piece of box. So sad.
Picture shows my 'bed' for the last 2 months .. It is pathetic isn't it?But what can I do what can I say, I was in the office 24 hours a day everyday. okay. sometimes minus 1 hour-go back and get shower. There was a time in December when I didn't shower for three days in a row and sleep like 3 hours on my 'bed' every nite. Again it is so pathetic!

We even went to field test on a super freezing day which drove me crazy....There is still one good thing, we got a chance to eat a yummylicious rice cooked together with oyster + oyster korean pancake at a very famous oyster restaurant there in Anseong. So i went crazy and frenzy : 
Satisfied with the yummylicious oystersssssss. marvellous!







Next, I already announced and invited my families, relatives and fellow friends to my you-already-know-wedding with dear Raja Hassanul, via FB few days ago. I wish you guys would be happy to attend and may your presence double the joy. Or at least, for those who unfortunately couldnt make it there, I  really appreciate your doa :)
Ceremony at groom's side will be held in Ampang on 4th of February..

I've been going through many-many-many sleepless nights, working very hard, eating very fast and spending very wise (almost none  - except for meals) . So I am beginning to lose conscious, I feel extremely exhausted, I get hungry easily! - every single second (impact from not chewing food properly), and becoming really broke. Why should I be broke, I spend wisely didnt I? But this semester we received no bonus due to no extra field test. We just work very hard in the office. And monthly pocket money goes to the wedding ceremony, and also, the gas and electric bill stakes super duper high due to the winter season. This make me realized that without bonuses and extra cash, I barely survive the winter! Hopefully things would be better in summer. I worked so hard yet still so broke and penniless, and I dont have time for myself even. I hate it so much and I'm struggling inside, persuading and convincing myself to just be patient and hang on. Please hang on.


I have a vacation for a month, to go back and get myself busy with the weddings and all. But report on weekly activities should still be submitted, so by the end of February I shall finish my thesis, complete with findings and writing. Everything. Should I work on the pelamin? Oh my this is so stressful..


All I want is to lay on peaceful sandy beach just relaxing and enjoy sun-bathing with nothing on my mind. - but now is a rainy season nadia! 



Or it wud be completely a great great great great  retreat to go away and hide in a room equipped with super comfy bed and pampers my abused self and mind with the best vacation ever. 

I would DIE to just pretending being a princess, even for a day.

Oh God BLESS anybody out there who presented me with this kind of gift! :D - dream continuesss.......-



I am still on track, keeping up and relying with faith. But I couldn't lie that I want to go back Malaysia so badly............


* Entri ini mengandungi banyak sungutan dan sungutan yang tidak sesuai dibaca oleh kanak-kanak yang bersekolah. Cuma rasa cambest bila tulis and spit it out. Allow me.. please.