Spaghetti in Carbonara Sauce

 Spaghetti in Carbonara Sauce

 Today whole morning rain and couldn't go out for my weekend marketing.

Good also, lazy around in the house to recharge my body.

Been very busy in the office and will drag on until next year January 2015.

Just by thinking of it already making me tired. Heizzz.....

This dish is so easy to make.  If you are running out of time, 

cannot go out to eat or lazy to go out, this dish is the best to cook.

Who don't love pasta, my daughter and I had pasta yesterday night 

for dinner at Italiannes, Empire Subang.  We never get tired of pasta.

 1 can of any brand Carbonara Mushroom Sauce.

1 1/2 handful of Dried Spaghetti (foolish of me to break it into halves).

 Warm up the sauce and set aside.

If you do not like it to be too thick, add in 1/2 cup of water

to dilute it.  I prefer not too thick nor not to dilute.

 Heat up pot of water with some salt.

Once the water is boiling rapidly, add in the dried

spaghetti.

Boil the spaghetti until al dente.

Drain the spaghetti using colander.

Pour in the cooked spaghetti into a serving plate and

mix with some cooked carbonara sauce until well 

combined.

Serve immediate.

Sooooo delicious and yummy.

Have a good weekend.

Stir Fried Potato and Mushroom with Black Pepper

Stir Fried Potato and Mushroom

with Black Pepper

Today is the last day of Puasa Month (Fasting Month) for Muslims.

They will be celebrating Hari Raya tomorrow and my family

and I would like to take this opportunity to wish our Muslim friends

Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri!

During the Puasa Month, our company will close at 4.00 pm and

our lunch of 1 hour will be shortened to 30 minutes.  Since we are not fasting,

it is very difficult to look for food within 1/2 hour.

So, we take turns to bring home cooked food to the office.  

This dish was cooked by me on Wednesday night for Thursday's lunch.

Even though this dish is meatless, my colleagues gave me a thumbs up.

As usual, they remind me to list this dish in my blog ;)

I did not weigh these ingredients because I was a bit tired. 

I reached home at 8.00 pm and cooked this dish straight away.

By looking at these pictures, I believe you will be able

to estimate it.

1/2 hand full of Spring Onion.

Shimeji Mushroom.

6 Australia Chat Potatoes.

6 cloves of Garlic.

Potatoes - Cut into quarter.

Shimeji Mushroom - Cut the bottom.

Spring Onion - Cut the white part away and cut into 2 inches.

Garlic - Minced.

Potatoes - Cook in salted water, drain and keep aside.

Heat up 2 tablespoon of cooking oil.

Add in minced Garlic, 3 teaspoons coarse Black Pepper and

1 tablespoon Oyster Sauce.

Remember not to burn the Garlic.

Stir until the Garlic slightly brownish.

Add in the Potatoes and Shimeji Mushroom.

Stir for 2 minutes.

Add in 1 tablespoon of Butter and stir until melted.

Add in Spring Onion and stir until well combined.

Add more Black Pepper or salt, if necessary.

Switch off the fire once the sauce is thicken and dry up.

While blogging this, my daughter told me that she secretly steal

some to taste and said it was flavourful.

My colleagues finished off the whole plate.  So happy to know
that they have enjoyed my home cook food.

I am submitting this post to Little Thumbs Up event

with this month theme "Potato" organised by
Zoe, Bake for Happy Kids,
Doreen, My Little Favourite DIY and
hosted by Jasline, Foodie Baker.

I am submitting this post to Cook Your Books #14 hosted by

Joyce, Kitchen Flavours.

Thai Sweet Sticky Rice with Mango

Thai Sweet Sticky Rice With Mango

Saw some left over of Glutinous Rice and since I have Mango inside

the fridge, without wasting any time, I cook this snack for my dear husband.

It is his favourite!  Everytime, whenever we visit Thailand, he won't

miss eating this snack.

 155g Glutinous Rice.

One ripe Mango.

One small carton 200 ml Coconut Milk.

1 tablespoon of Caster Sugar.

Pinch of salt.

Soak the Glutinous Rice with water, preferably overnight or more than 4 hours.
Wash the Glutinous Rice until the water is clear.

 Add in the Coconut Milk, Caster Sugar and Salt.

 Combine well.

 Steam for 20 minutes or until cooked.

 While it is hot, fluff the glutinous rice and let it cool.

If it is not enough sweet, please add Caster Sugar.

While waiting the Glutinous Rice to be cooled, peel the Mango 

and cut into desire sizes.

 At the end, my husband had two plates and told me that it is indeed delicious.

For me, the rice a bit soft.  Next try, will reduce the Coconut Milk

to 100 ml to 150 ml.

You won't regret making this snack because for sure your family

will give you this empty plate.  

Have a good and relaxing weekend.

Spaghetti Aglio Olio with Sun Dried Tomato

Spaghetti Aglio Olio with

Sun Dried Tomato

My family love to eat pasta.  Cook this dish on Saturday for lunch 

for my son and myself.  It is flavourful and my son gave me a goodie nod.

The Sun Dried Tomato and Garlic very flavourful.

 1/3 cup of Extra Virgin Olive Oil

250g of Spaghetti

7 pieces of Sun Dried Tomato

6 cloves of sliced Garlic 

1/2 teaspoon of Chili Flakes

 1 hour before you start your cooking, pre-soak the Sun Dried Tomato

with some Extra Virgin Olive Oil, drained and slice into desire sizes.

 With pot of boiling water with some salt, cook the Spaghetti until 3/4 

cooked.  Drain and keep aside.  Remember to save some of the

paste water.

 Add 1/3 cup of the Extra Virgin Olive Oil into the pan and the 

sliced Garlic.  Slowly saute the Garlic (do not burn it).

 Once slightly brown, add in the soaked Sun Dried Tomato,

half of the Chili Flakes and some salt.

 Stir until well combined for less than 1 minute.

 Lastly, add in the cooked Spaghetti.

Turn off the fire.

 Stir until well combined and add in 2 tablespoons of the pasta
water to avoid the Spaghetti sticking to each other.

 Add in the balance of the Chili Flakes.

Serve immediately.  Delicious indeed!

Vegetarian Glutinous Rice With Mushroom

Vegetarian Glutinous Rice With Mushroom

Today is the last day of Chinese New Year 

and also celebration of Valentine Day.

Would like to post this snack before the end of CNY.

I cooked this dish on the 1st day of CNY because

all eight of my sisters in law refrained themselves from eating meat on the

1st day of Chinese New Year. Your eyes must be wide open by now

upon reading "eight sisters in law".  Yeap, my mother in law has

nine children and my husband is 5th.

This snack was finished within 10 minutes and I should have made 

more because some did not have the chance to eat it because all

those brothers in law including nieces, nephews and their children

(grand nieces and grand nephews) are also eating it.

This recipe was given by my dear colleague, Stephanie Chua and

I have amended some of the ingredients.

 400g Glutinous Rice (soak overnight, more than 8 hours) and then

wash it until the water clear.

12 pieces of Dried Chinese Mushrooms (soak until soft and squeeze 

out the water and cut into desired sizes).

 Mix the cleaned Glutinous Rice with 1 tablespoon of cooking oil and

steamed for 20 minutes in high fire.  Take out quickly and fluff the

glutinous rice and steam again until the glutinous rice is cooked.

Once cooked, take it out from the fire, fluff it and leave at one side.

Note : No need to put water with the glutinous rice when you are steaming it.

 Heat up the wok with 1 tablespoon of cooking oil and add in the

cut Chinese Mushroom and stir fry for 2 minutes and add in the

1 tablespoon of Vegetarian Oyster Sauce.

 Mix until done and leave at one side.

 Add into the wok, the cooked steamed glutinous rice and 

fry for one minutes in medium fire.

 Add in 1 tablespoon Dark Soya Sauce,

1 tablespoon Soya Sauce, 1 tablespoon Vegetarian Oyster Sauce

and 1 teaspoon Pepper and mix until well combined.  Season to taste.

Note :  Mix sure the sauce are mix thoroughly before adding into

the glutinous rice.

 Add in the cooked Chinese Mushrooms.

 Mix until well combined.

Vegetarian Glutinous Rice With Mushroom.

Hope you, your family and friends have a great Chinese New Year

and may this Year of the Horse brings you, your family and friends 

a joyful, successful, prosperous and healthy year.