Ramadan day 29

A delicious meal tonight from Ramadan buffet at a restaurant. I ate too much that I regret it. I have not been eating so much like this before. But it was all worth it because I have the family around me.

Ramadan day 17

Tonight's dinner are steak and fries. I like my steak well done and honey's steak is cookedto medium rare. Delicious meal and easy to cook. I just sprinkled some montreal steak salt. Share

Ramadan day 16

The easiest meals to cook for me are hamburger and fries. Tonight's dinner was tasty and I just added tomato ketchup. One burger for me and two burgers cooked to perfection for my darling. Share

Ramadan day 14

A nice treat from my one and only partner for tonight's dinner. We went to a buffet restaurant. I can choose any foo I like. I just could not eat much. A plate of steak, mashed potatoes, and corn. It was delicious. I ended the dinner with vanilla ice cream in cone. The restaurant also serving chocolate fountain. I had strawberries and pineapples coated in chocolates. It was so delicious.

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Ramadan day 3

My dinner for tonight are homecooked burger and fries. They are delicious cooked in an oil less oven.
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Ramadan 2015 Day 28 - Beef Rendang

Ramadan is not complete without some beef rendang. This spicy beef is delicious eaten with cube rice.

This rendang was easy to cook.
Ingredients:
1/2 lb beef. Slice it thinly.
1 tablespoon of onion powder.
1/2 tablespoon of cumin
1/2 tablespoon of coriander
1/2 tablespoon of hot pepper powder
1/2 tablespoon of ground ginger
1/2 tablespoon of ground lemongrass
1/2 tablespoon of salt
1/2 cup of chopped turmeric leaves, kafir lime leaves
1/2 cup of sweetened coconut flakes
1/2 cup of beef curry powder
2 tablespoons of olive oil

In a bowl mix all of the dry ingredients with some water to make a paste.
In a big pan, heat olive oil.
Fry the paste.
Once cooked and slightly dry, add the beef.
Mix well.
Add the turmeric leaves, kafir lime and coconut flakes.
Add salt to taste.
Cook until beef is dry.
Enjoy.
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Ramadan 2015 Day 23 - French Fries, Fried Fish, Steak and Eggs

Another simple breaking fast dinner today. Mr. Big and I are not a big eater although we both are big. It was weird isn't it...but that's how life is. I am blessed with all the food I have, the health and the wealth.

Today's dinner was fries, fried fish, steak and eggs. Super easy to cook and super delicious. I got too hungry that I ate the fish and the fries...no picture today.

I did take a picture of the steak and eggs.

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Ramadan 2015 Day 10 - Rice Noodle in Beef Soup and Brownies

Lovely and beautiful day today. I decided to cook a simple meal for dinner. Rice noodle also known as bee hoon or mee siam is delicious and can be cooked in several ways. For today, I am making the rice noodle with beef soup.

For the soup:
1/2 lb of beef
1 stick of cinnamon
2 pieces star anise
5 pieces cloves
1 tablespoon of crushed coriander
1 big onion (diced)
1 tablespoon of chopped garlic
1 tablespoon of grated ginger
1 tablespoon of dried parsley
lots of water, about 10 cups
2 tablespoons of salt or as taste
Rice noodle. Soak in warm water.

Method:
Boil water and all of the ingredients.
Taste the soup and add salt if needed.
Let the beef cooked and all spices are marinated.
Add rice noodle and turn off the stove.
Garnish the rice noodle soup with hot peppers soak in soy sauce.

Dessert today was Brownies.
I am using brownie mix from the box. Follow the instruction on the box and add about 2 cups of apple sauce. I like to add some other ingredient into the cake mix. My favorite is to use apple sauce. The sauce will give more moisture to the cake mix.

 The brownie came out nice and super moist.

Other ingredient that you can add to the cake mix is grated zucchini, peaches, or any other fruits and vegetables.


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Ramadan 2015 Day 9 - Fried Veal

Dinner tonight was a simple meal. Fried veal coated with flour. Firstly, mashed the veal with meat tenderizer to make the meat tender and paper thin. In a separate bowl, crack an egg and combine well. Take the veal and soak it well with the egg wash.

In a separate plate, mix all purpose flour with 1 teaspoon of ground black pepper and 1/2 teaspoon of salt.

Take the veal from egg wash and coat well with the flour. Dust off the excess flour.

Deep fry the veal in olive oil at 325 degree F.

Remove veal once it is golden brown. Serve warm.

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Ramadan 2015 Day 7 - Steak and String Beans

The weather was nice today. The temperature remained around 80 degree F.I didn't go to the garden today since the ground are still wet from yesterday's heavy rain. I will wait until the ground dry a little bit.

I cooked another simple meal for dinner today. I had string beans and steak.

Firstly, I sautéed one large sweet onion with butter, salt and some ground black pepper until translucent.
Then I stir fry the string beans with chopped garlic, butter, salt and ground black pepper.
Lastly, I pan fry the steak that I have seasoned with Montreal Steak mix spice.

For dessert, I had Gobs (looks like whoopie pie) cooked by my friend Susan.
Delicious!

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Ramadan 2015 Day 2 - Stir fry Tofu and Beef

The body is trying to adjust to the new eating pattern. The morning breakfast must be done before the sunrise and dinner is after the sunset. No lunch or brunch or any snack. There will be no water in between.

The second day of fasting, I am keeping the same routine of having a toast with mocha chocolate almond flavor jam and a glass of milk.

Dinner was a simple meal, stir fry tofu and beef. I am using montreal steak spices, salt and ground black pepper to seasoning the dish.

For the drink, I liquefied an apple with pennywort. It was delicious.

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Pepper Steak and Tortilla

Friday is a farmer's market day. Today's highlights are peaches, corn, peppers, eggplants and squashes. I have $15 to spent and ended up with 3/4 bushel of peaches($12), one buttercup squash($2) and 3 bell peppers($1). The weather is changing, soon from high temperature to breezy day. I am exhausted this week, not because of working so hard in the garden, but because of lacking in sleep. I have a lot of work to complete within a shorter time. Soon, it will be time to clean up the garden and to bring warmer season plants back into the house.
Tonight's dinner was very simple. For Mr. Big, I cooked steak (medium rare) and served with sauteed onion and green bell peppers. For myself, I had Pepper Steak with Tortilla.

Lightly toasted the tortilla wrap.
This pepper steak was infused with a hint of curry flavors. Yes, I like mixing the beef with some cloves, cumin, coriander, parsley, ginger, curry leaf and ground black pepper.
Saute the onion and green bell peppers with salt and ground black pepper. Set aside.
Using 2 tablespoons of olive oil, heat the steak that has been cut into bite size.
Add all the spices and mix well. Cook for about 5 minutes on medium high heat.
Turn off the stove.
Delicious!

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Ramadan 2013 Day 29 - Hot Dog and Perogies

Yeay! Finally, today is the last day of fasting. I am exhausted from the baking and cooking, so, for today's dinner, I had a simple meal. Just all beef hot dogs and perogies. Delicious!

I lightly toasted the bread. Add ketchup and hotdog relish with mustard. Deep fry the perogies until golden brown.

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Ramadan 2013 Day 18 - Steak and Potato

The rain was here. It was a heavy rain. I love the rain especially when I don't have to water the plants in the garden. Let the nature help me on that. I was stuck in the house and was busy sewing my raya dress.This time I am making the kebaya. Kebaya is a traditional malay dress that has a defined collar style. So, for my dinner tonight, I am having a simple meal, steak and potato.

I am using one red onion that I grow in my garden to cook with the potato. I lightly seasoned the potato and onion with salt, ground black pepper, and rosemary. The steak was rubbed with some montreal steak seasoning. These two dishes are my favorite dish. It took only 10 minutes to cook these meals.Delicious!

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Ramadan 2013 Day 7 - Basmathi Rice and Beef Curry with Tempeh

Yet another hot hot day today. The temperature went up to 103 degree F again. I Had to go straight home after work. I don't have to heat the car engine further. The parking lot has no shade at all. Today break fasting meal was special. I am just in te mood for some extra spicy food. The first meal I cooked was beef curry with tempeh. Then I cooked basmathi rice with some chocolate mint. They are superb!

The rice was cooked in a cast iron pot. I love this pot. The rice came out soft and just delicious!

I do have to make sure that the flame was at the lowest. This pot gets very hot so quickly.

I sautee the onion, cloves, cinnamon stick, star anise, cardamon and chopped garlic in olive oil directly in this pot. Then I added rice and stir all the flavors. I also added some grated ginger and a tablespoon of turmeric powder. Add some salt for taste. Then I added water twice the measurement of the rice. Cover and simmer on low flame until cooked. Delicious!
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Ramadan 2013 Day 3 - Murtabak and Perogies

Finally, Friday is here. I am feeling great. Third day of fasting went smoothly. I did stop by at the garden today. I picked up some tomatoes and ground cherries. I cannot wait to eat them. The weather was really nice today. The temperature was at the 70's F. Awesome! I didn't feel like cooking a lot of food today. I only cook a simple beef murtabak and fry some perogies. They are delicious!

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Dalca Daging - Beef Dalca

I love yellow split pea. I thought at first to use it in my rempeyek or tumpi but then I was not feeling well to be standing by the stove frying the tumpi. I have soaked the yellow split peas for more than 7 hours. The recipe for dalca is pretty simple.

Ingredients:
1/2 lb chuck roast beef cut into bite size.
2 cups of yellow split peas
4 poblano sweet peppers
1 large yellow onion
1 inch fresh ginger
2 tablespoons of ground curry powder
1 tablespoon of chili powder
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
10 pieces curry leaf
2 pieces kafir lime leaf
1 cup of coconut milk
2 cups of water
2 tablespoons olive oil

Method:
Soak split peas for more than 3 hours.
Boil split peas for 30 minutes. Toss and set aside.
In a bog pot, heat olive oil on medium low.
Fry chopped onion and ginger.
Add curry leaf and kafir lime leaf.
Stir for a minute.
Then add curry powder and chili powder.
Add beef.
Stir and incorporate.
Add coconut milk and water.
Add peppers and yellow split peas.
Add salt and sugar.
Let it cook for 20 minutes. Cover.

Serve hot with paratha or white rice.
Enjoy!

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Jerk Beef

Yet another simple dinner tonight. I am using a Jamaican Jerk spices in this beef. I added some onion, hot peppers and green tomatoes. I roast this beef in the oven covered at 450 degree F for about 30 minutes.
The jerk spice has turmeric, hot peppers and other spices blended in it. Delicious!

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Mushroom and Carrot Beef

A simple dish for my breaking fast dinner tonight. I roast this beef with mushroom and carrot in the oven at 450 degree F for about 1 hour.

Ingredients
1/2 lb beef
1/2 teaspoon turmeric
1/2 teaspoon cumin
1/2 teaspoon coriander
1/2 teaspoon dried chopped onion
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
2 cups shredded carrot
2 cups sliced mushroom
2 tablespoon olive oil

Method:
In the baking pan, mix all ingredients.
Cover with foil.
Bake in the oven at 450 degree F for 1 hour.

Enjoy!
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Beef Murtabak

Murtabak is one of my favorite food during this Ramadan. Tonight, I am breaking my fasting with this delicious beef murtabak. I cook 1 pound of ground beef with some curry and other spices. Seasoned. Let the beef cool.
Then add 1 egg and mix well.
For the skin, I am using the egg roll sheets.
Scoop about 2 tablespoons of the beef in the center and fold on all corners.
Lightly grease the frying pan and cook on both sides until golden brown.
I serve this murtabak with some pickled red onion.
Enjoy!

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