Lisa's Lemony Kitchen

I was planning to cook chuck bone soup... looked into the larder and to my disgust... I have no more " Adabi - Sup Bunjut' sachet left!!! Grrrrr I can't refreeze the meat as I've been thawing the meat in the fridge ...what the heck... show must go on... So I decided to ground my own spice.... that's why its not quite like the famous "Soup Kambing' from Jalan Doraisamy. Spice ~ 2 teaspoon coriander seeds, 2 teaspoon cumin, 1 teaspoon fennel and 1 to 1 1/2 teaspoon black pepper(depending on your preferred level of 'pepper hot'). Peel about 2 inches ginger (bruise), carrots, celery(chopped) and potatoes. Place the chuck bones and diced gravy beef in a slow cooker with the grounded spice, ginger and celery. Cook for at least 4 hrs if set on HIGH (if using stove... then about 1 hr). Transfer the whole content into a stockpot. Continue cooking.. add potatoes, carrots until the vegetables are tender..(another option is to microwave the carrot...

Miss E's tea party  

Last weekend... we were too busy with our 'Phantom'... We had no plan what-so-ever for the next meal...then the thought of having Mussels seems all so appealing...... after all - the kids love mussels - garlic and chilli mussel ....Yum!! So off we went.. on the Sunday morning to Drovers Lane Fish Market with the intention to buy 3 kg of Mussels... what a disappointment! They had no Mussels.. and everything else was expensive, blue swimmer crabs for $19.99/kg..wow!!! what a rip-off! We ended up with Tandoori Chicken serve with Coriander Rice and Vegetable for Sunday. Tandoori chicken - you can marinate the chicken with premix tandoori paste (or Maggi mix back in M'sia). Best marinate overnight for the full flavour to develop. Check the weight of the chicken, to determine the time to roast the chicken in the oven. The Coriander rice - thinly sliced some green onions. Saute with butter (more flavour, if ghee is used). Add 2teaspoon of cumin. Then.. add th...

Miss E loves anything to do with pasta, pizza or Italian cuisine... She is more 'Ang Moh' than Mr H Jr who is more 'Mamak'. For her...Pasta- anytime be it breakfast, lunch or dinner, we used to tease her by telling her ...that the only part that is Italian ... is her 'tooshie'... This is Creamy Chicken Pesto Pasta.... 350g dried Pasta or spaghetti 300ml light cream thinly sliced green onions 1/2 cup sundried tomatoes thinly sliced 1 1/2 cup cooked chicken - shred 1/2 cup pesto parmesan cheese Cooked the pasta as per packet instruction. Drain the pasta and reserve 1/4 cup of the water. Heat up the pot, add pasta, cream, tomatoes, pesto chicken and green onions. Heat through. Salt and pepper. Sprinkle with remaining green onion and parmesan cheese. Homemade Pesto: 1/2 cup fresh basil leaves about a handful of almond (suppose to use pine nuts but Della dont quite like the taste of pine nuts) parmesan cheese olive oil salt mix basil, parmes...

Have you tried roasting peanuts in the microwave? Try it....It is easy and simple. What you need to do is spread the peanuts(single layer) on a microwaveable plate. Microwave for about 2 min on High (depend on the microwave capacity- some may need longer than 2 mins), stir the peanuts, if the colour is not up to your liking ie goldenish shade... then microwave again ...maybe 1 min ...and check every time - otherwise you'll end up with 'burnt black' peanuts in the middle of the plate!!...Yuck!! Let it cool completely.... then you'll have a lovely crunchy 'roasted' peanuts...

This is an article that I came across in the West Australian newspaper dated 27th January 2009. I do apologise for the minute print.... the gist of it: " Lemon is acidic upon your palate, it becomes alkaline within your body. Most of the food we eat can be classified as acid forming but the lemon juice has the ability to restore some balance to your body. Avoiding acid forming foods and increasing the levels of alkaline foods will improve health, be it as diverse as fewer aches and pains, reducing asthma and eczema thru better digestive function. Lemon juice in warm water each morning is a wonderful start to long term health and vitality" -Michael Treloar ND, The West Australian. Another use: to clean your electric kettle or your stainless steel cookware...after the lemon treatment, it'll be spotless. How: either slice or cut up the lemon into half, boil water as usual with the lemon in it. leave it overnight. The next day reboil the water ..... voi...