Resepi Tepung Pelita aka Flour lantern

Craving to eat tepung pelita (i.e: direct translation flour lantern..kekekeke). Got the recipe from my mom.. but u know how mom dunno the exact measurement n all and let we figure it out all on our own..hecks..

So last night when I came back from the office around 11:40-ish and still got a left-over energy, I decided to try it out. But I didn't quite have all the ingredients.

Mom said, senang je.. kacau je tepung beras ngan air pandan atas dapur.. Tapi orang takde daun pandan? perise pandan boleh? Bolehlahhh.. satu cawan tepung beras 3 cawan air.. Lepas tu kacau santan ngan tepung gandum.. kat bawah skali taruk gule... Hurmm.. sounds easy enuff!

So here goes.. the outcome of my own secukup-rase-recipe;


Pics: Proses-proses pembuatan: how do you know if its over-cooked? I think mine is a bit well-done cos it sticks even before i pour to let cool..hahaha
Since i don't have pandan leaves nor pewarne hijau, i used gule melake to make the bottom part colourish. Well people always say the key word to get a home cook food is to improvise! so jadila my kueh 'flour lantern' versi london kaler coklat hehe...
So what left now is the taste? The topping is just the right taste but the bottom is urghhhh.. yekk.. puhtuiii....hehe..maybe i put too much pandan flavour? haha
All in all the experiment is not a total success..although now i know it's really easy to make.I'd do it again, but next time I'd do it with the right ingredients!

Proudest moment

Aizal came home just now. Proudly declared his success to cycle to/back from work (@Oxford Street). It took him 1 hour (++) for each way.
So, I conducted a lil interview with the proud cyclist;







Me: Tahniah! Ape perasaan anda?
Aizal macho: Letih sikit, tapi bangge sebab boleh cycle pegi balik dalam bulan2 puase ni.. dah la hujan!
Me: Apekah cabaran terbesar mase encik berbasikal tadi?
Aizal macho: Dalam perjalanan, saye terpakse berhenti untuk 2-3 kali sebab GPS saye macam hang. Cuak jugak la..
Me: Adakah anda akan berbasikal lagi?
Aizal macho: Sudah tentu. Badan rase sihat!
Me: Besok?
Aizal: Err.. rilek dulu la.. letih! hehehe

Well, of course the interview wasn't real. Duhh!
But the journey is real. And he did it! We are so proud of you!!

But I'm not sure if I'm ready to try just yet.. ;)

How to?

Was playing with the lil one just now. Been trying to teach her few basic stuff like;
::pointing to me when i ask ''where's mommy?'' (and as always die buat dek je)
::pointing to herself when i ask ''where's Myra?'' (same result- buat dunno jer)
::kiss her teddy bear when i ask "kiss bear bear" (she'll sayang the bear by putting the bear's nose tip in her mouth)
::wave bye-bye -(which i know she's tired of already.. dah malas dah nak wave to me.. but if to strangers.. she'll volunteerily wave herself out! terlebih ramah la pulak!)
::dance when I sing (which she naturally picks up- I noticed that she loveeee to dance to the music.. aizal was a bit concious -takut anak die jadi kaki clubbing..hahahaha which is really cute) Myra will clap her hands then try to shake her hips to the right-n-left before falling over due to her cute-imbalance stand.
::kiss Mommy - this is the most dangerous part.. instead of kissing me.. she'll bite my cheek so hard! Everytime! adehla.. so... how do i train her to kiss me, not to abuse me? hehehe...

wish I could share the moment here.. but this kind of things.. is really hard to capture! Just need to treasure it in my heart.. hurmmm..

Pic: Don't be fool by the cute look. She bites!!!

(Disebabkan gambar tadi penuh kontroversi.. I've changed the pic with her showing off her full-front-teeth..grrrr)

The cycle vow continue...

I think it's autumn now...

We took Myra for a ride earlier.. the wind is quite wild and chill.. at first I felt like turning back home as I'm scared it'll be too cold for Myra to handle. But since it is bright and sunny.. i figured, why not? the wind might go away after we passes few block.

It was my first time exploring the ''other'' side of Stratford. I always turn right on Romford road.. but this time we turned left.. aizal said there are few interesting places that I should see. And he was right. Not far from our flat, there's a recreational centre which has swimming pool, gymnasium and i bet some other facilities too. They even offer lesson!
Then.. after riding for few more blocks, there it was... a green green park- in front of my eyes. Oh god, what took me so long to discover this? All this while I was busy feeling down, complaining about our dodgy surrounding.. and today, after seeing that park, I know I was wrong. There's a hidden gem here.. the West Ham park is an absolute beauty. Big-greenish and peaceful... (which to be honest, looks even better than Hyde park or Regent's park). After seeing rows of big maple trees, sideways covered by brownish leaves and the red cherries (err.. i think it is cherry-not quite sure though), I am all bright and happy again. I know there's always a positive point to anything.

What even better is that how Myra enjoyed the ride. I can tell that she's enjoying it because she didn't cry to be released and she actually clap her hand for few times. It just the most perfect evening.

We passed the park to go to the nearby shop in Plaistow, which happen to sell few Malaysian products. I stuffed over some tepung beras, bihun and udang kering then head back. On the way home, when I was ready to go through the park again, I saw the big yellow print on the road - NO VEHICLE OR CYCLES ALLOWED. FINE 200. Alamak! it's a cycle-free park! So, I was thinking, should I just go and pretend that I didn't know? Besides.. i saw few people with their bike passing by. They seems not to bother too?
But, biasela.. as skema as i am.. i didn't. I turn around and cycle from the outside... but then curik jugak masuk on some part of the park.. hehehe.. luckily takde polis! So.. we are back, safe and sound.

Pic: Myra and her enjoyable riding experience. Basikal Aizal jugak tak sampai2 lagi sampai sekarang! Terpakse la gilir2 jalan ngan cycle. hehe..

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Walk the walk, talk the talk

I couldn't sleep. Woke up around 430am..and has been wide awake ever since (which explain the sudden rajin-ness meng-update blog hehe).

My ups points today;

::1::When Aizal is going off to work earlier, I asked Myra to say bye-bye daddy.. and she actually said it! Both of us think we heard it right, so i guess she does really said it in her own cute-baby-way (Note: she can call her Dad for quite sometime actually.. but i still can't accept the fact that her first word is daddy not mommy! I'm so jealous!)

::2::Myra was crusing along the furniture when she suddenly turn and make one step ahead without holding to anything. What a progress! Yay!

UK Road trip

Some friends from Doha are coming over for short break holiday during Raye. We are so excited. Can't wait to see them and actually discover UK by road.

So.. we got to start planning and budgetting for them considering the following:

::Point 1::
We've got 1st Oct till 10th

::Point 2::
Need to spend at least 1-2 days in london (plus first day raya and myra's 1st birthday partee - can't wait!)

::Point 3::
One of them is preggy - not to stress her out! ;)

::Point 4::
Need to cover them all (greedy greedy hehe)

::Point 5::
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