Kuih Kodok ( Mashed Banana Fritters )

Kuih Kodok ( Mashed Banana Fritters )

Recipe source :  Amy Beh

Kuih kodok is among the favourite choices during tea-breaks at my office. For RM1-00 we can get eight pieces of kuih kodok. They are literally "hot" favourites as people queue up to wait as the vendor keeps stirring and frying the kuih kodok in her big wok.

They are cheap and tasty. However, it gives me a pure sense of satisfaction and accomplishment each time I am able to make some tasty tidbits on my own, with reasonable success. 

Ingredients

150g (net weight) ripe bananas
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
5 tbsp self-raising flour
1 tbsp rice flour
1 tbsp Quaker oats
A pinch of bicarbonate of soda

Enough oil to fry the banana fritters

 

Method

1.  Mash banana with a fork.
2.  Mix in all the ingredients to combine into a batter.
3.  Heat wok with enough oil on medium heat.
4.  Spoon 1 tsp of batter into hot oil and fry until golden.
5.  Remove and drain on several layers of kitchen towels.

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Choc Oatmeal Cookies (Bill Granger)

Choc Oatmeal Cookies (Bill Granger)

 

 Recipe source :  Bill Granger's

Almost everyone loves chocolate chip cookies. We are no exception especially my youngest son who loves "Famous Amos" chocolate chip cookies. When he knew I was about to make chocolate chip cookies, he came into the kitchen several times. He was waiting in anticipation and asked several times whether it was done while the cookies were still baking in the oven!

Well, he likes this very much. My biscuit tin was emptied out by the next day!

Ingredients

150g unsalted butter
3/4 cup soft brown sugar
1 egg, lightly beaten
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
a pinch of salt
235g rolled oats
175g choc chips

 Brown sugar and butter in the mixer

 Rolled oats

Choc chips

 Instructions

1.  Preheat oven to 180 degree C. Line baking trays with baking paper or grease the baking trays.
2.  Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add beaten egg and vanilla extract.
3.  Sift flour, baking powder and salt into the bowl and mix lightly.
4.  Add oats and choc chips to combine.
5.  Spoon teaspoonfuls of batter onto greased baking trays. Space them apart.
6.  Flatten with a fork dipped into flour.
7.  Bake for 10 to 15 minutes or until pale golden.
8.  Remove and cool. 
9.  Store in air-tight containers. 

 

 

   

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The theme for November is Oats, 

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White Chocolate & Cranberry Cookies (Bill Granger)

White Chocolate & Cranberry Cookies (Bill Granger)

Recipe source :  Bill Granger

Ingredients

150g butter, softened
165g brown sugar
1 egg, lightly beaten
2 tsp vanilla                 ( I did not add vanilla)
125g plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
200g rolled oats
140g white chocolate chunks
85g dried cranberries
a pinch of salt            ( I did not use salt because I am using salted butter)

Rolled oats

 Butter

Cranberries

Brown sugar

Flour

White chocolate chunks

egg

Instructions

1.  Preheat oven to 180 degree /Gas mark 4 and line 3 baking trays with baking paper.
2.  Cream butter and sugar together until pale and creamy. Add egg and vanilla (if using) and beat until smooth.
3.  Sift flour, baking powder and salt (if using) together. Add oats, chocolate chunks and cranberries and stir together.
4.  Add to creamed mixture and mix well.
5.  Roll small teaspoonfuls of mixture into balls and place on baking trays.
6. Flatten the balls with a fork dipped in flour.
7.  Bake for 12 minutes until pale golden.

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Hosted by  Zoe from bake for Happy Kids and Yen from Eat Your Heart Out and Mich from Piece of Cake

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The theme for November is Oats, 

hosted by Vivian Pang's Kitchen

Organised by Zoe from bake for happy kids and Doreen of My Little favourite DIY

Apple, Dried Cherry & Almond Loaf (Bill Granger)

Apple, Dried Cherry & Almond Loaf (Bill Granger)

Recipe source :  Adapted from Bill Granger


This is a healthy breakfast loaf. Lots of fruits and nuts. It is easy to bake. No beating or long proofing required. And very tasty too!

Ingredients

50g rolled oats
300ml milk
240g self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
80g dried cherries
45g dried mixed fruits
75g soft brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
3 tbsp honey
1 lightly beaten egg
30g chopped almonds

 Mixed dried fruits consisting of dried apples, cherries, raisins and cranberries

 Egg and almonds

Dried cherries

Brown sugar

Milk
 

 Rolled oats

Instructions

1.  Put oats in a bowl. Pour milk over it and leave to soak for 30 minutes.
2.  Preheat oven to 180 degree C (Gas mark 4 ).
3.  Lightly grease and line a loaf tin with baking paper.
4.  Sift flour and baking powder into a bowl and stir in rolled oats, together with the milk, dried fruits, sugar, cinnamon, honey, egg and almonds.
5.  Pour into the prepared loaf tin. Level with a spoon.
6.  Sprinkle some rolled oats on top.
7.  Bake loaf for 45 minutes or until golden brown.

Fresh from the oven

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The theme for November is Oats, 

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Organised by Zoe from bake for happy kids and Doreen of My Little favourite DIY

Cream Puffs With Curried Minced Pork Fillings 咖喱肉碎泡芙

Cream Puffs With Curried Minced Pork Fillings 咖喱肉碎泡芙

Recipe source :  Adapted from Ellice Handy

I always admire photos of cream puffs and used to drool over them. I have not attempted to make any as I thought making cream puffs was very difficult. Do you know what finally spurred me to make this batch of cream puffs? 

Well, I was in the office the other day, when a colleague offered me a cream puff. All the ladies tried the cream puffs offered and they were good! Mind you, the one who offered the cream puffs was a guy and he boasted that he made them all by himself the night before. We all knew this guy can't cook but then he managed to make cream puffs. He claimed it's his specialty! As we savoured his cream puffs, he taught us how to make them but then he declined to give us the recipe which he claimed was his wife's.      
                                                                                                                                                              
I looked up my old recipe books and came across recipes by Ellice Handy. Both the cream puffs and curried minced pork were in her cookbooks but they were featured separately. Ellice Handy mentioned that one can fill up the cream puffs with either sweet or savoury fillings.  I mixed and  matched her recipes and came up with this version. 

I remember Jasline is hosting a Choux Party this month. Great timing!
 

Ingredients

(  make 30 cream puffs )

1 cup water
1/2 cup butter ( 125g )
1 cup sifted plain flour
4 eggs
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder

Method

 
1.  In a saucepan, heat water to boiling, then add salt and butter.
2.  When butter is melted, add the flour, all at once. Stir well with a wooden spoon till the mixture forms a  ball and leaves the sides of the pan.
3.  Remove pan from heat and cool mixture slightly.
4.  Beat in eggs, one at a time, breaking the mixture after each addition and beating hard till the mixture is smooth.
5.  Add baking power and continue beating.
6.  Use two teaspoons, form teaspoonful of mixture and place them on slightly greased baking trays, space a little apart.
7.  Bake at 200 degree C until well risen and golden brown.

Ingredients for Curried Minced pork

300g minced pork
2 tbsp Quaker oats
2 tbsp curry powder
3 tbsp water
2 tbsp chopped shallots
2 tbsp cooking oil
1 tbsp flour
1 tsp soy sauce
1/3 tsp salt

Method

 
1.  Heat wok and saute chopped shallots until fragrant.
2.  Add minced pork and stir-fry to break the lump.
3.  Add curry powder, Quaker oats and water.
4.  Stir-fry until almost cooked and add flour to thicken.
5.  Dish up and cool before stuffing into the cream puffs.

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Orange Oatmeal Cake 香橙麦片蛋糕

Orange Oatmeal Cake 香橙麦片蛋糕

Recipe source :  Coco Kong, featured in Y3K Magazine


The aroma of baking this cake penetrated the whole house and drifted out to the porch where SK was washing his car. The rich aroma led SK into the kitchen to ask "what's baking in the oven ?"  A wonderful recipe - simple ingredients, easy to follow instructions and tastes great !

 

Ingredients

250g butter
160g castor sugar
4 whole eggs
orange peel, grated from 1 whole orange
3 tbsp fresh orange juice, extracted from 1 orange
150g self-raising flour
100g Quaker oats

Loaf pan :  9 inches x 3 inches

Instructions

1.  Preheat top and bottom heat of oven to 180 degree Celsius
2.  Cream butter and sugar together until white and fluffy.
3.  Add in eggs, one-by-one, beat well after each addition.
4.  Add in orange peel, orange juice and self-raising flour.
5.  Add in the Quaker oats. Mix together evenly.
6.  Pour batter into a greased loaf pan.
7.  Bake at 180 degree C for about 40 minutes.