Got question. When I cook spaghetti usually i will boil them with a bit of oil and salt. When al dante i drain the water and then fill with warm or not so hot water to wash then drain again. Do you guys do this? I think i read somewhere thats why i always do this.

But what is the logic behind washing with not so hot water and drain?

i see a lot recipe use white wine. everything also taruh white wine.

but my gf is melay sometime and its not suited to cooked with arak. any substitute or flavour enhancer?
i am sure its tasty wif the ingredients in. but it looks rather "white"... would a few drops of kicap pekat spoil it?

These ingredients are easily available in any market, in the UK. 

Nice cookery by member here.

I hope to see some chinese cooking since I am chinese.

Baked this last weekend, bf said he wanna eat banana cheesecake
so i google for the recipe, this is my first time trying out this recipe
the cake turned out nice, ppl who love bananas should try
sorry...the pic a bit cacat, no time to decorate the cake coz in a hurry that day, rushing uphill to watch Sammi

.... the non stick layer started peeling out and some even got stuck to the induction top (my whole pan is black, including the bottom of the pan).

since my mum just bought an awesome oven, i wanna try this prime rib - seems easy!
but ... any idea where's a good place to go buy prime rib? don't think the local jusco or giant nearby my house has them.

2. 3 types of German wurst with salami
3. Olives
4. Sundried tomatoes
5. Matured cheddar cheese

Why?
here also have all those ingredient

Made Baked Honey Mustard Chicken Breast last night for dinner.  Very easy to make...i think preparation only took about 15 mins or less.



BTW..the sauce can also be used as a salad dressing..yums!

8. Belacan - shrimp paste 30g (toasted)

@panda00

thanks, looks nice..

the beancurd skin is crispy right? how to make it softer so i can fold it?
and i never seen that round shape beancurd skin b4..

can i substitute the pork since i'm a muslim...

...actually what the non halal ingredients they put in to make it?

gf made cheese tarts and egg tarts a few days ago. was yummy!


blogpost here (she wrote it, not me).

a noob question...if i were to roast 2 chicken at 1 time..will the time remains the same like roasting 1 chicken (ie 1.5 hrs)? I'll be putting the 2 chickens on the same tray.

dinner! gf cooked yesterday


anyway we've decided to cook for mum n dad for mother's day. have settled on two main courses to do (cos my dad dun eat beef).

1. grass fed rib-eye - i cooked this before, blogpost here
2. cod with miso - found the recipe off epicurious, here

maybe add on a quick caeser salad. shouldn't be too ambitious to try squeeze in appetizer or dessert ... right?

@DN curry chicken :3

Hi,
I planned to buy microwave Oven but im not sure which brand have to buy..could anyone please suggest me.. i mainly looking for baking cake oso gril...
thanks in advanced.

I find multi function ovens, (Panasonic even has steaming functions) not really functionable!!! 

In microwave/convection ovens, the color of the cake never comes out right, you can but you have to experiment with the settings and all the recipes get haywire. In conventional ovens, you just have to readjust your oven temperature with times in the recipes and that is for once only because by that time you will understand the characteristics of your own oven. If you are really serious about baking, I suggest getting those stand alone ovens (as said by a forummer earlier). Europa is now on their own after splitting from Zanussi but both perform OK.

I have a Zanussi but the wattage is 3.5KWs and I have to change the ELCB to handle the wattage. But favourable point is the temperature is stable and heats up fast. The others I have seen is about 2.2KWs only. Suprisingly my friend's Singer is quite OK, a variation of Europa actually. Off course if you can afford, get those by Fagor and Indesit, but they are mostly built in types. Don't go for Butterfly though.

IMHO I rather pay RM1500 for a conventional oven and spend another RM300 for a microwave oven separately. What do you use a microwave for usually? Heating, defrosting and Maggi mee,