it's cooking time!!!

blueberry pudding & onigiri

finally, my cooking programs with my beloved nieces and nephews are done! i started it yesterday morning around 10.30am. the first programs was with abang ain's and kak ani's children. they are living in sungai merab, kajang and it took only around 15 minutes from my place to theirs.

before i went there, i got a phone call from my other brother, abang ijan asking me about my cooking program. he gave me a good news saying that he will take his children to abang ain's house since after that, he and his family want to go back to segamat. by doing that, i didn't have to go all the way to their house in shah alam. save me time and money.

so, my first menu with nabilah, hazwan and farisah is blueberry pudding. i got the recipe from a book i bought during the big bad wolf aftermath sale. actually, the recipe is for cherry. but since i couldn't find any fresh cherries around, i switched it to blueberries. the cameraman is none other than my first and oldest nephew, haziq who are home for the school holiday. i didn't include haziq and hazim because they are already teenagers.

the whole thing went on smoothly. haziq is quite good at recording us. right now, i'm still editing the videos and when i'm done, i think i gonna put it on youtube. almost 2/3 of the blueberry pudding is eaten within 10 minutes time. i'm glad and happy that the pudding turned out fine.

abang ijan told me that he will come around 2pm. with izz and areef, we're gonna make onigiri. kak intan was the one that suggested it and i agreed instantly because onigiri is one of my favourite food. while waiting for the, i went out to buy salmon fillets and seaweed. i had to go to jusco equine in order to buy the seaweed since i couldn't find it at alamanda.

for the onigiri, we only started recording while shaping the rice into rice balls. before that, kak intan fried the salmon fillets with a little bit of salt. i cooked the rice. then, kak intan mixed the salmon and the rice. izz and areef were given the job to shape the onigiri.

unfortunately, the rice wasn't cooperating well with us since it wasn't very 'starchy.' everytime we try to shape it, it will break! so, we just wrap it around the seaweed. eventhough we didn't manage to get the result we wanted, it tasted so good and finished in an instant.

apple flan & kek batik

around 6pm, i moved to the third place for my program, that is to kak ala and abang samad's house. they live in putrajaya as well. i had to wait for the kids since the whole family went for a movie at alamanda. they watched oz. i plan to make apple flan with safia, syaira and shafi. this recipe is also found in a french recipe book i bought a long time ago.

in my opinion, this is the hardest recipe among the four i chose. they are a lots of thing need to be done. but the children are so excited about it that they went through all the complicated processes happily and enthusiastically. the apple flan was finally done after almost two hours of waiting!

before this, i don't really know the different between apple flan and apple pie. but, after having the experience in making both, i finally realized the different.apple flan taste more like an egg tart and apple pie, well apple pie taste like a pie. i made apple pie during eiduladha a couple of years ago.

i arrived home at about 11pm. just as i entered, a very excited danish said,'mak su, let's make cake!' i was very tired and told him that we will make one tomorrow a.k.a today. this morning, both yasmin and danish waited patiently for me. when i called their names from the kitchen, they rushed immediately. putri was our camerawoman for this one.

as you guys all know that kek batik is one of the simplest and easiest cake to make plus it is the delicious. we finished making it in maybe less than 30 minutes time. but still, we had to put in into the fridge. danish keep asking, when can we eat the cake. and when it's finally time, both danish and yasmin said that it is delicious.

i already applied for my unpaid leave. it will start on 1st of april until the 14th. it is still not approved by the human resource department. but approved or not approved, i am still gonna take the leave anyway. i have an deadline to catch, 29/04! hopefully, it will be approved otherwise i have to take out my yearly leave. ok folks, that's all for now! gonna be very busy this couple of weeks. please pray for me in finishing my final project. thank you very much, until later...