Simple yet Satisfying

Good morrow peeps. What is your plan today? As for me, the usual activities - cooking, cleaning my messy room (the kids' stuff scattered continuously) and trying to finish marking my students' exercise books. After a tiring day at school yesterday, I couldn't stop thinking of what to cook for dinner as I was driving home. Thanks to Mr KHz who only requested for my home version of 'Prosperity Burger'. As usual, burgers are very simple but never fails to satisfy his hunger pang. Notice the burgers in the photo below? Yes, he gobbled up three!

PROSPERITY BURGER

I tried the recipe for the sauce after reading MamaFami's blog. I had my first try making the sauce when I went back to Melaka last month. The verdict? The recipe is definitely a keeper! Since the buns and meat patties were bought, I shall include the recipe for the sauce. Please have a try!

Ingredients:

2 cups of chicken stock ( I used 1 chicken cube and mixed with boiling water)

1/4 cup of fresh milk

2 tbsp black peppercorns (coarsely ground)

1/2 onion (diced)

1 tbsp cooking oil

2 tbsp sweet soy sauce

1 tbsp oyster sauce

1 tbsp butter (MamaFaMi used margarine)

3 tbsp of cornflour (mixed with 3 tbsp of water)

salt and sugar (if necessary)

Method:

1. Heat the oil and stir fry the onion till fragrant.
2. Then, pour in the chicken stock and let to boil.
3. Next, put all the ingredients except the cornflour mixture and let to boil again.
4. After that, lower the heat and pour the cornflour mixture until you have achieved the desired consistency.
5. Dip the meat patties into the sauce and enjoy your burger!

Lord of The Rings

Surprise? Well folks, this entry has nothing to do with the famous Tolkien's trilogy. Just want to share my Onion Rings recipe -courtesy of http://videojug.com/ (which I came across while looking for recipes for dishes asked by my Tukang Makan. I prepared the rings this morning and they turned out well. Here's the recipe if you feel like trying. And one more thing, I've also used the batter to coat my mushroom and they tasted yummy!

Ingredients:

• 2 large yellow onion (peeled and kept in the fridge for 1-2 hours)
• 75g flour
• 2tbsp cornstarch
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• 1/2 tsp salt
• a pinch of paprika
• pepper to taste
• 1 egg (well-beaten)
• 125ml fresh milk
• oil for deep frying

Method:

• Heat the oil over medium-high heat. Allow it to heat up hot enough to fry, but not to smoke.
• Slice the onions into 1cm -thick rings. Separate them and place them on a tray.
• Combine the flour, corn starch, baking powder, paprika, sugar, salt and the pepper in a bowl and with a whisk, stir it together briefly.
• Add the egg to the milk and whisk together.Then pour this mixture into the dry ingredients and combine it together with your whisk until you are left a smooth batter.
• Gently dip some of the onions into the batter and coat well. Then place them into the hot oil using a fork. Let them cook in small batches, so they won't stick together. When they are fried on one side, turn them over to fry and brown on the other side. When are they are lightly golden, place onto a tray lined with kitchen paper to drain.
• Serve hot!