aching all over..

okay..so i was inspired by makchique..and i started working out..well this is only my second day jer lah..hehe and last night i had to take 3 ibuprofen..badan sakit ler...and then just now did some more and okaylah..not as bad as yesterday's but still aching..heheh..so we'll see how i fare eh.

this past weekend we were away as usual..spent the night in eudora and hiawatha. noami nyer b'day in hiawatha on saturday and went to pick up our pick-up..hehehe...so now kalau nak angkut2 barang dah senang lah..we can use the truck. we brought bac with us, sarah nyer box springs for her bed, my dishwasher and odds and ends lah..

on our way home weather turned freaky i tells ya! left hiawatha at 70 degrees...midway abilene, salina, temp dropped suddenly. it turned cold and started raining. figures doesn't it. the moment ita angut barang2..weather turns bad..macam dah expected gitu..so the stuff at the back of the truck got rained on..basah my dishwasher and the boxes and sarah's box springs. after the rain..it turned to sleet...heard that 70 miles away from us, there was a severe thunderstorm warning till 8.00 pm. we just got the cold icy rain and strong winds blowing.

anyway, my 'k' key on this laptop is not working properly..so if you see words that are misspelled and missing the letter 'k', you know why eh..hahaha. the girls are driving me nuts. these past few days asyi bergaduh jer lah..and sarina is really getting to me...her constant nagging is so annoying..oay, so i know i sounded like that..hehe...but i think she sounds more like sean...always compplaining..sarah pulak..so cengeng..kejap2 melalak..then followed by yelling..alamak...one day someone gerenti kena kompang on the bottom from me tau..

anyway, today is cooking day...wake up pepagi jer..tekak nak makan sambal..so it was a toss between sambal lada padi and sambal ayam..but in the end sambal lada padi won lah eh...heheh. masa sayur masa air for the girls. sean pulak requested this chamorro dish called kelaguen. i got this recipe while living on saipan. it is their most famous dish i would say and i love the taste. it is like kerabu ayam but eaten with their tortillas. made from coconut milk and shortening..not very calorie friendly , the tortilla that is..hahahahhaa. but kalau takder the home made tortilla, the ones that you find in the grocery store pun boleh lah. zee, ask dan if he likes this dish :)

this cili came all the way from saipan. it is so good and pedas sebab they use cili padi..best alau makan dengan cup noodles and just taruk this paste sikit. i used this paste in my kelaguen.

my peberet sambal..sambal dot dot dot..hahaha

anyway, here's the resepi for it. three parts to it..first first kena panggang the ayam dulu. i love this simple marinade and it makes delicious BBQ tau..over there, for the beef short ribs, they use 7-up in the marinade..so there's the tangy sweetness to it. second of course buat the tortilla and the third..putting everything together. so here goes:



for the chicken:

baking in the 400 degree oven

1 whole chicen cut up into 8 pieces
4 garlic cloves, minced
1 onion, diced/chopped/minced
1 cup vinegar/lemon juice
1 cup light soy sauce
1/4 cup sugar
salt and pepper to taste

put everything together and marinade for 8 hours...but i just did it for like 4 hours. baked in a 400 degree oven till done. delish i tells ya! oh i sapu minya sikit before baking to crisp up the skin.

dah masak...golden in colour and so crispy :)

for the tortilla:

5 cups flour
1 1/4 cup coconut milk
1 cup shortening
1 tsp salt

mix all the ingredients and knead until smooth. divide into portions and cook them in an ungreased hot non stick pan. kira macam masak roti prata lah.


to make the kelaguen:

the kelaguen

1 1/2 cup grated coconut
6 spring onions minced
juice of 1 lemon
fresh chilies, pounded into a paste ( depends on how hot you want it to be)
salt and pepper
chopped cooked chicken ( i used the 2 chicken breasts and the two thighs for this batch)

the fully assembled dish :)

well for dessert..apa lagilah..perfectly perfect chocolate cake with frosting..dah lama tak buat kek ni yummms!

my chocolate cake :)