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KITCHREE (SPICED YELLOW DAL WITH RICE) RECIPE

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A combination of rice and yellow lentils make this a nutritious meal. I serve my Kitchree or Kitchari with Ayam Masak Merah (Chicken in Spicy Red Sauce), You can make this rice on stove top following my recipe below or use rice cooker. For rice cooker, fill your cooker with water, milk, yogurt, salt and turmeric and bring to boil by pressing the 'cook' button. In a separate pan, heat the ghee, fry onion, cinnamon, cardamom,, cloves, ginger and garlic till fragrant. Once the water is boiling, add in rice, lentils and the fried spices. close lid. You need not worry about burnt rice, the rice cooker would take care for you. Other rice recipes you should try: Mutton Biryani Chana/Garbanzo Pulao Easy Tomato Rice Pumpkin Pulao

AYAM MASAK MERAH / CHICKEN IN SPICY RED SAUCE

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This chicken is cooked in a spicy red sauce that was a popular choice here. Ayam Masak Merah / Chicken in Spicy Red Sauce got its color from chili paste, chili sauce and tomato sauce. . Before you start, prepare the chicken by coating with turmeric and salt then fry until half done. Also get ready those ground ingredient. Cut dried chili into small pieces, wash and boil . Drain then grind into smooth paste together with ginger and garlic. Have added a cup of water but this depends how thick you want the gravy to be. You can use white sugar instead of brown sugar as brown sugar makes this Ayam Masak Merah / Chicken in Spicy Red Sauce a bit dark in color.. The other chicken recipes you should check out: Pan Fried Honey Soy Chicken Lemon Chicken Hot & Spicy Chicken Masala.

6 AMAZING CAKE FOR RAYA

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After posting  Top 10 Cookies for Raya.  , let's  have a look at   6 Amazing Cake For Raya  that are served during  Hari Raya (Aidilfitri)   for open house to guest, family and friends. One of most famous cakes was Kek Kukus (Steamed Fruit Cake) that has been baked for more than 50 year despite emergence  of modern cake. Most older cake recipes were time consuming  to  prepare like Kek Kukus (Steamed Fruit Cake), it requires 4 hours of steaming and Honeycomb Cake needs 3 hours resting time before baking.   So plan wisely before you start. 6 Amazing Cake for Raya.    Click on the title to view full recipe 1.   Honeycomb Cake / Kek Sarang Semut   This cake has holes that resembles honeycomb,  this is  how it got his name.   Allow the batter to sit for 2-3 hours before baking to get that honeycomb effect. 2.   Kek Kukus (Steamed Cake) Super moist and addictive fru...

TOP 10 COOKIES FOR RAYA

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Since  the festive time (Eid) is just  around the corner, here  are   Top 10  Cookies For Raya    that are made year after year.    This is the perfect time to savor and share these little treats for family and friend. The process begins  1-2 weeks before the festival and this time of the year, most  family would gather around to bake these cookies.  With a combined effort,  jars of delicious cookies could be made faster as each member of the family is assigned to do the task. Top 10 Cookies for Raya.   To view each recipe, click on the title  of the cookies. 1.  Suji Cookies     Pleasantly buttery and slightly crunchy cookies.  It uses clarified butter (ghee).  It will remains white after baking.  Place them 1 in apart as these expand while baking 2.    Black Sesame Seeds Cornflakes Cookies                   ...