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Its end 2007, another year passed by just like tat! I forgot wat was my 2007 resolution, but somehow think i didnt made it...keke...anyway, welcome 2008... :)


I received the following picture from a friend just yesterday, and tot its something nice to share!

Nutmeg Enyzme

Finally got some fresh nutmeg, some suppliers of my parents helped buy and send from Penang. Maybe coz a few days already, the colour not so nice... just one kg, so only made a small tube. Have to wait for 2 MONTHS now..... long wait.

Meanwhile, I am also waiting for harvest these - White Carrot and Pineapple....hehe

Happy Birthday to Bryan!

Happy Birthday to my darling Bryan!!!

We celebrated Bryan's last Saturday back in Kuantan, 3 days in advance... His grandmum made a small party for him, just family, but he enjoyed it so much..singing and opening his present.

The cake was a fantastic one too! We ordered Chocolate Banana from Secret Recipe, oh...my all time favourite!

Cameron Highlands...

Brought Bryan to Cameron Highlands for the first time last weekend, and it was superfun especially for him. He loved plucking the strawberries, enjoyed the cold weather, enjoyed the apartment...ah, its such FUN! Now have to think of other places to bring him to enjoy....

Enzyme : My cucumber enzyme is ready to harvest, but yesterday was too tired after return from Cameron, perhaps I'll harvest it tonite and try the taste of it!

Enzyme!

So far I've tried making a few types of enzymes, Grapefruit, Red Dragon Fruit, White Carrot, Cucumber and Garlic...

Already harvested White Carrot enzyme, smelly, but when drink, taste ok!

My cucumber enzyme will be due next Sunday, and today I made a small jar of Garlic...Want to try coz garlic enzyme can 减肥! Very simple, just Garlic and Honey...Very eager to know how it will taste like, but have to wait for at least two months ler....

My Garlic Enzyme and Cucumber Enzyme

Cream Cheese Cake....

Last Saturday I tried baking the cream cheese cake, not bad, just too little lemon juice. I put the amount as stated on the recipe, but i think my lemon not very sour....sigh, next time must test the lemon juice before add in....

Since need to refrigerate my cheese cake for a day before i can cut, i made some nyonya kuih for teabreak...haha....

Also harvested my enzymes, both Grapefruit and Red Dragon Fruit, really nice to drink! Made White Carrot Enzyme, but my camera not with me...no photos...to show later ba... :)

Went to MPH to look for books on Enzyme, but cannot find any. Will drop by at Popular to check it out!

Coffee Butter Cake

Today I made an attempt on Coffee Butter Cake, recipe given to me by my colleague....Quite easy, only took about 20 mins to prepare and baking time 45 mins... Nice for those who likes coffee :)

Ingredients :

(A)

275 g Margarine

180 g Sugar

230 g Flour

1 tsp Baking Powder

2 tbsps Coffee Paste (i made using two packets of OLD TOWN WHITE COFFEE POWDER without sugar)

(B)

5 Eggs

(C)

60g Nibbed Almonds

Methods:

1. Cream (A) till well blended

2. Add (B) slowly and cream till light and smooth - about 4-5 mins at mid speed

3. Pour mixture into 10" round mold, sprinkle the nibbed almonds on top.

4. Bake at 180c for 45 mins.

Tips:

Do not over cream - will cause cake to sink and coarse texture

Under creaming produces stiff and hard cake....

(funny tips rite?!...cannot over and cannot under cream.....but as long as mixture is well blend, I think its ok... )

My Enzyme...FINALLY!

I've finally managed to make my own enzyme...! Made one on Saturday - Grapefruit enzyme, and on Sunday, made the Red Dragon Fruit Enzyme...

The process is quite fun, just dun like when need to peel the skin off the green lemon and when removing the seeds of the green lemon... Anyway, just hope both try will be successfull!

Hedy's Greeting Cards...

One of my favourite person birthday was up , and so happen I was doing a routine house cleaning, and came acroos my card making tools... So, I've been up to make greeting cards again....Here are some of my work to share...just for fun!

Musik Garten :)

Last Saturday, I brought Bryan for a trial class for Musik Garten class and he loves it!!! I definately would recommend to anyone whom belives in music for children... :)

Although the first time, Bryan bravely stood in front of everyone, mumbled alot and danced too! I enjoyed every minute during the class, just as much as Bryan did. Playing with the musical instruments is fun, also Bryan learnt to follow simple instructions from the teacher...very good for listening skills. Nevertheless, its a good exposure for him to mix around....i'm glad i found musik garten!

More info, u may visit : http://www.musikgarten.org/

3 days rest... finally...

After long wait, public holiday revisited. Very glad to have 3 days weekend... then i can spend more time with my loves....heheh...

Already in holiday mood, no mood to work today leh...

Planning to make kuih bahulu tomolo, hope its successful...will post the ingredients and the methods if its successful...

My enzyme experiment still waiting, until now still cannot get the glass jar i want...sigh!

Hedy's Homemade Cake.. :)

Made a visit to one of the shop selling baking products, and got some new mold...tried it out and here are my latest creations!!!

Hedy' Mini Steam Cake !

Steam Chocolate Walnut Muffin (added walnut into batter before steaming)

Baking Hours....

I did another attempt to make the steam cake again, and made some improvements on the recipe which I think taste better...

Tried to add some "patttern" to the cake...turns out abit ugly....haha...maybe have to plan out the pattern properly.

Steam Layer Cake

Ingredients :

2 eggs

90 g sugar

120 g milk

Vanilla Essense / Flavouring - 2 drops

60g butter

8g Double Action Baking Powder

90 gm Multipurpose Flour + 60 gm Marie Biscuit - crushed

7 g cocoa powder

(please refer to my earlier post for the methods)

Spoilled Sunday...

I had a very angry Sunday!

"Someone" in my hubby's side family did something AWFULLY stupid and disgusting! Causing stir and worry in the family, making life miserable due to such stupid act. I was so looking forward for a good dinner, got my soup and rice all ready, then POMP! Ruined.....

Such disrespectful act - no pity from me!

Whats your FlaVOR?!

It's 31ST again!! and its Baskin-Robbins Day! have to prepare myself for a long que again for my favourite ice-creaM! Woo-Hoo! 31% DiscOUnT baby!

Whats Your Flavor? Mine is Rum Raisin and Ol-fashion Peanut Butter PecAn!

I'm also in the search for glass Jar...Wow, really hard to find ler. All come with those like IKEA, with the metal thing to lock it, but I want those with twist open cap type....still hunting! Enzyme experiment have to wait...

Cool...go try!

Read from a friend's Blog about Face Recognition fun at www.myheritage.com
Go check it out! Here is my face recognition to celebrity look alike...hahah

http://www.myheritage.com

The Drive of Life...

What I'm up to when not cooking, surfing the net, or sleeping???

Haha, i'm currently caught watching the latest HK series, The Drive of Life! Very long series - 60 episode, but i'm enjoying it so far... Now at episode 8 onli..hehe.

It's a series about family - 3 brothers journey in life, from being poor while in China, how they get to HK, builing empire of thier business in car industry...of coz, in between, mixture of love, lust, how family problems leads to changes in one person, so forth...worth the time to watch~ !

Steam Layer Cake

Today I managed to try the recipe for making Steam Layer Cake given to me by Jasline (http://jas-lim.blogspot.com/).

I halved the recipe so that its a smaller cake (enough for family of 3). However,after tasting the cake, I have decided to make small changes to the recipe as I find the cake too sweet and too oily...

Steam Layer Cake (ala Hedy's Style)
Ingredients :
2 eggs
90 g sugar
120 g milk
Vanilla Essense / Flavouring - 2 drops
50g butter
8g Double Action Baking Powder
80 gm Multipurpose Flour + 70 gm Marie Biscuit - crushed
7 g cocoa powder

Directions :
1. Beat eggs, and add sugar. Beat until sugar disolves.
2. Add milk and vanilla essense. Mix until mixture is well balanced.
3. Slowly add in the mixture of flour and marie biscuit. While mixing, keep stiring the mixture.
4. Mix well, then add butter. Stir and mix well again.
5. Scoop up 1/3 of the batter into another bowl, and add cocoa powder. You have now 2 type of batter, the plain batter (2/3) and cocoa batter (1/3)
6. Wipe a thin layer of butter on the pan to greese it a little.
7. Lay first layer of the plain batter into the pan, and steam for about 8-10 mins.
8. Prick about 7 on the steamed layer, then add cocoa batter. Steam for about 8-10 mins
9. Prick about 8 on the steamed layers, then add the plain batter again. Steam for about 8-10 mins.

See my results.... heheh....

Nutrition Facts

I came about to read further on the nutrition facts based on the fruits that was used to make the enzyme.

Here are the some two essential nutritions :
Vitamin A (Retinol)
Vitamin A, a fat-soluble vitamin, plays essential roles in vision, growth, and development; the development and maintenance of healthy skin, hair, and mucous membranes; immune functions; and reproduction.

Enzyme with Vit A : Papaya, Tangerine, Pineapple.

Vitamin C
Lower your cancer risk, Regenerate your vitamin E supplies, Improve iron absorption, aids poor wound healing, frequent colds or infections and lung-related problems.

Enzyme with Vit C : Orange/Grapefruit, White Carrot, Pineapple, Papaya, Kiwi, Dragon Fruit.

For more info, you may visit http://www.whfoods.com/. They have some good info on nutritions.

Enzyme for Stronger Antibody

Having a weak body? Try this enzyme...

HIGH VIT C ENZYME
Ingredients:
Orange - Remove skin, cut into slices. (can substitude Orange with Grapefruit - tested by http://jas-lim.blogspot.com/)
Black Grapes - Remove skin and seed.
Green Lemon - Remove skin, cut into slices.
Brown Rock Sugar - Suitable amount.

Following picture shows Grapefruit Enzyme - courtesy of Jasline.

Recipe for Enzyme

I have finally managed to translate the recipe given to me from Chinese to English.
Here goes...

ENZYME

Items to Prepare
Glass Jar: Wash, Rinse with hot water, drain dry – preferably under the sun.
Fruits condition – Half-ripe fruits.
Green Lemon – Peel off skin, and cut into slices.
Rock sugar – MUST BE BROWN ROCK SUGAR, in packets

Methods:
1. To layer in glass jar, first layer fruits, second layer green lemon, third layer rock sugar/pure honey. Repeat the order of the layering, until last layer to be rock sugar before sealing the glass jar tightly. Proportion of fruits must be higher than the other two.

2. The fruits will start fermentation in 3 to 4 days, upon up the jar and stir the even the contents.

3. If enzyme is too sweet or too sour, adjust by adding more rock sugar / fruits.

4. During the process of fermentation, once in a while, shake the glass jar to ensure balanced fermentation.

5. Fermentation process will complete in 2 weeks time. Strain out the enzyme and store in refrigerator. To ensure its freshness, the enzyme is best consumed between 2 weeks to 1 month time.

6. When preparing the ingredients for enzyme, make sure it is free of water and oil.

7. By the third day of fermentation process, some white bubbles will be visible. This is normal during the process of fermentation, and it is a sign that the fermentation is successful.

8. Amount to be taken, each time 30cc, 3 times a day.

9. Take half and hour before meals, or one hour after meals.

PAPAYA ENZYME – TO EASE BAD DIGESTION
Half-ripe papaya: Remove skin, seeds and cut into slices.
Green Lemon: Remove skin and cut into slices
Rock Sugar: Suitable amount.

Papaya is high in Vitamin A, C, Potassium, Folate, and Dietry Fibre. This enzyme can also help digestions and eases constipation. Suitable for middle aged and the elderly.

PINEAPPLE ENZYME- HELPS LOWER CHOLESTROL LEVEL
Half-ripe Pineapple: Peel off skin and cut into slices:
Green Lemon: Peel off skin and cut into slices. (One lemon)
Rock Sugar: Suitable amount

Pineapple is high in vitamin A, C, B1 and Maganese.This enzyme is not suitable for weak body.
Only consume after meals.

TANGERINE ENZYME (桔子) – TO EASE ASTHMA & DIFFULTIES BREATHING
Tangerine桔子: Cut into halves
Green Lemon: Peel off skin and cut into slices. (one lemon)
Rock Sugar: Suitable amount

Tangerine 桔子nature is alkaline based and high in Vitamin A, C,
Tangerine is good for flu & difficulty breathing. Also good for after alcohol and helps digestion.
Suitable for those with bad digestion and often feel tired after meals.

GRAPES ENZYME – NOURISHING & IMPROVES BLOOD CIRCULATION
Red grapes: Peel off skin, and remove seed
Red carrots: Peel off skin, cut into slices
Beetroot : Peel off skin, cut into slices. (Suitable amount)
Kiwi : Peel off skin, cut into slices
Pineapple: Small amount will be Suitable, peel off skin, and cut into slices
Green Lemon: Peel off skin, cut into slices.
Rock Sugar: Suitable amount

Grapes is high in Iron and Maganese. It is good for blood circulation.
Recommended also for middle aged woman and those with Rheumatism. Beetroot is good for liver.

WHITE CARROT ENZYME – FOR COUGH
Organic White Carrot: Wash, maintain the skin, drain and cut into slices.
Green Lemon: Peel off skin, cut into slices.
Maltose : Suitable amount
Rock Sugar : Suitable amount

White carrot is high in vitamin C, approx 8-10 times higher than green apple. Also contain protein, body fat, Carbohydrate, Vitamin B, B2, Calcium, Iron, Phosphorus.
Can ease body heat, reduce phlegm, ease cough, and difficulty breathing.

LONGAN ENZYME – FOR GOOD LIVER
Longan : Remove the shell
Beetroot: Wash, peel off skin, and cut into slices
Green Lemon: Peel off skin, cut into slices.
Rock Sugar : Suitable amount

Due to longan heaty nature, the consumption of this enzyme must be controlled.
This enzyme is not suitable for those with heaty body or those who always feels bloated.

PINEAPPLE & KIWI ENZYME – HELPS DIGESTION
Kiwi: Remove skin, cut into slices
Green Apple: Remove skin, and cut into slices
Pineapple : Remove skin, cut into slices
Grapes : Remove skin & seeds
Green Lemon: Peel off skin, cut into slices.
Rock Sugar: Suitable amount.

Green apple and Kiwi are off cooling nature, high in Vitamin C, fiber thus, helps digestion. .
Due to high sugar content, pineapple enzyme is not suitable for diabetes.

I'm Back

After missing in action, i'm back! Much thanks to my dear sis, Jasline and my cute nieces...like very much enjoy this blogging thing...anyway, I still have doubts how long i will do this... haha

I'm going to try starting my experiment on making Enzyme.... The recipe is was given to me in Chinese and I am bad in reading it.... so, I'm trying to compile it in English - whoever who needs the recipe in English can get it here...(to be continued...)