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This video has made me laugh..I'm laughing while driving, while eating, while watching tv, every time I remember this clip. Hope it will cherish your day too!!

Ramezun Mobarak

Ramadhan has arrived. A month to be fulfil with amal and ibadah. Besides that, like always I wish to lose weight during Ramadhan. But I know I will gain more :) Lets blame the glorious of foods offered during Ramadhan. The bazaar, the buffet and the likelihood to cook outrageous foods.

So far I am enjoying fasting. Only the hot weather challenged me much. But thanks to air-con for the help :) I cooked mostly Malay foods which I cannot share here now because the moment of hearing azan, the foods were attacked and I couldnt snap any photo. Insyallah I will try to share it later.

Til then, bye

Banana Milk (Shir Mos)

Ingredients:

- A cup of milk

- 2 small ripe bananas

- 1 tbsp sugar

Methods:

Blend everything in electric blender. Put in chiller. Consume. Marvellous in a hot day.

Lasagna

Ingredients:

For Red Sauce:
- 500g mince meat
- A jar of spaghetti sauce
- 2 tomatoes, dice
- 1 large onion, dice
- 2 garlic cloves, small dice
- 1 tspn dried oregano

Methods:
1. Saute onion and garlic until fragrant, add in meat and black pepper, stir for 5 minutes.
2. Add in tomatoes, cook until it melts.
3. Pour in the sauce. Cook for about 10 minutes more. Put aside.

For white/bechamel sauce:
- 200ml fresh milk
- 200g butter
- Cheddar cheese
- 1 tbsp of flour

For lasagna sheets:
Boil the sheets with some butter until a little soft


Methods:
1. Mix milk, butter  and flour in a small pot.
2.With slow heat, stir until the mixture become thick, add in cheddar cheese. When the cheese melted, put aside

To Assemble:
Additional Ingredient:
- Mozarella cheese

1.Grease baking dish with some butter.
2. Layer lasagna starting with the sheet, red sauce, white sauce, mozarella cheese, .
3. Sprinkle a generous amount of mozarella cheese on the last layer.
4. Bake for 40 minutes, 180C for first 30 minutes and 150C for 10 minutes

Another version can be find here. 

Noodle rice - reshte polow

If you are a big fan of noodle, you have to try this recipe to experience a new type of noodle dish. For me it is a bizarre food because it combines both rice and noodle in one single recipe. It has aromatic smells from the advieh (spices) and crunchy texture from the sauted noodle. 

Ingredients:

- 1 1/2cup of rice (soaked for at least 2 hours)

- Some Persian noodle (reshteh)

- 1 onion

- 1 tspn turmeric powder

- 1/2 tspn cinnamon powder

- saffron liquid

- Some raisins

- Bread for tahdig

- Butter/oil

- Salt

Methods:

1. Saute reshteh with some butter until golden. Keep eye on it because it can burnt easily. Put aside.

2. In another pan,saute diced onion until translucent, add turmeric and cinnamon. Add raisins and stir well. Put aside.

3. Pre-boil rice with some salt and oil . Add the reshteh. When rice turns al dente, rinse. 

4. Now,the fun part begins. In a pot, pour some oil. Place bread at the bottom for  wonderful tahdig. Put first layer of mixture reshteh and rice, follow with raisin until finish. Pour some liquid saffron on top. Cover and cook in a medium heat for an hour. 

Crispy bread tahdig!!

Serve with your favourite side dishes. This time, I had with Persian Chicken, Salad and Grilled Prawn.

Grilled Prawn (Megoo Kababi)

To Marinate:

Mix 2 tbsp of sesame oil, 1 tbsp crushed black pepper, 1tsp of turmeric powder, a pinch of salt with half kg of prawn

After an hour, grill the prawn. 

* This is a Malay recipe which I invented >.<

Persian Style Chicken

This is another bff's favourite food to eat with rice. And it is really easy to prepare.

You need:
- 4-6 Chicken drumsticks
- 1 large onion
- 1 large potato, cut into 4
- 2 tspn turmeric powder
- 1 tspn cinnamon powder
- Salt to taste
- Juice of 1 lime
- Hot water

Method:
1. Saute onion with oil until translucent, add turmeric and cinnamon.
2 .Add in chicken, saute for 5 minutes.
3. Add in hot water covering the chicken. Add in potato. Simmer with medium heat for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, the water level must have been reduced to 1/4 makes the gravy thicker.
4. Add in lime juice and simmer for another 10 minutes. Taste with salt.

Khoresht Loobia Sabz (Green Bean with Meat Stew)

Ingredients:
500g meat - cut into 2cm cubes
green beans - remove ends and cut into 3cm pieces
1 large onion - small dice
4 garlic cloves - small dice
3 ripe tomatoes - boil, remove skin, dice
2 tbsp tomato paste
2 tbsp lemon juice
turmeric powder
blackpepper
salt
oil

Methods:
1. Saute onion and garlic, when translucent add turmeric powder.
2. Put in meat with some pepper. When meat has brown all sides, pour water covering the meat. Add tomatoes and tomato paste, mix well, cover and simmer in medium heat for one hour.
3. In other pan, saute green beans with some oil for about 3 minutes.
4. After an hour, mix the sauted green beans into the khoresht with lemon juice and salt. Simmer another one hour or until the meat is tender.
5. Serve with saffron rice.

Loobia Citi which taste like baked beans

Ingredients:
A handful of Loobia chiti (pinto beans) soaked overnight
Tomato paste 2 tbsp
2 tbsp tomato ketchup
Salt to taste
1 tbsp olive oil

Methods:
1. Boil beans with 3 cups of water.simmer with low hear until tender. Approximately 1 half hour.
2. When tender, add tomato paste tomato ketchup olive oil n salt
3. Simmer until all mix well
4. Serve with salads