Ubi kayu & sambal ikan bilis (Tapioca & hot anchovies gravy)

Ubi kayu rebus is all time favourite to most Malays (others? not sure..). It 's nice to have it during rainy days with a sip of hot "kampung" coffee...waaaaa the feeling so syiok!
but i must try other recipes using the ubi kayu instead the same one all the time (but can't help it..hahahaaa). ok, promise myself to try other recipes...

I bought 3 kilos of ubi kayu at Chow Kit market, enough for my hb, my mil and officemates...they enjoy it very much. Thanks all for finishing it.

To Cik Patin and Nora, here is my humble recipe.

Ubi rebus and sambal ikan bilis

Ubi kayu
Salt
Water

Boil the ubi kayu with pinch of salt to taste until soft.

Sambal ikan bilis

Garlic
Small red onion
Cili padi (bird eye chili)
Ikan bilis (anchovies)
Salt
Sugar
Soya sauce
Asam keping (or tamarind juice)
Belacan (shrimp paste) - optional

Puree all above items except ikan bilis. Then, lastly blend the ikan bilis together with the pureed items but only for a while.
Fry until "garing" (brown) in hot oil, put in salt, sugar, soy sauce (1 tsp) and asam keping. If you like, can put a little bit of "belacan" (shrimp paste) to enhance the taste of ikan bilis.

Serve with hot coffee...hrrmmmm

~~rain, rain come again, go away another day. i am having my ubi rebus today... :) ~~

Hometown..

I am quite tight with my work schedule after a long holiday last month. However, thank you to Rima who made me keep on with my baking passion. During the 4 days CNY holiday last week, we planned to drive back to my hb hometown, Kuala Pilah and mine in Muar.

Thought of baking something nice that everybody would like. So, I tried the Donna Hays chocolate cheesecake brownie recipe taken from Rima's blog.  I baked 2 whole cakes (one for each family) but my brownie part was a bit dry. Maybe because I have over baked them 20 minutes more than as in the original recipe! I will try again since everyone said "sedap"

Anyway, this is the result.....

Donna Hays Chocolate Cheesecake Brownie

Bread pudding

I had stale breads and got the idea of making this bread pudding when I browse the internet and found this recipe at http://jkitchenlog.blogspot.com/. Hope she doesn't mind I share her mom's recipe here. By the way, thanks to J.

Waited until 3 o'clock to make this so it will be just nice for hb to come home from office to have it with tea. Hb said it tastes like "bingka roti" in petite version because I use the medium size muffin tray for moulding. I think it would be better if eaten with warm vanilla sauce but I am out of milk. So bad...