Mediterranian Yellow Rice

Rice is a staple for Asians and we do have varities of rice dishes to serve on daily basis or special occasions. Like Asians, Mediterranian too have countless rice dishes. Infused with rich flavors and lavish ingredients, their rice dish are one of the kind. Mediterranian rice are serve along a meat dish and a salad.

Ingredients

2 cups basmathi rice
3 cups water
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 medium sized onion, chopped
2 pods garlic,choppes
1 tsp coriander powder
1/2 tsp cumin powder
Handful of pomegranate seeds
2 tbsp toasted almond
2 tbsp olive oil

Methods

Wash and soak rice with 3 cups of water for 30 minutes.

In a pan heat oil and saute onion till translucent.

Add chopped garlic and saute till fragrant. Add coriander powder, turmernd cumin powder. Saute till raw flavor leaves.

Add the onion mixture into the soaked rice and season with salt.

Cook till the rice are fluffy and done. Fluff the rice with fork.

Transfer to a serving plate and sprinkle with pomegranate seeds and toasted almond.

Warm Milk Cake

What a better way to keep you warm on winter season? Eventhough in a tropical country like Malaysia, we do not experience snow but, the climate here tend to get cold this time of the year. Everyone looking for something to keep them warm in a form of comfort food. Here is one such comfort dessert to warm you up. Warm milk cake are soft,moist abd veey easy to make. Warm milk cake goes well along piping hot cup of coffee or tea and perfect for breakfast or as a tea time treat.

Ingredients

2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 cups full cream milk
10 tbsp butter
2 cups sugar
1 tbsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
4 eggs, room temperature
1/4 tsp salt

Methods

In a large bowl, using a hand mixer beat eggs till pale and fluffy for 5-7 minutes.

Sift in flour,baking powder and salt. Beat till combined.

In a saucepan, add milk and butter. Stir till butter melted. Do not boil the milk.

Add the milk mixture into the egg mixture and vanilla extract. Beat for 1 minute.

Pour the batter into a 9'inch greased cake pan and bake for 35-45 minutes or till a skewer inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.

Cool the cake on the pan. Transfer to a serving plate.

Slice and enjoy with a hot cuppa.

Eggless Orange Cake

If you are lookong for a eggless orange cake, you have come to the right place. I'm sharing easiest eggless cake recepi that burst with the citrusy of orange flavor which is, soft and moist despite the lack of egg in the batter. It's a no for me, when it comes to consuming orange as it is thus, everytime i gave oranges on tge frodge after everyone had enough of them, ut will goes into baking or cooking..this time into my eggless orange cake 😋. Atleast, there's a way for my Vitamin C boost 🤣

Ingredients

1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup orange juice
2 tbsp orange zest
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
3 tbsp sugar

Methods

Beat sugar & butter till fluffy. Add orange juice,orange zest & vanilla extract. Beat till combined.

Sift flour,baking powder & baking soda. Fold in the flour mixture into the wet ingredients. Do not over mixed.

Grease a loaf pan & dust with flour.

Pour the cake batter into the prepared loaf pan & bake in 180'c pre heated oven for 35-40 mins or till a skewer inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.

Cool on the pan before transfering to a serving plate

Homemade skinny cappucino

Easieast way to prepare cafe style cappucino at home without fancy coffee maker. Sounds interesting right? The method are interesting as it sounds. Frothy,creamy,cappucino fix that you can make anytime without the need heading for cafe and whats more pocket friendly too. Using a simple ingredients which is the basic for ordinary coffee and takinh it to the next level for an extraordinary skinny cappucino


Ingredients

2 tbsp instant coffee powder
2 cups almond milk
2 tbsp coconut sugar
1 1/2 tbsp water
Pinch of coffee powder

Methods

In a bowl add coffee powder and coconut sugar.

Add 1 1/2 tbsp water and beat the mixture using a hand mixer for abt 3-4 minutes or till thickens and turn to light brown in color. Keep aside.

In a pan over a medium flame, boil almond milk and turn off the heat.

In a mug add 2 tbsp of coffee mixture & pour over the boiled milk. Add sugar and stir till sugar dissolves.

Top wid another 1 tbsp of the coffee mixture and sprinkle wid coffee powder.

Serve hot.