Swedish Meatballs

Hello everyone ♥ Today I am going to be blogging about meatballs and it is going to be a worth try, trust me!
This whole meatball thing started from me making a lot of fuss about not getting a chance to try the IKEA meatballs yet up until today. Well, sometimes even if you're in IKEA... you will tend to give up on waiting for the meatballs as the cafe is always so packed with humans everywhere, long ass lines and messy tables which are left like that because we Malaysians really don't know how to clean up after ourselves. I hate to admit that we take this as our 'culture'... LOL *shakes head*.

I think I actually left the cafe on two separate occasions, both 5 minutes after walking in, as I don't see any hope of even getting a messy table to eat on after actually getting my food. The crowd is really crazy especially on weekends. So, just one fine day, I decided to Google "How to make IKEA meatballs" and I found the perfect recipe that I committed myself to try. I cooked this recipe for the second time already, so I can safely say that it is really a good one! Take a look!

Ingredients:

For the meatballs: 

900g of minced beef

1/2 cup of Japanese breadcrumbs

2 large egg yolks

1/4 tsp of ground allspice

1/4 tsp of ground nutmeg

1 large onion (diced)

Cooking oil

Salt and ground black pepper to taste

For the gravy:

1/4 cup of butter

1/3 cup of all-purpose flour

3 cups of beef broth (I used beef bouillons)

3/4 cups of sour cream

Salt and ground black pepper to taste

Freshly chopped parsley for garnishing

Click the button below to see the pictorial!

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Chicken Quesadillas

Hello everyone, it's been 5 months since my last blog update. How are all of you? Hope all of you are doing well.

I guess the long hiatus in my food blog was simply due to lack of inspiration and motivation in the last 5 months. I could not bring myself to check out interesting new recipes nor did I have the mood to cook anything a little more than simple. It was a dull period where I cooked only to eat... and I ate almost the same few things every day. Come to think of it now, I really have no idea what was going on during that time. I just felt so unmotivated. About 2 weeks ago, I made Chicken Quesadilla (inspired by a recipe I saw in one of my cookbooks) because I figured I had left over tortilla wraps anyway. Personally, I simplified the whole recipe into a really easy one because I do not have some of the ingredients as stated in the book. So today, I am going to share my version of this easy Chicken Quesadilla which is quite a good comfort food when you really need some TLC.

Ingredients: (Serves 1)

Tortilla wrap (any flavour) 1 piece

2 slices of Cheddar cheese

1 chicken breast about 120g, sliced

3 shitake mushrooms, sliced

1/4 of a big onion, sliced

10-15 spinach leaves

3 cloves of garlic, minced

Red pepper flakes 1 tsp

Chilli powder 1 tsp

Dried basil leaves 1 tsp

Salt

Coarse black pepper

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Burger Bakar Abang Burn [Alor Setar]

About a month ago, I went to Alor Setar again with my friends to have a day trip for them to settle some stuff. Once we reach there, we had Nasi Lemak Ong. To my friends, it was their first time having Nasi Lemak Ong and they were all very excited about it. Obviously, they loved it very much too, despite the fact they had to queue very long. At night, before heading back to campus, all of us decided to have burger bakar for dinner. If you're Malaysian, I'm sure you know burger bakar is the 'in' thing now! There is burger bakar everywhere!

So, the one we went to was Burger Bakar Abang Burn. This one is quite famous and I guess many people have been talking about it. When we finally reach there on that fateful night, it was raining cats and dogs. Thank goodness there was a huge umbrella in the car to at least give us some cover but our sandals were totally soaked through. The only parking was at the roadside in front of the shop so I guess there isn't much we can do to avoid the rain.

So this is the exterior of the shop. It was raining heavily so it is unavailable
for seating.

The interior of the shop is brightly lit and clean. Thank goodness, this is
a burger bakar shop rather than a stall only.

So, we took turns to order at the counter. The moment we enter the shop, we will see the grill and cashier anyway, so you can make your order there. 

This is the menu if you guys want to know the items and also the price.

Yup, this is where you order it. 

If they have a few patties already grilled before you arrive, then you need not wait long before your burger is served. If what you order is not yet cooked, then it does take some time for the burger to be ready. So, if you're hungry, ask them which burger can be served up the fastest! :D

This is my friend's burger. I guess it must be one of the Supremo's that comes
with three sausages and also cheese. But I don't remember how much he paid for it!

This is my Burn Cheesy Lamb ♥ RM 11.50
PS: The onion rings on top were pretty much cold, though.

Happy eatin' ☺

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Simple Guacamole Sandwiches - Student Recipe! ♥

Another week to go before I am due to sit for my GIT CA paper, another 2 final papers and also my GIT and RS OSCE.

STRESS LEVEL: ∞

Anyway, took a little break from studying today to make some sandwich for myself, and also the boyfie who has never tried guacamole before. Guacamole is originally a Mexican dish but has been adapted by many parts of the world now. When I told him what ingredients I'm going to put inside and also how I'm going to make the sandwich, he totally thinks he is not really going to like it. I am all set out to prove him wrong ☺

INGREDIENTS:

Wholemeal bread 

1 medium sized avocado

1 medium sized tomato

1 medium sized onion

Salt 

Pepper

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Deviled Eggs Recipe

I had a lot of eggs left out on the rack and I had to think of something to finish them off quickly so that they don't turn bad. So, one night, I was googling about various ways to cook eggs and I found this : DEVILED EGGS! HAHA! ☺☺☺ Sounds like a devil.

Ingredients:

7 eggs

2-3 tbsps of mayonnaise

Chilli flakes 

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Homemade Eggs Benedict Recipe

Well, exam is right around the corner but there's a long 10 day break right before it, so I am home! For the time being anyway! ☺ I am determined to experiment with new food and also study at the same time for my upcoming CA. Guess, I really have to manage my time properly for this week! Anyway, done with me. Now, we can move on to our Mr. Benedict today heeheehee!

INGREDIENTS

6 regular eggs

4 slices of bread

4-6 slices of ham

2 lemons

50g of butter

Salt

Pepper

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