Gulai Ikan Tenggiri

abenk nggak terlalu suka ikan tapi suka makanan santan, jadi saya coba bikin gulai ikan tenggiri dengan harapan dia doyan.. ternyata oh ternyata, doyan banget...

bahan :

1 kg ikan tenggiri, iris tebal 1.5 cm

1 ltr santan

2 lbr daun jeruk

1 daun kunyit

3 daun salam

1 ruas lengkuas geprek

1 cabe merah panjang, iris tipis

1 pak (250 gr) snowpeas/kacang kapri, cuci, siangi

1 sdm minyak

bumbu halus :

2 btr kemiri

1 ruas jahe

1 sdt kunyit bubuk

3 bawang merah

5 siung bawang putih

10 buah cabe merah/rawit utuh

garam & gula pasir sesuai selera

cara masak :

berhubung disini beli ikannya sudah bersih dan dipotong-potong, jadi saya tinggal melumurinya dengan air jeruk nipis dan garam. diamkan selama 15 menit, tiriskan.

tumis bumbu halus dengan 1 sdm minyak goreng, masukkan daun salam, lengkuas, daun kunyit dan daun jeruk hingga harum baru tambahkan kemudian santan dan aduk-aduk.

masukkan ikan, aduk-aduk perlahan agar santan tidak pecah tambahkan garam & gula pasir, cicipi hingga rasa pas.

masak sampai ikan matang, baru tambahkan irisan cabe merah dan kacang kapri.

angkat lalu sajikan hangat.

jadi, dengan kuah santan si abenk bisa doyan sama ikan, tapi karena ini masakan santan sebaiknya nggak keseringan bikinnnya, toh si ikan bisa di masak woku atau digoreng baru disiram sambal seperti sambal terong/balado.

cure for itchy hands :p

i've got nothing to do while my hands nagging to touch something, so i decided to spice up noelle's winter knit hat. it was purchased last year, pink and deep pink knitted tightly, wrap her head perfectly and had a bit coverage for ear and back neck area. autumn is just around the corner so i think this hat will be around anytime soon.

to be honest, i dont like pink but i bought it anyway because noelle needs pink to make her look more girly.. aaaaand this crochetted shocking pink flower and pale pink pearl just perfect to spice up this dull looking winter hat which i dont even know it's style name :p

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haven't got a chance to take photo of noelle wearing this hat. she just can't keep her sticky hands from anything i put on her head. HHRRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!

blanket for my hubby

autumn is just around the corner so i had to make time to make this blanket for my hubby. i imagine it would be comfy to snug under this blanket while watching our favourite programme :) i purchased the stripes polar fleece fabric for just $2, and the green polar fleecy fabric for $4 (both named polar fleece but they different, the green one is like a soft fluffy sweatshirt). i did not buy any blanket binding because i was going to make the binding from the overlapping green fabric.

lay the green fabric flats on the flor, topped with the stripes fabric. chose the middle part and pinned, that's where we start to sew from middle to the side to avoid the fabric scrunching in the proccess.

i use green thread in the bobbin and matching treads for the stripes. move pins as you move from one stripes to another. it was a hard work to change threads everytime you move from one lane stripe to another, but when you finished it look a bit like quilted blanket. mayme i should have use batting to make it even fluffier :D

lay the blanket on the floor, use measure tape to mark the overlapping for blanket binding and then trim the excess fabric or if you are lazy like me, use ruler and cut straight away next to the ruler.. .

to make a neat corner, lay flat the blanket.

fold the green fabric to the corner side of the stripes fabric.

fold again the green fabric one more time overlap the striped fabric.

fold the left side to 90°.

do the same to the right side so they form a neat and sharp corner.

pin to secure and make corner binding for 3 other corner.

i dont know which stitch to use to join the corner fabric so i handstitched all four corner before i topsticthed the binding on 4 sides with sewing machine.

voila! the blanket is finished, freshly laundered and i try it on my hubby's recliner seat. what do you think?