Double chocolate chips muffins II

Using another recipe that I bookmarked recently. The method seems easy and straightforward too, only setback is I always lazy to melt chocolate! Hahaha.. 

Decided to bring my butt to work so that the kids can bring to school for snack break on Tuesday. I topped 6 of them with banana slices and 6 with peppermint chunks. Need to use up my ripe bananas too! Heee.. 

The smell from baking these while I am washing up and preparing my ingredients for dinner is amazing! So therapeutic! I love the smell of baking ❤️❤️

OMG!! So so so rich n moist! Super love the rich chocolate taste! TRY IT!!!

Double chocolate muffins (adapted from BiggerBolderBaking)

71g Plain four

37g Cocoa powder

1/2tsp Baking powder

1/4tsp Salt

115g Brown sugar

2 eggs

71g Yogurt

115g Oil

1tsp Vanilla extract

115g semi sweet choc, melted

some choc chips to mix in

1) Melt chocolate and let it cool a bit

2) Set dry ingredients in a bowl

3) Stir sugar, eggs, yogurt, vanilla and oil into melted chocolate

4) Mix in dry ingredients and then chocolate chips, do not overmix

5) Scoop almost full and top with more toppings of your choice

6) Bake at 180-200deg x25mins

Homemade whipped potato

Been wanting to try making whipped potato then a lovely friend shared in a foodie chat how she made with reference to a video. Took a look at the video and made my own! 

Along with blanched veg and then strained and quick toss them in oil n onions! Lovely!! Using back my previous batter recipe, I fried hoki fish as the main!

Kids super love the combi and even want more fish! As a mum, definitely happy to hear that!! And the potato, even my hub also said its nice! ❤️

Whipped potato

3 potato, peel and cut in chunks

3-5tbsp milk

gravy: 

1/2 bowl water

1tbsp light soy sauce

1tbsp oyster sauce

dash of black pepper

1/2tbsp cornflour

1) Steam potato chunks for 15mins til soft

2) Mash it and leave to cool slightly

3) Add in milk by spoonful and mix til smooth, add more if required

4) Heat up pan and stir the gravy mixture til thick, drizzle over potato

Airfryer Salmon

Been enticed by a neighbour to airfry/bake salmon with breadcrumbs. Being lazy, I didnt dig out my new pack of breadcrumbs. Instead I anyhow mix up a dressing to spread over the salmon, airfry them for dinner! 

Our usual salmon is always panfry then top with teriyaki sauce or just panfry n squeeze some lemon juice. This is a new variation and glad that the kids take to it well. Surprisingly very nice with a hint of lemon-sour and not overly creamy or garlicky! 

I asked the kids if its nice, and I believe the picture says a THOUSAND words! I, myself also surprise at the end product! Its nice and not overly gelat. Yuns!! Gonna document it down so I can refer to the amount of sauces used! 

Our spread for dinner tonite! 

Airfryer Salmon

300g Salmon, cut into 2 and slit

2Tbsp Mayo

1Tbsp lemon juice

dash of parsley flakes

dash of pepper

dash of ginger powder

some salt

2tsp chopped garlic

1) Mix above condiments in a bowl and spread over salmon

2) Wrap in baking paper and airfry for 25mins at 160deg

Butter chicken

Randomly saw this on facebook while browsing. Showed my hub and we decided to try this for dinner the next evening. Looks so gooooood! 😋😋

As the coronavirus situation still on the high side, he went to help me grab the spices so I can marinate them before cooking for dinner. Great job done as all the spices were bought correctly! Bravo right? 😅

I only managed to marinate it for a short 3 hours+ as its really an impromptu decision to cook them. I believed marinating overnight will be even more fragrant. All u need is sautee the marinated chicken til they are browned nicely. 

Adding in the gravy seasonings and leave it to simmer til chicken are soft. Oh ya I added potato as Hub requested for them. A very simple and quick dish to make! 

Hub gave thumbs up tho a little spicy for the 2 boys. I substitute with yogurt and milk instead of using cream. We sprinkle more cayenne pepper prior to eating! Definitely goes very well with a piece of naan. Perhaps I should work on that too! 💪🏻

Butter chicken (reference from RecipeTinEats)
Marinade -
2 whole chicken breast, debone and chopped
2 whole chicken leg, debone and chopped
1 potato, cut into cubes
125g greek yogurt
1tsp cumin
1tsp tumeric
1tsp ginger
1tsp cayenne pepper
2tsp graham marsala
1Tbsp lemon juice
2 clove garlic, chopped

Gravy:
125g greek yogurt
160g tomato puree (may reduce to 120g)
125g milk
dash of pepper
2Tbsp sugar

4Tbsp butter

1) Prepare marinade in a bowl
2) Cut chicken into cubes and put in the marinade and leave it overnight preferably
3) Panfry potato cubes til all sides are brown, leave aside
4) Put butter and add in chicken cubes
5) Once chicken are slightly cooked and browned, add in gravy seasonings and mix well
6) Simmer til potato and chicken are fully cooked and sauce is thicken

Good old banana cake

Recently a fren shared this banana cake that she has been baking, telling us how yummy it was and we were even troubleshooting the ripeness of the banana for the cake. Didnt had a chance to try as the few times she baked, couldnt meet her up.

So this contagious baking bug, infected a preggy fren of us. She bought 2 bunch of bananas just to bake them! And she tempted me ONCE AGAIN that it is so so so YUMMY! Ok, now my mum handed me a bunch of banana from praying so I need to try baking it too! And being stuck at home due to the outbreak of the coronavirus, I need something else to do to lift my mood up! 

This morning I weigh the ingredients out, and busy with the kitchen chores while prepping to bake the cake. Had to use my favourite pink wilton pan! ❤️❤️ And the youngest was busy entertaining himself, with his toys n duplo. 

Finally done and top the banana slices on top, kept an area without as I wanna try the cake, without the banana slices. hee 😅 I was super nervous with the whole process as I really really am very bad with baking a cake using whole-egg method. The ribbon stage is manageable but the folding in of flour and oil usually makes me fail. Sob.. 🤞🏻🤞🏻So fingers crossed, I sent it in to oven! 

Oh it must be my LUCKY DAY! I totally succeed!! Yay! So so happy! These are going in the kids’ snack box tml for school and I took a bite. The only flaw was a bit dry and i found out that I accidentally uses 180g flour instead of 160g! This must be the reason that causes the dryness. And I only realised as I was typing this entry post! 🤦🏼‍♀️ But its still totally yum and can taste the banana fragrance! ❤️❤️

See the cross section clearer, flour was nicely folded in! Yipeee!! Will definitely bake them again!

Banana Cake (not sure where my fren got it from)

3 Eggs

120g sugar (i use 90g)

200g banana, mashed

160g plain flour 

1/4tsp baking soda

1/2tsp baking powder

90g corn oil (i use 60g)

some banana slice for toppings (optional)

1) Mix eggs til foamy and slowly add in sugar

2) Continue mix and add in mashed bananas

3) Continue to mix til ribbon stage, takes about 10mins or so

4) Fold in sifted flour in 2 additions with spatula

5) Take out spoonful of batter and mix with oil, before adding to the batter

6) Mix well and pour onto a greased pan, lined bottom with baking paper

7) Decorate with banana slice if needed

8) Bake at 180deg for 40mins or til top browned nicely

Milo chiffon

Made this impromptu as I thought of using my milo powder at home. Previously used it to bake a milo cookie but end product wasnt to my liking. And since I rarely gave the kids milo drink, I thought why not a Milo chiffon. 😊

The chiffon is mildly milo flavoured with a hint of nutella. Loved the combination of these 2 ingredients. Chiffon seems not properly folded enough and I didnt pour it high enough, didnt knock on tabletop so had some bigger air bubbles in the cake. Overall, still soft and spongy that my youngest had 2 slices in a row for his breakfast the next day!

Packed a chiffon for 1 of my regular customer’s son. He has been waiting to eat the mini cheesecake but have yet to bake them for him. Had been trying to get used to the routine without a helper, then youngest sick then eldest. Thankfully, I am slowly getting the hang of everything now. 💪🏻💪🏻

Try the recipe! I really love it!

Milo Chiffon (adapted from Anncoojournal)

5 whites 

45g sugar

5 yolks

15g sugar

100ml milo (100ml water + 2tbsp milo gao kosong powder)

45g oil

1tbsp nutella

100g cake flour

1tsp vanilla extract

1) Mix yolk n sugar well

2) Add in milo, oil, vanilla and nutella, mix well

3) Whisk in cake flour til well

4) Beat whites n sugar til soft peaks

5) Fold in whites to batter gradually in 3 additions

6) Bake at 180deg for 40mins or til top is nicely browned