Best ever fudgy coconut brownies recipe

Last week I brought this brownies to work and everyone loved it. It's a very simple recipe that you can make in minutes.  It's slightly crisp on the outside and they were dense but moist, and just fudgy enough to make you wanting more. They were sooo heavenly! Are you drooling yet? 

Ingredients :
Item A
100 g Vanhouten cocoa powder
250 g butter
500 g golden caster sugar

Item B
4 large eggs , beaten
110 g self-raising flour
90 g desiccated coconut


Baking Temperature : 160 C
Baking Time : 50 minutes


Method : 
1. Preheat oven to 160 C.
2. In a large saucepan, gently melt Item A. Stirring so the mixture doesn't catch. Set to cool.
3. Add Item B one at a time.
4. Use baking parchment to avoid crust browning too much.
5. Pour the batter into pan.
6. Bake for 50 minutes.

Orange and poppy seeds muffins recipe

Afternoon all! I've got you this recipe, special for my best new friend. She said she likes poppy seeds in my orange muffins. Here you are M, just for you!

So glad it's finally Friday! Drive safe and enjoy quality time with your love one! Have a great weekend ahead! 

Ingredients :

Item A

200 gms whole orange

3/4 cup granulated sugar

Item B

1 large egg

1/2 cup orange juice

100 gms butter, melted

Item C - Sifted

1 1/2 cups plain flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp baking powder

Item D

1 1/2 tbsp poppy seeds

Baking Temperature : 200 C

Baking Time : 15-20 minutes

Method :

1. Preheat oven at 200 C.

2. Trim of the top and bottom of the orange. Cut the unpeeled orange in to small chunks.

3. Put Item A into a food processor blend until finely smooth.

4. Add the Item B and blend until well combined. Do not over blend!

5. In a large bowl, add mix orange batter with Item C, then sprinkle poppy seeds over and fold  until all ingredients are incorporated.

6. Spoon the batter into cupcakes liner, filling them about 3/4 full.

7. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out dry.

Tom Yum Recipe. 2 in 1

Sometimes we have to make a decision to let go of people or things in our lives. Some people can't let go and get worst. I've faced people like this many times in my life. I've tried to help and I ended up realizing that I just should avoiding them in the first place. Most people have a negative perspective of the way they deal with some situation. One good thing about me is I am good at reading people facial expressions. It is relatively easy to identify these facial expression. Not gonna tell you how and maybe Mr Google can help you on this. I use this "gift" wisely to communicate with people around me and it helps me a lot and make my job easier. So guy that just a brief description about me. Will tell you more on the next post.

Today recipe is special because a close friend of mine asked me how to make tom yum step by step. FYI this tom yum is so tasty. Won't get anything like this anywhere. And don't forget, please read Step 10 carefully!

The ingredients and method :

1. Boil 4 cups of water. Add in 2 lemongrass, 1 chopped onion, 2 peeps of garlics, 1 tsp chopped ginger, 8 bird's eye chilies, 1/2 cup chopped potato. Let it boil for 5 minutes.

2. Add Chinese cabbage, 1 chopped large tomato and 1 chopped tomato. Stir well and leave for  1 minute.

3. Add the 1/2 cup mackerel fish fillet, 8 prawns, 1 chopped squid (not in the picture). Let it boil for  3 minutes.

4. Add the 2 1/2 tbsp Tom yum paste, 1 1/2 tbsp Thai chili paste and 1/2 tbsp oyster sauce. Leave to boil for another 3 minutes. Stir well until fragrant and the soup has thicken.

5.  And lastly add the 6 kaffir lime leaves, 1 tbsp brown sugar and 1/2 tbsp salt.. Stir well.

6. Soup is ready.

7. In a soup bowl add the mee hoon and pour tom yum soup on it.

8. Cut the calamondin into half. Squiz  onto the soup.

9. And now your tom yum is ready to be eaten. 

10. As an addition you can add in button mushroom, fish cake, bean curd puff and etc. But it's not gonna taste like Thai tom yum anymore! This what you call Chinese tom yum style. Which serves in Chinese Yong Tau Foo Restaurant. Tom yum originated in Thailand, so it gotta be Thai!!  Tom yum should just without this process foods. I included them in the picture so you can decide whether to make Thai tom yum or Chinese tom yum style! 2 in 1 recipe indeed!

Chilli mussels recipe

This is my most exotic favourite seafood. It smells so good and taste better. This is such a brilliant dish. Quick and easy to prepare. Have been making this for years and never dissappointed. Serve with bread or plain white rice. 

I've written the simpliest method for you to follow. 

Ingredients :
I kg mussels

Item A
5 peeps of garlics
1 large lemongrass
3 kaffir lime leaves, chopped

Item B
10 bird's eye chilies
6tbsp blended chilies
2 tbsp chili sauce
2 tbsp sweet soy sauce
2 tbsp oyster sauce
1/3 cup of tamarind juice
1/2 tbsp of tomyam paste
2 cups water

Item C
A pinch of salt
Spring onion/pasrsley, chopped
6 kaffir lime leaves

Method : 
1. Heat up the cooking oil and add Item A. Stir until all ingredients caramelized.
2. Add Item B one by one. Leave to boil for 8 minutes. Stir well until fragrant and the sauce has thicken.
3. Add the muscles. At this point you will have to wait until the oil floats up.

4. And lastly sprinkle Item C and stir well.

5. Serve immediately.

Tomato Mayonnaise Bread recipe

If you follow my posts, you know that I am not a bread person. I wonder everyone else seems to love it :-I. I've been made to understand that bread is good for me than rice in term of sugar contain (FYI I take more rice than bread and I'm not proud of calories I've eaten) Yes noted but I can't still force myself to like it. But I like to eat bread with meats and vegetables on it :-D (made my day LOL). So I got this recipe while browsing on the net. My instinct told me to bake bread! Weird right? So I baked this and add in few ingredients and gosh it taste so good, it came out perfectly. I know it takes time to make the dough but its worth the compliment I got from my best friend!! This is my first bread recipe. Enjoy!

Ingredients :
Item A
230 gm high protein/bread flour
120 gm all-purpose flour
2 tbsp milk powder
60 gm sugar
1/2 tsp salt
60 gm butter

Item B 
11 gm yeast + 3 tbsp luke warm water - mix together and stir hard until you can see bubble comes out on the surface. If bubble didn't comes out, make another mix. Remember it is important to wake up "sleeping" yeast. No bubble means you won't get fluffy dough!
80 gm tomato puree
90 gm fresh tomato, take out excess water and blend

Item C
65 gm onion, diced
3 tsp parsley

Item D
Evaporated milk
Mayonnaise
Slice tomato
Slice onion
Spring onions, chopped


Baking Temperature : 180 C
Baking Time : 25-30 minutes


Method :
1.On the high speed of an electric mixer, sift together Item A.  Then add Item B.
2. When the dough has pulled together, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface, and knead until smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes.
3. Add Item C and blend until all ingredients are incorporated.
3. In a big bowl, cover dough and let rise with kitchen towel for 20 minutes.
4. Take dough out and knead with your hand until smooth and elastic and leave for another 15 minutes.
5. Take dough out again and knead with your hand to reduce gas contain in bread and leave for another 10 minutes.
6. Shape dough into your desire form and thickness. Dough need to rise before it's ready to bake. Let it rise again for 40 minutes.
7. Brush the puffy dough generously with evaporated milk, then sprinkle chopped spring onions, put slice tomato and onion on top of it. And lastly garnish buns with mayonnaise.
8. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.

Sultanah muffins recipe

Tadaaaa! Another muffin recipe :-) I am a big muffin fans now! Prefer muffins than the cupcakes because it has less cream, sugar, butter and everything less in so many ways but taste so goodelicious! Like this muffin, another magic from Google. This recipe definitely a keeper. You want to know why? Try this recipe! ;-)

Ingredients :
3/4 cup light brown sugar
1 3/4 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 cup sultanah raisins
1/2 cup granulated sugar
60 gm unsalted butter, softened
2 large eggs
170 gm plain yogurt
1/4 cup corn oil
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt

Baking Temperature : 180 C
Baking Time : 15-20 minutes

Method : 
1. Preheat oven to 180C.
2. In a small bowl, mix together 1/2 cup brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and raisins and set aside.
3. In an electric mixer add in sugar and butter, beat vigorously to combine. Add eggs, yogurt, applesauce, and vanilla. Mix until well combined.
4. Add flour to bowl,  baking powder,baking soda and salt to batter and continue mixing until well combined. Set the batter aside.
5. Add the brown sugar raisin mixture on top of batter and lightly fold into batter using a spatula. Fold this 5 or 6 times only.
6. Spoon batter into muffin cups, filling each one about 3/4 full.
7. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until skewer comes out dry.

Orange chocolate chips muffins

This is my new favourite muffin! Not much cleaning to do because you will only need food processor/blender  to make the batter and only use simple ingredient that you can find in the kitchen. Its easy to make! It so simple that I didn't realized I took less than an hour for preparing and baking this muffins! Orange is not my favourite fruit, I usually try to avoid orange because I hate the peeling and cutting... hehehe. And I tell you orange and chocolate really goes well together! Taste so yummy the next day! Damn good, moist and loved the moment when chocolate melt in my mouth grrrr! I don't have enough of it and my work mates loved it!

Ingredients :
Item A
200 gms whole orange
3/4 cup granulated sugar

Item B
1 large egg
1/2 cup orange juice
100 gms butter, melted

Item C - Sifted
1 1/2 cups plain flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder

Item D
1/2 cup chocolate chips


Baking Temperature: 200 C
Baking Time: 15-20 minutes


Method :
1. Preheat oven at 200 C.
2. Trim of the top and bottom of the orange. Cut the unpeeled orange in to small chunks.
3. Put Item A into a food processor blend until finely smooth.
4. Add the Item B and blend until well combined. Do not over blend!
5. In a large bowl, add mix orange batter with Item C, then sprinkle chocolate chips over and fold  until all ingredients are incorporated.
6. Spoon the batter into cupcakes liner, filling them about 3/4 full.
7. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out dry.