Ramadan Treats
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T H E W O R L D D I D N ' T E X P E C T R A M A D A N F O O D T O T A S T E T H I S G O O D RAMADAN TREATS F O R H O M E C O O K S A N F O O D C O M P I L A T I O N B Y b u t t e r k i c a p . c o m For our parents, grandparents and great grandparents who created tantalising, flavorful and heart-warming Malaysian food that we can always come home to. For those who find joy in cooking. This is for you. CONTENT 04 06 08 12 14 INTRODUCTION HOMEMADE NASI GORENG MEE GORENG PAN MEE KAYA PATTAYA MAMAK BUTTERKICAP 16 18 20 22 24 CHAR KWAY SPICED FRIED NASI ULAM GHEE RICE DAGING MAT TEOW CHICKEN KASSIM 27 29 31 35 38 BUBUR LAMBUK SALTED EGG YOLK NASI TIGA BENUA BAKED RENDANG LAKSA SQUID CHICKEN CARBONARA ROULADE SERUNDING IKAN PASTA 39 41 43 45 46 CARDAMOM PINEAPPLE ONDEH- DURIAN UNLOCK YOUR RICE PUDDING UPSIDE CAKE ONDEH TART BONUS 49 51 52 53 54 APPENDIX ABOUT CHEF ABOUT ABOUT THANK SHAFIQ FOOD AID BUTTERKICAP YOU FOUNDATION INTRODUCTION Welcome to the first edition of Ramadan To all Butterkicap subscribers, followers and Treats for home cooks. We've made this e- friends, thank you for all your gift of recipe booklet to celebrate the spirit of support. We hope this easy e-book Ramadan by giving half the proceeds from reference brings you joy. the sale of this book to Food Aid Foundation. What does Food Aid Foundation do? With thanks, They rescue surplus food from the supply chain and distribute it to people in need. So The Butterkicap Team as you are feeding your family with the food in this recipe booklet, you're also feeding those in need through the purchase of this e-book. The purpose of Butterkicap is to spread joy and share our appreciation for Malaysian food. This e-book is our way of giving back to the community for all the delicious recipes that our ancestors have created. We hope this e-book will serve as a guide, and inspire happier and well-fed families by simplifying these timeless recipes for modern day use. 04 4. Pour in the santan mixture and give it a Homemade quick whisk. Kaya 5. Keep stirring, alternating between a medium to low fire, until it thickens. 6. Once thickened to a consistency where it Kaya is the Nutella for adults, sticks to the back of a spoon, add in the Put it on bread, put it on crackers; pandan leaves and continue stirring until it Tastes like heaven in the mouth. thickens further. 7. Turn off the heat and cool the kaya mixture. How to know your kaya is ready? Ingredients Look out for the brown sheen, that sticky 3 eggs concoction that gives you a strong desire to 8 fl oz santan (fresh first press) dip your fingers in. 11 oz sugar (set aside 2 tablespoons for caramel) Extra Tips 1 teaspoon sea salt If prefer a smoother texture, sieve the kaya 1 tablespoon gula melaka granules mixture after cooking. 2 pandan leaves (tied in a knot) For those who love it thick and rich, use Method duck eggs instead of boring, old chicken eggs. 1. Mix eggs, santan and sugar in a large bowl. Whisk them up and then sieve the Disclaimer mixture into another bowl. This recipe will give you one-16 fl oz glass jar’s (the kind you can buy in bulk at Ace 2. Heat a sizable pot (big enough to hold hardware) worth of luscious kaya. The kaya the santan mixture). Sprinkle 2 made from this recipe can last for 2 weeks tablespoons of sugar in a thin layer over (if you store it in a sterilised jar, of course) the bottom of the pot. Yet, who are we kidding? it will finish waaaaaaayyyyy before the week even 3. Keep the fire on a medium to low heat begins. It’s kaya, for God’s sakes! until the sugar has turned a beautiful golden brown. 06 Butterkicap Ingredients Pattaya For the fried rice: 25g garlic 25g shallots Fried Rice 1 carrot, diced 25g dried shrimp (udang kering) 3g dried squid, sliced small 100g diced beef 10g fish sauce Pattaya fried rice, or more commonly known 20g sesame oil as Nasi Goreng Pattaya in Malaysia, is 20g cooking oil recognizable by the thin layer of egg 840g cooked rice, cooled down omelette wrapped around fragrant fried 80g butter rice. While it’s named after a region in 100ml water Thailand, you would be pretty hard pressed 20g light soya sauce to find nasi goreng Pattaya widely available 20g sweet soya sauce in Pattaya itself. As it turns out, this dish is 20g Kikkoman sauce actually a Malaysian invention – which is Salt hardly surprising considering the variety of Pepper nasi goreng on offer in many of our Mamaks. Boiled water For the egg wrap: Chicken is normally the standard meat in most Pattaya fried rice. However, we’ve 60g cooking oil changed things up a little with some less 5 eggs than typical ingredients for a Butterkicap A pinch of salt and pepper oomph! For the toppings: 20g butter 20g sweet soya sauce 08 Method 7. Find a big plate then gently – gently! – slide the omelette onto the plate. 1. Marinade the diced beef with a pinch of pepper. Set aside for later. 8. Now let’s start cooking the fried rice Put the garlic, shallots and a pinch of salt in 2. Separate the dried shrimp and dried a pestle and crush them with a mortar. You squid into small, shallow bowls. Fill the don’t want to overdo this – just a few bowls with boiled water, just touching the pounds to crush and flatten the shallots and top of the shrimp and squid. garlic is sufficient. Making the egg wrap 9. Set aside the mixture. Transfer the 3. While the shrimp and squid softens up, soaked dried shrimp (with its water) into let’s get the omelette started. First, break the pestle. Using a twisting motion with the eggs into a bowl and add a pinch of your wrist, gently crush the shrimp, mixing salt and pepper. Then, whip it up good it with the water. This doesn’t need to be until thoroughly mixed. too fine either. 4. Heat up your wok or a large skillet on 10. Mix light soya sauce, sweet soya sauce high heat. If using a non-stick wok or and Kikkoman sauce together. Give it a little skillet, pour in all the cooking oil and let it stir. heat up until the oil starts to smoke. Protecting your hands, carefully swirl the 11. Reuse the wok – there’s no need to wash oil around the wok or pan, covering as it (i.e. less dishes to do – yay!). Pour in the much surface area as possible. cooking oil and half the butter. Let the mixture heat up and thoroughly melt. 5. Are you ready? This is where you need good reflexes! Pour in the egg mixture and 12. Next, add in the garlic and shallots and carefully swirl the egg all around the wok, fry until fragrant. Then, toss in the dried coating as much of it as possible. You want shrimp and dried squid, including the juices, a thin, even omelette, but not too thin that and fry until crispy. it will break or get too crispy. 13. Add in the beef and carrots next, 100ml 6. Once the omelette is cooked, turn off of water and a pinch of salt and pepper. You the heat and carefully remove the want to let the carrots cook through omelette with a thin spatula, starting with properly. the edges. If you’ve oiled it sufficiently or used a non-stick pan, this step should be a little less nerve-wrecking! 09 Method (Con't) 14. If the liquids dry up before the carrots Extra tips are done, add a little bit more water Once the carrots are cooked, add the cold If using a non-stick skillet or wok, use a rice and stir it well. Add in the fish sauce, brush to spread cooking oil around the sesame oil, and 20ml (1 tablespoon) of the pan instead. Just 20g or 1 tablespoon of soya sauce mixture. Add in the rest of the oil will suffice. For extra yumminess, butter. ditch the oil and go for butter instead! 15. Once everything has been thoroughly If you’d like some green in your fried mixed, spoon the fried rice onto the middle rice, add half a cup of peas while of the egg, leaving the edges empty. cooking the carrots. You can also toss in some sliced spring onions just after 16. Fold the exposed edges of the omelette everything has been combined and over the rice, into a square parcel. cooked. Finishing touches Optional garnishing – bawang goreng! 17. Once everything is neat and tidy, it’s You can get several servings of Pattaya time to finish with the toppings. Add 20g fried rice from this recipe, so you may (or 1 tablespoon or a giant chunk) of butter want to make more than one omelette. on the top of the wrapped parcel and This recipe is kid-friendly. If you want generously drizzle sweet soya sauce all some spiciness, serve it with sliced chili over it.