Friday, March 13, 2026

Perfect Banana Bread

Prep time - 10 mins
Cooks time - 1hr 5min
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 288kcal

Ingredients
80 g unsalted butter, melted
4 large ripe bananas, mashed (1 ¼ to 1 ½ cups)
165g granulated sugar
1 large egg, room temperature
1 tsp vanilla
186 g all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp kosher salt

Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 175°C. Spray an 8 ½ x 4 ½-inch loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray.
  2. Melt butter and set aside to cool.
  3. In a large bowl, mash bananas with a fork. (You can use up to 5 regular sized bananas or 6 small bananas in this recipe.)
  4. Add butter, sugar, egg, and vanilla. Mix well.
  5. Add in flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt and mix until ingredients are JUST incorporated. (Be careful not to overmix.)
  6. Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan.
  7. Bake for 45 minutes. (Cover with aluminum foil if browning too quickly.)
  8. Bake for an additional 15-20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out with crumbs, but not wet batter.

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Ikan Masak Cuka Che Nom

Ingredients for fried fish:
4 pieces mackerel 
1-2 tsp salt 
2 tsp turmeric powder 

Ingredients for fish in vinegar sauce 
1 spoon cooking oil 
1 tsp mustard seeds 
1 red onion 
2 inches ginger 
4-6 shallots 
8 cloves garlic 
1 lemongrass (optional) 
4 cups water 
1/2 spoon vinegar 
1/3 cucumber 
1-2 tomato 
2 stalks red chilli (optional) 
8-10 stalks bird's eye chilli 
1/2 tbsp sugar 
2 tsp seasoning powder 
Salt to taste

Beef Rendang Che Nom

Ingredients
Fine grind ingredients: 
7-8 shallots 
5 cloves garlic 
3 inches ginger 
2 inches fresh turmeric 
2 inches galangal 
3 lemongrass 
15-20 dried red chili 
some water 

Ingredients for dry toast
1 tbsp coriander seeds 
1 tsp cumin seeds 
1 tsp fennel seeds 

Other ingredients
2 cups cooking oil 
1 kilo of beef 
2 cups of liquid/thin coconut milk 
1 bowl of thick coconut milk 
1 tamarind slice (put only half from 1 big round slice) 
2-3 tbsp roasted coconut paste 
1-2 sheets of turmeric leaf 
2-3 pieces of kaffir lime leaf 
palm sugar to taste 
salt to taste 

** The amount of coconut milk is from 1 fresh grated coconut. For instant coconut milk, use 500ml. If it's for fresh coconut milk, use 1 kilo in weigh.