eve of raya n rendang!

heyyu!

its tht tym of the year again!

rayaaaa!

today, i woke up early? *ntala...8/9ish?* hahaha...

then i had a date w my cuzin at 10ish to go raya shoppin as i xde baju raya..

ok,i do hav 3 pcs of kurung in my closet tht i had just bought from an online blogshop...but hmmmmm....i dont consider them bju raya...too murah! *hahah! ank org kaya betul!*

hahaha...

so b4 heading off to pkns,i decided to go n send sm stuff fr recycling...as i was bz loading the rubbish bags into my car,i saw this flat tyre!!! huaaaa!! so sedeh!

thank god my cuzin came to the rescue n after 3 tyre shops! one agreed to come to my house n help me!! hehehe...

we were not even late for shoppin..it was barely 11am...n the zakat fitrah counter wasnt open...*yeah,my famly ALWAYS baya lambat...there was this one raya,we actly paid pg raya semasa org dh duduk tgu nk solat raya!* yeah...talk about fashionably late! hahaha

so anyways,

6 hours later,

tireless hours of walking...n endless rows of shops n boutiques,

we all got 3 bajus each..ok,i got 4..hehehe...

the other we all got in common was,

kak lynet,my mom n me all got a baju frm Jedan...

*its suposedly to b this super mahal kedai in bangsar village...n they hv a branch in pkns...*

so im super happy.

*except its purple*

~~~not realy my fav color...

yeah...

so i have lyk 2 purples...n 2 cotton kurungs (pink n blue)

im wearing the blue one tmr...

n i nearly had not gotten blue..

y m i stressin on it?

bcos a certain sumone had pursueded me to wear blue...

n i mmg xde blue byk pun in my wardrobe..unlyk my mom *FULL w BLUE*

hehehe.

no gambar of baju. gota wait fr raya

bcos raya is the only time i will wear kurung in the house fr a full day.

so after reaching home at around 4...and suffering insufferable pain,as a part of a ritual girls life cycle...i strted watching telly on my sofa set downstairs alone...since my mom dah out *she was soooo tired frm walking around cos she wasnt realy wel...n my dad had gotten the fevers again! huhu* then i got tired of sitting down n lazing around.

i felt weird lazing around. raya SHUDNT b this way.

so i went to kitchen n strted my cooking all by myself...

by the time my mom came down,i had cut all the things to tumis the rendang...

luckily i bought ready cut chicken...cos i cant bare cuttin a chicken...*even washing the chicken grosses me out..hahaha*

so anyhow,about 3/4 hours later of cutting,blending,tumis-ing n most important of all,kacau-in the rendang...at about nearly mignight siap...

sedap!

ok,

terkurang bawang

n lupe asam keping...

but it was nice.

so if ur interested in making....here is the recipe fr rendang courtesy of urs truly....:

for about 6 big pieces of chicken

bawang kechik (shallots) LOADS about 1 and a half packets?? banyak is all i noe...

serai about 8 sticks

lengkuas,about half a fist big *but once u potong it bcomes a lil less of a quarter of a fist??*

kunyit *very little~~~about half a thumb*

kerisik

asam keping

daun limau purut

daun kunyit

salt *secukup rasa*

santan *enuf to cover the chicken*

cili boh!

so wht dyu du?

senang je!

mcm bwat sup!

ok,

1. blend evrything!
2. put all the blended stuff into the pan
3. then put alil (or as much as u want) of cili boh...n kacau!
4. gaul sampai bau sedappppp
5. put chicken pieces..
6. pour santan! til cover the ayam...
7. don forget the salt! asam keping n all dauns!
8. gaul!
9. n kacau some more!
10. keep stirring! *this is repeated very often do tht our chicken doesnt get hangus at the bottom!*
11. sampai naek minyak!
12. wat is naek minyak? its wen u c oil bubbling on the kuah!

*NO OIL tau!!!aka jgn letak oil...dye mmg naturally got oil frm the fats of the chicken!*

1. 13. make sure ayam is cooked! if not yet, u can add water n keep kacau-ing! hehe...
2. 14. then make sure u hv the desired amount of gravy by the addition of water...but evrytime u add the water,u hav to keep cookin the ayam til naek minyak again! don wory about the ayam! the longer u cook the better! thts the beauty of rendang!
3. 15. walaaaa! u smart cook!

hav fun!

xoxo,

maaf zahir batin evryone!