Solid Food for My Precious Gem: Chicken Fruity Kurma

Bibik cakap,
Ibu Tisam, makanannya Aira udah habis. Mau dibagi apa ya buat Aira ini hari?

Ha?? Cepatnya! Rasa cam baru je buat satu batch besar minggu lepas.

So, cepat2 kejut En. H ajak ke Mydin Mall utk beli barang masak. Boleh jer gi beli sendiri tapi syok sikit kalo boleh dating2 sekali. Killing two birds with a stone omputih cakap..

Actually, resepi ni dah pernah buat before, but this time I improvised the ingredients with varieties of fruits. Rasanya, wallah!!!

I used:
2 red apples (peeled and thinly sliced)
1 green pear (thinly sliced)
1 sweet potato (peeled and thinly sliced)
1 carrot (peeled and thinly sliced)
1 small can of green peas (the thin skin removed)
1 large chicken breast (thinly sliced)
1 packet of kurma powder (mixed with a bit of water)
1 glass of coconut milk
2 glasses of water
Grated cheese
1 bulb yellow onion (thinly sliced)
Olive oil

How to go about it?
1.  Saute the onion with olive oil until golden.

2.  Add the kurma paste. Saute until fragrant.

3.  Add the chicken. Stir until golden.

4.  Add water and bring to boil.

5.  Once boiled, add in all the fruits and vegetables. Simmer until they tender.

6.  Add a dash of salt and the coconut milk. Turn off the stove.

7.  Puree the dish. Before storing, stir in the grated cheese.

Even Nisa enjoy it!!

Solid Food for My Precious Gem: Fruity Kurma

I made another batch of food for Aira, simply because I felt like it. This is another fantastic, achievable recipe from Annabel Karmel. The original version is called "Fruity Chicken Curry with Pasta", but I made some changes in the ingredients and steps here and there. So, my version is called as stated above. But the credit still is for you Annabel Karmel. *Peace*

So here are the things we need:
1 packet of kurma powder
2 partitions / shells of pumpkin (skinned and thinly sliced)
10 dried apricots (sliced)
Olive oil
Half bulb of yellow onion (thinly sliced)
1 inch of ginger (finely grated)
2 chicken breast (thinly sliced)
200 ml of chicken stock
1 glass of coconut milk
Salt

Forgot to place the kurma powder which is the MOST important ingredient. Hehe

1.   Saute onion and ginger with the olive oil until fragrant.
2.   Put in the kurma powder, chicken stock, coconut milk. Heat up and stir occasionally until boiling.
3.   Add in the pumpkin, dried apricot and chicken. Simmer until the chicken is cook and the pumpkin has soften. Put in a pinch of salt.

Simmering nicely

 4.   Done!!

I puree the dish and served it with soft rice which was coarsely blended. As usual, I packed them into small servings and they went straight into the freezer.

White is the rice and brown in the fruity kurma. 

To be honest, I was a bit skeptical and nervous as this is my first attempt preparing food with cococut milk (ala... santan ler cakap Melayu) for the kids. Not to mention, the addition of kurma powder. Will it be too spicy for the Aira? Is spicy food an OK thing or a NO-NO thing for children? After tasting it myself, it was a THUMB UP! It is not stingily spicy (pedas). The spiciness is only a bit of warmness that comes from the kurma powder, which is a total change on what Aira is used to. My Aira gobled it down to the last spoonful. So I guess it is an OK thing :)

Solid Food for My Precious Gem: Pasta with Tomato, Sweet Potato and Cheese

Aira is a good eater. Cuma kesian dia hari2 Aira makan bubur nasi.

Then I recall the name Annabell Karmel who created a lot of delicious, easy to prepare food for children. Maka, mulalah sesi mentelaah one recipe after another. After reading through her blog, I chose this because it has sweet potato which is Aira's favorite. Besides, the soft pasta is suitable for her to start on solid food since she's almost 1 year 3 months.

Bahan-bahan:
1L vegetable stock
Olive oil
2 carrots (hiris nipis)
3 tomato besar (buang biji, cincang). Boleh juga guna tomato puree tin
2 medium sized sweet potato (cincang)
2 bulbs of yellow onion (cincang)
4 ulas bawang putih (cincang)
1 chicken breast (thinly sliced)
cheddar cheese
4 sudu besar susu segar
1 pack Heinz baby pasta

The ingredients

Cara-cara:

1.   Tumis bawang besar dengan olive oil sampai lembut.

2.   Masuk bawang putih. Tumis lagi sampai naik bau.

3.   Masuk dada ayam yang dah dihiris tadi. Goreng sampai kekuningan.

4.   Masuk tomato, sweet potato and vegetable stock. Kalau takde vegetable stock, guna air biasa pun ok. Panaskan sampai menggelegak. Then, simmer until the vegetables are soft.

Cooking and simmering nicely

5.   In another pot, boil the pasta according to the instructions on the packaging.

Boiling pasta

6.   When the pasta are cooked, drain the hot water. Wash the boiled pasta under running water until cooled. This will wash out the starch that caused the pasta to stick and clump. Then, add a tablespoon of olive oil to the cooked, cooled pasta to further avoid them from sticking to one another. Put aside.

7.   Back to number 4, turn off the stove. Let the dish cool slightly. Then, add in the milk and stir.

8.   Blend it to a puree. This is the sauce to our pasta.

Almost done

9.   Grate the cheddar cheese into the sauce and stir until the cheese melts.

10. We are done!!

As usual, saye masak utk stock makanan Aira lebih kurang 10 hari. Caranya, pack makanan dalam bekas kecil dalam jumlah sekali makan. Bila nak dimakan, cairkan dan panaskan je. Siap.

Tada!!!

Aira's response: LOVING IT!!

Solid Food For My Precious Gem: Chicken With Apple

Nisa has been in and out with fever and sore throat for the past two days. The first day was quite bad as she was feverish and refused to eat or drink, not even for milk. Worried-mummy cap was on. Well, panic-mummy cap lah sebenarnya heheheh... I wiped her armpits, chest and neck with wet cloth and kept a close eye on her body temperature every 15 minutes. She was cranky, crying and very moody. The fever finally broke around 5pm. I cooked her fish with orange and mashed potatoes with carrot and broccoli which she ate hungrily.

Today she is still battling with sore throat. The fever is gone but her appetite is back. Her meal for today is chicken with apple. I took this recipe from Dr. Halina's blog http://barelysupermommy.com/. Very delicious and seriously yummy!!

These are the ingredients that I used:

Peel the skin off the apple and carrot. Dice them. Chop the onion, garlic and tomato. Slice the boneless chicken (I blend everything because Nisa is on soft diet). Heat olive oil in a frying pan. Saute apple, carrot and onion together until golden (you can smell the sweet aroma. Makes your belly grumbles hihihi!!!).

Add in   the sliced chicken and garlic. Fry until the chicken is sealed.

 Next, add in the tomato and fry it for a few minutes.

Looks so yummy rite?

Lastly, add some water and leave to boil until the broth is slightly thick.

 

Leave to cool and blend. Siap!!

Dalam mangkuk putih untuk makan hari ni (lunch and dinner). Dalam bekas hijau akan masuk freezer untuk makan hari lain.

Budak sakit tekak makan

Solid Food For My Precious Gem: Beef With Pumpkin

Solid Food For My Precious Gem: Beef With Pumpkin

Halo2x!! I'm back again. This time with another recipe from Dr. Halina's blog Barely Supermommy which she got from Annabel Karmel Cooking Book. Just like my last entry, mine here telah ditambah baik (chewah!!) di sana sini supaya sesuai dgn my gem's taste.

Actually I was REALLY excited to try this recipe out coz it's the first time Nisa makan red meat! Mula2 tu adalah jugak mamanya ni rs cuak2 nak bagi daging. Yelah, takut her digestive system is not ready to process the tough, fibrous meat. After searching online (chewah! sekali lagi bunyi MACAM bijak laksananya... hihi) dan discussing with my mom-in-law, I decided that she's ok with it. So, how to prove it more than to try it out right??

Now, bahan2 yg diperlukan agak unik dan kene buat awal2 sblm nak prepare this dish. The thing that I prepared the day before is tomato puree. So here's how I did it:

Take 2 large tomatoes, cut them. Dice half of an onion bulb, sedikit bawang putih and bawang merah. Tumis dulu bawang2 kecik dgn olive oil (I use olive oil for all Nisa's food) then masuk tomatoes. Masak sampai nampak tomato lembut, then padam api. Blend. Siaplah puree kita. I got about satu bekas sederhana puree utk stok kegunaan akan datang...

Back to our beef with pumpkin; I used minced meat, pumpkin, carrot, broccoli, onion, garlic, air (the actual recepi is beef stock tapi x sempat nak buat, so pakai air jelah), tomato puree and thyme leaves. Ha... sure semorang tertanya2 apakah tyhme leaves tu kan? To be honest, sye pun x tau apalah bendanya tu. First time I heard the word is when I watched Ratatouille. Hahahah!! So I went to Cold Storage, Alamanda. Cari punya cari, and usaha saya membuahkan kejayaan. Ni lah rupanya thyme leaves itu...

                                 Bau dia macam pizza..

Ok, so here's how I did it. Chop pumpkin, onion, garlic and carrot. Potong kecil broccoli. Saute beef with onion until golden. Then masuk air, pumpkin, carrot and garlic. Bring to boil until everything soften. Add in a tiny bit of salt. Lastly put in the broccoli. After assessing a moment, I decided to blend everything. So, this was how it looks. Rupa and kaler x begitu memberangsangkan but the smell and taste = Superb!!

                                           It's done!!!
My girl ate this with nasi lembik. She ate everything!! That's my girl!!!

                                 To the last spoonful :)

Solid Food For My Precious Gem: Fish With Orange

My first entry, and i'm already talking about food. Ishk ishk typical Tisam..

Akhirnya cuti skola dah tiba. Yeayyyy!!! Niat cuti kali ni nak MASAK special2 utk Nisa. Kesian dia hari2 makan nasi lembik dgn ikan/ayam kicap or sup. Now it's almost a war when it comes to meal time. Agaknya dia dah jemu dgn menu yg sama hari2. Poor Nisa...

Sebelum nak citer panjang2, millions of thanks kepada Dr. Halina Mohd Yunos. Yang x kenal sape die, she's Dato' Sheikh Muszaphar's WIFEY. I enjoy reading her blog about her life (busybody me hihi...) and especially about her little B who is about the same age as my Nisa. Kalau x silap, umur Bella and Nisa cuma beza sebulan je. So whatever tips that she gave in her blog, I simply follow. Hehe..

According to Dr. Halina, she got most of her recipies for little Bella from Annabel Karmel's cookbook. So credits to the writer. Thank you2!!

The one I'm sharing here is my version of fish with orange (chewah blom aper2 lagi dah improvise resipi orang. hehehe..)

The ingredients that I used were a slice of salmon, an orange, cheese, a bit of butter, broccoli, carrot and potatoes.

Mula2, buang tulang ikan (next time, I'll buy fillet sbb susahnya nak deboned the fish). Cuci ikan bersih2, pastu letak dalam pan. Squeeze the juice out of the orange on the fish. Koyak2 a bit of cheese on the fish and drop a few, small lumps of butter on it too (not too much as the butter is salty and takut gemuk). Masuk dalam oven for 20 minutes at 180°C. 

                                       Sebelum masuk oven

Sementara tunggu ikan masak, potong broccoli, carrot and potatoes and steam them all. But I over steamed the brocolli here. Hurmm.. Next time insya allah won't happen again. One thing i noticed, berbanding merebus and stim, steaming is better because it retain the sweetness and the nutritional values of the vege (unless you over steamed green vege like I did. Hurm again..)

                                          The steamed vege

By now, the fish should be ready. The smell was WOW!!

                                                  Tada!!!!

So, mash the fish and vege together using a fork and its done. Sayangnya, lupe nak amik gambar lepas mashed tu. Everyone (Atok, Nenda, Uncle Izzad and Mama of course) had a sample of the dish. Two thumbs up!!

Esok kalo rajin, nak buat another recipi again from Dr. Halina's blog. Thanks Doc!!