Nando's : Alamanda Putrajaya

There are so many choices of food available in Malaysia now, not only normal Western and fusion but also Portuguese food like this Nando's menu. This is a new outlet recently open in Alamanda Putrajaya, situated opposite Starbucks. The is other outlet in Putrajaya, the location is at the Souk, next to Masjid Putra.

This Nando's outlet in Putrajaya looks much better in terms of interior design and location.

My usual choice of food when we dine here is always their famous peri-peri chicken with mild flavour and spiceness with two sidelines: mediterranean rice and peri chips. This peri chips are big and they sprinkles some chillie powder on top, the mediterranean rice is light and tasty but not oily. Sometimes I ordered salad instead of peri chips, but there are also other menu of sidelines to choosed from like coleslaw, chips,..etc.


Sufiya and four types of chillie sauce infront of her..


Interior of Nandos Alamanda


My mild chicken with peri chips and mediterranean rice.


Our mud pie..comes with vanilla ice cream on top...so yummy..

check out this interesting nando's website : Nando's

Gulai Nangka

This is my hubby's must-have-menu when we are in Alor Star, he will placed order just before we reach my mom's house. Gulai nangka makan dengan ikan masin...sedappp..bertambah 3 /4 pinggan..



Bahan-bahan:
Nangka muda dipotong sebesar 2 inci dan rendam dalam air garam utk hilangkan getah.
serbuk kari udang- I like Cap Tarbus- ada kat Alor Staq saja noo...
santan kelapa
air
udang segar
garam secukup rasa
asam keping
bawang merah dan bawang putih dihiris halus
daun kari
halba campur

1.Cara-caranya:

Masukkan nangka muda kedalam periuk, masukkan air dan rebus sebentar.
Masukkan pulak serbuk kari
Campurkan santan,udang segar dan asam keping serta garam
Masak hingga mendidih
Perlahankan api

2.Dikuali lain, untuk tumis darat;

Panaskan sedikit minyak
Tumiskan bawang merah, daun kari dan halba campur
Goreng hingga kuning dan wangi.
Tutup api dan tuang semua bahan ke dalam periuk gulai nangka.
Biarkan seketika, rasa dulu kalau ok tutup api.
Hidangkan dan nikmatinya dengan ikan pekasam, ikan tamban goreng....hmmmm

Lempeng Kelapa

'Goreng lempeng, lempengnya hangus...' remember this Mamat's song about a girl with lempeng..?

I had lempeng kelapa for breakfast this morning at my usual place..the best thing about this lempeng is because it was freshly made with fresh grated young coconut and it's not oily at all. My choice of gravy are Sambal Tumis and Kari Ayam, a perfect combination to enjoyed this lempeng



This gerai is located at Gate One Putrajaya, if you come from Bangi Lama or Abu Bakar Baginda, you will notice this shop on your left, not far from Presint 14. It is just a simple shop but they have good local food for breakfast like roti canai, nasi lemak and lontong besides my favourite lempeng.

When I was a kid, my grandma always made this lempeng nyiok...especially when it was rainy days..lempeng and kopi panas...fuuhhh...what a blast..

I forgot to mentioned about the name of this shop : it's Syameera..the entance looks like a nursery with longan tree welcoming their guest :-0

Nasi Lemak and Nasi Goreng

I normally cook on weekend but last Saturday I just ordered hubby to bought me Nasi Lemak from cafeteria at our community centre. There variety of breakfast menu from karipap, kuih-muih, tosai, roti canai and roti bom to nasi kerabu and laksam.


My heavy nasi lemak: Telur Mata Kerbau with Sambal Tempe....put aside the cholesterol :-)


Having Nasi Lemak by the window on Saturday morning


This is my dinner on Friday night, just a simple Nasi Goreng with broccoli and carrot plus egg, anchovies and chicken.


I don't like using instant nasi goreng paste, I always used chillie powder or just chillie boh and sometimes I just used some pounded fresh chillie mix with onion or shallot plus garlic and dried shrimps...and no belacan for me...

Mia Satay Contest

Currently there is a contest at this website : Mia Satay contest and the prize is a voucher from Giant Hypermarket..the amount is not that big but I will try my luck in this contest..just for the fun of it laa...

I've an idea but waiting for a suitable model...wahhh...so ambitious


Mia Satay (cilok from redmummy.com)

JM Bariani House :Alamanda Putrajaya

We had lunch at this restaurant at :JM Bariani House Alamanda outlet. This restaurant is located in front of Alamanda's square/esplanade and at the same row with Secret Recipe and other restaurant.

This is the cashier counter with big photo of food on the wall..actually they are many big printed photo decorating their wall...and we kept on guessing what the picture are coz most of them are closed-up..interesting dining experience I must say

The menu of JM Bariani House : variety kind of beriani, mee bandung etc and the price are consider reasonable.

Food counter with typical design


Happy faces after having beriani

My beriani daging, this beriani is quite light compared to other place's and the meat taste good and tender. The set comes with acar buah but only in small portion. They also serves chicken beriani, fried chicken beriani and lamb beriani.


Dessert: Cream Caramel ; I think the top should be more brown..it taste just fine but maybe they should improve the presentation.We ordered 6, but only got 4 because they said that it was sold out and so does their mutton beriani:-(


Our starter: Tauhu Bakar and Rojak Petis: same gravy for both dish but for Rojak Petis the fruits should be thicker. Tauhu Bakar- bake tofu with cucumber,jicama (sengkuang), bean sprout with chillie and nuts gravy.
Their Rojak Petis is just average with sliced pineapple,cucumber and tempe.. :-)

I ordered Ice Lemon Tea but taste kinda weird and they need to make it taste better..

Overall: location wise this place is easy to access, no problem with parking but for large crowd we need to make a reservation.
The ambience and Interior Design of this JM Bariani looks comfortable with enough lighting and the background music is just fine, not too loud but I prefer if they play light Hindi song or maybe just instrumental coz this is Indian cuisine so the setting and mood need to blend in.

Cheezels :Quick Snack

I hardly eat junk food since I'm still BF, but today the moment I saw this blue and orange thingy..I knew that I should grab it..

It's my non-healthy-food-cum-snack since there was nothing left when I reached the cafe at 1pm..so I settled for kaya bun and Cheezels instead of nasi campur or nasi ayam..

Ayam Masak Kicap

Simple-Sunday Ayam Masak Kicap for the whole family

I loves always loves chicken, be it Malay style, Chinese, Indian or Western. We had Ayam Masak Kicap for lunch on Sunday and it was don't my way..which is very simple way..no need to much ingredient..I just chopped the chicken into smaller pieces, mix them with soy sauce (i normally use Kicap Tamin), a little bit of salt, tumeric powder and fry with just 3 spoon oil, when the chicken is tender, I add some sliced onion and potato (I used Russet Burbank which are very soft and that's why I put it at later stage)..and lastly some sliced tomato with red chillie...


Ayam Masak Kicap from different angle
Sometimes I add some ground pepper to gives some spicy flavour, but since this has became family meal, I have to omit the pepper..to hot for my little daughter.


We also had Kari Ayam/Chicken Curry yesterday but for this version I did not use any santan or milk..just Simple-Sunday Lunch :-)
I loves eating chicken curry with hot sliced bread...yum yum ..especially roti benggali - I could finish one big loaf for myself..

Ketam Masak Merah

Its a gloomy Saturday morning but I managed to finished cooking before 12 noon..but the menu today is simple since most of the ingredients has already finish, no time to go for shopping yet..

We has Ketam Masak Merah, Fried Okra/Bendi, Chicken Soup with Mix Vege and Ikan Tamban Goreng Bercili.

Ketam Masak Merah

Bahan-bahan (for two person):

-2 ekor ketam bunga-dibersihkan dan potong dua
-1 biji bawang besar dihiris nipis
-1 biji bawang putih dan setengah inci halia ditumbuk
-sebatang serai diketuk - to gives some flavour and aroma
-1 biji tomato dipotong dadu
-serbuk cili dan sedikit serbuk kunyit
-air dan sedikit gula
-minyak untuk menumis

Cara-caranya:
Panaskan minyak dan tumiskan bawang besar, halia dan bawang putih serta serai dan tomato.
Masukkan serbuk cili dan sedikit air.
Kacau dan masukkan serbuk kunyit, masak sehingga rempah masak
Masukkan ketam dan sedikit air (depends whether you want less or more gravy)
Masukkan sedikit gula dan garam.
Sedia untuk dihidang.


Ketam Masak Merah



Ikan Tamban goreng with onion and chillie on top of Telur Dadar

Ayam Masak Merah

This is what we had on Saturday for lunch : Ayam Masak Merah

Ingredients:
half chicken- marinate with salt, tumeric powder and fry until soft yellow..half cook
2/3 onion-sliced
garlic and ginger -pounded
lemongrass
tomato-diced
chillie powder
water
salt and sugar
oil
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Heat the pan, put in sliced onion,garlic and onion together with diced tomato, lemongrass and curry leaves.
Fry until brown, and then add some chillie powder, add some water, cook for 10 minutes
Add in half fried chicken and water
Add salt and sugar to taste
Cook until the chicken is tender
Garnish with sliced onion

-My MIL used to add some other ingredient like green chillie to make it more spicy
-And I like using chillie powder instead of 'cili' bo' due to intesnsity of the colour which is much more richer.