Shix bakes: cheesy muffins (but not)

After half a day of preparing resources for next year, I needed a treat and was tempted by DNA's muffins. So what did I do? Bakes these babies

 I know I said muffins but I didn't have any cups. So I baked it in a loaf lan coz I was too lazy to scoop them into my mini muffin silicon tray. Lol. 

So here's how you make this lazy bake

Prep time: less than 10 min

Cooking time: 35 min

1 cup flour

1/2 cup wholewheat flour 

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1 cup milk

1egg

1/2 cup oil or melted butter

1 1/2tbsp sugar 

1/2 tsp salt

3 cups cheese (leave 1/2 cup to dredge on batter)

1. Preheat your oven to 180deg. (You know shit just got serious -seriously easy- when I start the oven first)

2. If you're ysing butter, nuke it now. 

3. Put everything into a bowl and mix it up. Don't over mix. 

4. The end. Ok no not really. Now put the batter in a greased pan and sprinkle the cheese on it. 

5. Bake for about 30 min ( different ovens differ). Check doneness with a toothpick. 

6. EAT!

Note: 

1. Omissions: I omitted the eggs but they're still awesome. 

2. Substitution: I subbed 1 1/2 cup of plain flour with a mix of 1 cup plain and 1/2 cup whole wheat. Product is dense but still flavorful. 

3. Additions: I'm sure adding ham, herbs and cayenne pepper would make it more awesome. I

Shix bakes: Brazilian cheese bread

Today's peckishness resulted in this simple bake. It's quick, it's satisfying and best of all, it's gluten free. 

  

Prep time: 5 mins

Preheat oven: 200 deg

Baking time: 15 min

Ingredients:

1 egg (rm temp)

2/3 cup milk

1/3 cup olive oil

1/2 cup grated cheese 

1 tsp salt

1 1/2 cup tapioca flour

Directions:

Dump everything in the blender and whizz. That's all! Bake and eat it all!

Shixcooks : Chicken Biryani

By request, I made biryani for Mr R a few weeks back. 

Other than the saffron basmati first-timer biryani rice (HAHAHAHHAHA), I made a raw pineapple salad (paceri nanas), chicken in a spiced coconut sauce (rendang ayam) and prawn masala. If you're counting, there's an extra dish coz it was leftovers from the day before - nyonya chicken. Room for improvement but not bad I thought! 

Shix cooks: Turmeric Thai-style chicken

I'm trying to come up with something easy and interesting to fill up my leftover pitas so here it is:

Turmeric thai-styled chicken

Prep time: 10 mins

Cooking time: 15 min

500g chicken breast, cut into chunks

1 piece Tamarind slice 

4 pieces calamansi/lime leaves

Juice from 4 calamansi 

Finely ground paste:

2 cm ginger

10 cloves shallots

4 cloves garlic 

2 stalks lemongrass

8 birds eye chilli (add more or less depending on how much heat you want)

Oil to fry

Salt

Sugar

Optional: a handful of cherry tomatoes

In a wok, heat up about 2 tbsp of oil and fry the paste. About 3 mins in, add in the tamarind and leaves. Fry till fragrant. Then, add in chicken chunks and continue stirring till it looks cooked. Add in the tomatoes, juice then salt and sugar to taste.  Once you're happy with the product, turn off the heat and you're ready to eat! Serve with rice or pita/tortilla /flat bread

I need to tell you that I got some of the herbs and spices from a community garden! 

Check out my haul:

See you soon!