Daging masak sambal manis

Kali ini saya nak perkenalkan satu lagi masakan mak yang saya gemari. Menurut ceritanya, mak belajar resipi ni daripada kawannya iaitu Cikgu Umi yang tinggal di Setiawan, Perak. Saya ingat lagi.. masa kecil-kecil dahulu, setiap kali cuti sekolah.. mak & ayah akan membawa kami berjalan-jalan. Salah satunya ialah ke Setiawan-Lumut untuk berkelah & mandi laut.

Cikgu Umi baik orangnya. Pernah juga kami beramai-ramai berkelah bersama-sama di Teluk Batik. Yang masih terbayang di minda saya hanyalah muka Cikgu Umi dan dua orang anak lelakinya. Tapi.. itu hanyalah kenangan berbelas/ puluh tahun yang lalu.
Berbalik kepada cerita masakan... saya memang amat menggemari masakan ini. Ianya amat versatile.. nak makan dengan nasi pun boleh... nak dicicah dengan roti juga sedap! Mak kata nak masaknya juga mudah. Masaknya lebih kurang membuat sambal tumis.

Bahan yang diperlukan:
Daging- dipotong kiub
- kemudian direbus hingga empuk lalu ditumbuk sedikit didlm lesung
batu utk melembutkannya.
Didalam kuali, tumis bahan kisar iaitu
cili kering, bawang merah/besar, bawang putih & sedikit halia.
Masukkan sedikit air asam jawa.
Masukkan daging tadi dan lebihan air rebusan.
Tambah kicap manis secukup rasa.
Boleh juga ditambah sedikit garam atau granul pati ayam sekiranya kurang rasa.
Kacau sehingga naik minyak @ kering.
Cubalah!

p.s: Untuk rasa yang sedap.. mak kata mesti dibanyakkan bawang (besar/merah).. barulah manis rasanya.

Happy Birthday Shu'aib & Suhail

It's three A.M., they're all asleep,
And no one's here to see
As we rock slowly back and forth
My baby boy and me.

His little head is feather-light
Tucked up against my chin.
I hold his tiny hand in mine
And stroke his baby skin.

The house about us creaks and groans,
The clock hands creep around.
He snuggles close to me still
And makes his baby sounds.

I love those quiet hours so much
And cherish every one.
Store memories up inside my heart
For lonely nights to come.

All to soon he'll be grown up
His need for me gone.
But until then I still have time
For kisses and for song.

Time for quiet hours like this
With him cuddled in my arm,
Where I wish he'd always stay,
Protected, safe and warm.

And yet I know the day will come
When this tiny little hand
Will be much bigger than my own.
He'll grow to be a man.

But until then he's mine to love,
With no one here to see
As we rock slowly back and forth
My baby boy and me.

I wish I could stop the time
And both of you will always be our baby

Mummy & Daddy will always love you...

Thank You Allah...


Shu'aib (06.08.2006)
Suhail (26.07.2007)