Killer Toast

Seems like killer toast is one of the must try recipes among those who wanna bake bread. Trust me, you'll be satisfied with the result.  I first tried the recipe tonight. Verdict - the texture is super soft even though you're neither using bread softener nor bread improver. Actually there are several different type of recipes. Here's the one that I tried.

Ingredients:

160g high protein flour
50g granulated sugar (the original recipe suggests 60g. 50g is still sweet to my taste and the sweetness is just nice for sweet bun)
15g milk powder (perhaps the milk powder also contributes to the sweetness)
6g instant yeast
2 egg yolk + cold fresh milk ( total 160g - I add a little bit water as I don't feel like adding too much milk to the bread. To be honest, I realized that I forgot to add milk to the egg yolk. Not until I've already added the egg yolk into the bread maker. So I'd to assume that each grade B egg yolk weighs 20g. Since there were 2 egg yolks, I had to add 120g of milk +water to make all of them 160g )
30g unsalted butter
2g salt ( 1 g if salted butter is used)


Note: Since my Lebbenstil bread maker is small, the bread didn't have much space to rise. Yet the result was still good and satisfactory. Next time I might use bread maker to prepare the dough and use oven to bake.

Tom Klong Pla (Hot & Sour Fish Soup)

Alhamdulillah, today I got to know a new dish that is similar to tom yam - Tom Klong. Easy peasy yet delicious dish especially to those who love  sour and spicy food. Antara bezanya dengan tomyam bawang merah dan cili kering disangai dan dimasukkan sebiji-biji tak perlu ditumbuk atau dihiris.

Let's check out the ingredients:

1. Fish (ikan kerisi pun boleh), dilumur garan dan digoreng sekejap dengan sedikit minyak  (boleh juga dibakar)
2. bawang merah dan cili kering disangai. Lengkuas dan serai juga boleh disangai sehingga naik bau.
3. Masukkan air dalam periuk, letakkan sedikit hirisan lengkuas, serai dititik, daun limau purut, bawang merah dan cili kering yang disangai tadi sebiji2. Bawang merah tu kupaslah kulitnya, jangan pulak letak ngan kulit2.. (boleh juga kalau nak tambah akar  ketumbar)
4. Masukkan air asam jawa dan sos ikan.
5. Masukkan garam dan gula melaka secukup rasa
6. Masukkan lagi lengkuas, daun limau purut, serai, tomato, daun saderi untuk menambahkan rasa. Bila dah tutup api, boleh buang akar ketumbar.Nak tambah pedas buleh ketuk cili padi masuk dalam periuk atau buleh juga sediakan asing cilipadi tumbuk + fish sauce + perahan limau nipis dalam serving plate sebelum campurkan ngan sup ikan tadi.

Basic ratio untuk seasoning: 1 1/2 Tablespoon Fish Sauce, 1 1/2 Tablespoon Tamarind juice, 1/4 teaspoon sugar and 1/2 teaspoon lime juice  (boleh tambah atau kurangkan ikut citarasa masing-masing)