Weekend...

We stayed in on Saturday, all day, since Babah was at work. In the afternoon, he went to pick up Raihan, since she had stuff to do, and we had planned to go see Mak on Sunday.

Since Raihan was at home, I cooked the last ikan tongkol in the freezer. I made a simple gulai, which recipe I'm posting without pics as I totally forgot to snap a pic with it! I am putting in the recipe anyway because it was my first time making the dish, and it turned out quite well :-)

GULAI IKAN TONGKOL
you need:
1 whole tongkol, roughly 1kg ~ sliced and pre-boiled with a few pieces of tamarind pieces and salt. reserve the stock for the gravy.
1/2 cup thick coconut cream
5 - 8 whole cili padi
salt, sugar, to taste
grind/blend to a smooth paste:
5 small red onions
2 cloves garlic
1/2-inch piece galangal
1/2-inch piece turmeric root
small piece of ginger
10 dried chillies, soaked in hot water

how to:
heat oil and fry the spice paste till fragrant and slightly dry, and the oil has surfaced. add in the stock from the boiled fish pieces and the cili padi. bring up to a boil and lower heat to a simmer. add in the fish pieces and a bit of seasoning. add in the coconut cream and simmer gently, stirring constantly so that the cream doesn't split. check seasoning and serve.

Sunday morning, we headed to Sg. Besi to see Mak. Since Raihan had stuff to do on campus that evening, our visit was short since we also wanted to go visit my brother-in-law who's been in and out of hospital. That visit was also "touch and go" as it was already 1.30pm, and we REALLY had to move....

We stopped somewhere as Raihan needed to get some infor about her assignments, and that was when Aina decided to monkey around a bit in the car....

Her sunglasses even became crooked but she just grinned and had the time of her life pretending to drive us. No worries ok, the car was stationary, put in "P" and hand brakes were up. I NEVER EVER let hubby put her in his lap while driving, NEVER ever did that myself, and I think parents who did this either had temporary insanity or are totally devoid of common sense. You may be going at 25kmph, it can still cause serious damage to a child if you were to crash!!!

Anyway.... we got home by 3pm, and rested for a bit while Raihan finished what she had to do, then I went down to prepare dinner, and Babah sent Raihan immediately after dinner.

And THAT was our (boring) weekend....

How was your? :-)

Cheers!