Wednesday, 19 November 2014

YOGURT POMME POMME CAKE RECIPE ( YOGURT APPLE CAKE )

Hello smiling apples ! Today I want to share with you a special recipe. This is my first time making it and surprisingly it turned out very good. What is it ? well, you read it in the title. haha.
It is Yogurt Pomme Pomme Cake !
Pomme is apple in French. :)
 

I have to say this cake tastes like pancake. I don't know, but I love pancake, so I don't mind eating this. hahaha.
 
I actually got this recipe originally from Ochikeron, so go check her out ,okay!
As I always say, the recipes in this blog are always easy. Don't be surprised! Here it is.
 
 
YOGURT POMME POMME CAKE RECIPE
 
INGREDIENTS :
  • 1 apple
  • 1 1/2 cup plain yoghurt (or 200ml )
  • 5 tablespoons sugar
  • 3 tablespoons cooking oil
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup flour ( or 100g or cake flour )
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
METHOD :
  1. Beat eggs in a large bowl.
  2. Add sugar and mix well.
  3. Add cooking oil and mix well.
  4. Add yoghurt and mix well.
  5. Sift in flour and baking powder and mix well.
  6. Pour half of the batter into the pan. (Buttered and floured pan )
  7. Peel and slice the apples.
  8. Arrange the apples evenly on top of the batter.
  9. Pour in the remaining batter .
  10. Bake at 180degreesC (or whatever you like :P ) for 30 minutes.
  11. Once cooked, let cool and then serve.
If you try to cut it while it's still hot, it may break into pieces. Ochikeron's recipe used 1 apple and 1 banana, but I just used 1 apple and it tastes good. You can use red apples but I used Green apples, so it has this sour , tart flavour, but it still tastes great! It kinda balance out the sweetness of the cake with the slightly sour apples. Good !

 



that is all, I hope you can try it. thanks for reading.

much love,
EDA

EASY WHOLE TOMATO RICE RECIPE

Hello hello ! Today I am going to share another recipe. This time, it's Whole Tomato Rice! Believe me, this is super duper easy and also tastes good.  just look at it !
 
 
 
 

I ate this rice with improvised Glittering Chinese Sauce Chicken and Enoki mushroom omelette.
I will post the recipe of the sides dishes later.

This is how it looks right after the rice is cooked.
 
Before you eat it, you must mix the rice with the tomato.
 
WHOLE TOMATO RICE RECIPE
 


INGREDIENTS :
  • 1 tomato
  • 3 or 2 cups of rice
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
 
METHOD :
 
  1. Wash rice and then fill the pot with usual amount of water to cook rice.
  2. Remove 6 tablespoons of water from the pot (to be replaced by fluid in tomato )
  3. Put salt, pepper and oil , and mix well.
  4. Cut out the stem and bottom part of the tomato. Then put it in the middle of the rice.
  5. Once cooked, Mix the rice with the tomato and it is ready to be served.
 
From this,                                                to this. :)
 
I told you it was easy ! Malay people love to eat this with Chicken 'Cooked Red' ( I mean Ayam masak merah ) . One of my favourite dishes. But you can also eat it with anything you want. Like me, I ate it with Improvised Glittering Chinese Sauce Chicken. Still tastes good though The recipe for the side dish is going to be posted in a while. thanks for reading.
 

 

much love,
EDA

Tuesday, 4 November 2014

SEOUL GARDEN : HANGOUT WITH PALAMIANS



Hello people. last month, me and a few friends , PALAM friends, decided to go out and have fun! we went to Setia City Mall, which is the nearest mall from our university.
 The truth is, I didn't want to go because I was worried for the Final Exam the next week!
But my friend Mimi insisted me to go. I was in dilemma whether to go or not.
Then in last class of Physics tutorial, I got the highest mark in the class in Test 2 Physics!
 right then I decided to go out an have fun, as a reward for getting  good grade.
though it was totally unexpected. haha. but still, Alhamdulillah.  
 
enough chit chat , lemme show you some pics that I took. hehe
 
me and Mimi, one of my closest friend in PAlam
In the bus :)
 

me and sweet Masha, in Seoul Garden Restaurant
 
there were actually more friends with us, there were 6 of us. totally unplanned. but we had a great time though. :D

some 'Sushi'
 
this was my first time going to Seoul Garden and also my first time eating these Sushi kinda food. Frankly, sushi is not my kind of food. sorry. but the one with the mayonnaise was not bad. I liked that one.
 
Seoul Garden is a great place to eat when you have a group of people going together.
 If you're going to eat alone, probably a bad idea. Seoul Garden is Buffet style steamboat.
 You pay , then you can eat any amount that you want, no extra charges. which is awesome, right? but it may be a little pricey though.
a great place for celebrations or reunions or gatherings or whatever.
There is a variety of food.
From ice creams of different flavours, different kinds of desserts and beverage, beef, seafood, chicken,  sushi, rice, to salad, they have it there. so I can say it is not a waste of money, I promise.
Just make sure you enter the place with empty stomach otherwise you might barf from eating too much. haha
 
after that we went to watch The Maze Runner. my new fav action movie ever, after Hunger Games of course. hehe. Thumbs up!
 
okay, so I guess that's it.
Sorry for lack of photos. we used one of my friend's camera to take pics and I don't really have them. sorry again
 
thanks for reading.
 

much love,
EDA

Thursday, 30 October 2014

BIOLOGY : CELL COMMUNICATION (PART 1)

hello everybody, it is BIOLOGY TIME.
(FOUNDATION IN SCIENCE STUDIES-BIOLOGY-SEM 2)

CELL COMMUNICATION (PART 1 )

Each cell responds only to certain signals, however, and ignores the rest, like a person following the conversation of a person or two individuals in a noisy, crowded room.



The location of the receptor can either be :-
  1. Intracellular , for hydrophobic ligands that can cross the membrane
  2. Or in the plasma membrane, for hydrophilic ligands that cannot cross the membrane.

MECHANISMS
 
A. SYNAPTIC SIGNALLING
 Chemicals synapse signalling involves
 transmission of signal molecules, called neurotransmitters,
from a neuron over a small synaptic gap to the target cell.


B. ENDOCRINE SIGNALLING
Hormones are released into the organism's circulatory system,
which carries them to the target cells.
 
C. DIRECT CONTACT
Two cells in direct contact with each other may send signals across gap junctions.
 
D. PARACRINE SIGNALLING
 
Secretions from one cell have an effect only on cells in the immediate area.
 
PART 2 COMING SOON

EASIEST THIN CRUST APPLE PIE RECIPE EVER !

hello you ! today I have a recipe that I want to share. it is EASY THIN CRUST APPLE PIE RECIPE !

why I'm saying this is easy? because the pie crust is just made of spring roll pastry, or 'kulit popia', which you can easily buy at supermarkets. so we only have to cook the apple pie filling and bake the pie. easy. so here's the recipe.



INGREDIENTS :
1. 2 Granny Smith apples (Green apples)
2. 2 teaspoons Cinnamon powder
3. Some cloves
4. 1/4 cup sugar
5. 2 tablespoons butter
6. 2 tablespoons orange juice ( I just used half an orange )
7. Spring roll pastry (square )
8. A bowl of water

METHOD :
1. Peel and cut the apples into small cubes.
2. In hot pan, melt butter.
3. Add apples, cloves and cinnamon powder.
4. Add sugar and orange juice.
5. Cook until the apples are soft or for about 10 minutes.
6. Let cool.
7. For thin crust, just use one piece of the pastry. For slightly thicker crust, use two ply. First, lay the pastry on flat surface. Using your finger, put a little bit of water along the edges of the pastry.
8. Put about 1 tablespoon of apple pie fillings at the middle of the pastry, avoiding the moist edges.
9. Fold the pastry to become a rectangle, just like the picture above. close the edges using your finger and some water.
10. Bake for 5 minutes. yeah, I know, very quick !

so that is all. I loved it because it's super easy to make and delicious too. hope you'll love it too. thanks for reading.

much love,
EDA

CHEMISTRY : ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - REVIEW QUESTIONS

Hello people. it is chemistry time !! I am currently studying in UiTM PAlam, Foundation in science.
since I am in my sem break, I decided to do a little study on the subjects that I am going to learn in the 2nd semester. so here is the first chapter for sem 2. enjoy.

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

REVIEW QUESTIONS

CLASSES OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
24.1 Explain why carbon is able to form so many more compounds than any other element?
ANSWER :
  • Because carbon atoms are able not only to form single, double and triple carbon-carbon bonds, but also to link up with each other in chains and ring structures.
  • Because carbon atoms can link up with other carbon atoms in straight and branched chains.

24.2 What is the difference between aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons ?
ANSWER : *KIV
  • Aliphatic hydrocarbons are divided into alkanes, alkenes and alkynes.
  • Aromatic hydrocarbons are Benzene.
ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
 24.3 What do "saturated" and "unsaturated" mean when applied to hydrocarbons?
         Give examples of a saturated hydrocarbon and unsaturated hydrocarbon.
ANSWER :
  •  Saturated hydrocarbon contains the maximum number of hydrogen atoms that can bond with the number of carbon atoms present . Example : Alkanes
  • Unsaturated hydrocarbon are compounds with double or triple carbon-carbon bonds that enable them to add hydrogen atoms. Example : Alkenes
24.4 Give three sources of methane
ANSWER :
  • Termites
  • Sewage treatment processes
  • Anaerobic bacterial decomposition of vegetable matter under water


Termites
sewage treatment
anaerobic bacterial decomposition of vegetable matter under water
 
 Part 2 will be coming soon.  :)
thanks for reading.

much love,
EDA
 

Monday, 27 October 2014

IDIOMS : INTRODUCTORY SENTENCE

hello people. Today I feel like sharing some idioms. so here are some suitable for introductory sentences. with easy sentences to make it easier to understand the meaning. :)

1. Make hay while the sun shines.
    = Look at all the opportunities around you.
    = You must make the most out of your present situation.

2. Do not cry over spilled milk.
    = What is done is done.
    = There is no point regretting your mistakes.

3. At the eleventh hour.
   = You need to get your work done in time.

4. Do not beat around the bush.
   = Are you trying to avoid giving a direct answer.
   = Why are you evading this issue?

so for the next one, I am going to write introductory statements, but with the suitable idiom.

1. It is important that we not only know how to talk. We must also walk the talk. Certainly, action speak louder than words.

2. Have you ever been lost in a jungle? The worst scenario is when no one in your group knows how to get back to civilization. This will be like the blind leading the blind.

3.  The company was not making profits. There remained only one solution. -to sell the company. Yes, the dice was cast.

4. Are you obese? Have you gone to slimming parlours and found that you have wasted money? You can lose weight but it is easier said than done.

5. Your examination is over . Your hard work has paid off. Now is the time to eat, drink and be merry.

I know it is not a lot, but it is enough. hope this helped you. thanks for reading.

much love,
EDA