Mac and Cheese

I decided to cook my favourite of all time since I was a kid,"Mac and Cheese".

Serve 2 person

INGREDIENTS

• Macaroni (1-2 large cups), cooked and drained
• Mozzarella Cheese (5-10 pieces)
• 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
• 2 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 can Nestle Carnation Evaporated Milk
• 1 cup water
• 2 tablespoon butter or margarine
• Salt
• Ground Black Pepper

STEPS

1. Combine cornstarch,salt,mustard and pepper in medium saucepan.Stir in evaporated milk,water and butter.Cook over medium-heat,stirring constantly,until mixture comes to a boil.Remove from heat

2. Cook and drained the macaroni.

3.Stir in the cups cheese until melted.Add macaroni,mix well.

Grandma's Recipe: Sambal Prawns

I have always liked one of my family's recipe,that my grandma taught my mum.Her sambal prawns was always super HOT and SPICY and sourish too.Obviously,after married,I have more flexibility and space for trial and error in cooking,which my hubby and in-laws didn't mind.

As I begin to get comfortable and eager to cook,I opted for this dish after cooking few soups as a beginner and a pasta. All of these will be blog later on.

Note that the measurement isn't exact as it was handed down when my mum was verbally taught in the kitchen.

Serves 4 person.

INGREDIENTS

• Small red onions (8-10 pieces)
• Cloves of garlic (8-10 pieces)
• Dried red chillis (14-20 pieces)

Depending how spicy you want your sambal to be

• Turmeric-fresh or powder form (1/2 teaspoon)
• Assam-seed or fruit although I prefer with seed (5-8 pieces)
• Medium sized prawns (1 kati or 1 kg)

This is up to you how much of prawns do you want to cook

• Lemongrass (2 small stalks).
• Slice it into smaller pieces.

STEPS

1.Boil some hot water and place the dried chillies into a bowl with the hot water in it.

2.Cut the onions,lemongrass,garlic into smaller pieces.

3.Peel off the shell prawns and head and intestines.

4.Grind the red chillis,include the seed,lemongrass,onions and garlic into fine pieces.

5.Prepare the assam juice.

6.Heat up the wok with oil.After that,pour in the sambal until it smells fragrant.

7.Pour in the assam juice, tamarind, add some sugar and salt.

8.Pour in the prawns and cook it.

NOTES

1. Put more dried red chilies for its spiciness and assam juice, pour little first and then taste. You do not want the assam to overpower the spiciness.