Asparagus and Prawns Stir Fry

Asparagus & Prawns Stir Fry

Ingredients

1 whole garlic
4-5 birds eye chilies -adjust according to how spicy you want
1 bunch of asparagus about 350gms
200gms of prawns - cleaned and devined
light soy sauce to taste

Method

1.  Wash and devined prawns.  Set aside
2.  Wash, chopped into bite size (depending on your the size of asparagus) and drain. Set aside
3.  Chop fine garlic and chilly.
4.  Heat oil and saute chopped garlic/chilly paste till aromatic.
5.  Add in asparagus and stir well. Let it cook 3/4
6.  Now add in prawns and soy sauce.  Mix well and cook till the prawns are cooked.
7.  Serve hot with rice.

Enjoy

Sathiarani

Butter Cake

An evergreen recipe - remembering my childhood memories of baking butter cakes for birthdays and deepavalis.  Back then, though, we used to bake butter cakes using margarine instead of butter.

Found a recipe from Rasa Malaysia and have kept wanting to try them and finally found a time.  It is buttery and crumbly sort and light. Try a slice while it is warm it with hot lemon tea and you will be floating heavenly.

BUTTER CAKE

Adapted from : http://rasamalaysia.com/recipe-butter-cake/2/

Ingredients

225gm unsalted butter - room temperature

200gm plain flour/all purpose flour

1 tsp baking powder

200 gm castor sugar

4 eggs

1/2 tsp salt

4 tablespoons of fresh milk/yogurt

1 tsp vanilla essence

Method:

1.  Preheat the oven at 170C
2.  Lightly grease and lined your pan.  ( I used a 9x9 pan, got a thin cake)
3.  Mix the flour and baking powder and sieve together.  Add salt and mix well.  Set aside
3.  Using an electric beater, beat butter and sugar till well combined, pale yellow in colour.   The sugar has not dissolved at this point.
4.  Add in the egg one at time.  Beat well after each addition of egg till creamy.  Scrape down after each mixing.
5.  Add in vanilla essence and mix well.
6.  Fold in the flour into the mixture and mix well.
7.  Finally add in the milk or yogurt and mix well.
8.  Pour the mixture into greased baking pan.  Shake it lightly to evenly distribute cake mixture.
9.  Bake until golden brown for about 40 mins or till it is done when it is tested.
10.  Remove from oven and allow to cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes.
11.  Serve warm.

NOTE

Should the cake turn brown fast you can cover with an aluminium foil.

Time of baking depends on your oven.

Enjoy