Recipe: Mashed potato

What to do on a Saturday afternoon when your boyf ditched you for his nap, your younger sister went to tuition and most of your friends were not online? Most of them headed to either Gatsby Street Fair @ Times Square or PC Fair @ KLCC and as for me, I'm stuck in my hometown in Sarawak and I have no where to go.

So why not make some mashed potato's Hilda way since I've mentioned in my previous post? But why mashed potato? Because my boyf likes mashed potato c: so I've decided to learn how to make one so that I can make one for him. Kenneth Wong, I know I'm sweet tsk tsk (PERASAN SIAL)

Let's get started, shall we? :)

Ingredients: 3 potatoes, unpeeled, 40g butter, 100ml hot milk, 1/4 tsp salt and pinch of salt and dash of pepper to taste.

Put potatoes in a large pot. Add enough water to cover and add in 1/4 teaspoon salt. Bring to a boil then reduce heat and simmer for 25–30 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Drain and leave aside to cool.

Peel the potatoes then put them into a pan.

Add butter and heat over a low fire.

Mash the potatoes until smooth in texture.

Gradually pour in the hot milk.

Beat until the mixture turns creamy without any lumps. Add in a pinch of salt and a dash of pepper to taste.

And as for the gravy;

Ingredients:1 1/3 tbsp butter, 1 tbsp flour, Big onion (chopped), 1/8 tsp black pepper, 1/8 tsp pepper, 1/8 tsp black soya sauce for colour and 1 1/2 cups of water.

Heat butter till it melts and add in the flour.

Then, stir well over low heat.

Add in the water gradually and bring to a boil.

Mix in the rest of the ingredients and simmer until gravy is thick.

Use gravy as a topping for your mashed potatoes.

Tadaa! Both my mashed potato and gravy in less than 20 minutes!

Clearly, it looks like a disaster but trust me, not until you taste that ugl-eh po-tay-to!

Want some? Free wor!

So, I found my first mouse for my so-called experiment teehee She gives me a thumb up the moment I took my camera HAHAHA very supportive, I know :)

&& she said YUMMY :D (I'm not sure if she's lying though -__-)

W/ flash, w/o flash and w/o my face -___-

So let see what is she going to say about my mashed potato!

P/s: She created the line all by herself (Y) and please ignore the background 'music'.

Glad that everyone ate my mashed potato and finished the whole thing tonight as well :D So what are you waiting for? Try it yourself!

Anyway, I promise that my next post will not be another recipe, not to say you even I'm sick of it HAHAHA It's time to get back to those normal updates LOL & one more thing, have a nice weekend everyone!

Stay tuned ♥

Recipe: Hilda's Spaghetti Bologese

Bored of eating Mum's cooking? Malay food? Chinese food? Fast food? Western food? Lazy to prepare a meal that takes you an hour time to prepare and cook when you're the only one who is going to eat it?

Why not try Spaghetti Bolognese Hilda's way that only takes a few easy steps that will guarantee a full and happy tummy? :D

Ingredients that you need for the spaghetti sauce!

Minced beef, button mushrooms, two tomatoes, an onion and a packet Maggi Bolognese sauce mix (amount is optional)

#1. First, sliced the onion, mushrooms and tomatoes into smaller pieces, not too finely.

#2. Pour olive oil into a wok.

Check if the oil is hot enough by using a chopstick.

#3. Add the onions and fry them in the olive oil until they change colour.


#4. When the onions have changed colour, add in the minced beef. Fry the mince and the onions until the mince is nice and "crumbly" - to get rid of most of the excess moisture.

#5. Add in the Maggi Bolognese sauce mix with one and a half cup of water and this is what it will look like (:

#6. Wait for it to boil for a while before adding the sliced mushrooms and tomatoes.

Voila! Your spaghetti bologenese sauce is done in just 6 easy peasy steps :D


And as for the spaghetti, boil a pot of water with some olive oil and a pinch of salt.


Add in the spaghetti when the water is boiled.

You can bend them around the saucepan once they have been in the boiling water for a couple of seconds.

For those who wants to try something else, spaghetti can be optional. You can try this non-fried noodles for lighter texture (:

Tadaa! The spaghetti bolognese is done and you may not eat it.


♥ BON APPETITE ♥

The entire gourmet experience takes about 30 minutes, including eating. Try it yourself! Practice makes perfect! You can learn to cook this for your loved ones maybe on your next monthsary for a candlelight dinner? HAHAHA Well, let's see you have three options. Either you dobuy it, you dosteal it or YOU JUST DO IT!

So what's next? Mashed potato?