Liza got heart ~ Tear jerking Raya advert

What is associated with Raya apart from ketupat, rendang, almond london, baju raya or even duit raya (more painful memberi dari menerima).

Yes, it's close to tears (or at times sobbing uncontrollably) Raya advertisement. Don't lie! At least one advert would have caught your attention.

The latest one would be 2 advert, one by Petronas and another one by Bernas. 

 My pick? Bernas hands down. I can't really relate to Petronas advert cause in terms of being thankful, I think the Bernas one has higher impact. And the fact that to show gratitude towards your parents while they are alive, you don't know how much time you have left with them.

However, I still think advert by Arwah Yasmin Ahmad the best. How can this advert not cause tears in your eyes :

But my most favourite one would always be the Burung Murai advert, to show how when we were young, how parents accommodate to all our requests and questions no matter how repetitive and stupid they may be

Whichever is your favourite, never forget the messaging. It's all about gratitude, respect and appreciate your parents. And do this, Raya or no Raya....

Signing off,

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Liza can bake ~ The making of Cornflakes Madu and Tat Nenas

For those who are not aware yet, my kids and I have this crazy idea this Raya where we plan not to buy any kuih and decided to do all on our own. Yes, we have made kuih before but we will still buy some especially those we think hard to do. But, this year, for some reason, we decided to just give it a shot.

2 nights ago we managed to make 2 kuih ; cornflakes madu and tat nenas. For those who are interested to make them, here are the recipes :

Cornflake Madu

Ingredients (make 100 - 150 cups)

400gram cornflakes

150 gram butter

1 cup of brown sugar

10 tablespoon of honey

Colourful sprinkle

How to make it

1. Mix butter with brown sugar. Don't use direct heat, but put metal container on pot of boiling water
2. Once the mixture is cool off, add cornflakes to it.
3. Mix all thoroughly and add honey
4. Put the mixture in the mini paper cups and add some colourful sprinkles
5. After oven has been preheated, put all this in 150 degrees oven for 10 minutes

Tat Nenas (100 pieces)

Ingredients

250 gram butter

1 egg yolk

10 tablespoon of custard flour

1 teaspoon of vanilla essence

400 gram flour

*We did not make our own pineapple fillings, we bought this at the bakery shop*

How to make it

1. Mix butter, egg yolk, vanilla essence and custard flour until it blends with each other
2. Put flour in the dough little by little until it become soft
3. Separate the dough and use the mold to make the flower patterns
4. Put the pineapple filling at the center of the mold.
5. Insert this to preheated oven and bake at 165 degrees for 20 minutes

Simple isn't it? Trust me, if I can do it, I am pretty sure you can do it better! Alhamdulilah, so far we have made 4 types of kuih raya. Planning to make 4 more types, stage by stage. Insyallah, will complete before Raya.

Our home made kuih may not be as good as those baked by professionals, but the time we spend making this together is just priceless!

Signing off,

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Liza Can Bake ~ Raya Cookies In The Making

My better half often tells me how at times I can be this super ambitious person who thinks I can do anything despite the constraint in time. At times I succeed but most of the time I failed. Yes, failure is never good but as cliche as it may sound, not trying is not good either. Like what Thomas Alva Edison said many many years ago, I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

This Raya is no exception. It has been a tradition for me to make some Raya cookies with the kids. We don't make all the cookies, we just make some of them while the rest, we just order and buy from friends. But this year, I decided not to buy or order any but to make all. And to add more pressure to my life, since every year we also buy Raya cookies for my parents and inlaws, this year they will get to "enjoy" cookies made from our home.

So, yesterday, we managed to make 2 types of cookies ; Chocolate Cornflakes and Kuih Dahlia.

My sincere apology, in between battling with flour in the kitchen and also preparing dishes for iftar, I did not get to take photos while we were making the cookies. Thought of sharing the recipes since the making of this Raya cookies were not that hard.

Chocolate Cornflakes

Ingredients

1 box of Cornflakes, not too particular on the brand. I just bought the ones sold in bakery shop, it's 50% cheaper than Nestle or Kellog's

1 bar of cooking chocolate, 1 used the 1 kg ones

Rainbow sprinkles

Small paper cups

How to make it

1. Melt the cooking chocolate by putting it on a metal container over boiling water. Remember never to melt it using direct heat. You'll destroy the chocolate
2. Once the chocolate have been melted, mix all on the cornflakes
3. Put the portion in the small cup and sprinkle with rainbow sprinkles as finishing touch
4. Put all this in refrigerator for about 10 minutes

Volla! It's ready and can now be put in the plastic container

Biskut Dahlia

Ingredients

300 gram butter - my preference has always been Buttercup

160 gram icing sugar

2 egg yolk

1 teaspoon of vanilla essence

240 wheat gram of flour

100 gram of corn flour

160 gram of custard flour
Red cherries for decorations

 

How to make it

1. Mix icing sugar with butter using mixer till it's fluffy. 
2. Then add the egg yolk and vanilla essence. Continue mixing this.
3. Add all the flours one by one, little by little in low speed.
4. Mix till the mixture is soft and ready to be shaped
5. Shape it using the Bunga Dahlia patterns and top it of with slices of cherries.
6. While you are doing the  shaping, make sure you have preheat your oven
7. Then bake the cookies in the oven on 175 degrees for 15 minutes
8. Remember to only put your cookies in containers once it's cool off

Simple isn't it. If an idiot who don't know much about baking can do it, I am sure everyone can.

Now the challenge, to keep the cookies away from the kids. As of last night, one container HABIS!

Signing off,

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