Wednesday 26 September 2007

Seri Muka



How we miss all the traditional sweet treats that we have back home during this fasting month. i miss kuih bakar jagong, agar agar, kuih talam, lepat pisang..

I remember when i was in school, a restaurant called Sedap Corner in jb used to have the best seri muka in town. now, i'm pretty sure lots of other places have beaten them to it.

Hardy has a soft spot for all the malay traditional cakes. and as soon as i mentioned kuih bakar jagong and kuih seri muka, he straight away went to the computer and search for the recipe.



Something is definitely wrong with my kuih seri muka. no complaints from Hardy though. but the top bit i think was overcooked. and being me, i dont really fancy using the scales, decided to just follow my instincts (which in some cases doesnt work). i didnt follow what Hardy read to me and added a little bit more flour (how silly was that?).

Anyway, told mum and dad about it and the first thing they said was, the real deal and the real traditional way to make this kuih is by not using flour. use plenty of eggs. they promised to make some for us, their version of it. so until then, i shall leave you to this for the time being.

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

ehm... can i request u to cook 'laksa johor'? i'm sure r preety good at it... plssss

Mat Gebu said...

sedapkan seri muka...

Anonymous said...

terliur tgk kuih seri muka u, zaza! bulan puasa pulak tu...! zaza,lepas ni buat pizza pulak??

Lady Gargle said...

Zaza you're killing me with all these food pictures!

*slurp*

Rita Ho said...

Zaza ... your seri muka looks good! I tried making it recently, had to call it "jelik muka". :( Fortunately, like Hardy, my husband loved it!

ZazaHardy said...

anonymous: err... *shrugs* malu je eh orang johor tak reti buat laksa johor! we shall try this raya! but my aunt makes the best laksa johor in the world!! we get her to make for us almost every year!! this is something i've got to try one day!

mat: kita nya tak sesedap la. but jadi la untuk orang dok jauh terceruk ni. will try to make the original, traditional one using just eggs soon. wish me luck!

maz: ya allah maz.. atas kuih tu keras.. tengok betul betul!! pizza? did it last week but my dough wasnt that good. will search for a good recipe after raya k?

frankensteina: hey, clock's ticking.. go get your kuih at pasar ramadhan!! ;) hehe..

Anonymous said...

my favourite this fasting month. nice photos as usual..

-Mia-

ZazaHardy said...

mia: our favourite too! where do you normally get yours this fasting month?

Anonymous said...

mmmmm za, with your culinary skills, forget about the kuihs in ramadhan bazaar! home-cook definately lagik sedap. pandai eh u buat kuih2 melayu...tabik lah! - yaya

anzed said...

sedap corner..yup! loved their putri salat among the other kuihs. used to frequent that place a lot when i was working in jb.i'll email an easy recipe for putri salat..easy since i buat jadi...

ZazaHardy said...

yaya: pasar ramadhan lagi best! seri muka ni pon tak menjadi!

anzed: hey!! thanks for the recipe! i've printed them out. you were in jb? when was that??