Friday, November 30, 2007

Stitches For Mr S

Mr S announced that he had a lot of things to do at work on Friday last week, just before he left in a rush to catch the bus to the tube station.

Not 5 minutes after Mr S went out the door, there was an urgent knock on it.

Through the misty glass window on the door, I saw a man standing there - from the silhouette it looked like Mr S but he was standing awkwardly so I hesitated, uncertain. Then he knocked again, louder, so I opened the door slowly to peek out..

Mr S was standing there, his mouth looking raw and bloody, while his left hand was cupped at his chin, trying to catch the blood drops and his chin look like somebody swung a strong right hook at it. His bottom lip had begun to swell and his teeth were bloody too.


"Ya Allah..What happened? Ada orang pukul kau ke?"
I asked, totally and utterly shocked.

But Mr S just kept quiet and walked straight into the kitchen.

"You should have seen the other guy.." was what Mr S was supposed to say but it turned out that the story was not so exciting after all.

Mr S was running for the bus. He just turned around the corner and saw the bus coming so he ran as quickly as he could towards the bus stop about 40 metres away. There was a very old granny walking slowly in front of him and Mr S was just about to overtake her when suddenly the old lady uncharacterisctically turned and swerved very suddenly and very quickly to the right, straight into Mr S path.


Mr S, being the good man that he is, immediately tried to swerve too, in order to avoid a collision with the old lady which can only spell disaster for such an old veteran - to Mr S's own detriment.

He lost his balance and fell face first onto the pavement!

Poor Mr S!

He felt a little dizzy after that fall and he just lied down while I tried to clean the wound with some warm water. Nothing works better than butter on lip wounds so after a few minutes, the swelling receded and we saw how bad the wound really was.

We ended up going to the hospital and Mr S had to have 6 stitches on his bottom lip on top of a tetanus jab which is advisable for such wounds, according to the doctor who treated him.

Suffice to say, Mr S didn't get to go to work and do all the things that he planned to do at work on that day after all!

I thank God that it was just six stitches and not a concussion or anything more serious than that!

But still, poor Mr S!

Monday, November 12, 2007

Pasembor

Craved for a rojak pasembor during Ramadhan just like the one our pakcik kantin at school used to make during the weekends. Got this recipe from myresipi.com - tried a few times already with wonderful results and praises from Mr S and friends. Just had to share it with you!

p/s: Our pakcik kantin left out the cucur kelapa and added things like tempe and kacang panjang rebus...so that's exactly what I did!

Bahan-bahan

**Bahan cucur udang**
  • 1 1/2 cawan tepung gandum
  • 1/2 cawan udang
  • 2 biji bawang kecil
  • 1 sudu besar cili boh
  • garam
  • air untuk bancuh tepung
  • 1 1/2 sudu kecil baking powder

**Bahan cucur kelapa**
  • 1 cawan tepung gamdum
  • 3/4 cawan kelapa (saya guna kelapa kering jerr)
  • garam
  • air untuk membancuh

**Bahan kuah**
  • 1 biji keledek sederhana besar (direbus hingga empuk)
  • 2-3 biji bawang kecil
  • 1 sudu besar cili boh (terpulang pada citarasa masing2 kalau nak pedas)
  • Sedikit kicap
  • Air untuk kuah
  • 1/2 cawan kacang tumbuk
  • minyak untuk menumis
  • gula merah & garam secukup rasa

**Bahan lain**
  • 3 biji kentang sederhana besar
  • 4 biji telur
  • 4 keping tauhu
  • 1 biji timun
  • 1 biji sengkuang
  • sedikit taugeh
  • Minyak untuk menggoreng

Cara-cara

  1. Bersihkan kulit kentang kemudian rebus kentang bersama kulitnya sehingga empuk. Kemudian goreng kentang tersebut bulat2 sehingga kekuningan (tak payah potong2).
  2. Telur direbus (hard boil), kemudian buang kulit & digoreng bulat2 sehingga kekuningan.
  3. Tauhu digoreng sehingga kekuningan.
  4. Sediakan cucur udang. Gaulkan semua bahan cucur udang. Bancuhan seperti nak buat cekodok. Kemudian goreng dalam minyak panas sehingga kekuningan/ masak.
  5. Sediakan cucur kelapa. Satukan semua bahan. Bancuhan jgn lembik sangat, agak2 boleh kepal. Buat bentuk leper, kemudian goreng sehingga kekuningan/ masak.
  6. Sediakan kuah. Tumis bawang sehingga wangi, masukkan cili. Blend keledek dengan air, kemudian masukkan dalam tumisan. Masukkan juga Kacang, garam & gula. Masukkan juga sedikit kicap (just nak bagi color jerr). Masak hingga mendidih. Kalau nak pekat, boleh letak lebih keledek.
  7. Cara nak hidang, potong semua bahan2 yang telah digoreng tadi. Timun & sengkuang dihiris. Gaulkan semuanya. Taugeh dicelur sedikit. Tuangkan kuah ke atasnya.