Vegetarian Recipe: Vegetarian
Stuffed Roast Honey Chicken
Ingredients
Mock
Chicken
2
and 1/2 cups soy beans (wash, soak in water for 10 hours)
1
cup flax seeds (wash, soak in water for 10 hours)
4
cups pure gluten powder
3
cups oat meal
1
cup wheat flour
¾
cup cream cheese
2
tablespoon butter
1
cup yeast flakes
1
tablespoon salt
1
teaspoon cinnamon powder
½
teaspoon white pepper
Basting
Broth
½
cup butter, melted
½
cup honey
2
tablespoon lemon juice
Stuffing
2
cups chestnuts
1
and ½ cups bitter gourd (1cm cubes)
1
and ½ cups carrot (1cm cubes)
3
cups white button mushroom (cut into 4 halves)
1
and ½ cups chillis (1.5cm square)
½
cup oat meal
4
tablespoon butter
3
cups water
Stuffing
Seasonings
3
tablespoon yeast flakes
¼
teaspoon ground cinnamon
½
teaspoon ground nutmeg
½
tablespoon dried oregano crushed
½
tablespoon dried mint crushed
½
teaspoon ground black pepper
½
cup orange juice
½
tablespoon salt
Method
a.
Mock Chicken
Drain
the flax seeds and blend until smooth, add the drained soy beans and blend till
smooth.
Add
cream cheese, butter, yeast flakes, salt, cinnamon powder and white pepper to
the above mixture and blend till well mixed.
Pour
the above mixture in a large bowl, add oat meal and mix well. Leave the mixture
aside for 15 minutes.
Now
add the wheat flour and gluten powder and knead well. Add a little water if the
dough is too hard. Let the dough sit for 10 minutes before kneading again until
smooth. You can use a dough mixer or a bread machine to knead if available.
While leaving the dough to rest for about ½ hour, proceed to make the mock
chicken mould.
To
prepare a mold for shaping the dough into a chicken shape, cut aluminium foil
approximately 4 inches wide into a continuous long strip. Crumple the foil
lightly and roll loosely to form an approximate 1 inch tube. Spiral around it
to form a 6 inches long egg shape mould with an approximate 3 inch diameter at
the front, 4 inch the center and 2 inch at the tail end. Grease the surface
layer with butter.
Remove
the dough from the bowl but avoid breaking it up. Lay the dough on a long
non-stick tray or a tray lined with cooking parchment to avoid sticking.
Flatten the dough out into a approximate 5 inch wide strip. Wrap around the
above mould to form the shape of a chicken trunk with the front end close up
but the tail end open with ½ inch long of rolled foil protruded. You will need
to pinch hard the adjoining edges of the dough together to stick well. Use the
remaining dough to form the 2 drumsticks by wrapping it around an 6 inch long lemon
grass with the stem end sharpened and inserted into the side of the trunk. You
can also use other hard stem such as sugar cane or celery stem as the ‘bone’ of
the drumsticks.
When
the mock chicken is well shaped, put in on an oval shape casserole to hold it
with it’s breast side up. Steam it for an hour till it is well cooked. Remove
and cool it while proceeding to prepare the stuffing. (While steaming the
chicken, proceed to prepare the chestnuts as shown in the Stuffing –Step 1
& 2 below.)
b. Stuffing
Make
a small incision on sides of each the chestnuts and place it in a skillet over
medium heat. Cook, stirring often, until toasted. Remove from heat, peel and
set aside.
Fry
mushroom with 2 tbsp butter for 2 minutes, remove and set aside.
Fry
carrot + bitter gourd with 2 tbsp butter for 1 minute, add yeast flakes +
oregano + nutmeg + mint leave + salt + orange juice + 3 cups of water. Cook for
3 minutes, add oat meal and cook for 1 minute. Add mushroom + chillis + black
pepper + cinnamon, mix well, remove content and place it in a bowl.
Remove
the foil from the mock chicken cavity and fill it with the stuffing. Close
the opening with a crumpled alluminium foil. (Place the remaining
stuffing content in a casserole and cover for further cooking in the oven
later.) Loosely wrap the mock chicken with alluminium foil and place it in the
oven and roast for 1 and ½ hour at 160o C.
Mix
the basting broth well. Remove the foil from the mock chicken, brush it with
the baste and roast it at 190o C. Repeat the basting every 10
minutes until the baste is finished. Remove the roast mock chicken from the
oven when the skin turn golden brown and allow to cool while cooking the
remaining stuffing.
Place
the casserole of remaining stuffing with the cover on into the oven and bake
for ½ hour at 170o C. Remove & serve with the mock roast chicken.
Narrative Essay:
The Result Day
It’s psychologically proven that
more than half of the populations on Earth do not like examinations, tests, and
quizzes. Me? Hell no! I dislike exams! Here’s why.
On 21 March 2012, for other people,
it was just a usual Wednesday, but for 2011 SPM-leavers, no doubt it was a life
decisive day, the SPM results day. It was also a doom day for many hopeless
students, like me. I went back from UTP to my hometown to face the reality. I
rode a night bus with my new friends at UTP. On the bus, I sat aside at the end
of row of the bus alone because I was too anxious. I need some personal space
to calm down as I’m easily disturbed at that time. Finally, the music on the
radio was able to bring me temperory peace and I started to fell asleep. But,
to my surprise, the bus had reached my house and it was already morning. I did
not expect I did not sleep for the whole night. I quickly ran up the stairs and
rushed into my bed, thinking of escaping from the reality world. On that
morning, I felt so unprepared to receive my SPM slip. Nervous that started
yesterday night was like monster, kept eating up my soul. I became extremely
panic in my room and once a while, I felt like vomitting. I had no idea what my
results would look like. Bits and pieces of old memories kept flashing back in
my mind. Language papers were normal. Math & science papers were hard but
not too hard that I couldn’t handle. Moral & History papers were the
killers. I hate these two subjects. Without studying them well, I had to crap
throughout those papers. If the world was still operatinglogically, I knew I
badly screwed up those papers. My mind and soul were overwhelmed by tremendous
fear.
A knocking sound of the door came by
my room. It was my mother. Knowing that she would start her crap in front of
me, I dared not to open the door. I couldn’t face my mother at all. In fact, my
mother’s voice was already all over my head. Her nagging voice kept repeating
in my head like a song played on a spoiled MP3 player stucked on replay.
However that morning was different, all she said was “Be happy for whatever you
will get. Everything will be fine”. I was surprised. And there she went away.
Those words made me calm and felt better. That’s why people say that mothers
have the natural ability to calm their children.
Eventually I went back to school. I tried
my very best to control myself along the way and prevent anxiety went beyond my
consciousness. When I reached the school, the hall was full of ex-form 5
students. After months being separated from my friends, memories of school life
gave me a nostalgic vibe. There was so much to catch up with my classmates, teachers
and everyone. Everyone were like people haven met for years, chatting
cheerfully together in their most comfortable way. Time flies, it was 11 in the
morning. Everyone had to line up according to their respective classes.
Finally, the moment of truth was
just seconds away. The fear was coming back to haunt me again. My heart was
pumping like it was above 130 bpm. Sweat won’t stop trickling down from the
back of my spine. Waiting in line, I could see some of my friends who already
got their slips. There were sad faces, disappointed faces, satisfied faces,
happy faces and masked faces from those who did not want to show their true
emotions. It was my turn. My Hands and legs were trembling uncontrollably. But,
I told myself no matter how, I still have to face it. I made up my mind and heavy-heartedly,
I reach out both my hands to my class teacher to receive my results slip. After
receiving it, I tucked it into my bag and quickly walked away. Thanks to my
mother’s and friends’ encouragement, I put myself together and pulled the slip
out and took a look. There was a C+ but A+ for other subjects. I couldn’t
believe my eyes, am I too worried before this? My heart finally calm down.
Thank God. Anxiety was over. Although this result would not qualify me for any
scholarship, still, I think I’m blessed and I’m satisfied with it compared to
the amount of effort I had put in. Anyway, life must go on, there are still
mountains for me to climb, obstacles for me to break through in UTP. I will do
my best and let’s the God decide the rest. I knew I’m better than that just
with a little more effort.
Arguementative Essay:
The Decision Between Child or Work For Women
With First Delivery
The life of working women after first
delivery has always been one of the hot topics of the discussion among society.
Do you think that women should quit their jobs after first delivery. In my
opinion, I think that women should continue to work after giving birth to their
first child. It is advisable that women should not stop working after first
delivery because of increasing cost of living, alternative childcare available,
to increase the number of workforce as well as for the mental health of women.
In this modern days and era, the
prices of unrenewable energy resources have gone up tremendously and this
causes drastic inflation in prices of goods and services as the fossil fuels
are the core componenet that keeps the economy running. Unfortunately, the
wages of workforce have not followed the step of inflation but rather stay
stagnant or even dropping especially in developing countries like Malaysia. To
cope with inflation, women have no choice but to work due to poverty, single
parentship or both to support their family. Stidies have found clear evidence
to show that childhood poverty has a lasting negative impact on children. If
the women are working, combines with the wages earned by their couple, they can
cope with the rising cost of living. Children can have quality education and
more physical luxuries provided there are enough money to spare.
However, many people will say that
children will not have enough caring if their mother go working for the whole
day long. Actually, this is not true. there are many forms of childcare can be
beneficial and complimentary to the care provided by parents. For many
centuries it has been traditional for extended families to participate in
raising younger generations. Older generations for example grandparents have
had hands on experience with young children before. Childcare professionals
have similar experience and have often taken courses on child development that
make them more knowledgeable than a first time parent. Similarly playing with
other children is just as important for improving children’s social skills as
contact with their parents. Nurseries and childminders can be good places to
expose children to other children.
Furthermore, more women continue to
work after giving birth can increase the numbers of workers in public and
private sectors. Study by world reknown human resource firm has shown that
women have equal abilities in handling jobs which conquered by man. They are
also more capable in socialing and act as lubricant for the gears in the
company to rotate. All in all, women is much needed in the workforce so that
the productivity of the country can be boosted on the way to achieve a high
income and developed nation.
Last but not least,
mothers should have much freedom as anyone else in society to decide what is
best for them and their children. If they would rather work and make
alternative arrangements for the care of their child, then that should be
considered equally valid. It could cause depression if women are forced to give
up work they enjoy to care for their children.
In a nutshell, to fight inflation,
women have to continue to work after first delivery especially those living
under poverty and singleship to provide quality life and education for their
children. Women also should not quit after giving birth because there are
alternative childcare options such as grandparents and childcare professionals
to take care of their children and at the mean time train their children to be
independent. With equal abilities from the women, if they renter the workforce
after first delivery, this will increase number of workers thus help boosting
country’s productivity. Lastly, women should enjoy their work after first
delivery to maintain a healthy mind.
Opinion Essay:
Education
Curriculum in Malaysia Has Stopped Producing Intellectuals
Malaysia is a country that is accredited
for being amongst the leading flag bearers to enlighten the primitive world
dominated by ignorant people. It was Malaysia that realized the importance of
aspects of life other than filling the stomach and covering the bodies, man is
a special animal, special because of the grey matter God provided and it was
Malaysia that by promoted free and radical thinking helped in quenching the
thirsty brains. But on comparing the past with the present we find a sharp
contrast in terms of the quality of intellectuals produced by the country, in
the mad race for materialism it seems that the basic fundamentals that made us a great country are being trampled
underfoot.
Intellects are people who see the
world from a different perspective and on the larger canvas. It is such
people who contribute to the world hence moving it in a progressive direction
as is a saying ‘Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small
minds discuss people’. The intellectual growth of a person begins right from
childhood when he starts to develop a thinking brain, when he questions the
different aspects of life and the process continues till the individual
survives so the primary reason for the stark decline in the level of intellect
has to be improper foundation and upbringing in terms of the type and style of
education bestowed upon them.
Nowadays,
due to the education curriculum in practice, a lot of emphasis is given on the
bookish knowledge, be it the class works or the strenuous homework, a student
is confined to the boundaries of books and is restricted by the deadlines of
assignments. The world is too diverse to be reduced to dull uniformities of
rules. Education practice such as this
pushes the student in a niche thereby closing his mind to the joys and beauty
of life.
As
a general practice a student is always asked to replicate the notes provided by
the school teachers and swaying away from the set path leads to deduction of
marks hence creativity is nipped in the bud. No student is ever asked what he
likes to do or what he is good at rather the custom education curriculum is
imposed resulting in mental fatigue and frustration so a student who if allowed
to grow in a free environment could have contributed to the nation in a big way
is transformed into a normal individual with no freedom of thought. As a direct
consequence the quality of
intellectuals found in our country is decreasing at an exponential rate.
The
point stated above is proved when we have a look into the education system
followed by the developed western countries where individuality is given
foremost importance and their education curriculum is based on the same
principle. As a result individuals with free mind and great ideas are produced
contributing to the growth of their country in general and the world in
particular.
Our education policy induces a herd
mentality and hence curbs the growth of free thinking individuals who could
lead to great ideas and discoveries. Small students are made to carry
extremely heavy school bags harming them physically and then they’re made to
follow the customary norm without expressing their feedbacks, hurting them
mentally.
And
now with the increase in the number of suicide cases amongst students it is
clear that students are finding it tough to cope with the immense pressure of
mugging up books aimlessly without being able to contribute something back. It is of grave importance to identify and
combat this very serious matter else we will be living in an India where
finding intellectuals would be a rarity.
I
would like to end by saying that it is imperative to tackle one of the most
urgent but overlooked of the litany of potential show-stoppers looming for the
future Indian intellectuals.
Survey Report:
Survey On The
Enhancement of English Skill Through Drama Presentation
The english subject in semester 1 of
foundation in engineering and in technology of Universiti Teknologi Petronas
(UTP) is different from the other university because it consists of drama
presentation. It is believe that the inclusion of drama presentation can
enhance students’ English skills in a more lively way as well as sustain their
interest towards learning English.
To prove that, on the 4th
of April, at Lecture Room 3, Block N, Universiti Teknologi Petronas, I
conducted a survey in the English 1
Tutorial Group 1 class to find out more. The question was “Is drama
presentation in English 1 FAL0014 enhances your English skills in any form?”
and the answer only can be chosen from these three options which were “Yes”,
“No” and “Don’t know”. The
respondents were the students of that particular class amounting 29 of them.
They comprised of 8 female students and 21 male students including 1
international male student. Their ages were ranging from 17 to 20 years old.
The students came from different countries and were from various races and
religions. For more details, they were taking foundation in petroleum,
chemical, civil and electrical and electronic engineering as well as in
petroleum geoscience in UTP. There were also few of them taking foundation in
business information system and in information technology.
After the survey ,the questionnaire
was analysed meticulously and all the answers were calculated carefully. The
result was rather encouraging. Based on the statistics collected, there were 13
students answered “Yes” which accounting 44.8% of 29 students. The number of
students answered “No” were 7, which was
24.1%. For the number of students who answered “Don’t know”, there were 9 of them, marking 31%. There were no student
refused to answer the questionnaire.
According to the result of the
survey, the hypothesis can be proven as drama presentation really help the
students out. To obtain more accurate result, the survey should be carried out
again for UTP foundation semester 2 and 3 students to see the long term effect
of drama presentation in English performance.
By: Ch’ng Shen Yen 17217
Foundation
PE Semester 1
Batch January 2012
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