Fried Macaroni Cheese

Salam everyone... Hope all of you are keeping well. Healthy and cheerful.
To Allah we should be thankful for what He gave us, although all His 'test' to us is to increase our Iman and to elevate our status in the hereafter.. insyaAllah. This reminds me to what was said by Habib Ali Al-Hamid during his teaching of Ayyuhal Walad by Imam Ghazali a few weekends ago at the Malaysia Hall. Just want to share and remind myself...

In the 7th Counsel, Ayyuhal Waladu.. (My Dear Son...)

"Live as long as you may, for verily you must die. Love whoever you wish, for one day you shall taste its separation. And do what you will, you will be rewarded accordingly."

Imam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali

and the translation in Malay:
"Hiduplah kamu sesuai dengan keinginanmu, kerana kamu akan mati. Cintailah sesiapa yang kamu ingin cintai, sesungguhnya pada suatu hari kamu akan berpisah dengannya. Beramallah sesuai dengan kehendakmu, sesungguhnya kamu akan mendapat ganjaran daripada apa yang kamu amalkan."

Sebahagian coretan yang dapat saya kongsi bersama semasa Habib Ali Al-Hamid menjelaskan tentang Nasihat yg ke-7 di atas.

Ada 3 perkara yang bersama kita sepanjang hidup di dunia ini, iaitu keluarga, harta dan amal perbuatan. Namun, hanya satu sahaja yang akan mengikuti kita sehingga ke liang lahad, iaitu amal perbuatan kita. Amal perbuatan kita umpama bayang-bayang kita yang akan mengikuti kita dan menemani kita hingga ke Hari Kebangkitan. Bagi yg beramal baik, amanlah dia di alam barzakh bersama penemannya (ie. amalnya), manakala bagi yang buruk amal perbuatannya, nauzubillah min zalik..Ia akan menjadi makhluk yg menakutkan dan mengerikan yang akan terus menghantui sepanjang kehidupan di alam Barzakh.

Allah ciptakan manusia terdiri daripada 2 benda, iaitu jasad dan roh. Apabila kita meninggal, jasad kita akan mati, tapi roh kita tetap hidup walaupun di alam Barzakh hinggalah Hari Kebangkitan. Wallahua'lam.

Yang terbaik datangnya daripada Allah s.w.t. dan yang kurang daripada kelemahan saya sendiri.

Allright, enough with the 'tazkirah' for today. Today I want to share with you the simple recipe and delicious, of course those who like cheese you cant's resist this recipe. The idea came from myresepi. Here is how I make my Fried Macaroni Cheese.

Ingredients: (2 people)

• 3-4 handful dried macaroni
  
• 1 chicken breast - diced
• 1 chicken sausage - sliced
• 1 onion - diced
• 2 garlics - crushed and diced
  
• 1 tbsp ground chili - less if you don't like hot
  
• 2 tbsp tomato puree
  
• 1 tsp oyster sauce
  
• mix vegetables
• prawns
  
• half teaspoon Maggie chicken stock granules
  
• ground black pepper
  
• a bit of salt
• a bit of sugar
  
• cheddar cheese - 2 slices
  
• 2 tbsp fresh milk
• 2 tbsp of water

Methods:

1. Boil the macaroni with a bit of salt until al dente (cook but not tender yet). Drain and drizzled with some olive oil.
   
2. In a hot pan, put some olive oil and fried the chicken and the sausage until cook.
   
3. Add the onion, garlics, ground chili and tomato puree. Pour some water. Cook for a few minutes.
   
4. Then add in the chicken stock, oyster sauce, pepper, salt and sugar.
5. Add in the mix vegetables and the prawns. Stir well.
6. Then, add in the macaronis and fresh milk.
7. Stir well. Add the cheese.
8. Keep stirring gently until the cheese melted. Taste it.
9. If it well seasoning, then off the heat.
10. Served.