Recipe: Ayam Percik with Phillips All-In-One Pressure Cooker

Preserving Tradition with Modern Innovation

Not a stranger to Philips products, my kitchen has always been filled with reliable Philips kitchen appliances. I have had the honors of using Philips Pressure Cooker a few years ago and has always been pleased how it helps in shaving off hours of cooking time, yet yielding lots of delicious comfort dishes.

The latest Philips All-in-One Pressure Cooker incorporates the functions of slow cook, pressure cook and multi cook all in one machine. The intelligent cooking system offers various cooking functions all neatly pack into this sleek design electrical pot. Thanks to innovation and technology, the new Philips All-in-One Pressure Cooker is one kitchen appliance that churns out one pot wonders with much ease.

Thanks to Philips Malaysia, I am super thrilled to test out the Philips All-in-One Pressure Cooker with a recipe from Chef Marina Mustafa. Having attended her cooking workshop here previously, I know how easy it is to use the pressure cooker. With more added functions now, one can now whip up dishes with pressure cooking function as well as non-pressure cooking function. This means, you can saute, slow cook, steam, bake, reheat, warm up and more with just this pot.

Assured and built with safety as priority, the Philips All-in-One Pressure Cooker has an auto pressure release device plus 9x safety protection systems for extra safety measures. It is not only easy to use with simple click instructions, the digital panel also lets you know exactly the timing and status of the cooking. It is also easy to maintain and clean up with minimal hassle.

The Philips All-in-One Pressure Cooker comes with 6 liter aluminum alloy inner pot, rice spoon, soup ladle, measuring cup, steaming plate and recipe booklet.

The recipe booklet is filled with lots of easy to follow recipes. One can whip up curries, stews, risotto, pasta, soups, cakes and even make your own homemade yoghurt!

Let’s cook! I tried a recipe from Chef Marina Mustafa and true enough, making Ayam Percik was so easy that even novice cooks can do it. Most of the ingredients literally goes into the pressure cooker all at once and leave the rest of the cooking to Philips All-in-One Pressure Cooker.

The Ayam Percik turned out so delicious and tasty. I even had time to settle other chores while whipping up this dish. The chicken was tender while the percik sauce was piquant and full of yummy spice notes with a creamy touch. The slow cook function on high temperature allows the percik sauce to really cook down to a thick and rich sauce before I added in the chicken. After that, it was only 15 minutes of pressure cooking to make the chicken tender and married it with the tangy and spicy percik sauce.

My family enjoyed the Ayam Percik a lot with lemang that evening. With the festive Raya, it’s a dish that one can easily whipped up for the festive parties…

I cannot wait to experience more dishes with my new Philips All-in-One Pressure Cooker, especially the yoghurt and lasagna recipe!

The Philips All-in-One Pressure Cooker HD2137 VIVA Collection retailed price at RM799. For more information on the Philips All-in-One Pressure Cooker, visit their website: www.philips.com.my or Facebook: www.facebook.com/PhilipsHomeLiving.my

AYAM PERCIK

From One-Pot Wonders by Chef Marina Mustafa & Sara Khong using Philips

Ingredients

3           Chicken Thighs

½ cup    Chili Paste

1 cup    Coconut Milk

½ cup    Palm Sugar (grated or crushed)

1 cup    Tamarind (2 tbsp tamarind paste, mixed with 1 cup water and sieved)

2 tsp     Salt

½ cup    Cilantro (chopped)

Blended Ingredients

2 large  Onion

1 inch    Ginger

5 cloves Garlic

3 stalks Lemongrass

2 inch    Galangal

1 inch    Tumeric Root

Method

Put all the blended paste, chili paste, coconut milk, cooking oil, palm sugar, tamarind and salt into the inner pot of the Philips All-In-One Pressure Cooker.

Mix all the ingredients together until well combined.

Close the lid and turn the valve on the top of the lid towards the SEAL position.

Press SLOW COOK HIGH TEMP and then press COOKING TIME ‘-‘ four times to reduce the cooking time to 2 hours.

Press START.

After 2 hours, when the Percik sauce is ready, open the lid and add in chicken thighs into the pot and smother the chicken with the sauce.

Close the lid and turn the valve on the top of the lid towards the SEAL position.

Press PRESSURE COOK till setting reads MEAT/POULTRY to cook the chicken for 15 minutes.

Press START.

When 15 minutes is done, release the pressure by turning the valve towards the right most towards VENT for steam release.

Once the steam is all release, open the lid and sprinkle cilantro over the Ayam Percik and serve with your choice of rice, bread or lemang.

Christmas Cooking with PHILIPS and Chef Zam

Cooking with PHILIPS Airfryer and Pressure Cooker

T’was the week before Christmas and when I had received an invitation to attend a Christmas Cooking workshop by PHILIPS, it was like receiving an early Christmas present that had me jumping with joy! I have always loved to cook besides just eating. Cooking always relaxes me. My after fruits of labor, when savored by others, always never fail to give me much satisfaction. To be able to put food on the table to me is a blessing in many ways. However, having a full-time job, a blogger cum writer and a little one to take care, time is never my best friend. And so cooking becomes less as sometimes it can be a long process, of course depending on what you cook.

I have been a loyal follower of PHILIPS for a while. After joining two competitions by PHILIPS and other product, I am very pleased with PHILIPS cooking gadgets and have found that they are of great help when it comes to whipping up a meal for my family. They certainly make cooking so much easier, faster and healthier too. Having also been to their previous workshop here, I was already as excited as I can be for another sharing cooking workshop, this round themed ‘Christmas Cooking with PHILIPS and Chef Zam’.

I have met Chef Zam on several occasions and he was also one of the judges in the last PHILIPS competition I joined a few months ago. A charismatic chef, Chef Zam is likeable and funny. Minutes into the workshop held at Silverspoon International College and every one of us were already at ease and joking with him like we have known him for ages. The focus of the workshop was recipes sharing session using PHILIPS Airfryer and PHILIPS Electric Pressure Cooker in preparing several easy and fast recipes for the festive holiday seasons.

The workshop took off with Chef Zam briefing us our recipes for the day and also going through the ingredients and overall process. We were set to whip up Ayam Percik, Chicken Risotto, Cretan Kaltsounia and Banana Nutella Spring Roll using both PHILIPS Airfryer and PHILIPS Electric Pressure Cooker. Chef Zam then proceeds to give us his cooking demo before we all had our own hands on for the recipes.

Cooking for Chef Zam is fun, in fact he makes it fun and easy. Of course the PHILIPS electrical cooking appliance is the main reason why cooking can be fun and easy as well. Here are the recipes and notes that I have taken down for all four recipes that are just so simple to make for the festive holiday seasons. I paired up with Kylie Wenn and her little prince on our hands on session. It was great meeting her and others…

AYAM PERCIK

Who says one can’t have a Christmas meal with a Malaysian authentic and classic dish of Ayam Percik? It makes a great change instead of turkey, especially for those who do not have a large party. Plus, one can always tweak the recipe to a Western inspired chicken once you grab the basics of using the PHILIPS Airfryer.

Ayam Percik varies in color and flavour depending on the origins of the country. We were told by Chef Zam that the Kelantan version has a whitish hue as it does not have chilies in the spices while the Terengganu version has the bright orange red hue due to the addition of chilies. We are making the Terengganu version in the workshop.

Our Ayam Percik is so juicy and flavourful. I never thought I can airfry a whole chicken in 30 minutes but I can now with PHILIPS Airfryer. This is also healthier as I barely used any oil in the marinade.

Ayam Percik Recipe

Ingredients:

For sauce (Ingredients A):

9 cloves of red shallot               }

1 clove of white garlic               } blended

½ inch ginger                           }

2 tbsp chili pepper

2 cups of thick santan                                                                                                 

¼ tbsp of fenugreek (halba)

3 lemongrass (serai) stalks       } crushed

Shrimp paste (Belacan)

Salt and sugar for taste

½ cup of water

Cooking oil for sauté

Marinating the Chicken (Ingredients B):

1 whole chicken (under 1kg to be able to fit into the airfryer)

4 cloves of red onions               }

1 clove of white onion               }

1 inch ginger                            } blended

1 lemongrass (serai) stalk        }

½ tbsp coriander powder

½ tbsp cumin powder

Instructions:

1.   Heat up PHILIPS Air Fryer with the Double-Layer Tray.

2.   Mix and marinate chicken with ingredients B for 20 minutes in the fridge.

3.   Then, using Philips Air Fryer, bake chicken for 25 minutes at 180°C. (timing depends on the size of the chicken so reduce or increase accordingly)

4.   For the sauce, sauté blended ingredients with shrimp paste and chilli pepper until there is a fragrant smell. Stir evenly before adding water.

5.   Add in santan and fenugreek, while stirring evenly.

6.   Add in lemongrass.

7.   Add salt and sugar for taste.

8.   Sauté sauce for 20 – 30 minutes over low heat until thick and color has deepened into a rich orange hue.

9.   Once done, pour sauce over baked chicken and bake for another 10 minutes, and it’s ready to serve.

10. Leftover Percik sauce can also be served poured over the finished chicken or served on the side.

*Tips:

·   Do not marinade the chicken more than 30 minutes as it will breakdown the enzymes of the protein and make the chicken too soft.

·   For every ½ kg chicken, allow 20 to 25 minutes for cooking time.

·   For another version of the sauce, pour in the blended spices together with santan and a little water and heat up on slow heat till the sauce thickens and the oil surface. Then add in the rest of the ingredients and seasoned well.

·   We actually ladled the Percik sauce over the chicken, baked it for 10 minutes and repeat this process one more time for added richness.

CHICKEN RISOTTO

We love our rice, or at least I do, and so when I saw that the next recipe was going to be Chicken Risotto cooked in PHILIPS Pressure Cooker, it sure sounds easy since I know we can just put in all the ingredients and let the pressure cooker work its magic.

Though it doesn’t resemble a risotto fully, the rice is decently delicious. There should be a bit more liquid just like a risotto. The overall flavours have a comfort note and the dish is hearty and filled with protein, carb and nutrients from all the ingredients. It’s an easy one pot wonder dish that can be ready on the table in less than 30 minutes with all the prep and cooking time.

Chicken Risotto Recipe

Ingredients:

2 cups Arborio rice

2 chicken thigh pieces (diced or sliced into pieces)

1.1 liter vegetable or chicken stock (else use 1 cube chicken stock & water)

2 tbsp olive oil

80g unsalted butter

2 cups baby spinach leaves

2 cloves garlic (finely crushed)

1 medium onion (finely chopped)

700g Swiss brown mushrooms (sliced)

1 cup grated Parmesan cheese

1 ½ tbsp. cumin powder

Salt and Pepper to season

Basil leaves for garnishing

Instrustions:

1.   Using PHILIPS pressure cooker, heat up olive oil and 1/3 of the butter.

2.   Add chopped garlic and cook for 20 seconds.

3.   Combine chopped onions and cumin powder and allow to cook for a minute till soft.

4.   Add in the chicken to brown it, then add in mushrooms, followed by rice and stir well.

5.   Add in vegetable stock and bring to a boil.

6.   Close pressure cooker lid, bring it to pressure and cook on high pressure for 7 minutes.

7.   Remove from heat and release the pressure.

8.   Stir in basil leaves and baby spinach and cover back the lid to let the greens wilt for a few minutes. The heat from the rice should cook the greens.

9.   Stir in remaining butter and parmesan cheese and serve.

CRETAN KALTSOUNIA AND BANANA NUTELLA SPRING ROLL

Desserts are always a favorite during festive seasons. The following desserts are super easy to make and uses PHILIPS Airfryer for a healthier and faster touch. These are sure crowd-pleasers because when we all tasted them fresh off the airfryer, these were super addictive and gone within minutes.

The first dessert is Cretan Kaltsounia, a baked ricotta tart from Crete, Greece. Chef Zam uses filo pastry instead of tart shells for the dessert. There are also various fillings available but the more classic one uses ricotta cheese. The second dessert is Banana Nutella Spring Roll, another great dessert using only four ingredients. Banana and chocolate combo always works like a charm.

Cretan Kaltsounia Recipe

Ingredients:

For Pastry Wrap:

10 sheets of filo pastry (cut into a width of 2 to 3 inches)

200g melted butter

For Filling

500g Ricotta cheese or Mizithra cheese

2 eggs

Drizzle of honey

For Topping

1 cup coarse sugar

½ cup of water

1 cinnamon stick

2 tbsp of toasted sesame

Instructions:

1.   Boiled sugar and cinnamon stick in water until reduced to a thick consistency. Set aside to chill.

2.   To make the filling, mix cheese and egg with honey until thoroughly mixed. Set aside.

3.   Brush each filo pastry sheets with melted butter generously and layer it with another filo pastry on top. Repeat this process till you get at least 3 to 4 layers of filo pastry all neatly brushed and covered with melted butter.

4.   Place one table spoon of filling on each cut pieces of layered filo pastry and fold into a triangle.

5.   Repeat the process to used up all the filo pastry and filling.

6.   At this point, one can freeze up the pastry till it is needed or simply airfry it.

7.   Heat up PHILIPS Airfryer at 180 degree celsuis for 5 minutes and airfry the kaltshounia for 8 minutes or until golden brown.

8.   Sprinkle sesame and drizzle with topping of sugar syrup before serving.

Banana Nutella Spring Roll Recipe

Ingredients:

1 package frozen filo pastry (cut into small square pieces)

6 small banana (preferably pisang emas, peeled and sliced into half length)

1 cup Nutella

1 cup peanut butter

¼ cup melted butter

Vanilla ice cream (optional for serving)

Instructions:

1.   Spread 1 layer of filo pastry on a damp towel and brush with melted butter.

2.   Put another layer of filo pastry on top of the first layer and repeat the process until 5 to 6 layers.

3.   Place one peeled and sliced banana on it and top with 1 teaspoon each of Nutella and peanut butter.

4.   Fold the sides and roll it securely like a spring toll.

5.   Brush with more melted butter all over the roll and repeat the process until done.

6.   Preheat PHILIPS Airfryer at 180 degrees Celsius for 5 minutes.

7.   Arrange the rolls in the frying basket and airfry for 5 to 8 minutes or until golden brown and flaky.

8.   Remove the spring rolls and serve warm with vanilla ice cream.

It was certainly another fruitful and interesting cooking workshop by PHILIPS. Here are out fruits of labor together with other groups.

Group photo with Chef ZAM

Thanks to PHILIPS for the Christmas cooking workshop with Chef Zam! With PHILIPS Airfryer, I can now roast a chicken in half an hour and make Chicken Risotto in PHILIPS Pressure Cooker faster and easier.

For more information, check out the Philips Home Living at their Facebook: www.facebook.com/PhilipsHomeLiving.my & Website: www.philips.com.my

Philips Meaningful Innovation: Contribute One Idea, Improve Many Lives!

‘Nothing is too small to know and nothing is too big to attempt’ by William Van Horne

 

It’s never too late to do our part for our world! After all, we only have one. Philips  is proud to launch its new campaign of ‘Innovation That Matters To You’ where anyone and everyone can contribute their voice for a better world. Simply submit your ideas and the winning one will be made into a reality by Philips in Malaysia!

With all the current issues of environment, global health warning, safety of the world and more, Philips is doing their part to let the public have a say in improving the issues in the world by submitting meaningful innovation ideas. The motto of the campaign is to strive to make the world healthier and more sustainable through innovation. Philips even set a goal to improve the lives of 3 billion people a year by 2025.

With this said, here’s how the mechanism works. It’s easy, it’s simple, submit your ideas and you may even win prizes if yours is selected as the final lists of 6.

Check out Philips website for this campaign: http://www.meaningfulinnovation.asia/malaysia/. There are five tabs for five sections to explore.

At the Home tab, there is a general summary and overview of campaign. If you already know how it works, simply start contributing your idea. There are Two campaign sub themes to choose from, Healthy Homes and Safer Cities.

Check out the Philips Innovation That Matters To You Video for a quick summary here! (Also available at tab About)

Here’s How It Works!

Contribute your idea. If yours is deemed the top six, it will be shortlisted by Philips. From the six shortlisted, the public gets to decide which is the best and so get your family and friends to vote for your idea. Make sure to share your idea as much as you can to everyone. The final winning idea, as voted by public, will be brought to reality by Philips!

A few tips from Philips, your ideas should be:

·         Realistic – must be practical to be implemented

·         Sustainable – demonstrate long term viability

·         Benefit Many – the more people it benefits, the better the chance of having the idea implemented

 

Let’s Get Started!

Decide on your theme, or why not submit a few?

Scroll down on the tab Submit to see this section.

You need either a Facebook or Twitter account to login to enter this campaign. Login by clicking on the Facebook or Twitter button.

 

Once you are login, simply type in your idea which is limited to 500 characters or less. Make sure to check the button to agree to the Terms & Conditions, fill in the Captcha code and click Submit.

Here’s my idea for a Healthy Homes…

It would be great if Philips can hold annual events for public to come together to create awareness and do their part. There should be booths for education, food demostrations, games, challenges, competitions and more. At this event, there should be a corner for everyone to bring things to be recycled or donations from all to charity. To encourage more attendees, everyone can collect points to be redeem towards purchasing Philips product at a discount price. With this idea, I believe it benefits everyone and the nation together with lots of fun added!

After submitting your idea, you should get a confirmation by Philips on your submission. Double check your idea at the Gallery tab to make sure you can see your idea.

 

That’s not all, here’s what you can take home if your idea is shortlisted to the final six!

Grand Prize for Winning Idea:

1 unit of Philips Viva Collection Airfryer

1 unit of Philips Viva Collection ME Computerized Electric Pressure Cooker

5 Consolation Prizes for Shortlisted Entries:

1 unit of Philips Living Colors Bloom Black

1 unit of Philips RaGa MP3 Player

Get started at Philips with Innovation That Matters To You!

No idea is too big or too small. All you need is to put on your thinking cap and get your idea submitted.

Join the conversations on #meaningfulinnovation on Facebook, Twitter @PhilipsMY and Instagram and visit http://philips.to/innovationMY to find out more!