Last week, I had a craving for nasi kacang (the yellow rice cooked with kacang dhal) for a few days. So after discussing with hub, I decided to cook some for iftar on Saturday. Invited some of them cousins and siblings to come for berbuka but only Yong, Cha and Awis could make it. So, after confirmation has been made, I prepared the list of groceries to be bought to cook for six.

Saturday morning, I woke hubby up earlier than usual as we had some marketing to do. Walked about 20 minutes to the nearby market –one which we’d never been to before - only to find that it’s not open on Saturday! What a bad luck..

So since we couldn’t get our supply of meat (for meat curry), I texted Yong to get some for me when she goes to get her supply at Giant. She agreed to send it to the house later.

So we headed to Carrefour instead to get other things needed to cook the iftar meal. As I forgot to bring along my list of groceries to buy, we spent more than an hour browsing through shelves after shelves and finally when we went to queue up the line was sooo terribly long that I felt like living the trolley there and head home instead. But we queued up anyway.

After we paid for our stuff, just as hub was putting things back into the trolley, I was beginning to feel dizzy. I told him that I needed to sit down for a while. He said of coz and kononnya nak guide me to the nearest food court, which was like meters and meters away. And I was like “No!No! I need to sit down NOW!” and the next thing I know I was seated on a stool, mumbling to him “Nak duduk…nak duduk” with my head resting on his shoulder and my whole body sweating profusely. Hub said “Okay seat properly now, I’m gonna go get you some drinks”, and off he went in search of some milky drinks for me.

By this time, I was confused as to why people around were staring at me, but then hubby came back and insisted that I drink the cup of Milo he bought for me. I was..of coz la malu nak drink in front of everyone time-time puasa ni kan. But since he insisted and I was feeling very weak, I took a mouthful lah.

A few moments after, we walked a bit and stop at the food court to sit and relax while I finished my cup of Milo. It was then that hub told me that I blacked out for a while there (about 2 minutes camtu ja la), lembik lutut and all. I think he panicked for a while there (later that night he told me he felt like crying masa I blacked out tu thinking that something bad happened to me). Luckily the kakak at the nearby tudung stall saw us and urging hub to seat me down at the stool she got there. Hubby was very thankful that he was around when it happened, not when I was out alone or anything.

Anyway, after we went back home, I tried to get some sleep but couldn’t. So I started preparing ingredients for the nasi kacang, meat curry and fruit custard that I was gonna make that day. Hub yang kononnya nak help me around dah terlentuk pun ataih katil. I knew he was still tired from last night’s journey, so I just let him sleep lah.

I started preparing to cook from 1 ++ pm and only finished cooking and cleaning just a couple of minutes before Iftar. Halfway through it, hub woke up and helped with the preparation and all.(Rajin la jugak laki I ni) I even had to asked Nor to help with cleaning up as I run out of time. So penat! Even when Yong and Cha arrived, I still wasn’t properly dressed, or even showered for that matter.

So that night we had nasi kacang, meat curry, kerabu timun, ayam goreng and sambal tumis udang and iced orange for break fast. Yong and Cha prepared the sambal tumis udang and ayam goreng, while Cha bought some delicious chocolate cakes from Melaka on her way down to KL. After prayer, we had some custard which turned out to be a bit cair lah. Should keep in mind to add more flour or less water next time.

That night, hubba hub went out with brother to see some friends and Yong and Cha lepak at the house for a while longer. We chatted a bit and watched some Malay drama on TV*3. I was tired but not sleepy. After Yong and Cha went back, I stayed up to wait for hubby and Nor said “Oi..tak tido lagi ka. Superwoman ka hapa kau nih”..ahaha. I didn’t want to sleep as I knew hubby would be hungry when he came back coz dia makan tak banyak during Iftar. My guess was right, as upon setting foot inside the house at around 1am, he said “I’m hungry lah..”. Sigh..buat la pulak the simple Coney Dog for him - which recipe I got from the net.

After that…baruuuu la dapat tidoq dengan nyaman (before bangun sahur plak). Sigh...what a day...But at least, my craving for nasi kacang had been satisfied. :-D