Vegetarian Meal

  

I would like to be a vegetarian, sometimes.
I feel "lighter" through the "purification" of body by eating vegetable only.
It takes simple cooking method to complete the whole process : saute the vegetables.

Vegetarian Recipe:

A segment of aubergine

A segment of cucumber (without the seeds)

Some four-angled beans

Chinese parsley

2 small green chilli ( if you like it hot)

A pinch of salt

Method:

1. Saute aubergine and cucumber since they needs long time to be soft. Add 1/4 cup of water to simmer until the aubergine becomes soft.

2. + four-angled beans and chilli + salt +  Chinese parsley.

Curry Round Aubergines - Vegetarian Dish

Sometimes I would like to take only vegetable.

It makes me feel that my body will become "cleaner" as I only take vegetable.

These round aubergines were given by my neighbour.

So, I thought of cooking some curry aubergines.

Curry Aubergines :

2 round aubergines

1 tbsp curry powder ( I use Adabi brand )

1 tbsp cili boh ( chili paste bought from supermarket)

2 sprigs curry leaves

1/4 tsp salt

3 tbsp oil

Method:

1. Cut aubergines into pieces.

2. Heat oil in frying pan + curry powder + curry leaves . Fry curry curry to bring out the aroma. 

3. Aubergines + curry leaves + salt + 1/2 cup of water. Simmer until the aubergines become soft.

 

Tomato and Chives Omelette

Keep cooking and keep eating is my everyday routine  when I feel hungry.

Tend to make everything easier for myself when I am too hungry.

And, an egg is the easier thing to get when everything is out of stock .

I cut those chives from my backyard.

Dinner Menu :

1. Tomato and Chives Omelette.

2. Fried Lady Fingers with Onion and Belacan ( Local shrimp paste)

Sour and Spicy Vegetable Soup

I like sour and spicy food very much , the hotter the better. 

That's the only vegetable soup for dinner and no other dishes at all.

One Dish Dinner Menu  :

1. A bowl of Sour and Spicy Vegetable Soup.

2. Dessert : Fried arrowhead root and peanut biscuits - from my neighbour.

Sour and Spicy Vegetable Soup :
Ingredient :

1 Onion
2 cloves of garlic
3 Lemongrass
1 Galangal
Slices of ginger
1 tbsp of tamarind ( assam Jawa)
3 chilli padi ( small  red chilli)

seasoning  : salt and pepper

Vegetables:
4 pieces Chinese Cabbage
3 small tomatoes
2 lady fingers

Method :
1. Fry garlic and onion until fragrant + lemongrass + galangal + ginger + chilli padi  .
2. Add in tamarind + water ( depends on how much soup you would like to have) and let the water boil.
3. + vegetables ,cook until vegetable soft.
4. + salt and pepper.

Spicy Lemongrass Pork

I like the taste of lemongrass.

That is the first time adding lemongrass to pork.
It was quite a pleasant dinner with a bowl of barley water after having spicy food.

Dinner Menu :

1. Spicy Lemongrass Pork 

2.Green Capsicum - boiled in water ,without salt and oil

2.French Bean - boiled in water , without salt and oil

4. Dessert - Barley and ginkgo nuts water - from neighbour

Spicy Lemongrass Pork :

Spicy lemongrass paste :(Ingredients pound with mortar and pestle, and fry until fragrant later.)

2 stalks of lemongrass
5 dried chilli
5 cloves of garlic
1 onion

a sprig of curry leaves

Method :
1. Marinta pork with cornflour + salt + black soy sauce + sugar.
2. + spicy lemongrass paste + curry leaves ---- fry for 1 mins + 30 ml water( depends on how much meat you use) . Cover and cook until the pork almost dry up.

Hakka Lui Cha and Soon Kueh

My friend P who visited me brought these Hakka Lui Cha ( 客家擂茶）and Soon Kueh  which was wrapped with 'sar guot' ( sengkuang / yam bean ) for my lunch.

Vegetarian Lunch Menu:

1. Hakka Lui Cha - This is a little bit different from what I usually have out there because onion , spring onion and cabbage are the additional ingredients for this lui cha. I think that would taste even better than the rest.

But their soup has less basil taste than others.

2. Soon Kueh with yam bean filling.

Soon Kueh with chilli sauce.

Mixed Vegetable Soup If You like It

I didn't realize that it was already 7.00pm as the sky was still very bright.

Therefore, I was still taking photographs in the backyard.

A Quick Dinner Menu :

1. Mixed Vegetable Soup - carrots, broccoli stem, Chinese cabbage, onion wedges and chopped garlic.
2.Half bowl of rice.

Cooking method : 

1. Fry garlic and onion with 1 tbsp oil 
2. + water + anchovy stock granules to make soup.

3. + carrot + broccoli stem + Chinese cabbage. Simmer until all vegetables become soft.

An evening photo shooting after dinner at 7.49pm.

Almost Ratatouille and Bitter Gourd

  I always chat with C at her house.

Women always like chatting , endlessly.

She usually prepares dinner before the night falls.

She told me that she would cook "Ratatouille" for dinner. 
But there was so much different if compared to Sonia's Ratatouille !

Dinner Menu For 3：

1. Almost  Ratatouille - green , red and yellow capsicums, cucumber, tomatoes and aubergine.

Mixed herb ( oregano, basil, red pepper, thyme, marjoram, rosemary & parsley) was added .

And C sprinkled some ground black pepper while cooking.

2 . (Can food) Fried Dace with Salted Black Beans fried with bitter gourd ( 罐头豆豉鲮鱼炒苦瓜).

I was the one who did all the cutting .

C was the one who did the cooking.

A "Simple Menu" is Born

It took me about half an hour( 12.22pm - 12.49pm) to get everything done for this simple menu cooking.

These are almost a vegetarian dish except some belacan ( shrimp paste )was used.

Menu of the Day:

Dish 1 : Lady fingers , tomatoes and sambal belacan (without dried shrimp).

Dish 2 : Pickled cucumber, shredded onion ,chilli padi, salt ,sugar and lemon juice.


Sambal Belacan without dried shrimp :
1 big onion 
1 small clove of garlic
2 stalks of lemongrass
ginger
belacan


Method ：
1. Ground all ingredients (except belacan) with the blender.
2. Add belacan and fried ingredient of 1. with oil until fragrant.

Thanks Sonia  who encourages me writing this food blog :)