Tuesday, 26 March 2019

Steamed Chicken & Steamed Home Grown Eggplant (Brinjals)

It rained yesterday evening and we were able to sleep without switching on the air-con in our room. Today is another hot day at 33 deg C. 
The morning started with this lovely sunrise at 7:25 am at the park.
Harvest from my garden - red and green okras (lady fingers).
Just nice for that evening's dinner.
Steamed home grown eggplant (brinjals) and okras (lady fingers).
Served with garlic oil and oyster sauce.
Steamed 2 chicken legs with ginger strips, red dates, goji berries, salt & Chinese cooking wine. The above dishes were served with steamed basmati rice for dinner.
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The following items from the Straits Chinese Community (Baba & Nyonya) were found at the National Museum, Kuala Lumpur.

Ceramics - beautiful and multicoloured.
Ceramics - beautiful & multicoloured.
Blouse, sarung, and shoes - embroidered with beautiful and multicoloured designs.


A devout life does bring wealth,
but it's the rich simplicity of being yourself before God.
Since we entered the world penniless and will leave it penniless,
if we have bread on the table and shoes on our feet, that's enough.
(1 Timothy 6:6-8, The Message-MSG)

38 comments:

  1. Don't think I have ever seen the red okra. Wish I could taste them!

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  2. Another bountiful harvest! I like your home cooked dishes!

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  3. Lovely products from your garden☺

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  4. ...Nancy, the ceramics are beautiful, so much work went into decorating them. Thanks for sharing, enjoy your day.

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    1. Thank you, Tom! I regretted not taking a good close up shot.

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  5. Your home-cooked meal looks so delicious.

    I love the shoes the best. Wow those are beautiful.

    Thank you for joining the Happy Tuesday Blog Hop.

    Have a fabulous Happy Tuesday, Nancy. ♥

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    1. Thank you, Sandee! Yes, the shoes are beautiful!

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  6. Tasty home cooked dishes! Red okras don't seemed to be sold in supermarkets.

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    1. Thank you, Mun! So far haven't come across red okras in supermarkets or wet markets.

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  7. Nice meal there, Nancy.. and a good harvest too!

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    1. Thank you, William! They are beautifully designed.

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  9. Great review and beautiful photos! :)

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  10. The ceramics are beautiful! And I learned about the Straits, which I had never heard of before. In the deep south here, okra is very popular. Gumbo is made with it. But only the green. I have never seen the red.

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    1. Thank you, Ginny! Red okra is very rare here and not sold in the markets.

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  11. Your home cooked meal looked delicious, particularly the chicken dish. Loved seeing the delicate embroidery of the shoes.

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  12. Steam chicken is my favourite yums!

    First time i see red okra

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    1. Steam chicken is the easiest way to cook the chicken!

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  13. Preciosas cerámicas. Besitos.

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  14. fish head curry is one of my favorites...yummy
    have a great weekend

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  15. Oh is basmathi the standard rice you use?

    Yeah thankfully the temperature is getting more bearable.

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    1. Yes, basmathi is supposed to contain less starch.

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  16. Those okra are huge! The ones I see here are no longer than a couple of inches.
    Thanks for linking up at https://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2019/03/our-orchids-are-showing-off.html

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    1. Thank you, Sue. This is the huge type. The shorter ones are common, easily found in markets.

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