Health Drink (Mo Far Kor + Monk Fruit) & Beef For Dinner

It had been raining almost daily for the past week and the weather is very much cooler now.

After having enough of walking, we went to one of our regular coffee shop for breakfast.

One of the helpers gave me the above fruit. It was green when I received it but turnd yellow after 2 days. I was told that this is "mo far kor" in Cantonese, meaning "non-flowering fruit. From the internet, this fruit is from the Calabash tree and is also known as a "miracle fruit" or the Giant Monk Fruit. I was told to boil this fruit with monk fruit and honey dates as a remedy for respiratory problem such as asthma or cough.

The outer shell of the fruit is very hard and I had to crack it open with a hammer. The yellowish pulp is soft and slightly sticky. The pulp will be white if the outer shell is green. The pulp will turn black during cooking.

The seeds are covered with a sticky sac.

This is a dried monk fruit or "loh han kuo" in Cantaonese. You can buy this from any Chinese medicinal shop.

Crack open the fruit with a metal spoon.

Break up the fruit into smaller pieces.

This is the remedy drink after boiling the "mo far kor" and "loh han kuo" for about 3 hours. The drink tastes a bit sweet on its own even though I didn't use any honey dates.

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That evening, we were meeting up with our friends for dinner at Restoran Wing Hoong Lapan at #16, Jalan Centrepoint 1, Off Jalan Tokong.

Hubby ordered his favourite "keong choon ngau", which is beef with ginger and spring onion with rice.

I ordered pork and salted egg porridge while our friends ordered beef porridge which I didn't take any snapshot.

We also ordered a small plate of "keong choon ngau" with rice vermicelli (beehoon) for sharing because our friends wanted to try this. Our friends enjoyed the tender beef slices.

Coincidentally, we passed by this Calabash tree on one of my morning walk.

There were some giant "miracle" fruits hanging from the branches. It was after a morning shower and the raindrops can be seen on the fruit.

Linking to Wordless Wednesday & My Corner of the World.

O God, your ways are holy.

Where is there any other as mighty as you?

You are the God of miracles and wondrs!

You still demonstrate your awesome power.

(Psalm 77:13-14, The Living Bible-TLB)