Indian Rice & Prawn with Pineapple Curry

This was a Wednesday and the following sky shots were taken on our morning walk.

7:08am

7:25am

8:05am

Walking to the nearby coffee shop for breakfast.

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We had friends visiting us and we took them over to the nearby GP food court for lunch. We ordered lunch from the Indian stall.

Hubby and I shared this plate of rice.

1 portion of rice, prawn sambal, 2 fried chicken drumsticks and cabbage.

Our friends shared this plate of rice.

1 portion of rice, 1 piece chicken thigh, omelette, cabbage and a type of gourd.

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Home cooked dinner for 2 people.

"Masak lemak" Prawn + Pineapple curry (less spicy with coconut milk)

Very delicious and appetizing dish.

Plain blanched green veggie (choy fah) with pieces of deep fried lard.

7:35pm - Evening sky

Pink hibiscus planted in front of a neighbour's house.

Linking to Friday Bliss & Skywatch Friday.

Who may climb the mountain of the Lord and enter where he lives?

Who may stand before the Lord? Only those with pure hands and hearts,

who do not practice dishonesty and lying.

They will receive God's own goodness as their blessing from him,

planted in their lives by God himself, their Savior.

(Psalm 24:3-5, The Living Bible-TLB)

Prawn, Pineapple & Cabbage Curry For Dinner

A friend gave me a packet of prawns which she bought from the wholesale market. She requested that I can cooked the prawns anyway I like, when I like, and just gave her a small portion. She doesn't cook because she is busy with her food stall. Two days later, I decided to cook the prawns the easy way.

I checked my stock and found the above packet of ready made vegetarian curry paste. This is my first time using this brand. I had a pineapple and a whole head of cabbage in my fridge.

I used the vegetarian curry paste to cook the prawns, pineapple and cabbage curry. As you can see, the curry is pale without the nice red colour. Taste wise, it is mild and not spicy. This curry paste will be suitable for those who can't take spicy food.

I also made fish paste and minced pork patties with the remaining last portion of fish paste. Instead of balls, I made patties so that I can use less oil to fry the patties.

After hubby returned from sending the food over to the friend, we got ready for dinner. 

The sweet Thai chili sauce dipping for the patties and the soy sauce for the curry in case the curry is not salty enough.

Dinner for 2 people with steamed rice.

We kept half of the curry and the patties for the next day's dinner.

And God has reserved for his children the priceless gift of eternal life;

it is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled,

beyond the reach of change and decay.

(1 Peter 1:4, The Living Bible-TLB)

Strawberry Jelly, Prawn & Pineapple Curry (Masak Lemak)

We couldn't go for morning walk for 3 mornings in a row because it was drizzling. I tried to go back to sleep but couldn't because I was already wide awake. 

About 7:46, we drove out to the coffee shop for breakfast.

On this particular morning, we went to try the nasi lemak at a new stall.

We shared a plate of nasi lemak with 2 items added i.e. tomato prawns and chicken curry (RM8). It was a great disappointment because the sambal and chicken curry was not spicy at all. It doesn't taste like nasi lemak, actually more like chap farn except for the fried groundnuts, anchovies and egg. Sorry, once is enough for us.

My neighbour gave me a box of strawberries which she brought back from her one day trip to Cameron Highlands. Strawberries cannot keep long, even in the fridge. One fast way to use up all the strawberries is to make jelly with it. I cut the strawberries into small pieces and I made strawberry jelly with a packet of konnyaku powder and sugar.

My neighbour and a friend received a tub of strawberry jelly each. The natural colouring from the strawberries gave the jelly a beautiful colour.

For lunch, I cooked dried noodle, fried eggs and ate the noodle with vegetable acar.

My friend requested for prawn and pineapple curry (lemak style with coconut milk). She contributed the prawns.

For dinner, the above was our dinner.

The rainy season gives us good appetite. By 10pm, we were feeling hungry and the above was our supper. Hot milo and cream crackers with blueberry jam. A friend made this blueberry jam and I was blessed with a tub.

Buds from the Sea Hibiscus.

The grasshoppers have been feeding on the leaves again.

And they have been feeding on the flower petals as well.

Linking to Friday Bliss, Skywatch Friday & Garden Affair.

Look at the ravens - they don't plant or harvest

or have barns to store away their food,

and yet they get along all right - for God feeds them.

And you are far more valuable to him than any birds!

(Luke 12:24, The Living Bible-TLB)

Lunch & Dinner On Christmas Day 2020

Early morning on Christmas day, our friend called up to inform us that she will be buying breakfast for us. She bought savoury taro cake (woo tau koh) for us. After breakfast, we walked home and waited for the online Christmas Day celebration to start.

Christmas Day Lunch

I reheated the prawns and pineapple curry which I took out from the fridge.

A walnut sesame bread which I bought from Aeon Big Falim.

I removed the corn from the cob, steamed and mixed with a little salt and butter.

This was our Christmas Day lunch.

Happy to clear all the leftover items from the fridge.

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Christmas Day Homecooked Dinner

Beef slices with young ginger slices and spring onions.

Blanched Chinese mustard (choy sum) given by a friend.

Drizzled with garlic oil and soy sauce.

Our homecooked dinner with steamed rice.

A bee busy at work in the Okra flower.

A dog crossing our path as we walked home from morning walk.

This bird perched on my neighbour's roof was chirping loudly as I was watering my plants in the garden.

Can you see the bird perched on the Bauhinia Kockiana branch? I think it must be trying to fish from my guppies pond. I have covered my guppies pond with a mosquito netting to protect them from the birds.

Linking to Saturday's Critters & Garden Affair.

You are my mighty rock, my fortress, my protector,

the rock where I am safe, my shield, my powerful weapon,

and my place of shelter.

(Psalm 18:2, Contemporary English Version-CEV)

Otak-otak, Chicken Wings & Prawns+Pineapple Curry For Dinner

It is fun to have a combined meal with friends. We have both parties doing the cooking and contributing the food to the meal. In this way the work is reduced by half and we get to enjoy each other's cooking plus company. We had the following items for one of our early combined dinner at 4:30 pm.

Our friend ordered this Otak-otak (grilled fish cake). I love otak-otak and maybe one day I will try to make this.

Fried rice from the same friend. We each had a small portion of this fried rice.The same friend made Fried Chicken Wings with a Air-Fryer cooker.

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The following items were from my kitchen.

Prawns and pineapple curry.

A simple Jicama (sengkuang), carrot & dried prawns dish without the dried cuttlefish which I thought I had in the fridge but couldn't find it.

Home made Herbal Jelly (Gui Ling Gao) for dessert.

Since we finished dinner early, we went to one of the shopping mall for window shopping and walking exercise. Lots of lighted colourful lanterns ahead of the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival (Moon Cake Festival) which falls on the 1st October, 2020.

My pink multi-layered petals hibiscus. The colour is a faded pink because it was taken at late afternoon.

Linking to Garden Affair.

Have a Blessed Sunday!

For you have a new life.

It was not passed on to you from your parents,

for the life they gave you will fade away.

This new one will last forever, for it comes from Christ,

God's ever-living Message to men.

(1 Peter 1:23, The Living Bible-TLB)

Clams Cooked Thai Style, Prawns and Pineapple Noodle.

I like the fried noodle (Indian style) from the roadside stall very much. I went back to the same stall to buy the fried noodle again. This time, I bought 1 packet of fried rice vermicelli, 1 packet fried yellow mee + flat rice noodle and 1 packet of nasi lemak for hubby.

I ate this packet of noodle and hubby ate the nasi lemak at our regular coffee shop with our coffee.

Pretty purple flowers by the roadside.

Saw this pair of chickens on the concrete wall of a house.

Morning sky at 8:25 am

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Home cooked lunch

A friend helped us buy 1 kg of clams @ RM10 from the wholesale market.

I used the clams or lala to cook a very appetizing dish Thai style.

Hubby and I shared this packet of fried rice vermicelli bought from the morning roadside stall.

Fried 2 fishes given by our fried, paired with the sambal belacan.

This was our simple lunch.

We had Jack fruit for dessert @ RM3 per packet.

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Simple home cooked dinner

I cooked dried Cintan noodle to eat with the previous day's Prawns + pineapple curry.

Simple home cooked dinner for 2 people.

I love this curry with pineapple.

Hope to cook this curry again soon.

Linking to Saturday's Critters.

Lord, when doubts fill my mind,

when my heart is in turmoil,

quiet me and give me renewed hope and cheer.

(Psalm 94:19, The Living Bible-TLB)