Shredded Chicken Noodle, Roti Prata & Chicken Varuval

We woke up to a lovely nice cool morning. It rained the whole night before and the morning air was fresh and crisp.

Sunrise at 7:17am

On the reverse side, Kledang Hill at 7:32am.

Mist on the hills - 7:36am.

On the right side is the wall painted with Chinese art murals.

We bought shredded chicken noodle (kai si hor fun) from town.

Flat rice noodle (koay teow) with 1 med sized prawn, a piece of crab stick, and chicken. (I was given the chicken wing).

Pink Cleome (Spider flowers) in my garden.

Light Purple Cleome (Spider flowers) in my garden.

Instant noodle with leftover stewed duck for hubby.

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Take away dinner.

Egg prata or roti telur for hubby.

Plain prata or roti canai + chapati for me.

The plain prata was small so won't be enough for me.

I was hungry because I didn't take lunch.

There is no sambal chicken (ayam masak merah) so we bought chicken varuval.

2 types of curry gravy were given for the flat bread.

I can eat these for any meal of the day.

Linking to Friday Bliss, Skywatch Friday & Garden Affair.

Yes, if you want better insight and discernment,

and are searching for them as you would for lost money

or hidden treasure, then wisdom will be given you

and knowledge of God himself;

you will soon learn the importance of reverence

for the Lord and of trusting him.

(Proverbs 2:3-5, The Living Bible-TLB)

Jack Fruit, Roti Canai & Home Cooked Dinner

This was a Monday, 4th day of Lunar New Year. I didn't take snapshots of our breakfast and by now I have forgotten what we ate for breakfast that morning. That morning our friend gave us some Jack fruits which she bought when she was at the wet market.

I washed and removed the seeds and we ate as mid morning snack.

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Roti Canai for lunch.

Our friend also bought for us 3 pieces of roti canai from the same wet market.

I warmed up the roti canai in a non stick pan. There were 3 pieces which were not very big. I cut it up and placed it in 2 plates.

2 types of curry gravies were given which I also warmed up separately.

Monk fruit or loh han kor boiled with red dates and goji berries.

Simple and filling lunch for 2 people.

Afternoon sky at 4:30pm.

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Simple home cooked dinner.

Since the weather is hot, I boiled soup with lotus root, carrot, red dates, goji berries and pork rib. I blanched some home grown sweet potato leaves and drizzled with the remaining garlic oil without the garlic crisp. I will have to prepare a new batch of garlic oil.

After washing up after dinner, I took the garbage out. I quickly washed my hands and took out my smartphone to take this snapshot of this sunset sky.

In a wealthy home there are dishes made of gold and

silver as well as some made from wood and clay.

The expensive dishes are used for guests,

and the cheap ones are used in the kitchen or to put garbage in.

If you stay away from sin you will be like one of these dishes

made of purest gold - the very best in the house - so that

Christ himself can use you for his highest purposes.

(2 Timothy 2:20-21, The Living Bible-TLB)

Smoked Duck, Salad, Long Bean & Rice Porridge

Early in the morning, while we were getting ready to go out for our morning walk, I received a voice message from our friend. It was to inform us that she had bought breakfast for us and wanted us to collect it on our way home because we were not allowed to dine-in.

We shared the 3 small pieces of roti canai. It was a filling breakfast after drinking our home made hot milo and Nescafe drink.

After breakfast, I went out to the garden to water my plants and harvested the above cucumber.

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LUNCH

For lunch, I steamed a small portion of the boneless smoked duck and cooked noodle for hubby. The liquid from the steamed smoked duck was used for mixing the noodle. I didn't want any noodle so I ate the potato, long bean and cucumber salad dressed with roasted sesame dressing.

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DINNER

I steamed the last portion of the boneless smoked duck for dinner.

I sauteed some home grown long beans with garlic and salt.

We had plain rice porridge with steamed smoked duck and sauteed long beans.

After washing up, I took the garbage out and took these snapshot of the evening sky at 7:18pm.

The sun has set behind the Kledang Hills.

This hibiscus plant is near where I placed my garbage. Can you see the burnt edges of the petals? I don't know what happened.

The other flower from the same plant was spared and its petals were not affected.

Linking to Wordless Wednesday & My Corner of the World.

Since he did not spare even his own Son for us

but gave him up for us all,

won't he also surely give us everything else?

(Romans 8:32, The Living Bible-TLB)

Roti Canai, Sweet Potato Tong Sui & Chicken Curry

This was a Sunday morning, 3rd day of MCO 2.0. The first voice message that came through my hand phone that early morning was from our friend. It was to inform that our breakfast was waiting for us to collect from her.

Roti canai - breakfast treat from our friend. At that time, I was waiting for the water to boil to make coffee for me and milo for hubby.

After breakfast, I went outside to sweep the porch area, water the plants and feed the guppies. Came back into the house to get ready for online church

Lunch.

After online church, I cooked sweet drink or tong sui with sweet potatoes, smashed old ginger, sugar and water.

That afternoon, the same friend called up again to inform that she had something for us and hubby went out the collect from her.

Chicken and potato curry from our friend.

Since we had curry, I blanched the above broccoli and drizzled with garlic oil, oyster and soy sauce.

While steaming the rice, I also cooked the last home made salted duck egg. I have another batch of salted egg that will be ready in a few days' time.

Used copperware and silverware at the Flea Market.

These 2 photos were taken in June, 2019.

Antique copperware and silverware at the Flea Market, Ipoh.

Linking to Happy Tuesday, Image-in-ing & Tuesday's Treasures.

When you remove dross from silver,

you have sterling ready for the silversmith.

When you remove corrupt men from the king's court,

his reign will be just and fair.

(Proverbs 25:4-5, The Living Bible-TLB)

Pineapple And Chicken Curry

I packed back the remaining curry gravy from our previous night's dinner at the restaurant. The curry was too good to be wasted. First, I boiled the pineapple chunks in some water and later added in the few pieces of chicken breast meat. Once the pineapple chunks have released its natural sweetness and the chicken meat is cooked, I added in the curry gravy and let it simmer for a few minutes. The taste and consistency of the curry turned out just nice. It was a slightly sweet, sourish, spicy dish and appetizing dish. 

Dinner Day #1

Scoop out half the portion for dinner and kept the remaining portion for next day's dinner.

There were 5 small pieces of roti prata or roti canai in a packet (Kraft brand).

I have tried 2 other brands and I bought this Kraft brand on my 3rd try. After frying over low heat, the roti canai turned out crispy on the outside, nice and chewy on the inside.

We had 2 pieces of roti canai each for dinner and I will heat up the remaining piece for my next day's lunch.

Our friend gave me 2 big guavas which I cut and pickled with salted plum. I gave one tub back to the friend, one tub to my neighbour and one tub for myself.

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Dinner Day #2

I heated up the remaining portion of curry.

The curry still looks good and tasted just as good.

I need to clear the remaining 3 eggs from the fridge, so I cooked onion omelette with the eggs.

Our friend gave me 2 bunches of paku pakis (edible fern shoots) which I used to cook with dried prawns, sambal belacan and coconut milk. I packed and sent half the portion back to our friend who doesn't cook.

3 simple dishes for dinner on a cool, rainy evening.

We had steamed rice to go with the above dishes.

My neighbour used to buy bananas for us. There was twice that the bananas took a very long time to ripen and most were not edible. I think the farmer harvested the bananas too early. In the end I had to used to bananas as compost.

The latest I received from her was this bunch of bananas which ripens within a few days. Some of these bananas have seeds and some without seeds. I am curious and wondered whether I can use the seeds to grow banana plants. Maybe I should collect some of the seeds to germinate and wait to see if they sprout.

The above light and fluffy sponge cakes were given by our neighbour.

Sponge cakes and hot coffee go well together.

Linking to Wordless Wednesday & My Corner of the World.

When others are happy, be happy with them.

If they are sad, share their sorrow.

Work happily together. Don't try to act big.

Don't try to get into the good graces of important people,

but enjoy the company of ordinary folks.

And don't think you know it all!

(Romans 12:15-16, The Living Bible-TLB)