Salted Chicken, Wild Boar Rendang & Green Amaranth

It was a day with overcast sky.

Morning sky.

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A friend came to visit and we received a salted chicken, which we heated up for dinner by steaming.

The price of a salted chicken is almost RM30. Inside the cavity of the chicken, you can find 2 pieces of "tong kwai" (Chinese herb).

Wild boar curry rendang bought from an Indian stall.

Home grown green amaranth in soup and egg.

We had the above with steamed brown rice.

A dear friend propagated this plant for me.

I think this is the Cranberry hibiscus.

Wall mural: 2 kids on a paper plane.

The mural is now quite faded. 

Linking to Monday Mural.

The shallow, rocky soil represents the heart of a man

who hears the message and receives it with real joy,

but he doesn't have much depth in his life,

and the seeds don't root very deeply,

and after a while when trouble comes,

or persecution begins because of his beliefs,

his enthusiasm fades, and he drops out.

(Matthew 13:20-21, The Living Bible-TLB)

Salted Chicken & Cucumber Cooked With Bean Curd Knots

When I woke up, I thought I heard drizzling but it was not.

Sunrise at 7:05, setting out on our morning walk.

I found the above and below photos in my folder which I took before they were removed after the Chinese New Year celebration. These red lanterns brightened up the grey sky.

The year of the Tiger, Chinese New Year 2022.

I miss eating roast pork but currently many people are queuing up for this. Many are back from outstation for the "Cheng Beng" festival and roast pork is one of the hot items for visitors and also for some, it is one of the items for prayer. "Cheng Beng" is when family members visited the graves of love ones to clear, sweep and pray. So it is better to wait till the "cheng beng" period is over to enjoy roast pork.

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What we had for dinner.

Salted chicken from our neighbour. She brought back from Kampar.

Home grown cucumbers cooked with bean curd knots.

This was our dinner without any rice.

The night was quite cold, so we each had a cup of hot milo to warm up.

Linking to Wordless Wednesday & My Corner of the World.

As long as the earth remains,

there will be springtime and harvest,

cold and heat, winter and summer, day and night.

(Genesis 8:22, The Living Bible-TLB)

Salted Chicken & Salad For Dinner

On this Tuesday morning, we got back in time to catch this lovely sunrise. I took these snapshots outside my house the moment we reached home.

Sunrise at 7:15am

Sunrise and a lone bird on the power line.

Time to sweep the porch area and water my plants.

A pink hibiscus and flower buds by the roadside in front of somebody's house.

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After reaching home, hubby went out on his motorcycle to buy breakfast.

He bought fried rice vermicelli with pork slices and prawns (prawns hidden underneath the noodle). I took a few mouthful of this noodle.

Leftover sambal sardine.

Sambal sardine on cream crackers for me.

This is my simple and yummy kind of breakfast.

A close up of the pink hibiscus we passed by on our walk home.

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Dinner

My neighbour gifted us a salted chicken for our dinner.

To heat up, I steamed the chicken inside its wrappers.

Cucumber and tomatoes.

Boiled 2 medium sized potato.

1 big onion.

Roasted Sesame Salad Dressing for the salad.

I couldn't find Kewpie roasted sesame dressing in Billion Mart, so I bought the above Hellmann brand to try. A product of Philippians.

I didn't cook any rice. The above was more than enough for both of us. We kept half the salad ingredient in the fridge for next day.

Linking to Friday Bliss, Skywatch Friday & Garden Affair.

Day by day the Lord takes care of the innocent,

and they will receive an inheritance that lasts forever.

They will not be disgraced in hard times;

even in famine they will have more than enough.

(Psalm 37:18-19, New Living Translation-NLT)

What We Ate On 64th Day MCO

I woke up yesterday morning about 5:00 am. I did a bit of reading and prayer, and followed by 30 minutes of walking exercise at home. After that hubby and I went for our morning walk outside our house.

Beautiful sunrise at 6:57 am.

Sunrise at 7:00 am. 

 Morning sky at 7:10 am.

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We went out in one car to buy breakfast from our regular coffee shop.

 Fish noodle with shaoxing wine.

This is the 2nd time we had fish noodle this week.

 Side order: 2 pieces of tofu cake and 2 bean curd rolls.

As usual, we ordered 1 pax to be shared by 2 people.

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Lunch for 2 people

Freshly fried: 2 masala vadai, 2 medu vadai and 1 fried taro.

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It was about 5:00 pm and I was in front of my PC when suddenly there was a very loud thunder. I quickly shut off my PC and unplugged all my electrical appliances. Surprisingly, at that time the sky was bright with no sign of rain. About 15 to 20 minutes later, there was a freak storm consisting of heavy rain, strong wind, thunder, lightning, and hailstones, all happening at the same time.

A friend took this snapshot of the hailstones she collected and forwarded to me. The hailstones in our area were about the same size that she had in her hand.

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Easy to prepare dinner.

This is the 2nd salted chicken given by my neighbour. To heat up the chicken, I steamed it. Hubby and I had half a chicken each. 

 I cooked home grown snake beans with the remaining stinky beans (petai) with a bit of sambal paste. 

 Our dinner without any rice. 

I cut 1 papaya (given by my neighbour) into 2 portion.

1 portion I kept in the fridge.

The other portion to be shared by hubby and I.

Nice decoration at the Gopeng Gaharu Tea Valley.

This snapshot was taken in Sept, 2019.

He placed springs in the valleys

and streams that gush from the mountains.

They give water for all the animals to drink.

There the wild donkeys quench their thirst,

and the birds nest beside the streams and

sing among the branches of the trees.

(Psalm 104:10-12, The Living Bible-TLB)

Fish Noodle And Mint Basmathi Rice With Mutton Kurma

It started raining on Saturday evening and continued the whole night. It was still drizzling when we woke up on Sunday morning (yesterday, 61st day MCO).

 Morning sky at 7:10 am.

By the time I took the above snapshot, the rain had stopped in time for our morning walk.

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Breakfast

After our morning walk, hubby went out on his motorbike to buy breakfast.

 He bought 1 pax of fish noodle with Shaoxing wine added.

Big portion, enough for 2 people.

 Hubby's bowl with 4 pieces of fish and 1 fish cake.

 My bowl with 4 pieces of fish and 1 fish cake.

I like to soak the cut chili padi in the hot soup.

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Lunch

 We came to know about the above lunch promotion by Martin Food Caterer. A friend wanted 1 pax, so hubby ordered 2 pax. Hubby and I shared 1 pax. Food delivery service is provided but hubby went to collect on his own.

 Lunch set - 1 pax.

 Boneless mutton kurma.

 Red chicken or ayam masak merah.

 Mixed vegetable.

 Mint Basmathi rice or nasi pudina.

Overall, it was a delicious lunch.

There is another promotion this Sunday, 24th May.

Are we ordering this? We have not decided yet.

Sweet mangoes for dessert

 When my friend came to collect her lunch set, she gave us the above cookies (hup toh soh).

 We were blessed with 2 big papayas by our neighbour.

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Sweet Porridge

I boiled sweet porridge (tong sui) with barley, gingko nuts and bean curd sheet. 

 The bean curd sheets break up into tiny pieces after boiling.

 I like the soft barley and of course, my favourite is the ginkgo nuts.

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My neighbour returned home from work and she bought for us salted chickens.

 There were 2 salted chickens inside this paper bag and the chickens were still warm.

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Dinner

Since there were salted chickens, I decided not to cook dinner.

I kept 1 salted chicken in the fridge, and we had 1 chicken for dinner.

I didn't cook any rice so we ate the salted chicken with barley and ginkgo sweet porridge.

God's laws are perfect.

They protect us, make us wise, and give us joy and light.

God's laws are pure, eternal, just.

They are more desirable than gold.

They are sweeter than honey dripping from a honeycomb.

For they warn us away from harm

and give success to those who obey them.

(Psalm 19:7-11, The Living Bible-TLB)