Arrowroot + Lotus Root Soup & Steamed Brinjals

When we stepped out of our gate for morning walk, a lovely sunrise greeted us.

Sunrise at 7:07am.

Since I am already feeling very much better, I spent some time tidying up the garden.

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I haven't been cooking since my gastric problem started. Feeling energized, I decided to cook dinner yesterday evening.

Arrowroot (fan kok) + lotus root + carrot + red dates + goji berries + pork bones.

I had some home grown green brinjals and 1 purple brinjal in my fridge. Normally I will steamed the brinjals and later peel off the skin.                                    Compared to the purple brinjals, the skin of green brinjals is thin which makes it difficult for peeling. When cooked, I left the skin on the brinjals, slit them in half and drizzled them with oyster and soy sauce and garlic oil down the centre. The brinjals were soft and nice but the single purple brinjal took a longer time to soften. If you don't like to eat the skin, you can easily scrap off the soft flesh from the skin.

Linking to Skywatch Friday.

Since we, God's children, are human beings - made of flesh and

blood - he became flesh and blood too by being born in human form;

for only as a human being could he die and

in dying break the power of the devil who had the power of death.

(Hebrews 2:14, The Living Bible-TLB)

Fried Sardine + Pickled Mustard Green & Korean Luncheon Meat

I have a few home grown tomatoes in the fridge. Since they are home grown, I prefer to eat them raw.

I cut the chilled home grown tomatoes into wedges and drizzled Kewpie roasted sesame dressing on them.

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The following were the canned food I used to prepare dinner. They were bought during MCO.

1 small can of fried sardine.

1 small can of pickled mustard green.

I poured the fried sardine into a small bowl. I took out the pickled mustard green and sliced it. I placed the sliced mustard green on top of the fried sardine. Before serving, I steamed it for a few minutes.

There was 1 can of Korean luncheon meat.

Fried sliced luncheon meat.

Steamed home grown long green okras and green brinjals (eggplants), topped with crunchy chili oil and sprinkling of soy sauce.

This was our dinner with plain brown rice porridge.

Now, I am happy to have cleared some of the canned food.

This mural was found on the wall of a nearby Chinese school.

I took this snapshot in March, 2020.

I think this mural has been replaced by another mural.

Linking to Monday Mural.

But you must be careful not to brag about

being put in to replace the branches that were broken off.

Remember that you are important only because

you are now a part of God's tree;

you are just a branch, not a root.

(Romans 11:18, The Living Bible-TLB)

Prawn Noodles, Steamed Prawns & Steamed Brinjals

Our day started early with a snapshot of the sky before our morning walk.

Sunrise at 6:48am

Sunrise at 7am

Sunrise at 7:03am

7:06am

7:08am

7:15am

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Breakfast at Restoran Lou Fa Fa Lou (Restaurant 6886),

Bandar Baru Menglembu.

2 bowls of prawn noodles.

We asked for wonton noodle instead of yellow noodle.

Prawn noodle with 2 prawns, fish cake slices and half boiled egg. The extra half egg was from hubby's bowl and we added some fried beancurd sheet.

Fish crackers.

We also bought some fried snacks from this shop.

Fried crunchy bean curd sheet.

This is worth buying again on our next trip.

Green brinjal from my garden.

Dark purple brinjal from my garden.

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Home cooked dinner.

I used both the green and purple brinjals for steaming. After steaming, I sprinkled garlic oil, oyster and soy sauce over the brinjals.

Steamed prawns with ginger strips, goji berries and raisin wine.

Steamed rice with steamed prawns and steamed brinjals.

Steaming is simple and easy and healthier.

Linking to Friday Bliss, Skywatch Friday & Garden Affair.

Instead, we will lovingly follow the truth at all times - speaking truly,

dealing truly, living truly - and so become more and more

in every way like Christ who is the Head of his body, the Church.

Under his direction, the whole body is fitted together perfectly,

and each part in its own special way helps the other parts,

so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.

(Ephesians 4:15-16, The Living Bible-TLB)

Sambal Tumis Stinky Beans With Prawns & Steamed Brinjals

This was a Thursday morning. Weather warm and hardly any breeze.

Dawn at 6:56am

Stop by the roadside to buy 1 packet of nasi lemak (rice cooked with coconut milk) and add 1 spicy sambal chicken drumstick.

Leftover fried wonton noodle.

Our shared breakfast.

Fragrant Gardenia bloom from my garden.

My simple lunch: Toast with marmalade jam and Bru coffee with nestum. Hubby went out to buy fried noodle (no photo to show).

Harvested 1 purple brinjal or eggplant or aubergine.

Also harvested 4 green brinjals.

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Home cooked dinner

Sambal tumis Stinky beans and prawns. I used instant sambal tumis paste.

Steamed homegrown green and purple brinjals and drizzled with garlic oil, oyster and soy sauce.

I gave some angled luffa to my neighbour and they blessed us in return when they cooked the angled luffa.

Yummy and delicious dinner for 2 people.

Sunset at 7:43pm

Linking to Wordless Wednesday & My Corner of the World.

I am the LORD, and there is no other; apart from me there is no God.

I will strengthen you, though you have not acknowledged me,

so that from the rising of the sun to the place of its setting

people may know there is none besides me.

(Isaiah 45:5-6, New International Version-NIV)

Black Vinegar Pig's Leg & Pan Fried Prawn With Sambal Dried Prawn.

I am back to my home cooking. As long as I can harvest something from my garden, I will try to cook something for dinner. I harvested some Chinese chives and Malabar Spinach from my garden to cook for the 1st dinner which we shared with friends.

1st Dinner

I fried egg omelette with the Chinese chives.

I cooked Black Vinegar Pig's Leg with wood fungus, black beans and ginger.

Blanched Malabar Spinach and drizzled with garlic oil, oyster and soy sauce.

My friend contributed Petai with prawn sambal.

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Next day, we received 2 white corns from our friends.

Steamed sweet white corns for lunch. Very sweet and juicy.

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2nd Dinner

Trying to clear whatever vegetable from the fridge.

Home cooked dinner for 2 people.

Steamed home grown eggplants or aubergine and spread with sambal dried prawn paste.

Pan fried prawns and mixed with sambal dried prawn paste.

Steamed home grown red and green okras and served with sambal belacan.

Bauhinia Kockiana flowers from my garden.

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Rukun Negara (5 principles) 

1. Belief in God, 2. Loyalty to King and Country, 3. Supremacy of the Constitution

4. Rule of Law, 5. Courtesy and Morality (taken from Wikipedia)

Mural on a school wall.

The National Monument is a sculpture that commemorates those who died in Malaysia's struggle for freedom, principally against the Japanese occupation during World War II and the Malayan Emergency, which lasted from 1948 until 1960. It is located in the Federal capital, Kuala Lumpur. (Taken from Wikipedia)

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

For, dear brothers, you have been given freedom;

not freedom to do wrong, but freedom to love and serve each other.

For the whole Law can be summed up in this one command:

"Love others as you love yourself."

(Galatians 5:13-14, The Living Bible-TLB)