Yam Rice & Peppery Soup, Durians & Mangosteen

The following photos were taken on our morning walk.

Sunrise at 7:09am.

Sunrise at 7:10am.

Sunrise at 7:23am.

Hubby knows I love yam rice. On this particular Wednesday, he took me to this food court called Pusat Makanan Enam Enam in Bercham.

The stall selling the yam rice is inside the food court.

I picked some fish and meat balls to be cooked in pepper soup. I also ordered a bowl of yam rice.

You can choose from the many varieties available.

There are many pieces of yam and other ingredients in the rice.

Hubby also ordered a bowl of yam rice.

For the soup, he picked pork belly, stomach and intestine to be cooked in pepper soup. They also have plain clear soup if you don't want the pepper soup. You can also pick vegetables for the soup.

I ordered a small plate of vegetable acar from the roast meat rice stall.

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After lunch, we went to buy durians. I don't know the place or the name of the shop. All I know is that there were baskets full of durians placed in front of the 2 shops. The durians were sold at RM5, RM8, RM10 and onwards per kilo. This was about 3 weeks ago. That day, we bought around RM50 worth of durians. 

Upon reaching home, we opened all the durians. We ate all we want and packed the rest in containers to be place in the freezer to be enjoyed later. The chilled durians taste like durian ice creams.

I also bought about 3 kilos of mangosteens at RM7 per kilo.

Mangosteen is one of my favourite fruits. Mangosteen is a seasonal fruit and we only get to enjoy it once or twice a year at the same time as the durian season. Unfortunately, mangosteen is no longer a cheap fruit.

The fruit is white, soft and taste sweet. Inside the white flesh is a seed. Be careful not to get the stain from the skin onto your clothing. Not easy to remove the stubborn stain.

Linking to Wordless Wednesday & My Corner of the World.

If he sows to please his own wrong desires,

he will be planting seeds of evil and

he will surely reap a harvest of spiritual decay and death;

but if he plants the good things of the Spirit,

he will reap the everlasting life that the Holy Spirit gives him.

(Galatians 6:8, The Living Bible-TLB)

Prawns Tom Yam Soup, Vegetable Acar & Visitors In My Garden

I was craving for tom yam soup. I had 2 tubs of frozen prawns and I took out 1 tub to thaw. The ingredients needed were all available.

Ingredients used for cooking the above tom yam soup:

Lemon grass, galanggal, bird's eye chilies, lime juice, kaffir lime leaves, tomatoes, prawns, fish sauce, salt & sugar to taste. 

Hubby and I had double helpings of this prawn tom yam soup.

Thinking of this appetizing soup makes my mouth waters.

Another of our favourite - vegetable acar.

I can even eat this as a snack!

We can never get bored with these 2 dishes.

Our delicious home cooked dinner.

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The following are snapshots of the House Sparrows that visited my garden on afternoon.

I was sitting in front of my computer when I heard tapping on the glass of the louvre window. I turned to look and I saw this little bird just outside my window. Was it trying to get my attention? I quickly grabbed my hand phone.

Then it flew to this flower pot near the window. It was chirping away as if to say, "Hurry up, I am here to pose for you!"

These snapshots were taken from inside my sitting room, through the glass.

Then another bird came to join in.

They were having a nice bird conversation.

If only I can understand bird language. 

They didn't stay still in one spot.

My hands were beginning to feel tired holding the phone.

Just then, one flew up onto the side wall.

And then followed by the other bird.

As if to say, the photography session is over.

Have a Happy Easter Weekend!

Linking to Saturday's Critters.

Jesus realized they wanted to ask him so he said,

"Are you asking yourselves what I mean?

The world will greatly rejoice over what is going to happen to me,

and you will weep.

But your weeping shall suddenly be turned to wonderful joy

when you see me again!

It will be the same joy as that of a woman in labor

when her child is born - her anguish gives place

to rapturous joy and the pain is forgotten.

You have sorrow now, but I will see you again and

then you will rejoice; and no one can rob you of that joy.

(John 16:19-22, The Living Bible-TLB)

Drunken Prawn Soup, Long Beans Omelette & Vegetable Acar

We went out for our morning walk and as usual, we stopped at our regular coffee shop for our favourite coffee. Lately, we see an increase in the early morning customers dining-in the coffee shop, which is a good sign that business is picking up. Walking home, I took snapshots of the sunrise and clear blue sky with white clouds.

Sunrise at 7:33am.

7:35am

7:40am

7:42am

7:44am

The current weather is a mixture of sunny days with intermittent rainfall.

White bougainvillea by the roadside in front of a residential house.

We also passed by this variegated purplish bougainvillea.

Both photos are from the same plant.

For this dinner, I managed to clear a tub of frozen prawns and a packet of vegetable acar.

Home grown long beans omelette.

Appetizing vegetable acar

Drunken Prawns Soup - very flavourful.

(Ingredients: Prawns, cauliflower, ginger strips, goji berries, spring onion, sesame oil and Chinese cooking wine)

Linking to Friday Bliss, Skywatch Friday & Garden Affair.

Don't act thoughtlessly, but try to find out

and do whatever the Lord wants you to.

Don't drink too much wine, for many evils lie along that path;

be filled instead with the Holy Spirit and controlled by him.

(Ephesians 5:17-18, The Living Bible-TLB)

Roast Chicken Drummets, Vegetable Acar & Noodle For Dinner

By the time we reached home from our morning walk, the sunrise was partially covered by dark cloud. 

Sunrise at 7:40am.

The weather forecast reported that it might rain later in the morning.

Someone has planted okra plants in these black plastic bags and placed them in a row outside the concrete wall of his house.

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Back in my home garden.

One of my eggplant seedlings.

Flowers of the green eggplant.

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Home cooked dinner

Roast chicken drummets.

Vegetable acar, bought from hubby's friend shop @ RM8.

Dried noodle cooked in boiling water and drizzled with garlic oil.

Simple dinner for 2 people.

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Aquarium fish photos by Joshua.

Corydoras sterbai (center) and Neon tetras (small fishes).

Corydoras sterbai, nicknamed Cory-cat is a member of the catfish family and is a popular freshwater aquarium fish. This specie can only grown to about 2 to 3 inches as an adult.

Corydoras are bottom feeders, helping to clean up food debris on the bottom of the tank.

Linking to Saturday's Critters & Garden Affair.

In everything you do, stay away from complaining and arguing

so that no one can speak a word of blame against you.

You are to live clean, innocent lives as children of God in a

dark world full of people who are crooked and stubborn.

Shine out among them like beacon lights,

holding out to them the Word of Life.

(Philippians 2:14-16, The Living Bible-TLB)