VegeCurry

Vegetable Curry

A lot of chopping works to do, and a very economical local cuisine. Whole family meal and breakfast, lunch and dinner are settled with a big pot of white rice.

Tauhu sumbat, local tofu filled with fishmeat bought at Chinese market in Kuala Terengganu

Curry leaves, I have a pot of curry leaves planted in front of my house. The aroma  of the curry leaves is lingering around my fingers after I pluck them and remember, if possible ,instead of plucking the curry leaves with fingers, cutting the  matured curry leaves with scissors is being encouraged to do so, for not hurting the precious tree.

Fish balls from supermarket. Kids like them.

Taufopok, the local fried dried spongy taufu, easily available in any Chinese Sundry shop. 

Ready with taufupok and carrots.

Bendi, ladies' fingers. Make sure the young 'bendi'es are selected, the old bendies are hard to eat because of the aged texture.

Cut the taufupok into half , to let the curry gravy penetrate into it and the juicy sense of feeling makes this item great for any curry dishes. 

Frozen fish balls.

Chop the peeled carrots into the shape of wedges'

Cabbage.

Long beans, kacang panjang.

Wash, peel 

Bendi, young and crunchy with 'lendir', 

I like it, Aha, aha.

long beans, hands-break or cut them into 1-inch length.

Serai, Lemon-grass, beautiful and with tangy fragrant. It makes my day.

Tumbuk dengan penumbuk lesung, to make sure the best part of serai is ready to be cooked perfectly.

bendi

Soak the chopped kacang panjang in water to clean .

Cabbages.

Potatoes.

Peel.

Ready with ready-cook curry-paste.

Ha, this is the package of fish balls which my kids like to eat.

Fry the curry paste, no oil is added as it comes together with the packaging.

Must add it our own blended chilli, tamarind, ginger ...etc paste. To make sure the flavour is hot and spicy .

Self-made chilli-paste. The local people here call it as cilibo, can be blended and frozen and be used when needed. 

Fry in slow fire...

together with curry leaves, nice smell.

All the chopped stuffs are waiting to be put inside the wok, in orderly manner.

Then, serai is in...

Potato needs longer time to cook in wok, so these potatoes are waiting eagerly to be cooked in the next line-up.

Add some water to wok, to make sure the paste is not over-cooked.

Then , add in potatoes.

Stir.. and long beans...

carrots...

The coconut milk, the last 'hero' into the wok. Over-cooked coconut milk with turn into oil. So make sure , coconut milk is being put into the wok at the very last minute of cooking.

The line-up of my heroes in the waiting list.

Stir...

Add in cabbages

Stir...

Add in water...

Cook in 'big' fire.

Add in taufu sumbat and taufupok.

Fish balls..

Masak sehingga mendidih, menggelodak.

Cover-up with wok-cover, for cooking evenly and thoroughly.

Bendi, still waiting...

Coconut milk, still waiting...make sure it is always frozen at all time when not cooking. It spoils easily when expose to air, Defrost and cook promptly.    

Cook...

Cook...

Last, add in bendi

Add in defrost coconut milk.

Wash gula melaka, or local Terengganu people call it as gula kabung. A nice coconut sweet.

Add in the curry, it makes your curry tastes like kampung breeze.

Coconut milk is added when the potatoes are fully cooked. To check the cooked potatoes is to poke the potato with ladle. 

The great chef in action !

Time to eat.

Can tapao as well.

Finish-up the curry with white rice and a cup of coffee.  

Again, what a wonderful world.

Wife's recipes : Siakap Taucu

Wife's recipes : Siakap Taucu

First, fry siakap fish to brown and crispy, put aside the wok.

Then, fry chopped garlic, sliced ginger till fragrant and brownish.

Add taucu to fry

Add some hot water to simmer.

Add in red big chillies.

Add water, make sure water is enough to form enough taucu gravy, remember to cook in slow fire.

Add some white sugar to taste, brown sugar is alternative.

slow fire...

Add in black soy-sauce.

Sprinkle some pepper, grind-lada putih.

Light-soy , kicap cair

Some MSG, (optional)

Add in some starch solution, to thicken the gravy

Add some chung

Add in some qing cai

Beres

It's time to have dinner, can't wait anymore, I am starving.

Simple dinner, but nice. Eat together with chopped cili padi， 指天椒 if you enjoy hot and spicy food, like me, what a wonderful world.

等到有一天

Came  across something meaningful in my facebook.
Most  of the things in the world are beautiful in moderation.

【等到有一天，你或许没有机会】
--- 孙越
在今天，我们的房子越来越大，但是家庭越来越小。
我们的学位越来越高，常识却越来越少。
知识越来越多，判断力却越来越差。
我们有更多的专家，但是也有更多的问题。
医药越来越好，但健康越来越少。
我们花费太多，欢笑太少。
车开得太快，火气上来也更快。
睡得太晚，阅读太少，电视看得太多，而且祷告太少。
我们所拥有的资产倍增，但是价值却递减。
我们说得太多，但是爱心太少，且谎话连篇。
我们在生命中加增岁月，却没有在岁月中增长生命。
我们有越来越高的建筑，但也有越来越低的 EQ。
我们花费得更多，但拥有的更少。
我们可以征服外太空。但是却无法掌控内心世界。
我们可以分裂原子核，但是却无法挪去心中的偏见。
我们更多书写，却更少学习。 更多计画，却更少成就。
我们学会忙碌，但学不会等候。
我们的收入更高了，但道德更低了。
我们生产更多电脑，掌握更多资讯，但我们的沟通却更贫乏。
更多休闲却更少欢乐。更多食物却更少营养。
更多双收入家庭，但更高的离婚率。
更多千万豪宅，但却更多破碎的家庭。
我建议，在今天这样的世代，你不要保留任何事情到特殊的场合才做，
因为你活着的每一天都是特殊场合。
勤加阅读，追求知识，坐在你家的前廊上欣赏自然美景，无需汲汲营营於生活需要。
多花时间与家人及好友在一起，享受喜欢的食物，到你喜爱的地方去游览。
生命不只是为了存活，而是一连串愉快事件组成的的链条。
将你的水晶高脚杯拿出来，不要将你最好的香水存起来，任何时候你想要用的时候就用它吧。
把「有一天」「将来的某一天」从你的字典中删除。
现在就去写那一封，你曾经想过要等到「有一天」才来写的信。
让我们现在就告诉我们的家人我们多爱他们。
不要将会带给你欢笑及喜乐的任何事情拖延到未来。
每一天，每一小时，每一分钟都是特别的，而且你不知道那是否是你的最後一刻。
如果你太忙，以致於无法将这文章分享给你所爱的人，你告诉自己说，「等到有一天」我再分享。
那请你相信我 "等到有一天"，你或许没有机会再分享了。

How to deal with people, the right way.

Came across something nice in facebook. Trying to figure out the essence of the sayings.
Respect the old, and take care of their self-esteem.Give due recognition to grown-up men, do not ridicule them.Special attention must be given to women at all time and treat them as an individual with volatile EQ.Understand the open, frank and direct manners of the young men. On kids, accept their childishness. Put ourselves into their shoes, the world will be a better place.
   

My 1st Recording On Newly Bought Webcam

Webcam ; a simple and good stuff  as computer peripheral.
It serves many purposes  in my life.

大埔面Jalan Pudu

June 2013
Came across articles on hawkers and restaurants in Pudu, Kuala Lumpur.
I must spend some time to EAT in Kuala Lumpur.



吉隆坡半山芭肥婆鸡饭

November 2012

Visited Jalan Pasar via Jalan Pudu, came across with this Hakka Noodle Stall, with big crowd of customers waiting passionately for a bowl of typical Hakka Taipu minced meat noodle with a bowl of wanton soup. Nice to have this type of typical Chinese road side food after a long day walk in the metropolitan city.

I used to had this as dinner in Tampin ， Pulau Sebang, a border small town of N. Sembilan and Melaka. They called this noodle as Longkang Mee, literally translated as 'Noodles from the drain', but in proper Chinese 龙江面, it means it is originated from a place in China. But this time , The noodle is called 大埔面, I think it is also originated from a place in China called Daibu, Hakka as well.

The bowl of noodle comes with a bowl of wanton soup, floating and flirting in the typical Chinese bowl. Nice.

Lada Hijau Besar Jeruk, it is a must for any Chinese style noodle.

Costs RM5.00 for a medium sized bowl. A kind of 'walking down memory lane' when I sat on the stool in the road side wooden stall, surrounded by the crowd of people and slow moving cars along the lane.