The common bendi (or okra / ladies fingers) we often eat with curry or stir fried, is quite a nutritious vegetable (especially if grown organically). It is also one of my favourite vegetables which could be eaten steamed, stir fried with chili or even raw!
The Okra plant also thrive quite well in our weather and could be planted and cultivated from pots, if you have a garden and green fingers. It is from the cotton family and originates from the Nile, North Africa and the Middle East. It was discovered about 3,500 years ago in Ethiopia. The . . . → Read More: Okra (Ladies Fingers) For Health
I tasted the best ever tosai when I went on holiday in New Delhi, India (it is called Dosa there) and ever since I have been in search of a shop that makes tosai as good as the New Delhi dosa, or at least, taste very close to it. Sadly, it is not easy to find. Most of the shops I went to either sell really stale tosai or well, just horridly sour-tasting tosai.
Although most local tosai (sold commercially) have a sourish tinge, so I thought it was supposed to taste like this. Then, I was told by . . . → Read More: The Tosai Shop
On busy days when I do not feel like cooking a lot of different dishes, I will take the easy way out by cooking an all-in-one dish such as the mixed bean rice. It can be eaten as is, without accompanying dishes, and it is also nutritious! Lentils are a good source of protein.
Instead of buying different beans, I bought a packet of organic mixed beans for this recipe. So, here is a recipe for mixed bean rice for busy days:
Although I have often seen these special snacks being sold at markets and roadsides, I have actually not tasted Putu Mayong or Putu Piring when I was small. The first time I tasted these wonderfully unique snacks was about 10 years ago.
It was a waste that I did not discover these snacks earlier on! However, ever since I first tasted my putu mayong, I have been trying the putu mayong of every stall I came across. Still, my favourite stall will have to be this one in Pulau Tikus at a corner coffee shop next to the market:
The popularity of organic food is on the rise with more people realising the unhealthy effects of consuming foods that are laced with pesticides and are genetically modified. Most of the time, I do buy organic vegetables mainly because it tastes better and does not contain pesticides. Pesticides, even those approved, are linked to cancer and other serious diseases.
So, for a healthier lifestyle, I am slowly making a change to go for organic food. If anything, it is better to prevent than cure, especially with studies and research showing that children received four times more exposure to pesticides . . . → Read More: Organic and Vegetarian Food
It is the Duan Wu Jie or Dumpling Festival and we do not need a better reason than to indulge in glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo leaves (or lotus leaves). The only dumplings I really love are the ones made by my grandmother. Home made dumplings are always better than those commercial dumplings.
I pestered my grandmother for the recipe of bak chang or ham yoke chung (pork dumplings) so that I could learn to make it myself (one of these days…) and also to share with this blog’s readers. It is a very tedious process and the . . . → Read More: Make your own bak chang (dumplings)
When we talk about Penang Tau Sar Pneah and Tambun Pneah, the first two shops people think of are Ghee Hiang along Beach Street (now in Macalister Road too) and Him Heang along Burmah Road. Although Ghee Hiang is one of the oldest shops to be selling tau sar pneah and is quite famous, the quality of their tau sar pneah is sadly not so good anymore. In fact, it has nosedived so much that the only thing I ever buy from Ghee Hiang is their sesame seed oil which is still good.
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