Friday 17 June 2016

A Tad of Spice

Spicy food, but not overly spicy has been one of my favourite food from a very young age. I like the spiciness to be just a tad spicy but not overly until it affected the whole of your taste bud and you need to fan yourself to keep cool or by drinking a lot of water. My husband and son, Jonathan also enjoys lightly spiced food and meals though not so often. 

My favourite blends of spices to use for stir fried vegetable are actually just a few ingredients, mostly, ground turmeric, garam masala of  your liking I like ground coriander, ginger and chilli, powdered garlic or freshly peeled, a bit of cooking oil a handful of cardamom seed and some vegetables of your choices, I like Broccoli, cauliflower and green peas with some diced potatoes and tomatoes.  The cooking process is very simple, just heat your wok with a tablespoon of oil, fry the sliced or powdered garlic together with the rest of the ground spices and throw in all the vegetables to stir fry until all are coated with the spices, add a dash of seasoning salt and simmer with a little water until tender but still crunchy. Dished it out onto a bowl or plate and enjoy the dish with rice or bread.

curry Potatoes and Peas
Stir Fry Broccoli and Tomatoes


Thursday 9 June 2016

Gray Long tailed Monkey

Natures abound in the place where I lived, and at certain time of the day one will be able to view a group of Gray Long Tailed Monkeys perching on the fence and walking along it. I am quite intimidated by these primates. I will try to walk a distance from it if I were to spot any sitting on the fences. They are fun to watch as they try to grab anything they see and sometimes they will make a quick threatening gaze at you and make the person in a hurry to scurry far away. There are felines around too, and they were being fed by a kind neighbour every morning with cat food. 

Gray long tailed Monkey Perching on Top of the Fence

Thursday 2 June 2016

Purple Capsicum

Nowadays my diet consists more of a variety of vegetables and some chicken meats. I find it easier to digest and it is not so heavy a meal to eat. Recently, while shopping in a supermarket, I was astounded and very much in awe when I came across a deep purple capsicum variety, for I only knew of the more common varieties, green, red and yellow. It is quite a surprise to find a deep purple coloured Capsicum. It’s pretty though, I actually like the colour. I cannot help admiring it and after a few days I went back to find that it was almost sold out, the next time I definitely will not hesitate to buy and try it.      


Purple Capsicum, among the more common varieties
      
Deep Purple Capsicum, nice colour