Day 138 : Seafood Paella

SEAFOOD PAELLA

This evening, Justine is helping her dad in the kitchen. They are going to prepare a spanish one pot dish known as Paella. This Paella dish is also another one of Bryan's specialty. 

3 Simple Steps:

1. Boil the Stock.

2. Blend the Ingredients.

3. Fry the Grains.

1. Boil the Stock.

Boil the shells from the prawns in filtered water.

2. Blend the Ingredients.

garlic, onions, chillies and tomatoes.

3. Fry the Grains.

Saute garlic, onions and chillies.

Toss in coriander leaves.

Add blended ingredients.

Add squid.

Add grains.

Add seasalt and one cube of chicken stock (no msg).

Pour in the stock.

Close the lid and allow the rice to simmer for a bit.

Half-way through, add onion rings and prawns.

 Add bell peppers, french peas and mushrooms.

Close the lid and allow the rice to cook.

 Hmmm ... Would You look at the fluffy rice?

It's absolutely tantalizing!

Justine had 3 bowls of her Dad's Paella!

The rice is extremely tasty with the homemade stock.

Today, I had one shake of The Green Drink and 

sandwiches for lunch. Skipped dinner (didn't feel well).

I only had the Paella the day after, and my, 

was it absolutely delicious or what!
The rice was amazing! :D

Time of Posting : Friday 19/11 @ 7:41pm

Day 137 : Pressure-Cooked Lamb Rice

LAMB RICE

in the Pressure Cooker

This evening, I am preparing lamb rice with the pressure cooker. There is another 2 pieces of lamp chops in the freezer. I had thawed and marinated the meat the night before with seasalt, mirin, shoyu, dark sauce and brown rice vinegar. 


This is a simple dish to prepare. :D

3 Simple Steps :

1. Cook the Lamb.

2. Fry the Grains.

3. Add the Rest.

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1. Cook the Lamb.

Place the marinated lamb in the pressure cooker pot. 

Pour in whatever marinate that is left in the container. 

Add a little bit of water. About half a small cup.

Close lid and turn the flame on.

I'm sorry I have to omit the photo for this step.

 

2. Fry the Grains. 

Meanwhile, I'm sauteing garlic, onions and 

ginger in sesame seed oil in my 2nd pressure cooker pot.

Add mustard seeds. Add half a cube of mushroom stock.

 The aroma is just simply amazing. :D

Take a deep sniff ... Can You smell that???

Ooohhhh ...

 Add the Rice Grains.

I am using two portions of brown rice 

to one portion of white.

Add seasalt and organic shoyu.

Fry Fry Fry.

3. Add the Rest.

Toss in the carrots and mushrooms.

Add the required amount of water.

The lamb should be ready by now. 

Remove and place on top of the rice grains. 

Toss in some coriander leaves and 

a handful of dried chillies (pre-soaked).

Close the lid. 

Allow the pressure cooker 

to take over from here.

 Ta--dahhh!

When the red button drops to indicate 

that the contents are ready, leave it for another 

20 minutes or so before opening the lid.

The whole house now smells yummy!

Bryan is in Penang. Since dinner is just for Justine and myself, I didn't bother to make a side salad. The rice smells so awesome, we couldn't wait to have our dinner. The lamb is out of this world and the rice is flavorsome and tasty. Divine, absolutely divine! :D

This is Justine's plate. :D

I had my one shake of The Green Drink this morning, 

flour noodles for lunch and lamb rice for dinner.

To Sum Up

1 shake & 2 meals

No Juice. Fruit. Hemoberry. Water. Milo. Chrysanthemum Tea.

Time of Posing : Wed 17/11 @ 2:09pm

TOUJOURS LA VIE SKIN CARE

Day 136 : Fried Turnip

 FRIED TURNIP

Bangkuang Char (Hokkien Dialect)

My mother calls me this afternoon and says to go over to her place for dinner. Bryan is in Penang. So Justine and I went over to her condo, which is the next block to ours, at about 7pm. 

My mother has cooked curry chicken and a turnip dish. 

On this entry, I'm gonna write on the turnip dish. It's a really nice dish to eat with rice, or it could be the filling for a salad wrap. As my mother did not take any photos of the process (obviously), I'm gonna curi some photos from the internet. 

The above photo is her dish though. :D

3 Simple Step :

1.  Shred the Veg.

2. Rinse the Veg.

3. Fry the Veg

Bright Green Chinese Celery.

 Vibrant Orange Carrot.

 Pure White Turnip.

3. Fry the Turnip 

Saute garlic and shallots until fragrant.

Add prawns.

Add organic shoyu and pepper.

Add turnip. 

Add some water and allow to simmer.

When the turnip looks soft, 

add the carrots and celery.

Carrots and celery are added later,

to retain the vibrant colors.

Simple enough, right?

 Curry Chicken is always a hit in my mother's place.

 Bon Appetite!

This morning, I had my shake of The Green Drink, 

fried kuey teow for lunch, cheese sandwich for tea, 

the above for dinner and instant noodles for supper.

No juice. No fruit. Sigh, a temporary setback.

Time of Posting : Tuesday 16/11 @ 8:20 am

Photos of the 3 vegetables are taken from the blog Food Travel Recipe & Sights.

Day 135 : Spaghetti / Cheese Burger Omelette Sandwich

SPAGHETTI IN OLIVE OIL

WITH BLANCHED VEGETABLES

We had a heavy late lunch today (scroll down below). 

We're all still kinda stuffed, so I'm just gonna whip up a simple pasta dinner. I am boiling the water half-way when I discover that I don't have enough pasta noodles for 3. Only for one portion. Using the same ingredients, I'm gonna make one portion of pasta for Justine, and fry some (leftover) rice for Bryan and myself. :D

3 Simple Steps :

1. Blanch Vegetables.

2. Saute Ingredients.

3. Add Pasta.

1. Blanch Vegetables.

cauliflower, green peas and carrots.

Boil the pasta at the same time in 

salted water until al dente.

2. Saute Ingredients.

Saute garlic (cut length-wise) in olive oil. 

Add chopped chillies.

3. Add Pasta.

Toss in the pasta noodles. 

Add water. Add seasalt and black pepper.

Repeat the same steps with the rice. 

Add organic dark and light Shoyu. 

Add an egg. :D

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LUNCH

Bryan made burger sandwiches for lunch. 

Why sandwiches, You may ask?

Well, we have some beef burger pattie in the freezer but no burger buns. Being a Sunday, we were too lazy to drive out to the store just to get the buns. So, we are having our burger with brown sandwich bread instead. That, we have. I think Bryan feels compelled to turn his masterpiece into a square shape to fit the bread nicely, and so he kinda hid the round burger in an omelette-parcel. :D

CHEESE BURGER OMELETTE SANDWICH

1. Fry the Pate.

Use a masher to sear the pate on both sides. 

When ready, transfer to a side plate.

2. Fry an Omelette.

Beat an egg and butter the pan before pouring the egg in.

Place the burger in the middle, and a cheese on top.

3. Fold the Omelette.

Here's your burger cheese omelette- parcel. :D

He stir-fries some chopped mushrooms with shoyu for the topping, and garnish with raw onions and chilly strips; pan toasts two slices of bread, spread butter on one side and mayonnaise on the other before transferring the parcel on one slice. Cover the parcel up with the other slice, and enjoy the sandwich with lots of ketchup! :D

Day 134 : Chicken Rice (Dine Out)

CHICKEN RICE 

(along Jalan Gasing, Petalng Jaya)

This evening, we are too tired to cook dinner. We have just had our school's concert and we are bushed. Since Justine and her aunty are attending the Sunset Mass at St Francis Xavier church, we decide to have dinner in a chicken rice restaurant nearby.

The lotus soup with pork ribs is simply amazing!

Crunchy bean sprouts.

 Here's my plate.

Hmmm-mmm-mmm. :D

There's just something about chicken rice I always enjoy and it's the fragrant oily rice with the chilly sauce. Pass the fork and spoons, please ... :D Yes, we must be civilized when in public.

Time of Posting : Monday 8:28am

Day 133 : Mixed Vegetable Rice

MIXED VEGETABLE RICE

This evening, we are preparing a simple dinner of mixed vegetables and a potato stew.

3 Simple Steps : 

1. Fry the Vegetables.

2. Stew the Potatoes.

3. Mix with Rice.

The Vegetables.

 1. Fry the Vegetables.

Stir-fry the tempeh first in sesame seed oil. 

Add organic dark sauce, seasalt and mirin 

(a healthier choice to sugar).

Dish out and set aside.

 Saute garlic and onions in sesame seed oil until fragrant. 

Toss in all the vegetables except for the tomatoes.

Add shoyu. Add water. 

Just before dishing out to serving plate, 

add the tomatoes. Close lid and count to 10. :D

Transfer to a serving dish.

Scatter the caramelized tempeh on top.

2. Stew the Potatoes.

Shave the potatoes a the peeler 

and chop some mushrooms stalks.

Saute garlic and onions in sesame seed oil.

Add the potatoes. Add the stalks. 

Add water. Add oyster sauce.

Simmer on low heat until potatoes are cooked.

Transfer to a serving dish and garnish with some chillies.

3. Mix with Rice.

This reminds me of how I used to take my food when I was kid. Everything is mixed together with the rice. It would have been good had we made some sambal belacan or even add a little marmite to the rice. I didn't bother with those. I just relied on my - fingers ! :D

Oh, yummy for the tummy!

This morning, I had my one shake of The Green Drink, Kopitiam Breakfast Set, Kuey Teow Noodle Soup for lunch 

and the above for dinner.

To Sum Up 

1 shake & 3 meals (yikes!)

No juice. No fruit. Tea. Milk Tea. Water. Hemoberry.

Time of Posting : Monday @ 8:10am