: : Granny’s Cooking : :

Bad day at work. Still, bright side was that Granny made one of my favourite veggie dish : fried mangkuang with strips of dried cuttlefish and pork. She didn’t add the small prawns or the black mushrooms inside but it still tasted good. The pork can be subtituted with chicken or just use prawn. Beef is a bit too strong for this dish Mangkuang is like a really really big turnip. It’s crunchy and juicy at the same time. It’s practically made up of mostly water but it’s a very sweet veggie. The dish that she cooked originated from Penang, or so she says. The mangkuang is cut into really think strips for frying but it can also be eaten raw. It’s one of the main ingredients to rojak and springrolls (otherwise known as egg rolls).

Stir-fried Mangkuang with Cuttlefish and Pork

: : Birthday : :

Forgot to mention that collegues at work celebrated my bday with me. Sponsored a tiramisu cake! Feel very special. Pity that there weren’t any alcohol in it. Auntie M’s tiramisu does and it’s absolutely marvellous! *Dreamy sigh*.

: : Granny’s Cooking : :

Dinner always look good when one is hungry after a long day at work, even if it’s a no frills dinner.

Stir-fried Ketola

Stir-fried Mushroom Chicken

Stif-fried Tom Yau

Stir-fried Ketola

Stir-fried Ketola

The uncooked veggie looks a bit peculiar. Very hard to describe. A picture tells a million stories but yours truly hasn’t yet begun to dig through the fridge to take pictures of vegetables yet. It’s a very soft veggie but very sweet. Always cook with egg. Very watery though. Comes from the veggie alone.

Stir-fried Mushroom Chicken

Stir-fried Mushroom Chicken

The stir-fried version of chicken with mushrooms. A bit oily from the cooking oil. Granny just stir-fried with onions. A pity that no straw mushrooms were added in. Or the black mushrooms. Oh well. Beggars can’t be choosers.

Stir-fried Tom Yau

Stir-fried Tom Yau

Granny : English name? Soya bean plant.

Uncle Cyril : No lah! Another version of alfafa sprout!

Granny : No lah! Bean plant! Looks like green bean plant!

Uncle Cyril : Hmm… more like soya bean plant.

Oh well. Local name is tom yau. Slightly crunchy and very chewy. Good for digestion, etc., etc.,etc. Sometimes cook with white rice wine (Chinese version). My favourite.

: : Moving website : :

Yay!! Mr. T and Lol got the website working!! Will be moving hosts over the weekend. Massive move though. Will take time to move all the pictures over. Blogger doesn’t allow for file upload on websites outside their own. Cheh!

: : Granny’s Cooking : :

Steamed fish!!! With strips of garlic, chillies and chop garlic. Pity that she didn’t put any salted vegetables inside. That would have been really nice.

Steamed Fish

Picture was a bit messy ‘coz I came back late from work and Uncle Cyril wallop part of it already.

: : Chilli Peppers : :

Went back to Chilli Peppers for lunch again. The only different addition was the otak-otak patties. It’s actually grilled mashed fish wrapped out in leaves. However, we had the burger version minus the burgers. Tasted really good.

Otak-otak patties

Live to Eat or Eat to Live? That is the question.