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I don’t follow normal breakfast patterns . Strangely to most taste - this is my cravings for breakfast this morning plus coffee :D
This looks massive but this is only a very small bowl of seafood .
There are no additives in this food or of which is heavily processed like ready made salad dressings or seafood sauces . Although the lettuce I used isn't organic , but if any chemical residues are present ( link to its farm production ) it could only be very minute even of neglible amount . My mindset does argue in effect by putting in the Tumeric and Parsley portion can offset the action of the radicals ingested in .
Mixed Seafood ,
lettuce ,sweet pepper ,
parsley ,sprinkled with tumeric
cumin and black pepper .
Tumeric and Parsley have potent anti-cancer properties .
I am kind of naughty as I knew I am allergic to prawns .But I love prawns .
So when I cheat by eating prawns ,I always have some antihistamine ready :)
Possibly by eating small doses of prawns more often will get my system to adapt to having prawns in my diet content and hopefully will reduce the extent of allergic reactions to nil . Similar to the idea of immunity ... but this is only an opinion and a wish .
With shots like this I often used my photo and shoot :D it's quick .
Here is an assortment of some of the spices I use regularly in my cooking, including two favourites- garlic and Herbes de Provence.
Sata or Satah (grilled fish in banana leaves) probably Terengganu best and delicious snack after Keropok Lekor. It is made of blended paste of fish, onion, ginger, coconut, chillies and tumeric leave. These conical shape sata all freshly out of the charcoal grill and smell so good =)
Terenganu is in Peninsular Malaysia. Traditional region of northeastern West Malaysia, bounded by those of Kelantan (north and northwest) and Pahang (south and southwest). It has a 200-mile- (320-kilometre-) long coastline along the South China Sea (east)
Porridge mit Kokosmus, Kurkuma und Apfelmus - Porridge with Coconut Cream, Turmeric, Apple sauce and Honey
Each arm represents a popular color used in Holi; Red represents love. Yellow represents Tumeric powder and by extension medicine. Purple represents magic, and green represents new beginnings and spring.
Finally, blue represents the blue skin of Lord Krishna, another avatar of Vishnu.
Too late for halloween...:))
Fried eggs, butter, olive oil, and spices are all on the Atkins Diet.
The Atkins diet is mainly proteins, fresh vegetables with low sugar content, and fats. NO grains, and NO sugars!!!
With zero sugar and zero grain intake, your body goes into Ketosis and then it burns the body's stored fats first. It does not store new fat deposits.
Fortunately, Atkins diet recipes are lush and rich and satisfying. For example, I can have all the delicious freshly prepared whipped cream I want, with or without cinnamon and pumpkin pie spices, but no sugar.
Well, today's challenge had the juices flowing! Back into the kitchen and I raided the shelves for some lovely fresh spices - I even had to grind some!! The smell of ginger, paprika, turmeric, the mixed spice and cinnamon sticks just confirmed what I was thinking when pulling these together - yes, curry for dinner, tonight!!
Our Daily Challenge - SPICE ......
Turmeric or ʻōlena
Zingiberaceae (Ginger family)
Photo: Developing stages of ʻōlena. Plants are easy to grow in warm areas. All that is needed is a small piece (upper left) from which a new plant emerges to form a large rhizome (lower plant) in 10-12 months.
Polynesian names
Ango (Futina, Niue, Samoa, Tonga, ʻUvea)
Cago (Fiji)
Reʻa, Reʻa maohi (Societies)
Renga (Cooks)
ʻEka (Northern Marquesas)
ʻEna (Southern Marquesas)
Taleʻa (Tuamotus)
ʻŌlena (Hawaiʻi)
Polynesians use the rhizomes mostly as traditional medicine or yellow dye.
ʻŌlena is one of 24 or 25 canoe plants that were brought by the early Polynesians to the Hawaiian Islands. Another canoe plant, ʻawapuhi or Shampoo ginger (Zingiber zerumbet), is related to ʻōlena.
Pua ʻōlena
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ʻŌlena can be harvested at any time of the year. However, I generally like to harvest it when the leaves turn completely brown. I find it has a better and stronger taste at that time. When leaves are green the rhizomes seem more watery and less flavorful.
The health benefits are reducing inflammation and joint & muscle pain, and increasing cardiovascular, skin, brain cell function and mood balance.
January 15, 2018
Sore throat day sipping on either ginger tumeric tea or homemade chicken broth, both of which have been in constant rotation. Foot massage with Megan.
Tilak is a mark of auspiciousness. It is put on the forehead with sandal paste, sacred ashes or kumkum (red tumeric). The devotees of Siva apply sacred ashes (Bhasma) on the forehead, the devotees of Vishnu apply sandal paste (Chandan), and the worshippers of Devi or Shakti apply Kumkum, a red tumeric powder...
here a devotee of lord Shiva has drawn a tilak like a "trishul", is wielded by the Shiva..
During our cycle ride we stopped at this woman's family home. They are a farming family and had a wide range of produce such as mandarines, bananas, coconut, tumeric etc. She also liked her betel nut (as you can see).
A bright display of spices at the Kandy Central Market.
Sri Lanka is known for its fabulous spices in diversity, quantity and quality. Visions of cooking and sumptious meals danced in my head as I browsed these shops. Cardamon and cinnamon, nutmeg and chili, pepper and tumeric and amazing smelling vanilla.
Kandy's Central Market, open only on Fridays was a fortuitous find through a helpful passerby. Stocking the same range of foods, spices, herbal tonics, crafts, textiles and factory-reject designer-brand clothing, it caters to the locals and is goernment run so there is one price and it is 200-300% cheaper than the tourist shops. There apparently used to be 3 on the island, but 2 were destroyed by the sunami and have not yet been rebuilt. The one in Kandy is the only one remaining. So if you are in Kandy on a Friday, ask for it, ditch your guide's and guesthoues's advice to frequent the pricey shops of their friends and stock up on your gifts here.
While Turmeric is healthy and tasty for me it has always had more of an insect larva look than a vegetable look.
"What kind of tea did you say this was?" asked Thaddeus as he took his first few sips.
Shiro placed the tea kettle back over the fire, "Tumeric and Nutmeg, a family recipe. Helps with sleep…and dreams…"
As Thaddeus drank the tea, Shiro had offered him, a sudden, heavy calmness washed over him. His eyes grew heavy as he was pulled into a deep sleep. But something wasn't right. Just as soon as the tea had warmed him, it grew cold, very cold. Thaddeus felt his fingers and toes going numb, and shot upright in fear. His eyes squinted open into a frozen wind that chilled him to the core. Snow surrounded him on all sides. "W-what? W-where a-am I?"
"In your dream…" said a familiar voice from behind him. It was Shiro. "That's what the tea was for."
"w-why?What' are we here for?" he shivered.
"I'll tell you when we find out. "
A sudden whinny of a horse startled them. A white horse pulling a wagon appeared, with two cheerful men looking their direction. They galloped pass them, as if neither man was there. Thaddeus watched them as he sat, "Didn't they see us?"
"No," said Shiro as he helped him to his feet," They are dream walkers like us, but see only those that are lost. We are not, you are not lost, and as long as we keep moving we won't be…"
Thaddeus staggered off through the snow behind Shiro in a world he had conjured, and wasn't even awake to see it...
Marinate the cubed chicken breast pieces in a plastic bag with a wet curry paste.
Malaysia/Singapore- they are all excellent. This one, a rendang, contains chillies, garlic, onion, lemongrass, ginger, tumeric, tamarind, cumin and coriander.
pickled beets
(1) get approximately enough beets to fill the largest pot you have.
(2) wash beets, trim stems, leave weird rootlet tails.
(3) boil beets until you can stick a fork in them partway.
(4) cover beets in cold water and allow to cool.
(5) combine 4 cups cider vinegar, 2 cups water, 1 cup sugar, 2 teaspoons pickling salt*, 1 tbsp allspice berries, 1 tsp whole cloves and two 2 cinnamon sticks in a pot**. bring to a boil, stir to melt sugar, and then reduce to a simmer uncovered for 10 minutes.
(6) pack beets into jars and pour the hot liquid over them.
(7) you can either do it the real way with mason jars with 2-piece lids that you process in a boiling water bath, or you could just use regular old jars like we did and stick em in the fridge. wait many days as you possibly can for them to pickle in the fridge, and then eat. keeps longer than leftover chinese food, but not as long as pickles done the real way.
* we couldn't find actual pickling salt anywhere, so we just used non-iodide kosher salt that did not have any anti-caking additives.
** don't use an aluminum or iron pot. we learned that the hard way.
bread and butter pickles
(1) wash and slice pickling cucumbers (we just used kirbys).
(2) slice one small onion.
(3) toss cucumbers and onion in a bowl with 1/2 cup pickling salt. cover with ice cubes and allow to brine for 4 hours (we just did it for 30 minutes).
(4) bring 4 1/2 cups cider vinegar, 3 cups sugar, 2 tsp yellow mustard seeds, 1 1/2 tsp ground tumeric, 1 tsp celery seeds, to a boil.
(5) drain cucumbers & onions and add to the pot. Bring slowly to a boil.
(6) pack everything into jars, cover with remaining liquid, and see above for finishing methods.
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