Thursday, August 28, 2008

On Rainy Days...

Autumn is here i believe...sunny days have been replaced with rain and its been wet and cloudy lately...Dips in temperature definitely mark the beginning of Autumn.

Rainy days are a great time to laze around... I dont think anyone would disagree to that.I used to hate waking up on rainy days back when I was schooling.
Its so nice to stay snuggled up in the comfort of the sheets that have been warmed up by our body's heat....

Its also a nice day to have soupy spicy food.Today was one such day and I decided to make fishball meehoon soup.Its not time consuming at all.The results are a healthy, spicy, hearty meal.

I used the mushrooms Fayvier gave me, the ikan bilis Victoria passed to me a few weeks ago and some veges i had on hand.
Namely- cabbage, carrot, spinach, chilli, ginger
Then i concocted this!

it turned out pretty ok but sumthin was definitely missing...it wasnt spicy enough
So i took some dried chillies(soaked for 1/2hr) garlic, a lil ginger and some salt
pounded them til a paste was formed and complemented my dish with it!
It was goooood...and above all effortless and healthy!

The other day i suddenly woke up with a craving for hot steamy Poori, spicy aloo gobhi and sweet sweet kheer.I had all the ingredients and mummy's recipe so i made them.Alvin was so surprised at lunch. He said it tasted just like mummy's and kept saying...feels like Diwali!Lol.mummy prefers to whip up vegetarian dishes on occasions like Diwali and the 3 dishes are a must on that day! no pics were taken as my camera was out of battery! but my poories sure puffed up well!