ByFood: Simple Dinner, Kimchi Fried Rice without Meat

Who would have expected that there would be sandflies under the tables of foodcourt? Once again, I'd been bitten by these nasty insects but much lesser than the 30 over bites during the previous sandflies attack. It is time to go on non-meat diet again... Perhaps it was because I'd been eating too much meat of late so my retribution came. =="

Today's dinner was Kimchi Fried Rice Topped with Egg, no meat added. It still tasted good, but would have been better if there was some meat in it.

I just...

• Chopped up some asparagus, one onion and 3 tbsps of kimchi 
• Threw them into the pan to stir fry with some oil
• Added cooked and cooled rice (which had been lightly coated with some sesame oil by hand)
• Added half tbsp of red pepper paste for the spice and colour
• Stir fried and mixed all the ingredients using medium high heat
• Beat an egg and drizzled all over the rice, 
• Flipped the rice over every 30 seconds to cook and distribute the egg evenly
• Sprinkled some salt (I used Pink Himalayan Salt) and pepper over the rice then mixed everything a final time
• Transferred all the contents into a rice cooker and leave it inside (do not switch on the power)
• After 10 minutes, serve the rice topped with a fried egg and some shredded spring onions

Try when you are free! ;]

ByFood: Stir-fry Spicy Basil Chicken with Rice

Finally, after two weeks I managed to find the time to cook dinner tonight! I have been craving for stir-fry spicy basil chicken for months but could not slot this dish into any of the menus simply because Mum can't eat too spicy foods. Anyway, Dad's stomach hasn't been well of late either so he shouldn't be eating this. But, I really want to eat it... Just once. So I also cooked a pot of radish barley soup alongside this dish, to help ease the ill-effects of chilli on him. 

I have posted this recipe before in my previous blog, but there is a slight difference in this as I added some lemon juice, black molasse (instead of sugar), and a few slices of Japanese cucumber. The lemon juice made this dish more appetizing and reduced a little of the heat. It was a really satisfying meal. Just to share with you all my happiness on eating this spicy basil chicken dish. 

Stir-fry Spicy Basil Chicken with Rice topped with Egg

ByFood: An Idea for a Chicken Liver Dish

Two days ago, I wanted to eat some chicken liver. But it was always sold in big packets at the supermarket and there were bound to have leftovers. It was boring to cook chicken liver stir fry red / green chillies all the time, and I admitted it could look distasteful to many people. 

So I thought long and hard for something different and decided to make chicken meat and liver kebabs from the uncooked leftovers. It wasn't any extraordinary dish but definitely easier and tastier to eat. I chose red and yellow peppers because Rainy told me before that these are sweeter than the green ones.

My Chicken, Chicken Liver and Peppers Kebab

Ate these with rice and some other side dishes

ByFood: Otah Omelette... Toast

Last week, Dad brought "New Moon" brand Otah home and I was racking my brains on what to do with it. Then Sunny suggested that I try cooking Otah Omelette. I haven't eaten such a dish before and it sounded interesting so why not give it a try? At then, I had half a loaf of bread due to expire the next day so I decided to toast them and add to my omelette. It should taste OK.

BySunny: Grandma's Mochi

Colourful Mochi sell outside

Nowadays the mochi which are sold outside is all very colourful & with lot of fillings like red beans, yam, mango & etc etc. As for my family, we always like the kind of mochi my grandma had made for us. It is either peanut or beans fillings. The skin is always white. Maybe the colour is not very nice but it is very different & yummy....

ByFood: Porridge Nuggets (from leftover porridge)

I woke up early this morning to prepare porridge and some dishes for my family. Everyone ate till burped at least 3 to 4 times so I guessed this must be what is called, a filling breakfast. There was still some porridge left in the pot and my family has a "no food wastage" policy so I thought that making Porridge Pancake (taught by Sunny) would be a good idea. I made into nuggets version

BySunny: My Lunchbox

Last night dad said the leftover rice can throw away if we cant finished it. I looked at the rice & cant beared to throw away. :(  I decided to cook fried rice for my lunch today. I went to ransack the fridge for ingredients. I found corn, hotdog (sliced) & egg. Prepared all my ingredients last night. Woke up this morning, on fire in the kitchen & cooked my lunch.