Garden Update..

Flowers everywhere

I just love spring too much coz of the sun and also flowers everywhere....colourful and vibrant....they just make me happy...!!

Below pics are from my own garden... :-D

Mesembryanthemum Mauve 

Scarlet Rose 

Dark Pink Snapdragon 

Osteospermum Serenity (Daisy Family)

Marigold Boy O'Boy

Blessed Kartigai all.....

Hie folks…Happy Kartigai Deepam to all those celebrating….nuthin much of a celebration here besides usual Pournami prayers in the morning and lighting up the oil lamps inside the hse (couldn’t light them outside the hse due to strong wind)…

 

After morning prayers, headed straight to vege garden to harvest English Spinach (Popeye variety)…. Cooked Spinach curry for lunch today together with Vege Ikan Bilis sambal , cabbage stir fry and papadums…

 

 

 

 

 

Below is the recipe (it is Presh’s Grandmom’s recipe handed down to my mom in law… This recipe was the 1^st recipe I wrote down from my mom in law before migrating to Oz).

 

1 bunch Spinach

2 handful Mung Bean (Pasiperu)

2 medium Tomato

4-5 Green Chillies

1 Tsp Tumeric Powder

2 tbsp Ginger-garlic paste

 2 medium Onions

3 dried Chillies

1 tsp Mustard Seeds

A sprig Curry Leaves

2 Tbsp Ghee

 

Method:

1.       Boil the mung beans with water. As it boils, add 1 tsp of oil, turmeric powder, Ginger-garlic paste, Green chillies and tomatoes.

2.       Once the beans turns mushy, add in the chopped spinach.

3.       Turn off the stove after 5 minutes and let it cool. Then blend it coarsely.

4.       Heat oil / ghee in a wok, add in the onions, dried chillies, mustard seeds and curry leaves.

5.       Finally add them into the blended Spinach and serve.

 

 

My new found passion

It is spring now and finally it getting sunnier….. My new found passion or love…??  GARDENING !!!!

Started gardening end of winter and **touchwood….it going on well….Planted 2 type of cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, Brussels sprout, varieties of tomato, spinach, silverbeat, bok choy, celery, mint, capsicums, zucchini, cucumber, potatoes, Vietnamese mint, eggplant, basil, watermelon and rockmelon….

 
Just started harvesting tomato and spinach so far….and it is still spring….hoping for a better harvest towards summer and early autumn……


Discarded the big oversize leaves and only picked the small to medium leaves….and yet I managed to get a bowl full of spinach. It’s just nice for the two of us and of course not forgetting our lil girl…

Dish up a quick Spinach Stir-fry (Poriyal). Heat Oil, add in mustard seeds, chopped onions and ginger-garlic paste, then add the chopped spinach leaves and finally add in lil grated coconut. In my case, I just add in the desiccated coconut. Salt to taste.


 

 

 

 
And it went well with Sambhar and Tofu Sambal....Simple vegetarian dish....;)