Daily Archives: April 5, 2009
Visiting the tulips in Keukenhof – 2
Apparently I haven’t shared the second part of my almost-yearly-visit to Keukenhof. Millions of tulips bulbs are planted every year at this place for the Spring Exhibition.
Tulips at Keukenhof in Lisse
Now, go to Part 1 for more of the Keukenhof visit in 2008.
Spring is here
Spring is here
Spring is here and the plants come to live.
Welcome to our little backyard with some ready-to-face-the-world-plants.
Have fun!
Bubur chacha
Bubur chacha
I prepared my bubur chacha this morning enough for 8 people to have. By noon, 6 portion are gone, taken by the same person in this house.
The ingredients:
- Green beans, soaked for a couple of hours (I did one night)
- Sweet potatoes
- Ginger root
- Sagu
- Pinch of salt
- Sugar for the taste
- Water
Good to take when you have fever but can be taken anytime, regardless of your condition.
Pinasakan do sapat
Pinasakan do sapat - tadau koduvo
Found this fish in the new toko, i.e. the Vietnamese shop, near our house. This type of fish can be found in the paddy field back home in Sabah. The taste is just delicious along with steamed rice and vegetables.
3 ways to have them ready:
- paasakan (to cook with less water) – soup with water just to cover all the fish and cook
- gulingon – deep fry
- nonsom sada – pickle with only salt and yesterday’s rice. Ready after 2 – 3 weeks.
My home style pinasakan do sapat ingredients in Kadazan:
- sada = fish, any type of sea/land water
- tonsom takob-akob = sour fruit originally from Sabah
- kunyit = tumeric
- balasan = shrimp paste (trassi or belacan)
- salt to taste
- water
How to eat:
Eat with steamed rice, cili and vegetable. Delicious to eat on the day it’s cooked but better taste on the next day. I miss eating this kind of food back home, at the paddy field with lots of family members, neighbours and friends. Use the good old friend, our hand. Good to finger licking once all food are finished.
The photos:
I took the photo below in a cloudy day inside the house. Above photos, with a beautiful day light inside the house. No editing at all.
Pinasakan do sapat - tadau koiso
