fried red bean (Mandalay pe` kyaw)

Place red bean in a bowl and add water at night.
Leave it for one night.
Boil the read bean.

Crash the red bean using a spoon.

Crash ginger and add it to red bean. Put a little bit of salt and one cup of sticky rice powder.
And mix altogether. Heat the pan and cook the cooking oil, and fry the read bean.


Fried red bean with coffee.
That is very nice breakfast for Myanmar people.

Cosmos sulphureus (Yellow Cosmos)

Native to America.

"Cosmos" , the Greek word for harmony or ordered universe.

vege curry

potato, radish, gourd

tomato

okra (lady finger)


crush 4 cloves of garlic and one onion.
Heat the cooking oil in a pan. Add garlic and onion together with turmeric powder and chili powder for 2 or 3 minutes. Add tomato and pyin taw thein leaves, cook for 4 minutes.
Add vegetables together with salt.
When vege is cooked, add tamarind with water and garam masala, and cook.


Ready to serve.

water convolvulus salad

water convolvulus

boiled

chop it. put a little bit of salt, fried onion, cooked oil, lemon juice.

sesame

mix well

ready to serve.

bean sprout salad

cut one bean curd into pieces and deep fried.

Boil the bean sprout. Put bean curd, bean sprout, salt, friend onion, tamarind, chili powder and a little bit of cooked oil in a bowl and mix well.

photos shots this morning

I took some photos in my garden this morning.

Dendrobuim pierardii

Dendrobium pierardii

Tropicals and Tender Perennials
Sun to Partial Shade
colour : Violet/Lavender, White/Near White
Native to Myanmar (Burma), India, Thailand

7 petal jasmine

7 petal jasmine flower
In Myanmar, it is known as O Pote jasmine or Bate jasmine.

tamarind trees

common name : tamarind
Botanical name: Tamarindus indica

Native to East Africa.
a mild laxative and digestive
it is used to treat bronchial disorders and sore throat.
and also used in eye-baths and for the treatment of ulcers.

pandan leaves (Screwpine leaves)

in Myanmar, Soon Hmwe (leaf)

orchid

red dates jam

Boil the palm sugar in a pot and add red dates and a little bit of salt.

Stir and cook.
If you love to add chili powder , it would be a little hot.

Yummy !

coconut noodle

chop the chicken

bean powder (kacang powder ) mixed with water.
Boiled the water in a big pot first. and then add this bean and water mixture.
Stir and cook until the smell of bean disappears. Crush onion, garlic and ginger.
Heat the oil in a pan and cook onion, garlic, ginger together with turmeric powder, chili powder and salt. When it is cooked, add the chicken and cook.
Add that chicken curry in the bean water mixture pot. Add sugar and coconut cream.
Cook well to get the soup.

dried noodle. deep fry in hot oil to get this crispy thinngs.


noodle
coriander and onion

serve noodle with soup , crispy things, chili powder, coriander and onion.

Tropical flower

Full Moon Day of TaSaung Mone

In the month of TaSaung Mone is another Lights festival of Myanmar.
The festival is called TaSaungDine festival.
The festival is mentioned in the stories (legends) before the Buddha's time as "Kattika" festival.