Winter 2016 : Mung bean

We bought a pack of mung bean at an Oriental supermarket, Wing Yip at Oldham Road, Manchester.

On weekend, I made a mung dessert with coconut milk and palm sugar. This dessert is originated from China but equally popular in Malaysia. In Malaysia, we called it bubur kacang hijau. Recipe in English here.

The kids took a few beans, placed them on a damp kitchen towel and watch them sprout over a few weeks.

I turned the leftover dessert into bubur kacang hijau popsicle!

Winter 2016 : Gardening in winter

Why not?

In this gloomy and cold weather, I guess we need something to look forward to. The kids are getting bored staying inside so I decided to bring the outside in.

I asked them to wash the empty juice and milk containers. I cut them and asked them to fill it halfway with the soil.

We didnt have any proper gardening tool so we use everything around us to dig the soil and fill in the containers. Our neighbour was laughing when I told them the kids are planting potatoes.  She was like... "in this cold winter?"

We planted some garlic and potatoes. Now we have an indoor garden in winter!

Raya Landscape

I have spent a couple of hours gardening last Saturday. It was truly therapeutic. I helped Nazreen to grow his onions, plant some coriander and transfer all decorative plants as well as ulam raja from the poly bags to proper vase. Re-planting the decorative plants into small vases took longer than I expected, but I satisfied with the outcome (far below) :)

My husband was busy trimming the grass in front of our house, then he laid two bags of soil before putting the new grass we bought a week before. We planned to buy three unit but they only have two left, so Nazran and Nazmi helped to arrange the river stones and pebbles to cover the soil around the grass.

Our green wall, before and after. 

Post 1M4U : Herbs!

I dont know when does it started but right now I am crazy about edible garden. (No, I am not alone. My husband is as crazy as I am right now..syyy...)

I bought these precious herb plants at the 1M4U event.

I bought rosemary, basil, oregano, daun sup (what it is called in English? - pls leave a comment), turmeric plant and pandanus. I also got a few local herb plants for free from the committee - halia bara, tongkat ali and limau purut. The other one is called sabung nyawa, I think. I dont know what it is used for but the plant is beautiful so I took it home.