Update on Sawi & Bayam

My sawi and bayam have been grown so well lately.This is my 3rd time I planted these two plants and they grew like a winner.I harvested my bayam so many times already for cooking.And for sure it save a lot our money, plus we got the chance to taste fresh vegetable picked just from our garden.I really enjoy my gardening with my husband.We are lucky that we have some space for gardening.More update to share soon once other plants are ready :)

Enjoy the pictures below.See ya :)

Big fat bayam

green sawi

Baby Pineapple

Hi everyone,it's me again,Ezzy :)

Today story is just to update about my garden.We just realized that the pineapple plant already fruited,still at the early stage.Luckily,we did not pull and throw away the plant earlier.

Actually,the pineapple plants were planted by my PIL.This is my first time seeing the baby pineapple that comes in red and a little bit of purple colour.There are two at the side of our house.I am not sure when we can harvest and how long does it takes to be matured.I am not a fan of pineapple,seldom eat it.But I hope,this plant will produce a good fruit and taste sweet compared the one sold in the market.

Sirap Biru@Bunga Telang

I've been planted Butterfly Peas or Bunga Telang back few months ago.Out of 10 seeds,only 2 managed to survive and grow well.The flowers are used as natural colouring for nasi kerabu,syrup and other else.I've cooked my first try nasi kerabu using this blue flowers.But today,I would like to share a recipe for "Sirap Bunga Telang" which I made yesterday :)

The recipe is actually taken from blog "Tanamsendiri.com", however I've made some adjustment since I have extra flowers.

Ingredients:-

• 70 butterfly peas flowers
• 2 cups of sugar
• 7 cups of water
• 2 pandan leaves

Put all of the ingredients in a pot.Heat them at medium heat until it boiled.Turn off the fire.Let the syrup turns cold,filter them and keep it in bottle.

The way to serve:-

Just add 4-5 spoons or more of the syrup to a jug of plain water and ice block.You can also add a little bit of lime.juice,the blue colour will turns to purple.Optional to add mint leaves for a refreshment flavour

Spot the chillies

My chili plant has been grown up so well lately.I have ten plants overall.I planted them separately in three different places;two are in the individual vase,4 are in long vase/container and 6 more on the ground.From my observation,I found that the plants in long vase grow the most healthy.They produce countless of chillies. I shall wait till they turn red and they are ready to be eaten  :)

The first flower bloom

Chili plants in the long vase

Baby Bittermelon

Bittermelon or "peria" we called it in Malay is my favourite vegetable.I admit that I don't really like vegetable when I was kid.But,when I turned to adult,I started to love those green vegetable.Most of people don't like bittermelon because of its bitter taste.

By the way,this is the update of my bittermelon plant.Male flowers start to bloom following by female flower.Female flower will produce the the bittermelon fruit as you can see in the below photo.That is baby bittermelon.I can't wait for them to grow bigger.So far I found 3 of them in the garden.

Kangkung & Dinner

Assalamualaikum to all,

It's raining this morning.Alhamdullilah,syukur.I can save my time to water my plant today and spend time to put some update on this blog.Anyway,today I would like to share about kangkung that I planted before I left for my raya holiday.As you can see below photo,the kangkung grows really well in the container.I bought this seeds from En Iskandar,owner of tanamsendiri.com.The seeds produce longer & bigger  leaves compared to the one I bought at Mydin.They grow fast day by day.

Kangkung before harvest

So,I harvest my kangkung for dinner last two night.It's really fresh and you can only get it when grow on your own.I cooked Kangkung Goreng Belacan and it's more than enough for two of us.

Kangkung for kangkung goreng belacan,curry leave for beef curry and ulam raja for ulam-ulaman.

My simple dinner yet so yummy with this kampung style;beef curry,kangkung goreng belacan,ulam raja and budu.

nyum3 :)

Let me pen off first and get ready for work.Will update soon.See ya :)

Harvest 3rd Daikon and Bayam

Inilah hasil tuaian bayam untuk dimasak makan malam kami semalam.Alhamdullilah,berbakti pada tanah,dapat hasil sayur-sayuran segar dari kebun yang kecil tu.Lebih dari cukup untuk kami sekeluarga.Anyway,benih ni beli dari Mydin jer.Ezzy just tabur/semai direct atas tanah and it grows well :)

bayam fresh from the garden

dah selamat jadi sup sayur bayam

 Ini daikon yang tuai pagi tadi untuk masukkan dalam sup ayam.So far rasanya dah 8 daikon dah kami makan.Itu pon ada lagi yang belum dituai.Dah xtau nak masak apa.Need to google more daikon recipe after this :)

Let's go green!

Yeah!They are blooming :)

Yeah!It's blooming time.

My okra and watermelon flowers start to bloom this morning.

Insyallah,in the coming few weeks,I can have my own organic okra :)

But for watermelon,I guess maybe it takes another few months to get bigger watermelon.

watermelon flowers :)

Okra flower :)

2nd Harvest Daikon

Yeah,on the 2nd harvest we manage to get 4 cute daikons.Alhamdullilah.So,one of it already in the chicken soup.I am thinking of making daikon pickles for the 3 left.If you guys have the recipe for daikon pickles,do share with me ya :)

1st Harvest Daikon

Masih belum terlambatkan nak ucapkan Selamat Hari Raya buat muslimin & muslimat sekalian?

Anyway,entry kali ni berkaitan dengan tuaian pertama daikon kami.In the previous post,as you all know,i am not sure when to harvest this daikon.Tapi bila memikirkan tentang nak balik beraya dan tiada orang yang menyiram pokok-pokok,makanya lebih baiklah harvest sedikit dulu,untuk menu berbuka puasa kali-kali terakhir ni.Daripada tak dapat merasa langsung nanti,kempunan la pulak.

Masa harvest ni,Ezzy pilih hanya yang 2 paling besar sahaja.Nak tuai banyak-banyak,sapa nak makan kan?Dan hasilnya adalah seperti gambar bawah ni haa.Itu pon sudah banyak untuk kami berdua ni.Sebenarnya.Ezzy sendiri tak pernah makan daikon ni,tapi cuba tanam sebab ada baca dalam internet,daikon adalah tumbuhan yang cepat membesar dan perlukan penjagaan yang banyak/leceh.

2 tiny daikons. Enuff for 2 people.

So,Ezzy ada jugak la google-google kot-kot dapat resepi yang bestkan.Most of the recipes,dalam bentuk soup.So,I give a try.Tapi part yang paling tak best sekali,masa mengupas kulit daikon ni haaa,mak aih bau dia busuknya.Sampai rasa pening kepala.Aishh,biar betul.Rasa risau pulak nak masak,kang nanti dalam sup pon bau busuk lagi.Lepas tu,ada kawan di Facebook bagi tips rebus dengan sup tulang ayam dan tumbuk lada putih.

Alhamdullilah,bila dah jadi sup,bau busuk tu pon dah hilang.Jangan tak tahu yer,daun daikon ni sebenarnya boleh makan jugak,masukkan sekali dalam sup tu,macam sawi.Lepas ni boleh try resepi masak lemak putih daikon & jeruk daikon seperti yang direcommend oleh kawan-kawan di Facebook.

Daikon Soup

Daikon : Lobak Putih

Daikon,white radish or lobak putih.They are same thing come with few types of name.I did not record the date when i sow the daikon seed.But now i think it is almost 2 months.From my reading and research,daikon is a fast grow vegetable where it takes around 2 months to be harvested.

Now i can see that some of my daikon already growing where it shows its root getting bigger.

Looking at the size of the daikon,i can call it as baby daikon.It is still small for me.

I will wait for another 2 weeks to see progress of its growing.