Today's menu! Crispy fried rice.
I took effort to take pictures of my cooking process!
Ingredients: Cooked rice, eggs, meat, veggies, onion, garlic, tomatoes.
Preparation:
1. Cook rice the night before (or few hours before) and keep them in the fridge. It will make the rice texture firm and well separated when fried.
2. Mix the prepared rice with an egg. This will give the rice a nice golden color when fried!
3. Prepare meat of your choice. I used minced pork this time. Sprinkle a little curry powder and salt to the meat, mix well.
4. Dice tomatoes into small pieces.
5. Dice onions and chop garlic.
6. Dice soaked mushrooms into small pieces, slice baby corns and celery thinly. You can use any veggie of your choice.
Cooking:
1. Stir fry garlic in oil 'til fragrant, add meat, mushrooms, baby corns and celery. Add a pinch of salt to taste. Put them all on a plate when you're done with stir frying.
2. Using the same pan and stir fry onions in oil 'til fragrant, add prepared rice, stir occasionally. When the rice becomes golden and crispy, add another egg to the pan and stir all together. Add a little salt to taste.
3. Add previously cooked meat and veggie, follow by diced tomatoes to the pan.
We both enjoy this meal and Lg's always like to put ketchup on his fried rice. It tastes nice too!
The fried rice is crispy and flavorful. Together with the crunchiness of tomatoes make this dish taste refreshing in every bite.
First, pick a pineapple with a pretty crown, I usually buy it from the supermarket.
Separate the crown from the body by wrapping the crown with a cloth and twist it hard! You can also use your bare hands to twist it but I don't wish to hurt my hands!
The crown then would come out easily after a twist! Now, inspect the base of the leaves to eliminate any scale insects. You want a healthy plant!
Pull out some lower leaves to bare the stalk. You would spot some small brown-colored bumps, those are roots.
I like to pull out all the brown leaves to make it even neater! Then just put it somewhere dry to air it for 2 days and you can plant it straight onto the soil! It's simple like that! Make sure the first time you grow it, the soil is moist but not damp! It would just magically sprout out more roots and become a pretty house plant!
I discovered that pineapple crowns can also be grown like air plants too! Sometimes when I gather too many pineapple crowns, I would leave them hanging around and mist them with water once a week. They will continue living healthily and sprout more leaves without any soil.
They need little care and are very drought resistant. I only water them once a week and never feed them fertilizer at all!
