I spent the last two weeks trying new recipes. I made Vietnamese pho several times, without meat. A couple of times I used mung bean noodles, and then tried rice noodles. After the first time, I made a big pot of broth and kept it in the fridge. It doesn't take that much time to cook noodles to add to the broth, so I had pho for even breakfast. 😊
Another recipe I tried was kimchi. I used this recipe as a guide, but didn't add salted seafood, and used fine sea salt because I don't have Korean coarse sea salt. It was so easy to make and turned out really delicious.
Today I made Do Chua (Vietnamese daikon & carrot pickles). This is the recipe I used.
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| Kimchi (left), Do Chua (right) |
I wanted to make passion fruit curd, but didn't have time. I just finished grading a stack of tests, and I have to grade 3 more stacks of assignments and make a test for the next week. So this weekend is going to be busy. One of my students asked me what my plans for July 4th were, and I said 'grading'. 😊 I usually try giving tests a week before or after holidays so students can enjoy holiday weekends, and that means I'm either grading or making tests during holiday weekends.
Hurricane Elsa, the first hurricane of the season is heading this way. I hope it will be a weak tropical storm by the time it reaches Florida.
Happy Fourth of July to my American friends! 🎆🎇
Take care all. Stay safe. 🌻🌻🌻
XXX
Nil
Not foods I am familiar with. So interesting.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the kind words on my blog. They mean a lot. :)
You too Nil, stay safe!
ReplyDeleteI've often wondered about fermented foods. Everyone says they are so delicious and so very good for you.
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Ooh, you harvested a moringa pod! How exciting! One of my moringa plants died over the winter; the other one seems to have survived - it lost all its leaves, but, new leaves are starting to grow. I hope I'll get a pod, too! Well done in trying out new recipes! I hope you get through the hurricane season without any major damage! Stay safe! Sorry you will be spending your holiday weekend grading papers! That's no fun!
ReplyDeleteI love South East Asian flavours! Pickles are a particular favourite of mine. What do you make with Moringa? Happy 4th of July x
ReplyDeleteThe passion fruits are so pretty, almost too pretty to eat, like little balls of sunshine. I hope Elsa decides to skip land and stay out at sea.
ReplyDeleteI've not tried any fermented foods but recently I see mention of them on lots of blogs, so maybe it is time to try them out.
ReplyDeleteI hope that Elsa doesn't cause any damage. Stay safe xx
Those passion fruits look perfect. What a treat. Hope the grading goes well. I went swimming at the lake early, to beat the heat and the crowds.
ReplyDeleteLove al your cooking, wish I could taste some lol. Would you be so kind as to take a photo of the leaves on your moringa tree please? My friends have a few trees that we suspect are moringa but arent sure as there arent any pods like yours on them yet...thanks
ReplyDeleteHi Bridget, I’ll send you photos of the leaves via Facebook messenger in a minute.
DeleteYum!
ReplyDeleteI am hoping Elsa spins herself out before making landfall.
ReplyDeleteI will definitely be trying the daikon radish recipe. I really do like them. I also like kimchee, so making that is a possibility also. Thanks for posting the links!
Your experiments in the kitchen do look tasty! I am sure your students always appreciate having their exams before a holiday. Hopefully Elsa will pass you by this week. Let us know!
ReplyDeleteHappy 4th of July, Nil. I hope you will be safe from Elsa. I hope your grading goes by quickly.
ReplyDeletei make my own sauerkraut but am not a fan of kimchi. Both are good for our guts:) Hope you had a great 4th July.
ReplyDeleteStay safe, Nil. And belated happy 4th of July. X
ReplyDeleteLate holiday greetings, Nil and hopefully Elsa will not be much of an issue and will be downgraded. You have made some very interesting recipes this week, even if these are not ones I will be trying. I commend your inventiveness and willingness to try new things!
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