Kimchi Pumpkin Fried Rice 南瓜泡菜炒饭

What i love to do with leftover rice? Fried it!!!

Tee's Recipe 
 Ingredients
Overnight brown rice + pumpkin + kimchi + egg + onions + garlic + dried baby shrimp + soya sauce + pepper powder

Method 

Heat up a pan/wok with medium heat, then add in oil. Fry dried baby shrimp until aromatic then saute the garlic and onions. Add in egg.  When the egg is almost cooked, move the egg to a side then pour in pumpkin, stir fry a while then mix in the rice and kimchi.  Last, season with pepper powder and soya sauce.

Tips

Cut the pumpkin into smaller cubes for faster cooking time.

Green Bean Face Mask 绿豆粉面膜

Have you tried making your own face mask? I found many DIY homemade face masks online using only natural ingredients, sounds so simple and easy to make. So I have decided to try it out since my kitchen already have these ingredients.

Green Bean (mung bean) Face Mask 绿豆粉面膜

Green Bean Powder 绿豆粉 (2 tsps ) + water (few drops) *you may add in or replace water with milk / yoghurt / honey as well.

Preparation:

Slowly add in water to mix the green bean powder into paste.  Clean you face before applying the mask. Apply it over the forehead, cheek, nose, chin and neck. Avoid the eye areas. Leave it around 15 minutes. Use a warm damp cloth and gently scrub it off. Then rinse it off with lukewarm water and dry it off thoroughly with a towel.

 Benefits:

1. Exfoliating skin scrubs

2. Treat Acne/Pimples

3. Deep Cleansing  pores

4. Detoxifying

5. Firm face

6. Reduce pigmentation, freckles and flaws

7. Hydrate

8. Anti-aging

Tips:  

If your kitchen do have these ingredients, why not give it a try. Super easy and affordable. Just try to relax whenever you putting on mask, try not to talk, and lie down.

Fig 无花果

Figs are one of my all time favorite fruits. Fig also called Wu Hua Guo 无花果 / Anjeer / Buah Tin. They are one of the most  alkaline fruits, naturally rich in many health benefiting phyto-nutrients, anti-oxidants, anti-diabetic, anti-inflammatory, emollient, restorative, aphrodisiac and laxative properties.

Health Benefits: 

Dried figs rich in calcium, copper, iron, manganese, potassium, vitamin C, selenium and zinc.

Low calories. 
Contain Omega-3 and 6 fatty acids

Improve memory

Relieve sleeping disorders

Control diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular disease 

Contain chlorogenic acid helps lower blood sugar levels
Contain pectin which helps lower blood cholesterol

Prevent colon cancer and breast cancer

Curing stomach problems, Constipation, bladder stoners, hair loss, mascular degeneration etc

How to add Figs into your diet

1. Enjoy figs alone as a snack and savor their taste, texture and shape.
2. Add fresh or dried figs to yoghurt, oatmeal or any other whole grain breakfast porridge/cereals.
3. Add figs to baked goods like muffins and scones.
4. Add chopped figs to rice or salad .
5. Blend with your juice.
6. Make into jam and dessert.

Safety note:

Eating fig fruit may also elicit allergic reactions ranging from vomiting, diarroea, and itching of skin and mucus membranes in some sensitized individuals. It is therefore people with history of allergy to figs may be advised to avoid eating them.

Homemade Peanut Butter

Tee's Homemade Peanut Butter
De-skin peanut(700g) + few tablespoons extra virgin oil/peanut oil + cane sugar(optional).

Direction:
1. Pan frying de-skin peanuts until gloden brown/fragrance.
2. Put all the peanuts, few tablespoons of extra virgin oil/peanut oil, cane sugar into food processor, blend till mixture fine and smooth.
3. Store in glass container and put in the fridge.

Tips:
For chunky peanut butter, use half of the peanuts, just blend few seconds to create chunks and add into your final mixture. For this amount of peanut, i can make into 2 medium bottles. Due to my small blender, i have divided into 3 portions to blend, each portion i put in 1 tablespoon oil and sugar. Don't put too much oil at the beginning, after blending if you find the mixture is too dry only add in more. Enjoy!

Clinathanus Sabah Snake Grass 优顿草

I would like to share this medicinal herb, is called Clinacanthus nutans (burm.t.) Lindau / Pokok Mulut Buaya / Belalai Gajah / Dandang Gendis / Yu Xun Cao 优顿草 / E Zui Hua -鳄嘴花 / Sabah Snake plant 沙巴蛇草.

This herb is well known as an anti snake and scorpion venom among the traditional healers in Thailand and for the treatment of herpes simplex virus.  

It is also believed to have excellent anti-inflammatory activity which makes it a good natural product for the relief of skin inflammation and for the treatment of uric acid, gout, skin eczema, psoriasis, shingles and scabies.


Detoxification
One green apple + Sabah Snake Grass leaves( 80-150 ) + Half lemon juice + 1 glass water
Blend all the ingredients and drink immediately preferably before breakfast

The dried leaves of this herb in powdered form is an excellent treatment for throat inflammation and coughing. Alternatively, a concoction of Clinacantus nutans with red dates or Clinacantus nutans with black soy bean is just as effective.

 

 

Coconut Oil for Skin

I have a bottle of organic virgin coconut oil which i wanted to finish it long long ago. I know it can be used onto the hair, but i don't know if is ok for my face. So i try it on during the night, surprisingly my face turn out to be softer on the next day. The problem is i find it quite oily for my face. If your face is super dry, may be you can give it a try, By the way, it's affordable and easy to use.

Sharing info

An ideal ointment for the relief of dry, rough and wrinkled skin. 

Excellent moisturizer and skin softener.

Prevent premature aging and degenerative diseases due to its antioxidant properties.

Helps treat various skin problems: psoriasis, dermatitis, eczema and other skin infections

Cincau Jelly 仙草菜燕

Tee Recipe's Ingredients

Jelly/Agar-agar Powder + Cane Sugar + Cincau (cut into small cubes) + Water

Just follow the instruction of any agar-agar powder brand you can find. I just add in chopped cincau to make it more interesting. Any cincau flavor you may choose, you can also add in pandan or longan as you like. Just feel free to explore!