Friday 11 February 2011

THE BENEFITS OF CANDLENUT

CANDLENUT??WTH IS THAT?? APA TU?? CANDLENUT ALSO KNOWN IN MALAY AS BUAH KERAS.. (ERRKKK..KENAPA TAK PERCAYA KE?) BUAH KERAS YANG ORANG BUAT MASAK OPOR TU...NAMPAK SORANG TU TERPINGA PINGA JER.. OK LET ME UPLOAD THE PHOTO..OK TU HAA..KAT SEBELAH GAMBO NYER..I THINK U CAN REMEMBER THIS..USE TO MIX TOGETHER IN SOME LOCAL DISHES AND CURRRIES, THIS BUAH KERAS ALSO KNOWN AS BUAH KEMIRI.

SO..WHAT IS THE BENEFIT OF BUAH KERAS TO OUR SKIN..? THE NUT'S SOFT AND OILY CONSISTENCY MAKES IT A WONDERFUL SCRUB INGREDIENT. IT ALSO ACTS AS SOAP, BECAUSE..WHEN RUBBED OVER THE SKIN, IT DRAWS OUT IMPURITIES AND AS PROOF, CHANGES FROM CREAMY TO DIRTY IN COLOUR.. ( LOOK LIKE DAKI YOU KNOW..)

ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS JUST GET SOME HANDFUL OF BUAH KEMIRI, POUND IT WITH MORTAR AND SCRUB ON YOUR SKIN..FEEL IT..ISNT IT INTERESTING..

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HEALTHY SEAFOOD TAPAS

OK..LET SNEAK A PEEK AT OUR FRIDGE..WHAT DO U HAVE..HEHEHE..NI KIRA MASAK UNTUK MENGHABISKAN BAHAN DIDAPUR SEBELUM TOP UP NGAN RATION BARU MINGGU INI. SO KALI NI KITA MASAK UDANG DENGAN PARSLEY AND GARLIC. OH YESS... A BIT CHILLI-LAH.. I AM ASIAN..CHILLIES ARE LIKE THE PRAYER BEAD HAHHAHA...COMPULSORY...!!

THE INGREDIENT :

PRAWNS
GARLIC (GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH BUT ALSO PRODUCE BODY ODOUR)
PARSLEY LEAVES..HAA..TAK DE PULAK..DAUN KARI PUN BOLEH LA JANG OII..
CHILLI POWDER

PRAWNS SHOULD BE FRIED WITH PEPPER AND A BIT SALT. LETAK TEPI AND THEN BOLEH PREPARE THE SAUCE. FRIED GARLIC WITH SOME OLIVE OIL TILL SLIGHTLY BROWN. ADD HALF CUP WATER, KALAU BANYAK UDANG YEA..BANYAK LAH NAK TARUH AIR ..BUT KEEP IT NOT SO CAIR NANTI HILANG RASA N INTENSITY.  ADD CHILLI POWDER, BUNCH OF CHOPPED PARSLEY LEAVES,,ADD PRAWNS, TASTE IT WITH SALT N PEPPER IF NEEDED. JOM MAKAN.......

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE ON JAMU AND HERBAL TONIC

NEED SOME REFERENCES ON HERBAL TEA OR JAMU..HERE ARE SOME BOOKS...


THE JAMU BOOK IS VERY COMPREHENSIVE WITH RECIPES, ORIGINS, TYPES AND HISTORY OF JAMU. EXCELLENT BOOK TO KEEP IN HAND. ALSO THERE IS A BOOK THAT I RECOMMENDED AT THE CORNER OF THIS PAGE- SPA ASIA BY SOPHIE BENGE IS ALSO GGOD FOR REFERENCCE IN THE FUTURE.

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