How To Cook Barley Drinking Water

I never cook barley , today afternoon I decided to cook it.. .The first step as always online person , I searched on google hehehe.. and found few of them . But some of them in Indonesian recipe that  I am not like it.. The Indonesian recipe , have coconut milk..I want to cook as Chinese recipe .

After searched for a second , I found it too.. but I cooked it combine as my own style.

1. I put  about 100 grm barley in a sieve and rinse for a minute and after that , take a pan.. put the barley and fill with water about half pan and heat it.

2. Bring the water to the boil and then simmer for 20-25 minutes with the lid off. This will reduce the amount of water by about 1/3. The grains should be softened and cooked. 

3. I add rock sugar in it.. 2 scops of brown sugar in it.. and little salt ..It is done. Off the fire and wait for another 30 minutes.. and it is ready to serve.

China Town Bangkok

This is picture of me at China town . I took it at last 2 weeks ago when I visited Bangkok.Thailand. I like to visit there because it is very nice on food hehehe. A long the street we can easily find lots of people selling juice , food , snacks , and still lots of things that interested us. The fruit also good and very sweet.   

Marina Bay Singapore

This is the view of Marina Bay at Singapore , last January I visit this country again and take a picture . It is always amazing and never boring for me to visit Singapore. I like it and the food is very nice too.

For my favorite food at Singapore... . it is fish ball soup , curry laksa , fried char kwe tiaw ( it is rice stick fry with eggs and seafood ) and others that I can not write it one by one.    

Function of Flax Seeds

Flax have lots of fatty acid.  it contains two essential fats , omega 3 fatty acids and omega 6 fatty acids , it is also  as well as fiber and protein .So it is very good on our diet . We can eat the flax oil directs to our mouth , or can add it at top of our salad. But should not cook it because high temperature can make this oil  into harmful carcinogens.

We can also taking flax with other nutrients such as vitamin E, vitamin B6, magnesium and carotene. It can increase flax's benefits.Vitamin E and flax both can  fight free radicals and  unstable molecules that cause chronic diseases like heart disease and cancer. It is known that vitamin E and flax also help to reduce blood clot formation.

But this flax is not easy to digest. we must grin or soaking it before consume.

Cooking

Today is Sunday and rainy days , I try to switch on my tape and hearing old song ...it is very nice and while doing blogging, hearing music and having a cup of tea...it is the perfect moment and happy feeling.

Actually my favorite activities is blogging and cooking, but cause of busy times.. I seldom post a recipe of cooking now...But I will...do it ...try to make a simple cooking, new menu and if can, get a picture of it and post it at my blog.

Olive Oil

Last month I start to use olive oil at cooking, actually I have been heard for long time that olive oil is good for our health, but they said that we can not fry or stir fry with olive oil, just can be dressing only.

But after I chat with my friend which she stay at Sidney, she told me, that we can fry too with olive oil , but before we must look , which olive oil can be fry or dressing only. If the virgin one, we can not fry it, but for the light or extra light , we can do it. This is very important information for me, and I start to use it.

How To Cook With Olive Oil

I have been told by my friend that cooking with olive oil is best for healthy cooking. But she said that can not fried it or make it over heat because can damage it or saturated or a trans-fatty oil. So I think, it is bit of difficult too, cause I like stir fry vegetables . If I can not heat it, how can I stir fry the vegetables ? You know most of Chinese food is stir fry.
And I try to have a search on healthy olive oil cooking and found out that we can heat the olive oil or make fry in it. I am so great when I read it, cause I can use the olive oil and cook with my favorite Chinese food.
It said that :

Olive Oil Myth: Olive oil loses its benefits when heated

The Facts: Excessively heating olive oil will evaporate the alcohols and esters which make up its delicate taste and fragrance. Heating olive oil will not change its health aspects, only the flavor. Use a cheaper olive oil which doesn't have much flavor to begin with if you want to fry with it, add a more flavorful olive oil after cooking or at the table.

Olive Oil Myth: Heating a cooking oil will make it saturated or a trans-fatty oil.

The Facts: As far as making a saturated fat, according to Dr. A. Kiritsakis, a world renowned oil chemist in Athens, (Book - OLIVE OIL FROM THE TREE TO THE TABLE -Second edition 1998), all oils will oxidize and hydrogenate to a tiny degree if repeatedly heated to very high temperatures such as is done in commercial frying operations. Olive pomace oil and virgin olive oil are both highly monounsaturated oils and therefore resistant to oxidation and hydrogenation. Studies have shown oxidation and hydrogenation occurs to a lesser degree in olive oil than in other oils. But in any case, the amount of hydrogenation is miniscule and no home cook would ever experience this problem.

The large refinery-like factories which take unsaturated vegetable oil and turn it into margarine or vegetable lard do so by bubbling hydrogen gas through 250 to 400 degree hot vegetable oil in the presence of a metal catalyst, usually nickel or platinum. The process can take several hours. You cannot make a saturated product like margarine at home by heating olive oil or any other vegetable oil in a pan. We don't know where this weird notion has come from. For more see our olive oil chemistry page

Changing a cis-fat to a trans-fat does not occur on a home stove.

Olive Oil Myth: Cooking in olive oil diminishes the nutritional value of the food.

Olive Oil Fact: Heating food will break down its nutritional value. High heat such as frying is worse than moderate heat such as steaming, which is worse than eating vegetables raw. It is not the cooking oil per se, but the high heat of frying. I am not aware of any edible cooking oil which of itself diminishes the nutritional value of the food cooked in it. Most nutritionists recommend lightly steaming vegetables or eating them raw. A touch of a flavorsome olive oil added at the table will add taste and healthful anti-oxidants. Such is the "Mediterranean diet" which has been shown to help prevent coronary disease and have other health benefits

Guava

I like eat guava, in my place, it have a lot. Make juice also nice too, very sweet and good tasty .
Guava is an obscure tropical fruit that's subtly acidic, with sweetness that intensifies as you eat your way to the center.
Why it's healthy :
Guava has a higher concentration of lycopene—an antioxidant that fights prostate cancer—than any other plant food, including tomatoes and watermelon. In addition, 1 cup of the stuff provides 688 milligrams (mg) of potassium, which is 63 percent more than you'll find in a medium banana. And guava may be the ultimate high-fiber food: There's almost 9 grams (g) of fiber in every cup.
How to eat it :
Down the entire fruit, from the rind to the seeds. It's all edible—and nutritious. The rind alone has more vitamin C than you'd find in the flesh of an orange. You can score guava in the produce section of higher-end supermarkets or in Latin grocery stores.

Chicken Enchiladas

One of my favorite food is almost like this, but in Chinese style. This is not, this picture I took my yahoo recipes , the title is Chicken Enchiladas. I think it will be great too for me try to make this recipes. May be this weekend is the perfect time for me to try it.

Chicken

Today's I try to cooked steam chicken and it taste great. The method is very simple. The first thing is put a little salt up on the chicken , put it at the refrigerator for one hour. And then give a little sesame oil at the chicken. And now the chicken is ready to steam. Steam it for 20 to 25 minutes. And the chicken is ready to serve.

Weight

Eating is a nice thing for me. But I do know too much eating will make our health not good...because we can get fat very fast. I like eat..but I can't eat much...I always eat a little..but after 3 or 4 hours I will eat again. I try to combine it with fruits and Quaker oats...

Wonderful Tea Time

This evening I have a nice tea time..I went to the largest shopping Mal at my city...and after that we have try to a Chinese dim sum restaurant. I saw the chef is from China..well.. I would have a try.

I try eat "Sio Mai " , " Siaw Lung Pou " , " Ha Kau" ...it is really great...the taste is wonderful...it is the same taste as we ate one year ago at ShangHai China. And the best one we drink pearl jasmine Chinese tea.

Fried Chicken

Today after had read a recipe I try to fried chicken, actually it is very common way..but I like to try it to see whether the taste is different from usually I did. I cut a chicken in to 8 pieces , give them salt, olive oil ,garlic and onion. Put in the refrigerator for 1 hour and then fry it in a medium temperature. After 15 minutes , take the chicken out, get the high temperature and put the chicken again in the wok. Wait until 1 minutes and quickly take the chicken out of the wok. Two times fry will make the chicken's skin taste good and dry.

Sashimi

I love to eat salmon fish. And I copy a Japanese sashimi picture in my blog.

Sashimi is a Japanese delicacy primarily consisting of very fresh raw seafoods , sliced into thin pieces about 2.5cm (1.0in.) wide by 4.0cm (1.5in.) long by 0.5 cm (0.25in.) thick, but dimensions vary depending on the type of item and chef, and served with only a dipping sauce (soy sauce with wasabi paste and thin-sliced ginger root or ponzu ), and a simple garnish such as shiso and shredded daikon radish.

Japanese Sushi

Yesterday I went to a Japanese restaurant, I ate some sushi...salmon sushi...for the first time I feel strange about this one because the salmon is fresh ( not cooked ) but after I try it at a few taste, this is great.

And it makes me want to taste again this Japanese sushi. I heard from others said eat salmon is good for our health too. After that I try " miso soup " . It is a famous Japanese soup. I like it too and the tofu inside the soup is nice to eat.

A small party

This Sunday I will invite my friends to my house. So today I go to to market to buy things...yeah..I want to cook a little food for them. I think I want to cook fried noodle , pudding , grill chicken , salad fruit , satay and corn soup. Some of them told me they will come early to help me.Well..I am happy too.

Stew Chicken

Well...yesterday I try to make a stew chicken. I never cook stew chicken..and when I went to my friend's house , she gave me to eat...and it is good. So I asked her the recipe and try it. It is very easy...just to marinated the chicken with salt , put in the refrigerator for 3 hours and when we are ready to stew, put a little olive over the chicken..

Grill Fish

Today I cooked grill fish. This is the first time for me to cooked it by my self ha..ha.. Usually I buy it at restaurant. And when I ate it ...it taste good. Thanks to Yahoo recipes and I combined with my own taste. I put sweet soya , salt, peeper , onion , garlic at the fish for two hours and put a little butter when I want to grill.

Restaurant

My sister today's asked me to eat an Indonesian traditional restaurant. So we arrived there at 6.30 this evening. The restaurant is very big but no body eat at there. I was a little surprised and I think what happened to this restaurant. So glamour but no one eat at there. But we were already in and I try a few menu, fried shrimp, fried tofu with shrimp in side, fried chicken, and corn rice ( rice with corn inside),sour and spicy vegetable soup called "sayur asem".

It taste good too and the price is normal, but why no body eat at there ? When I told this to my sister, she said may be it is a new restaurant...yeah..I saw there have a big banner write grand opening discount.

Eat " Bak Pau "

Today I have a chat with my friend. She told me she made "Bak pau" it is Chinese bread...if I don't have a wrong explenation about it. It is good, I like to eat "bak pau " but I never make it. I saw in the past years my auntie made it, it is not simple cook.
But my friend said that it is very easy....