Banana Leaf Meal at Home & Jumping onto the Moringa Craze Wagon

Moveover blueberries, salmon,  seaweed and etc.There is a new superfood in town.

Yup...over here we are having the Moringa plant craze. Said to be the superfood bla bla bla...(Go google dot com and find out la). Anyway.... do be cautious. All super food , eat in moderation.

The above are seed pods of the moringa plant and also well  know here as "drumsticks". It can be use for cooking and the seeds can be eaten. Price for 100gm of the seeds in the market now cost around RM20-RM30 depending on area. Nowadays, you can see many uncles and aunties munching these while watching TV.

Anyway, these drumsticks is not new to Papa. Ah Mah used to cook this when he was a kid. Papa have been missing it for some time.

Last week, Mamarazzi saw it being sold at the night market for RM8/kg. Bought some.  But...how to cook ar? No idea ....Papa said cook "Sambar" and suggested to look for it at Nava's blog. Indeed found a simple recipe at Nava's blog (http://www.nava-k.com/2012/05/murungakka-drumstick-sambar-lentil-stew.html).

The mango trees at the playground opposite our house also fruiting. 

Saw in Facebook someone in the gardening group making Mango Chutney. Mamarazzi plucked some of the mango and  decided to make Mango Chutney. Missed the Mango Chutney from Devi's.

Found another simple recipe from Nava's blog (http://www.nava-k.com/2012/12/mango-chutney.html). Love the recipe as the ingredients are simple and instruction simple to follow .

Hmmm..... since got two indian dishes...mamarazzi thinks...oh well...might as well have Banana Leaf rice at home.

Went out to the garden and cut some banana leaves. Cooked a few dishes.....and jeng jeng!!!!

Plucked some moringa leaves from the plant outside our house and fried with some eggy...I love eggy.

Fried some "garbage". Yup...I guess Mamarazzi will never let me forget that I mispronounced "Cabbage" and "Garbage" when I was younger. Just imagine your kid telling you that he wanna eat "garbage" (*LOL*)

Mamarazzi's Mango Chutney. Had to cooked 2 rounds as the 1st round cooked too long and it sorta "melted". She had to cut two more mangoes and add into the melted mango chutney. Taste okay la though the mango is a bit sour as compared to what she had at Devi's .Still delicious.

Papa's superfood. Drumsticks Sambar. The vege cooked a bit too long. Next time must not cook too long.

Made this Cucumber onion with yogurt for me as I like to eat this at Kanna Curry House but somehow at home I didn't feel like eating pulak. End up Papa sapu all.

Ah...this I like. Fried chicken. 

Oh ya hor...Banana Leaf rice must eat with Papadom. crunchy Papadom. Not bad lah this attempt of having Banana Lef rice at home. Only one regret of Mamarazzi is that she doesn't know how to make the fried salted chili. She loves to have that with the Banana Leaf rice.