Pandan (screwpine pandanus) is used for cooking either to add aroma or as colouring (green) for desserts, cakes and savoury dishes like 'nasi lemak'.I usually use it to make 'kaya' (coconut egg jam) and 'agar-agar' (jelly). Here is a 'kaya' recipe which I follow http://kuali.com/recipes/viewrecipe.asp?r=1211. Try it! Just bruise the leave a little, tie a knot and add it into the jam when...
The past week has been a very challenging week for my plants. The temperature has been very high as it was burning hot outside! Few of my plants, their leaves turned yellow. I have been snipping dry leaves away and changing the positions of a few plants to avoid them being scorched by the hot sun. And for my orchids, I got to...
We, the Nepalese ministry helpers, namely Julia, Debbie, Thoo, Stanley, Oliver, Fui Ping, Alvin, Oli and Kelvin, my husband, often hang out at the indoor garden at Dream Centre on Saturday evenings while the Sangati (Nepalese service) is on. ...
My sister-in-law gave me this Aloe Vera plant during CNY. Now I have a new kind of plant in my garden. I learnt that Aloe Vera is a very useful plant. Its gel has lots of healing properties. It can be used to treat wound, burns, corns and even dark spots on the face. Or, it can be used to make dessert (yummy!)....
I started these projects last year. My favourite is this bird I have made out of galvanised metal wire and spaghnum moss. I have childhood memories (in the 1970s) of big topiary elephant, giraffe, horse etc at a recreational park called 'Taman DR Seenivasagam' (DR Park in short) in Ipoh. This park is located close to the YMCA building. My father used to...
We moved into this house in 2005. About a year after that, I started working on this green space. All are potted plants. Many of them I bought from various nurseries and some were given by my in-laws. ...
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