Archive for the ‘Home/Garden’ Category
Unfolding #2
Posted in Flowers, Health/Spirit, Home/Garden, Inspiration, tagged flower, gardening, nature, red rose, rose, rose unfolding on May 18, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Unfolding #1
Posted in Flowers, Health/Spirit, Home/Garden, Inspiration, tagged flower, gardening, nature, pink, pink rose, pink rosebud, rose, rosebud on May 8, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Spring
Posted in Flowers, Health/Spirit, Home/Garden, Nature/Animals, tagged colors, ducklings, nature, seasons, spring, spring collage, spring colors, tulips on April 13, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Spring Blooms
Posted in Flowers, garden, Home/Garden, Nature/Animals, tagged flower, garden, gardening, pink roses, roses, spring on April 6, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Tea Collage #2
Posted in Food, Home/Garden, tagged colors, flowers in teacup, flowers in teacup illustration, plants in teacups, stack of teacups, tea aesthetic, tea collage, teacup on March 29, 2023| 2 Comments »
Tea Collage #1
Posted in Food, Home/Garden, tagged colors, drink, spoons, tea, tea aesthetic, tea collage, teacup, teatime on March 19, 2023| 4 Comments »
Domestic Discoveries
Posted in Art/Culture, Home/Garden, Life, Nature/Animals, tagged Art, cats, cats art, cats at home, cats illustrations, pets, vintage cats art, vintage cats paintings on September 29, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Zinnias Greet the Morning
Posted in Flowers, Health/Spirit, Home/Garden, Nature/Animals, tagged colors, flower, garden, morning, morning sunshine, plant, rooster, zinnias on September 24, 2022| 2 Comments »
Born in Summer
Posted in Home/Garden, Nature/Animals, tagged cat, colors, feline, hibiscus, kitten, pineapple, summer, summer cat on July 19, 2022| 8 Comments »
Backyard Banana Tree
Posted in California, Food, Home/Garden, Malay abroad, tagged banana, banana tree, food, fruit, gardening, Malay, Malay cooking, tree on June 23, 2022| 9 Comments »
It’s great that the weather in California is warm enough for the banana plant to thrive.
I was very pleased when I noticed that the banana tree in the backyard was bearing fruits. We did have banana trees in my childhood home in Asia, but I never really bothered to see how the fruit grew.
So this time around, it was very interesting to watch the process. The cone-shaped piece at the bottom of the bunch of bananas is actually a delicacy in Malay cooking. It is know as jantung pisang, literally means the heart of the banana. It is usually cooked in a coconut milk based curry/gravy.
The ripened fruit has a firmer texture and a creamier flavor than the store-bought ones.