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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 »

zinnias sunshine

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Dainty Pinks

Posted in California, Flowers, Home/Garden, Nature/Animals, tagged color, dianthus, flower, garden, gardening, pink dianthus, pink flower, plant on January 31, 2022| Leave a Comment »

dianthus

Dianthus is a hardy plant, flowering in all the seasons.

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Floral Colors

Posted in Flowers, Home/Garden, tagged blue flowers, colors, flower, garden, gardening, morning, morning glory, plant on October 31, 2020| 4 Comments »

The morning glory plant decides to be a late bloomer this year, flowering profusely at this time.

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Sunlit

Posted in Flowers, Nature/Animals, tagged color, flower, gardening, golden showers rose, nature, plant, roses, yellow rose on May 31, 2019| 4 Comments »

This is the first bloom of the Golden Showers rose plant that I bought earlier this year. It is a climbing rose, and has a delicate fragrance.

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Wings

Posted in Home/Garden, Nature/Animals, tagged butterfly, Flowers, garden, nature, plant, purple flowers on May 21, 2018| 2 Comments »

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Sparkler

Posted in Flowers, Home/Garden, tagged campanula, Flowers, gardening, plant, potted campanula, purple flowers on May 10, 2017| 1 Comment »

Purple campanula, with its rich hue, sparkles in the garden.

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Flowering Succulent

Posted in Flowers, Nature/Animals, tagged colors, Flowers, petals, plant, succulent, succulent flowers on February 28, 2017| 2 Comments »

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Shades of Green

Posted in Home/Garden, Nature/Animals, tagged color, garden, green, leaf, nature, plant on February 20, 2017| Leave a Comment »

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Winged Green

Posted in Food, Kampung Memories, Malay, Malaysia, Singapore, tagged food, kacang botol, Malay, Malay food, plant, ulam, vegetable, winged beans on April 19, 2016| 2 Comments »

Ulam, raw vegetables and herbs is integral to Malay cuisine. On the right is winged bean/kacang botol, and part of the dipping sauce shown (at bottom right).

In this post, I would like to highlight an aspect of Malay cuisine – ulam, which is a version of Malay salad.

Ulam consists of a platter of raw vegetables and herbs, and may also include some that have been blanched. It is eaten with a sambal, a spicy chilli-based dipping sauce. Ulam is usually served as part of a rice based meal.

Kacang botol, the green bean shown above is one of my favorites. It has a lovely combination of a crunchy texture and a mildly creamy taste.

Kacang means bean in Malay, and botol means bottle. I’m not sure why it is so named; must be an interesting anecdote somewhere. Incidentally, it is known as winged bean in English, perhaps named after its uniquely shaped edges. Well, it seems like the bean encouraged people to be quite poetic in naming it.

The bean plant grows as a vine, and it is said to be a good source of vitamin A.

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