Cold = Food

Bila dah sejuk-sejuk ni perut mulalah kelaparan. Tapi entah apa silapnya hari Jumaat tu, segala yang dimakan di Sligro(mega supermarket ala2 Macro) pagi tu semuanya keluar balik, termasuklah the "wormy thingy" Anna jokingly said about our shrimp sandwich. :D What did I eat that morning??? The shrimp sandwich(shared), cheese tosti(also shared), mushroom soup, cappucino, and cheese & cracker. Anyway, all of it came out by the time we got home around 2.30 that afternoon leaving me tired and listless and didn't feel like eating dinner... Since DH had a late lunch and didn't feel like eating anything heavy as well, I took out the mussel that I bought that morning.


A simple dish, much suited for a starter :)

Hmmm.... grilled mussel with cheese.

Just place any grated cheese on the mussel and grill for about 10 minutes. May be sprinkled with herbs (didn't put any)

The grated "young" cheese I used....

Place cheese on top of the mussel. Do cover all of the mussel flesh, ours was not so cheesy....

The end result...

The next morning, having eaten so little the night before, I decided to cook glutinous rice for breakfast. I made sambal bilis, fried some ikan gelama and fried anchovy(the big ones) with lots of onions and dried chilli to go with it. At times like this, how I miss young grated coconut!! Instead, I used dessicated coconut. Hmmm it was yummy.... (teringat masa kecik2 makan kala hujan he...he...) It's a pity I forgot to take pictures of it :)

For lunch, DH wanted to cook nasi beriani (his version), so I happily let him. What better dish to eat on a cold snowy day :D

Using this spice mixture

Very simple, in a big pot, fry the spices in errr minyak sapi, add in chicken breasts and drumsticks. Add potatoes and later when the chicken and potatoes are half-cooked, add the other vegetables you have like carrots, tomatoes,green chilli or aubergines. In the meantime, in a smaller pot(or rice cooker), boil basmathi rice until half-cooked, and sieve in a collander. When the chicken and vegetables are almost cooked, spread the half-cooked rice on top of the chicken/vegetables mixture. Sprinkle raisins, mint leaves and gajus on the rice. Cover the pot and cook using a small fire.

DH used 4 pots of rice, so we had to eat it for 2 days he.he..

I ate mine with fresh mint leaves, I simply love the fresh ones....

And for drinks, we had this.....

Tea with fresh mint leaves

And last, the wormy thingy shrimp sandwich that I ate on Friday :D It was actually part of Christmas menu at Sligro, I forgot to check the name...

It was nice, and the salad was good too, I had never eaten it.... I have a feeling it was the combination of cappucino and mushroom soup that threw me off

:)