Messages for my loved ones

It’s been a week since we were all confined at home for covid 19. I suppose writing about it is important because we may have forgotten everything that we endure once everything is over. It is unfair for us to forget too easily. This few weeks would be our battleground against ourselves. We need to be at home for quite a number of days. with nobody but our loved ones. Some may have to stay alone, others have to be confined in the hostel while our saviours, the ones that we called the front liners are fighting for us at the hospitals and on the road. The days seems long and the night feels cold and lonely. We as social animals feel trapped in this situation. Working from home seems to be alien to some... Working while fulfilling the duty as a mother, is definitely not easy. One has to be able to prioritise on their responsibilities. To the job that feeds the family or to the family that needs feeding. Other than that, many are challenged with the lost of income, lost of jobs even....



This is a recipe we have in our family for years. My mother made it, my grandmother and her mother made it. Their version may be different but i suppose the essence is there. This is a recipe that you would not find in any shop or restaurant. If u want it u have to make it yourself. I love this dish and once he tasted them my husband also love this recipe. So here is the recipe. The fancy name for it would be pounded tapioca leaves in spicy curry, or we call them ‘masak lemak pucuk ubi tumbuk’. Why do we pound the tapioca leaves? I dunno but I suppose since you’ll mix them with other ingredients they’ll taste better that way. Ok moving on to the recipe. What we need: Tapioca leaves (daun pucuk ubi) about 10 stalks 1 cup pea eggplant (terung berembang / terung pipit) 1 - 2 ginger torch flower and the inner stem (batang dan bunga kantan) Pound all the ingredients together. Cook in a gravy that consist of 7-10 birds eye chillies 5 shallots 1 cup coconut cream 2 cups of wa...