Friday, July 11, 2014

Pickled Green Chillies(Chili Hijau Jeruk) 【泡青辣椒】


Mom went back to Malaysia the night before. I had to leave A with N when I sent mom to the airport as he was suffering sore throat and fever. On our drive to the airport, mom keeps on talking about how bad she felt leaving A when he is not well. It made me very emotional and felt equally bad for A as he has accustomed to a life style with grandma where they spent a lot of fun time out door walking and playing.

I was feeling terribly down after coming back from the airport, I was also exhausted from not having enough sleeps for days. A was cranky at night and was not able to sleep, one night I had to sit downstairs in the sofa holding him the whole night as he couldn't lie flat on bed to sleep and refused to leave me.

Having mom home for the pass few months was so much better and she took care of many things while I care for A, not having her around leave me feeling very sad and somewhat empty. I cried a couple of times at night and missing her so much already.

Yesterday when I was going through my fridge to find ingredients for dinner, I saw this green chilies that mom bought to make Stuffed Chilies earlier, it is still slightly more than half packet left. I decided to make this chili pickle that is known to accompany most Malaysian dishes.

Guess Wonton noodle the Malaysian style is going to show up in my dining table soon!

妈妈前晚回国去了,刚好碰上俊宝发烧不舒服的时候,好几天没睡好的我突然面对离愁更加难受。机场回来看见摆在餐桌上妈妈下午做好的晚饭,还没开吃我的眼泪就止不住了。我也知道妈妈想家,思念爸爸,担心爸爸寂寞孤单,所以老安慰自己说,妈妈回去和家人团聚,那里有她的社交圈子,膝下有一大群孙子孩子,她更快乐,更充实啊!

但是这个世界上,再没有人会那么心疼我了,俊宝生病不肯躺着睡,俊爸又出差了。我没办法只好一整夜的抱着在楼下哄,妈妈也因此一夜没睡好,一夜下来查看好几次,接手抱孩子,让我有喘口气休息的机会。写到这里我又禁不住泪流满面,虽说现在科技发达天天也可以视频说话,但是有妈妈在身边的我,心里踏实,感觉特别幸福啊!

昨天做饭的时候发现冰箱里还有妈妈留下的大半包青椒,刚好今天天气很好,阳光充足,很适合做这款腌青椒,是不少马来西亚面食不可少的配料。于是我就边和妈妈视频,边做了这个腌青椒啦!


Ingredients:
200-250 gm of Green Chilies
1 cup of Rice vinegar/white vinegar
1/2 cup of boiled and cooled down water
3 tbsp of sugar
1 tsp of salt

材料:
200-250 gm 青辣椒
1 cup 白米醋/白醋
1/2 cup 纯净水或煮滚冷却的白水
3 tbsp 糖
1 tsp 盐


1. Clean and drained the chilies and slice into 3-4 mm thick, make sure you do not slice the chilies too thin, it will not retain the crunchiness if it is too thin.

2. Place the sliced chilies in a colander and shake a few times (to remove excess seeds, you don't have to do this step if you don't mind the seeds).

3. Spread and leave the chilies under hot summer sun for about 2 hours, give it a good shake and re-spread once in a while to make sure the slices get even sun bath.

4. In a clean glass jar, place all other ingredients and cover with lid, give it  a good shake until sugar and salt dissolved.

5. Place the semi-sun dried chilies into the jar and leave it under room temperature for at least 6 hours or overnight, the pickle is ready to be consume!

1. 把辣椒洗净沥干切成3-4 mm厚, 不要切得太薄了,太薄的话腌好的辣椒会不脆口。

2. 把切好的辣椒放到一个筲箕里颠颠,把一些辣椒种子颠掉,如果你不介意吃辣椒种子的话,不做这个步骤也可。

3. 把辣椒铺平,摆到烈日下晒两个小时,间中翻一翻,再铺平,以确保辣椒均匀的晒上太阳。

4. 把其他材料装到一个广口的玻璃瓶子里,盖上盖子,大力的摇晃瓶子,糖和盐溶解了即可。

5. 把晒好的辣椒装到瓶子里腌制至少六个小时或一个晚上即可。

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