Gobi Paratha (Cauliflower Stuffed Flat Bread)【花椰菜馅饼】

Cauliflower is very good source of fiber and vitamin C, I liked it stir fried the Chinese way and sometimes just steamed it with some garlic sauce.

Making it as stuffing in Indian stuffed paratha (Flat stuffed bread) is also a very tasty to use this vegetable, a good way to eat yourself to health!

菜花/花椰菜是个好东西除了可以炒菜，也可以试试做这个馅饼。是个很好吃的点心和早餐。

【乾煸四季豆】Stir Fry French Bean the Sichuan Style

上周过得非常忙碌，没什么时间去买菜，周日上午吃了一个星期外食的老公突然要求说要吃干煸四季豆，这道菜是他最喜欢的中菜之一。

懒得出门的我就跟他说：“如果妈妈种的四季豆结得够多的话就给你做一次！”

可能因为最近雨水足，院子里的四季豆居然收了一大盆。午餐桌上就有了这道美味的干煸四季豆啦！

有自家院子产的蔬菜吃真幸福！

Last week was crazy busy for me again, had no time to shop for grocery and been surviving on take out and sandwiches from delis!

This weekend I was thinking of making something at home and was still lazy to go to the market. I went and check at my square foot vegetable garden and was delighted to find that the french bean is again fruiting so well. I harvest a bunch last week and didn't expect to harvest as much again this week!

Thanks to the good rain fall and sunny days right after! Nothing like fresh vegetables from your own garden! Right?

【印度小锅咖喱鸡】Karahi Chicken （Karahi Murgh)

Karahi在印巴语里就是镬或者铸铁锅的意思，所以Karahi Murgh就字面解释，就有点类似干锅鸡的意思。这道菜汤汁比一般的咖喱菜少，非常浓郁好吃。

前阵子朋友举家搬回印度定居，留了一箱子的香料给我，其中就有做这个锅子咖喱鸡的香料粉。好久不做咖喱鸡了，这个周末就做个锅子咖喱鸡吃吧！

A good friend moved out of the country and left me with a big box of spices, one of them being this Karahi Chicken Masala, it has been a long time that I made a chicken dish, thus I decided to make this tasty Karahi Masala Chicken over the weekends!!

And it turned out to be Superb!

Brinjal with Minced Turkey 【肉末茄子】

I love any dishes made with Brinjal, this Brinjal with minced meat shows up on my dining table quite frequently.

Mum planted some Brinjal this summer. I harvested a few last few days and made this delicious dish again today!

我很喜欢吃茄子做的菜，所以这道肉末茄子经常在我家饭桌上出现。这个夏天妈妈种了好些茄子，收成了好几根，所以又拿来做了这道肉末茄子啦！

Lightly Spiced Peanuts Masala (Microwaved) 【微波炉版简易香辣花生】

周末我和老公喜欢呆在家里，弄点小零食小点心，看几部好戏，或读一两本好书。

这个香辣花生是我们很喜欢一款零食，平时做点装罐，有客人来时也特别适合拿出来招待呢！

Our favorite weekend activities is to snugged in and watch a good movie or read a good book, with that often accompanied by some homemade snacks.

This lightly spiced peanuts is one of the snacks that we liked. It can be done preparing under 10 minutes and stored well for days, a good choice for party starter as well.

【韩式海鲜豆腐汤】Korean Seafood Tofu Soup (Soon Doo Boo Jjigae)

很喜欢天凉的时候来一碗这个韩式海鲜豆腐汤，很开胃清爽，准备功夫也非常简单，周末NJ突然反常地变成七十几度，冰箱里正好都有做汤的材料，就来一碗海鲜豆腐汤吧！

This Korean spicy soup is my second favorite soup after tom yam seafood soup, it is great for cold weather or when I don't have much apatite for anything.

I almost always made this whenever I have ingredients in the fridge!!

Thai Basil Fish 【泰式塔香鱼块】

I always planted some Thai basil every summer, it is an essential ingredient in Thai dishes, which I love dearly...it could also be used for some Taiwanese dishes like Salt fried Chicken (盐酥鸡) and 3 cups chicken (三杯鸡）.

My Thai basil has grow well as usual for this year, and we have got some fresh salmon at home, so I made this delicious fish dish for lunch!

夏天我总要种几棵九层塔，除了可以做好吃的三杯鸡和盐酥鸡之外，也是泰式菜肴不可或缺的一种材料。

今年种的九层塔一如往年那样茂盛，刚好买了不错的三文鱼，就做了这个好吃的泰式塔香鱼块啦！

Thai Green Papaya Salad （Som Tam）【泰式青木瓜沙拉】

I love having Thai foods in summer, the sweet/sour/savory mix of taste just helps to open up an appetite  in hot summer months.

Mum and I saw this unripe papaya at the Asian supermarket the other day. Since it was more than a 100 F out there these days. We decided to make this papaya salad for our lunch!

Som Tam is traditionally made pounding in a mortar, I do not have a big mortar, so I just mix the ingredients together to form a salad. It still tastes great!

Note: The original post was created in the year 2012 and updated 1/2/2019 with new recipe (I bought the Laos mortal and pestle!) and pictures.

泰式菜酸辣开胃的特点很适合夏天的时候做了吃，前几天和妈妈出去买菜的时候看见了青木瓜就兴起做这道木瓜沙拉的想法。

传统的木瓜沙拉是要在石捣臼里把材料用木棒捣在一起的，我家里没有那么大的石捣臼，就直接凉拌了，味道也很不错喔！

（注：我后来有了泰国辽国的捣臼，所以食谱更新时用了捣臼做的。）

原食谱于2012年7月10日编写，2019年1月2日更新。