Loofah Egg Mee Sua 【絲瓜蛋酥麵線】

A parent from my son A's Chinese school gave me a seedling of loofah in spring. It took the plant a very long time to bloom and I almost thought that there will not be any harvest this year. 

The plant finally bloomed and bear fruits sometimes end of summer/beginning of fall. Homegrown loofah is so tender and tasty and I made so many different dishes with it. One of my favorite ways to cook loofah is this Mee Sua soup, quick, simple yet very hearty in this cold weather, a perfect way to use my last two loofah of the season!

春天种下的丝瓜在我左顾右盼几个月之后终于在夏末开花结果了， 自己种的丝瓜非常鲜嫩好吃。有天跟我妈聊天时她说丝瓜煮面线最好吃了，刚好冰箱里还存着收成的最后两根丝瓜，就拿来做了丝瓜蛋酥面线，今年的丝瓜收成就算完美收官了~~

Scrambled Egg in Soy Bean Paste【东北鸡蛋酱】

My son and I like to stroll along a nearby river in spring/summer time to collect edible wild plants, dandelion is one wild plant that we collected the most. I liked them in salad, sun-dried as tea leaves, and to dip into this delicious Scrambled egg in soy bean paste.

春天时我喜欢带着儿子到附近的河边游玩并且挖点野菜吃。蒲公英/婆婆丁是随处可见的野菜，我喜欢挖回来拌凉了吃，晒干泡茶也非常好。

上周末天气很好，带着儿子到河边溜达的时候发现小河边又冒出很多嫩嫩的蒲公英，挖一盆回家蘸鸡蛋酱吃，剩下的鸡蛋酱拌了碗面俊爹也说很好吃，真是一道快手美味的小菜。

Chinese Zucchini Pancakes 【西葫芦糊塌子】

Zucchini season is here, and my friend with the green thumb managed to grow gigantic Zucchini the size of an adult's arm!

She sent me a few of her Zucchinis and I turned one of them into this Zucchini Pancakes. A perfect side dish or breakfast with lesser carbs.

又到西葫芦盛产的时节，我有个好友送了几根她种的西葫芦，长得非常肥美粗壮。周末早晨取一根做这个糊塌子，再熬点小米粥，这样的早餐一家大小都很喜欢。

Mushrooms egg Stir fry 【三菇炒鸡蛋】

My diet normally consist more of vegetables and less meat. Thus mushroom became a very common and versatile cooking ingredients at home.

This is a recipe I came up with the two of my favourite ingredients: Egg and mushroom, it's easy, quick, and goes well with rice and porridge.

我很喜欢吃菌类，所以经常买新鲜的菇类做菜。这道菜用了泡发的干香菇，香菇炒起来比较香，让这道菜的口感和味道都更加丰富，配饭下粥都很香喔！

注：也可以用任何新鲜的菇类做，一样好吃。

Minced Meat Steamed Egg【肉末蒸雞蛋】

This steamed egg with minced meat was my maternal grand mother's recipe. I loved mixing it with steam white rice before eating.

My son A also loves to eat rice with this steamed egg, he could finished one whole bowl of rice whenever I make this!

【日式溏心蛋】 Ajitsuke Tamago/味付け玉子

我是温泉蛋和溏心蛋的爱好者，每次去吃拉面都必须要另加一颗溏心蛋，在家乡的时候温泉蛋/半熟蛋也是我喜欢的早饭选择。 

俊宝自小受妈妈影响，也很喜欢吃卤蛋和溏心蛋，我们家附近有一家拉面馆，冬天我懒得做饭时经常带着宝宝去吃拉面，俊宝能吃小半碗的拉面再加半颗溏心蛋，母子俩一碗拉面再加一颗溏心蛋就是一顿饭了。 

这蛋我想自己在家做很久了，这周工作不忙，在家实验了两次，做出很满意的溏心蛋。昨晚给俊宝当晚饭，他说很牙米哦！ 

 When I have egg in whole, I love my egg yolk runny, be it fried or boiled. It is no doubt that this Japanese soft boiled egg that normally accompanying ramen could have my fancy from the day we met, I liked it so much that I will go for Ramen just for the egg!

My son AS probably get it from me, he too, loves soft boiled egg, whenever I don't feel like cooking, especially in winter time，I will pick him up from the daycare and go straight to a nearby ramen store and shared a good bowl of ramen with him, with one extra Ajitsuke Tamago.

Talking about that ramen store, it is currently closed for renovation, I am really hopeful that they will make it in time to re-open in winter so that I can have my hearty bowl of ramen again!

【加尔各答卷饼】Egg Kathi Roll （Indian Style Burrito）

这个加尔各答卷饼（Kati Roll)是有个故事的。

多年前在加尔各答，印度东部的一个城市，特丽莎修女隐居的地方，泰戈尔的家乡，印度中国人定居的城市。有着一家清真餐厅，叫做Nazim，他们家卖的烤肉串（Kebab），远近驰名。当时的烤肉串是和酥饼（Paratha）一起吃的。后来买的人越来越多，烤肉串的钢条都来不及处理，店子就换成了竹签来烤。竹签，孟加拉语叫做Kati。

加尔各答有很多的有轨电车（Tram），许多上班族赶时间要趁电车上班，于是就要求Nazim家把烤肉裹在酥饼里，加上辣酱，可以边乘车边吃。店家在卷起酥饼后，为了帮助定型，会用另外的小竹签（牙签）插上，小竹签也当然是叫Kati的罗！所以这个Kati Roll，就这么命名了。

后来这个卷饼风靡了印度各大小城市，内容也开始多元化，有卷奶豆腐的，卷土豆馅的，卷咖喱鸡的，各式各样，应付着各个不同的饮食习惯和口味，是个很简便的小吃。

According to Wikipedia : Kati roll also known as Kathi Roll is street-food originating from Kolkata,India. Its original form was a kati kabab enclosed in a paratha, but over the years many variants have evolved all of which now go under the generic name of Kati Roll. 

Today, pretty much any filling rolled up in any kind of Indian flatbread is called a kati roll. Its a easy snack to make at home, with the help of frozen paratha from the shop!

【雞蛋咖哩 # 2】Egg Curry # 2

N這幾個星期都在家上班，所以我就開始了既要照顧俊寶，又要照顧俊爸的飲食的日子，這樣的日子過了一個星期我就開始罷工了，叫了幾次外賣和吃了幾次外食之後，俊爸就開始要求要吃住家飯了。

我剛好沒心情做複雜的，就弄了個簡單的雞蛋咖哩，加上米飯，既好吃又簡易。

N worked from home the past few weeks, so I had to think of what to make for lunch and dinner everyday beside preparing toddler food for little A. 

After about a week or so I started feeling tired and was out of ideas for what to cook. We ordered a few take outs and deliveries. When that happened more than thrice in a week, N started giving me that "I want some home-cook food" look.

So I had no choice but to whipped up something simple tonight, there is nothing simpler than a simple egg curry for dinner, it could be done in literally less than 30 minutes and one can't really go wrong with a egg curry!

Egg drop Curry Muttai Kuzhambu 【水波蛋咖喱】

Sometimes the same dish with a little twist brings about completely different taste and feel. This poached egg/egg-drop curry is one of them,  it is a lot faster to make and equally tasty as compared to other egg curry dishes.

A quick fix when one have lesser time.

同一道菜做法稍微变化就会出现更多不同的滋味和感觉。

这道水波蛋咖喱是一道简单易做也比较清爽的咖喱菜，想餐桌上有点变化的姐妹不妨试试看哦！

【炒鸡蛋咖喱】 Scrambled Egg Curry

鸡蛋是个百搭，是我忙的时候或者没心情做饭的时候的最佳选择。这个炒鸡蛋咖喱很简单，是道三十分钟之内就能整出来的菜。还很好吃呢！

Egg is a perfect choice when I am busy or have no mood for anything required more than 30 minutes to cook. This simple egg curry is quick, and goes well with steamed rice... very satisfying!

Scrambled Eggs with Tomatoes 【番茄炒蛋】

说起来可能有点奇怪，不过这个番茄炒蛋在我的记忆里不属于家常菜。在马来西亚也不属于家常的吃法。一直到我去了英国念书，隔壁的香港女孩常做这个，我才开始学的。

小菜园最近收成的番茄都是一盆盆的，做了一次意面红酱还剩下一堆，都已经红透了，今天拿来两只，加上几根也是院子里摘的青葱，做了这个非常简单的番茄炒蛋。味道真好！

This dish though a very common Chinese dish, is not something I grow up eating. In fact I never heard of it until my time in England.

It is summer now in Jersey, which means it is harvest time! We have tomatoes galore this year with my tiny little edible garden. I had made a couple of bottles of homemade pasta sauce and still have many left in the fridge.

So I made this dish for dinner and served it with my Assam Pedas Ikan Kembong.

Egg Vindaloo

Vindaloo is the Indian curry dish from the state of Goa, the smallest state in India. It is relatively milder in taste compared to other Indian dishes.

Vindaloo derive from Portuguese word Carne De Vinda D'alhos, a kind of dish with meat cooked in wine.

The Indian swapped wine with vinegar and added spices to the dish, it not only localised the dish, also create a whole new way to prepare Indian food.

Simple Egg Curry 简易鸡蛋咖喱

Egg is my favourite cooking ingredient, it goes well with almost anything!

When I am short of time or just a dish short for dinner, all I need to do is to make some egg dishes, in less than 10 minutes, I got us a whole new dish!

This Egg curry is our all time favorite, when I am lazy or busy, I make this simple curry with some steam rice, and dinner is ready!

鸡蛋可真的是百搭，家里菜不够的时候煎个荷包蛋，或者蒸个蛋羹，再或者弄个蛋花汤，全是十分钟内可以搞定的菜式。

咖喱鸡蛋也是我很常做的一个菜肴，配着热腾腾的米饭，很是开胃。天气越来越凉了，这个咖喱鸡蛋里用的材料可以御寒，也可以预防感冒，有兴趣的朋友们可以试试看喔！