Roti Prata

 

Photograph showing Roti Prata cut into pieces with raw sugar aside

The above showed what I just ate for lunch.  It was done in less than 15 minutes.  I just took out a packet of Spring Home Paratha and I can cook it instantly.  Don't need to defrost, don't need to add oil.  Just take a pan and on low heat.  Place the prata onto the pan and heat it until golden brown.  

Photograph showing Parantha from Spring Home

Photograph showing the cooking pan with prata on it.

There are altogether 5 pieces of prata inside the Spring Home Parantha.  In the photograph above you can see the opened Parantha on the left of the packaging.  Each piece of Parantha is sandwiched with 2 plastic sheets.  You just have to remove the plastic sheets and place the prata onto the cooking pan (flat based), and wait for it to turn golden brown on one side and then flip over to the other side and wait for it to turn golden brown again.  

Photograph of cooked Roti Prata from Spring Home Parantha

Last month I discovered that the Indian stall at Woodlands North Plaza had closed down.  It was the only Indian stall that sold Roti Prata there.  Whenever we felt like eating Roti Prata, we would visit the stall to takeaway Roti Prata or Putu Mayam also.  Many people said that their Roti Prata was nice.  On Sundays, there would be long queue.  Surprisingly, it closed down now.  So now we have no Roti Prata at Woodlands North Plaza.  Having Spring Home Parantha is not bad, just that there is no curry.  I wonder if they can sell in package of six instead of 5, and probably it would be better if there is a packet of curry gravy inside for us to warm up to eat.  Otherwise I have to eat with sugar.  But not everybody likes to eat with sugar.  

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Sleeping Box

Photograph taken at Bukit Batok void deck opposite the bridal shop

 Walked past these cardboxes and it reminded me of Dora.  These were taken at one of the block of  Bukit Batok flat, the void deck that is opposite of a bridal shop.  The cat was not there.  After I walked out of the void deck, I saw the cat as shown below.  

Photograph of the stray cat

Dora loves to sleep in boxes too.  Unlike dogs, cats do not like to sleep with people.  I am not sure about other cats, but that applies to Dora.  Dogs can sleep with you on your bed for long hours, whereas cats will not even stay long on your bed.  

Photograph of Dora sleeping soundly in the Redmart Box

Close up photograph of Dora sleeping soundly in the Redmart Box

Dora just like to sleep in boxes so much.  Whenever there are any box lying around, she would go in to sleep.  If the boxes were put at a place long enough, she will chew and tear the boxes too.  

Photograph of Cat Castle with Dora lying inside

There is no need to buy expensive cat house for the cat.  I bought the cat castle when Dora was one year old.  She hardly sleep in it.  She would choose to sleep in boxes instead.  

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Fried Kway Teow Mee

Photograph of  SG Soybean Sprouts (Bean Farm)

Recently I bought bean sprout from the wet market.  Came home, opened up the plastic bag and saw that the bean sprouts were not fresh at all.  So this time, I ordered bean sprout from Redmart.  I planned to cook Fried Kway Teow Mee and so I ordered all the ingredients that I need -- yellow noodles, kway teow, fish cakes, bean sprout and Xiao Bai Cai.  

Photograph of soybean sprouts

So I opened the soybean sprouts.  Looking at it from outside the plastic bag, I already can see that this soybean sprouts are so huge.  They were so thick and big as compared to normal beansprouts from the market.  So I picked one by one to pluck away all the root and to select the good ones, throwing away rotten ones.  

Photograph of my Fried Kway Teow Mee

The final product of my Fried Kway Teow Mee is shown above.  I cannot wait to try the soybean sprout.  I tried the Fried Kway Teow Mee.  It was nice, with the bean sprout giving it crunch.  However, I think it is not so aromatic as the normal bean sprouts.  Also the seed leaves, the cotyledons seems too big.  I think I will buy it again, this time, I would try cooking it with chives.  

One thing which is lacking in my fried kway teow is cockles.  If there are cockles, it would be perfect. Nowadays, a lot of Fried Kway Teow stalls do not add cockles also.  Some have very small cockles also, very hard to find a kway teow stall with nice kway teow and cockles.  

 

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100 Days

 

Photograph taken at Church of St Mary of the Angels (5th Sunday of Easter)

Today is 100 days since father died.  We had prayer session for him on the 1 May 2021 at his niche and another mass dedication (mass for the soul) to him on 2 May 2021.  

On 29 April 2021, which was last Thursday, I dreamt of my father.  It was the first time I dreamed of him ever since his death.  The cross with the white and yellow drape reminds me of the dream.  My father was dressed in white shirt, sitting down with some other people in the dream.  First time I dreamed of him dressing in white.  He had talked to me in my dream, an advice, but I cannot remember what it was now.  In the dream, I said I would remember it, but when I woke up, I had forgotten everything.  

  Photograph of my father when he was younger.  

My father loved to eat and one night he came to my brother's dream saying that he wanted to eat chicken drumstick without rice.  My brother went to buy Toto and he won money after that.  I dreamed of him, went to buy 4D, but never win anything.

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