Anything handmade....: Homegrown Vege

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Friday, August 10, 2012

Plant it yourself - Basil

My favourite herbs at the moment, Sweet Basil and Thai Basil.

There is no supermarket near my place which carry Sweet Basil. I have been wanting to plant it myself.. One day I bought a pot with only 1 sweet basil plant and cost me RM9 at Kelana Jaya Pasar Tani. With just 1 small plant, it couldn't supply what I need. My friend found a nursery which sell a pot with many sweet basil plants at RM11.30 per pot. I was overjoyed when I saw the plants at Floristika, Jalan Liku, Bangsar. I bought a pot of Sweet Basil and a pot of Thai Basil. They came in small plastic pots but I changed them to bigger pots in hope that they will grow a lot bigger and give me plenty of leaves.. :)

Sweet Basil

Thai Basil

There is still fear that I will eat up all the Sweet Basil leaves and kill the plant. So, I want to have more Sweet Basil plants. I tried to grow it from a cutting of the plant after some research on internet.

I kept the cutting in a mug and left it in my balcony but hiding it away from direct Sun. I changed water everyday.

I was so happy to see the root system developed over a few days.

Finally they are in the pot....

It gives me great satisfaction using herbs from of my own balcony.. :)

Check these links out for tips to grow your own Sweet Basil.
http://www.ehow.com/way_5931509_can-basil-roots-plant-them_.html
http://tipnut.com/grow-basil//

Wish you a wonderful weekend, bye,
Anic

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Plant-It-Yourself Taugeh - Part 2

Another round of home sprouted Taugeh... no more stock at home.. :)

These are from organic green beans... I really love taugeh sprouted in my own kitchen.. They are tasty and very easy to do… You may think that it is so cheap to buy Taugeh… the organic ones are not cheap though, I saw that it was RM3.5 for a small packet when I was at an organic shop the other day.

If you haven’t tried, give it a try… There is a sense of achievement seeing the green beans turning into Taugeh.. .. :)

For instruction, please refer to previous post.

Thursday, July 8, 2010

PIY Taugeh (Bean Sprouts) (PIY=Plant-It-Yourself)

Have you grown your own taugeh (bean sprout) at home before?

If you haven't, try this quick technique... very very easy...

1) Take an old kettle.. mine is really old… probably > 40 years old.
We need to cover all holes after the beans go in...
I buy organic green beans.. so I get organic taugeh.. :)

Updated: I tried using a stainless steel pot but cover it all the time except when you need to water the beans, it works just fine....

2) Soak the green beans for 6-8 hours.. I work, so I do this in the morning before I go to work.

After work, pour away the water… make sure it is really dry.

3) Then, water the beans every few hours.

Pour water through the mouth (is this how we call it? erg… cingcai-lah.. Kan we are sort of making green vege.. cingcai means green vege in mandarin).

Don’t open the cover as the bean can’t be exposed to light.. :) after you pour in the water, pour it out again… Just want to moist the beans but not to soak them.

4) teng… teng.. teng.. after 1-2 days, you see… you have taugeh….

I am lazy and I couldn’t wait to eat the taugeh.. so I only water them for 1 day.. but you can do for 2 days for bigger taugeh…

Apparently, more than 2 days, the taugeh is not so nice..

I learned this from Sin Chew Jit Poh, an article they published back in 2006…
Yes, it took me that long to try this out. :)

Updated 12 July:
A friend's home grown Taugeh, they look yummy... :)

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