Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Buah Keranji

In my childhood memories, I remember eating some fruits and I love the taste of it! The taste of the fruit is like none other, it's like a combination of everything. Over time, I did not see the fruit again and forgot about it totally.

One day, 25 years later (I believed I ate the fruit first time sometimes during kindergarten), I saw these roundish greyish black thing at my husband-then-fiance's aunt house and something in me stirred like I know what they are. Aunt thought me how to open it and when I popped it in my mouth, I've realized that this is the fruit that I've been long to eat without realizing it.

I found this fruit again when we was sight-seeing at Betong town during Gawai holiday. I was surprised actually when I saw this packet in one of the shop. Wow, they do sell this! was what I thought. As far as I know, you can only get these little round black fruit in the woods! and I was so lucky to stumble upon it because this is actually distributed from Kapit, Sarawak :)

I'm very happy to think that they do commercialized this fruit and now, people like me can buy and eat it to our heart contents! I grabbed four packets of it @ rm4/packet and I finished 3 packets in Sarawak even before returning home :)


Buah Keranji. I love this fruit.


It's greyish black.


To open it, just squeeze it a little until you hear the crack sounds.


There you are!


The inside.


The eatable part is the thin layered dark brown which is soft. The taste is sourly sweet! I don't know how to describe the taste actually, but it's like combination between sweet and sour, heavy on the sour side.


Keranji seed. This can't be eaten.


Comparison between the bad and the eatable Keranji. The bad Keranji is fully covered with whitish layered and can't be eaten. The healthy Keranji is usually in black or brown.


Noticed that healthy Keranji does have different colour, it can be either black, brown, or brownish black. Sometimes, it will have some whitish colour but still can be eaten. When you eat too much Keranji, you can tell which one is the bad and the good ones :)


Sunday, June 12, 2011

What's for Dinner?


I just need Mee Maggi.

Always eat nutritious food :p

Friday, June 10, 2011

Gawai: Home Cooked Food is the Best

Food is heaven! During Gawai celebration, my family was served with delicacy food! food that cook at home is indeed has a different aroma with it. I love all the dishes.. err except one.


Nasi Pulut - glutinous rice cooked with water in bamboo



Umbut cooked with ikan masin, definitely one of my fav!



Chicken curry - I'm not sure what are the ingredients, but it's not exactly curry, but it's delicious!



Fish cooked with vege



Obor-obor mixed with lime, red chilly etc.. yummy! this is not cooked.



Ikan bilis with lime & green chilly, selling like a hot cake!



pork innards



This is the one I'm talking about, it has a strong smell and taste, yuck! it's chicken feet cooked with daun something (forgot the name), but it's actually good for your health especially for woman who just gave birth.



Another one of my fav! Ikan masin Empirang (fried together with thin slices of ginger), it's crunchy (you can eat everything including the bones) and not so salty, that's why I like it. I ate it like I'm eating cracker.



This is... a must have every time Gawai, Pork Ketchup


When we were back in town, I did enjoy my Mee Kolok Special and Sarawak Laksa, both were delicious! Oh, these were not home cooked of course :)

Mee Kolok Special



Sarawak Laksa


Food, wait for me until next Gawai!

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