Uninspiring dinner

It's one of those evenings where I had to rustle something up in the kitchen because of lack of planning. By the time I got home, it was too late to thaw fish or chicken, so I made do with whatever I could lay my hands on.

This dish consists of some kind of gourd, Inoki mushrooms and black fungus. It turned out to be everyone's favourite dish.

For protein, I cooked luncheon meat mixed with chopped potato, tomato and mixed vegetables. I rarely cook luncheon meat at home because I don't want to feed my kids too much processed meat. I was pretty surprised that this canned meat wasn't as salty as it used to be. A friend once told me that he grew up eating this on a daily basis. I thought he was going to die of a heart attack! I'm sure this is a comfort food amongst many people living here.

Wokking away.

Here are some of the cooked dishes.

Mum gave me a brinjal (eggplant) on Sunday because she knows it's one of YK's favourite food. I cooked it with a kind of prepacked chilli paste and it turned out rather awful. Half the plate ended up in the bin.