Japanese curry by Zojirushi food jar

wheeee received my 750ml food jar from Mumbies Malaysia just before school reopen. thanks to the team, for willing to bear half of the shipping fee. may buy another one.. for my mum. need to convert her to be food jar user too XD

bought it at the thought of preparing own dinner, so that won't be always mcd kfc like last two sem ==

wanted to try out japanese curry before this new food jar of mine reached me..

so when i had the time to do marketing after i received this food jar, i quickly went to supermarket to get all the things i wanted to :P *semangat chin*

Japanese curry powder for the laziest person of all.. it's so convenient that they are in sachets.. unlike those boxes one, must be refrigerated once opened. and is just nice for one or two people portion. one full sachet makes 550ml of curry. since i have the big food jar so i just used all up. anything that requires no refrigerator after opening is good for me.

and the gluten free penne. I'm not allergic to gluten, just buy for the sake of "macam healthy nia" XD

the japanese mushrooms.

since it's for dinner, i started preparation at 2+, didnt open until before class, that's 6+.
penne is the hardest of all. so warmed my 360ml food jar with penne for few minutes, while i was preparing to dump in the chikuwa, tomato, japanese momen tofu, japanese mushroom and the curry powder into the big food jar, these are the things that dont require preheat. just briefly warmed food jar before dumping all in. after having done those, then i transferred the penne into the big food jar, filled in water, closed lid and waited till i reached uni and cleaned up myself :P

turned out to be not-too-bad :D not salty. should add salt next time.

without rice, i could only clear of the ingredients and poured the remaining soup away =.=
just that...... I WONDER HOW ON EARTH DID THE PENNE MELT!!!!!!!! beats me =.= caused me not being able to eat penne... =.=

the portions of the ingredients i dumped in are all by guessing.
tomato - halved *perhaps can add one full one next time? or 3/4*
japanese momen tofu - half a normal box *just nice*
japanese mushrooms - quarter of a box *can add more =)*
chikuwa - one n half stick i think? *just nice*
penne - by visual *can add more but cannot simmer for hrs together with the mixed veggie curry, add in when all are done*
water - i added between 600ml-700ml *should reduce next time. end product is slightly too watery*

**it's not my first time using the food jar. been using the 360ml one for like two three mths. so all the portions of the ingredients for the 750ml food jar i only "agak agak". coz kind of like quite familiar with the food jars.

in all, kind of liken the mixed veggies curry :P too bad dunno how to simmer rice yet.

600th post

HAHA! been a long way. and it's 600th blog post here! all the rants..

thanks to recent heartburn issue, I've been preparing own lunch at office for like two mths.. simple lunch though. porridge, fish n vegetables.

initially was white rice porridge. then changed to millet, healthier they say.

found out this Zojirushi food jar can be used to "cook" foods. with the high temperature and high pressure theory. I've cooked porridge, vegetables and eggs with this magic jar. haha! it's expensive, but i think worth the spend. for my portion of porridge, it's about four to five tablespoon of rice/millet. warm the jar with the millet with hot boiling water for about five minutes, pour out the water, then fill the jar with another round of freshly boiled water to 1-1.5cm below the water level indicator. simmer for three or four hours. shake vigorously in between, if you remember ;)

actually i think the porridge would be readied in two hrs. never open the cover and check after two hrs, since my lunch time is around 12nn.

a steam fish is a must, then any choice of vegetables. thanks to my Yoei electrical lunch box :P

a very simple, yet costly meal =.=

oh new roommate by the way ;) 

too bad they dont have Calla Lily seeds.. i wanna plant some Calla Lily!!!! :(

been looking for Calla Lily for about a year. anyone knows where to find??O_O