Mummy's Sushi

Sushi is one of my favourite food and I have a lot of good memories about sushi.

It was last few years in high school. Every day I got up at 5:50 am and rush for the first bus to go to high school to join morning exercise and morning reading. (My dad tried to get up to send me to school but only after 2 days he gave up)

After morning exercise and morning reading, 7:30 am is the breakfast time. My mum has already prepared breakfast when I get up so I take it with me. My breakfast box is very "luxury".  It has sandwich in side. It has strawberry sandwich and ham sandwich. Also, my mum will make 6-8 sushi for me. The box has 500ml fresh soya milk inside and a box of nuts. My friends always staring at my breakfast box and using their eyes to tell me "I want a piece of sushi". Because of my breakfast box, I have a lot of friends.

My mum's sushi is very unique which I cannot copy. It always very delicious

I like sushi because it taste very fresh. It is a respect of nature. People use the fresh materials and maximise the value of food. Sushi also represent a concept of lifestyle. I like making sushi because it make me feel even life is so busy, my stomach is so hungry, it need to be elegant to feed yourself and enjoy instead of eating and eating.

TODAY'S DISH: MUMY'S SUSHI

Material:

1. Cucumber x 1

2. Carrot x 1

3. Egg x1 

4. Rice x 200g

5. Salmon

6. 2 sheets of Nori Seaweed 

7. salt

8. Vinegar

9. sugar

10. Wasabi 

11. Soya sauce

STEPS:

1. Put the rice in a pan with 400 ml water. Cook for 10-15mins until the water is absorbed. Put  1/2 tsp sugar, 1 tbsp vinegar and 1/2 tsp salt. Cover and cool

2. Mix one egg in a bow. Use a pen to fry a egg.

3. Skin, tone and slice the cucumber, carrot and fried egg.

4. Divide the rice between the nori sheets and spread it out evenly, leaving a 1cm border at the top and bottom. Lay the salmon over the rice, followed by the chives and finally position the cucumber, carrot, fried egg and pieces of salmon across the centre.

5Fold the bottom edge of the seaweed over the filling, then roll it up firmly. Dampen the top border with a little water to help it seal the roll. Repeat to make 2 rolls. At this stage, the rolls can be wrapped individually in cling film and chilled until ready to serve.

5. Using a serrated knife, cut each roll into 8 rounds. Serve with soya sauce and wasabi

Life is too short, enjoy your pasta

I always have a feeling, life is too short.

It becomes a sentence to convince myself thousands of times when I want to give up. I didn't like climbing because I felt it is a tiring thing."Life is too short" support me to climbed an active volcano named Morapi in Yogyakarta for 9hs. I still remember the sky in 3am, the most beautiful sky I have ever seen. I've seen some meteors as well. Seeing thousands of stars shining in the sky and muslims pray in 3 am in fasting month. It convince me to jump into the sea from 5m hight and made my ass painful for a week. Well, I will stop talking about my funny story for this moment.

Few days ago, Danny and I watched some videos about when I was 12, I joint an English talent competition on the TV(I'm surprise I still can find the video), I had a mushroom haircut(believe me, it was HORRIBLE, I do no wanna back to school after that haircut). I still feel a bit uncomfortable to see my haircut, but life is too short, why not to have a mushroom haircut.

About food and dishes, I also like to try different things and try to make it. One late evening, I watched Eat Pray Love again in the mid-night. This movie was talking about a women named Elizabeth(Julia Roberts) was unhappy in her marriage. After finalising her difficult divorce, she spent the next year traveling the world. She spent four month in Italy, eating and enjoying life(Eat). She spent three months in India, finding her spirituality(Pray). Lastly she finished her year in Bali, Indonesia, looking for 'balance' of the two and fell in love with a Brazilian businessman(Love).

I watched Italy part in 12am, Julia Roberts started eating her pasta. The whole screen is her pasta with soft cheese on the top. In that moment, I decide to learn how to make a tasty pasta.

I found some potato in my kitchen. Also I have onion, cucumber and lamb left.

So today's dish is: Life is too short pasta

Material:
1. Potato x 3
2. Onion x 1
3. Lamb 300g
4. Cucumber x half
5. Cumin
6. Whipping cream (You can use any cream, double cream will be better. I think I bought wrong cream)
7. Cinnamon

Steps:

1. Warm the oven to 180C
2. put lamb pieces into a bow with a Tea spoon salt,  a table spoon white wine and some cumin for 10-15 mins
3.  put lamb in step 2 into oven for 20 mins.
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4. In the mean time, cut potatoes into cubes. chop up a onion, cut cucumber into cubes
5. Warm up a pan, put 1 table spoon olive oil, put onions first, wait for 2 mins and then put few pieces of lamb cook until they turn brown
6. put potato cubes inside, fill half a pint water, put 2 teaspoon cinnamon(I'm trying to reduce use soya sauce in every dishes)
7. put the pan cover on the pan, wait for potatoes become soft
8. Turn off the heat, pull some cream inside and stir until it become creamy.
9. Add some salt inside.(Salt better comes in the end)
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10.Don't forget things in the oven:) Get them out and use a bamboo stick to connect lamb and cucumbers.

Life is too short, let's enjoy a pasta!


This is also for celebrating my bf Danny achieved an significant improvement in his work and life. I'm so proud of him.