Northern Thai Curry Noodle=Khao Soi (Vegetarian)

I wanna recommend authentic northern thai cuisine "Khao Soi.=Curry Noodle!

Usually it's not vegetarian dish, but we can order vegetarian khao soi at

food court of Thai Vegetarian Society(JJ)".

When I was in Chiang mai (more than 10 years ago!), I often had it.

(I wasn't vegetarian or vegan st that time so I had Chicken Khao Soi.

But I think Vegetarian one is also delicious for both vegans and non-vegans...

You can try it at food court of thai vegetarian society.

Let's reduce meat consumption to save energy!

Many people who wanna be vegetarians would be in trouble about no feeling satisfaction after meals. Because of its' lightly flavor... But there is a good idea to avoid this problem... That is "Indian Food". Many of Indians are vegetarians (but not vegan=they have milk). Indian spices could give beautiful taste to your vegetable dishes.

Actually I have ever introduced Indian cuisine but they are not easy to make for not-Indians(me too). So today I recommend "Curry Udon". That's a Indian-Japanese hybrid cuisine! It is not necessary to mix many kinds of spices like authentic Indian dishes... You just add some curry powder or garam masala powder into your udon...your lightly flavor udon without meat would be change to the delicious curry udon

noodle!

Indian spicy cuisine can not only help to reduce the meat consumption but also good for health=reduce medical expenses...

Japanese Cuisine by Professional Chef part2

I visited my friend, who is Japanese chef, yesterday. She came from Miyagi Pref. and many of her relatives became victims of earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

She told me about her uncle and aunt's story. And I was very impressed with their story and that also encouraged me...

They were running Iron Works there, but they decided that they would close their business soon because they got too old.

March 11th.! they lost everything due to earthquake and tsunami except for the crane. But they didn't lose their heart and said to their relatives "We have a narrow escape! So we can start afresh with this crane!" with smiles...

How shocked they are! but they are not discouraged...

They decided not to close their factory.

There have been many natural disasters in Japan because of it's insecure environment and also defeated in world war 2. Nuclear bombs were dropped at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

But the remarkable recovery of post war Japan has caught attention of the whole world.

I think Japanese traditional foods are one of the reason for the remarkable recovery. Easy to degrade, rich of minerals, low calories etc. I believe Japanese foods are the power resource of Japanese people. But nowadays many Japanese, especially young generation don't make and have decent Japanese food...

She prepared very delicious decent Japanese cuisine for me!!!

1. Japanese White Rice

2. Miso soup with Japanese radish and taro

3. Okara(=Tofu refuse) with vegetables

4. Hijiki seaweed

5. Boiled malabar spinach with salt and sesame oil

6. Loquat leaf tea

Today I would like to focus malabar spinach. It is rich in vitamin A, C, iron, soluble fiver and calcium. it's low in calories but high in protein. It is usually cooked soup or stir-fries in many countries, but we japanese boil spinach and eat with soy sauce. But she cooked it with sesame oil and salt, and it was also very delicious.

Simmered Pumpkin

Simmered Pumpkin

Tom Yum Soup

Tom Yum Mushroom and Tofu - Creamy

Whole Wheat Spaghetti with Basil and chili sauce

Whole Wheat Spaghetti with Basil and chili sauce

Bhindi Masala

1. Bhindi Masala

2. Chapati

3. Mushroom Masala

4. Onion