Moro kyuu - cucumber with miso

miso is a traditional japanese seasoning made from soybeans. boiled soybeans are fermented with mold (Aspergillus oryzae) for many months or more. japanese people use it for cooking for many hundred years. especially miso soup is a common dish and essential for japanese.

we sometimes dip fresh cucumber in miso and eat it. we call it moro kyuu.

today i tried some other vegetables with 2 homemade misos from my friends.

and ate with organic brown rice.

miso is produced by microorganisms and uses less energy. if you use pressure cooker to boil soybeans, you can save energy more.

ingredients

organic homemade miso

cucumber

white radish (daikon)

carrot

organic brown rice

Gado Gado indonesian salad

gado gado is an authentic indonesian vegetable salad with peanuts sauce dressing. the indonesian peanuts sauce is originally made with indonesian stone mortar and some people use blade grinder to make it recently. but unfortunately i didn't have indonesian stone mortar so i made sauce with thai ceramic mortar... it took more than half hour to make it...
the sauce was too thick but it was pretty delicious.

ingredients of peanuts sauce dressing

peanuts
garlic
red chilies
coconut sugar
vegan shrimp flavor paste (kapi jay) instead of dried shrimp paste
lime juice
soy sauce
salt
tamarind paste
water to dilute

Yum Wun Sen, more sustainable life

Yum Wun Sen: Thai taste vermicelli salad

only vegan can reduce energy consumption much but i want to recommend better way.

that's a raw food but many people don't accept 100% raw food.

there are lots of traditional half-raw foods in thailand and in other countries.

i recommend thai traditional half-raw food "yum wun sen" or "spicy vermicelli salad"

it's easy to make and very tasty.

you use electricity or gas only for cooking vermicelli and mushrooms (boil a few mins).

ingredients

vermicelli

jew's ear mushroom

tomato

chinese tofu

green onion

onion

coriander leaves

chili

wheat gluten

garlic

celery

roasted peanuts

soy sause

salt

lime juice

traditional half-raw food natto & hmong rice

traditional half-raw food to reduce energy consumption.

there are lots of traditional half-raw foods in the world. these aren't 100% raw, but no need to consume much gas and electricity for cooking. some foods are fermented. people have had these traditional foods for thousands years, so these fresh half-raw foods are good for our health, too.

1, natto (fermented soybean), soy sauce, green onion and mustard
2, hmong's organic rice and sticky rice
      with order made chopsticks given by sempai.

natto is japanese traditional food made from soybean fermented with bacillus subtilis.
it's easy to digest and popular as a breakfast. it's rich source of protein, mineral etc.
some people don't like it because of its strong smell.

natto is usually served with rice and someone add soy sauce, chopped green onion, mustard etc. to taste.

today i had natto with hmong's rice + sticky rice (3:1).
when i stayed at hmong's village, villagers gave me their rice.
it tastes really great.
i thanks hmong people in huai pum village, phayao province. 

pico de gallo

Pico de Gallo

pico de gallo is popular food in middle and south america.

very easy to make it and delicious.

Ingredients

red onion tomato
cilantro chile
lime salt

chop all vegetables and add into the bowl.

add salt and lime juice. mix thoroughly.

num tok for sustainable life

northern-east thai food or arhan isan has half-raw foods for sustainable life.

num tok or grilled meat salad isan style is one of them. we, vegans use tofu instead of grilled pork, beef etc. i recommend to be a frozen tofu and boil or fry it. you just boil or fry tofu only a few minutes and mix with thai herb.

ingredients:

Tofu (recommend to freeze for one night)

sawtooth coriander

red onion

chili powder

roasted rice

salt

soy sause

brown sugar

lime juice

serious flood in thailand

i prepared some foods for flood in thailand.

1. rice with seaweed

2. cheese like chinese tofu

3. pickled cabbage

4. pickled carrot

heavy rain in this evening.