Vinegar Green Chillies

When I am having noodles for lunch or dinner, I liked to add some vinegar green chillies to it. The vinegar green chillies taste great and it does makes me more hungry for food. Sometimes I find that some of the food outlets do not have vinegar green chillies even though they are selling noodles, soup or rice. But most of the Chinese restaurants in Jakarta will have it - and normally light soya sauce is added to it to enhance the flavor.

My friend told me that it is easy to make vinegar green chillies at home. His instruction was - get green chillies ( make sure that the chillies are firm, discard the bad ones) and sliced them. Remove all the seeds for better presentation and taste. Soak the green chillies in water with some salt for an hour.

Sterilised a glass bottle. Get a glass bottle with a non metalic cover and with a big mouth opening. Pour about a cup of white vinegar into a saucepan and add 2 tablespoon of sugar. Heat up and stir the vinegar till the sugar has melted and blend with the vinegar and then let it cool.

Rinse away the water from the green chillies and remove seeds or any impurities. Put the green chillies inside the glass bottle and pour the vinegar into the bottle. Seal the bottle and placed it in the fridge. Let it soak for 3 days and then it is ready to serve.

Try it at home. Vinegar green chillies taste great with noodles.

Organic Apples

Nowadays eating organic fruits and vegetables is a new trend for many people. I think this is because consumers are fed up with pesticides and chemicals found in the fruits and vegetables. I have some friends in Indonesia who takes pride in growing some fruit trees, chilli plants and some vegetables in their backyard of their homes. I think this is very nice as there is nothing more pleasurable and healthy than eating what you have grown.

I enjoy eating apples and normally I will buy apples that are grown organically. Is there a difference between organic and normal apples? Well, the first difference is the price. Organic apples are more expensive than the norm. Secondly, organic apples do not look so attractive and shiny than the normal apples. The reason why I buy them is that the organic apples taste better. They are more crunchy, juicy and not so sweet. Now for this assessment, I am comparing New Zealand organic and non organic apples - which I normally buy them.

When I am eating organic apples, I simply rinse them with water and eat it with the skin. Now if I am eating non organic apples, I will rinse it longer or soak them in water before eating it. There are some apples from China which looks very shiny with a layer of wax on it - I will not buy them. I read from a newspaper which wrote that a study was done in United States found that organic fruits indeed have more nutrients than the non organic fruits. Well if this is true, then it is even more beneficial to eat organic fruits. But for me, I know that the organic apples taste much better and this is so even after keeping the apples in the fridge for more than a week.

The two photographs are organic apples that I bought - which are from New Zealand. There are no wax on the skin and the apples are delicious.


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