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Sesame Mee Suah

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About the Dish Difficulty:  Easy Complexity:  Medium Duration:  Medium Healthy rating:  High Method: Boil Ingredient List Wantan / dumpling Siew pak choy Mee suah Sesame seeds Sesame oil Pepper Water Instructions 1. Ingredients. Wantan / dumpling. Siew pak choy. Mee suah. Sesame seeds. Sesame oil. Pepper. 2. Preparation. Cut siew pak choy into pieces. Separate out the harder stems from the green leaves 3. Cooking Heat up some sesame oil with some sesame seeds. Add in water, wait for it to boil, then add wantan. Add in the stems of the leaves. After the stems softened, add in the leaves. Stir to ensure that the leaves are evenly cooked. Switch off the fire once the leaves turn into a vibrant green. Boil some water, then put in the mee suah. The secret to having good mee suah is to continuously stir the mee suah to keep them apart while cooking. 4. Serving. Dr

Plants for Sale - Herb Series

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Lemon balm, Melissa officinalis, RM20. This herb smells lemony and the leaves, fresh and dry, makes for wonderful tea/tisane. Legend has it, the extraction of this herb is an elixir of life. So, it is a must-have plant for your garden and health. Mini ixora, Ixora sp., RM50. This rare variety has very tiny flowers. It is cute and pretty, suitable to add colours to a small garden, be it in the front/backyard or the balcony. Mock strawberry, Duchesnea indica, RM20. The fruit is said to be edible but bland in taste. This plant can be a good ground cover for your pots, at the same time adding shades of yellow flowers and red fruits. You can bluff your friend about you growing strawberries successfully in lowland too. Mock strawberry, Duchesnea indica, RM20. The fruit is said to be edible but bland in taste. This plant can be a good ground cover for your pots, at the same time adding shades of yellow flowers and red fruits. You can bluff your friend about you growing stra

Nature & Photography Walk @ Perdana Botanical Garden

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Special thanks and credit to Jouyin and her husband Kris for making time to be our models and help us simulate a tour. Jouyin is an occupational therapy educator, meaning that she trains future occupational therapists. She runs a Facebook group ( Ask JY ) as public resource for people to find out more about occupational therapy and engage in conversations with occupational therapists, as well as sharing advocacy materials on issues such as disabilities and mental illnesses. The Program Summary 8.00am We arrived and met at the playground just beside the parking area. Then we proceeded to walk around, going through various attractions of the place, such as the sunken garden, lotus & water lily pond, fantasy planet, conservatory, and herb garden. As we went through the attractions, we highlight some interesting plants such as moringa, differences between lotus and water lily, differences between citronella and lemongrass, and so on. 9.00am Conservatory & herb garden opened