As the grocery shopping spree goes on, we found ourselves some nice capsicums the other day.  We bought them from a hypermarket.

They were prepacked in a plastic container and they came in small sizes compared to the usual green, yellow and red capsicums.

From the outside, we observed that these capsicums were not only smaller but also shared the same category of colour, which is warm colours.  They were red, yellow and orange.

As stated on the label of the plastic container, they did taste sweet and crunchy too!

Capsicum buddies in red and green!

Capsicum family consists of Green Dad, Orange Mum, Red Brother and Yellow Sister.

Capsicum’s cap.

Unpack, wash and enjoy!

They came all the way from Cameron Highlands!  Do give them a go if you come across them.  Happy shopping!

We came across some light green chillies during one of our grocery shopping sprees.  We have seen and tried the usual red and green chillies.  In fact, the Cantonese like to use red and green chillies to make ‘Yong Tau Fu’, which is a dish where the chillies are cut open, stuffed with filling and steamed.

However, this time, these light green chillies which appear to be rather long compared to the usual ones caught our eyes and we decided to buy them and give them a try.

They smelled a little bit different but tasted quite the same.  The way we tried them was cutting them into small pieces and stir fried them with vegetables.  They were not very hot and it was quite a good experience.  You can try them too!

Wonton is a Chinese cuisine made by placing a desired amount of filling onto a square wrapper, which is a dough skin usually made from flour, salt, water and egg.  Well, for our case, we bought the eggless ones.

Wonton is very popular as a side dish of noodle.  And therefore, there is wonton mee or wonton noodles.  However, today we are not going to talk about the noodle.  The side dish is now going to be the main attraction!

We usually have wontons when we go to vegetarian restaurants but today we have decided to make some of our own!  I did some online research as well as vegetarian recipe books for the filling.  At the end, it was somewhat a mixture of the researches and the memory of the filling’s tasted when we eat out!

We used cabbage, carrots, mushrooms and XiangShuJi (a kind of fake chicken meat made of soy) to make the filling.  Everything has to be finely chopped and mixed.  Then, I fried everything together until fragrant.  I added a bit of salt, pepper and soy sauce to taste.

Meanwhile, Colin seperated the wonton wraps pieces by pieces.  When the filling has cooled down, he put the filling onto each piece and wrap it up.  He did a fantastic job!  Look at how they were all beautifully wrapped!  Beat the restaurants!  Haha…

We fried them instead of making wonton soup.  Both are as delicious though.  Why don’t you give it a try too?  Give us some feedback once you have tried.

Next time, we will try the soup base wonton.

We usually buy cabbage which has been cut into half because the whole cabbage is too big for us to finish within one week.

Sometimes we buy purple cabbage which makes our plates turn purple, when SiewPeng transforms them into one of our dishes for lunch or dinner.

Yes, it contains different nutrients and mineral which are important to our health.

:p Most importantly, when it is cut into half, it gives good colour contrast on its lines to show its beauty created naturally and randomly.

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List of related posts on fruits and vegetables:-

1.  Different Types of Apple.
2.  Buah Keranji.
3.  Buah Pulasan (a Fruit looks like Rambutan).
4.  Different Types of Brinjal and Eggplant.
5. Kumato.

We found kumato in a hypermarket some time ago, but we didn’t buy it until I read from Wikipedia that it contains more fructose which makes it sweeter than other tomatoes.  So we gave it a try.

The kumato that we bought has greenish brown colour.

It is smaller than the orange-coloured ‘normal’ tomato that we bought last week.

We bought a pack of six in a box.

When I have taken their photos inside my light box, and was halfway writting this post, I noticed that I have forgotten to take the photos of the inner look.  I quickly cut one of the kumatoes into pieces, arranged them on the cutting board, and tasted it.

SiewPeng and I found that it is not as sweet as we expected, but not as sour as normal orange-coloured tomato.

This is how the box looks like.

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List of related posts on fruits and vegetables:-

1.  Different Types of Apple.
2.  Buah Keranji.
3.  Buah Pulasan (a Fruit looks like Rambutan).
4.  Different Types of Brinjal and Eggplant.