Warm Buddha Bowl

Hi There Friends :)

After nice sunny days melting the snow, now it's back to chilly day we are having here up north BC Canada :-/

The mail lady just left the front door, delivering a much waited package, but also delivering an unpleasant news. There's been mail boxes broken into AGAIN. Crazy. How's yours @gotlius? I think that is your area's mail boxes the mail lady was referring to, btw.

Maybe CanadaPost gotta start placing security cameras? This issue recurring now and then, not just in downtown, but most especially in suburban areas. What a mess.

Anyhoo...Monday is just starting here, and that means it's #fruitsandveggiesmonday time :) I have a plate of Indonesian dish, but apparently they are referred as Buddha Bowl when they are presented as following.

On the plate there's chickpeas curry, mixed salad (store bought, with broken vermicelli added, and topped with any dressing of your preference, either homemade or store bought), turmeric rice and Teriyaki tempeh bacon plus Indonesian-style chili sauce (can't have my meals without any sorts of spiciness haha).

Here are the recipes should you like to try :D

Mixed Turmeric Rice (nasi kuning campur)

• 1 c long grain rice
• 2 x 1/3 c brown Basmati rice
• 3-4 tbsp wild rice
• 1 can coconut milk 400 ml
• 110 ml water
• Salt to taste
• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder (more of less is up to you, some ppl don't like too strong turmeric flavor, I grew up with it)
• 1 cm fresh ginger, bruised
• 1 lemongrass, bruised
• 2 kaffir lime leaves
• 1-2 Indonesian bay leaves (daun salam)

How To

• Rinse clean rice and place everything into rice cooker, stir to combine
• Let the rice cooker do the job 😊

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Teriyaki Tempeh Bacon: - fermented soybean cake

• 300 g fresh tempeh (store bought hardly fresh, I make my own), thinly sliced - using meat slicer would be best!, especially if you like making BLT sandwich/burger, to make tempeh bacon.
• 1/4 c each water, pineapple juice, soy sauce, coconut palm sugar (or brown sugar or white sugar)
• 1 tsp each ginger and garlic powder
• Freshly cracked black pepper

How To

• Simmer until sugar dissolved, cool to room temperature
• Marinade sliced tempeh in Tupperware for at least 2 H
• Place marinated tempeh on sprayed/greased foiled line sheet
• Preheat oven 400 F, bake tempeh for 10-12 mins

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Chickpea Curry

• 1 can chickpea, drain and rinse (reserve the water from the can, if you'd like to use it for meringue and whatnot)
• 1 box frozen spinach, thaw, squeezed
• 1 box of extra firm Tofu, cubed
• 2 tbsp store bought curry powder (somehow wasn't strong, hence I used 2 tbsp)
• 1 can tomato sauce
• 1/4 of an onion, diced
• 1/4 tsp minced ginger, store bought
• 1/2 tsp minced garlic, store bought
• 1-2 tbsp olive oil
• 1/4 c water if needed

How To

• Heat oil and saute onion garlic and ginger
• Stir in chickpeas spinach and Tofu
• Stir in curry powder
• Pour in tomato sauce
• Serve with coconut rice above

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I can have this Buddha bowl anytime, any day. Anything with coconuty rice, I love :D

And btw, if you are not familiar with Buddha bowl, according to Wikipedia

A Buddha bowl is a vegetarian meal served on a single bowl or high-rimmed plate, which consists of little dishes, served cold.[1][2] The dishes are a combination of healthy whole grains such as quinoa or brown rice, plant proteins such as chick peas or tofu and vegetables.[3][4] The small portioned dishes are not mixed on the plate or in the bowl...

Thanks for looking, you guys :)

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