mixed stir-fried veggie (aubergine, common beans)

In the summer, somehow I have much more chances to stir-fry veggies.

Ingredients

- 3 aubergines
- a pack of common beans
- a pack of mushroom (this time I used しいたけ)
- salt / pepper / soy source to season

もろへいや うどん

Somebody told me that もろへいや originally was grown in Egypt. This sticky leaf-vegetable is supposed to be very rich in nutrition (richer than the spinach).

It cannot be simpler. Cook もろへいや for a minute, chop into around 2 cm. Place on top of cooked and cooled うどん。Sprinkle as much soy source as you want.

もろへいや is also good to eat with soy source.

Mixed stir-fried veg

I personally can get inspirations easier out of summer veggies, like beans and greens (well, often stir-frying though). I realized that a family member of mine (native to east Europe) prefers to cook tuber veggies (well mostly soups). I noticed that this is an interesting contrast.

This time, I stir-fried miscellaneous veggies I found at home, namely zucchini, mushroom, pepper and common beans. Was simple and good.

Stir-fried aubergine, pepper and zucchini in みそ

The clue is aubergine. The rest, you can use virtually any veggies you have at home. Somehow I like this combination of aubergine stir-fried in rather plenty of oil and seasoned with みそ and honey.

Ingredients are
- 3 aubergines
- 1 zucchini
- 5 rather small peppers
- みそ
- honey (or sugar)
- salt

Basically, slice aubergines (I prefer to cut aubergine as on the picture for frying. In this way, aubergines get more crispy.) and zucchini. Cut also peppers.

Start frying with aubergines and zucchini. Add peppers bit later.

When veggies are almost ready, add みそ, salt, honey (or sugar) and salt as much as you like.

souerkraut and pickled らっきょ were successful

Couple of weeks ago, I started to pickle らっきょ and souerkraut. It would be disaster to wait for couple of weeks and find pickles were spoiled or something like that... Luckily, these experiments were successful.

おかひじき dressed in vinegar

In the summer, sour and spicy dishes are indispensable.

It was my first time to see this bit bazaar-looking veg, called おかひじき, but I tried to search for a recipe on the internet and came across to one. Though the original suggested to use their own source mixture, I used simple vinegar and honey. This dish was unexpectedly good and refreshing. Recommended.



Ingredients are

- おかひじき

- thin fried tofu (うすあげ)

- vinegar

- honey or salt as you like

- soy source



Prepare boiled water and add a bit of salt. Cook おかひじき for 2-3min. Briefly fry うすあげ and cut into narrow rectangles.

Add as much as vinegar, honey (or sugar?) and soy source (or salt if you do not have soy source).

How different strategies we've got

Goya, like an ivy, prolongs its arms to places they can hook themselves. They do not have eyes (but light-detector). Many plants even grows only upwards and tens of centimeters diameter.

I? I have moved up and down from East and West, from North to South, yet not settled.

A lot of questions arise. but the most tangible words I have at the moment are, It's amazing how different strategies we've got.

BTW, our garden's tomatoes are getting really sweet.