The kangkong story...

Well, well, well....I was seriously blur when my fb was flooded with different kangkong stories.  Once upon a time, my hubby was asking..."what's the kangkong story about?" "errr....I don't know lah" I replied. Checked what my friends were actually talking about...."oh....now I know". Duh!!! I don't watch news nor read any local newspaper. It's full of lies, so why waste money on it. So, I didn't read about the kangkong price drop. Only got the info from fb.... Why in the world would he use kangkong as the example....sole example I believe. I don't eat kangkong everyday. What we use everyday is water, electricity, rice (for me lah), petrol for most of us....I didnt vote for "Barang Naik" ya. Reduce those necessities dear PM and the rakyat will be more than grateful. Since the kangkong price drop, we shall eat more kangkong lor. I would usually buy food that is in season because the prices are relatively reasonable. My family and I simply love chili/sambal. Almost every meal we would have curry or chili or something related. If not, I would have a container of sambal tumis in the fridge. When it's rainy season, chili price will shoot up. So, I won't buy chili lor. What I do is, I stocked up dried chili when it's cheap and I grow my own chili!!! My chili plant doesn't harvest that much but still...it's homegrown..it's organic! Let's go back to the kangkong story. We should give credit to our PM since he drop the price of kangkong hor? Copycat mom copied the following from John Swannack's blog about the benefits of kangkong/water spinach... "Water spinach does far more than delight taste buds, however: Its nutritional properties will wow you and strengthen your body. To start with, water spinach’s generous crunch means it is high in fiber, promoting digestive health and regularity. Magnesium, vitamin A and vitamin C abound in water spinach, which is low calories like all other green vegetables. Studies have shown the plant helps control blood sugar levels and can even fight bacterial infections." If I do buy kangkong, I love to stir-fry it with sambal belacan. Talking about it makes me salivate now..:(. If I'm out for a meal, I love to order the sotong kangkong dish with rojak sauce.... My kangkong sambal recipe: 300g kangkong 1/2 rice bowl shallots 1 rice bowl cut red chili 1 tsp belacan Method: Blend all the ingredients except kangkong of course till fine paste. Fry the paste until fragrant. Add kangkong, stir fry for a couple of mintues till kangkong is cooked thoroughly. So simple rite? Do share if you have any kangkong recipes that you have tested and taste yummy!

Copy cat mom is about copying recipes from other blogs but adjusted to my family's liking..:-), copying natural remedies, copying ideas for house decorating, gardening..etc. I'm a wife to a loving husband, a mom to 3 awesome kids, a daughter to 2 amazing couple and a sister to 2 forever-knitted siblings. Im a homemaker who loves to cook, bake, read, googling, cleaning and more. I'm a die-hard fan of natural remedies, cooking from scratch, and a health-freak..well..sort of. Follow me as I post my daily cookings from googling, recipes from baba/Nyonya and gongzhau heritage, natural remedies I've personally tested, places we hv visited etc...sound like a boring blog huh? But I hope mine will be different and be able to touch and change lives!