🙏Blessed to eat this King of Fruits — Mao Shan Wang (Musang) durians!!😋

😜Before you puke and be judgmental about durians. Food is subjective. In my part of South East Asia durians is a delicacy akin to Italian Blue Cheese which in this part of the world would find it pungent! But as all things in life it’s about habit and familiarity. I grew up exposed to my grandma’s farm and been eating durians so we can discern the taste and gotten used to the pungent smell. And likewise when I grew up I had exposed to cheese cause of Italian foods and blue cheese in particular I tried and actually loved it, and when I was in university and did my internship, the company is literally above a pub which serves blue cheese fondue so you can imagine the strength of that smell everyday!! But I am blessed to be exposed to all these flavours of life!! I do find smelly toufu of Taiwan to be off putting but I tried it and it’s not that bad actually, just because I am not used to it’s “stinkiness” LOL 😂

Now onto my main topic: DURIANS!

Not to boast or anything, but wanna share my blessings … 😄

It’s an exclusive Mao Shan Wang 猫山王(aka Musang) durains!! From my Malaysia friend’s sister’s in-laws who has their own personal durian tree in Malaysia!! And he managed to package it to bring it to SG to give all to me!!!! So so blessed!! OMG 😮 so custard sweet slight bitter and Super fragrant!!! I’m gushing now!!! 😋 Frankly in the past I had only mostly D24, so can’t remember how Mao Shan Wang durians taste like, so thankful I have chance to taste it for free! So so blessed👍😊

For obvious reasons I am not naming my Friend here as he is humble and also I respect his privacy. 🙏But again thank you to him and his sister and her in-laws for making this happen!!! 😍

OMG 😮 I ate 6 seeds today (normally in the past I easily will devour over 20 seeds), but I am on my new lifestyle diet change so I am mindful not to over indulge. Well there goes today’s calories count, burst it more than 300+ 😜, anyway it’s not Everyday so it’s ok and I moderate it with not eating other desserts that I made. Durian is seasonal and hard to come by especially this very special occasion. So it’s ok to indulge a little since I had paid off with my own hard work and lost over 20kg and became healthier too. But no excuse! I am still continuing my habit of healthy lifestyle and I hope all of you do too! 😉

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If you want to find out more about common Durain varieties and difference in taste you can read a mini guide here: https://guide.michelin.com/sg/en/article/features/guide-to-durian-know-the-difference-between-mao-shan-wang-and-d24#

Let’s get to know some more common durian types and how to open them: https://youtu.be/Rvw3pnCcCJg

And a short video about a particular durian farmer and his operations: https://youtu.be/bFWC1tvL7pE

Most of us never thought much about the nutrition values of durains (Gosh per average seed of around 40g there is 54 calories!!) but it is rich in nutrients and helps lower cholesterol ! I didn’t know that!! Check out this: https://www.healthxchange.sg/food-nutrition/food-tips/durian-myths-facts-king-fruits

Trivia:
There are roughly 30 recognised types of durians (I think I only ate before 3 types… hehe yah my durain palate actually very shallow) but around 500 named varieties in Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia combined!! WHAT !!!! 😱

Find out more about this fascinating king of fruits in Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durian

😍Let’s Cook – roots veg into cake and mash… 😋

😍On this episode of [ Let’s Cook with Teelip ] – roots veg – into cake and mash.

Puréed carrots and sweet yams to make cakes and potatoes into yummy mash! 🤩

👍It’s healthier to use it to build the bulk of the cake with coconut flour and raisins / cranberries so all natural sweetness! Added sour cream, soy milk and butter, even some yeast as I wanted to test how it will affect the texture, it does have some leavening effect but not enough to counter the density of the roots veg purée, but still it has the slight bread chewiness in it. Eat it with home made chocolate butter cream! Delish 😋

Homage to my childhood 80s and it’s Stranger Things day!!

#LetsCookWithTeelip #StrangerFoodThings #retro #80s #RootsVeg

👍Sweet Dessert Soup😋

How do you still enjoy “sweet” dessert soup on a healthy diet? 🤔

Well what I do now not put any form of sugar during cooking as my appetite and taste for sweetness has reset after all these 5+ months of cooking at home.👍

So I cook all the ingredients, that has its own sweetness like dates, goji berries and longans in water to allow all the natural sweetness be infused.😋

Then, when I want to drink it I scoop out a small bowl (in moderation) and taste it to determine the level of sweetness it already has. 😁 Only then do I add some coconut sugar (low G.I. version) or sweetener (stevia with erythritol) to make it sweet enough to satiate my appetite. So it doesn’t overloaded but is naturally tasty. 😉

Ikejime – humane way of killing fish 🐟

🤔What do you think?

I do love to eat fish 🐟 and this video shows a very enlightening method. In a way it is considered more humane as well. It just make sense to use the ikejime method, but at end of the day it’s often the battle of cost efficiency for the fishermen and sellers as well as us consumers if we are willing to pay more for it.🧐

👍Personally from my new understanding and meanings to my relationship with food — I rather pay more for better quality products and eat healthily rather than regret later if it affects my health which ends up in paying more in medications / treatments and the agony of illness / diseases.