Kuala Lumpar - a raidly growing city

While looking through old photos I remembered an amazing city in a great country i visited a couple of years ago thanks to the blog of +Thiagarajan Subramaniam i recommend heading over and checking his posts out. With this i thought i would share a few of my photos from my time there.

 This is Malaysia i flew in and caught a train straight in to Kuala Lumpar a city in amongst rainforest with buildings towering above me. Here are a few of the pictures of my time in the city, including the Petronis twin towers, views from inside the KL tower, the Petronis F1 car in the entrance of the Petronis building and a few others to show the size of this fantastic city.

 I will find more pictures for a future post as i sort through them.

Menara Public Bank

Some of the other buildings found throughout the city.

The Petronis Towers 

The twin towers in Malaysia were the tallest in the world from 1998 to 2004.

They are 451.9m high.

The Petronis F1 car in the entrance of the Petronis towers.

                                               

If i recall this was the back of the Petronis towers.

Views from above the city, the skyline seems to be rising all around. 

All photo's taken by myself during a trip in 2011.

Something a little different

 Most of my cooking at home is from Asia, being new years i thought i would do something nice. It's a traditional North Indian korma recipe, i served it with garlic and cashew rice which i will add to the recipe.

Chicken korma

ingredients:

2 tbsp oil (i add 1 tsp of cumin seeds and 2 cloves to infuse in the oil but not essential)
2 large chicken breast fillets cut into chunks
1 clove garlic finely chopped
1 white and 1 red onion chopped (i add the red as my own touch i like the addition but 1 large white will do instead)
1/2" grated ginger
1 green chili
1/2 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground turmeric
1/2 tsp ground white pepper
250g tinned chopped tomatoes
1/2 cup chicken stock
4 tbsp double cream
4 tbsp plain yoghurt

 Heat the oil in a pan and fry the chicken, garlic, and onion until chicken is cooked through.

Add ginger, chili, chili powder, cinnamon, turmeric and white pepper bring to a medium heat. Mix the tomatoes and chicken stock in and simmer.

Stir in cream and yogurt, cook gently for about 5-10 minutes (I'm afraid i can't say times because look and taste determines it for me to know).

Garlic and Cashew Rice

ingredients:

2 cups basmati rice cooked
2 cloves crushed garlic
2 green chillies chopped
4 tbsp cashew nuts (i love these in this so end up putting more in)
2 tbsp oil
salt and pepper to taste

heat the oil in a pan

add garlic and chillies until the garlic is golden, add the cashew nuts and roast for 30-45 seconds

add the cooked rice, add salt and pepper to your taste.


That's it all its very simple to make and i really enjoy it, i enjoy this with fresh naan and homemade chutney but those things take time to make and a few attempts before i got them right. I might add more recipes as i go including the naans breads and chutneys but we will see what inspires me.