Lemon Grass Chicken

Now, I have one thing to confess, I didn’t mean to mess around with anyone or deliberately defend anyone every time I whinge about my size. I know I am not overweight now, but .. I am not slim ...or may be I just don’t trust my own eyes anymore.. I have said this many times that I was very big before and I have promised a few of you that I will write about it sometime and today just happens to be the day. I will write about my weight loss journey and also .. hehe.. post 2 pics of big me here .. yeah, here in my blog !!! Promise me, u won’t run away after this, deal ?? ;-))

See, I used to think I looked just nice even though I was about 95kg. Everyone is always so surprised whenever I say that, how can u not notice when u r big, yeah, I never realized that I was overweight until …hmm.. hehe.. I met my husband, who was skinny at that time. 95kg for a 161cm lady .. is way too heavy. I used to look at the mirror and think “hey, I am not too bad” but in reality I was way too fat. And hence, I don’t trust my own eyes now.. I am still worried that what if I am still overweight but i just “look” slim in my own eyes (if u know what I mean). Anyway, I worked hard to get down to my size and yeah, I lost almost 40kgs.. I couldn’t do this without my husband (bf at that time). Every time when I look back at my pictures taken 3 years ago , I am really glad that I met my hubby who cares about my health more than anything. Well, of course, he made me work really hard in the gym too!!! So there you go, the secret of weight loss is …. Haha.. marry an ex army man ;-))) who will push u hell a of lot harder than u push ur self .. haha. Anyway, I am now at my normal weight and life is much more beautiful, I still enjoy good food; I think I appreciate my food more than before.

Ok, back to the food. I cooked this lemongrass chicken the other night; it was a very flavorful dish. It was a tad too hot for Steve, hence he wasn’t really impressed with the dinner. I think the chicken tasted quite good, goes well with white rice. Thanks to Kitchen Snippets for sharing the recipe.


Ingredients :

Half Chicken (wash and cut into bite size pieces)

2 tbsp of turmeric powdersalt and pepper to taste

3 lemongrass - smash it with the back of your knife

1/2 cut of coconut milk

Blended Ingredients :

2 tomatoes

5 red chillies

1 big onions

4 cloves of garlic

1" ginger

1) Marinate chicken with salt, pepper and turmeric powder for an hour.

2) Blend the blended ingredients and set aside.

3) Heat up some oil in the wok and brown the chicken on both side. It don't have to be cook. Dish out and set aside. Remove the oil and leave about 2 tablespoon in the wok.

4) Saute the blended ingredients until fragrant.

5) Add in the chicken and lemongrass and stir fry for a few minutes.

6) Add in the coconut milk and simmer until the dish is dry and chicken is cook.

7) Check seasoning and dish out.8) Serve with warm rice.

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