Belimbing Wuluh - Kamias

This is my Belimbing Wuluh Tree in my house

Belimbing Wuluh (Averrhoa Belimbi)

Kamias (Philipine)

Belimbing Wuluh is not commonly consumed because the taste is very sour. Usually, people use it to cook sour soup, shrimp gulai and fish gulai. From this fruit, you can make asam sunti (a special spice) and pickles out of it.

It is sometimes known as the cucumber tree because of the shape of its fruit.

How to make asam sunti??
Wash some fruits and Sprinkle salt on them and put them under the sun. Do this every day until the fruits become dried. Put the dried fruits inside a jar and close it tightly. This dried fruit is usually used for Gulai (Sumatra Cooking)

Recipe with Belimbing Wuluh

Fish steamed in banana leaves
Ingredients:

500 gr fish fillet

1 tbsp lime juice

2 tsp salt

belimbing wuluh - as you like 4-8 fruits(sour star fruit)

250 ml thick coconut milk

2 kunyit leaves (curcuma)

banana leaf biting (wooden sticks)

10 red rawits (small chilies)

6 shallots

5 cloves garlic

2 cm laos (galanga)

Salt

preperation/method;Rub the fish in with the lime juice and 1 tsp salt and cut it into pieces. Cut the belimbing into thin slices and sprinkle these with the salt. Let it stand for 15 minutes and rinse it and drain. Slice the kunyit leaves very fine and thin. Cut the banana leaf into four 18x18 cm pieces. Pound or grind the ingredients for the bumbu into a paste. Mix all ingredients well. Pour the mixture on a banana leaf piece and flod it as a package and tie it with the biting. Steam the packages for 15 minutes until done and serve.

Leaf of Belimbing Wuluh
Tree of Belimbing Wuluh

Wijaya Kusuma Flowers

Wijaya Kusuma (Epiphyllum anguliger)

Species : Cactus

I have many Wijaya Kusuma flowers in my house, I think this flower is very exotic and really beautiful when it was bloomed…

The color of my Wijaya Kusuma is white and mixed with pink.

The Wijaya Kusuma flower only bloomed several times(starting from morning and peak bloom on 12.00 pm) and not all wijayakusuma could blossom easily, depended on the climate, the fertility of the land and the maintenance method.Generally the cactus kind was difficult to be determined by his morphology, but wijayakusuma could be seen clearly which leaves part and which one of his stem part, after this crop in maturity state.The tree trunk wijayakusuma in fact was formed from the sheet of the leaves that hardened and became smaller.The sheet of the leaves was thin and flat, was green with the surface of the fine leaves was not thorny, it is another matter with cacti generally.To each edge of the leaves wijayakusuma was gotten indentations that were overgrown the leaves bud or the flower.

Palm Tree

My PALM TREES

I have much kind of palm trees (Arecaceae or Palmae) in my house:

- Red Palm

- Putri Palm

- Coconut Tree

- Bottle Palm

Palm trees grow in places that are warm and have a lot of sunshine. The palms, cycads and tropical plants sections.palms tree relatively tall, erect, unbranched, regularly cylindrical.The flowers are borne on simple or branching spikes. The seed consists almost exclusively of endosperm, Upper portion of Coconut seed, albumen in a cavity in showing the embryo, embedded in endosperm, which is lodged the relatively very minute embryo.
Flower of Bottle Palm Tree

Bottle Palm Tree

Coconut Tree

Princess Palm Tree (Palem Putri)

Banana

I have many banana trees in my garden
My house like a jungle of banana.......

Banana plants are of the family Musaceae. In popular culture and commerce’ Banana’’ Indonesian name is ‘’ Pisang’’ usually refers to soft, sweet "dessert" bananas that are usually eaten raw. Mana kind of Banana in Indonesia:

Bananas come in a variety of sizes and colors when ripe, including yellow, purple and red. Bananas can be eaten raw though some varieties are generally cooked first, here are over 400 varieties of bananas, in Indonesia for Example:

-Pisang Tanduk usually for fried banana or kolak (dessert mixed with coconut) (size long and big)
- Pisang Raja usually for grilled mixed with cheese and Chocolate or for kolak
-Pisang Ambon usually eaten raw
- Pisang Mas usually eaten raw (small)
- Pisang Kelutuk usually for Rujak… (Indonesian dessert mixed with other fruits like: Star Fruit, young mango and with palm sugar..)

My favorite dessert is Banana grilled :)

Bananas may also be dried and eaten as a snack food. Dried bananas are also ground into banana flour.

The leaves of the banana are large, flexible, and waterproof; they are used in many ways, including to wrap food for cooking.

A banana is a natural remedy for many ills. It has many protein, carbohydrate, phosphorus, vitamin A and iron, and the other vitamins and minerals. It is also rich in potassium and is one of the best value foods around.

Banana Bread Recipe
Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup toasted walnuts or pecans, chopped
3 ripe, soft, darkly speckled large bananas, mashed well (about 1 1/2 cups)
1/4 cup plain yogurt
2 large eggs, beaten lightly
6 tablespoons butter, melted then cooled
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preparation:

Adjust oven rack to lower middle position and heat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease bottom only of regular loaf pan, or grease and flour bottom and sides of nonstick 9-by-5-by-3-inch loaf pan.
Combine dry ingredients together in large bowl and set aside.
Mix mashed bananas, yogurt, eggs, butter, and vanilla with wooden spoon in medium bowl.
Lightly fold banana mixture into dry ingredients with rubber spatula until just combined and batter looks thick and chunky.
Pour batter into prepared loaf pan; bake until loaf is golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 55 minutes.
Cool in pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to wire rack.
Wrap tightly with plastic wrap and store in refrigerator for 4 days, on the counter for 2 days.

Pisang Tanduk

Pisang Mas (Gold Banana)

Hibiscus Flowers

Hibiscus Flower (Rosemallow)
Family : Malvaceae

Hibiscus flowers are among the most beautiful flowers in the whole world. Hibiscus has over 200 species in its family.Hibiscus can be grown in the garden but also on pottery inside the house.

It gets its name from the Greek words Hibiscus meaning "mallow" and rosa-sinensis meaning "rose of China".

Very easy to care Hibiscus, hibiscus need much sun and no needed too much water.

I have many kind of hibiscus in my garden:

pink

Red

Yellow

White

Baby Pink

Orange

All so beautiful....... I love it.....