Making Nabe ~Hot Pot~

haha sebenarnya dah lama gila I buat Nabe dengan kawan2 Jepun, tapi saje je nak wat satu entry jugak. Actually it was my first time to make a Nabe myself with my friends. Nabe is a popular dish served during winter because it is easy to prepare, can eat a lot of vegs, and can make your body warm! Nabe means "pot" in Japanese. Senang cite, you can make a Nabe by pouring cut vegs, some protein like lean meat, or fish slices, fish cakes or tofu, or everything! into your favourite soup. This time I tried Kimchi flavoured nabe. We bought a packet of soup, then threw almost everything that we love! If you cannot get soup yang dah siap2 atau tak dapat cari soup2 yg halal, you can make it yourself by simple steps!

This is how to make a kimchi nabe:
You only need kimchi, sesame oil, water, a cube of chicken stock for flavour if you want, vegetables (cabbage is really nice to make a nabe), tofu and any protein I mentioned above.

I used seafoods, tofu, cabbage, eggs and mushrooms, to my kimchi nabe.

1. Put some sesami oil, then kimchi into apot. Stir them until they are warm. Macam tumis sikit la, tapi you have to put kimchi a lot, so it's not like making sambals. lol

2. Pour water into the pot. You can use some seasoning or chicken cube/stock to add some flavour. I added a small amount of soya paste and kocchujan(korean chili paste that I don't know how to spell it) this time.

3. Cook hard vegetables and proteins.

I love muchrooms!

It's not cooked yet, but nabe is nice prepared it together with your family or friends. ^^

4. When the soup is boiling, slow down the heat, and throw tofu or onion or other vegetables. You can add eggs too!

This is how it looks. You can topup soup, kimchi or other ingredient while you eat it. Just add anything you like. It's fun!

The last part is kind of important too. When you finish eating all or almost all ingredient in your nabe, you can add some rice into it to make porridge! Some people add noodles like udon, and I think you can add beehun or mee kuning if you like.

Nabe has a lot of variation, like curry flavour, soya milk flavour, tomato flavour and so on. So just try it who knows you can find a great new taste for nabe? ;)

My skin care routine

Ok, hari ni nak post banyak sikit sebab dah bape hari ntah tak update2. For this entry, I want to write something about my skin care products. After and during my spring break, my skin become quite sensitive and not smooth as usual (ala selalu pun bukan smooth sangat pun!, I mean if I compare to my skin's usual condition, it got worse), maybe due to late night CSI series and blogging, and I didn't take care of it as much as when I'm living by myself. I ate a lot of oily, junk, unhealthy yummy foods, and didn't remove makeups throughly because I didn't bring back proper cleanser. Memang horror gila la kulit time cuti and lepas balik tu. For these days, I was searching what can I do to repair my poor skin. I noticed that my dry patchy skin will be less patchy if I give more moiture instead of pulling the dead skin off using mask.

So, this is what I am using for cleansing my face:

Ｇｈａｓｓｏｕｌｅ！

Well, because it is a kind of mud, and it is mud, I thought it7s function is like absorbing excessive oils and make skin look matt, aka drying. But this mud is not. It's really moisturizing that you will doubt is it true that it is mud because it's like a cream, makes your skin sooooo soft and nice!

Tapi agak leceh nak guna benda ni as pencuci muka sebab you have to put some water and wait until it's soft first. Take only 2 to 3 pieces and put them to a small container, put enough water to make them soft, but not too much because it will be difficult to apple to face when too soft. Tak payah nak gosok2 or sental2, cukup sekadar buat pusingan secara lembut je. Leave for 1min, then rinse. You will be surprised how soft your skin is. InsyaAllah, ;)

I read on internet that gassoule is actually has been used in Morocco from long long time ago just like soaps. People use it to wash face, hair and body. I use it to clean my U zone and my body but not brave enough to use it as shampoo! I pernah kena botak sebab main pasir and pasir masuk dalam celah2 rambut and jadi gatal2 n kudis. Walaupun masa tu saya sangat la kecik and tak ingat pasal tu, tapi still cuak nak tuang lumpur kt rambut! hehe. Tapi ghasoule ni memang bes la. Cam tak caye je ia adalah tanah liat. Macam losyen jek.

And beside of dry sensitive skin, I have another problem since I was much younger. The blackheads and whiteheads. I hate them. Super hate them. Especially the black one. Nak jadikan cerita la kan, my mom bought me this amazing set to fight this!

This set includes a cleanser, tinted moisturizer and the famous blackheads sebum gel!

bliv by Cellnique, it was quite pricy a little bit for a student like me, but it is worth the price because this set is not that small, even though it's written there "travel size". I have been using this for 5days, and I can say that it reduce blackheads a little bit. Want to wait more 9days to see the result!