hello everybody~!

it time for ''AH JESS'S SHARING AND CARING TIME''again..
for today main actor is flower..a flower which is used as colouring..why i will talk about flower today?! it's because my mum pluck it and tell mi it used for food colouring..i dun believe so i check on web..

this blue flower above is used as blue colouring..it's often used in nyoya kueh called ''pulut tai tai''(it a Blue Glutinous Rice Cakes,a nonya kuih for a straits-born Chinese wedding) this kueh is usually served with kaya..wan to noe how this kueh look like? go to this website..http://www.inmagine.com/inm081/im081012-photo

Correct name for this flower is called ''Bunga Telang'' or ''Blue Pea Flower''..this plant is not only useful for it flower, it's root also cure whooping cough if taken orally..sound gd huh?!

now i teach u how to use it dye...my mummy teaches mi to pour some water into a container, put the flower in and smash the flower..i tried it..it really got clour coming out..this method is jus a small test..
Correct method is to sun-dried the flowers, boiled in water, and cook with one pot of Glutinous rice. i think tat how they make pulut tai tai lah!!

my mummy even took the seed of blue pea flower and plant it ourself..let's see if it will grow or not..^^ picture of the blue pea flower seed is the pic above..

*tat all for today ''AH JESS'S SHARING AND CARING TIME''..hope u learn something from tis posts..gd nite!!^^