Smelly Peas

A trip to Genting actually made me realise Shuzhen and me haf a common liking for a particular strange food called Smelly Peas, literally translated fr mandarin... Actually in fact, i realised alot of common grds btween e 2 of us, only recently... Maybe coz i had always assumed we r vastly different, who happened to be best frenz... Haha...

Back to e peas... Tis peas is particularly smelly, it doesnt taste sweet, its jus plain bitter and smelly like bitter gourd but worst coz its smelly... Thus, not many Singaporeans take it... But tis vege is known for its nutritious value and its amazing medical effects for curing diabetic probs, urinary probs etc... And thus, its actually quite expensive...

My mum has diabetes... And thus when she heard about tis smelly peas last yr, she bought it and tried cookin it... E best way to eat it is actually by raw, but its so bitter n smelly tt its disgusting... Initially, i couldnt take it, coz its extremely smelly... But later on, after my mum improved her recipe after numerous trials, i tried it again, and tis time, my opinion totally changed...

Its so gd tt its simply addictive... But then, after eating it, ur urine will haf e smell too, but only for a day, i think... Coz e peas is driving out e toxics thru ur urine and therefore, a so called gd tonic for diabetic patients and ppl suffering fr urinary probs... Its jus a hearsay, so dun say i say one... Heard tt if u eat e peas by raw every morning, ur diabetes may actually be cured or at least kept under control, of coz together wif a prper diet lah...

My mum will cook it wif minced meat, sliced onions and lots of chilli... Her chilli kills me every time, but it never stop me fr eating e peas... Usually she will buy a packet of peas fr e wet market, but not every time coz its rare... Then, one day, she actually saw e whole fruit... And its alot cheaper coz e peas werent taken out fr e pod yet... Excitedly, she showed it to me...



Wa, like, her, tis is also e 1st time i see e real thing... I showed it to Shuzhen as well, when i met her tt day... I didnt knoe they r in pods like these... Amazing, but e pods dun smell though, which is a gd thing...

When i was at genting, Shuzhen went to buy white porridge and smelly peas, and i was so shocked to see tt she bought tt... Later, i realised fr her tt her mum cooks it as well and she loves it too... Both our mums seem to cook quite e same but different fr e rest... Like how they used to cook red bean soup for dessert after fried bee hoon, till today i still dun understand y e 2 comes together...

So ppl, tis is SMELLY PEAS aka CHOU DOU!!!