Mild Spicy Winged Beans N Lady Fingers - 1st Veg Meal

The past two months up till last night had been almost unbearable for me due to the itch from sandfly bites, waking up twice every night and lack of sleep. I have been staying away from seafood and even fish but that did not help much. This worries me because the once a year Reunion Dinner is approaching and both families usually have seafood and meat steamboat. Perhaps I really need to be good and stay off meat till the bites heal. Hence I have decided to turn vegan for the next 3 weeks starting from yesterday... Anyway Dr. G further motivated me this morning by saying that I may have to visit a specialist to inject those 33 bites individually if not healed within 10 days! Thanks man... =="

Ok, so the first vegan dish started with my Sunday dinner. It was quite a challenge planning for tasty non-meat meals since I will not be the only one eating these. Usually my inspirations start from the bathroom, but this time it was via NTUC (a major supermarket chain in Singapore). I saw winged beans. I have never tried them before but Lil Pinky was always raving dearly about winged beans as her favourite vegetables. Hmm... no harm giving a shot at it?

Well I did not cook it the way Pinky's expert mommy did, simply because I cannot eat sambal belacan (a spicy chilli based sauce that contains dried shrimp paste). But I know that hers definitely tasted fantastic. So, what I did was to stir fry the Winged Beans with Lady Fingers (Okra), Carrot strips, Big Chilli slices, a good amount of Minced Garlic, Light Soy Sauce and Black Pepper. The final dish turned out healthy, crunchy and tasty. This was just one of the three vegetable dishes for dinner yesterday, and I am sharing the recipe / idea with anyone who may like to try. :)

Mild Spicy Winged Beans N Lady Fingers Dish

The Recipe (Serves 2 - 3)

3 Winged Beans (cut off leafy edges, slice into thin pieces)

5 Lady Fingers, "Okra" (slice diagonally into pieces)

Half a Carrot (slice into thin strips)

2 Big Chillies (slice into thin strips)

4 cloves Garlic (minced)

1 tsp Sea Salt

3 tsps Light Soy Sauce

Few dashes Grounded Black Pepper

1.5 - 2 tbsps Healthy Cooking Oil

Steps

1. Marinate cut Winged Beans, Lady Fingers, Carrots and Chillies in Sea Salt for 15mins

2. Heat Cooking Oil till hot in pan, using medium high heat 

3. Add minced Garlic into the pan and stir fry till fragrant

4. Add in marinated vegetables and stir fry for 10 mins

5. Add Light Soy Sauce and Grounded Black Pepper onto the vegetables

6. Stir fry to mix the ingredients and seasonings evenly for another 1 min

7. Serve the dish hot with rice!