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Celebrating the occasions with family and friends could let us take a break, enjoy and have fun once in a while. It is our choice how we gonna celebrate it. No one would require us how to celebrate the occasions.
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For today's blog, I would like to share with you how we celebrated the Father's Day. We celebrated it in advance. Excited? Yes, we were excited😊
The Story
The three fathers of my life gathered together on one occasion. My biological father, my father-in-law, and the father of my kids.
We celebrated the occasion and we entitled it " The Father's Day Special". It is rare to gather these three men of my life because they were busy in their daily lives. So on this day, we will celebrate it by preparing special and delicious food for their meal.
Grilled Pork Belly
Early in the morning, we bought pork meat at the market. We make it buying early to get the fresh meat.
The Ingredients
1 1/2 kilogram of Pork Meat
2 to 3 tablespoons of soy sauce
1 to 2 pcs of lemon
1/4 tbsp. of salt to taste
2 to 3 cloves of garlic
charcoal - for the grilling process
The Preparation
Step 1. Wash the meat thoroughly. Make sure to clean all the meat parts.
Step 2. Marinade the meat, and add soy sauce, lemon, salt, and garlic. Mix it until all parts were soaked and set aside. You can put it inside the chiller while preparing for the charcoal.
Step 3. Prepare the process of cooking. Let the screen tray be clean and after it, prepare the charcoal.
Step 4. When the charcoal is ready, put the screen tray above it. and brush a small amount of oil to enable it to stick to the meat. It would be easier to turn the other side of the meat when there is a presence of oil.
Step 5. Put the meat and file it according to your desire.
Step 6. When it turns to golden brown turn to the other side.
Step 7. When all sides were cooked, put it in one container. Slice it and serve.
Chicken Soup with Papaya
This is the native way of cooking chicken smells good when all of the ingredients below will be followed by simple ingredients but leads to special meals.
Ingredients
1/2 kilogram of Chicken (upper thigh part)
1 medium size of lemon grass
1 red bell pepper
2 pcs. sword pepper
2 to 3 cloves of garlic
1/2 tbsp. cooking oil
1 to 2 pcs. of spring onions
The Procedure
Step 1. Slice the chicken according to your desired size.
Step 2. Slice the spices, spring onions, peppers, and garlic. Roll the lemongrass.
Step 3. Put cooking oil and add the chicken.
Step 4. Add all the spices and mix and add one cup of water.
Step 5. Add the lemon grass. It gives a special aroma to your soup when there is lemongrass.
Step 6. Let it boil. While waiting to boil. Peel off the Papaya skin and slice after.
Step 7. Add the papaya to the chicken and let it boil for 20 to 30 minutes.
Step 8. When the Papaya started to soften. It means our chicken soup is ready to serve.
Here are our " Grilled Pork Belly" and "Chicken soup with Papaya ready to serve.
Self-Awareness
I am grateful to have these three men because they treat each other as friends. They never argued about things and they understands each other's weaknesses. The foods that were being prepared and served bonded them more as they talked about their experiences in life and what keeps them busy. I love to see them " HAPPY TOGETHER".
That's all for now about the Father's Day Special. Treat your fathers right and make them feel loved and special. Happy Father's Day to all the fathers all over the world. God bless.