CHAR BEE HOON - Fried Noodle for Mother Earth
Each year, there is the Nine Emperors Deities festival, a Taoist festival celebrated by some Chinese Malaysians. During these 9 days of celebration, devotees go on a vegetarian meal plan. One of my childhood dishes during this festival is char bee hoon. Char means to fry and bee means rice in my mother's tongue, viz, Hokkien dialect. So this dish is simply "fried rice vermicelli"(noodles) with veggies and tofu, nuts and seeds. The main sustainable elements in this dish are: plant food, cooked very quickly hence using very little energy.
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Dr Moni Lai Storz is a Sociologist trained in cultural diversity & inclusion issues, Asian business cultures and global leadership skills. Moni's books include Dancing with Dragons: Chopsticks People Revealed for Global Business, and Tango With Tigers, an E-book about the Hands People of Asia (Indians, Malays, Hinduism & Islam). Moni is also a novelist, poet & playwright. Moni's lifelong mission is about empowering people to love themselves, others and Mother Earth through story telling, food, singing and dancing.
