Illustration Friday: CRAVING

Medium: color pencils (for the actual drawing), digital for the text, and recipe section.

Somehow when I think about "Craving", my mind goes to food. I love food! I CRAVE good chinese food. It's one of my obession! Here's the recipe to make this dish:

Ingredients

1 tablespoon peanut oil

1 teaspoon sesame oil

1 garilic clove, crushed

1 fresh red chilli, seeded and finely sliced

1 pound fresh stir-fry vegetables, such as bean sprouts

and shredded carrots, bell peppers and snow peas

2 tablespoons chopped cilantro

1-inch piece fresh ginger, grated

1 tablespoon Chinese rice wine or dry sherry

1 tablespoon soy sauce

12 ounces fresh dressed crabmeat

12 spring roll wrappers

1 small eg, beaten

oil, for deep-frying

salt and freshly ground black pepper lime wedges

and fresh cilantro, to garnish

For the dipping sauce

1 onion, thinly sliced

oil, for deep-frying

1 fresh red chilli, seeded and finely chopped

2 garlic cloves, crushed

4 tablespoons dark soy sauce

4 teaspoon lemon jice

2 tablespoons hot water

(recipe taken from: "CHINESE: The essence of Asian Cooking" by Linda Doeser)

Enjoy!