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My heart pounds excitedly at the sounds of a familiar tune while browsing the well-stocked shelves of a local supermarket, a song that has brought a lot of joy and smiles to myself and children of many generations. It is the melody of a Chinese New Year s

This is one of my favorite appetizers, the Japanese Beef Rolls With Scallion, Asparagus, And Enoki Mushrooms. The combination of fresh veggies wrapped in a thinly sliced cooked beef is just so mouth watering. Several methods to cook this, oven baked (whic

*This is the 4th of a 4-part recipe series featuring lean cuts of beef. The first recipe is a Filipino dish ? Boiled Chuck Shoulder Roast (Nilagang Baka) ? which can be found HERE . The second recipe is a Japanese dish ? Beef Bowl (Gyudon) ? which can

I am on my way to "God?s own country" to attend a family function. As much as I?m excited to get there I dread the heat. Every time I go to Kerala, I must come back with a variety of dry fish. I had to finish the last lot before I buy the next.

Yesterday my friends had been to the beach and they dug out some fresh clams,I remember mom making marvai pundi(rice balls in clam gravy,I will surely put up this recipe some day),which is like a long process.I decided to make marvai sukka,there are two w

Dear All, Cookies are made of butter and love. ~Norwegian Proverb Who can say no to an Oreo Cookie? I am still yet to meet someone who dislikes Oreo's. These are very popular amongst kids as well as older generations. During my vi

How to make Chicken Masala Powder / Curry Powder Chicken Masala Powder / Curry Powder / Kari Masala Thool, an important ingredient which i never forget to add in any non-veg preparations, let it be curry or fried recipes or even biriyani. Th

I read and re-read the title I have given to this post again. And I looked at the cookbook I had just finished admiring. After so many days of drooling at the dishes this person cooked on TV, I finally gave in and searched for the book and now I am a prou

This is quite an unusual but exciting ?sinigang? , the generic term that refers to highly varied Filipino stew flavored with any of the many types of natural souring agents such as tamarind, camias or ?calamansi? . The use of young or tender coconut in

It's the norm that we always associate red beans with desserts, mooncakes, sweet pastries or 'tong sui. Well it didn't occur to me that they also make a good soup ingredient, savoury that is, until I had my first taste of red bean in a soup when I was d

Potato is one such vegetable which is loved by every one. For many, cooking doesn?t end without potato. Mashed potato curry also called bangaladumpa mudda kura is purely an Andhra recipe. This is mostly served during marriages. This tangy and spicy recipe

Sundakkai - Turkey Berry, is also known as wild eggplant and I was wonder struck when I saw that they were used in Thai cuisine. These tiny berry-like vegetables grow in clusters in our front yard at Panayapatti. We would pick the most tender ones for pic

The sea is everywhere in Greece, so it's not surprising that there are so many seafood dishes. Below are some popular ones - just click on the links to go to the recipes. Prawn (Garides) Saganaki If you like seafood and/or prawns,

Again sharing another typical Bengali Recipe with Radish.As Winter is the season for fresh radish. So try this authentic bengali recipe in this winter. I know everyone will love it for sure. Some people say Mulor Ghanto or Mulor Chechki. But what is in a

Seepu Seedai Ingredients Raw Rice Flour - 4 cup Urad dal Flour - 3/4 cup Roasted Gram Flour - 3/4 cup Diluted Coconut Milk - 2 1/2 cup Ghee - 4 tsp Salt to taste Method Basic Raw Rice Flour Soak raw rice in water for about 2 to 3 hour

Recently, I had a little visitor, who loves chocolate and walnuts. Every time he visits me, I have some chocolate chip cookies ready and waiting for him. This time for a change, I thought I will make something else for him with his fav. ingredients. I h

I have a load of fruit from the Ganpati puja, some bananas ripened and freckled completely. Was talking to The cooker when she suggested freezing some fruit for smoothies and tempted me with this Sunshine cake , which I will try a little later there ar

It was two hours before Christmas' Eve, when I wrote this post...and I had to type 2 posts at once and set the schedule for the second post for tomorrow. Yes, we are going away for Christmas. We'll have a little family reunion in Calgary, about 3h driving

Each time when i eat this cake or 'kueh', it gives me some nolstalgic feeling. It's pretty funny, it's like going back to old times..imagining myself wearing a cheongsam , my hair tied up in a bun, sitting on those old antique wooden chairs that are yet e

Sharad punam is also known as sharad purnima or kojaagarti punam. It is celebrated on aso sud 15 - purnima. In sanskrit ko jaagarti means "who is awake?" It is said that the goddess of wealth Laxmiji moves around in the sky whole night asking ko jaagarti

The season of Indulgence is here. It is the perfect time of the year to dig into recipe books and bring out those spicy and sweet treats. For me there is always a reason to experiment with something sweet! During Diwali, a reader asked me to suggest

Gaeng Som Pae Sa Pla Chon - Snake Head Fish hot and Sour Soup Gaeng Som means sour soup/stew/curry - the word "Gaeng" (???) refers to the act of simmering ingredients in a soupy liquid - in English we would call curry, soup, and stew all what Tha

There is Butter Chicken. And then, there is Anaarkali Butter Chicken . Thank you Dhempe for introducing me to this one! For the uninitiated, the Anaarkali Butter Chicken is the product of hard work and passion of two butter chicken enthusiasts ? I

Karonda Pickle Carissa carandas is a species of flowering shrub in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae . It produces berry -sized fruits photo that are commonly used as a condiment in Indian pickles and spices. It is a hardy, droug