I made these 'Tau Sar Paeng' based on the recipe of my Salted Egg Pastry , but used red bean paste as filling as the name suggests. Can pass off as kaya puff, but when you bite into it, then you'll see!
Capricciosa From all the flowers and well wishes, it kinda gives it away that this restaurant is newly opened. Its a new restaurant indeed but the food that it serves goes a long way back; back in 1978. I can hear some of you going "Oh another Japanese
The lapses of misty rain, the collected quaint neighborhood, sipping on glasses of Champagne at Domain Chandon before dinner made for a splendid experience. We stayed within the town of Yountville the day of our reservation. We had lunch at Bouchon Bak
In my house, invariably,desserts were only made on festivals when store bought sweets did not qualify pure enough to be offered to God as prasad [offerings].Simple things like rice pudding, seviyan or at the most ladoos [sweet flour balls].On festi
I made this for my brother-in-laws Birthday. His favorite cake is Strawberry. I don't have a good homemade strawberry cake recipe so I decided to use the WASC recipe and use a Strawberry cake mix. I substituted half of the water for Strawberry liquor an
orange squash a preserved fruit drink recipe for the first time on the blog. this orange squash recipe is for all those folks like me, who prefer to prepare everything from scratch and are a DIY person. recently i made 1 litre tomato ketchup sauce an
Susiyam or seeyam is a traditional sweet dish famous in south tamilnadu mainly in Nagerkoil,Trinelveli, Kariakudi will be made for festive seasons.....My Mom method will be diff from my in-law method...but both tastes awesome...The difference is the di
I found about Beard papa's last winter after they opened their first Moscow shop on Gogolevsky bulvard 6. The Japanese making something very French (puffs filled with vanilla cream)... the idea sounded a bit weird at first. They were so good though! L
Earlier, I was going through the fridge to see what veggies were left from last weeks trip to the store. I found a zucchini, a yellow squash, 8 asparagus spears, 1/2 red bell pepper, some red onion and some other stuff that wouldn't work with this dish. I
Why I'm calling this a copycat? See, the other day when scrolling through our local famous coconut tart on the site and found this HERE ! The picture blew me away immediately the minute I saw it. It such an amazing pastry tart. This pastry tart is ori
Kavuni Arisi is a very special dish in chettinad. I has its origin from the Burmese influence of Chettinad. No Chettinad function is complete without Kavuni Arisi in its menu. Kavuni Arisi is made from a dark violet glutinous rice, which is a very rich
Today’s recipe brings back lot of childhood memories. Akki Rotti is a delicacy back home and will be made on special occasions and this recipe also needed lot of time to prepare so whenever amma used to make this we all had extra space in the stomach.
Some time last year, I was browsing on the internet and came across a site that blogs about Malaysian food. I was very excited to learn that the author of My Lemony Kitchen , Lisa , hails from Kedah, Malaysia. That is where I come from too! I found my
Much like classic Chicken Kiev, Chicken Cordon Bleu, this is stuffed chicken breast dish. Stuffing can be anything - like the Pesto Sun-dried Tomato Feta Chicken , or greens and cheese as in this recipe. Any favorite cheese would work. I had a small ch
Tuesdays with Dorie this week is hosted by Jessica of My Baking Heart . Jessica chose the Parisian Apple Tartlet. This dessert couldn't be simpler to make... so leave it to me to try to complicate it! The recipe only calls for a 4-inch round of puff
This is how I'd enjoy fried fishes. You may substitute the Spanish Mackerel with any fishes of your choice. Pomfret is good too... FRIE D SPANISH MACKEREL / IKAN TENGGIRI GORENG Ingredients :~ 5 blocks Spanish Mackerel 1 tsp minced ga
I made this a few months ago, but didn't really have the motivation to post it until today, at least it's a change from my bento posts...:). I prefer making sushi rolls (maki) because I find it easier to make and less time-consuming, but I like having ni
This had to be documented as a blog post since so many of you have already liked it on Facebook . There is no childhood memory or a hand-me-down tale to be narrated today. It was the Poila Boishakh lunch pictures from Finely Chopped and my own greed
This is probably my third post where I am raving about the lovely weather here in Dubai. However, this chilly weather has its flipside. Everyone around me is under the spell of the season - cough, cold, fever, sore throat and what have you. This compelled
I love guiling gao and find that it is so much cheaper if I were to make them myself with the ready mix which are being sold in the shop. Unfortunately, when I read the ingredients, I always find "tortoise shell" named as one of the ingredients. So one a
My pollen allergy is acting up and I'm still not feeling well, but the bunch of awards I received today from Manu of Manu's Menu is enough reason to do a Monday post and share this recipe with you. :) It's called Ground Pork in Tomato Sauce
Who has never heard about Bali? Someone asked me before, when I said I am from Indonesia.."Where is Indonesia? Is it close to Bali?"..Oh my..I was speechless for a moment, trying to find a nice way to explain without insulting. Well I am not gonna explain
Indian coffe House dishes are my all time favorite. Whenever I am in my home town, Alappuzha I try to get a parcel from there atleast once. The masala dosa,Veg/Mutton Cutlets and Mutton Omelettes are always tempting. Mutton omelette is my elder sister's f