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It's Anzac Day today. We've been to the Anzac Day parade, and when we got home we decided to make some Anzac Biscuits in memory of the Anzacs! "Lest we forget!" (You can read about the history of Anzac Biscuits here .) After all the

My family likes claypot rice. We always order claypot rice when we are in a Chinese restaurant or dim sum place like the following: King s Chinese Cuisine Lido Restaurant Top Gun J C Restaurant This is my take of Claypot Rice with

I made these fried chicken and shrimp balls as an "accessory" to the handmade noodle feast we had last weekend. They're not yet as good as the ones we buy off the streets in Indonesia (I just don't know how they make those crispy-on-the-outside-yet-fluffy

This is my quick version of Tom Yum Soup Noodles With Coconut Milk. This recipe uses ready-made Tom Yum and roasted chili paste. Coconut milk enhances the soup?s taste and consistency, which complements well with the thin rice stick noodles. This is a sim

Rainy season is already started. “Baahar barish ho rahi hain aur office se aane ke baad ek cup chai ke saath kuch pakode ho jaye….” This comes almost everyone’s mind. But in this season I am going to give you some traditional fritters from Maharashtria

Aroma From a Guest Kitchen : In this new segment I will be asking my Friends/Guests/Contributors to share their Kitchen creations, recipes, thoughts..... with all of us here. Today's Guest : Padmaja Vaithi My good friend from Ithaca,NY who sha

Oh boy, I have never thought of making my own Jin Dui at home. All the while, I thought this is a very difficult task or something. haha.... Because according to the elderly, we have to watch our words while making Jin Dui . It is forbidden to say some

Italian cuisine is often characterized as driven by seasons and being focused on very few ingredients in each dish. There are pasta dishes like Spaghetti Carbonara which fall under this category. For us the dish which symbolizes this philosophy most is

I have to thank Pam, from " For the Love of Cooking " for this recipe inspiration. Pam loves Mexican food as much as I do. I had all of the ingredients, and I am still emptying out my freezer, so I decided this would be tonight's dinner. I made a few ch

This is almost everyone's favorite,easy simple and make it in few minutes.But each one has their unique recipe.Mine is as follows: Ingredients Cauliflower 1 Medium size Corn flour 5 tbsp All purpose flour/Maida 3 tbsp Rice flour 1+1/2 t

This is a combination of Indian spices/masala with chinese sauces.This is really a amazing combination...i use to make this type of fried rices often with any available vegetables..this time i have more capsicum n a bunch of spinach in my fridge,so tried

These petite, bite-sized canapés, are ideal as starters at a cocktail party. Small though they seem, they are truly power-packed and kindle the appetite of the guests like never before! Preparation Time: 10 mins Makes 16 canapes Ingredients To Be Mi

Hi All!! Sorry for being away from the blog all of a sudden..the intention was definitely not to disappear but somehow life became too busy with traveling, then unpacking and getting back to a regular routine.. I’m posting yet another healthy preparat

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 these cupcakes for St. Patrick's Day yesterday. I also made a whole meal with green food. We had cabbage rolls , pasta with pesto sauce, salad with green veggies and green ranch dressing, green fruit salad, and a green drink. It's so fun to be

Many Sugee cakes are made with Ghee (!!!) and by the creaming method of incorporating the ingredients. This gives birth to a harder texture which in all fairness makes it difficult to call it a cake. The traditional Eurasian dessert kinda resonates memori

In Kerala, among the Jacobite community, Kanji is served after the long service at church on Good Friday. We spend almost 6 to 7 hours in church, fasting, and when the service is over, piping hot Kanji is served in manchatti /earthen bowl along with Vanpa

Sometimes I feel like the Queen of the quick meal; prep it, cook it, sauce it and serve it! Fresh ingredients that require minimal effort but result in exceptional flavor. And sometimes I like to make dinner a project. Piddling around in the kitchen

If you want a super-easy cake that people will rave about, Mandarin Orange Cake is the recipe for you! This is the cake to make when you?re in charge of taking a dessert to a potluck event. It?s easy to make, it travels well, and everyone is cra

In the same passion of cooking adobo garlic fried rice , I have experimented with many other variations using different leftover meat; basically whatever is available in our kitchen. My latest trial is using some excess ?bopis? and it came out quite fi

Green leafy vegetables are generally a good source of Iron and Calcium. There are numerous varieties of Keerai available in India. In the Indian culture we have recognised medicinal values in each of the varieties, and have used it accordingly. My grandmo

It like reliving my mom s life.My father used to call her midway to home and she used to put the soup pot on the stove top so that it is ready until he reached home.A piping hot bowl of soup topped with a dollop of butter and homemade bread croutons was a

There are some strange things about me. Or rather the way in which i grew up. If i told you all that i hadn't eaten kara boondhi until i got married, would you all believe me? Well, as a topping on curd vada , yes. But as a snack or a munchie? No. Some

***It's not often that a recipe is worthy of re-posting. I think I've only done that once or twice in the entire time I've written this blog. However, this is one of those rare occasions. Back in 2009 when Brad and I went to Europe, we had the most ama