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Pineapple sheera! Yum! One of my most favourite sweet dishes. Well, I have posted the recipe for sheera twice already but I was simply compelled to write another recipe again, adding pineapple chunks this time. Sheera is something I remember eating as a c

I always seem to forget how much I love pasta ! For some reason, when I think pasta , I usually think boring . I really shouldn t think this because I always end up loving whatever pasta dish I am eating. Maybe I ve had some bad pasta experiences in

I always wanted to make this veggie meal, the original version normally using Cassava leaves. This food is widely known in Sumatra, Indonesia. Since I am not able to find fresh Cassava leaves here, I replaced them with Kale. And the taste was as good as t

Oh.. I didn t realise I still have some soba noodles left in the larder. In fact, there are certain things that I have almost forgotten that I bought probably a while ago! It s good to clear out the larder from time to time. However, this time, I had to c

Recently some people who don't know me well have asked me, 'Why are you writing a food blog??' with a big question mark on their faces. Only a foodie understands why one writes about food. We all know that famous saying 'Beauty lies in the eyes of a beh

Chicken, Cauliflower and Broccoli Stir Fry This is one of my favourite Chinese vegetable dish that I always order in Chinese Takeaways and even in Chinese restaurants, it?s chunky, flavourful and relatively easy to prepare. A very healthy and versatile

Nandu masala is rich in pepper and is one of the food that is given for women after delivery, as it prevents cold attack and the heat from the pepper gives a good relief for those suffering from cold, sore throat and nasal congestion. A spicy crab masala,

Okay. I admit it. I'm not a fan of Halloween. Well, not quite, but I don't go quite as all-out as everyone else does. I mean, I do on the baking end (obviously). But I didn't even go out for Halloween this weekend. I think it has something to do with how

Chilli Idli makes an awesome lunch box recipe for kids. Chilli idli fry is an Indo Chinese style of cooking up the left over idlis if you have at home. Sometimes I make idlis fresh and make this for my kids lunch box. It’s a dry preparation and does not i

This is a repost from within the latest Petitchef newsletter that highlight a few of the Indonesian ingredients we stock: agar agar and gula palm sugar. I love the beautiful designs in desserts from lapis cakes and sarawak cakes which are ofter color

First they're sour, then they're sweet! First disclaimer: I know I don't usually write about just one dessert. But this one, I just had to. So Kelly and I have a favorite candy: Sour Patch Kids. Kelly will buy me a box of them any time I'm really down (sh

peanut thecha or shengdanayacha thecha as its called in the marathi language is a coarsely pounded chutney like mixture, made with peanuts, garlic and green chilies. i make thecha two ways . one is the extra spicy and hot green chilli thecha and the

Today s bento features an ingredient that I ve never seen let alone cooked before! Sea-Beans ! The texture is what caught my eye! Looks stir-fry-able and the vendor said that it could be done but watch the salt as these guys are naturally s

A few weeks back I was approached by Sophia of Chew On That to do a guest post on her blog. The subject-matter was a tea time snack and I decided to do a Malaysian favourite. Cucur Udang or Prawn Fritter is one of the all time Malaysian favourite tea-

Today is Ash Wednesday, and so begins Lent. Lent is the 40-day (excluding Sundays) season that precedes Easter. On Ash Wednesday and all Fridays throughout Lent, most people fast and abstain from eating meat. The most popular food we eat during Lent is

My mum will make her own nian gao every CNY and its only during this time of the year my kids get to eat it as I never like those ready made ones that are sold in the supermarket. I strongly believed those contains lots and lots of other unhealthy ingre

Trying to decide what dish to cook for this month's London Cooking Club event "Comfort Eating Special", was hardly a difficult task - it just had to be a Japanese Nabe . Few dishes evoke such wonderful foodie memories of my childhood as a Na

Vermicelli in Shrimp and Crab Sauce I love pasta not just because they all taste really good but just the pasta alone is a very versatile ingredient, you can almost throw any sauce you want to it and it will still work. Like this dish, a very delicatel

ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಓದಲು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಕ್ಲಿಕ್ ಮಾಡಿ. Cluster beans (gorikaayi / chavalikaayi ) is one of the all season vegetables available in Bengaluru. It's rich in proteins and fiber. It's seeds are dried and powdered and used in preparations of ice-creams,sa

Escabeche which refers to poached or fried fish covered with a spicy marinade is another dish brought to the Philippines by the Spaniards . Filipino-Style Fish Escabeche a.k.a. Fish in Sweet and Sour Sauce is made by frying a whole meaty kind of f

I was supposed to write this Christmas count down post 3 days ago, so that I could fit to my 12th day before Christmas version. But I hardly find time to sit and type on my computer, an excuse of having frozen brain..**blame it to the weather, the heater

Ingredients Boiled Potatoes 4-5 no.s Onion 1no.(chopped) Garlic 2 cloves (minced) Curry leaves few Mustard seeds 1/2 tsp Fennel seeds 1/4 tsp Channa dal 1 tbsp Chilli powder 1/2 tsp Curry powder 1/2 tsp Salt as n

ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಓದಲು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಕ್ಲಿಕ್ ಮಾಡಿ. Bitter gourd is a well known vegetable. But Madahagala (Moodahagala) is less known. It belongs to the same bitter gourd family, but is not bitter in taste. It is a creeper and grows from the root whenever it get

Pesa (Fish in Miso Soup) Pesa might have originated from a Chinese cuisine as Pesa is Hokkien word meaning ?plain boiled? and it used in define a method of cooking fish meat and not any other meat. But the Philippine version of Pesa is not plain boile