Random recipes - page 408

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

Ingredients: 1 cup chopped bhindi (Okra) ½ cup chopped capsicum ¼ cup chopped onion 2 tsp garlic paste 1 tsp garam masala 2 tsp red chili powder 1 tbsp dhania jeera powder (cumin seed and dry coriander seeds powder) Pinch of asafoetida (

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

My friend recommended me to Fook Kin fried rice a while ago, and eversince then I have been craving it. I had the hong kong style Fook Kin fried rice for the first time in a chinese restaurant in Plymouth, the second time around we went there, the old che

Made this yummy choco biscuit cake over the weekend. To me, it can be referred to as a non-bake cake and also a biscuit as part of the ingredients is biscuits. For some people, chocolate can be a delicious obession and this easy-to-make biscuit cake is

Indomie is a very famous instant noodle brand in Indonesia and it makes other instant noodle brands called as indomie as well. There is another brand named "Mie Sedap" that also tasty and a lot different names for instant noodle. Stop here, I am not g

I made these like couple of weeks ago...wanted to send it to an event but never got around to posting it on time. So here I am today with this healthy idlis post :) Idlis and dosas are a common part of our regular diet. My kids love them and I make them

Let s take a closer look at one of the lesser provinces in China. I am talking about the province of Yunnan. Here. See the map. Yunnan is the southern most province and it borders the South East Asian countries of Burma, Vietnam and Laos. If you

Ingredients: 1 lb. pork, cut into serving pieces 1 tsp. salt 1/8 tsp. pepper 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 onion, sliced 1 tbsp. patis (fish sauce) 4 potatoes, peeled and quartered 1 cup water 1/2 cup tomato sauce 1/2

I notice that recently there are quite a number of posts on glutinous rice from fellow bloggers. As I too have a soft spot for this sticky rice, I made this ..........'Steamed savoury glutinous rice'. I really

Paniyaram is a easy and quick snack that can be prepared using idly/dosa batter.It's a wonderful combo with Tindora chutney. Kuzhi Paniyaram Ingredients: 2 cups Idly/Dosa Batter 1 tsp Oil 1/2 ts

Its called spotted cow cookies because it reminds us of this . I saw these yummy cookies in Chocorange and immediately gave it a try since the ingredients were easily available. We really enjoyed it and will surely bake them quite often becau

False Trevally Grill Parava in Malayalam or sudumbu in Tamil or False Trevally in English is a very popular fish in Kerala for it's taste. In Trivandrum we rarely buy Parava, b'cos it's very expensive. In Bangalore, I frequently buy Parava as the price

This is one of the most simplest Banana Cake recipe which I have come across using quick sponge cake method without any egg separation. And furthermore you do not need to incur extra washing on those mixing bowls and utensils. All you need is to put all

'Koorka' is also called as Sheema Kizhangu/Chivakizhangu in Malayalam. Siru Kizhangu in Tamil and Sambrali in Kannada. I searched a lot on internet about different names in different regions names and uses of Koorka. This is what I got. It is call

Here are the delicious bites for the lil ones and am sure they are in for a treat..Let me take you on a virtual tour of the delicacies....I have categorised them according the ingredients / meal .Please use your discretion in feeding your lil one as the f

Ingredients: Apple, chopped (Green/Red) - 1 cup Banana, chopped - 1 cup Pineapple, chopped - 1 cup Sweet Lime/Mosambi, chopped - 1 cup Blueberries - 1/4 cup Dry Fruits, chopped (Cashew nuts, almonds, raisins, apricots) - 1 cup Granulated Sugar - 1 cup F

I just love, love, LOVE the traditional recipes of the UK. All those years I spent ensconced in Enid Blyton books, drooling and dreaming over what sounded like exotic foods . . . well, those dreams and imaginations have come true for me since I arrived i

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

Michael Pollan's food rule # 17: Eat foods that have only been cooked by humans. Michael Pollan's book Food Rules is a great collection of simple rules for optimal health and weight maintenance. His rules

Posted by Lyndi Be sure to check out Harps Foods dollar section that features products from Polar Foods . Why? Because they carrry the Polar Kipper Snacks brand, which are incredibly delicious and a bargain at just $1 a tin! Y

Let s have a history lesson. I was always a good student. One of those kids that did well in almost every subject (notice I said almost numbers still elude me). History was/is particularly delicious to me. Cooking has an interesting history of cours

Ystervarkies are small cubes of cake that are dipped in chocolate sauce and then rolled in coconut, to resemble hedgehogs. (“Yservarkie” is Afrikaans for “hedgehog”.) South African lamingtons are much smaller than the Australian and New Zealand versions,

This is my first "BARBIE Cake"...the result of baking course 2 weeks before my little one bday. I made it especially for her 3rd bday. Special cake for special day. She was very happy afterall watching me made a new creation of the cake. She is not the on