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Inspiration from 'Flour', a fun read for lovers of home baking, by Joanne Chang, the owner and pastry chef at Flour Bakery Cafe in Boston. It's been a few years since I made a lemon poppy seed cake and my stash of Meyer lemons was calling out to me,

Sungai Pinang Food Court has become our favorite food court since our last visit, it has lot of hawker stall and easy to get parking space. The famous fried rice king is now available at food court also, what make their fried rice so delicious is the ri

With the first days of spring and warmer weather, I bury in my refrigerator all those meats and potatoes, which missed their chance to become comfort food during the cold days, and look with desire at all the crunchy and green vegetables that the spring b

since Green peas season i got my bunch and peeled the skin and stored some peas in the freezer for my usual stuff, Mostly i opt for peas pulao and soup some times i do make curry but not dry version (could be i will post my version too) ,but today

How to Make Tutti Frutti from Papaya Tutti Frutti / Indian Candied Fruits is made from various chopped fruits. It is often used in bakery products like cakes and cookies. Everyone would be familiar with its uses. I have always wanted to make tutti f

Bak Kut Teh, literary means "Meat Bones Herbal Tea" and it is a dish that is popular in Malaysia and Singapore . It is basically a hearty meal of various cuts of pork simmered in an assortment of Chinese medicinal herbs that is nourishing and healthy

Beef in Black Bean Sauce, just like the Chinese takeaway. No sorry, I'll rephrase that, better than the takeaway! All freshly cooked, what can be better? I first raved on about this over a year ago, but as it's so good I'm posting it again.

The pine nut, which is the fruit of a pine tree hidden inside a woody structure known as a pine cone, is one of the oldest known foods of the human species. Anthropological studies show that the Stone Pine tree has been cultivated for its seeds (pine nuts

The last few days I ve felt like a cast member of Glee. No, I haven t been dancing about the living room singing mash ups. I ve just gone quietly about my own business only to get a great, big slushie thrown in my face. While these icy facials came from

Featured Friday!! Thanks to my newfound blog friend Marvi Marti, I have a new feature! Featured Fridays are for guest bloggers to post thier favorite clean recipe. This saves me a little bit of work, give you some much needed variety and help

As the name suggests, these are very spongy and fluffy. Also called as poha dosa or atukula dosalu. This would be the special breakfast recipe made by my Grand Mother in my childhood. No much dal is used in these dosas. Sour butter milk is used, so these

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

I have so often used potato starch as a thickener for sauces, soups, and stews but for adding it to my flour for baking, this is my first. Potato starch is not potato flour. Potato flour is dehydrated potatoes ground into powder and is much heavier and

ineapple filled mini bundts! Cute as a button, light and fluffy with the slight hint of citrusy orange and freshness of pineapple in every bite - A sweet n refreshing pure spring- summer time treat! I go for a light breakfast especially on weekdays. Be

I have a lovely mexican couple as neighbours.We hang out with them almost every weekend for movies, casino buffets and bowling. Me and the wife pair up as the girl s team against the guys and visit to shopping at our favorite stores is our bet.We dont win

In light of the upcoming holiday, I wanted to bake something festive over the weekend to share with my coworkers today during our deployment meeting. For the past few weeks, we ve had different people on the team bring in goodies, so I decided to voluntee

To me Chinese New Year season should have some cookies and sweets place at home whether its store bought or hand made. Thus will try to find time to make at least one type of cookie for festive season. Pineapple tarts, kuih bangkit, kuih makmur and my hel

I could eat a salad every night with Trader Joe s Cranberry, Walnut Gorgonzola Salad Dressing. It ll make you want a second helping of salad it s that good. Reasons why I like this dressing besides that it tastes good: My kids l

Today I am going to share with you a Chinese street food - Liangpi ,one of my favorites.As the name suggests,it means Cold noodles.This is a refreshing dish to indulge in summer.But cold does not mean chilled,I guess it is the effect it has on us.After a

I would say it was serendipity that day at the Gold Standard. Those two chef?s I always saw on that Univision morning show ?Despierta America? my mom watched everyday were there, and I, forced myself to introduce myself to them: Ramiro ArvizU and Jaime M

What better way to start the summer off right than to make a refreshing and light meal that encompasses grilled shrimp flavored with lemongrass with fresh herbs and veggies from the garden atop rice vermicelli noodles!? This is a classic Vietnamese dish t

One of my friends who is from north karnataka introduced me to this. As usual, I just asked her what the ingredients are and came up with my own proportions. It is one of the powder we use regularly at home since it doesn't need lot of time to make it. He

Ingredients For cover: 1 cup plain flour (maida) 2 tbsp. warm oil water to knead dough For filling: 2 potatoes large boiled, peeled, mashed 1 onion finely chopped 2 green chillies crushed 1/2 tsp. ginger crushed 1/2 tsp. garlic crushed 1 tbsp. coriand

Lontong Kikil is a popular street food in East Java especially Surabaya and surrounding areas. My late dad loved beef tendon dish such as Gulai Tunjang (Beef Tendon Curry, a West Sumatran dish) and this lontong kikil. When I still lived in Indonesia, l