Ingredients: 8-10 clean outer leaves of large green or red cabbage, unbroken if possible salt to taste water paper towels or clean kitchen towels to pat the...
Every mom (or everyone for that matter), who is truly passionate with foods or cooking, has her own specialty dishes. Select entrees which can be prepared by heart, without the aid of any notes, and almost always a sure delight for dinners. These would in
Just like the banana roll I used to buy my Granny at Woolworths many, many years ago! This is a lovely light banana cake with a whipped cream icing. What brought this on? As I walked into my kitchen to put on a pot of tea, I was greeted by the smell of
Yesterday was my first day at BITC for cake principle module. I was rather excited as this is a kind of new experience for me. Unlike my Uni time, the reason why I attended this course was solely due to my passion. I really was eager to learn about the th
It's been more than a month since my last post. In this past month, I was kept busy with cupcakes, several cakes and many cake pops. There was a weekend where I had to make 2 cakes, 1 for an order and 1 for my father. The one for my father was, unfortun
Made this savoury 'Roast Pork Roll' for dinner recently. I can also call it a meat loaf as basically this is a loaf or roll of bread with meat. The only difference is that the filling is of Chinese style roast pork aka 'siew yoke'.
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
Lemper is an Indonesian dish made of sticky rice and chicken. The chicken is rolled inside the rice, in a fashion similar to egg roll. This is in turn rolled and wrapped inside a banana leaf or a plastic sheet to make a packet ready for serving. Le
Confessions of another "Curious Cook" about this weeks Heavenly Cake. Perhaps, I should title this post BBA - Baker with a Bad Attitude . I like to think of myself as positive and willing, even excited to try new things in the kitchen. It was with anx
Sushi is delicious and fun to make. Makizushi (rolled sushi) is not that difficult to make and the more you do it, the easier it gets. Practice makes perfect. You do need a makisu or sushi rolling mat and these are inexpensive and easily available. There
What comes to your mind when you think of cinnamon rolls? Is the sweet frosting your favorite, or maybe the filling? My favorite is the cinnamon infused bread. I Love cinnamon rolls still warm from the oven, with soft ribbons of dough infused with plenty
This is one of my favorite appetizers, the Japanese Beef Rolls With Scallion, Asparagus, And Enoki Mushrooms. The combination of fresh veggies wrapped in a thinly sliced cooked beef is just so mouth watering. Several methods to cook this, oven baked (whic
Did you know that you don't have to FRY an egg roll? I saw these beauties on Kaitlin in the Kitchen blog and she saw it on Guy's Big Bite . Fun twist on egg rolls, great appetizer....until I remember...you don't have to deep fat fry egg rolls I disco
When a batch of rolls turns out as heavenly as these, it makes my day. I wasn?t expecting much from this recipe, as I thought the cottage cheese might make the rolls dense and heavy. These turned out so light that I was scratching my head trying to figu
Walking our dog Chester on our street has given us the opportunity to befriend a lot of our neighbors. One in particular loves chatting with us all the time, and was generous enough to give us a bunch of apples from his apple tree. We thought it would be
I love Ferrero Rocher chocolates,given that love,you'd think I am crazy about Nutella too,right.But no,I am not a grab-that-bowl-of-nutella person.I love chocolate spreads but not as much to eat on their own.Strange no?Funnily,I don't like to spread nutel
I am a great fan of Nigella. When ever I feel dull, I watch Nigella's cooking shows. It is really soothing. I love the way she talks and cooks. This is one of her recipes. I am always tempted to try these rolls but actually didn't try because of beer used
The Mediterranean Bay Laurel trees I planted a few years back as a screen between my house and the neighbors create an endless supply of bay leaves for many of my cooking projects. At one point I worried that a big freeze would wipe them out, like what h
I've been reading a lot of novels lately. Modern novels, like the cozy genre of culinary mysteries that I so enjoy, seem to contain much more information about food than in times past, including baking methods, detailed instructions, and recipes. Not on
Khandvi Chickpea Flour Rolls Khandvi is a famous traditional Gujarati dish. In India, the state of Gujarat is very famous for its delicacies. This is one of the so called delicacies. It requires practice and speed to roll it. My kids use to call it "
I have had the few best foods of my life on the streets of Delhi. Almost all the markets of Delhi are a bustling potpourri of hot steaming food,cooked to perfection infront of your eyes.Bolied Eggs, Steamed Momos [dumplings], chaat, chowmein manchurian