Bakery Egg Puffs – Kerala Style
Bakery Egg Puffs – Kerala Style These are my favorite Bakery Puffs. When I was in college, I used to often visit, this Bakery called the Oven on Marine Drive, Kochi.
Chicken Kabiraji (Kobiraji) Cutlets – Bengali Style Cutlets in a crispy Egg Net
Chicken Kabiraji (Kobiraji) Cutlets – Bengali Style Cutlets in a crispy Egg Net-These large sized cutlets are an uber delicious snack. The cutlets are unlike any other… The lightly packed filling is crumb fried and then coated in a crispy egg net or nest. Use your knife and fork to eat these ‘patty’ like cutlets, along with some salad and green chutney. It’s amazingly delicious… I will try to add a better picture, but honestly.. give this one a try!
Chinese Steamed Dumplings ( Healthy choice with Chicken filling )
Chinese Steamed Dumplings ( Healthy choice with Chicken filling ) – The simplest form of comfort food, dumplings are enjoyed by almost everyone. There is some version of dumpling in just about every cuisine, and it is definitely always associated with comfort!! Chinese Dumplings, steamed in a bamboo steamer are …
Thai Hot and Sour Soup – Tom Yum Goong
Thai Hot and Sour Soup – Tom Yum Goong Thai Hot and Sour Soup – Tom Yum Goong – The popular soup is very tasty and easy to prepare at home. There are so many varieties of Hot and Sour soup out there. Two soups that immediately come to mind …
Indomie Noodle Special
Indomie Noodle Special – turning your Instant Noodles into a complete meal! Okay, so we all rely on noodles as a quick fix every now and then, when you simply don’t have time to cook anything else and are hungry! Instant Noodles have a huge aisle in most Asian supermarkets. I …
Shakshuka – Poached Eggs in Spiced Sauce
Shakshuka – Poached Eggs in Spiced Sauce – great for breakfast/ brunch, snack, dinner… If you have never heard of Shakshuka, the first thing you’re probably wondering is, ” What kind of name is that? Sounds weird! ” The dish refers to something, all mixed up or a delicious dish, …
Veg Biryani – Simple and Tasty Vegetable Biryani
Veg Biryani – Vegetable Biryani, is one of the most overlooked recipes. So many recipes out there produce bland and tasteless rice dishes. So many incorporate unnecessary steps, because after all it is a Biryani and needs to be labour intensive! Veg Biryani is an extremely useful recipe to have. …
Watermelon Punch | Summer Drinks
Watermelon Punch | Summer Drinks even when it’s not summer! Yes, it’s already getting warmer, and it’s just March! Singapore has been relatively cooler in the past six months. The past few days, however, have been a little warmer. I know as soon as I wake up if it’s going …
Buko Salad – Filipino Fruit Salad – Yummilicious Instant Dessert
Buko Salad – Filipino Fruit Salad – An absolutely delicious dessert from the Philipines. Now we all get that undeniable sweet dessert craving every now and then don’t we? A couple of years ago, my friend Macy, told me about this delicious fruit salad popular in the Philipines and brought …
Quick Tomato Garlic Rice
Quick Tomato Garlic Rice is great when you want to make flavoured rice and simple side. It is super easy to make with very few ingredients. Nice with both Vegetarian and Non-VEG side dishes and a quick Raita. Check out my Creamy Carrot Raita recipe. My sister made this for …
Half Boiled Eggs – Favorite Singapore Breakfast
Half Boiled Eggs – Breakfast Loved by an entire Nation! A typical Singapore-style breakfast at a KOPITIAM (coffee shop) often consists of soft-boiled eggs, along with kaya toast and a cup of kopi (coffee) or teh(tea).
Potato and Egg Bajji (Pakoras) with a Super Quick homemade Chilli sauce
Potato and Egg Bajji – A very quick and easy snack. I love to make Bajji’s ( Pakora’s) when everyone is around at tea time. If you have some potato, egg and chickpea flour (besan) at home, you can make these in 20 minutes. I also came up with this …
Thenga Kothu Beef Fry
‘ Thenga Kothu Beef Fry ‘ or Malabar Beef Fry ( with coconut bits ) is a specialty in Kerala roadside eateries. Just the thought of it brings back nostalgic drool to anyone who knows Kerala Food. Here, I am sharing an extremely simple Malabar version, using two special ingredients, …
Kerala Style Rasam
Kerala Style Rasam Recipe from Jayamma Chechi Rasam is a spicy tamarind-based soup, that is often served as a drink – along with rice. It may be poured over the rice as well. It’s great if you have a cold. There are so many varieties of Rasam, using different souring …
Instant Garlic Sauce for Al Faham / Mandi Rice
Instant Garlic Sauce is always a handy recipe! I have shared the Arabian Garlic Sauce Recipe earlier ( Toom). Check that out as well. It tastes exactly like the garlic sauce availble with fried chicken or in shawarmas. It does however, take some practice and a bit more time and …
Spicy Al Faham Chicken – Charcoal Grilled Chicken
Spicy Al Faham Chicken – for the love of a good Bbq Al Faham is the name given to a type of bbq, popular in the Middle East. Usually, chicken is flattened to tenderize – it can be boneless with simple pantry ingredients as my recipe here. However, bone-in bbq …
Black Rice Salad | Italian Riso Venere
Black Rice Salad – Discovering the forbidden. Venere Rice or Venus Black Rice is a variety of Italian whole-grain and aromatic rice. Named after the goddess of Love, Venus: It is a medium-grain Italian rice that is known for its natural ebony and rust coloured grains and its pleasing aroma. …
Easy Kerala Chicken Fry
Easy Kerala Chicken Fry – A Family Favorite. Traditional Kerala cuisine is not to be missed. The coconut available in Kerala is the tastiest in the world and it is used generously. Bursting with flavors and rife with textures, the classic recipes from this southern state on the western coast …
Fattoush – فتوش – Levantine Toasted Pita and Mixed Vegetable Salad
Fattoush is one of my favorite salads to whip up as a quick side or many times in fact as a healthy snack. It is known as the Peasant Salad, because farmers of north Lebanon, used to throw in whatever was the harvest of that season and made large amounts …