T his is an accidental recipe full of familiar flavors: too much salt, too much grease, un-soft rice, brinjal/eggplant, lime juice. Funnily enough, some discussion on BT brinjal had me buying two packets of the vegetable, the brinjal part of it, that is, not the BT. They didn’t look oversized or particularly beautiful, which meant that they probably weren’t extra-chemically treated than the other vegetables around them, so I brought them home
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An Accidental Recipe
R ecently, I failed at making chaaru . Like I had failed with this staple many times in the past, even with ready-to-cook packets and powders that ensured I didn’t have to do anything much. I don’t even attempt the varieties made back home, except for tomato chaaru (rasam), and that’s mostly only when the several shrivelling tomatoes inside the fridge loudly call out to be pressure-cooked into rasam
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When My Soup Didn’t Come Alive
Watermelon Tomato Cucumber Salad + Cauliflower Tabouleh – New Years Health Standard Process Cleanse Diet (Day 9) It’s now been over a week on the Standard Process cleanse diet and I’m beginning to see the results of the diet. I have a lot more energy, don’t need to eat as much and get great sleep. Adding a few of the RAW recipes from Sarma Melngailis’s Living RAW Food cookbook into the rotation has definitely helped us get over our quickly exhausted excitement of red beet salads , butternut squash and roasted vegetables
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Watermelon Tomato Cucumber Salad + Cauliflower Tabouleh – New Years Health Standard Process Cleanse Diet (Day 9)
We’re in the thick of winter, so I’ve been feeling really out of sorts lately, not able to find much joy in anything, instead biding my time until the sun starts shining again. Some of you may not know this (although most of you do), but I suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder, and in January and February of most years deal with incapacitating depression – so bad that I rarely leave the house during the winter, and when I do I get extremely anxious and claustrophobic and short tempered. Knowing this, I stay at home as much as possible, depending on the kindness of my wonderful husband to bring the good stuff to me
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Life’s Simple Pleasures
Not long ago, we dispatched travel blogger Heather Cowper on an anonymous review trip to the enchanting Hotel Heritage Av Liberdade in Portugal’s capital. Not only did she produce a terrific hotel review , but she also gave us a whistle-stop tasting tour of the city’s eats… There are so many things I could tell you about our trip to Lisbon . Maybe fado music, the mournful mixture of folk and blues that is sometimes lively, sometimes sad, with lyrics of longing and lost love and being far from home
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Platefuls of Portugal: Lisbon’s tasty treats
There are many versions of batatyacha rassa (potato curry) in my mom’s kitchen so each curry gets a prefix to differentiate. Today’s recipe is “Aaji’s” Batatyacha Rassa. Aaji’s Batatyacha Rassa Whole Potato Curry Ingredients 1 lb baby potatoes, pricked, boiled, peeled salt to taste 1 tsp chili powder 2 – 3 kokums, rinsed 1 tbsp jaggery (or to taste) Tempering 1 tbsp oil 1/2 tsp mustard seeds 1/2 tsp asafoetida 1/2 tsp turmeric powder 1 tbsp goda masala 1 – 2 sprigs curry leaves, torn Garnish 1 tbsp fresh coconut 1 tbsp chopped cilantro Method 1
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Aaji’s Batatyacha Rassa – Whole Potato curry
Registration is CLOSED! Thanks for the great response! Durian Degustation V is happening this Friday! Bit of a short notice, but our Durian Supplier has just told us that the season for Pahang Durian is at its peak and we can get Durians at really good prices and the quality is great. The variety which is in season is the Mao Shan Wang, D24 and Green Bamboo
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Durian Degustation V: Return to Cat Mountain
I recently had the pleasure to have Phở with my friend and colleague Liv Hung (who blogs at A Beautiful Life ) as we were enjoying a relaxed Saturday afternoon. We were wondering where to eat and came across Pho Hoang (which is a very short walk from my house). We settled for a small plate of Phở as neither of us was really hungry.
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Pho Hoang (Main Street)
hello! I went to a western restaurant named Wildfire in Stanley in HK. The BBQ beef kabab is as tasty as Tasty Cherry………………………LOL! Keep your eyes on Tasty Cherry Diary and i will show you many tasty foods from now on.
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Tasty Cherry(顏卓靈)’s Favorite Liste de repas 3 – The Wild Fire Restaurant
Some traditional Korean food which I had since arriving in Seoul… Tteokbokki and Odeng @ Namdaemun Market Popular snack food; had these at a street stall in Namdaemun market. Tteokbokki are sliced rice cakes broiled in sweet-spicy sauce; while Odeng are boiled fish cakes which probably originated from Japan. Read the rest of this post » Korean food – tteokbokki, odeng, jajangmyeon & sundae from YeinJee’s Asian Blog
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Restaurant name: Little Fat Cow小肥牛火鍋活魚專門店 Restaurant address: 141 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong Restaurant telephone: 852- 25290660 Cost: HK$280 (US$35.8), all inclusive for two people In Hong Kong, some hot pot restaurants have specialties. Little Fat Sheep is famous for lamp hot pot; Little Fat Cow is famous for beef hot pot; Tanyoto (Tam’s Fish Head) is famous for giant fish head
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Hot Pot Specialty Restaurants in Hong Kong
I’m a big promoter of my neighbourhood, so I’m always looking for stuff that’s happening in Mount Pleasant/Main Street, particularly charity events. I am delighted to hear about The Main Event , taking place from January 18th to 24th. From their website: “The Main Event – East meets West” 2010 will include an array of Main Street’s restaurants, offering three-course tasting menus for set prices of $25, $35 and $45
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The Main Event
I was on one of my usual (and delightful) walks with the lovely Emme Rogers when we happened to stumble upon Grub , a relatively new (2009) wine bar/restaurant that I had been wanting to try for a long while. When I first viewed the room (late in 2009) I figured it was another version of Gudrun’s or Salt Tasting Room. I have to admit that it’s probably a combination of both, although the food (from what we heard from the women who were our neighbours at the next table) is apparently excellent and the prices for mains ($ 18-19 apiece) sound in the range of a middle-to-high-end restaurant.
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Grub (Main Street)
This is a very easy recipe for a protein-packed Dhokla. TruN Daal na Dhokla Dhokla made with 3 daals Ingredients 1/3 cup chana daal 1/3 cup urad daal 1/3 cup chora daal Grind the soaked & drained daal with, 1 1/2 ” ginger, peeled & chopped 2-3 green chilies (or per taste) 1/2 tsp turmeric powder Also, Salt to taste 1/3 cup plain yogurt Mix together, 1/4 tsp eno fruit salt 1/4 tsp oil & 1/4 tsp eno fruit salt 1/4 tsp oil Tempering oil 1/2 tsp mustard seeds 1/2 tsp sesame seeds pinch of asafoetida Garnish 1 tbsp fresh coconut (optional) 1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves Method 1.
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3 daal dhokla
Stewed Pork Rice (鲁肉饭 – pronounced ‘Lu Rou Fan’) is a cheap local staple in Taiwan, which is served almost in every restaurant or food stall you see. The dish is really simple, basically just a small bowl of rice topped with a spoonful of stewed pork. When we visited Jioufen we had a bowl
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Stewed Pork Rice & Thick Squid Soup @ Ximending
Teochew Porridge is the ultimate comfort food for a Teochew Ah Hia like myself. Although I would be the first to admit that though I have 100% Teochew DNA, my selection of dishes to accompany my porridge won’t be able to score me a distinction if I were sitting for the entrance exams for admission into the Teochew Huay Kuan. (Association) I grew up eating Teochew Porridge at home with the simple dishes like Chye Poh Omelette, Minced Pork Omelette, Chinese sausage omelette and the canned stuff like Fried Dace and Luncheon Meat.
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Ah Seah Eating House: Ultimate comfort food for a Teochew Ah Hia
Go RAW One Luck Ducky Restaurant – New Years Health Standard Process Cleanse Diet (Day 6) I got a little frustrated browsing the vegetarian and vegan cookbook section at Strand because most of the books called for a lot of tofu, seitan and pasta which are all not allowed on the diet.
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Go RAW One Lucky Duck Restaurant – New Years Health Standard Process Cleanse Diet (Day 6)
Cuisine: Pizza Restaurant Features: Bar, Flatscreen TVs, On-Site Parking, Location: St Paul, MN Address: 421 East 7th Street St Paul, MN 55101 651-227-1437 Hours: Mon-Sat 11a-11p Sun 11a-10:30p Links: Google Map *Red’s Savoy Pizza in Coon Rapids, Hugo , St Paul, and Uptown are all Delivery/Take-out Only Atmosphere: Red’s Savoy Inn is the original Savoy location, found just on the edge of downtown St Paul at the corner of 7th St.
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Red’s Savoy Pizza ~ St Paul, MN (Coon Rapids, Hugo, and Uptown Minneapolis)
Healthy Kale Chips & Salsa – New Years Health Standard Process Cleanse Diet (Day 4) Ok it’s now day 4 of the 21 day Standard Process New Years Cleanse Diet. I know I just have to get through one week and it will get easier but seriously when you wake up having dreams of bbq ribs and chocolate it’s not easy. Having done this last year, we are a lot more efficient at the diet: we have all the recipes lined up, know where to shop, know how much time to set aside for cooking, cleaning, etc.
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Healthy Kale Chips & Salsa – New Years Health Standard Process Cleanse Diet (Day 4)
One of the many ways, my mom-in-law prepares basundi – Dryfruit Basundi Ingredients 1 recipe Basundi Mixture of nuts and dryfruits (like almond slivers, raisins, cashews, pistachios, pecans) few drops of ice-cream essence Method 1. Prepare basundi as described here . Cool down at the room temperature.
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Dryfruit Basundi