I know, it’s been a while since I posted something here. No big excuse, other than the same old story of a hectic work week. However we had our first summer barbecue on Saturday, where I tried out a bunch of new dishes. Even though the thought of blogging was the real inspiration behind trying the new dishes, I didn’t get time to take any pictures. It is hard to take pictures when you have a bunch of hungry guests […]
A Gingery Lemongrass Soup in a Clear Chicken Broth
Sunday, April 27th, 2008Filed Under Chicken, Mushroom, Soups and Salads, South East Asia | 37 Comments
I pretend to be a great chef. I try to believe that cooking is therapeutic, but I don’t really believe that! I do like to pretend that I am a big time cook, I love the accolades that come with it. I love the glory so much that I’ve even deluded myself into thinking that I actually enjoy cooking. But there are so many other things I’d rather be doing.
Therapeutic, yeah right! I think watching TV is therapeutic, reading is […]
Spicy Green Beans with Shrimp Stir Fry
Sunday, April 20th, 2008Filed Under Appetizers and Snacks, Beans, Shrimp or Prawn, South East Asia | 16 Comments
This is my favorite way to eat green beans. This picture was taken a long time ago, I have been waiting to take a better picture since the beans look a little overcooked and tired in this version. I actually like my beans tender, but the normal restaurant version has the beans very crisp, which would make a better picture for sure. But after we got back from India, I have gotten real lazy, and haven’t cooked much. I have […]
Sausage Fried Rice - Javanese Style
Monday, March 10th, 2008Filed Under Pork, Rice, Rice Or Biryani, South East Asia | 37 Comments
The husband is away on a business trip, the fridge is practically empty and it is pouring outside to go shopping. This was the situation at home tonight when it was time to start thinking about dinner. I raided the fridge to find some Portuguese sausage links, eggs and left over rice. First thought was to just have sausage and eggs, breakfast for dinner, why not? But then I thought of Meeta’s Monthly Mingle, and that today is the last […]
Pan Fried Wide Rice Noodles
Monday, October 1st, 2007Filed Under Mains, Noodles, South East Asia | 34 Comments
I love Thai food- well, who doesn’t? Whenever I go to a new Thai restaurant, the one dish I judge them by is Pad Kee Mao, a dish made with wide rice noodles, meat, veggies and a variety of sauces and spices. Good restaurants always get it right, but I’ve been disappointed at a number of places with the oily, soggy noodles with zero flavor! And usually if they get this one wrong, they pretty much get all the dishes wrong. So […]
Sambal Shrimp
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007Filed Under Mains, Seafood, Shrimp or Prawn, South East Asia | 29 Comments
This recipe is based on two different Sambal Shrimp recipes I found in two of my cookbooks. One is an Indonesian Tangy Sambal Shrimp from the book Fabulous Asian Homestyle Recipes, and the other one is the Malaysian version Sambal Udang from Savoring Southeast Asia. There were some differences between the two, but I didn’t have all the ingredients for either. So I combined both the recipes, and made some substitutions and additions, and ended up with my own version of […]
Caramelized Catfish and Pan fried Oysters
Saturday, January 20th, 2007Filed Under Appetizers and Snacks, Mains, Recipes, Seafood, South East Asia | 3 Comments
After a week of eating out, I was in a mood to cook on Thursday night. Menu I came up with:
Caramelized Catfish - This is one of our favorite dishes in Monsoon. I decided to give it an indian touch.
Pan-Fried Oysters with Horseradish cream sauce and mango salsa- I have seen this recipe on Food Network on the Emeril show.
White Rice
Caramelized Catfish
Season 1 lb Catfish filets with some salt, ground black pepper, red chili powder and some curry powder, […]
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