For all the aubergine (eggplant) fans out there, if you like my aubergine recipes here is another one for you. The recipe is something I put together what I can find in my fridge and overload of basil in the garden. It's Thai flavour combining some of [...]
Spicy aubergine with basil
Posted by yanti on Saturday, July 31, 2010
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Konjac or konnyaku
Posted by yanti on Thursday, July 29, 2010
Have you ever eaten S E Asian style Konjac candy, rubbery jelly/jello cups that look like these? I like them but in recent years this candy had very bad press and banned in some countries due to some children choked to death eating them. I reckon children [...]
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Stir fried rice noodles with beef ????
Posted by yanti on Tuesday, July 27, 2010
I love all kinds of stir fried rice noodles to name a few like Malaysian/S'porean/Bruneian chow kway teow ???, Thai pad thai, Hong Kong beef with soft scrambled egg ???? (wat dan ngau ho), but today I am cooking Hong Kong style dried stir fried rice [...]
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Caramelised wings
Posted by yanti on Monday, July 26, 2010
This recipe is based on Vietnamese caramel pork belly. I have been cooking this repeatedly for many years and still not tired of it. It's a rewarding recipe with only few ingredients and simple method. The wings are succulent and full of flavour, sweet [...]
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Japanese style potato salad
Posted by yanti on Sunday, July 25, 2010
I haven't posted any Japanese recipes. This recipe today isn't traditional Japanese it's western influenced potato salad. I love this, it has so many bits added giving it interesting texture and colourful. It's a meal on its own. Great for a hungry munchy [...]
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Almond tofu ????
Posted by yanti on Friday, July 23, 2010
Almond tofu is the Chinese version of panna cotta but much much healthier without the heavy cream and vegan friendly.Almond tofu in Chinese is ???? read as 'sin ren do fu' in Mandarin or 'hung yen dou fu' in Cantonese. This is a Cantonese cold dessert [...]
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Spam and XO sauce fried rice
Posted by yanti on Thursday, July 22, 2010
Spam is my regular store cupboard ingredient. A slice or two fried till golden on a bowl of instant noodles with a fried egg will always satisfy the junk food mood I am in sometime.To show my continuous support for all things spamalicious, spam fried [...]
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Mashed aubergine salad ???
Posted by yanti on Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Another aubergine (egg plant) recipe? You must think I am mad. Yes, every week when I go shopping if I see aubergines on offer I must bring some home. I bought four yesterday. I wanted to use half straight away because of limited fridge space and the [...]
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Beijing style courgette pancake ??????
Posted by yanti on Tuesday, July 20, 2010
I didn't know they have courgette (zucchini) in China, all the time I thought courgette is a Western vegetable. Oriental courgette (zucchini) is similar to western type but the skin is usually much lighter in colour, like pastel green. In China they [...]
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Thai beef with sweet basil and roasted rice
Posted by yanti on Saturday, July 17, 2010
I have a bumper crop of Thai sweet basil at the moment. Every summer I grow quite of lot of this favourite herb from cuttings. I bought a pack of basil, trimmed and put the stems in water, covered the leaves with perforated clear plastic bag and put [...]
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New blog format
Posted by yanti on Wednesday, July 14, 2010
I have just found out Blogger has a new blog template designer facility. Very easy to use and I quite like this new design I selected. Simple and easy on the eye. What do you think? Do you have any comments or things you like me to include.I am still [...]
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Dry fried green beans ?????
Posted by yanti on Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Sichuanese dried fried green beans. i.e. 'gan bian si ji dou' ?????, are delicious with rice or just with beer. The beans are tender sweet and a bit spicy with yummy salty bits of dried shrimps and Sichuan preserved vegetable (zha chai). Many recipes [...]
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Cold chicken noodles with sesame dressing ??????
Posted by yanti on Sunday, July 11, 2010
It hot hot hot over here. I just want to keep away from cooking as much as I can.Cold noodles is something which is quite appetising in this warm weather. Cold noodles with sesame dressing 'ma jiang ren mian' ???? is common in northern part of China [...]
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