Happy New Year, my dear visitors ! I hope you have spent wonderful time enjoying delicious festive food. My holidays, from Christmas till New Year’s Eve, were filled mostly with wraps, canapés, rolls and other snacks. In spite of what I had worried about, preparing such kind of food for two was easier and more…Continue Reading “Salt Cod Fritters (Accras de morue)”
The two weeks of my yearly Japanese trip felt like barely two days… but going back to the “normal” life took me much longer than usually and the cold, dark winter days really made me feel lazy, sad and not motivated to carry out such activities as imaginative cooking, blogging or even visiting my beloved…Continue Reading “Snacks, Dips and Finger Food for New Year’s Eve”
When I was a teenager this simple salad was all the rage. I guess its popularity was first of all due to the new vegetable: Chinese/Napa cabbage. Even avowed lettuce haters liked its crunchiness, neutral sweetish taste and every home cook appreciated its long fridge life, its all-year availability, not to mention its low price….Continue Reading “Chinese Cabbage Salad with Corn and Pickled Cucumber”
This is my absolute number one red lentil dal and I’m particularly proud to share my enthusiasm with you because it’s my own improvisation, based on typical ingredients of certain South Indian dishes I have recently learnt to cook (you’ll see big similarities with this Egg Curry). I have no idea if red lentil curry…Continue Reading “Red Lentil Curry/Dal, South Indian Style”
These rolls are the result of an exceptional craving for tonkatsu (Japanese breaded pork cutlets) combined with a desperate need to do something with an abundant crop of shiso leaves. I sliced the pork very thinly, seasoned it, rolled tightly with the shiso leaves, breaded and deep-fried. These crisp and aromatic rolls were perfect to…Continue Reading “Breaded Pork and Shiso Rolls”
Are you an egg lover? Do you tend to add twice – or thrice – as much onions as written in recipes? If you have answered “yes” to both questions, then you’ve come to the right place! In this Indian curry onions are not just a typical seasoning but, once softened, they act like a…Continue Reading “South Indian Egg and Onion Curry”
I still hesitate if I should start my post with the Japanese croquettes (korokke), Sri Lankan “lamb rolls” or South-Indian seasoning… To make the explanations as simple as possible, the lamb rolls I saw in Sri Lanka. The Cookbook looked to me like European croquettes, which in turn made me think of Japanese korokke and…Continue Reading “Baked Lamb and Potato Croquettes, Indian/Sri Lankan Style, or the Best Korokke Ever”
Does an omelette soaked in spicy tomato sauce speak to you? It certainly did to me! When I found it while looking for Indian egg recipes, I couldn’t believe my eyes! What a genius idea! Apart from the eggs, many recipes called for potatoes, but I wanted to eat the dish – and clean the…Continue Reading “Omelette Curry, or Indian Omelette in Sauce/Gravy with Green Peas and Bok Choy”
This was one of earliest recipes on my blog. Some time in 2011. It seems an eternity…. The photograph screamed for an update, so when I made another batch last week, I took new photographs and thought I’d write about the financiers once more. I took this decision also because I have recently read on…Continue Reading “Financiers (French Almond and Butter Mini Cakes)”
If you think these pickles look and sound familiar, you are right: this is exactly the same recipe I posted seven months ago. I didn’t include it in my previous preserving post (My Favourite Summer Savoury Pickles) because it is unique. When I first made it – and shared with you my enthusiasm – it…Continue Reading “Indian Short-Term Fridge Chilli Pickles”