I received an email from someone who frequents my food blog (but wants to remain anonymous) requesting for “BICOL EXPRESS” RECIPE. Since I have never prepared this, I ask a friend who hails from the province of Bicol (Philippines) to kindly share me his recipe, thanks to his good heart, here is his version of […]

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I have taken this picture long time ago (when my domain was ‘e-writings.com’) so that explains the picture watermarking. But this is one favorite rice flavor of ours. Quite easy to make. Either you use commercial green Thai curry paste or make the paste yourself.
Easy Green Curry Rice

if you want to make the curry yourself, […]

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This was rather my simple interpretation of this thai soup. ‘Perfect soup for a temperature that is fast dropping.

700grams chicken fillet, sliced into bite size
.75- 1 liter water
4 kaffir lime leaves
2 lemon grass stalks (cut to 2″ pieces)
2 tbsp fish sauce
3 tbsp lime juice OR 2-3 tbsp tamarind sauce
100 grams sliced mushroom (champignon)
1 tbsp red curry paste (commercial)

Place […]

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Creamy Chicken Curry

One weekend when I had to prepare a special dinner for our small family, I decided to bring out from the shelves some really cheap recipe books I bought years back (and never used) from local stores scattered around the town. I chose to try the Indian recipes. To be honest, I […]

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this entry is for, xtine
though commercial thai pastes, like this red curry paste are of abundance in our markets, there are still some places where they aren’t being offered yet. so i just want to share, from my thai cookbook, how you can make this at home.

home made thai red curry paste or kruang […]

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My husband loves peanut sauce but would not touch kare-kare because of the accompanying bagoong. While I am not really fond of peanut sauce but of coconut milk. And in this dish we both got what we wanted. Lovely taste and added to our list of favorites.
Beef Curry Balls

Ingredients:
500g minced beef
flour for dusting
4tbsp vegetable […]

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For 3 years now, our friends K & C ‘babysit’ for our ferrets whenever my little family is on vacation. Taking care of our two male ferrets (used to be 3, the female died) isn’t really easy because you have to make sure they have fresh food & water everyday, their house needs to be […]

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