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The moment I saw this slice of squash at a local Asian store last week, an idea, a simple idea of cooking it quickly came to mind, so full of excitement I bought it. Yeah, excited because it isn't every day that you can find such beautiful squash in the smack of winter here in Holland!
I also bought a thin bundle of string beans (sitao in tagalog) and a piece of aubergine (talong in tagalog) to complete the main ingredients of my simple recipe. And this (see under image) was the outcome.
Tiny
January 30, 2009
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It's getting cold again and as usual, when I ask my husband what he'd like to eat, SOUP is what he gives me most of the time. I am not really a soup lover but I must admit that when temperature is dropping, I also crave for soup.
Luckily I can buy soup mixes, otherwise I'd run out of ideas what to make. Honig, that's a local brand that sells soup mixes, is what I usually buy. Before I got married, my grandmother and mother would make them from scratch-all ingredients were fresh, but these days
October 6, 2008
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My husband loves peanut sauce! He loves it in his french fries, satay (sate) chicken, siopao ( or bapao, steamed buns with filling such as chicken or pork) and his most favorite is 'gado-gado'. That's typcial Dutch boiled mix vegetables with plenty of peanut sauce on top! When I first got here (Holland) I thought to myself 'what's the fuss?' when we first went out to dine at my father in law and husband's favorite Indonesian restaurant. They were raging about how 'nice' their gado gado was. I
June 17, 2008
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I love morning glory or kangkong as we call it in the Philippines. Back in the 70s up to the late 80's, since we had stores in the market, I remember we called it food for the poor because often times, people on tight budget were the ones who often buy them and the rich ones would go for broccoli or cauliflower which were expensive back then. We even had 2 rich clients then, that would buy separate ingredients for their family and house helps. The helps often get kangkong sauteed in shrimp past
November 8, 2007
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The prodigal kitchen novice is back, for how long I really don't have a clue. Because I haven't been cooking lately, either too lazy or I simply don't have the time. Besides, husband's into bread nowadays and cooking for myself alone isn't fun. I also blame it on my new DSRL camera which I'm enjoying too much that my photo-personal blog has been my focus whenever I get the chance to go online. *excuses excuses*
Anyway, what I wish to share today was a recipe from BBC GoodFood Magazine (month of
July 17, 2007
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my recipe:
1 med. cauli flower cut into small florets
200 g beans, cut into bite size
1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen peas
1 med. thinly sliced onion
1 tsp mashed garlic
1 tsp grated ginger
4 tbsp ghee or oil
3/4 tsp turmeric powder
1 tbsp vindaloo paste
1 tbsp coriander powder
2 tsp sugar
2 slightly opened cardamons
3/4 cup plain yoghurt
2 small tomatoes, cut into wedges
fish sauce to taste
- boil the cauli flower & beans until half cooked, drain. In ghee or oil, saute onion, ga
June 28, 2006
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It's my friend chef babyrambutan's birthday tomorrow and I'd like to dedicate to her this salad, since she likes spicy food ...
"we're thousand miles apart and I couldn't come to bear you gifts, I thought of making you a spicy salad instead"
Yam Neua or thai spicy beef salad.
1 lb cut beef tenderloin
1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
3-5 tbsp fresh lime juice
2 tbsp fish sauce
1/2 teaspoon sugar
2-3 chopped Thai red or green chili peppers
slices fresh tomatoes, seeds removed
sl
May 24, 2006
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