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Recipes

Carrot Halwa – Gajar Halwa

June 9, 2013

Carrot halwa or gajar halwa (gajrela) is a sweet dish from Punjab, India. Halwa means sweets or candy in Arabic while carrot is called gajar in Gujarati. Now don’t ask me how these 2 words come together for I’m lost. :P Like carrot kheer, this dessert is served at special occasion like birthdays, Deepavali and [...]

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Greek Yogurt with Lingonberry Jam & Elderflower Cordial

May 25, 2013

Seriously speaking I am not a fan of Jamie Oliver. I was but not anymore. Now don’t spank me before hearing my story. He’s a genius cook, I acknowledge that. Me being not a fan anymore is because I had several failure with his recipes. I know it’s really my own fault and not his. [...]

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Masala Chai

May 19, 2013

Who is a masala chai lover? ME!ME!ME! Literally masala means combination of spices and chai means tea. So masala chai is basically a mixed spice tea. Many addresses this beverage as chai tea which means tea tea. It’s so wrong and funny. Don’t ever do that ya. According to wikipedia, the word chai originated from [...]

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Takoyaki

May 11, 2013

Takoyaki (たこ焼き) means grilled (or fried – yaki) octopus (tako) literally. To describe this yummy Japanese snack more detail I’ll say takoyaki are cute little balls of fried batter with pieces of octopus inside. Of course it doesn’t have to be octopus. You can have anything such as unagi (eel), salmon, prawn, ham, sausage, cheese [...]

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Gujarati-Style Spicy Potatoes

April 28, 2013

This Gujarati-style potatoes recipe will tease your taste buds in a roller-coaster ride. Why I said that? You’ll get all sort of tangy-spicy-aromatic punch in this dish. It’s interesting and wonderful. For me that is. ;) This is yet another recipe from the cookbook ‘Cooking with Asian Roots’. Gujarat is a state in Western India [...]

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Carrot Kheer – Gajar Kheer

April 14, 2013

Mom bought several cookery books during last year’s Big Bad Wolf sale. One of them is called Cooking With Asian Roots. This book boost some really interesting recipes using roots and for my first trial, I choose a fairly simple one to make. It’s called carrot kheer or gajar kheer (or gajar payasam). It’s an [...]

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Creamy Lemongrass Sambal Prawns

April 7, 2013

Who’s a lemongrass fan? Me! Who’s a prawn lover? Me! Me! Who’s a sambal fan? Oh yeah… Me! Me! Me! This dish is basically made for ME! Haha Its taste is just like what I envisioned and the zing it provides makes you keep wanting more and more. Enough said. ;) (tsk sorry lame intro [...]

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Steamed Pumpkin For Dogs

March 30, 2013

I‘m someone that rarely feed special food to my dog. And if I do I make sure I give him the healthy option since his daily meal consist of dry kibbles (= processed food). Steamed pumpkin is a good example of healthy food. Pumpkin has good source of essential fatty acids, antioxidants, beta-carotene and vitamin [...]

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