Savoury porridge
This may not be your cup of tea and you must be horrified. But I assure you that “the quakers” are far ahead of me as a long time ago […]
Banana Yoshimoto-inspired breakfast
When I started going independent, that was also the time that Banana Yoshimoto’s short story “Kitchen” came out. I was thrilled with the juvenile love story, but fell in love […]
Picadillo and giniling are the same!
‘Just made giniling again–didn’t know this is also called picadillo! Well, this is the Filipino version, of course 😉 I usually skip the raisins, but this time I added them. […]
Cheese pimiento (short-cutting my way)
Back in the old days, at primary school there was the subject “Home Economics” for girls. There we were taught how to sew, crochet, do embroidery, cook, and make cheese […]
Couscous (#2)
What went into my couscous this time…. Ingredients: olive oil for sauteing 3 cloves garlic (minced) 1/2 courgette (diced) 1/2 yellow capsicum (julienned) 1 tomato (sliced) 8 green beans (cut […]
Mussels (with corn and green beans)
I had mussels again. Using the same recipe (i.e, steaming in a pot with slivers of ginger and NO water), I just added shredded corn and green beans. Ingredients: 500g […]
Challah (with raisins)
I made challah again. This time, I interspersed some raisins while braiding the ropes of dough, and sprinkled sugar and cinnamon on top instead of salt. For the wash, I […]
Chicken in tamarind broth (mock sinampalukang manok)
This is probably nowhere near the real sinampalukang manok, but just to satisfy my craving! The real sinampalukang manok would have real tamarind leaves in them (and as far as […]
Vegetable curry
I mentioned some vegetable curry that went with my roti. Well… how did I do it and what went into it…. I sauted plenty of garlic and onion in groundnut […]
Roti
I wanted to have some naan with my vegetable curry, but do not have the patience to make some now (with all the waiting!). So I made a quick search […]
