A dish that was cooked by a friend of mine, her name is Shelley, inspired me to cook this salad. Shelley used a variety of Root Vegetables and more ingredients including Pepitas and Pine Nuts. Today I tried to cook something similar using limited ingredients I had, and it was not bad at all. This …
Rice cooker is easy and energy efficient method to make cakes. All my rice cooker cakes can be baked in the oven, but not all oven-baked cake recipes work well in rice cooker. Here is my ‘Rice Cooker Yoghurt Cake’. I mixed all ingredients, poured the mixture into rice cooker’s inner pot, then pressed ‘Start’ …
‘Soboro’ means crumbled meat in Japanese. Minced meat are used for a variety of ‘Soboro’ dishes, but crumbled Firm Tofu is a great vegetarian alternative. The texture of the crumbled Firm Tofu becomes firmer and crunchy when pan-fried, and it is similar to the texture of cooked Minced Meat. This vegetarian Tofu Soboro Curry is …
This is an absolutely quick and easy salad. Just cut Cucumber and Tomato into small pieces and mix them with Greek Yoghurt. Season with Salt and Sugar, then sprinkle with ground Cumin. I strongly recommend to add some Toasted Cumin Seeds as well. This salad goes very well with curry flavoured rice dishes. Makes 4 …
I heard there is a dispute over who invented Butter Chicken, that is a butter flavoured Chicken Curry. I never know how Butter Chicken was originally created, but there are many methods these days. I prepare it using what I always have, and it is very simple. You don’t need to buy Butter Chicken sauce. …
I needed to clean up my fridge completely. I had a little bit of Yoghurt, Condensed Milk and Thickened Cream. I decided to mix them together and make Ice Cream. I didn’t have Lemon but I had 1 Lime. I added its juice and zest as well. Result was a unique flavoured Ice Cream. Makes …
I have shared some Yoghurt Ice Cream recipes on this website. This is certainly the easies one. One day, when I had some leftover Yoghurt, whipped Cream and homemade Cherry Jam, I mixed them all together and made a simple dessert for myself, and it was actually really yummy. Today I made them into Ice …
Last week, when I was very unwell with a bad cold, my husband bought me a half cut of Watermelon. It was very kind of him. I wished if he could cut it into small cubes, so that I could eat some. Anyway, the Watermelon was sitting in the fridge for several days. When I …
I made ‘Strawberry Yoghurt Ice Cream’ based on my ‘Super Easy Mango Yoghurt Ice Cream’ recipe. I simply replaced pureed Mango with Strawberry Sauce. It’s very simple and easy to make. If Strawberries are not in season, you can use Frozen Sliced Strawberries. Microwave to thaw them, then cook into the sauce. Makes 4 Servings …
I had a small amount of leftover Mashed Sweet Potato, that was not enough to make anything with. So, I mixed it with some Pan-Stewed Apple and enjoyed it with Yoghurt and Honey. This was inspired by a Japanese dish called ‘Kinton’, which is a very sweet dish of Mashed Japanese Sweet Potato. Chestnuts are …
Turkish food is very popular in Melbourne where I live. I wonder why I didn’t know this ‘Turkish Poached Egg & Yoghurt’ until now. Have you ever tried it before? If you haven’t, try it today. It is seriously delicious! You need good quality crusty bread to enjoy it. This recipe should be enough for …
When I first made Yoghurt Agar Jelly, I thought the firm texture of Agar Agar was not suitable for Yoghurt flavour. However, as Agar Agar is a popular vegetarian gelling agent to make gelatinous dessert, I tried to improve the texture. I reduced the amount of Agar Agar, but the jelly was still too firm. …