Burmese egg and okra curry
Burmese cuisine is complex and beautiful. The dishes pop with flavours that are bright and unique, bringing together flavours from...
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kzafarullah
- Mar 15
- 2 min
Greens on toast with roasted garlic butter
Canapés should be exciting, they should be so good that your guests should want to fill up on them. This is one of those super healthy...
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kzafarullah
- Mar 14
- 3 min
Eggplant and cashew nut dip for crudités
I love starting dinner with an exciting crudité platter, it conveys to my guests that the meal will be healthy and the food will be...
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kzafarullah
- Mar 13
- 2 min
Horseradish cream
The human palate can distinguish three types of spices, hot for chillies being the most common, but also pungent from wasabi and...
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kzafarullah
- Mar 12
- 4 min
Malaysian mutton (or beef) rendang
Rendang is a dish with a long history, it originated in West Sumatra within the Minang community in the 8th century. However, the dish...
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kzafarullah
- Mar 11
- 2 min
Fried potato and cheese pancake
While planning coursed dinner menus I have to be cognizant of the flavours profile of each of the dishes. I choose dishes that are bright...
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kzafarullah
- Mar 10
- 1 min
Strawberries and togarashi
I was introduced to the concept of pre-dessert during my days in San Francisco. The better restaurants would bring a small bite of...
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kzafarullah
- Mar 9
- 2 min
Palmyra fruit (Tadgola) ice cream
Palmyra fruit also called tadgola or ice apples and a host of local names is found in South Eastern Asia, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka...
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kzafarullah
- Mar 8
- 2 min
Bukhnu kebab
Bukhnu is a special spice blend from Uttar Pradesh, it is slowly finding its way into kitchens outside the state. The word "Bukhnu" means...
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kzafarullah
- Mar 7
- 2 min
Tartine with walnuts, lemon, and ricotta pesto and sautéed mushrooms
Let's start with the difference between a tartine and a canapè. There is none! A crostini is an Italian open-faced sandwich made with...
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kzafarullah
- Mar 5
- 2 min
Pork with mustard leaves (Boksa pork)
The Boksa are a tribe that live in Northern India, mainly in the states of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. They are mainly scattered in...
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kzafarullah
- Mar 4
- 2 min
Fenugreek coconut gruel or kanjee (Vendeyam thaengaipal kanjee)
Kanjee, also spelt as kanji or conjee, is basic rice gruel. Indian households and our grandmothers believe in its tremendous health...
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kzafarullah
- Mar 3
- 2 min
Indonesian sweet soy eggplant
The basis for most Indonesian cuisine flavours comes from kecap manis. It is a sweetened soy sauce that is thick and has a tremendous...
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kzafarullah
- Mar 1
- 2 min
Pumpkin crescents with curry leaves
One of my favourite ways to eat pumpkin is to roast it in the oven. This caramelises the sugars in the pumpkin making them sweeter and...
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kzafarullah
- Feb 28
- 2 min
Potato soup with mustard greens
This soup comes from the French style of slow simmering, a technique that allows the vegetables to flavour the broth as it cooks. This...
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kzafarullah
- Feb 26
- 3 min
Moroccan seafood stew with preserved lemon, apricots, and olives
Moroccan tagines are generally made of chicken or red meats, but here is a very different tagine with seafood. Traditionally, Arabs like...
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kzafarullah
- Feb 25
- 2 min
Field beans and chillies in a spicy sauce (Millagai mochai mandi)
Sometimes I crave spicy food, really spicy food, not the weak-assed tabasco sauce with mild heat. The spice should make you sweat, numb...
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kzafarullah
- Feb 24
- 2 min
Vietnamese cabbage salad with red chilli-garlic dressing
Vietnamese cuisine is filled with salad and an almost neverending variety of greens. Walking through the marketplaces you will come...
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kzafarullah
- Feb 22
- 4 min
Japanese tomato curry, shio koji chicken, mushroom-kombu rice
Curry is a staple in Japan, it is found in small dry packages in the store that just need to be rehydrated like the many versions of...
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kzafarullah
- Feb 21
- 2 min
Orzo and tomato salad
Pasta salads tend to be boring, and in India, loaded with mayo making them completely inedible. Here is a fresh and bright version of a...
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