| June 26, 2012

Chili Prawns

Photo by Jun Pang I love dried chilies.  Whether I use them whole to flavour a dish or made into a sambal, dried chilies are so under used.

| June 22, 2012

Salsa Verde

It is such an amazingly versatile sauce.  One of the first sauce I learned in a kitchen were salsas.  Not much skill needed here but the skill you learn here is how to balance flavours. In this case acidity.  You don’t want this to be over powering in acidity,...

| June 11, 2012

Laksa

Laksa   What can I say about this wonderful, coconutty, spicy broth of goodness?  Teamed with wonderful garnishes such as yellow egg noodle, chicken, prawns, tofu, bean sprouts and plenty of fresh Asian herbs, it’s a heart warmer in winter and so easy to make in large quantities for...

| May 18, 2012

Risotto’s takes practice but the reward is satisfying, especially in winter!

Cooking risotto’s is easily put into the “too hard” basket!  I’m here to tell you that, not only is it easy to make but it is also really inexpensive.  Depending on what you decide to put in it, it is one of the cheapest and tastiest meals you can...

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