Weave a Thousand Flavors

Batata Poha ~ A classic Brunch Specialty of Flattened Rice & Potatoes from Maharashtra

2013-05-19T20:11:58-07:00

Meet Maharashtra's favorite brunch - Batata Poha. Batata Poha is a quick saute of flattened rice a.k.a beaten rice and potatoes scented and flavored with curry leaves & chillies and tempered with cumin & mustard seeds in hot oil. Beaten rice is de-husked rice which is flattened into flat light dry flakes. Poha or flattened rice can be purchased at any Indian or Pakistani store and is ready to use straight out of the bag. It is important to purchase the right kind of poha for the right dish though. This one requires the fat variety as the thin variety...

Asian Style Cooling Cucumber Salad

2013-05-15T06:10:39-07:00

Cucumber is used all throughout Asia as a side to spicy dishes. And for good reason. It's delicious. And it's cooling. That in in itself is a good enough reason as any to treat yourself to this lovely salad that takes only minutes to prepare. Chances are, you have just about everything already sitting in your pantry. It does need a mandolin for evenly cut slices. The rest is easy - some finely sliced red onion, a scatter of edamame seeds, rice wine vinegar (Mirin), honey, sesame oil, a touch of garlic and salt. A sprinkle of cayenne to finish...

A Treat For Mum ~ Fluffy Coconut, Lemon & Blueberry Pancakes

2013-05-11T20:44:48-07:00

I can't imagine weekends without something special and made-from-scratch come Sunday morning. And what a great way to treat Mum! French toast, scrambled eggs, sausage & egg muffin sandwiches, you name it, we love it! But pancakes will always be on the top of the most requested breakfast by the younglings. So the race is always on to out do the last batch, spruce up my basic recipe or create something different altogether. These pancakes take fundamentally salt-of-the-earth flavors and turn them into the fluffiest, cakiest pancakes ever. I must thank my stars for the creative juices that were flowing...

Pub Grub ~ Fiery Chicken 65

2013-05-07T05:07:38-07:00

Chicken 65 is a popular chicken snack to come out of Madras in Southern India and is now popular all over the world with its tantalizing fiery hot flavors. Boneless chicken is first marinated in ground spices, flour and ginger-garlic paste. It is then deep fried and finished when it is sauteed with curry leaves, 'as many chillies as your stomach lining can handle' and yogurt. The result is a fun and what I like to call toothpick-party-snack. The spicy flavors as you can imagine does justice to tall glass of cold beer. How the name chicken 65 came along...

Mother's Day GIVEAWAY ~ A Wüsthof Classic Vegetable Knife

2013-05-05T07:31:26-07:00

This fabulous Giveaway is thanks to the generosity of Wüsthof Wüsthof's Classic Vegetable Knife Giveaway ENDS ON Mother's Day Sunday ~ May 12, 2013 at 11:59 PM (EST) The Wüsthof Classic Vegetable Knife is an ideal tool for cutting vegetables like potatoes and other firm vegetables. An incredible design both in terms of aesthetics and purpose, this knife epitomizes 'form follows function'. The holes along the cutting length of the knife aids in reducing friction while the ridge helps pushing food away. What that does for us in the kitchen is that vegetables no longer 'stick' to the blade and...