These small tart cookies are superb! They pastry is soft and yummy, and it melts in your mouth. This reminds me of home – they are very popular and we have them for Raya (Eid), Chinese New Year, whenever we want, really. They are so delicious and addictive to eat that his batch I made…
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Pineapple Jam
Its going to be Chinese New Year soon, and during this holiday season I am always reminded of these small soft melty cookies. I love them. You can find them everywhere in Malaysia – but homemade ones are usually the best. The main ingredient for the tart cookies is Pineapple Jam. You can buy them…
Fizzy Ginger
The New Year has passed (Καλή Χρονιά everyone!), and in my recent post on Ginger Syrup, I mentioned about a fizzy ginger drink that I make with the syrup. Its refreshing, and it certainly helps if you have any leftover ‘hangover’ feeling after nights of partying. All you need is: Ginger syrup Fresh lime/lemon Sparkling…
Ginger Syrup
Ginger -aromatic and spicy. It’s wonderfully versatile – it’s used in both sweet and savoury recipes. I always add a slice or 2 of ginger when I cook beef (it helps get rid of the ‘beefy’ smell when I particularly want it to taste fresh and clean.). I also love ginger beer. The Greeks have…
Chocolate Hazelnut Cookies
Pardon the kinda-blurry picture. I only managed to take 2 photos of these cookies before they were devoured. Here is another better looking photo for you to enjoy. I will update this post in the future with more pictures. As with my earlier post, it is Christmas and I enjoy making cookies during the holiday…
Green Tea Cookies
Green tea – full of anti-oxidants and my staple drink. I drink it hot or cold, every day, winter or summer. And matcha, which is the powdered version of green tea is probably one of the best flavours out there. Matcha ice-cream is superb! For Christmas, I have decided to not make the normal Greek…
Homemade Bread
What can I say about freshly baked warm bread? Its great. ‘Nuff said. Having freshly baked bread is great for the weekend. It doesn’t take long, and this is a basic recipe that you can add to if you want. Add in olives and cheese and you get a very tasty savoury bread that you…
Octopus In Tomato Sauce with Pasta
I can’t remember the first time I had octopus. I may have tried the rubbery plain kind you find on top of nigiri sushi back in Kuala Lumpur, but the first time I had octopus that didn’t try to dislodge my teeth was in a taverna in Thessaloniki, approximately 13 years ago. It was divine….
Meatball Soup (Giouvarlaki)
I love this soup! It’s quite hearty and refreshing at the same time. Its a great winter warmer dish, but surprisingly it goes down really well during cool summer nights. The egg-lemon sauce makes it fresh-tasting, and the meatballs are juicy and flavourful. The secret to this dish is the egg-lemon sauce (avgolemono). My mother-in-law…
Chilli Con Carne
This dish has a special place in my culinary heart. I first tried this spicy tomato-meat concoction on top of a baked potato (jacket potatoes!) when I was 12 years old – in a small café, in a town called Loughborough, England. It was so exotic to me, to eventually taste this much sung about…
Mango & Coriander Spicy Kerabu Salad
This refreshing salad is based on the Thai Som Tum Mamuang (Thai Green Mango Salad) and the very much-loved Kerabu Mangga recipe that Makmah makes. I love mangoes, but the quality of mangoes I can find here in Greece at times disappoint me. They ripen into hard, sour fruits and I find that they are perfect…
Bhel
I was first introduced to Bhel as I read the opening paragraph to The Namesake, about the main character Gogol’s mother and her attempts at making a snack that she sorely missed. It somewhat reminded me of a snack I once had when I was growing up in Malaysia – unable to remember the name…
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