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Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Burmese Baked Fish Stew

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Add caption Most of my Burmese dishes are inspired by what Mum cooked for us when we were growing up and more recently by friends on Fac...
Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Burmese Sour & Spicy Shrimp & Potato Stew

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Burmese Sour & Spicy Shrimp & Potato Stew This stew is ideal for those days when there is not much time to put dinner on the t...

Mung Bean Lentils Tempered with Wild Celery Seeds

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Ingredients: 1 cup mung dal, toasted 3 carrots, diced ½ pkg. frozen peas 2 Tbsp. vegetable oil ½ tsp. radhuni (wild celery) seeds 2 tsp. ...

Burmese Shwe Htamin - Rice Dessert Bars

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Burmese Shwe Htamin This Burmese dessert was inspired by a Facebook member, Corinne Watson, of our Burmese food group (Burmese Food Love...
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Thursday, December 19, 2013

Tuna Fish Cakes

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Pan-Fried Fish Cakes Oven-Baked Fish Cakes These fish cakes can be made from canned tuna fish or any flaked white fish, such as...
Monday, December 16, 2013

How to Cook Perfect Basmati Rice

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Basmati Rice Cooked on the Stove Top Basmati Rice Cooked in the Microwave Oven Thanks to my Facebook friends on  Kitchen Raagas f...

Red Lentils with Capsicum & Cucumbers

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Masoori Dal with Cucumber & Green Peppers This dish of lentils came about because I needed to use up half an English cucumber and h...

Basa Fillets in Yogurt Sauce

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Basa Maach-er Doi Maach Basa is also known as Mekong catfish and Swai. The latter has recently become available in mainstream grocery s...

Stir-Fried Green Beans & Chickpeas

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Green Beans & Chickpeas My intention was to stir-fry green beans with diced potatoes, but this was made at the tail-end of preparin...

Beet & Cucumber Raita

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Beet & Cucumber Salad with Yogurt Dressing After cooking dinner yesterday, there were half a tub of greek yogurt and half a seedles...
Sunday, December 15, 2013

Eggs in Coconut Sauce

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Deem-er Malai Curry Bengalis make Malai Curry with fish and shrimp, so why not with eggs? It's basically an Egg Curry, which most B...
Monday, December 09, 2013

Spicy, Sweet & Sour Chicken

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This semi-homemade recipe was inspired by Tyson Any’tizers Mango Habanero Flavored Boneless Chicken Wyngz . It has a sweet and tangy f...
Thursday, December 05, 2013

Burmese Coconut Tapioca Pudding - Thagu Oh Noh

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Coconut milk is a common ingredient in Burmese desserts such as this tapioca pudding. I used instant tapioca pearls, but the larger pearl...
Wednesday, December 04, 2013

Chicken & Potatoes Divine

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This casserole took about an hour to prepare which includes the 40 minutes of baking time. It is a twist on Chicken Divan which uses bro...
Saturday, November 30, 2013

Thanksgiving Dinner 2013

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There were 17 guests for Thanksgiving Dinner this year, so we added a spiral cut mini ham from Honey Baked Hams to the menu. The fruit s...

Jellied Cranberry Sauce

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Jellied Cranberry Sauce Ingredients: 1 (14 oz.) can Ocean Spray Jellied Cranberry Sauce Directions: Open can and pour jelli...

Fruit Salad

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Ingredients:   ½ cantaloupe, peeled & cubed ½ honey dew melon, peeled & cubed ½ seedless mini watermelon, peeled & cu...
Friday, November 29, 2013

Bacon Wrapped Asparagus

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This side dish is easy to prepare, looks appealing and tastes wonderful with or without the sauce. It was part of our Thanksgiving din...

Bacon Ranch Potatoes

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The inspiration for these potatoes came from Oklahoma Natives on Facebook, whose recipe I adapted to ingredients that were available i...
Monday, November 18, 2013

Spanish Chicken Rice

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Spanish Chicken Rice Bowl Spanish Chicken Rice Skillet GrandBoy #1 is spending the evening with us today, so this dish was made in ...
Sunday, November 17, 2013

Stir-Fried Spinach with Potatoes & Peas

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Palang Shaak Alu Karaishuti I’ve noticed that if spinach is cooked uncovered, it retains its bright green color. Omit ghee to make this...

Cucumber Raita (Salad) with Dill & Mint

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Raita is usually made with yogurt, mint and cucumber, all ingredients that are cooling to the body. Raita is often served cold as part ...
Friday, November 15, 2013

Chicken Keema & Cabbage - Ground Chicken & Cabbage

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An easy chicken curry made with ground chicken and shredded cabbage that tastes great as a stuffing for pita pocket sandwiches or served...

Lau Chingri Posto - Bottle Gourd/Chayote Squash & Shrimp in White Poppy Seed Sauce

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This is a traditional Bengali recipe that I have tweaked by adding the white poppy seed sauce and replacing bottle gourd with chayote sq...

Red Lentils with Onions, Tomatoes & Garlic

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This was one of Mum's favourite ways of preparing red lentils. It tastes great garnished with cilantro and a touch of ghee or butter...