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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Stir-Fried Chayote Squash & Chickpeas

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This recipe was inspired by one on Facebook with a few modifications. The original recipe used green papaya and kala chana. Neither ar...
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Fish & Potatoes with Lentil Dumplings in Ginger-Tomato Gravy

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Tengra Maach Alu Bori Tilapia Maach Alu Bori This recipe was inspired by one I saw on Facebook. I've made very few changes to...
Sunday, May 18, 2014

Ohno Khauk Swe Made Easy

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Coconut Chicken Soup Lunch is Ready! My bowl of Ohno Khauk Swe I've made this meal many times and usually follow the recipe ...

Mutton Keema Mattar with Green Beans

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Ground Lamb with Peas, Potatoes and Green Beans Our local grocery store sometimes stocks New Zealand lamb, and I was pleased to find gr...
Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Bottle Gourd with Shrimp in Mustard Sauce

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Lau Chingri Shorshe Bata Lau Chingri is a favorite dish in our household. It is traditionally made with bottle gourd, but I prefer usi...

Spinach & Eggplant in Mustard Sauce

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Palang Shaak Begun Shorshe Bata Diye To try something different, I'd made Lau Chingri with Shorshe Bata which requires mustard seeds...

Yellow Split Peas Flavoured with Ginger & Tomatoes

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Ada Tomato Diye Cholar Dal These lentils are generally served with luchis  (puffed bread that are made with white flour). Steamed rice o...
Thursday, May 08, 2014

Omelettes in Onion & Tomato Gravy

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Omelette Curry Another dish that brings Mum to mind! Wish she were here to coach me through this, but I think she would approve of my im...
Sunday, May 04, 2014

Burmese Shrimp Fried Rice - Htamin Kyaw

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Htamin Kyaw What makes this fried rice Burmese? The addition of dried shrimp and fish sauce. Day-old white rice from the Chinese restaur...
Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Chicken Chow Mein

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Mum used to make the most awesome stir-fried noodles! Here is my version that is dedicated to her memory.

Stir-Fried Eggplant & Potatoes

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Begun Alu Bhaja This is a very quick and easy vegan dish that is one of my favourites because of the eggplant and potato combination. It...

Stir-Fried Green Beans with Onions, Tomatoes & Black Pepper

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The crowning touch to these green beans is the freshly ground black pepper cooked along with the green beans and used as a garnish. Th...

Garlicky Red Lentils

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Lasunwali Masoor Dal This was one of Mum's favourite ways of preparing red lentils. It tastes great garnished with diced tomatoes, g...

Mango Fish

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Mango Fish This dish is to die for! In Rangoon (Burma/Myanmar) this was made with whole Topshe maach (Mango Fish). I used filleted fish ...
Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Asparagus & Shrimp in White Poppy Seed Sauce

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Posto Bata Chingri & Asparagus Shrimp and white poppy seed sauce go well with asparagus and a lot of other vegetables such as eggpla...
Monday, April 21, 2014

Mung Dal with Tomatoes & Eggplant Flavored with Ginger

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Mung Bean Lentils Mung dal is quite often roasted before cooking, but it tastes very good without roasting. I try to add vegetables to ...
Sunday, April 20, 2014

Ground Chicken with Chickpeas & Potatoes

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Keema Cholay There are so many ways to prepare keema curry, but this one is really delicious because of the addition of Shan Pulao/Biry...

Fish in White Poppy Seed & Mustard Sauce

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Posto Bata Maach Ground white poppy seed paste is combined with strained dark mustard seed paste and green chilies to make a delectable ...
Thursday, April 10, 2014

Stir-Fried Spinach with Shrimp & Mustard Paste

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Palang Shaak Shorshe Chingri A popular condiment on the Bengali table is k asundi  which is a mustard sauce that goes great with stir-fr...
Sunday, April 06, 2014

Minty Chicken Curry in Yogurt Sauce

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Dadu's Ceylon Chicken Curry Mum used to make this scrumptious recipe of Dadu’s (Grandfather). He was a gourmet cook and loved Int...

Tahina Baingan - Stir-Fried Eggplant with Toasted Sesame Seed Paste

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Baba Ghanoush and Baingan Bharta are some of my favourite eggplant dishes. Here I have combined the two and it tastes wonderful. The tahi...

5 Mixed Vegetables with Crab Paste

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Shukto with Crab Paste The bitterness of the bitter melon is made more palatable with the addition of crab or shrimp paste. The caulifl...
Thursday, March 27, 2014

Stir-Fried Rapini with Eggplant, Onions & Garlic

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Shorshe Saak e Begun Watching Italian chefs on TV prepare broccoli rabe or  rapini  with dried red peppers, onions and garlic made me ve...

Stir-Fried Catfish Fillets and Potatoes

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Magur Maach Alu Makha Makha I had a few pieces of catfish fillet in the freezer so decided to add half a russet potato and rustle up a q...

Dry Egg Curry with Potatoes

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Alu Pyaj Deem Bhaja All credit for this dish goes to Pritha Sen who shared it on Kitchen Raagas in Facebook. For the benefit of those wh...