My brother celebrated his birthday sometime in late January. And since I’d only given him a birthday wish phone call, which is probably the least I’ve given him all these years, I thought of dedicating this recipe to him. This is my brother’s favorite dish. He can eat it for breakfast, lunch or dinner - [...]

Dried shrimps - easily found in Asia, sold in sacks, in bags, loosely by the grams and in little packets and cost so little - is definitely a rare ingredient here. My guess is that it’s hardly used, if never, in Western dishes. Hence with limited demand, there is even more limited supply. (Hmmm..my Econs [...]

Yesterday I was in the mood for some waffles. Mainly because I was out of bread and I didn’t feel like cereal. The kids were off to school and I thought since my husband was home that morning, a little special breakfast with strawberries, blueberries and Rocky Road ice cream would be a treat plus having [...]

If you’re wondering why I need to have a double entry on Aapam, then wonder-not. The first Aapam was the version which didn’t use yeast and used a lot more ethnic ingredients like urad dal and methi. And if you’re not very familiar with these ingredients then you’ll probably not want to make a trip to [...]

I am still jetlagged from my trip back home and cooking is not exactly the thing on my mind when I can hardly stay awake. The gloomy skies and cold wind is not helping me keep awake either. *sigh* But I still have to feed the kids and hubby and of course myself right? So [...]