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Continue reading →: Seoul Searching…One trip to Seoul and you are hooked for life. You just know you have to go back to this warm, vibrant cultural and food lovers paradise. Every moment is special be it the visit to the palaces, walk through Insadong or the heritage village or even the bustling busy…
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Continue reading →: Heat Alert! Naga Pickle in NewportNot for the faint hearted. A week in Newport California, on a holiday. This was a gift from my wife! Super super hot, you cannot survive a whiff let alone a taste. Amazing Naga Chilli pickle, always brings tears of joy! Again not for the faint hearted. A speck, a…
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Continue reading →: Smoke that…As tourist in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, what did I get back for memory? T-shirt? Shells? I brought back a little bit of #PepperPalace to add to heat and try something different. Definitely recommend this for visitors who want to elevate their grills and add some spice literally into their…
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Continue reading →: Kerala Onam Sadhya in San JoseTastefully done. 16+ items put together by Navita and Ratheesh for Onam Sadya, a festival of Kerala. Thanks.
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Continue reading →: Pizza Dinner Half and HalfDinner tonight – Sausage, Bunapi Champignions, Cherry Tomato, Pepper, Onions, Italian 6 Cheese blend. Got to give it a name now.
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Continue reading →: Mediterranean EveningHad friends over for dinner and the cuisine was all Mediterranean. Thanks Subarna and Pawan for the lovely Lamb Chops.
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Continue reading →: Soya Brocolli ChillyHere is a shake and toss vegetarian chinese chilly dish. Soya, brocolli…but do get creative. sweet corn, shrimp anything goes.
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Continue reading →: Matar NimonaMatar Nimona is a vegetarian dish from Uttar Pradesh, India and is very simple to make. Just the different spice paste than tomato based gravys that we are so used to in Indian cuisine.
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Continue reading →: Mom’s Cauliflower RoastHere is an all time favorite in our family, my Cauliflower Roast. Mom made it today and so did I though 7000 miles apart. Feels like we are together.
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Continue reading →: Savoury Suji Upma / Semolina PorridgeThe simplest savoury breakfast in most Indian houses is the Suji Upma or Semolina Porridge. Easy to make, yet everything can go wrong. So here is our take on the right formula.
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Continue reading →: Fathers Day Special – Prawn PulavA simple meal can make your heart happy…right flavors in the right place. Fathers day lunch prawn pulao with raw mango salad and papapdums.
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Continue reading →: BiryaniA framed picture of ingredients that go into Biriyani a delicacy across South Asia with variations across countries. This picture is framed and on a wall in a restaurant in San Jose.
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Continue reading →: Crab Thai Red CurryNothing better than a hot and flavorful Thai dish and that too with Crabs in it. Crabs in need all the respect you can give in the prep and how how you cook it. This recipe is based on Alaskan Snow Crabs which have softer shells, cook well when baked…
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Continue reading →: Snacky Sunday EveningCould not resist doing this. Missing India and the awesome food so a little Indian sweet shop opened its shutters – Kala Jamun and Chowmein Chops. Was thinking Samosa, but thats for another day.
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Continue reading →: Dhaba Paneer CurryNow this was interesting. Getting flavors of the highways of India, Dhaba style. Almost there, used the wrong type of Tomatoes. Nevertheless works for tonight after all we are locked down!
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Continue reading →: Thai Chilly CrabTried out Thai Chilly Crab and it turned out great. So easy to make and cooks great. Baked the crab separately and then poached it well in a Thai Coconut and Wine sauce. Yummy Saturday Lockdown.
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Continue reading →: Lock Stock and Barrel – Lockdown CookingStocked up on Crabs, Prawns, Bay Scallops, Tilapia and Salmon. Got a bag of Mesquite smoking chips, Asin Kecap, Rice Wine Vinegar, Sherry Cooking Wine and Zatarains breading mix. Lets see where we go with this. Time to experiment and try things we like and usually don’t make at home.
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Continue reading →: x Tikka MasalaFabulous creamy Tikka Masala with protein of your choice. Why order out when you can make it restaurant style at home.
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Continue reading →: Salted Caramel PieThree layers of decadence or even two is good enough with this pie. My all time favorite. Something like the german silk cake. So the first layer is the pie base with either oreo cookies with cream in, powdered pressed and put in freezer fot 10 min. Have tried with…
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Continue reading →: One Pot Four Cheese Farfalle Rosa
Keeping it simple here and go with your gut as I did. Feel and taste your way through. Chop quarter of an onion, 3 green chillies – deseeded and chopped, 1 garlic clove chopped, quarter carrot chopped, 1 zucchini in small quarter pieces, shrimp. Cayenne pepper, Italian seasoning, salt to…
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Continue reading →: Thanksgiving 2019Happy Thanksgiving! BK at it…Salted Bourbon Whiskey Caramel Pie. Thanks for visiting.
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Continue reading →: On the Bourbon trail – Louisville, KentuckyMonday to Thursday, week after week. A way to unwind in between and debelop some new local tastes. Go to see if it sticks. Bourbon balls, Sauce, Glaze, Pizza, Spices, Coffee and the list goes on.
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Continue reading →: Mediterranean Din DinMediterranean Shwarma, baked Rainbow Trout with cherry pepper stuffed with Gorgonzola cheese and shrimp ceviche, crispy Gnocchi with basil pesto, garden pasta – Rotini in red, asparagus and mushrooms in smoked gouda sauce, brocolli and cauliflower gratin.
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Continue reading →: #GoFresh #GoLocalVisited the Campbell, CA Farmers Market and picked up locally grown fresh vegetables and ingredients for baking. But one that I wanted to put up here is Thai Chilly in a bunch. Hot Hot Hot!
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Continue reading →: Mediterranean SwirlsFeta cheese, pesto and sun dried tomatoes in a puff pastry.
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Continue reading →: Fresh CatchDoes not get fresher than this…Rainbow Trout – 2 x 19″. Fresh from Tahoe and on ice in the 3.5 hour drive back to San jose. Something is cooking tonight!
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Continue reading →: Dinner at Tahoe – Pesto Alla Genovese and Lamb ChopsThanks to the fully furnished kitchen and bakeware, we ended up at Safeway and picked up stuff while cooking up an idea of how to end a day of vigorous sight seeing around Lake Tahoe. The outcome was awesome.
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