I made this recipe upon the request of my very much pregnant SIL. She had been craving to eat this amti/dal for a couple of days now and finally expressed it to me today. I jumped at this opportunity as it was the first time I was cooking amti with kokum besides satisfying her craving. Killing two birds with one stone, huh! As a food blogger, I never miss an opportunity to try something new....
A lot of Japanese home-cooked dishes are not so well-known outside of Japan. This is why I have a long list of recipes to share with you! Many of these homey foods are simple, pantry-friendly, seasonal, and quick to make—just like today’s recipe, Lily Bulb Tamagotoji (百合根の卵とじ). What Is Tamagotoji? The name tamagotoji comes from the Japanese words tamago (卵, たまご) for egg and toji from the verb tojiru that means to close or to seal....
We’re down to my last post on London, and today I’ll share with you the restaurants we enjoyed, various districts we browsed through, as well as some tips and tricks if you plan on visiting. Just a reminder, this is by no means a comprehensive London travel guide. This London travel guide is written for those who might go to England one day and want ideas on what you can see and do based on my own experience....
Nikko is a beautiful area to visit in Japan and it’s the home to many shrines and temples with historical importance. Among all the sites, it is best known for the lavishly decorated Nikko Toshogu Shrine. It is part of Nikko UNESCO World Heritage Site along with Futarasan-jinja Shrine and Rinnoji Temple. Where is Nikko Toshogu Shrine Nikko is about 2.5 hours by train or 2 hours by car north of Tokyo....
Oyster-Flavored Sauce, or Oyster Sauce (オイスターソース), is a rich, concentrated mixture of oyster extract, soy sauce, brine, and assorted seasonings. The dark brown sauce is thick, salty, and umami-rich. It is used sparingly to enhance the flavor of many Chinese and Asian dishes. What Is Oyster Sauce Oyster sauce is a savory and flavorful condiment used in Asian cuisine to season stir-fries, marinades, noodle soups, and dipping sauces. Traditionally, it is made by simmering oysters in water to extract their flavors....
We love everything pesto! For more must-have recipes using pesto, don’t miss: Creamy Chicken Pesto Pasta, Pesto Pasta Salad, Creamy Pesto Chicken Skillet, Sheet Pan Parmesan Chicken and Vegetables, Crockpot Pesto Mashed Potatoes, and TikTok Feta Pasta. HOW TO MAKE pesto pasta recipe VIDEo Basil Pesto Pasta Ingredients This easy Pesto Pasta recipe features homemade basil pesto sauce bursting with the herbaceous freshness of basil, the pungent zing of garlic, the salty, nuttiness of the freshly grated Parmigiana Reggiano, a sunny lift of citrus from the lemon juice, all underscored by the sweet, nutty, toasted pine nuts and rich olive oil....
Boom! Done! Your pimento cheese sandwiches are ready to serve. Easy enough to make, aren’t they? These are perfect for game day. No need to wait for the Masters tournament! Pimento cheese is a Southern classic dish. It’s a creamy blend of shredded cheese, mayonnaise, and diced pimento peppers along with a few spice additions. You’ll find it on menus everywhere in the south as a simple appetizer with bread or crackers, or served atop dishes like fried green tomatoes....
Fresh buttery tuna and salmon tossed with a sesame soy dressing and finished with all the best toppings, this poke bowl is every bite sunshiny, refreshing, and satisfying. When this beloved Hawaiian favorite first swept up in a craze across the nation, everyone around me cannot stop raving about it. While poke is (technically) no longer a trendy food, its popularity holds strong and found itself a fixture in the food scene outside of Hawaii....
Pork Carnitas Recipe Video The BEST Slow Cooker Carnitas Pork Carnitas!!! Whenever Patrick and I frequent Mexican restaurants here in San Diego (or more accurately hole in the wall joints – the best), one of us usually ends up with Pork Carnitas Street Tacos. The crazy tender juicy pork shoulder with addictively crispy edges is hard to beat. And now we can all devour them at home! Carnitas are more mild in flavor than my intensely flavored Slow Cooker Barbacoa Beef, which make them incredibly versatile for anything and everything you want to make with them and pair fabulously with my Homemade Salsa Recipe, Salsa Verde and Pico de Gallo!...
Check out my quick step-by-step video tutorial to make the best potato toast sandwich at home. If you are on the lookout for some easy sandwich recipes, then you simply gotta try this Indian-style mashed potato sandwich recipe. It is one of my favorite sandwiches to whip up. My kids just love these sandwiches!! You will just need some boiled and mashed potatoes, a few spices, veggies, and bread, of course!...
The recipe is slightly adapted from Ten Dollar Dinners by Melissa D’Arabian and I have made it many times by now. It makes for an especially lovely summer lunch with a side of lightly dressed baby arugula and is equally good as a ‘snack’ on its own. I usually make it in a tart pan, but on one occasion when my tart pan had run away from home I put it out on a baking sheet and found that I quite like the effect....
Boom! Done! Your ramen eggs are ready to serve. Get that ramen ready! These are going to be great on top of your next bowl of ramen noodles. Ramen eggs, or “ajitama” in Japan, are soft-boiled eggs with jammy yolks seasoned in a soy sauce marinade. They are also called soy sauce eggs, ajitama eggs, or shoyu eggs. You’ll often find them served over steaming bowls of ramen noodles, sliced in half to expose their creamy yolk centers, enticing you with their rich yellow hue....
Got any questions? Ask away! It’s such a good sauce. I’m happy to help. If you enjoy this recipe, I hope you’ll leave a comment with some STARS. Also, please share it on social media. Don’t forget to tag us at #ChiliPepperMadness. I’ll be sure to share! Thanks! — Mike H. Ranchero sauce is incredibly easy to make, and with its collection of vibrant, earthy ingredients, you’ll be drizzling it over anything and everything for a pop of flavor....
Cheesy Chicken and Rice Bake While Homemade Salsa usually gets all the love, have you tried Salsa Verde?!! It’s fresh, bright, tangy, with a kick from the jalapenos or serrano peppers. It is stand alone delicious like in my 3 Ingredient Salsa Verde Chicken or I love pairing it with honey like in my Salsa Verde Honey Lime Chicken Enchiladas and many more because it is more tart than red salsa....
Bring a touch of spring to your table with salt-pickled cherry blossoms (桜の塩漬け). These edible blossoms accent baked goods such as cookies and cakes or steeped in hot water for tea. As the seasonal motif-obsessed Japanese, these cherry blossoms are a beautiful reminder of the fleeting moments in nature. What Are Salt-Pickled Cherry Blossoms For centuries, the Japanese have waxed poetry, literature, and paintings on the transient beauty of cherry blossoms....
They are also prized for being easy to dry, then served crushed or ground into powder to season a large variety of dishes. These dried peppers, called pepernoi secchi, add a smoky element to dishes and are ground to a powder form known locally as “zafarano”, which is crucial to many regional dishes. Learn About These Other Sweet & Mild Chili Peppers Liebesapfel Chili Pepper HJ8 Total Eclipse Space Chili Pepper Shepherds Ramshorn Dolmalik Chili Pepper Giant Szegedi Chili Pepper Sucette de Provence Chili Pepper Tangerine Dream Chili Pepper Guindilla Pepper - All About Them Italian Long Hot Peppers Roquito Peppers: Sweet and Spicy Pepper Pearls Sweet Apple Pepper Doux des Landes Chili Pepper NuMex R Naky Chili Peppers Sonora Chili Peppers Trinidad Perfume Chili Peppers Coronado Chili Peppers Espanola Chili Peppers Rocotillo Chili Peppers Elephant’s Ear Chili Pepper Gatherer’s Gold Chili Pepper Super Shepherd Chili Pepper Ancho Ranchero Peppers Purple Marconi Chili Pepper Hawaiian Sweet Hot Chili Peppers Frontera Sweet Peppers There are even more here!...
This post was updated on 7/29/2020 to include new information and photos. It was originally published on 6/20/2018. The shishito pepper is a popular appetizer pepper that is interesting for being mostly a mild chili pepper, but every now and then a particular pod will pack some heat. The heat isn’t overwhelming, but it can be surprising, which adds allure and popularity to this particular pepper. It is a vibrant green pepper that eventually matures to red, but are mostly eaten green....
If you love pancakes like our house, make sure to check out my other pancake recipes: Fluffy Cereal Pancakes, Lemon Ricotta Pancakes, Sweet Potato Pancakes, S’mores Pancakes, Strawberry Cheesecake Pancakes, Mini German Apple Pancakes and now these Pumpkin Pancakes! PIN THIS RECIPE TO SAVE FOR LATER The Best Pumpkin for Pancakes: Canned Pumpkin Puree: you will need to use pure pumpkin puree and NOT pumpkin pie filling. Pumpkin puree is 100% pure pumpkin that has been cooked and pureed without any added sugar or spices....
Before I purchased my ice cream maker, I remember debating if I should buy one. Fast-forward to today, and I think it was one of the best investments of all the kitchen gadgets we’ve purchased! I definitely have a few gadgets that collect dust, but not my ice cream maker. Among the ice creams I have made to date are Mango Ice Cream, Lychee Coconut Ice Cream, Red Bean Ice Cream, and Green Tea Ice Cream, to name a few....
Meatball Sliders I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and are excited to ring in the New Year with all sorts of party food like these Cheesy Italian Meatball Sliders! They are guaranteed to be the hit of the night – any night you serve them – and are truly one of my favorite appetizers/meals of all time (look for my 2017 Favorite’s Post later this week!). Because really, do meatball sliders get any better than amazingly tender, flavor exploding, meatballs bathed in aromatic sauce and blanketed with hot, gooey mozzarella cheese?...
