I love Indian food because of the cuisine’s usage of herbs and spices that I grew up with. When you mentioned Indian food, first thing came into people’s mind was images of red chillies floating in reddish coconut milk gravy, grounded spices, sweating red faces and tongue wagging with glasses of cold ice water (a [...]
Filed under: Chicken, Herbs & Spices, Meat | Tagged: Asian, Chicken, chillies, ghee, herbs, India, Indian, spices, yogurt | 1 Comment »
Ok… I know I’m a bit mushroom crazy this week but I can’t help to share those lovely fungi with foodie friends! When you got the chance to buy them at half-price and with extra added to the box, the temptation’s to great to be missed…
One of my favourite mushrooms is definitely Shiitake, either [...]
Filed under: Fungi, Vegetable | Tagged: Asian, bonito, Chinese, dashi, Japanese, konbu, Mushrooms, shiitake | Leave a Comment »
Lately, there’s been surplus of mushrooms at low prices at the local supermarkets (I know, I know, I should get them from fresh market … rolling eyes …) for less than 1 € /pkt of 160 g – 250 g of several choices! I was grinning away like Cheshire Cat at the vegetable section instead [...]
Filed under: Fungi, Vegetable | Tagged: Brown Enoki, Enoki, Gold, Mushrooms | Leave a Comment »
Thai Sweet Basil or ’Horapa’ is one of the common cultivar group of basil. It’s a common herb used widely in Southeast Asia region especially in Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. It’s easy to grow them from the cuttings you purchased off the supermarket shelves. Just soak the cuttings in some clean water and change the water every 2 [...]
Filed under: Herbs & Spices, Vegetable | Tagged: Asean, Basil, Basil (Ocimum basilicum), Decameron, Drink, Giovanni Boccaccio, herbs, Horapa, Nam Mangklak, Southeast Asia, Sweet Basil, Thai Sweet Basil | 2 Comments »
