Shanghainese pearl balls

Hmmm this post has been sitting in my drafts for months. Remember when Celeste, Penny and I were doing Meal to Share? It seems to have fallen by the wayside – totally understandable because we’ve all had so much going on in our lives. But perhaps after things settle down next year we may resurrect [...]

Cookbook Challenge, Fortnight 3: Rice/Noodles

Theme: Rice/Noodles Recipe: Lamb Biryani From: Betty Crocker’s Indian Home Cooking The theme for this fortnight’s Cookbook Challenge is “rice/noodles”. I choose to do something with rice dish and something I’ve been wanting to do for a long time – biryani. Biryani is a layered rice dish made with spices and meat or vegetables. The [...]

Cookbook Challenge, Week 19, Rice

Recipe: Sticky rice with mangoFrom: Ballymaloe Cookery Course The theme for this week’s Cookbook Challenge is “rice”. Being Chinese, I eat a lot of rice, so I wanted to make something that I wouldn’t normally try and decided on sticky black rice. I read the recipe this morning, just as we were about to go [...]

Cookbook Challenge: Week 11, Mixed

Recipe: Persian jewelled rice with chickenFrom: The Jewish Kitchen by Clarissa Hyman The theme for this week’s Cookbook Challenge is “mixed”, which is a fairly open theme. I had a few ideas for things I could do for this week. I thought that I could make something that had different textures, or a dish that [...]

Cookbook Challenge: Week 1, Citrus

Recipe: Rice and lemon souffle From Made in Italy by Giorgio Locatelli Hooray! It’s my first Cookbook Challenge recipe. The theme for the first Challenge is citrus and I decided to make a rice and lemon souffle. This is not a quick recipe to make and it uses rather a few bowls. I started with [...]

Hunza Pie

Silver beet (swiss chard) is not something that I eat very often. In fact, when I bought a bunch of silver beet to make this Hunza pie, it was the first time I’ve purchased it. We didn’t eat silver beet much when I was younger – my mum had a friend who would give her [...]

Zucchini and feta rice tarts

I had some cooked rice left over the other week. Normally, I would make fried rice, which is always quick and tasty. I tried something a bit different though, and tried making rice tarts with an eggy filling (like a quiche). I mixed up the cold rice with an egg and then pressed it into [...]

Hainanese Chicken Rice

Has anyone been watching Food Safari on SBS? I’m really enjoying the series, and have found most episodes fascinating, with the exception of at least one cuisine that didn’t seem very exciting – schnitzel. I love the run down of the common ingredients used in each cuisine, and the segments with the home cooks. The [...]

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