Indian Coconut Curry with Japanese Vegetables
When I decided to cook dinner for my hosts one night, I chose one of my favourite dishes, vegetarian coconut curry. I make this dish all the time, especially when I’m craving fat in my diet. This...
View ArticleYakatabune – Japanese House Boat Party & Dinner Cruise
My friends took me to one of their colleagues birthday party on a Japanese house boat or yakatabune. There was about 50 people there who had to remove their shoes and sit in groups of fours on the...
View ArticleVegetables with Saya’s miso yogurt dip
Saya has impressed me once again. Her miso yogurt dip was absolutely divine. It only has three ingredients, yogurt, miso and sesame oil. The thing that I love about her food is that it is simple,...
View ArticleFusilli Pasta Salad
One my last night in Tokyo, my friend Saya and I cooked a delicious feast while her husband Sunny played bartender. He requested that I make a cold pasta dish, so I made a pasta salad. I had fun being...
View ArticleOrganic Whole Wheat Spaghetti with Snow peas and green beans
This is the other pasta dish that I made for my Japanese friends. I made one cold dish and one hot one. I decided to make spaghetti using my favourite cooking method. Basically I sauté fresh veggies...
View ArticleSaya’s Harusame Salad
Harusame is a transparent noodle made from either potato or mung bean starch. It has texture and requires a good chew. This salad is very light and refreshing and easy to pack for lunch. Ingredients:...
View ArticleYaki Onigiri – Baked Rice Ball
This is one way that the Japanese serve rice. This morning it was beautifully presented to me with miso soup. The rice is mixed with soy sauce and cheese and baked or lightly pan fried. It is crunchy...
View ArticleYakisoba
One of my kids favourite Japanese dishes is yakisoba and when they found out that I had learned how to make it they were ecstatic. When I came back from Japan, it was the first dish that I made. It is...
View ArticleThai Tom Kha Soup
This soup had to be my all time favourite for warming my bones on a cold winter day. The coconut milk makes it very creamy and the sweet and sour flavour is perfectly balanced on the palate. I like...
View ArticleJuice House In Rishikesh
One of my favorite juice places in all of India has to be the popular Juice House in Ram Jhula, Rishikesh. The city is situated on the foothills of the Himalayas and along the Ganges river. It is a...
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