GARAM MASALA RICE WITH WARM SAFFRON

I want to learn to spices up my life. Usually I love simple, uncomplicated palate of flavour, except for several Indonesian food that I worship, which obviously Indonesian food are rich of spices. But as I love mystery, paradoxes, I also want to applied quite literally in my food. Array of experimental cooking, I think…

VEGETABLE STIR FRIED WITH CILANTRO LIME PESTO

I make this stir fried as company for my previous cilantro lime rice, in purpose of resonate the rice flavour. I keep everything very simple for the rest. If you love cilantro this recipe are flavour bomb, the sharp of lime married to eyes opening fresh cilantro. I used very small amount of garlic as…

RICE WITH CILANTRO LIME PESTO

Last weekend, we went into this typical Spanish restaurant chain. It was been twice we ordered same menu, that was cilantro lime rice, it was delicious. It was inspired me with something different, rice mix with cilantro lime pesto, like Italian pesto only using cilantro instead of basil and using lime instead of lemon. I…

ASIAN INFUSE WINTER SALAD

It is near the end of December, it is getting cold and cold. Something that cold but warm is good, this salad are refreshing, the ingredient will warmed up cold stomach. We called it Hinojo here, it is fennel bulb, it is sweet, warm and have light star anise flavoured. I mixed my core ingredient…

MY MOTHER FRIED RICE AND FRIED NOODLE

This are one of the most intimate recipe for me, few of my favourite childhood dishes, which was meant so much to me, specially for the fried noodle, because my mom only cooked this noodle on certain festive day. Comfort and ensuring hug from my mom for this cold cold winter. If usually I only…

SMOKY TOFU IN GARLIC AND SESAME OIL

This are the most simplest and delicious way to have a breakfast, it tasty, clean and interesting, yes I know, maybe it consider as heavy breakfast, but my meal are gradually lighter to the rest of the day.  You know that I love garlic, so this recipe are load with them, but you can add…

MY MOM INDONESIAN CURRY

There are so many version of curry in Asia, I think every household have their own version of curry. Just few days ago I posted my most lazy curry, that came out from the bottle, made me remember, It is been long time already that I’m not make my mom version of curry. The recipe…

CHEATING VEGAN CURRY

It’s cheating time and indulge yourself, I love being lazy potatoes couch and yet I still able to devour delicious dishes. And the way to that is, good quality ready made spices paste, I have some array collection of my favourite spices paste, just in case for laziness emergency hehe. The thing about this are,…

MUSHROOM IN BARBECUE SAUCE

Again with my solitary indulgence, and I still obsessed with mushroom. So I get myself another mushroom hehe. It is not really an adventure though, I did basic seasoning from my previous post, but for the rest I just put everything that caught my eyes. SO I wont be talking too much, a bit embarrassed…

AUTUMN SNACKING ON MUSHROOM

Mushroom are abundant at this season, one of my favourite ingredient, this are Niscalo (Lactarius deliciosus) typical mushroom that available in Spain, my girlfriend said this mushroom are delicious, I never have it before, even in season it quite pricy though. But it is worthy every penny, When I was grilled it, my house are…