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Cucumber and Roasted Peanut Salad
This salad is very easy to make yet is so flavorful with roasted cumin and black mustard seeds that add nutty taste once you bite into one. Crunchy peanuts add a nice contrast to fresh and juicy cucumber that was marinated with lime juice and little bit of sugar for a short while.
Shrimp & pumpkin in coconut milk
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| Prep Time: | 5 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 15 Minutes |
This is a Kerala (a South Indian state) recipe called Konju Pulungari. Konju means shrimp and pulungari is a curry with coconut milk and something sour, either vinegar or tamarind. Pumpkin is a festival vegetable in South India. This dish is originally ma…
Barbecueing Meat the Sicilian Way
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| Prep Time: | 5 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 15 Minutes |
Here is an excellent lamb dish grilled the sicilian way. For those concerned about the health hazards of charcoal-grilling producing carcinogens called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), no need to worry. Use leaner meats that drip less fat. Fat, wh…
Seafood Salad Thai style (Yam Thale)
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 5 Minutes |
Seafood salad or Thai called "Yam Thale" Every bite of this seafood salad offers a taste-explosion of Thai flavors! At the same time, the dressing never overpowers the fresh taste of the seafood, but rather brings out all of its natural succulence. While…
White Chocolate Sugar Cookies
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| Prep Time: | 15 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 5 Minutes |
This is a self created recipe. I wanted a special cookie that was easy to make and this was the result. It would be ideal for the Christmas season but it’s simple enough to be made at any time. There is a chill time so you’ll need to plan ahead just a…
Smoked Eggplant & Yogurt Dip
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 10 Minutes |
Raita is a yogurt based sauce or dip. Usually, raita is very simple with either some cumin or some mint and cucumber, or pineapple pieces, etc. But this is a very flavorful raita with smoked eggplant, garlic and ginger. I had it first along with a very de…
Green Tea Cheesecake
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| Prep Time: | 30 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 15 Minutes |
I made two versions of this cheesecake - (the no-bake and the improvised one). This is the original no-bake version of green tea cheesecake recipe. To read the improvised version (steamed instead of baked) please visit http://ems-premature-eblogul…
Christmas Cupcakes
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| Prep Time: | 90 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 30 Minutes |
I made these for my daughter\'s school Christmas concert last year and the kids loved them - I saw some adults sneaking a few, too ! (Note - You can halve the ingredients to make around 20 cupcakes, if you prefer. Ready made icing can usually be foun…
Arroz ala Filipina
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| Prep Time: | 20 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 30 Minutes |
This recipe is a spin-off from the many Spanish rice dishes. A Filipino-style Arroz de Valenciana.
SUNDAY MORNING LEMON POPPY SEED PANCAKES
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| Prep Time: | 15 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 10 Minutes |
POPPY SEED CAKE IS MY ALL TIME FAVORITE CAKE SO THESE REALLY HIT HOME FOR ME. PANCAKES WITH POPPY SEED AND LEMON ZEST, PERFECT
Oatmeal Cookies
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 15 Minutes |
These are my boyfriend's favorite cookies. He has never been a big chocolate fan (I know, unthinkable) but these fulfill his sweet tooth. This recipe came from Mary Butler Ringhand, who I believe is my Mother's great aunt. She knows how to make some gr…
Crispy Ginger Curry Chicken
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| Prep Time: | 5 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 15 Minutes |
I just love this dish. It comes out perfectly every time, and only takes 15 minutes! Eliminate all prep time by doing all your chopping and mixing in the food processor. Sarah http://the-delicious-life.blogspot.com/
Fried Fish with Recheado Masala
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| Prep Time: | 20 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 15 Minutes |
Recheado is a very aromatic, flavorful and quite hot Goan masala that can be used for marinating, stuffing and frying any kind of seafood. Recheado means "stuffed" in Portuguese and if you order it in Goa what you normally get is a whole fish that was cut…
Green Tea Ice Cream
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| Prep Time: | 15 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 15 Minutes |
This is my home-made ice cream that you won't need an ice cream maker but use one if you have it. The taste of green tea isn't very strong and is nice against the rich taste of heavy cream and eggs.
Wacky Cake
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| Prep Time: | 5 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 25 Minutes |
This is the best chocolate cake I've ever had; moist, flavorful and frugal! It's also vegan and costs less than $3 including the icing! We make this often here and the kids adore it.
Pan seared porkchops
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| Prep Time: | 5 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 25 Minutes |
This is a simple way of fixing pork chops. They are tasty and can be fixed in a number of ways. You can add sauces to them like barbecue, berry vinaigrette, of tomato sauce. I chose to just put salt on mine. I made a few with barbecue sauce, and one with…
Ricotta-Spinach Stuffed Eggplants
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 20 Minutes |
This ricotta and spinach stuffed eggplant was inspired by Moussaka-filled Eggplants. It can be served as a vegetarian starter or main dish. Ricotta cheese can be substituted with cottage cheese or paneer.
Fried Zucchini
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 10 Minutes |
Sicilians eat very little dark meat. Sicily is an arid island, we don’t have much in the way of pastures. Cows are raised primarily for lactation, and production of cheese. Most meat is imported, except for chicken, goat, rabbit and some other wild gam…
Simple Fried Eggplant
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| Prep Time: | 15 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 10 Minutes |
This fried eggplant is so simple, but yet a very delicious side dish. It's a little bit crispy on the outside, but very soft and juicy inside. It is a Bengali way of preparation.
Shallow-Fried Masala Fish
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| Prep Time: | 20 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 10 Minutes |
This South Indian style fried fish is very aromatic and flavourful, slightly tangy, with a nice kick from chillies and garnished with sweet caramelized onions. It goes well together in a meal with curries with gravy or can be served by itself with plain r…
Baked Chicken ala Cordon
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| Prep Time: | 5 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 20 Minutes |
Inspired by Chicken Cordon Bleu!
Cabbage potato bhaji with cinnamon
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 10 Minutes |
Simple and very easy to prepare. Nice combination with bread sandwich, chapathi, nan, kulcha, paratha, roti and side dish for any meals.
Chicken Stew with Coconut Milk (Kerala style)
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 20 Minutes |
This chicken stew with an aromatic coconut milk gravy is a great comfort food. This recipe is from Kerala, a state in India, where they use a lot of both fresh coconut and coconut milk in their cooking. Creamy coconut milk makes this stew very soothing, c…
Tomato Vegetable Soup
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 20 Minutes |
For a 5 year old a mystery is magic! That is how it was for me that beautiful sunny morning when my parents woke me from my sleep and announced that something was waiting for me and all I had to do was to find what was hidden somewhere in the house, What…
Polpette di Tonno - Tuna cakes
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| Prep Time: | 20 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 5 Minutes |
We have been enjoying crab cakes for quite a while now, thanks to our New England friends. In the Veneto region of Italy polpette di tonno, or tuna cakes, have been around forever, but are sadly so undiscovered in the United States. Polpette di tonno are…

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