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Chivda is a common Indian snack mix (think of it as Indian Chex Mix!) also called Bombay Mix in the U.K. This version salty-sweet mix is a flavor explosion, to say the least: it combines sultry curry leaves and toasted spices with toasted nuts and golden raisins. You'll be addicted in no time. It's seriously sooo delicious ( Read more... )

Two recipes today, one very asian and one very american. Let's start with the one that I preferred, the pandan chiffon cake. I was really agonising over this one because it's not easy to get the right chiffon cake texture - really light and soft and fluffy. AND I DID IT. But god is fair, so the pandan taste and colour didn't come out very strongly ( Read more... )

This is my first post here *waves*, and I'm hoping you brilliant people can help me.  I was recently baking with my 7-year-old cousin, and we discovered a recipe for "Chinese Fortune Cookies" in my Asian Cookbook ( Read more... )

It's appropriate that Halloween is right around the next spooky corner, because Frankenstein (the doctor, not the monster) would definitely approve of this treat.

It's a--wait for it--


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Originally posted by foodstory at Tamarind and fresh ginger cake (vegan version)

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After my first entry with the cake for this month's theme contest, and mentioning about Japanese-French fusion baking + my friends from Kagawa coming up for a visit, I wanted to make another entry for the contest and feed my friends ( Read more... )

My best and most impressive item in my baking arsenal is my Chinese bakery style birthday cake, so when I noticed that the August theme is "Asian", I was so thrilled to be able to join in! I noticed some discussion about this kind of cake in one of the other theme entries, but for those of you that may have not had Chinese bakery style birthday ( Read more... )

My first baking post since I moved to Yokohama AND got an oven for my Birthday ( Read more... )