Burghul with Vermicelli Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Middle Eastern cooking class! Rice with vermicelli is a popular Lebanese side dish and I also love this version using burghul that’s packaged with fine vermicelli noodles already through it (Duru brand from Turkey, available at Middle Eastern grocers). You could also toast some vermicelli […]
Lebanese Vermicelli Rice Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Lebanese cooking class! Riz bi sh’arieh is one of my favourite rice dishes – so simple and so delicious. The fried vermicelli noodles add another dimension visually and texturally – especially if you toast them until they’re really dark golden – and the butter adds […]
Ginger & Green Onion Sauce Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Malaysian cooking class! This ginger and green onion sauce is what Hainanese chicken rice is all about (see video below). Best of all it’s super easy to make. You’ll need about 8 green onions for this recipe, perhaps 6 if they’re thick or […]
Cacik Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Turkish cooking class inspired by Somer Sivrioğlu! Yoghurt is a great accompaniment to anything fried as the acid cuts through the richness. I especially love it mixed with garlic and cucumber to make cacik (cacık in Turkish, pronounced jajuk). Cacik is similar to Persian maast-o-khiar and Greek […]
Passatelli Pasta with Brown Butter Eat passatelli in San Leo with me on my small-group food & wine tour of Emilia-Romagna! Passatelli pasta is a specialty of Romagna as well as neighbouring Marche and parts of Umbria. I was introduced to it at one of my favourite Romagnolo restaurants, Osteria La Corte in San Leo, […]
Roti Chanai Like this Roti Chanai recipe? You’ll love my online Malaysian cooking class inspired by Simon Goh! Roti chanai (also written roti canai and roti cane) is popular in India, Malaysia and Singapore (where it’s called roti prata). This flaky flatbread is an essential accompaniment to many curries, in fact it’s ideal for soaking […]
Risotto Milanese (Saffron Risotto) Discover more Italian regional specialties on one of my small-group food & wine tours to Italy Risotto Milanese originated in Milan, where it’s the traditional accompaniment to ossobuco. Lombardy is the home of risotto, and my friend Alessandro Pavoni is the king of risotto making. He was born in Brescia in […]
Nasi Lemak (Coconut Rice) Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Singaporean cooking class! Nasi lemak literally means ‘creamy rice’ and this fragrant rice makes a delicious side dish for any curry or stir-fry. Nasi lemak is also sometimes seen as a standalone dish, especially for breakfast, topped with a few interesting sambals, some fresh […]
Thai Green Curry Paste Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Thai cooking class inspired by David Thompson! I’ve learned a thing or two about Thai cooking over the years from chef David Thompson. I’ve watched him cook for many hours and absorbed the mantra that the only way to ensure authentic Thai flavours is […]
Tzatziki Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Greek cooking class inspired by Janni Kyritsis! Yoghurt is served with just about everything in Greece and throughout the eastern Mediterranean – plain, drained as labne, or mixed with garlic and often cucumber. This combination is perhaps best known by its Greek name tzatziki, while the Turks […]