Indonesian Potatoes

While cooking Indonesian meal, I wanted to play very safe with the side dishes. I was doubtful if the family would like stuffed tofu pockets as they are something you need to develop taste for. On my search I landed up at Sanjeev Kapoor’s site and found these Indonesian Potatoes. After reading the recipe of…

Stuffed Tofu Pockets

Indonesians use a lot of tofu in their food and while cooking a meal from this country I decided to make stuffed tofu which is a very common snack on The Indonesian streets. These are called Tahu Isi. The recipe that I found had tofu which was slit and stuffed, but I used these ready…

Lángos – Street Food from Hungary

BM # 44International CuisineCooking with Alphabets : HCategory : Street Food HungaryCountryHungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. We move on to H today and I have chosen to cook from Hungary. Let me start by telling you that traditional Hungarian dishes are primarily based on meats, seasonal vegetables, fruits, fresh bread, dairy products…

Hash Browns

Hash browns are a breakfast favorite with most of us. When ever we go on holidays I always pick up continental breakfast at the hotels. My first attack is on hash browns. I simply love them. There are so many ways to cook these, some make these with raw potatoes, while some make with boiled…

Full English Breakfast from Great Britain

BM # 44International ABC CookingCooking with Alphabets : GCategory : Breakfast Great BritainIsland in United KingdomGreat Britain is an island in the North Atlantic off the north-west coast of continental Europe. Today we move on to the alphabet ”G” and the country I have chosen is Great Britain. This is a country which is close…

Vegetarian Sausages

  Now whenever you read the word sausages you always refer to them as a non vegetarian dish.While cooking Full English Breakfast for Great Britain, I observed that all English Breakfasts served sausages and eggs. Since I am a vegetarian, I could not place the egg in that breakfast , but I could try making…

Pulla, Braided Bread from Finland

BM # 44 International ABC Cooking Cooking with Alphabets : F Category : Street Food FinlandCountryFinland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of  Northern Europe. Today we shall cook with the alphabet F. This is the alphabet where I was confused as I wanted to cook French…

Ta’amia / Egyptian Falafel

Ta’amia is the Egyptian version of falafel and is a part of their morning breakfast. They enjoy it with Ful Medames  I have made falafels with chick peas, but today I am making a Egyptian version of these. The Egyptians make them with fava beans. This is the first time I am using fava beans , I made a coarse paste…

Egyptian Breakfast Ful Medames

 BM # 44 International ABC Cooking Cooking with Alphabets : E Category : Breakfast Egypt Country Egypt is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia, via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula.   Egyptian cuisine is more towards vegetarian diets, as it relies heavily on vegetable…