Baked Marble Potatoes with Paprika, Basil and Cheese

Crispy and hot.

Wash and slice marble potatoes in half. Put in a large bowl, pour in some olive oil, mix well. Then add some paprika, a little turmeric, white pepper, lots of garlic powder, and salt. Mix well so each piece of potato gets coated. Transfer to a baking dish and bake at 180˚C for an hour or until the potatoes are cooked and browned and crisp on the outside. Sprinkle some chopped basil leaves and shredded cheese on top and bake again for around 10 minutes. Done.

June 19, 2010

Sautéed Pork and Mushroom and Vegetable Mix

Another simple prep. Just bought some ready vegetable mix in the grocery, a can of shiitake mushrooms, slice of pork, and a pouch of Pork&Mushroom soup mix. Sauté the pork in onions, garlic and lots of Chinese celery (kinchay), add the mushrooms, stir for a few seconds, add the vegetable mix, stir for a few seconds, and then add the soup mix (already mixed in a cup or two of water). Stir again until the starch thickens. Sprinkle with a bit of sesame oil. Done!
June 18, 2010

Crispy Pork on Tomatoes and Onions, Topped with Pickled Papaya

Lazy, but hey, it's really good. Boiled some pork cubes until very tender, added salt, then dried them a little and deep fried. Done! Just slice up some tomatoes and onions and have a bottle of pickled papaya (achara) ready and arrange like in the photo! Hehe.

June 6, 2010

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Chopsuey Snow Peas, Baby Corn & Asparagus with Quail Eggs

This is really simple sautéed vegetables in sesame oil. Not much new, except that I used mostly snow peas and asparagus, just to make it more special. I would have added some shiitake mushroom if had some then.