Crispy cauliflower with chili lemon sauce
Cauliflower florets tossed with egg white, salt, pepper and potato starch are deep fried until crisp then drizzled with …
Thai-inspired sweet spicy fried chicken fillets
Redolent with flavors and aromas of spices associated with Thai cooking, this chicken recipe has been tweaked to make it …
Japanese-style soy honey fish fillets
Sweet, tangy and salty with a dash of umami. The addition of shiitake, broccoli and quail eggs gives the dish contrasting …
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Welcome to Umami Days, a blog that advocates innovative home cooking for pleasurable everyday dining. No trendy diets, no food fads and definitely no ludicrous recipe names like crustless quiche, noodleless pho or chocolate lasagna.
Difference between shrimp paste and shrimp sauce
In a nutshell, shrimp paste is a cooking ingredient while shrimp sauce is a condiment usually served as a dipping sauce. …
Difference between garlic scapes and garlic chives
There are similarities in their appearance but they don’t look exactly the same. Garlic chives and garlic scapes are …
Does dumpling / spring roll meat filling have to raw before wrapping?
Generally, yes. But there are exceptions. Some meat varieties, even when fully cooked, can be minced and be used as dumpling …
2023 is the year of one bowl meals!
Salted duck egg and chorizo spaghetti
Mimicking the Filipino egg-sausage-tomato-rice meal, this spaghetti dish has a rich sauce made with pureed salted duck egg, …
Herby chicken, beans and tomato soup
Cooked with assorted beans and peppercorn melange, this herbed chicken and beans soup makes a filling and delicious one bowl …
Beef pho: the secret is in the broth
Armed with memories of bowls of beef pho in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, I made my home version with roasted meat bones and …
More recipes in the archive
Korean stir fried fish cakes (odeng)
If you’ve never had Korean fish cakes before, this easy and quick-cooking dish should be a good introduction.
Tofu and bok choy stir fry
A simple dish that bursts with the flavors and aroma of ginger and garlic, this stir fry can be served as a side dish or a …
Fried chicken wings with salted duck egg yolk sauce
Seasoned chicken wings are dredged in starch, deep fried until crisp then tossed in a sauce made with garlic and salted duck …
Shrimps with salted egg sauce
Melt herb butter in a pan, throw in crushed garlic, stir in salted egg paste, toss in fresh shrimps and sprinkle in lemon …
Smoked fish, salted eggs and tomato spring rolls
Crispy wrapper, creamy filling with an irresistible smoky flavor and aroma, these spring rolls can be served as an appetizer …
Salted duck egg and garlic fried rice
Give your garlic fried rice a new flavor and mouth feel by adding a few teaspoons of salted egg yolk paste.