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Cranberry and pistachio pilaf garnished with cilantro and served with lemon wedges on the side

Cranberry and pistachio pilaf

Mexican-style white rice

Mexican-style white rice (arroz blanco)

Biryani-inspired lamb and rice casserole

Biryani-inspired lamb and rice casserole

Connie Veneracion, Chiang Mai, 2020

Hi, I’m Connie!

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.

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Beef pares (Filipino rice topped with beef) and broth on the side

Beef pares

In its earliest form, Filipino beef pares was just boiled beef and rice, with complimentary broth on the side. The plain …

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Mushroom pilaf served with lime wedges

Mushroom pilaf

A meatless one-bowl meal, this mushroom pilaf can also be served as a side dish to meat or seafood. Fast, easy and tasty. …

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Soboro don

Soboro don

Minced chicken cooked in soy sauce, sugar, sake and mirin served over rice with egg and greens. The chicken is seasoned like …

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Guam-style Grilled Chicken with Annatto Rice

Chicken

Air fryer lechon kawali (crispy pork belly) recipe

Meat

Mackerel Poached in Olive Oil

Seafood

Thai fried rice

Rice & grains

Home cooked shrimp and broccoli pasta in sour cream sauce

Noodles

Tempura-style drispy green beans

Vegetables

A Cook’s Diary

Easy tasty risotto for home cooks

My Mac’s dictionary defines risotto as “an Italian dish of rice cooked in stock with other ingredients such as meat and …

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Food bowls: Asian versus non-Asian

Food bowls are traditionally Asian. Bibimbap, donburi, gaifan, bun cha — all of which are about harmony of ingredients. …

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Rice, water and pandan leaf in rice cooker

How to cook rice

Does rice need to be rinsed? Is soaking required? How much water should the rice cook in? The answers to all these and more …

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Sweet spicy shrimps with edamame

Sweet spicy shrimps and edamame rice bowl

Fresh edamame pods are cooked in the microwave then popped open to get the beans. The beans are tossed with whole shrimps and …

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Salmon curry rice bowl

Salmon curry rice bowl

When you don’t have time to cook an old-fashioned curry, there’s a way to enjoy all the curry goodness by using a …

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Melty cheese beef gyudon a la Sukiya

Melty cheese beef rice bowl

A heap of shredded cheese on top of gyudon is torched until melted. It’s our home version of a beef rice bowl preparation …

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Soy sauce, lime and garlic chicken rice bowl

Soy sauce, lime and garlic chicken rice bowl

Skin-on chicken thigh fillets are lightly seared, sprinkled with garlic, and braised in soy sauce. Lime juice is added toward …

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Bacon and wakame onigiri

Bacon and wakame onigiri

Cook Japanese rice the usual way, season a la sushi rice, stir in chopped rehydrated wakame, crispy bacon and toasted sesame …

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Smoked Salmon and Furikake Onigiri

Smoked salmon and furikake onigiri

Chopped smoked salmon, black fungus, furikake and toasted sesame seeds were mixed with Japanese rice to make onigiri.

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