Aapam is a type of Indian rice cake with at least a 2 inch wide lace-like edge and a soft spongy center. Pronounced as “up-poam” (rhyming with ‘foam’), at least according to my family and the food stall vendors I buy it from back home, it’s spelling differs from one shop to the next. It is usually wrapped in brown paper with a generous amount of red sugar doled on to it. Read the rest
Kuih Dadar
By Za on Aug 27, 2008 in Desserts, Featured, Food | 2 Comments
Ramadan, the fasting month for Muslims will soon be here. In a week’s time, Muslims all over the world will start their fast beginning with the ’sahur’ when we eat a meal before the break of dawn to last us through the day and ending with the ‘iftar’ when we break our fast with dates and water followed by a meal. This will be the first year I greet the fasting month away from my family and even before Ramadhan starts, I already feel nostalgia greeting me just thinking about how past iftar sessions were like with them.
Ryan Respects
By Za on Aug 26, 2008 in Books, Featured | 0 Comments
We were looking for easy to read books so that my daughter who’s picking up reading can try to read some pages on her own. We came across this book, on the shelf for beginner readers, in the library. I didn’t check the pages because we were running late and just checked the book out. So last night when she took this book for me to read to her at bedtime, I realised that while it was for beginner readers, I think it’s more for Level 2 beginner readers. That said, my son enjoyed reading it, and my daughter enjoyed reading a page or two which had mostly easy words. But most importantly, they both enjoyed the story!
Mixed Vegetable Kheema
By Za on Aug 24, 2008 in Featured, Food, Main Course | 6 Comments
A few weeks ago, we went to a Indian vegetarian restaurant. I ordered naan and a mixed vegetable dish (which I fell in love with). The tragedy is that I don’t remember what its called. I’m one of those people who hardly read the names of the dish on the menu. I believe that names can be misleading especially the ones on menus! Instead, I will zoom into the ingredients and then figure if I want to order that or not. What would please me the most, of course, is Read the rest
Lemon Salmon in Curry Sauce
By Za on Aug 21, 2008 in Featured, Food, Main Course | 4 Comments
I didn’t know that there’s so much debate about whether we should eat wild salmon or farmed salmon. Salmon was something I ate only when I went to the buffet dinner at Cafe Vienna @ Royal Plaza on Scotts (Orchard Road) on special occasions - birthdays, anniversaries and occasions which had a nostalgic feel to them. Now I believe it is no longer called Cafe Vienna but The Carousel. That was when I was in Singapore. Now, I cook salmon when I feel we need a break from the chicken, meat, prawn and tilapia diet. Unknkowingly, this choice of making salmon dishes a once a fortnight meal could be a healthy decision. Read the rest
