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Cream Puffs

February 27, 2010

A month and a half back, Fahim and I were returning home when we saw this truck. … Cuz I really don’t think we’re in an alternate universe right now, you know? As it turns out, we got our answer when the car we were in passed the truck.

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Mama Farook’s Sri Lankan Tamarind Fish Curry

January 3, 2010

Among the recipes Fahim’s mom taught me is this Tamarind Fish Curry. It’s spicy, a little bit sour (from the tamarind), and absolutely delish.
This is one of my all-time favourite ways to eat fish. 

Mama Farook’s Sri Lankan Tamarind Fish Curry

Ingredients

2 tablespoons tamarind paste
2 teaspoons red chilli pepper powder*
1/2 teaspoon [...]

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Ayurvedic Cough Syrup for Dry Coughs

December 20, 2009

I wrote this entry back in August 2007 but didn’t get around to posting it. I have no idea why. Laziness on my part? Probably. Lousy memory? Absolutely. Anyway, here it is. An Ayurvedic cough syrup with no medicinal ingredients to cause side effects, safe for just about anybody, that tastes good and actually works. [...]

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Kiri Aluwa – Sri Lankan Milk Toffee

December 13, 2009

Except that Fahim tells me that no one calls it kiri aluwa, apparently. Ah well.
This is a sweet that I encountered very soon after I came here. And as usual with most sweets, I adore it.
In the past, we’ve bought it from the grocery store. Milk toffee usually comes in a [...]

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Coconut kiss – “Beijinho de coco”

November 19, 2009

From the same lady at Craftster who brought Brigadeiros / Embarkadeiros into our life, we have Coconut Kisses, or Beijinho De Coco.

Coconut Kisses / Beihinho De Coco
Ingredients:

397 ml (14 oz)
525 grams
sweetened condensed milk

14 grams (1 T)
19 grams (1 1/2 T)
butter

100 grams (3.5 oz)
132 grams (4.6 oz)
desiccated coconut

Directions

Put all ingredients in a pot and heat over [...]

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Anguna Kola Sambol

November 8, 2009

An old-ish man in our neighborhood does occasional yard work for us. Today, he stopped by to see if we had any work for him, so Fahim got him to clean up the ditch in front of the next-door property since they’re blocked with a foot-deep amount of mud, plant matter, and other refuse, which [...]

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Capsicum and Pickled Lime by Mama Farook

November 1, 2009

This is one of the recipes that Fahim’s mom taught me. I loved it so much that, when my sister and her family were visiting, I made it for them. My sister fell in love with it, too.
It’s not your usual North American fare, but it’s so delightful it’s worth giving it a [...]

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Embarkadeiros!

October 29, 2009

That’s what Fahim, the silly boy, calls ‘em. They’re really called brigadeiros. They’re a Brazilian treat I learned about on Craftster.
The directions in that thread say to microwave the ingredients in a deep container for 6 minutes on high. That didn’t work for me or a few others, unfortunately. When I took the concoction out [...]

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Eating Ginger Leaves? Thebu!

October 25, 2009

A little over a year ago, when our house helper lady came to work, she brought us some stalks of thebu. She does this sometimes – brings edible vegetation. Miscellaneous leaves or stalks of this or that. I don’t mind – I’m up for the adventure.
The thebu she brought is Costus speciosus. That’s [...]

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Sauerkraut The Old-Fashioned Way

October 23, 2009

I’m trying to remember what drove me to give sauerkraut a try. I didn’t grow up on the stuff despite being of good ol’ Mennonite ancestry. In fact, I’d never had sauerkraut at all until a couple or three months ago.
At any rate, I explored how to make sauerkraut and learned it could be made [...]

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