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Archive for Asian Food
Tis the Season: South of the Border Wontons and Pane Salsiccia
The Great Party Recipe Disc-Dump Sharing Continues!
The elves in the Chile Underground Test Kitchens have been extra-busy while you slept, and they quit playing dominoes long enough to find worked their tiny fingers to the bone just to check these recipes before sharing them with you! They tried them over and over too; dominoes takes [...] Read more »
F4F: Tom Yam Soup Your Way
This is the last Fish 4 Friday before Turkey Day hits us in the beltline. With cold weather now affecting most of us (in North America, at least), I decided to take us back to the Tropics with a healthful, spicy dish that also fills our craving for soup:
Tom Yam Soup Your Way
This is a [...] Read more »
A Tasty Fruit Chutney
I’ve always enjoyed chutneys as a condiment, but I considered them to be a kind of jam or jelly, although often more savory than American jams. Many of the U.S. brands of chutney have chunky pieces of fruit, nuts and the like in a tasty sauce, and they’re quite good.
The chutneys I savored during my [...] Read more »
F4F: Red Curry Mahi Mahi Salad
Courtesy Food Network Magazine, November/December, 2008
If you enjoy spicy fish dishes, you should run right out and get the ingredients for this dish! The new Food Network Magazine presents this recipe as one of several seafood items, and it’s truly delicious! And good for you too.
My attempt to improve on this scrumptious dish:
Red Curry Mahi [...] Read more »
Book of the Month: The Spice Merchant’s Daughter
Welcome to the inaugural review for the Chile Underground’s new feature, the Book of the Month! We know you’ll find it to be ‘da BOM.’
The (first) featured book is a cookbook, “The Spice Merchant’s Daughter” by Christina Arokiasamy. Ms. Arokiasamy is originally from Malaysia, and from a family of spice merchants. Her great-great-granddaddy was a [...] Read more »
Chicken Sistouk and Cheese Poppers at the Taj Club
I got home a bit early last evening, just after dusk and right as the Ramzan celebrations were starting. Most evenings, work keeps me from sampling the Happy Hour grazings at the Taj Club upstairs, although I often stop in and visit with the butler, Saravana, and have a Kingfisher beer. Or two.
I was still [...] Read more »
A Day at the Hyderabadi Races
Some days, you should stay in bed. But if you find yourself in Hyderabad, then by all means get out and enjoy the excitement! The wind in your hair, the sounds and sights and smells of the City of Pearls.
If you’re the adventurous type, you might find a sled like the one shown above. Trust [...] Read more »
Working Hard for You: Buffet Grazing in Hyderabad
There are so many good things to eat in India that I’m glad my hotel serves several buffets each day. It doesn’t matter to me that they feel obliged to serve Western and Far Eastern style dishes to accommodate the range of their visitors. I wave hi as I go by the maitre d’hotel (who [...] Read more »
