I felt like having a bowl of very flavorful curry the other day. I haven't had curry for a long time. So I made chicken pumpkin curry with homemade Thai yellow curry paste. When I first moved to Buenos Aires, there was a lady from Indonesia living in our neighborhood. It was very rare to see SE Asian people in the southern hemisphere and I was hoping to get to know her better. Unfortunately she and her family were getting ready to move back to their home country soon after my family ...
Gluten-free Pumpkin Rice Donuts
I had a piece of butternut squash that I was not sure what I was going to do with. I could have made pumpkin soup with it, but decide to take on a sweeter side. I made donuts - with rice flour. Delicious~! Since it is made with rice flour, these little donuts are totally gluten-free. They are extremely crispy on the outside and very chewy inside. If you like Korean style rice donuts, you will love these pumpkin variation sweet treat. I posted sweet potato rice donuts recipe several years ...
Pumpkin Mushroom Risotto with Bone Marrow Soup
I like risotto. It is comforting, easy to make, and versatile. I had some leftover Korean Ox tail bone marrow soup that I made the other day and thought of making risotto with it. I didn't have any Arborio rice on hand so I used Korean short grain rice and I was satisfied with the great result. Soak white short grain rice for 20 minutes and drain. ...
Pumpkin Bundt Cake with Cream Cheese Maple Glaze
Who wouldn't want a piece of moist cake drizzled with the delicious cream cheese glaze? Although I am enjoying the beautiful warm weather in southern hemisphere. I miss seeing the neighborhoods lined with maple trees, and the houses decorated with pumpkins and fall leaves. I have been craving the flavor of fall. Pumpkin is one of them. I purchased a dozen cans of organic pumpkin puree and I had to make something that can satisfy my fall craving. I baked the pumpkin bundt cake and ...
Korean Pumpkin Pancakes
Pumpkin is, perhaps, the trademark vegetable of Autumn and here I am... posting one pumpkin recipe in the spring time. (Oh, Holly! Be aware of season! ) I went to a grocery store to buy zucchinis but came home with a piece of pumpkin instead. All because, when I saw a few displayed on the shelf, I felt bad that I didn't eat enough pumpkin last fall. ...
Pumpkin Dinner Rolls
"Don't play with your food!" I tell my kids all the time when they show not much interest in eating their food but playing with it. Well, I find myself today that playing with food is quite entertaining and I did have a great time making these Pumpkin Dinner Rolls. The best part? You get to eat them at the end! Pumpkins are delicious and nutritious. So why not add some in the dinner rolls to join the harvest season and celebrate the bounty of mother nature? ...
Deep Fried Winter Vegetables, healthy or not?
Every winter I miss one particular snack that I used to get as a child in Korea. Loaded with thinly sliced winter root vegetables, and coated with simple batter, then deep fried in hot oil..., this deep fried vegetables are perfect winter snack not only on the streets of Korea but in any household. My dilemma is that, can this be considered as healthy? ...
Fall Rice in Pumpkin
Last October around this time I was in New England enjoying the fall foliage. The beautiful maple and oak leaves turning into orange and red, smelling the batch of hot clam chowder, looking through the displays of Jack-o'-lanterns on every house, I literally soaked up myself with seasonal beauties. This year? Well..., the scenery has changed. I am surrounded by the palm trees, and the famous Patronas twin towers can be seen through my bedroom window. Yes, I am in Kuala Lumpur, ...
Korean Pumpkin Porridge, just right for Goldilocks
One week left for $50 CSN Stores gift certificate giveaway. Don't miss the chanceto win! We all know the story, "Goldilocks and the three bears". Too big, too small..., too hot, too cold..., after all the ordeal Goldilocks finally finds her perfect "just right" things in the bear family house, and gets comfy. The story sometimes makes me compare Goldilocks as my own image in life. Yes, there is some lesson we learn from the story, though. Respecting other people's possessions or ...