Another delightful salad from the cookbook Plenty by Yotam Ottolenghi. Tart apple, cooling cucumber, pickled onions and fresh herbs. What a great combination. In a small saucepan combine 60ml (2 fl oz) of cider vinegar, 30g (1 oz) of caster sugar and 60ml (2 fl oz) of water. Bring to a boil over high heat until the sugar has dissolved and…… Continue reading noodle salad with cucumber and poppy seeds
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fresh rice noodles with egg sauce
This dish is almost Char Ho Fun, a traditional Malaysian dish, with a few slight alterations. The noodles were made by the Vietnamese method of steaming, leftover after making phổ. If you don’t want to make the noodles you can buy fresh rice noodles at Asian stores. Separate the noodles and set aside and have your prawns…… Continue reading fresh rice noodles with egg sauce
phổ
Cooking club again. This time we made Phổ, a Vietnamese soup with beef and flat rice noodles, which is popular for breakfast all over Vietnam and any time of day in the north. Normally the stock is cooked overnight but because of time constraints we made a pressure cooker version adapted from various recipes. To make enough stock to fill…… Continue reading phổ
rice paper rolls
Rice paper rolls are delicious prepared ahead but are more fun and much fresher made at the table. Take a single rice paper, soften it very briefly in hot water and place it on your plate. Now put a little of everything on it: rice vermicelli which has been soaked in hot water until just soft enough…… Continue reading rice paper rolls
rice noodle salad
I love Thai green papaya salad so, even though I had no green papayas, I decided to use the traditional dressing for this rice noodle salad. First, I soaked a packet of fine rice vermicelli according to the instructions and rinsed them in cold water, cutting them into shorter pieces before combining them with some…… Continue reading rice noodle salad
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