Description: This is not a hot crazy dish. Nicely soft and some part could be still crunchy. It is one of popular and famous Spanish tapas dishes. You can cook at home easily 🙂 This goes well with white wine too!Serves: 2Cooking time: 3 minutes Ingredients Padrón peppers - 100g Olive oil - 1 tablespoon … Continue reading Padrón Peppers spanish style – Pimientos de Padrón
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Beef mince dice steak bite
Description: Easy and quick to prepare. Can be served as canapé or finger food for parties, appetizers, side dishes, or main.Serves: 12 piecesCooking time: 10 minutes Ingredients Beef mince meat (10%) - cut into one bite-size, 200g Garlic - chopped in small pieces, 2 cloves Salt - 2 dashes Ground black Pepper - 3 dashes … Continue reading Beef mince dice steak bite
Tuna & bean sprouts salad
Description: Easy and fast to prepare. This can be a small appetiser or a side dish. It is crunchy and very refreshing.Serves: 2Cooking time: 10 minutes Ingredients Beansprout - 200g Tuna tin - half tin, 55g Ponzu - 1 tablespoon Sesame oil - 1 teaspoon Chive - chopped, 1 teaspoon Method 1. Steam the bean … Continue reading Tuna & bean sprouts salad
Spicy Konnyaku Japanese style (こんにゃくのピリ辛炒め)
Description: A low-calorie Japanese dish. Amazingly, konnyaku has only 5 kcal on its own per 100g. The best ingredient to control weight and aim for a healthy diet.Serves: 2Cooking time: 10 minutes Ingredients Konnyaku - chopped and made incision, 1 piece (250g) Soy sauce - 1 tablespoon Sesame oil - 1/2 tablespoon Mirin cooking wine … Continue reading Spicy Konnyaku Japanese style (こんにゃくのピリ辛炒め)
Kinpira Burdock – Sautéed burdock Japanese style (きんぴら牛蒡)
Description: One of the Japanese traditional dishes. It is nutritious, delicious, and easy to cook. In addition, you can cook a large amount and eat it the next day, or adding it to a bento box would be nice too. You can eat it hot or cold and it goes really well with a pint … Continue reading Kinpira Burdock – Sautéed burdock Japanese style (きんぴら牛蒡)
Grilled celery cheese
Description: Very easy and quick-to-cook yet healthy recipe. This helps to achieve one of 5 A Day. Serving celery with cheese and garlic, it actually gives a nice taste with a punch of black pepper flavour for both celery lovers and haters.Serves: 2Cooking time: 10 minutes Ingredients Celery - cut into a bite-size, 3 stalks … Continue reading Grilled celery cheese
Daikon radish and mince meat sauté
Description: One of the nice Japanese flavour side dishes. This dish really goes well with steamed rice and miso soup which are traditional in a Japanese meal. Dashi and meat tastes are well infused in daikon radish.Serves: 2Cooking time: 20 minutes Ingredients Daikon radish - cut into a quarter slice, 200g Beef mince (10%) - … Continue reading Daikon radish and mince meat sauté
Tofu with Okra and grated Japanese yam, served with soy sauce and bonito flakes (おくらとろろやっこ)
Description: Japanese superfoods. Simple and easy to prepare. Slimy texture of Yam might be like Marmite: either you love it or hate it. But if you think about the health benefits, you would not mind having some from time to time 🙂 Serves: 1Cooking time: 15 minutes Ingredients Tofu - 150g Yam - grated 50g … Continue reading Tofu with Okra and grated Japanese yam, served with soy sauce and bonito flakes (おくらとろろやっこ)
Slightly simmered lotus root with chili in Japanese style
Description: This can be served as an appetiser or a side dish and can be served hot or cold. Crunchy delectable lotus root perfectly matches with a little bit of chili flavour with a scent of sesame oil. It goes well with rice and can be a nice snack with beer or bubbly wine too! … Continue reading Slightly simmered lotus root with chili in Japanese style
Beaten cucumber with spicy miso (たたき胡瓜味噌味)
Description: Easy and quick to prepare, yet the delicious flavour of miso amazingly matches with cucumbers. One of the popular Japanese side dishes. Cucumbers are not boring if you use the right seasonings. It is low-calorie and can be a refreshing appetizer or a side dish. You can beat the food while preparing. What a … Continue reading Beaten cucumber with spicy miso (たたき胡瓜味噌味)