simple, healthy recipes for everyone
Mama Lin’s Chinese sticky rice recipe is a new take on the classic dish. Instead of cooking the rice in a pot or rice cooker, the rice is steamed to prevent overcooking. Taro cubes give the rice extra earthy flavors. Chinese sticky rice, 糯米飯 (traditional) / 糯米饭 (simplified), is one of my favorite dishes growing…
My very first friensgiving was 8 years ago, during my first year of law school. I decided not to go home because plane tickets were too expensive. Holiday travel is the worst, by the way. Besides, it was almost time for us to hunker down in our respective caves to study for finals. Fortunately, one of my…
If you take a look into Mama Lin’s kitchen, you’ll undoubtedly find dried scallops. Dried shrimp and dried scallops are her one-two punch in flavoring dishes. The scallops impart umami flavor to a dish, and it tastes less fishy than dried shrimp. In Chinese, the word “scallop” is 江瑤柱 (traditional) 江瑶柱 (simplified) (jiang yao zhu),…
Dried shrimp is a very common ingredient in Asian cuisine. In Chinese, it is “蝦米” (traditional)/”虾米” (simplified) (xia mi) or “海米” (hai mi). Mama Lin stores bags of them in her fridge and adds them into nearly everything she cooks—from dumplings, to vegetables and soup. She keeps so much of them that I usually take small…
Ever wondered how to make paneer? This paneer recipe is a simple step-by-step guide on how you can make this fresh Indian cheese at home. It is a lot easier than you think! I fell in love with paneer when I was in college and ate my first saag paneer. It was one of the…
