All posts tagged: deep-fry

sweet potato tempura recipe

Sweet Potato Tempura served with Sriracha Mayo

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Since sweet potatoes are in season and sold in copious amount in the market lately, I couldn’t help myself and have bought couple of kilos home. For days, I have been cooking them in soups, curries; baked them as fries, smashed them with mango chutney as a side, you name it! And when I saw that last one sat on the kitchen counter for sometimes, I was’t entirely sure what I should do with it anymore. I felt, for a very short moment, that I was afraid to serve yet another sweet potato dish on our dinning table that evening. But the feeling of guilt has quickly diminished as I remembered there was one sweet potato dish I adored as a child, I shouldn’t call it a ‘dish’ because it was actually a snack, a street snack that I grew up with and I very much like to eat it again, now, in Berlin! Macau was once famous for its street food and roadside restaurants. There were many different street food stalls scattered all over the city, selling food ranging from dim sum, wok fried …

Fried green beans -Peixinhos da Horta recipe

Fried Green Bean in Batter, Portuguese Style – Peixinhos da Horta

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This year, my Christmas wish list is a list of books, which I have been whishing for since over a year now. They are very interesting food memoirs – and cookbooks of course: ‘The Kitchen Diaries I & II”, by one of my all time favourite food writers and cook, Nigel Slater. I love the way he describes food, almost poetic but also with a sense of humour. Reading his recipes is always a joy. The other cookbook I have been eying for a while (in fact nearly 2 years!) is ‘Die Portugiuesische Küche’ (The Portuguese Kitchen) by Rita Cortes Valente de Oliveira and Alexandra Klobouk who beautifully illustrates the recipes. I first came across of this book in ‘ Die Zeit’ (The Times) newspapers, which ran a special feature, including several recipes selected from the book. I was then already so smitten by the illustrated recipes that I kept the magazine and leafed through its illustrations from time to time! I am really looking forward to find the ‘real’ book under our Christmas tree! …

crispy cauliflower recipe

Cauliflower Fritters with Curry Yogurt Dip

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I always love fritters, fritter of all kind – shrimps, fish, sweet potato, green beans, you name it! I remember when I was a kid, I often found street vendors selling sweet potato fritters. They were the best fritters I remember, when you take a bite, your teeth first encounter the light and crunchy batter then they sink into a soft and sweet flesh. This is something that I remember so well, a great memory of my childhood. The important element of a good fritter is the batter, if you do it right, you will get fritters that are not greasy, but crunchy and full of flavour. A trick to make the batter light is to add sparkling water instead of normal water. Make sure the oil for deep-frying is hot enough and not to overcrowd the pan with vegetables so the batter won’t get greasy. I use chickpea flour for the batter so it is not only gluten free, but also packed with nutrient such as vitamins and minerals. It will make a great …