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  • Surinamese Chicken Curry with Potato filled Roti

    Surinamese Chicken Curry with Potato filled Roti is a staple dish in our household. The luscious curry sauce is full of flavour and spiced up by cooking a whole Mme Jeanette along with the sauce. But be careful to not burst it open while stirring. Otherwise, it might become too…

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  • Miso, Ginger, Coconut & Butternut Squash Soup with Sautéed Mushrooms

    The autumn sun was shining on me while I was working behind my desk, I really needed to get out and catch some sun rays. I couldn’t figure what to make for dinner so I walked to the market and let fate decide. I ran into some lovely looking butternut…

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  • Saté Lilit with Nasi Goreng, Sambal Ikan Bilis, Saté Sauce and a Fried Egg

    Sometimes you just need 1 ingredient to come up with a whole meal and today it was the sambal bilis (ansjovis sambal) we still had in the fridge from the Nasi Lemak from 2 weeks ago. We first had saté lilit when we were on Nusa Penida, near Bali. It’s…

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  • Andive & Cheese Stamppot with Meatballs and Gravy

    Although the Netherlands isn’t really known for it’s haute cuisine dishes, there are quite a few traditional dishes that I absolutely love, like raw herring, kroketten or pea soup with smoked sausage for example. Another one of my favourites is stamppot, which literally translates to ‘mashed pan’. It’s mashed potatoes…

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  • Pork & Prawn Wontons with Spicy Dipping Sauce

    Another Asian dish. As I’ve mentined before, I just can’t get enough! I made these wontons last week and froze them ready to be eaten whenever I have a craving, so good to have lying around in the freezer! I used a few tips from @marionskitchen for making the filling. 1. By…

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  • Malaysian Nasi Lemak

    Malaysian Nasi Lemak with Sambal Ikan Bilis (Anchovies sambal) and Sambal Tumis Sotong (squid sambal) is a classic Malaysian dish. It brings me straight back to our trips to Malaysia, especially to our breakfasts in Georgetown on Penang island. Yes you read that right: breakfast. Back home in Amsterdam we’re…

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