I have to let you in on a little secret for this one - it’s inspired from a cooking showing on SBS in Australia called Food Safari. What is quite unique about this show, is that each episode the host focuses on a different culture, showing real people from these cultures (who have emigrated [...]

Image: Rice pudding just come out of the oven

When I was younger, my mum made traditional milk rice and I wasn’t a big fan of it.  This also mean that I’d never really had rice pudding either because the thought of the milk rice came to mind.
It was only a few years ago when Le [...]

I have the sachets of quick microwave rice dishes to thank for this simple and easy risotto meal today.  The risotto is half cooked already and on the back of the packaging has a recipe to make a simple risotto in ten minutes in the pot.  Whilst I didn’t want the recipe on the back, [...]

The silly season has arrived and it also means less time cooking and more time eating out, meeting and catching up with old friends, celebrating a new year arriving and the old year gone.
With this, the regular posts won’t be three new recipes each week, but I’ll try to do some weekly updates for the [...]

Wanting to make something that can be mixed in one bowl and cooked in the microwave? This recipe is for you!
It’s also delicious as leftovers! The longer kept, the better the flavours come through.
The recipe involves some refried beans with spices and cooked 90 second rice. It takes literally five minutes to [...]

This baked dish is very simple to prepare, it’s only a matter of pouring a few ingredients together if you have your rice cooked! If you have time, marinate the tofu for a minimum of half an hour before baking.
Ingredients:

75 grams firm tofu
1 tbs barbecue sauce
1/2 tsp cumin powder
1/2 tsp chilli minced or [...]

Rice. It’s so versatile, you can make so many dishes out of it, risottos, fried rice, curries and much more!
This one here is a personal favourite. I always have biryani when it’s on the menu at Indian or Sri Lankan restaurants.
The Indian version of biryani usually has left-overs from the last few days [...]

There’s a Vietnamese restaurant in Footscray that cooks pure vegetarian food. They have some real delicious meals such as wonton soup and rice noodles. Although this recipe is not the same, it’s got a nice flavour to it, similar to a chow mein feel for vegetarians. If you like a bit of [...]

This dish is an idea I had after having a little tamarind sauce the other day. I thought it would be great to try and make a rice dish out of it, which had some sweetness about it but had a little bite of heat and sourness also.
The fruit, tamarind is found as [...]

This fried rice was adapted from the Vegetarian Buddhist Cooking Classes. My fried rice was really similar to this, but now I know the unique methods used without getting it too oily! I also made the Sweet and Sour Chicken to go with this.
If you want a sesame infused flavour, you can add [...]