Monday, November 07, 2022

Some Experiments in Asian Cooking

Cookbooks from our collection.

Recently we — especially Len — have been experimenting with Asian recipes. This is both a lot of work and a lot of fun. He’s tried a number of new techniques and flavors. Here are a few photos of some of these dishes.

Ingredients.

A delicious tofu stir-fry flavored with tamarind paste.

Vietnamese steamed fish en papillote, with which we drank wine, of course.


The steamed fish taken out of its parchment wrapper.
 
Vegetables and rice to go with the steamed fish.


A salad of bean sprouts and cherry tomatoes.

Using our steamer for bao.

Bao buns filled with mushrooms and bok choi, with carrot pickles.

A different experiment: frozen pakora from the
Indian grocery store….

… and frozen samosas. Both were good and easy!


Blog post © 2022 mae sander

24 comments:

Lori said...

Asian food is one of my favorites. Your bao buns look delicious along with everything else. I haven't tried the pre made samosa's but may now that you've reported they are good. I love to make my own.

Iris Flavia said...

Culinary adventures - now I am all hungry (just had a cheese-bread, how boring).

Pattie @ Olla-Podrida said...

Everything looks delicious. I had not considered getting frozen pakora or samosas, but you have changed my mind.

Mae Travels said...

Note about the pakoras and samosas: I tried only one brand of each item. These particular ones, which were imported, were good, I thought, but I don't know about any other brands.

eileeninmd said...

I like most Asian foods, the steamed fish looks yumy.
Take care, enjoy your day!

Hena Tayeb said...

Oh yum!

Carola Bartz said...

I love Asian food and often cook it, most from memory of what I ate while I was living in Taiwan. You have some very lovely plates on your table.

Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...

If it's Asian, I love it. From Chinese to Indian to Vietnamese, I absolutely can't get enough. That fish looked wonderful. And of course, you reminded me that I haven't eaten yet. Everything looks so good. Thanks for sharing these wonderful Asian inspired meals and your wine and water with us for T this week, Mae. LOVE those buns.

My name is Erika. said...

How fun. Lots of Asian food is so yummy, so if Len's kitchen experimenting has come out tasty, you have been eating well. Happy T day. Hugs-Erika

DVArtist said...

OK... the only thing that I can say it.... I want to come live at your house! LOL Ohhh what fun and such delishes looking food. Well I said more. Thank you for sharing such a delightful post.

Cloudia said...

What fun! That looks great!

Tandy | Lavender and Lime (http://tandysinclair.com) said...

I also made bao buns this weekend. I've never tried them before so it was interesting to see yours. And I'm glad you used a conventional steamer.

Valerie-Jael said...

I love Asian food, so tasty, but I think it's hard to make at home! Hapy T Day, Valerie

nwilliams6 said...

Wow, you have been adventurous! Love the pictures - all the food looks fabulous and I love those books (they make me want to go buy one and try some new noodle dishes). Fun post, Mae. Happy T-day.

Jeanie said...

I don't normally have the ingredients to do this (Rick is better than me -- you will always find him with a lot of Japanese ingredients). That looks like such fun -- and so delish, too!

Deb Nance at Readerbuzz said...

I've never cooked Asian food, and I don't think I ever will. I don't seem to have a taste for it.

Let's Art Journal said...

It's such fun trying our new recipes and your Asian food looks so delicious - yum 😊. Happy T Day wishes! Hugs Jo x

CJ Kennedy said...

Everything looks beautiful and delicious. I find if I'm preparing a cuisine that is new and I'm not familiar with, the prep is time consuming and there are so many pots, pans, bowls, and dishes to clean up. 😺 Happy T Day

Kate Yetter said...

I lOVE Asian food! I will be checking out these books at the library. Thanks for your suggestions.
Happy Tea Day,
Kate

Empire of the Cat said...

Hi Mae, I used to cook a lot of Asian food but not so much now. The fish looks very good even though I don't eat fish, and the bao looks like it turned out good too. Happy T Day! Elle/EOTC xx

jinxxxygirl said...

Well your experiments with Asian cooking look darn good Mae! And thank you for visiting my blog and leaving such a nice comment. Happy happy T day! Hugs! deb

pearshapedcrafting said...

Oh my! It does look like a lot of work but the results look incredibly delicious! It must have been fun too, Happy T Day, Chrisx

Emma at Words And Peace / France Book Tours said...

My stomach is growling!
I need to get tamarind paste!
Thanks for this delicious post

David M. Gascoigne, said...

I'm coming to your house for dinner! I'll bring wine.