Mulled Wine is a traditional drink drank during winter and the most popular variations around the world is red wine combined with spices such as cinnamon sticks, vanilla pods, cloves, citrus and sugar. And I really like that it is served warm. The best drink you can have in the outdoors at a Christmas Fair.
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This spinach dish called “Sigeumchi namool” is one of side dishes that Koreans eat with rice. It’ll be good recipe for vegetarians.
Ingredients:
* 1 bunch of spinach
* 2 cloves of garlic
* 1 green onion
* 1.5 tbs of soy sauce
* sesame oil and sesame seeds
1. In boiling water, add 1 ts of salt and blanch a bunch of spinach for 30 seconds after removing dead the leaves and roots.
*tip: using scissors is an easy way to cut this up
2. Drain the cooked spinach and rinse it in cold water 3 times, and squeeze it gently to get the water out.
3. Cut the spinach a few times and set it aside.
4. Place 2 cloves of minced garlic, 1 chopped green onion, 1.5 tbs of soy sauce and ½ tbs sesame oil in a large bowl and mix them all up with a spoon.
5. Place the spinach into the sauce and mix by hand.
6. Transfer the spinach onto a serving plate and sprinkle ½ tbs of toasted sesame seeds.
Adapted by: Maangchi
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This is a traditional Hungarian food and the locals cannot resist it. The best form is the smoked sausages and it is great even if you just 'slap' some mustard on them and eat it with some home-made bread. Some locals eat it with a pickled mixed vegetables called Csalamádé.
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Poffertjes are a traditional Dutch batter treat. Resembling small, fluffy pancakes, they are made with yeast and buckwheat flour.
They can also be served with other sweet garnishes, such as stroop (syrup), slagroom (whipped cream) or aardbeien (strawberries), for added flavor.
Poffertjes is also familiar in Indonesian cuisine through its historical ties as the former Dutch colony. Poffertjes is thought to be related to and to have influenced Indonesian Kue cubit.
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Do not underestimate the look of this food. It is a traditional food and it is 'Very Hungarian'! I love it. Although it is quite heavy, I love the taste. Imagine onions and sour cream combination on potatoes...mmm...you can't go wrong on this.
Ingredients:
potatoes
flour
onions
sour cream
salt
oil
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The Hungarians called these Frankfurters 'Virsli'. Besides boiling it in water, there are other ways to cook it. In this photo, it was fried in oil. That's all. Horse radish is the dipping sauce to go with virsli, but some people prefer the mustard. For me, either Ketchup or mayonnaise is accompaniment.
Those virsli which are most commonly made from beef and pork are the Bécsi virsli where Bécsi means 'Viennese'. The first Bécsi virsli was made in 1805. In the Hungarian dish Lencsefőzelék, which is a lentils stew dish, traditionally eaten on New Year's eve, some families added virsli too.
There is also a belief that lentils resembles the 'coins' and it bears the symbolism of 'richness, wealth and money'. So that's why it is eaten on the New Years' Eve in Hungary.
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So this is Shashlik. For Hungarians, it is called 'Rablóhús'. Shashlik is a form of Shish kebab popular throughout the former Soviet Union and Mongolia. These skewers of meat are either all meat, all fat, or alternating pieces of meat and fat. Meat for Shashlik (as opposed to other forms of Shish kebab) are usually marinated overnight in a high-acidity marinade like vinegar, dry wine or sour fruit/vegetable juice with the addition of herbs and spices. Congratulations to Tomi and Imre who answered correctly to this quiz with their answers on Facebook.
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From a shop in the market beside Pacific Mall.
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Time ago I made a salad and I called it the 'T.O.C' Salad. It was just because it was made from tomatoes, onions and cucumber. Originally, it is a Bulgarian salad and has to be with Feta Cheese. Today, this salad is also made with the same ingredients and it is the Croatian Shopska salad. I guess the shape of the goat cheese grated in this manner by the Croatians differs it from the Bulgarian (usually in cubes or crumbled). We had this Croatian Shopska in Zagreb before our trip to Plitvice Lakes.
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Ćevapi or ćevapčići/ćевапчићи is a Balkan dish of grilled minced meat, a legacy of the Ottoman Empire found in the countries of South Eastern Europe. We were in Plitvice and of course we must eat something Croatian :)
The Croatian made them from pork and beef. They are considered a national dish in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Serbia too. They are also common in Montenegro, Slovenia, as well as in Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia and the border between Italy and Slovenia (provinces of Trieste, Udine and Gorizia). They may be served on a plate or in a flatbread (lepinja or somun), often with chopped onions, sour cream, kajmak, ajvar, and even cottage cheese.
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Although it tastes very much like the bulgarian or croatian 'Shopska' Salad, but due to the fact that it is without goat cheese on it, my husband Zsolt forbade me to say it is a 'Shopska' :)
So as simple as it gets, I named it 'T.O.C' cos you know why? Its ingredients are just the tomatoes, onions and cucumber :) Taking the initials of these three main ingredients, hence its name. Hope you'll like it.
(On top of it, I've added blanched cauliflower, capsicum and sprigs of fresh Oregano which I've harvested this morning)
So my T.O.C Salad Recipe as follows:-
Ingredients (serves 2)
For the salad:
2 medium size tomatoes (cut into wedges)
8 Cherry tomatoes (cut into halves)
1 large Red Onion
One medium Cucumber (cut to bite-sized)
1/2 red california pepper (capsicum, diced it)
100g of Blanched Cauliflower (Blanching*)
A bunch of parsley, chopped (I've substituted with Oregano)
3 tbsp red wine vinegar
1 tsp Coriander powder
2 tbsp olive oil
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Steps:-
- Cut all the ingredients in to slices, wedges, halves or diced.
- Season with salt and pepper, add the coriander powder, red wine vinegar and olive oil.
- Toss to mix well.
- Sprinkle with a thick layer of cheese, and enjoy! :D
*Blanching is a cooking term that describes a process of food preparation wherein the food substance, usually a vegetable or fruit, is plunged into boiling water, removed after a brief, timed interval, and finally plunged into iced water or placed under cold running water (shocked) to halt the cooking process.
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Hainanese chicken rice is often considered as the "national dish" of Singapore, and is often served at international expositions and global events abroad, and in Singaporean-run restaurants overseas. It is also one of the few local dishes served on Singapore Airlines flights.
In Singapore, Hainanese chicken rice is served at stalls and food courts. There are Hainanese chicken rice stalls that have established franchise or branch outlets, The price range is around S$2-4 (the latter if the dish includes a drumstick).
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