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I am a bit upset that I cannot find fresh red chili padi in the supermarkets here. Chili padi is the smallest (about one inch in length) and hottest chili (rated ten on a scale of one to ten) I have ever known in the chili family.

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My mom used to make minced pork omelet for me and I suddenly had a craving for it. So I dashed to the nearest supermarket to buy some minced pork and chinese parsley! All right all right… I did not dash. I drove. Minced pork omelet is an easy dish to prepare and a comfort food for me. La la dee dah…

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I have tried fried Mars bar in Bondi Beach, Australia; fried green tea ice cream in some Japanese restaurants and fried bananas (also called goreng pisang) in Singapore.

So I thought how about fried mango?

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Have you figured it out? It’s Shrimp Mango Roll. Doh!

This is kind of like the spring roll I made previously, but this is oh, so much easier. Sometimes you can find this at dim sum restaurants, just that they look white. Not sure how the restaurants do it. But I did it my way… (more…)

Cashew nuts have a lower fat content than most other nuts. Approximately 75% of their fat is unsaturated fatty acids, plus about 75% of this unsaturated fatty acid content is oleic acid, the same heart-healthy monounsaturated fat found in olive oil.

Because cashew nuts already have a healthful of monounsaturated fats, if you bought raw cashew nuts, all you need is to lightly toast them in a bit of oil to cook it. (Information source: WHFoods.org)

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