Aroi Thai Fried Chicken

If you’re planning a picnic basket, one of the best finger foods to take is fried chicken. Spice up the flavors and initiate your friends to something different with this basket staple–Thai spices and aromatics to satisfy even the most discerning palate. Key steps to making this delicious and crispy treat are: marinating overnight and…

Mongolian chicken flavored with 15 spices–a pick-me-up recipe!

This redolent chicken dish was called ‘special chicken’ in a Mongolian restaurant. We had to order it as it was the last dish available for the evening. Impressed by the flavors, I asked our waitperson, “What did you put in the chicken to make it so flavorful?” She replied that she could not disclose the…

Atchara- Pickling with Green Papaya or Jicama, or both!

INGREDIENTS: 2 cups of Green Papaya- julienned or Jicama 1 Fennel bulb, cut across the bulb in thin strips 1/2 cup of Cauliflower florets 5 cloves 2 bell peppers (a yellow and a red) or mini sweet peppers ( 2 of each color), julienned or across 1 inch length of ginger knob, cut across into…