Mapo tofu
The first time I cooked mapo tofu, I used Lee Kum Kee’s ready made sauce. Too spicy for my kids. By cooking the dish from scratch–no ready made sauce–I could adjust the spiciness. Now my kids love mapo tofu, especially the silken tofu part.
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Chicken curry
Chicken curry is a dish that I grew up with. But the chicken curry of my childhood was just a coconut milk based stew made yellow with curry powder. Homey and really comforting but, well… it lacked fire somehow. Later on, when I learned to cook, I would add combine a teaspoonful of cayenne powder [...]
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