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Puff Puff (Nigerian Fried Yeasted Dough)

Why It Works Using fast-acting yeast produces a relatively quick rise, letting the batter reach the desired consistency without over-proofing, thinning, and taking on sour flavors.Stirring the batter until smooth ensures crispy puff puff with soft and chewy interiors. Using a 1-tablespoon cookie scoop is convenient, relatively neat, and produces uniformly sized puff puff. (The recipe

North Sumatran Sambal Andaliman

Be the first to rate & review! Sambal are spicy condiments found across Indonesia (and Malaysia and Singapore). Rahung Nasution, a Batak chef and adventurer, shared the recipe for this powerfully refreshing sambal of green chiles, salt, and andaliman, the juicy green local relative of numbing Szechuan peppercorns, pounded together. Spicy, salty, and sour flavors

Hazelnut Chocolate Bars

In a food processor, pulse the hazelnuts just until finely ground. Add the sugar, vanilla extract, almond extract and salt and pulse to combine. With the machine on, drizzle in the corn syrup and blend until the mixture comes together. Turn the mixture out onto a parchment paper–lined baking sheet and form into a 12-by-2-inch

Vegan Raw Fudge

Photo by eatsbyramya Prep time 1 hour Cook time 5 minutes makes 12 cubes Author Notes This five minute fudge only takes 3 healthy ingredients, no cooking, no baking and only 1 hour to completely set and be ready to eat! It can be easy to feel like eating healthy means giving up all the

Baby Pear-Plum Combination Puree

Get to know this underrated fall fruit that deserves just as much attention as apples or pumpkins. Updated on September 25, 2023 Persimmons, vivid orange fruits of autumn, have been cultivated in parts of Asia for at least 1,000 years but remain mysterious to many of us in the United States. We’re finally catching up

Winter Detox Water

Makes 1 Bottle Author Notes Ok, I’m back from my wonderful, gastroadventourus tuscan holiday. Unfortunately this means: Detox (and diet!) time. But let’s take it easy, strong impact changes never work well when we are talking about food, especially for a foodie, living in Italy and writing a FOOD blog!!! So, first thing… WATER. —Claudia

Thai Steamed Coconut-Pandan Cake (Khanom Chan)

Ingredients:1 bunch (4 oz.) frozen pandan leaves, thawed and cut into 1-inch piecesNonstick cooking spray1⁄2 cup sticky rice flour (2 ¾ oz.)1⁄2 cup tapioca starch (2 1/8 oz.)1 1⁄2 cups arrowroot starch (6 ¼ oz.)1 1⁄2 cups firmly packed coconut palm sugar (about 1 ½ lb.)Two 13.5-ounce cans of coconut milk (32 oz.)10-12 drops green