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Danish Rice Pudding (Risengrød)

Categories: Dinner/ Nordic Christmas

Recipe for Homemade Danish Rice Pudding

This recipe for Danish rice pudding is a very traditional and famous dish in Denmark. In Denmark we call this dish Risengrød which directly translated simply means Rice pudding. Risengrød is mostly served in the month of December and especially in the time around the Christmas days. In many families a large batch of rice pudding is made the 23rd of December where some of it is eaten for dinner and the rest is saved for the 24th. On the day of Christmas eve the rice pudding is mixed with vanilla, whipped cream and almonds and it's served as the famous and very delicious Christmas dessert Risalamande. [Read more...]

How To: Cook Rice

Categories: Side Dish

How to Cook Rice

In this guide I would like to explain how I normally cook rice. I uses two different methods depending on the types of rice; a safe one and a fast one. I know there are several different ways and tips how to cook rice. If you have good tips please share them with me in the comment section below.

Rule of Thumb:
It is quite easy to cook rice if you follow this rule of thumb. I always use this ratio: 1 dl (2/5 cup) of rice to 1 1/2 dl (2/3 cup) of water – where I normally estimates 1 dl (2/5 cup) of rice for one person. Then you simple just multiply by the number of people you are cooking for. [Read more...]

Exotic Chicken Curry

Categories: Chicken/ Dinner

Recipe for Homemade Exotic Chicken Curry

Chicken curry is a very common dish in many parts of Asia and the Caribbean. In Asia a curry dish mostly gets its flavour from ginger, chili, garlic and a whole series of different spices. Outside Asia it's more a tradition to use curry powder which is a mixture of different spices.

This chicken curry dish is very delicious and the pineapples and coconut gives it a nontraditional but wonderful exotic taste. The coconut milk gives it a cream and rich flavor where the pineapples gives a great sweetness to the dish. [Read more...]

Small Meatballs with Chili, Lime, Coconut and Curry

Categories: Dinner

Small Meatballs with Chili, Lime and Curry, [lastupdated]
Small Meatballs with Chili, Lime and Curry

Meatballs in a curry sauce are a traditional dish in Denmark and we have had it since we were kids - some would actually say it is a national dish. Having food that you have had your entire life is always nice and it brings back childhood memories. However, sometimes it is nice to make a traditional dish but add a small twist which can change the food in a new way. This recipe for small meatballs with chili, lime, curry and coconut is based on this traditional national dish, meatballs with curry. This national dish, meatballs in a curry sauce, can sometimes become a bit 'heavy' and does not match the normal expectation to food in this century - where lightness and freshness is a big and important factor. In this recipe the meatballs contains chili which adds a new and refreshing taste, and makes the dish feel lighter and even better. [Read more...]

Salmon in Creamy Red Curry Sauce

Categories: Dinner/ Fish

Recipe on homemade Salmon in Creamy Red Curry Sauce

Sometimes you are just hungry for some really delicious food but you do not have the time, or energy, to cook. The recipe for salmon in a red curry sauce is really simple and do not take forever to cook. The dish contains fresh salmon, red curry, chili, ginger and are all together in a creamy sauce. All these great ingredients gives a great taste to the dish and at the same time many good vitamins for your body. In Denmark the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries recommends that you eat fish two times a week. This is equal to 350g (12 oz) of fish where 200g (7 oz) of that should be from 'oily' fish like [Read more...]