My Food Journey

These delicious, sweet, and chewy sweet potato balls are a staple street food snack in Thailand. I first had these in one of the night markets we visited where street vendors lined up selling different types of delicious Thai staples. This snack is locally known as Khanom Kai Nok Krata because they are small like quail eggs, ( Khanom = snack, kai nok krata = quail eggs ) and they are quite easy to make at home.  The outside is crisp and like a little donut, and the inside is soft and chewy.  This popular street food is also known as sweet potato balls amongst the foreigners. I would say, this tastes almost like a mini doughnut, they have that yummy chewiness and airiness we all love in doughnuts. But this doughnut would be the easy to make since there is no yeast, no kneading, no proofing. You can also find similar versions in Malaysia and Indonesia.  Sweet potato is the base of this dough, so not only does that make it flavourful, it's a snack you can munch on with...

So here I am back again after a long long time, this time the reason being not lazy but actually being tied up with lots of new responsibilities and work. Well we have been transferred to Bangkok, Thailand and it definitely has a been a roller coaster ride specially for me. Lots of new things to learn, understand in a new scenario and culture, things to wrap up all the unfinished business back home, it definitely was long 3 months. This isn't a food post but something which is very important in making that food ;) Well to start with Bangkok is an easy city to live in if you are from the busy metropolitan cities back home. So that way it wasn't much of a struggle. But yes culture, way of doing things, food, are different. But one can survive. When I arrived first I was super happy about the fact that so much food is available and for cheap. But I think we also feel like having home cooked food or the comfort food as we call it once in a while. So, I did try to cook in her...