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Food.comJapanese love sauces and dressings (known in Japan as tare). Some are served over piping hot food and others are served over chilled dishes such as chilled noodle, vegetables and fish. Other times the sauce/dressing is used as dipping sauce. This one can be used as a dipping sauce or drizzled over different dishes. This sauce is very good served over bland tasting food such as steamed vegetables. Just drizzle this sauce before serving. I often use this particular sauce for cold Japanese ramen noodle dish called hiyashi chuka (which translates to chilled Chinese-style noodle). But, this sauce goes beyond that and is really delicious drizzled over ham slices. For special occasions, I purchase honey baked ham and line a huge platter with lettuce greens. Next goes the ham slices decoratively. Right before serving, drizzle this sauce. It is magic! It is so good! It makes ordinary ham taste incredible. Note: tohbanjan or doubanjiang is also known as Chinese hot red chile bean paste/sauce and is spicy hot - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doubanjiang You can see the Lee Kum Kee's sauce here: http://europe.lkk.com/consumer/product_detail.asp?ProductID=31Food52Masoor dal (also called a red lentil) is the fastest cooking lentil, no soaking required. The backbones of this dal are ridiculously cheap but will comfort your guests like only a healthy stew can. Note: Do not skip the tempering step! This technique is called a "tadka," and is commonly used in Indian cooking (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaunk). The whole spices are heated up in fat (oil or ghee) and poured over the lentils before serving, infusing the whole dish with flavor. It may sound totally decadent to pour hot butter onto a dish however there's not much fat in the initial lentil mixture, so don't skimp! Serve over rice or in an dosa.YummlyCelebrating Carnival, Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras in proper Central European fashion swaps out American fair favorite funnel cake for krapfen -- a transcendent trade, if you ask us. It's a fried pastry that could be and should be served for all celebrations, not just Carnival, so we thought we'd share a shortened version of the recipe. ## What Is Krapfen? Krapfen, alternatively called a Berliner (short for Berliner Pfannkuchen), can be found in pastry shops all over Germany, Bavaria, and Austria. Put simply krapfen is a doughnut made with a yeast dough enriched with creamy quark and filled with jam or custard with a light dusting of powdered sugar. In Austria and Bavaria, it's served at fairs and festivals around the time of Carnival, known as Fasching. ## Scaled Down Doughnuts To simplify the formula, we created a recipe that uses baking powder as a leavener in place of yeast. This means there's no rise time which cuts down on total cook time significantly. We also made the krapfen bite-sized to make it a fast fry. You can do a filling, if you'd like, by using a pastry bag or piping bag, but since this is a scaled-down version for speed and simplicity, we left it out. We did, however, leave the [quark](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark_(dairy_product)) in the batter to make the dough a bit richer than a regular doughnut hole. ## Variations _Add jam:_ Cherry, raspberry, strawberry, plum or apricot jam would all be delicious options. See below for a homemade apricot jam recipe. _Add chocolate:_ Fill your Krapfen with melted chocolate for a smooth, velvety finish. _Add custard:_ Feel free to fill with custard for an extra rich, creamy Krapfen. _Add whipped cream:_ Pipe in whipped cream for a light and airy Krapfen. _Make it savory:_ While Krapfen is normally a sweet treat, why not try a savory twist, by using cheddar, asiago, or another type of savory cheese instead of quark and sugar?
