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Assorted Pakoras | Fritters

posted August 17, 2010 in Indian Khana

Most of us like/love pakoda/fritters over a cup of tea.  I have tried so many times to post a pakoda recipe but it never really happened so this time I made up my mind I have, this was part of starter for a small together we had this Sunday.&nbs (read full article)

Fish with Curry Sauce and Peas

posted August 16, 2010 in Food: Cooking and Capturing

Another trial recipe! Whatever is available in the freezer, I found fish and frozen peas. In the ref, I found left-over noodles. Here we go:1 fish fillet , cubed (about 100g) ; 1 cup frozen peas; 2 green onion leeks, sliced; 1 tablespoon extra-v (read full article)

BBQ Tequila Pork Roast Recipe

posted August 14, 2010 in BBQ Party

Ingredients 2 cloves garlic crushed plus 1 sliced thinly 1/2 cup orange juice 1/4 cup lime juice 1/4 lemon juice 1/2 tsp chili powder 1 tsp dijon mustard 1/2 tsp cilantro 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper 1/4 cup tequila 1/2 cup salsa Preparation Mix all (read full article)

Souper Saturday!

Hello! I know it is still summer, but on these cooler days my thoughts turn to fall! It is my favorite time of the year - I am giddy with excitement at the thought of picking apples, pumpkins, red peppers, etc.. I feel soup goes hand-in-hand with the (read full article)

Baigan Aloo Bharta

posted August 09, 2010 in Indian Khana

We all know Baigan Bharta but how about adding some potato? Well, I just did as I had some leftover boiled potato and to use ;)  This is not my usual baigan bharta recipe I just tried it & the result was just yummy. I'm sure going to try (read full article)

Strawberry, Roasted Corn & Avocado Salsa – Summer Fest & OC Fair

posted August 06, 2010 in Family Fresh Cooking

Strawberry, Roasted Corn & Avocado Salsa about 4 servings (1/2 cup per person) NOTES All recipes created by Marla unless otherwise noted. Source organic ingredients when available. Shop for ingredients at the Family Fresh Cooking Amazon Store Adj (read full article)

Lobia Masala | Blackeye Beans Curry

posted August 05, 2010 in Indian Khana

Remember my Plantain Shallow Fry recipe?  There was another side dish and I promise to post the recipe soon, so here it comes.  I make blackeye beans/Lobia in many way and it's never the same, this recipe I adapted from Priya's Rajm (read full article)

Lauki Sabi ~ Bottlegourd Curry

posted July 30, 2010 in Indian Khana

Bottle gourd is one vegetable which make appearances in our place only in blue moon.  This time I made sabji of half and use another half to make daal lauki.  My sister use to prepare in the same way, it's one of the simple recipe and t (read full article)

Okra Curry

“It smells like a fungus. And not a good fungus, either.” The famous quote from DH when he saw me slicing the okra. See, we do have a lot of fungus/fermentation going on in our house, between his beer and my cheese. But it was still funn (read full article)

Cauliflower and Mushroom curry

posted July 25, 2010 in Cyder with Eloise

One of the things I was most looking forward to about India was hunting down some new spices, it turned out that there was little to add to my collection, so instead I decided to try some different spice blends which is a bonus because these I can re (read full article)

Plantain Shallow Fry

posted July 21, 2010 in Indian Khana

This is one of the most simple recipe and taste just great and similar to Yam Fry and Baigan Bharta - Eggplant Fry.  This one I learnt from my colleague and he does this so well that I'm a great fan :-) So here is the easy recipe and I'm (read full article)

Black Skillet Beef

posted July 20, 2010 in What's Cooking in Kentucky

This is Bernie’s favorite dish I make.  It is spicy and delicious! Black Skillet Beet with greens and red potatoes – American Cancer Society Ingredients 1 lb beef top round flank steak 1 1/2 tablespoon Hot ‘n Spicy Seasoning (belo (read full article)

Grilled Steak with Avocado Sauce

posted July 19, 2010 in Life\'s Ambrosia

Yum. Yum and Yum..and yum and yum and yum and yuuummm. Really that is all that came to mind when I was trying to figure out how to describe the dinner that I just had. Yes, that is right, I am writing this literally minutes after I finished eating i (read full article)

Aloo Methi ~ Potato with Fenugreek Leaves

posted July 18, 2010 in Indian Khana

There are so many ways of making a dish so that's goes same with this one too.  I used boiled potato here but one can try with raw potato too just need to chop/slice then in small pieces, that's one thing I want to try.  This is one (read full article)

Spiced Chicken Wings with Chipotle Lime Dipping Sauce

posted July 16, 2010 in Life\'s Ambrosia

Before the blog my chicken wing world was dark. Well bright red is more like it. I thought the only kind of chicken wings were those slathered in a neon red spicy butter sauce and dunked in ranch (never blue cheese for me). But since I began bloggin (read full article)

Peanut Sesame Noodle Salad

posted July 16, 2010 in Raw Food Recipes

This is my modification of a cooked recipe from Julie Hasson – truly delicious, and perfect for a potluck, lunch or part of an Asian-style dinner. Ingredients: 3-4 zucchinis 1/2 cup smooth raw peanut butter 6 tbsp nama shoyu (raw soy sauce) 1/ (read full article)

Year of Soup Recipe Challenge Week 14 - Cold Veggie and Avocado Soup

posted July 14, 2010 in Mimi's Kitchen

It's the "dog days" of summer and that means hot, miserable weather for most of us, and here in North Carolina where I live, it also means the added pleasure of high humidity too. On days like this, the heat just sucks up eve (read full article)

Spicy Dumpling

posted July 14, 2010 in food 4 thought

When weather is really hot and humid like now, I like to eat spicy food. This dumpling is great for this hot weather. Also you can server this for party too. Ingredients (served 4) A 1 leaf cabbage minced 2 shitake mushroom minced 1 inchi ca (read full article)

Mango Salsa

posted July 13, 2010 in Shosh\'s Yummy Food

You will continue to hear me say this all summer but I love grilling.. and all the things that go along with it!! So to go along with my Grilled Shrimp I made a little Mango Salsa to spice things up. The sweet and spicy of the salsa goes really well (read full article)

Cuban Beef Picadillo

posted July 13, 2010 in Lucy's Soup Can

Ease: 3.5/5     Kid-friendliness: 4/5     Taste: 3.5/5     Ease: 4/5Prep: 15 minutesCooking Time: ~25 minutesOkay, so I had to google "picadillo". According to Wikipedia, it is a traditional latin-american dish comp (read full article)

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