I always love to find a deal on an already cheap cut of meat....but the creativity comes when figuring out how to turn that tough meat into a tender, delicious supper. This was my culinary dilemma when...
Food, for me, was Tamil Brahmin cuisine for a very long time. In my family, the people who claimed that they were not very rigorous about their food preferences only meant that they even ate Bisibelebaat or Palakkad cuisine sometimes. In this milieu, I felt like a radical extremist since I enjoyed 'north Indian' food and was even willing to go without rice for a couple of meals. If you are younger than 30, I must tell you that this was a huge step for a Tam in the seventies. Of course I have written about this before.And then I boarded a Pan Am...
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I really love the tastes of summer. Even though I have a carnivorous meat-loving husband, I seem to get away with meatless meals easier in the summer when produce is so delicious and abundant. Combine...
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मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक कराI had been so bored eating same type of gravies and all I thought that I have to try something different with paneer this time. Would have loved to make palak paneer...
Dan and Lisa have been inviting Steve and I over quite often and cooking us some authentic Thai food that they learned to make while they were missionaries in Thailand. I can't tell you how obsessed...
Thai food has become a new obsession for my husband and myself. Our foodie friends Dan & Lisa invite us over every couple of weeks for supper and usually end up cooking us scrumptious and authentic...
Oh man, oh man I totally saved the best for last! They were crunchy and sweet and savory and tangy and everyone loved every bite of these amazing wraps. While I don't often make recipes over and over...
Lazy hot days, laying by the pool, cold drinks, BBQ's, dinner on the patio...it all means Summer is here! Living in Canada, the snow has melted, the seeds have been planted and we are able to enjoy the best growing season of the year with beautiful fruits and vegetables. The majority of our fresh fruit is grown in B.C. so fresh fruit stands pop up all over Canada with big ol' red B.C. FRUIT signs. I can't wait to start visiting the fruit stands and having veggies harvested from my Dad's garden passed along to me. What a delicious time of year...
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Ingredients: * 1 cup all purpose flour (plain flour, maida) * 1/4 cup fine sooji (semolina flour) * 2 tablespoons oil * 1/2 cup water (use water as a guide line)For syrup: * 3/4 cup sugar...
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Ingredients: * Pani (Spicy Water): * 1 cup mint leaves (Pudina) * 2 to 4 green chilies (adjust to taste) * 3 tablespoons tamarind paste (Imli) * 3 tablespoons lemon juice * 1 teaspoon...
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Mouth Watering
Ingredients for crust: * 1 cup All Purpose flour (plain flour or maida) * 1/4 teaspoon salt * 2 tablespoons oil * 1/2 cup-1 tablespoon chilled waterIngredients for filling: * 1/4 cup yellow...
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Snaks
Ingredients: * 2 cups shredded carrots * 2 cups milk * 3 tablespoons unsalted butter * 1/4 cup sugar * 1/2 teaspoon cardamom powder * 6 chopped roasted cashew nuts (To garnish)Method:...
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When researching ideas for using up roasted pork for my Slow Cooked Pork Challenge, I came across this intriguing sandwich. While the Cuban Sandwich may be well known in other parts of the world/country,...
The best deal I have found in a long time, were these pork shoulder roasts for $1 a pound. I challenged myself to slow roast the pork shoulders in a scrumptious way, and then transform the leftover meat...
I found pork shoulder roasts on sale a couple weeks ago for $1 a pound! I challenged myself to see if I could slow roast the pork and then stretch it to last all week. BUT...the meals have to be totally...
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