Monday, January 31, 2011
memory fails me.
Okay, I'm trying to remember what this was. I know that the drink was Peach-Mango V8 Fusion cut with water. (Isn't it a lovely color?) I made the dish just for myself. Hubsters must have been gone and the kids probably had something that I didn't want to partake. Cereal, maybe? So I made a conglomo-egg thing. Leftover sweet potato, maybe steak and probably some sauteed onion were all cooked together with a couple beaten eggs. I remember I liked it. (I like most cooked egg things.) But beyond that I'm not sure. Sorry.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
great indian dishes and the national fruit of bangladesh
Originally this meal was going to be a variety of veggie dishes, but my parents came and brought steak with them. Of this I'm thankful because the three dishes were not enough for everyone...and the steak was really good. (I could be a vegetarian if it wasn't for steak. I just get an unquenchable craving for it periodically. I think it's my body's "you need more iron" alarm. Anway...)
We had this really yummy and simple rice with peas (can't remember the name), beets simply simmered in indian spices (no name recollection here, either) and a seared cauliflower of which the name escapes me. All three were really, really good, with the winner being the cauliflower. And all three can be found in Madhur Jaffrey's Quick & Easy Indian Cooking or Simple Indian Cookery.
We also picked up a 15lb jackfruit from the Asian grocery a few days prior. A jackfruit is the largest tree-born fruit in the world. (Growing up to 80 lbs on trees that can be 100 feet tall...you don't want to spend a lot of time under one.) After a little youtube research, we decided to face the spiky gargatu-fruit head on.
First, we sliced it in half. (In the picture, below, my knife is pointing to the fruit.) All those sliced seeds are surrounded by large fruits of deliciousness. The center is inedible, but the strange, strand-like things surrounding the fruits are used as a vegetable. (We didn't use it, though.) The jackfruit is like a fig in that the flower is on the inside. Strange, huh?
After an hour of chopping and ripping and popping and making a whole lot of mess, we ended up with five pounds of fruit. Not bad. We were planning on roasting the seeds, but that didn't happen. (We forgot about them and they went bad.) They are supposed to taste like a bland chestnut. I'm still upset we didn't do it. Maybe next time.
The fruit was very, very good. It tasted like a mango and a pineapple had a kid. That mangapple kid got together with a banana and they had a kid. And that banamangapple kid would be the delicious jackfruit.
Warning: Jackfruit can emit a very sticky, milky, sap stuff. To clean it off, use oil. Soap won't touch it. Oil before you cut and to clean off everything at the end.
We had this really yummy and simple rice with peas (can't remember the name), beets simply simmered in indian spices (no name recollection here, either) and a seared cauliflower of which the name escapes me. All three were really, really good, with the winner being the cauliflower. And all three can be found in Madhur Jaffrey's Quick & Easy Indian Cooking or Simple Indian Cookery.
We also picked up a 15lb jackfruit from the Asian grocery a few days prior. A jackfruit is the largest tree-born fruit in the world. (Growing up to 80 lbs on trees that can be 100 feet tall...you don't want to spend a lot of time under one.) After a little youtube research, we decided to face the spiky gargatu-fruit head on.
First, we sliced it in half. (In the picture, below, my knife is pointing to the fruit.) All those sliced seeds are surrounded by large fruits of deliciousness. The center is inedible, but the strange, strand-like things surrounding the fruits are used as a vegetable. (We didn't use it, though.) The jackfruit is like a fig in that the flower is on the inside. Strange, huh?
After an hour of chopping and ripping and popping and making a whole lot of mess, we ended up with five pounds of fruit. Not bad. We were planning on roasting the seeds, but that didn't happen. (We forgot about them and they went bad.) They are supposed to taste like a bland chestnut. I'm still upset we didn't do it. Maybe next time.
The fruit was very, very good. It tasted like a mango and a pineapple had a kid. That mangapple kid got together with a banana and they had a kid. And that banamangapple kid would be the delicious jackfruit.
The fruits of our labor (he he): seeds, fruits and debris. |
Warning: Jackfruit can emit a very sticky, milky, sap stuff. To clean it off, use oil. Soap won't touch it. Oil before you cut and to clean off everything at the end.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
moghlai eggs
It's been so long since I made these, I honestly can't remember if they were from Madhur Jaffrey's Quick & Easy Indian Cooking or Simple Indian Cookery. Whichever it was these eggs were delicious.
You make a rich and creamy Indian-spiced sauce and let the hard-boiled eggs simmer in it for a bit. That's it. Serve over rice and oh.my.goodness. (When I say 'rich and creamy' I'm not joking. This baby is made with heavy cream. But such joy it brought to my taste buds. Such joy.)
Check out her books from the library and make this. It's in your best interest.
You make a rich and creamy Indian-spiced sauce and let the hard-boiled eggs simmer in it for a bit. That's it. Serve over rice and oh.my.goodness. (When I say 'rich and creamy' I'm not joking. This baby is made with heavy cream. But such joy it brought to my taste buds. Such joy.)
Check out her books from the library and make this. It's in your best interest.
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