Random recipes - page 412

I am a huge fan of roast beef sandwiches. I prefer that my roast beef is rare, while my husband prefers medium. Either way, a fresh sourdough roll with mayo and deli mustard, Swiss cheese and sweet pickles is my winning formula. The problem is finding go

You know those stupid jokes that start with "how many ______ does it take to change a light bulb?" Yeah. I officially hate those jokes. It took me months to change four lightbulbs that progressively burned out. MONTHS! One burned out in Septem

Made a Challah Bread with Bamboo Charcoal powder on Saturday. The recipe is from Alejandra Ramos , a blogger from New York. She was using bamboo charcoal powder which she had crushed with a mortar and pestle at home. I communicated with her and of

First it was Tiger Wood. In our backyard, we've got Jerk Jack Neo. These scandals had got me wondering secrets that people keep. Haha, lucky for my friends, I am only interested in their kitchen secrets. That day, I was chatting with to my mal

I love pizza! I am a pizza addict, I admit. Love it cooked with Daiya cheese, love it cooked with no cheese and just veggies.. I had not braved the raw pizza yet.. Until I saw pictures of May's raw vegan pizzas. Doesn't the picture above look amazing?? I

Continuation from previous post.... As I mentioned previously, the gang weren't satisfied with lunch as we had earlier planned to have a day trip to Seremban but ended up in Kota Kemuning instead. Hahaha.... Tiger said as she pouts : I didn't get

Just mention pasta and visions of Italy immediately spring to mind :) Joanna next destination will be Italy ( she is touring Europe now....wow...imagine all the authentic pasta she will get to taste from there with lots of cheese on them...mmmm I need to

ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಓದಲು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಕ್ಲಿಕ್ ಮಾಡಿ. Bitter gourd is a well known vegetable. But Madahagala (Moodahagala) is less known. It belongs to the same bitter gourd family, but is not bitter in taste. It is a creeper and grows from the root whenever it get

Making Pastas can be 'simple' or 'elaborate'.It depends on how you choose to make it.On busy days, I make pastas that are simple, just throw in cooked veggies and marinara sauce (store bought sometimes!) in cooked pasta and Done! But this was not one of t

Indian coffe House dishes are my all time favorite. Whenever I am in my home town, Alappuzha I try to get a parcel from there atleast once. The masala dosa,Veg/Mutton Cutlets and Mutton Omelettes are always tempting. Mutton omelette is my elder sister's f

A few years ago when I was visiting France, I remember enjoying a delicious pear frangipane tart, just sweet enough, as well as beautiful. The pâtisseries there are filled with rows of these gorgeous baked goods, and I was looking through some of my ph

The pine nut, which is the fruit of a pine tree hidden inside a woody structure known as a pine cone, is one of the oldest known foods of the human species. Anthropological studies show that the Stone Pine tree has been cultivated for its seeds (pine nuts

I'm not sure how I came across this recipe but I think I found it on a blog via Tastespotting. But anyway, it sounded too interesting to pass up. The article below tells how this recipe came to be. http://www.dallasnews.com/lifestyles/headlines/2010

Happy Mother's Day to all the Mom's MangoGinger/Mamidiallam/Maa Inji is a very healthy and delicious rhizome. MangoGinger is a plant of the ginger family Zingiberaceae and is closely related to turmeric . These rhizomes smell l

Beef in Black Bean Sauce, just like the Chinese takeaway. No sorry, I'll rephrase that, better than the takeaway! All freshly cooked, what can be better? I first raved on about this over a year ago, but as it's so good I'm posting it again.

I have adapted this brilliant 30 day muffin recipe from Rachel's Favourite Food by Rachel Allen , the muffin batter will happily sit in the fridge for up to 30 days so you can make muffins everyday for a month. For my first batch I chucked

palak corn recipe spinach and sweet corn is one of my favorite combination. the sweetness of the corn goes very well with the slight bland taste of spinach or palak i always end up adding these two in pasta, rice and in veggie bakes. this palak corn

I don't know how many of you have heard of non -veg pickles, but I have and I LOVE them! I have eaten only beef ,fish and prawn pickle until I got married. When Jobin's mom visited us last year,we got to taste some delicious pork pickle. The last batch

Did you send an entry to Culinary Smackdown Battle-Mango Desserts?Please see details of the ongoing event here. If you grew in India in the late 80 s or early 90 s, the concept of modular kitchens with full-fledged kitchen ranges and microwave ovens w

Talking about wine..I love all kinds of wine..red wine, white wine, chinese rice wine and even raisin wine...yea wine made from yellow raisin ! My colleague Mrs N gave me a 2 litres jar of home brewed raisin wine :) haha I can drink it neat if I want to

Kavuni Arisi from Chettinad is also known as "Karuppu Arisi". For more info on Kavuni Arisi and how it looks, please click the link here . Already I have a post on Kavuni Arisi Payasam, here I am putting down another method to make it. Both the method

These soft and very light dosas are served as a set of 3 or 4, so the name set dosa. For those who are bored up with the regular crispy dosas these can be an alternative. Although the initial process is very long(compared to normal dosas) the end product

Pakora are all time favourite snacks in northern part of India. Specially taste best on a rainy day along with big cup of tea. Though I am not a huge fan of deep frying still when it comes to pakoda I am ready to make a compromise, which again is not too

"Left over Lamb!" This is a joke, right? Who ever has left over lamb after a Sunday Roast? Well we do, because we plan for it you see! Yes, instead of heating the oven for 1 leg of lamb, roast two and you can easily squeeze two more meals from that meat.