SAVOURY
While it might appear that I have a sweet tooth, yet my ♥ belongs to savoury!! You won't find too many savoury recipes here of late as my focus has been desserts for a while now, yet dive into the archives and there are plenty. My oven and grill are on cooking up a savoury storm almost everyday...
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Cooking| Katchi Biryani … perhaps Hyderabads most renowned biryani
Maybe I’m plain lucky, or maybe I’ve ‘arrived’ on the biryani scene. Whichever way, this was a meal in itself, full of flavour, each grain of rice separate {test of a good biryani},…
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Baking/Cooking| Homemade Potato Gnocchi with Roasted Pepper Cream Sauce
Homemade potato gnocchi in a delicate roasted bell pepper sauce ... pillows of heaven take on new meaning! A great recipe for those 'meatless' days, and another delicious way to use spuds!
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Vintage Indian Pots & Pans … journeying into culinary culture!
Vintage Indian pots & pans have me mesmerised and no visit is complete without a mandatory stop at the Tibetan Market on Janpath, translated as 'People's Path', one of the main roads in…
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Baking| STOLLEN PUDDING … a Daring Bakers Stollen in Bread Pudding
I stole the Stollen we made for Christmas with the Daring Bakers and baked it into a STOLLEN/BREAD PUDDING! Mmmm...just the perfect dessert for a cold wintry day, good to the last crust.…
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Baking | Chicken, Mushroom & Roasted Pepper Julienne … where French cuisine deliciously meets Russian Cuisine in India!
A luxurious creamy main course make-ahead dish. Chicken, mushrooms and roasted bell peppers held together by a dreamy rich sauce, topped with cheese & baked till done. Great for the festive season ...…
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Baking| Cheddar Rosemary Cheese Straws & Chocolate Walnut Fudge … Diwali
“The true essentials of a feast are only fun and feed.” Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. The past week was hectic, like being on a baking express! It was the festival of lights, Diwali,…
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Baking | RUSTIC GARLIC LOAVES for World Bread Day – Dough from Mark Bittman
“Talk of joy: there may be things better than beef stew and baked potatoes and home-made bread—there may be.” David Grayson When you have friends who charm you into posting for World Bread…
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Chicken Shami Kebabs … patties from the past!
“What is patriotism but the love of the food one ate as a child?” Lin Yutang Here’s a change from cakes, cookies and desserts. An Indian savoury dish I experimented with a few…
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Roasted Bell Pepper, Mushroom and Ricotta Calzones … just too delicious!
“Do vegetarians eat animal crackers?” Author Unknown Happy ‘hump day‘!! Am battling the flu and a flu ridden family but seem to have gotten the better of Wednesday. ‘Wordless Wednesdays‘ prove elusive as…
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{Baking/Savoury} ADOBO BUTTERMILK CHICKEN, OLIVE OIL SCHIACCIATA {Bread} … & a Giveaway!
“A man who loves good food has a way of making it gravitate toward his kitchen.” Angelo Pellegrini Finally glad to be back doing what I like best. Sometimes it takes an innocuous…
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{Book Review & Giveaway} GARLIC-PEPPER CHICKEN with CASHEW RED CHILI RICE … The Mainland China Cookbook & a giveaway
‘Everyone eats and drinks, but few can appreciate taste’ Confucius I tend to shy away from cooking Chinese food at home even though Mr PAB and PAB junior love a good one. I…
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Ottolenghi’s Preserved Limes … well balanced & definitely addictiv
This is the second jar of Ottolenghi's Preserved Limes I have in progress, as the first is almost gone. I love the burst of tangy flavour these limes offer. The red chili enticingly…
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INSPIRED GREEN CHUTNEY CHICKEN…
“The smell and taste of things remain poised a long time, like souls, ready to remind us….” Marcel Proust I ran a fun giveaway for CSN Stores a short while ago and on…
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Ricotta & Cream Cheese Chili Poppers with Kiwi Salsa
The poppers were darned delicious little bites. They got created in an attempt to use up some left over home made ricotta that I had made for roasted bell peppers and ricotta bruschetta…
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{Baking} FINNISH CHAI SPICE PULLA … Bread With a Twist for BBD!
“Talk of joy: there may be things better than beef stew and baked potatoes and home-made bread; there may be.” David Grayson This month’s Bread Baking Day theme is Breads with a Twist!…
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Moorish Chicken in Cumin Butter! Delicious is the word…
Moorish Chicken in Cumin Butter from 'Moorish: Flavours from Mecca to Marrakech' by Greg and Lucy Malouf is every bit moorish as the title suggests. With recipes inspired by the flavours of North…
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INDIAN CHICKEN CURRY IN A HURRY … a recipe from Miss Masala!
Indian Chicken Curry, a curry in a hurry, ready in next to no time. If you need to make something different from everyday cooking, find a new flavour, this might be something to…
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Baking | Nutella, Walnut & Orange Rolls … ‘Chocolat et pain … what else?’
“There’s nothing better than a good friend – except a good friend with chocolate!” Linda Grayson Nutella, Walnut & Orange Rolls … Bonjour. Welcome February, the month of love. And when there’s World…
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DRIED CRANBERRY & WALNUT BREAD from Ottolenghi for BBD, with Roasted Bell Pepper Pasta
“Bread is the warmest, kindest of all words. Write it always with a capital letter, like your own name.”…from a café sign Bread Baking Day #26, Bread For a Birthday Party Yay…finally managed…
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Mushroom Soup, Fougasse, Char-grilled Broccoli Salad
Mushroom Soup, Fougasse, Char-grilled Broccoli Salad, it's time for a savoury break, a short & crisp recipe as most of my family has been bitten by the flu bug. We have a house…
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RED BELL PEPPER, WALNUT & GOUDA FRENCH FOUGASSE…a little banter!
“Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.” Yiddish Proverb In our foodie web world, I find a couple of things that seem to unite people…
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JACKET TATERS…Spuds We Like
“Worship the potato? The idea seemed silly to me. But then I thought, what else is more deserving of worship? It’s simple, it comes from the earth, and it can kill you if…
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Almost No Knead Baguette & a Romesco Sauce!
Almost No Knead Baguette & a Romesco Sauce. Could this be the perfect baguette? Elusive as ever, but this one was very near. The best I've ever made, and the most satisfying in…
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INDIAN SUMMER CHICKEN CURRY…CURRY ON THE GO!!
“Playwrights are like men who have been dining for a month in an Indian restaurant. After eating curry night after night, they deny the existence of asparagus”Peter Ustinov The North Indian summer is…
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Indian Style Chicken Wings the Monica Bhide way!
Having kept away from wings as they are usually served deep fried, this is a refreshing new take! Indian Style Chicken Wings is a keeper of a recipe, so well worth stocking up…
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Stone Fruit Strudel … getting stoned on strudel!
“I have no truck with lettuce, cabbage, and similar chlorophyll. Any dietitian will tell you that a running foot of apple strudel contains four times the vitamins of a bushel of beans.” S.J.…
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BALSAMIC & HERB LAMB CHOPS, FRENCH FOUGASSE…& PEACH & MIXED FRUIT CRUMBLES!
“Talk of joy: there may be things better than beef stew and baked potatoes and home-made bread – there may be.” David Grayson We had a good meal … it was yummy. I…
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CHIPOTLE GARLIC FOCACCIA & ROMESCO DIP
“We may not be able to get certainty, but we can get probability, and half a loaf is better than no bread.” C.S. Lewis Made some scrumptious Chipotle Garlic Focaccia some days ago,…
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PIZZA WITH 5 MINUTES A DAY DOUGH…I’m a convert! Happy Earth Day too!
“The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.”Peter @ Kalofagas via Twitter Must begin my post by giving credit to the quote I grabbed the minute I read…
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GETTING MY HERBS RIGHT WITH PASTA & CHICKEN
“A man’s nature runs either to herbs, or to weeds; therefore let him seasonably water the one, and destroy the other.”Francis Bacon, Sr. Do I know my herbs? Well I thought I did,…
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ROLL BABY ROLL…The Daring Bakers make Lasagne of Emilia-Romagna
“When the lasagna content in my blood gets low, I get mean” Garfield the Cat The net is buzzing with excitement as we, the Daring Bakers, take up our latest challenge ‘biceps on’…
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ROASTED RED BELL PEPPER & LAMB PASTA…HHDD & CLICK
“Cookery is not chemistry. It is an art. It requires instinct and taste rather than exact measurements.”Marcel Boulestin This is my first entry for a Hay Hay it’s Donna Day event, & for…
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Artisan Bread or No-Knead Bread … simplest bread ever!
Artisan Bread or No-knead bread. The bread was so good, tasting even better the next day. I love a handsome loaf of bread, & this was just that!!
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PITA + PANINI = PITANINI…Crossover bread!!
“The Sky is the daily bread of the imagination” Ralph Waldo Emerson There are 2 posts racing each other in my head at the moment, & I’ve got to panini first. The other…
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Pancakes + Lentil = Lentil Pancakes
“Lentils are friendly—the Miss Congeniality of the bean world.” Laurie Colwin There’s been much talk of pancakes & Lent across blogs this past week. My mum mentioned some nice savoury pancakes made out…
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BALSAMIC & HERB GRILLED CHICKEN WITH BELL PEPPER SALSA
“Since Eve ate the apple, much depends on dinner.” George Byron It’s Sunday today, it’s been a race, & thankfully, it’s finally drawing to an end. Am sitting here quite exhausted because the…
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Chicken Mince Cocktail Samosas
“This is a 230-calorie snack you know. See? I’ve worked hard.” Fernando Vargas How often do you rant because you decide to make something that takes up hours of work, leaves you in…
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SAVOURY BUCKWHEAT VEGETABLE TART…ATOM!
“Light, refined, learned and noble, harmonious and orderly, clear and logical, the cooking of France is, in some strange manner, intimately linked to the genius of her greatest men.” Rouff Marcel Salut! There’s…
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GRAB THE GLASSES…THE KEBABS ARE HERE!
Cuisine is the tactile connection we have to breathing history.History and culture offer us a vibrant living society that we taste through cuisine.All cuisine is a reflection of the society from which it…
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HERB CREAM CHEESE CRACKERS…there’s more to buckwheat than meets the eye!!
“Much Virtue in Herbs, little in Men.” Benjamin Franklin Couldn’t resist adding that quote…sorry guys! …I’m beginning to have more fun in the kitchen. That bag of buckwheat flour has done me a…
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MOROCCAN HOLIDAY BREAD…BAKING FOR A WORTHY CAUSE… "YES WE CAN"!
“It isn’t bread that feeds you; it is life and the spirit that feed you through bread.” Angelus Silesius Moroccan Holiday Bread …The addition of maize meal & a cornucopia of seeds gives…
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Lavash Crackers with a Roasted Red Bell Pepper Dip – Guilt free snacking
“Good taste is as tiring as good company.” Francis Picabia There’s something about these crackers. Never has guilt free snacking been this indulgent, this happy! Munch till you drop? These Lavash Crackers with…
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TOSSING PIZZA NAPOLETANA…DARING BAKERS TO DO IT !!
“What kind of man would live where there is no daring? I don’t believe in taking foolish chances but nothing can be accomplished without taking any chance at all.” Charles A. Lindbergh Yes,…
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CHOCOLATE FUDGE & SPICY NUTS…TRYING TO BE A DOMESTIC GODDESS !!
“Ring the bells that still can ring, Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything,That’s how the light gets in.” Leonard Cohen It’s Diwali, the Indian ‘Festival of Lights’, & I’m…
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ROASTED GARLIC ‘n’ CHILI BREAD & OLIVE OIL MUSHROOM BRUSCHETTA – 3rd World Bread day
“We have learned to see in bread an instrument of community between men – the flavor of bread shared has no equal. “Antoine de Saint-Exupery & It’s time to bake & talk about…
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TOMATO TART…An eventful tart!
“A world without tomatoes is like a string quartet without violins.”Laurie Colwin I had a Tomato Tart on my mind. Was it Tuesdays with Doris? Was it Mondays with Martha? It wasn’t Saturday…
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A CRACKER OF A CHALLENGE…GOING SAVOURY THE DARING WAY
“Once you get a spice in your home, you have it forever. Women never throw out spices. The Egyptians were buried with their spices. I know which one I’m taking with me when…
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I SPY A PIE…IT’S SAVOURY & IT’S FOR IVY!
“Men may come and men may go…..but Pie goes on for ever.” George Augustus Sala All savoury pie roads lead to Ivy’s @ Kopiaste this September. There’s a savoury pie food event at…
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MULTI GRAIN CANAPES WITH FRUIT TOPPINGS…more short eats
“The things we now esteem fixed shall, one by one, detach themselves, like ripe fruit, from our experience, and fall . . . The soul looketh steadily forwards, creating a world before her,…
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ANOTHER INDIAN FLATBREAD…KHAMEERI ROTI
“Without bread all is misery.”William Cobbett Carrying on from my last post, time to blog eloquently about the third Indian flatbread I had a go at making. You can find the earlier two,…
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A CRUST OF BREAD & A CORNER TO BLOG IN…LIFE IS!
“If thou tastest a crust of bread, thou tastest all the stars and all the heavens.”Robert Browning Have been on an Indian flatbread making spree of late. Recently rediscovered a book that I…
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HOT SWEETCORN DIP…Totally addictive!!
“The belly rules the mind” Spanish Proverb A new recent discovery has been Closet Cooking, Kevin’s fabulous blog that had me wanting for more with each label that I clicked. As I said…
