“In the childhood memories of every good cook, there’s a large kitchen, a warm stove, a simmering pot and a mom.” Barbara Costikyan LAMB BIRYANI/YAKHNI PULAO Decided to make a biryani/yakni pulao for lunch last weekend. Have been procrastinating making it for long as it is just a bit involved. Then I thought, might as … Continue reading BIRYANI/YAKHNI PULAO…Mingling with ‘One Dish Dinners’
“We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.”Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory View from my window in 2007… That time of the year again; am racing as usual…still so much to do, and so little done. Even the year has almost come to an end! Huff Puff!! … Continue reading WRAP ON 2007…the year that whooshed by!
“An onion can make people cry, but there has never been a vegetable invented to make them laugh.” Will Rogers ‘GOSHT DO PIAZA’…A popular & hearty lamb stew Dopiaza, Dopyaza “Do” is “two” and “piaz” is “onion“; so dopiaza is a dish which has twice the amount of onions, usually added in two stages. Different … Continue reading ‘GOSHT DO PIAZA’ …A hearty & popular lamb stew.
“‘If ‘ifs’ and ‘buts’ were candy and nuts, wouldn’t it be a Merry Christmas? “ Don Meredith VANILLA CUPCAKES FOR CHISTMAS OK…am back again. Yesterday & today were busier than I imagined they would be. I got literally talked into volunteering to make , hold your breadth, 80 cupcakes for a Christmas party for a … Continue reading VANILLA CUPCAKES FOR A CHRISTMAS PARTY…Merry Christmas!
“This curry was like a performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony that I’d once heard…..especially the last movement, with everything screaming and banging ‘Joy.’ It stunned, it made one fear great art. My father could say nothing after the meal.” Anthony Burgess NALLI GOSHT…A robust, traditional lamb curry. Here we go again. With winter here, a … Continue reading ‘NALLI GOSHT’…A lamb curry on the bone & a ‘grindless gravy’ at that!
“Red meat is not bad for you. Now blue-green meat, that’s bad for you!” Tommy Smothers Kashmiri Meatballs in Gravy Kashmiri cuisine or Wazwan has always held a fascination for me by way of how different it tastes. The other day I found an interesting sounding recipe for Mutsch Kashmiri Meatballs at A Mad Tea … Continue reading KASHMIRI MEATBALLS IN A GRINDLESS GRAVY!
