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THINK SPICE…GARLIC ; My favourite flavour..with brocolli this time!
“Garlic is a habit and a passion.” Kim Upton, Chicago Sun-Times This time the THINK SPICE spice is GARLIC! One of my absolute favourites in savoury flavours. A friend once gave me a Thai basil chicken recipe & said put as much garlic as you think is enough…& then just double the amount! How right that was…in the end, the garlic was perfect & the flavours out of this world. That’s the power of garlic! Steamed Brocolli tossed in a zesty garlic dressing… For Sunita’s World’s monthly spice event, I’ve decided to post another great easy recipe that works well as a cold salad or side dish, & can be…
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FUSION FOOD…Noodles with Stir-fried veggies & Chicken
“Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what’s for lunch.”Orson Welles FUSION FOOD…Noodles with Stir-fried veggies & chicken This is my attempt to recreate some really delicious Pan Asian food we had the other day. I ended up with a ‘confusion‘ of sorts; not quite authentic, even by my own meagre standards…but delicious nevertheless. We loved it, so did our young lad. Sadly my daughter didn’t enjoy it too much. But for me as a mother, even 50% is passing with flying colours!! With both the kids developing strangely similar tastes one day, and then being poles apart the next, uncertainty at the dinner table is part…
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KASHMIRI MEATBALLS IN A GRINDLESS GRAVY!
“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 Party. After browsing the write-up, right up to the last 2 meatballs et al, the mind was made up. This I just had to try, & promptly put it on my agenda of interesting ‘must-makes’ in the near future! Hesitatingly, with fingers crossed, I even used mustard oil as the recipe suggested. I made this…
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EASY YOGURT DIP…Serve with Chips/Crudites.Always a hit at any gathering!
“Food is so primal, so essential a part of our lives, often the mere sharing of recipes with strangers turns them into good friends. That’s why I love this community.” Jasmine Heiler, about recipezaar.com HUNG CURD (YOGURT) DIP A really simple, extremely addictive, & tangy dip which is a great add-on to any menu. Its one of those ‘quick to put together’, ‘nothing can go wrong’ sorta recipes, which is a great hit and good for finger food. For kids I serve it with chips, and always add veggies like steamed broccoli, cucumber sticks,baby carrots, baby corn etc on the side. Every single time I have served this, I have…
