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Foodbuzz 24, 24, 24: Eat Like a King, a Feast for a Maharaja
“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 emanates … in the end cuisine is the result of culture” Clifford Wright“24 Meals, 24 Hours, 24 Blogs.” Foodbuzz 24 Foodbuzz is launching it’s Foodbuzz Publisher Community; an event which goes to demonstrate the power and quality of the Foodbuzz community through real-time, real-people food blog journalism! The “24, 24, 24” captures the cultural diversity and unique local perspective of the Foodbuzz Featured Publishers: it’s real food, experienced by 24 real people, shared real-time. A global “live…
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Baking | The original butter chicken … make yours at home
” If there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India.” Romain Rolland Today is India’s 61st Independence Day… & I decided to post something Indian today. In fact, India’s most popular gastronomic export to the Western world, which is Butter Chicken or Murgh Makhani. Quoting from a snippet in a tabloid debating butter chicken vs chicken tikka masala…”Many years ago, a man named Robin Cook, not the novelist, but the late Labour Party leader & Britain’s Foreign Secretary, had stirred an international gastronomic…
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‘NALLI GOSHT’…A lamb curry on the bone & a ‘grindless gravy’ at that!
“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 finger-licking good, different curry is most welcome. This is a hearty, ‘mild on spices & full of flavour’ lamb curry, made from a recipe my sister-in-law sent with huge recommendations! A Sanjeev Kapoor recipe. She proved her point. Lovely tasting curry , ‘grindless‘ (thanks once again to the microplaner), & delicious! More so, very very…
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‘CITRUS’ DESSERT CAKE – Happiness is…a burst of FRESH flavour!
“Ponder well on this point: the pleasant hours of our life are all connected by a more or less tangible link, with some memory of the table. “ Charles Pierre Monselet ‘CITRUS’ DESSERT CAKE…like a happy sunflower!! Another nice dessert I created from the lemon cake sans sour cream. We had my brother-in-law over for dinner the other day, and as usual, I wanted to try something different. Put this together as the day went by with whatever ingredients I had on hand. Must say that DH was very skeptical about this ‘experiment‘ but held his comments fearing an outburst. I can be pretty unpredictable at times, & who knows…
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KHEER / INDIAN RICE PUDDING…Special Occasion Food
“Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the Titanic who waved off the dessert cart.” Erma Bombeck Traditional Indian Desserts…KHEER / RICE PUDDING Here’s one of our great Indian desserts, quite similar to the English rice pudding, & much loved in our part of the world. The earlier recipe for rice pudding that I posted a while ago doesn’t use condensed milk; this one does, and tastes very rich & creamy too. It is a popular egg less dessert, & a great way to finish off a meal. I find the freshly grated nutmeg gives this a warm and comforting flavour. The raisins & almonds are quite optional, &…
