What's Cooking 2016

[DoctorShavegood]

I've yet to manage getting good at cooking Indian dishes.

Dustin, here's the thread and recipe for Chana Masala. If you follow this somewhat closely you'll get a really good meal. Can't help with the naan bread though, it's store bought.

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/499629-Chana-Masala?highlight=Chana+masala

 

[cleanshaved]

Veggie night.

Chana Masala with whole wheat naan bread. I used my own garden tomatoes.

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That looks really tasty Aaron.

 

[Rushman2112]

I've yet to manage getting good at cooking Indian dishes.

Mate - this is a really good website for Indian dishes: http://www.harighotra.co.uk

I can highly recommend her Thari Walee Lamb, you just need patience to cook the onions enough to start, about 20 mins. Her Chicken Jalfrezi is good too.

 

[Rushman2112]

Passionfruit and raspberry Pav for tonight's dessert...

 

[davent]

Twenty sixteen done, a few friends in last night to help bid it adieu.

Made around twelve new recipes plus plates of pickles, olives, crudites and cured meats with grainy mustard, chorizo, genova salami & a prosciutto salami.

Celery, carrots, red peppers, sugar snap peas, radishes, cucumber spears, mixed cherry tomatoes, yellow, red and purple mini potatoes...

Baked corn tortillas with a couple salsa, a couple hard cheeses and baked brie with fig jam or maple syrup/walnut/cranberry spread.

Blinis with smoked wild pacific salmon and horseradish cream.

Potato/carrot latkes topped with feta and kalamata olives.

Phyllo tartlets filled with a Thai sirloin steak salad. Tried for the first time, reverse searing the steak, wow! Popped the steak in a 250°F oven started the stop watch and at 41 minutes the probe alarm went off at 125°F, pulled from the oven rested for 5min then into the blazing hot cast iron pan for one minute per side, smoke detector said it was done, again, wow!

Stuffed olives, mixed brined olives and large green hot spiced, gherkins & cornichons, home canned dills, mixed pickled vegetables...

Humus topped with pomegranate seeds, feta and mixed micro greens- a couple types of radishes, buckwheat, pea and corn. Inspired by a roasted cauliflower humus we had out for my wife's recent birthday. Bought a tub of baba ganoush i'm very found of.

Buttermilk/sour cream vegetable dip.

Puff pastry tart with caramelized onions, olives and anchovies.

Bowls of pistachios and other mixed nuts and seeds, bowls of junk food...

Made baguettes using Red Fife flour.

Managed to squeeze off a few pictures but two of us were pretty busy.

Happy 2017, going to be a wild ride.

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dave

 

[Alacrity59]

What a beautiful way to start the new year Dave.

 

[davent]

Thanks Mike, it was fun putting the food together and great to share it with friends i just don't see often enough.

Music to prep by, i got stuck on one shelf of CD's that pushed things along nicely, rolled through some Rammstein, Rage Against the Machine, Primus, then a mellower turn with R.E.M's Out of Time, 25th anniversary?, Wilco comp and on and on...

dave

 

[Shave_Rat]

Dustin, here's the thread and recipe for Chana Masala. If you follow this somewhat closely you'll get a really good meal. Can't help with the naan bread though, it's store bought.

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/499629-Chana-Masala?highlight=Chana+masala

So, I'm one of those who thinks cilantro has no reason to exist in any food, ever. I noticed that Chana Masala calls for 1/2 cup... I wonder how it would turn out if I skipped that part.

 

[cleanshaved]

So, I'm one of those who thinks cilantro has no reason to exist in any food, ever. I noticed that Chana Masala calls for 1/2 cup... I wonder how it would turn out if I skipped that part.

I would guess still very nice. Put it this way, if you don't like it, then it's always going to taste better for you without it.

 

[cleanshaved]

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Passionfruit and raspberry Pav for tonight's dessert...

Yum pav.

 

[davent]

Go with parsley or Thai basil. Some people are genetically predisposed with cilantro aversions, no big deal to leave it out or replace it with something to your liking.
dave

 

[Rushman2112]

Yum pav.

Thanks Chris! I am planning a dinner party later this month and experimenting with new recipes - I usually make a lemon sabayon tart from The French Laundry cookbook, but I want to try something different.

 

[Shave_Rat]

Gathering supplies to start diving into some Eastern/Indian cooking...

 

[oc_in_fw]

Way to go, Dustin.

 

[DoctorShavegood]

Gathering supplies to start diving into some Eastern/Indian cooking...

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Ghandi is watching.

 

[Shave_Rat]

Vegatarian dinner. Tossed with olive oil, some diced garlic, and kosher salt, then roasted at 400 for 30-45 minutes.

 

[Intrigued]

Looks really good Dustin!

Now you just need to put that in the "What's Cooking 2017" thread that you're goin' start and sticky.

 

[Shave_Rat]

Looks really good Dustin!

Now you just need to put that in the "What's Cooking 2017" thread that you're goin' start and sticky.

D'Oh! Yeah, newbie stew mistake. My previous sub forums didn't really have any change the year threads. lol

 

[oc_in_fw]

Nothing quite like roasted vegetables.