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Aloo Wadiyan (Punjabi)

Wadiyan (also spelled Varian and Badiyan, and called wadi for short) are large balls of dried lentils, peculiar to the cuisine of the Punjab. They are sun dried spicy urad dal balls that serve to spice a dish and also to thicken the gravy. They are very spicy and each bite sends a burst of flavour to your tastebuds. They are also quite meaty in texture, and thus a good option for your non-vegetarian friends.

This dish cooks the wadi and potatoes (and sweet potatoes - my addition) in a tomato-onion-spiced gravy for a relative quick, definitely easy meal. Wadi go very well with potatoes, but can be cooked with other vegetables too.

Here I have used a mixture of potatoes and sweet potatoes, or you can use butternut and potatoes. These mixtures are not really traditional, but work very well in the modern kitchen.

Because the Punjabi wadi are extra spicy 🌶️ , not a lot of other spice is needed in the dish. I sometimes forget this and end up with an EXTRA spicy meal! 🥵 🔥

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Kasa Kasa Payasam aka Poppy Seed Payasam

Poppy Seed Payasam is a nutty and creamy sweet dish made with white poppy seeds, coconut and saffron simmered in milk and topped with toasted cashews. Payasam is a typical Indian traditional sweet usually made for festivals and as a sweet treat in homes.

Poppy seeds are tiny seeds known as kasa kasa in Tamil. Indian recipes usually use white poppy seeds rather than the black ones, so look for them in your Indian supermarket. They are used for their flavour, texture and thickening qualities.

Did you know that poppy seeds calm the mind and stimulate the digestion? In Ayurveda the taste is pungent, astringent and sweet. Its heating action acts as a vata calmer. Used with nutmeg or valerian they can induce relaxing sleep.

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#Monitoring across (#JVM) frameworks

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Zucchini (or use radish) with Soy and Wasabi

I am a great fan of wasabi – anything hot for that matter. Horseradish, mustard, wasabi. I like it when it gets up your nose and leaves you breathless with its heat. Now you don’t have to like it as hot and pungent as I do in order to like this snack/salad - you can temper the taste to your own preferences.

It is a lovely dish, put together in 3 or 4 minutes, perfect for Summer evenings or any time the weather has a bit of heat in it. Use zucchini or red or white radishes – they work equally well.

The idea came from one of my loved books – #JamTodayToo, by #TodDavies. A treasure trove of easy to make dishes with at-hand ingredients.

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#FromTheArchives Visit OIDA’s Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Transcripts Collection to find 51 transcripts of hearings conducted in Purdue’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.

In this screenshot from the first day of hearings, September 17, 2019, Marshall Huebner (an attorney for Purdue) notes the significance of the case.

Full 9/17/19 transcript here: https://www.industrydocuments.ucsf.edu/opioids/docs/#id=yyhj0269

Explore the collection here: https://www.industrydocuments.ucsf.edu/opioids/collections/purdue-pharma-bankruptcy-transcripts/

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Chilli Beans!

Years ago I used to make a chilli dish – the recipe comes from a dear friend who lives in the Grampians. It was a chilli that is often called “Mexican” although it is not, and includes coffee, chocolate and red wine. I gave up making it when I adopted a vegetarian diet. Much later another friend reminded me that chilli without meat is possible – and also delicious.

Elwyn’s Chilli Beans was such a no-fuss recipe – a few essential ingredients cooked at the barely simmering heat level for hours until all was infused with chocolate, coffee, wine and chilli.

The success of a Bean Chilli, with our without meat, is the deep, dark richness of the sauce. I took Elwyn’s recipe and added favourite spices to deepen the flavours, a variety of vegetables to enrich the dish, and some walnuts – I often made enough to feed our street! Luckily it freezes very well. It is quite a “meaty” dish with the walnuts adding a great texture.

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Way back in Covid lockdown time everyone was baking bread. I was a bit of a laggard – we don’t eat a lot of bread so it was not my first thought. But, 4 months later than everyone else, I saw a recipe that had me visiting my secret supplier of bakers flour and fresh yeast (everywhere else was out of good quality product), and this beautiful loaf was born.

The recipe that excited my bread-baking genes was one from Nigel Slater that includes spelt flour and dry cider! The cider gives it a lovely, almost sour dough, tang. It is mixed with milk for a beautiful soft crust. This was Good Bread!

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From #ProjectReactor to Kotlin #Coroutines

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A (definitive?) guide on LazyInitializationException

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#hibernate #JPA #persistence #fromthearchives

Foreshadowing the January 6th Capitol attack, Spencer Sunshine examines, in his 2016 article, the ebb and flow of the Patriot movement's popularity and how Trump's presidential campaign has opened the door for the group's ideologies to infiltrate mainstream political discourse. Learn more at https://bit.ly/FTATrumpSecondAmendmentPeople. #FromTheArchives

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Former Philip Morris CEO, Joe Cullman III, recounting how Marlboro became PM's best-selling brand starting w/ early marketing campaigns & ending w/ its intro into international markets.
#cigarettepackaging #advertising #marlboroman

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My first #Firefox extension

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I'm still working on it!

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Fascist or Mainstream? In his 2005 article, Jérôme Jamin discussed the fascist and neonazi parties in Europe that had begun integrating into mainstream politics. Analyzing this shift, Jami wrote, “As power went from democratic hands to these new parties, the words used to describe these parties were changed: the neonazis became ‘parties with extremist trends;’ the fascists became the radical Right or national Right.” To learn more visit https://bit.ly/FTATheExtremeRightInEurope . #FromTheArchives

In defense of #XML

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Cole Parke unveils the truth behind the Christian Right’s performative fight against human trafficking in this article #FromTheArchives. Learn more at https://bit.ly/FTAExploitingTheFearOfExploitation

A little something from my bearded days; feeling the stretch.

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3-Cheese Eggplant Bake

This is a gorgeous baked dish with eggplants, cream and 3 soft cheeses. It is made without eggs and the result is an addictive dish with a thick set custard-like consistency.

The recipe is an adapted version of #Ottolenghi’s Eggplant Cheesecake from #PlentyMore. I have made it egg-free. If you want to check the original recipe have a look here https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/mar/06/aubergine-cheesecake-vegetarian-recipe-ottolenghi.

My version is a soft dish that is spooned from the baking dish onto serving plates. Perfect for lunch with a lemony salad of bitter leaves and fresh herbs.

Ottolenghi says "Like all good cheesecakes, tucking into this is so effortless and soothing that it’s easy to forget yourself and just gobble up more and more. And, like a sweet cheesecake, it’s also a bit of a no-brainer that yields very impressive results."

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Two Bean and Two Lime Salad

We once had a strange green bean growing – its pod was green with flecks of red. It was delicious, as all green beans are, and perfect for this salad.

You can of course use any green bean – the beans can be paired with either edamame, younger broad beans or even peas. The key to the salad is a beautiful dressing made with lime zest, lime juice, coriander, mint, garlic and chillies! Oh, yes, you just might get excited.

Once the beans are trimmed, it is quite simple to make. Of course it is, it is from #Ottolenghi’s book #Simple. 10 ingredients, quick and it can be made ahead.

In the book it uses fresh limes and makrut lime leaves. Online he jazzes it up with some dried lime powder. It doesn't have the same dressing either. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/aug/21/lime-recipes-salad-soup-beans-stew-yotam-ottolenghi

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Chinese Style Orange-Sesame Sauce, coating deep fried cauliflower

I must play around with this sauce again. It is quite rich and dark in flavour – a current obsession of mine in the kitchen. Wintery flavours.

This sauce is orangey with the depth of soy and a hint of sesame. It has sweet overtones. It goes well with anything deep fried – tofu, cauliflower, pakoda – or grilled items – eggplant slices for example – or roasted or stirfried veg – broccoli, cauliflower etc.

It would be fabulous for all sorts of Indo-Chinese dishes too. Think deep fried Manchurian veggie balls.

Or it can be used as a coating sauce, dipping sauce (although it is quite thick) or spread the sauce on a plate and place ingredients on top of the sauce. I love roasted slices of eggplant and deep fried tofu that way, scattered with tons of spring onions.

The sauce is made with garlic, spring onions (scallions), sesame seeds, Chinese toasted sesame oil, fresh orange juice, sweet soy, and vinegar, and is thickened with cornflour.

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Turnips, the forgotten vegetable of Winter. Yet they are divine either raw or cooked. We have quite a few recipes from around the world. This one is a simple Turkish dish of turnips and onions simmered using a la grecque style techniques, and finished with herbs. It is a simple and easy way to cook turnips.

The dish is very gentle, some might think it is bland. But it marries beautifully with a host of other, more strongly flavoured dishes. It is best not to overcook turnips or they will go watery. Remove from the heat when juuuuust tender enough.

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