From the Kitchen this weekend....

🌶️ Tonight is a mung bean and greens curry on rice with yoghurt and crispy onions, a carrot chutney (HM) and a pickle.

🍚 I chose a short grain rice tonight instead of the usual long grain basmati. Just for a change.

🤗 During the breaks in the soccer last night I pottered in the kitchen to relieve the stress of the game. Oh my goodness! What a game! I made another jar of ginger paste (ginger ground with a little vinegar and salt for preserving).

🐄 And also put 2 litres of yoghurt on to "brew" overnight. Half went in the EasiYo thermos container, and half in the dehydrator on the "yoghurt" setting. I love getting them out and seeing the yoghurt perfectly formed. I suspect the dehydrator works just a tad better, but there is little in it.

🌊 I put some kombu on to soak overnight (hence this thread this morning https://mastodon.au/@LifeTimeCooking/110879772680720733). I used 2 types of kombu, Hidaka and Rausu.

🍲 The kombu soaked overnight, then I bought it slowly to just under a boil, added miso and enjoyed an awesome bowl of miso soup. The best miso soup for a while!

🥙 Also yesterday I made dosai - a quick multigrain one where you mix several flours to a batter, sit for a short while, and make those awesome Tamil flatbreads. See here for deets: https://mastodon.au/@LifeTimeCooking/110874240038358211

🍏 While the dosa batter was resting, I whipped up the best Indian quick chutney ever! Tomato, apple and ginger chutney - spicy and absolutely delicious!

📖 The recipe for the dosa and the chutney (what an excellent pairing) are from #Tiffin by #RukminiSrinivas

🥒 Today's pickles are HM Indian quince oil-based pickles.

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From the Kitchen already today:

Baingan Bharta - spicy mashed eggplant. I used roasted eggplant pulp from the freezer, also some cherry tomatoes from freezer, with onion and spices.

I topped with very limey char-grilled broccolini. A perfect Friday brunch dish.

Recipe is from @MadhurJaffrey's book #FlavoursOfIndia. There are lots of different but similar recipes around, and I like to try different ones. My favourite so far is from #Tiffin by #RukmiiSrinivas

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Those Cakes We Like … Are Just Chilling Over Here https://www.wonkette.com/those-cakes-we-like-are-just-chilling-over-here

#Those_cakes_we_like #Tiffin #Summer_recipes #Party_recipes #Chocolate #Boozy_recipes #Baking

The Upma was awesome btw. A typical Tamil dish. It is easy to go gluggy, but the instructions in Tiffin are perfect for perfect upma. A squeeze of lemon and a little eggplant pickle, it makes a great meal. Or could have dollop of yoghurt instead of pickle.

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Having my cuppa with #CupOfTeaSocial and enjoying a slice of ... #FridgeCake #RockyRoad #Tiffin ? Made for Jnr1's birthday tomorrow, as she didn't want a #cake.

Anyone from #tiffin #ohio on here?

Moving between cultures and working in #bayarea #tech means an endless cycle of hearing some of your coworkers say "someone should invent..." and then go on to haltingly describe a #tiffin service...
While watching other of your coworkers 1.) recognize immediately what they mean and then 2.) visibly make the decision to mind their own business & allow them to think they just made up an original invention

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