Baked Eggplant
Try this recipe for a festive Friday night meal. Ingredients 2 ea. (2 lb / 900 g) medium eggplants ¼ lb (113 g) button mushrooms, sliced ½ lb (225 g) tomatoes, chopped 1 cup (240 ml) chopped onions 4 large…
Diets Kosher for Passover
Pudina Hilsa (Bengali Fish with Mint)
Pudina hilsa is a wonderful Bengali preparation of hilsa fish. It is very easy and can be served hot with boiled rice. Ingredients 1 kg hilsa fish (kelee shad), cut into 10 pieces 1 tsp pudina leaves (mint) 1 tsp…
Persian Rice with Pistachio Sauce
Ingredients Rice 1½ cups basmati brown rice 3¾ cups water 1½ teaspoon salt ⅓ cup currants Sautéed vegetables as required Pistachio sauce 1 cup raw, unsalted ground pistachios 3 cups unsweetened soy milk 1¼ teaspoon salt Freshly-ground pepper to taste…
Murghi Korma (Chicken Korma)
Ingredients Marinade Whole chicken, skinned and cut into medium pieces; ideally into 6 pieces if using baby chicken 1 tbsp ginger paste 1 tbsp garlic paste 1½ tsp coriander powder 1½ tsp cumin powder ½ tsp nutmeg powder (optional) 1…
Mishti Doi (Bengali Sweetened Yogurt)
Mishti dol is a traditional Bengali dish. Caramelized sugar is the secret to it. Ingredients 3 cups whole milk ¾ cup sugar 1 tablespoon yoghurt, whisked 1 tablespoon water Procedure Place a heavy-bottomed pan on the heat. Add milk, and…
Hummus III
Ingredients ½ cup dried chickpeas 5 tablespoons lemon juice 4 tablespoons pure olive oil 2 tablespoons tahini (sesame seed paste) 4 large cloves garlic ¾ teaspoon salt Procedure Soak chickpeas overnight. Drain, rinse, and place chickpeas in saucepan. Just barely…
Crab and Corn Salad
This salad is very easy to make. Ingredients 8 oz imitation crab meat 16 oz canned whole kernel sweet corn ½ cup mayonnaise 1–2 green onions Shredded cheese (optional) Procedure Chop imitation crab meat and green onions. Combine the above,…
Borscht
Borscht or borshch is a hearty beetroot vegetable soup that originates from Ukraine. The soup is part of the local culinary heritage of many Eastern and Central European nations. It is also a staple dish in Eastern Europe, and made…
Bonda (South Indian Vegetable Fritter)
Bonda is a typical South Indian snack. The process of making Bonda involves deep frying a filling of potato (or other vegetables) dipped in gram flour batter. Ingredients Filling 2 medium-sized potatoes 1 medium-sized onions 3–4 medium-sized green chiles 2…
Bhuna Khichuri (Bengali Rice and Lentils)
Khichuri is a Bengali dish once considered comfort food for the poor but now a delicacy served warm in the monsoon rain. Like the similar khichdi, the core ingredients are rice and lentils, but different variations exist, some adding vegetables,…
Artichoke Dip with Parmesan
Artichoke hearts are readily available in cans and jars in many countries, and are increasingly used in the making of snack dips. Many national chain restaurants in the USA have some variety of artichoke dip, which is usually mayonnaise-based. One…
Arisa Pitha (Fried Indian Sweet Rice Pastry)
Arisa pitha is a sweet filled pancake from Odisha, India. It is made using sugar and a sweet pitha. A thick jantani (semi-solid mixture) of rice flour and sugar or jaggery is made into small semi-flat round shapes and fried…