I was v. tired from not sleeping last night, so even though tonight’s recipe was very simple, I drafted Kevin into making it for me, and limited myself to just taking a little video and some photos. Here Kev’s reconstituting the desiccated coconut in a little hot milk. 38 seconds.
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Ideally, you’d have coconuts right outside, and you could just crack them in half and grate yourself some fresh coconut. But for those of us whose climate doesn’t permit such a thing, and who have run out of the frozen coconut that our grocery stores now finally carry, at least we have the option of
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I felt like a relatively light dinner tonight, and a simple vegan meal of coconut milk rice, cauliflower poriyal, and pol (coconut) sambol hit the spot! (Coconut two ways…) I give you lots of photos of pol sambol, because I make it ALL THE TIME, and so I HAVE lots of photos of it. *****
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Dessert tonight — milk rice with bananas, strawberries, mango, and palm jaggery. I was feeling a little fruity.
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Last 20 seconds of frying the cauliflower, making sure it’s picked up enough rich golden-brown color. Mmm….
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You don’t need to stir the cauliflower constantly — you can just keep an eye on it and let it sizzle. In fact, you don’t want to stir it constantly, because you want it to brown a little. 30 seconds.
Adding the salt, turmeric and cauliflower to seasoned onions, for cauliflower poriyal. 1 min, 11 seconds.
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Cauliflower poriyal is the recipe that got my kids to actually like a cooked vegetable for the first time. I give the credit to the salty, fried onions that intermingle so deliciously with the fried cauliflower. The key to this dish is sautéing the cauliflower until it’s browned—the browned bits will be the tastiest. *****
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I think I forgot to mention that Kevin caught COVID over the holidays (first time in our family, four days of giant family gatherings were just too much for him) — he was symptomatic and tested positive on the 28th, so he’s now on day 7. Mild symptoms — mostly some fatigue with a bit
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