Even Yummier
Kavi says these cookies are even yummier than the usual cookies, and I have to say, after pressing out the dough, my hands smell incredible. Cardamom, rose & vanilla shortbread. Recipe and more photos tomorrow.
Serendib Kitchen
Eggplant Pickle / Brinjal Moju
(20 minutes prep + 30 min. cooking time, feeds 8 as an accompaniment) Eggplant was the one thing I wouldn’t eat as a kid — I had a visceral reaction to the texture. But I adore it now, due to preparations like this, which really transform the texture — the eggplant here is a little
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Swimming
If you fry little green chilies, they swim around like crazy. It surprised me, and is quite cute. (Not sure if this only happened because they were previously frozen, so had a little extra moisture in them….)
This Metaphor Is Getting Away from Me
Welcome to day 4 of Tuesday. It looks like an end is in sight, perhaps, but I am resolutely not counting any chickens yet; I’m not even looking at the chickens, there ain’t any chickens around here, we are on a strictly vegan diet until the AP News and the NY Times and maybe 3-4
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A Pumpkin Curry Tea Towel Design
I think we have a pumpkin curry tea towel design. Pumpkin, leaf and vines by Kavya, recipe by me. I’ll need to order a proof before it’s available for sale, but I’m going to order that ASAP, so it should be available soon. In time for Thanksgiving orders, perhaps? This will also be available as
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Dragon Candles
Okay, I *love* how these candles came out. I was using up old candle bits to make these, so I didn’t add any scent or color; I just wanted to test the molds. They’re so great! My dragons knitting theme for the December Patreon boxes are totally a go. I have to figure out which
A Reasonable Dinner
I’m giving myself all the points for actually cooking a reasonable dinner tonight (chicken curry and uppuma and Roshani’s coconut sambol — going old-school), AND putting in 30 minutes on the treadmill. Cooking and eating and treadmilling were pretty good distractions too. But there will be ice cream soon. And wine.
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Essays on Food
Well, that was unexpected. I needed a writing sample for this fellowship application, and I pondered for a bit and realized what I really wanted to submit was a food essay, since I’m hoping to write and place a bunch of food essays, then turn them into some kind of memoir-thing. But I’ve actually been
Curried Pumpkin Soup
1 batch pumpkin curry (see recipe here: http://maryannemohanraj.com/2020/11/01/pumpkin-curry/) 32 oz. stock (vegetable or chicken) 1 cinnamon stick 2 T lime juice 1/2 – 1 t. additional salt, to taste Optional garnishes: coconut milk, marigold petals, Sri Lankan-style roasted pumpkin seeds (recipe here: http://maryannemohanraj.com/2020/11/01/roasted-pumpkin-seeds-sri-lankan-style/) 1. Make pumpkin curry in a large pot. (I recommend peeling the
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Roasted Pumpkin Seeds, Sri Lankan-Style
The white seeds you get from a carving pumpkin are actually pumpkin seed husks — if you really wanted to, you could do a lot of work trying to get to the green seeds (known as pepitas) inside. Pepitas are delicious, but are actually usually harvested from pumpkins that don’t produce these white husks. But
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