Did a little writing work today, in between family commitments. This was fulfilling commitments too — way back when, I did the Vegan Serendib kickstarter, and I promised a Serendib tea party sampler cookbook. I’m finally working on that. It’s a blend of Sri Lankan and traditional British afternoon tea, which is what I usually […]
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Lilac & lime simple syrup. Delicate sweet + citrus floral flavor, nice with gin and tonic (got to keep that malaria away), would also be nice with seltzer water. I’ll have 9 little bottles at the art fair Saturday. I meant to make this earlier — by the time I got around to it, most
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Kavi helped me collect and prep some edible flowers — I’m going to make some little jars of flower confetti to sell at What’s Blooming on Harrison. So far, we have cornflower, pansies, peonies, dianthus, and even a few early roses. Tomorrow, planning to add fuchsia, dahlia, hibiscus, and maybe nasturtiums — have to check
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One of my favorite snacks is mas paan (buns stuffed with beef and potato curry) and malu paan (buns stuffed with fish curry). It is very comforting, having a few dozen in the freezer, knowing that you can pull one out whenever you’re having a curry craving, and just toast it up in the toaster
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Like most everyone lately, we’ve been a little startled by how grocery prices have gone up. Cabbage is still pretty cheap, though! This is cabbage varai — delicious and healthy, just the thing to round out a plate of rice and curry. And did I mention that it’s both easy and fast? 🙂 Cabbage Varai
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Okay, I’m not sure this is the most practical serving board — I wanted to experiment with dried apple slices, and they are definitely somewhat bumpy. I don’t think I’d try to put three or four different kinds of cheese on here, because there’s not that much flat space for them! But it works reasonably
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Composed a Sri Lankan-style (sort of, anyway) trail mix. Pistachios, cashews, sultanas, candied ginger, ruby chocolate. Apparently I even want my trail mix to be pretty. 🙂. Also pictured, a fruit tisane: dried mandarin, apple, lemon, with Ceylon cinnamon and a four peppercorn blend. For the Patreon treat boxes, $40/box. Http://patreon.com/mohanraj
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Shelled a whole bag of pistachios (with Eliana helping) on Tuesday. Want to guess what I did with them? (Answer in next post.)
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Orange madeleines / orange & black pepper dippled in dark chocolate madeleines for the treat boxes. Sending out tomorrow, fingers crossed.
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Home from Sprout shift, planning to try to take it easy the rest of today. Malu paan (salmon curry bun) and tea. Usually triangle shaped, but I didn’t bother. 🙂
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