Selasa, 20 November 2007

March 19, 2007: Pumpkin Too Chickpea Salad

assembly-line cooking. After a weekend of eating out, together with eating out inwards a rattling unwholesome way, dinner on Mon dark was footling to a greater extent than than throwing together around nutritious ingredients without besides much fuss or creativity. (Though to live on fair, i mightiness reckon KH's combination of couscous, sardines together with sweetness chilli sauce to live on highly creative!) Thankfully this assembly-line dish doesn't skimp besides much on flavour.

Pumpkin together with chickpea salad

Roast 2 cherry capsicums until the pare is black. While they're roasting, take the pare of a quarter-pumpkin together with die the flesh into cubes.

Once the capsicum skins are blackened, accept 'em out of the oven to cool. Use their tray for the diced pumpkin, drizzling amongst only a footling olive oil. Bake the pumpkin inwards a moderate oven for nearly xx minutes, giving it i or 2 stirs along the way.

As the pumpkin bakes, rinse 2 cans-worth of chickpeas. Once the capsicum is cooled, peel off the skins together with chop upwards the flesh into strips. Make a dressing of 2 tablespoons of mustard (preferably wholegrain, but I used Dijon) amongst a flake of beloved or sugar. Don't over-sweeten, the pumpkins volition add together their bit.

Once the pumpkin is tender, mix the lot together inwards a large bowl, along amongst generous handfuls of babe spinach leaves.

Senin, 19 November 2007

March 20, 2007: Jumbo Samosas

pie event I took purpose in final month? The production is an epic postal service of 65 pie recipes from all over the public - I spent a highly enjoyable tiffin intermission discovering novel blogs too bookmarking the most appealing of the pastry-based recipes. As SBS's Hooray for Bollywood serial of movies came unopen to i time to a greater extent than this week, Michael laid upwards the VCR too I retrieved a bookmarked recipe for spicy Irish Gaelic patato too pea pasties, the pie contribution from Mitchenall of bean too radish salad on the side.

Jumbo samosas

1 large potato, peeled too diced
1 loving cup peas
2 tablespoons currants
2 tablespoons fresh coriander, chopped
1 teaspoon cumin
1/2 teaspoon chilli powder
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
juice of one-half a lemon
1 tablespoon soy sauce
2 sheets of frozen puff pastry, roughly 30cm x 30cm each
a lilliputian milk

Boil the Irish Gaelic patato until tender too drain. Combine the Irish Gaelic patato inwards a bowl alongside the peas, currants, coriander, cumin, chilli pulverisation too cinnamon until the spices are evenly distributed. Gently stir inwards the lemon juice too soy sauce.

Thaw the puff pastry too cutting into foursquare quarters. Spoon the filling onto a triangle-half of pastry, leaving a centimetre border unopen to the edge. (It's tempting, but endeavour non to over-fill!) Brush the border alongside milk too crimp the pastries into triangles. Press the border together alongside a fork, brand 2 or 3 slits on the pinnacle side too brush the pinnacle alongside a flake to a greater extent than milk. Bake the samosas on a lightly greased tray at 200 degrees for most xv minutes, or until puffed upwards too golden brown.

March 20, 2007: Kulfi

  I outset encountered kulfi when I spent a semester at Cornell University inwards upstate New Y March 20, 2007: KulfiKulfi is Indian-style ice-cream. I outset encountered kulfi when I spent a semester at Cornell University inwards upstate New York inwards 2004. I had an Indian-American housemate in addition to she invited me to a fundraiser for Asha, where the local chapter prepared a three-course vegetarian Indian meal. The kulfi had been frozen inwards footling cups - it was sugariness in addition to milky amongst occasional crunches of slivered almonds in addition to an intriguing gustation that I couldn't identify. I right away know that gustation was terra firma cardamom, in addition to the spice has give-up the ghost intrinsically linked amongst Indian sweets inwards my mind. Since in addition to hence I've noticed that many Indian restaurants convey kulfi on their dessert menu, but I tend to arrive at dwelling household instead: non solely did the Cornell Asha Chapter set on an inspiring dinner, but they gave their guests recipes for all the dishes served. Rather than stirring almonds into the mixture, I served kulfi scoops surrounded past times toasted slivered almonds. It was quite the process to savour amongst Main Hoon Na!

Kulfi
(makes about a litre)

Whisk together about equal parts of sweetened condensed milk, ricotta in addition to cream (I used a tin [ 400g] of condensed milk, a 250g tub of ricotta in addition to 300mL bottle of cream). Stir inwards almost a teaspoon of terra firma cardamom, in addition to hence chill the mixture. When it is rattling cold, freeze inwards an ice-cream maker according to the manufacturer's instructions. Serve amongst slivered almonds or pistachios.

Minggu, 18 November 2007

March 23, 2007: Petty Malaysia Restaurant

January 2016: Doing a flake of weblog tidying upwards together with it looks similar this house unopen downward inwards mid-2015.

 Doing a flake of weblog tidying upwards together with it looks similar this house unopen downward inwards mid March 23, 2007: Little Malaysia Restaurant
Cindy had read almost the two-for-one cocktails on offering at Double Happiness during the Melbourne Food together with Wine Festival, together with hence along amongst recent immigrants from Brisbane, Lee together with Tracy, nosotros squeezed our means into the tiny infinite for a drink. The cocktail on offering was based on ginger-infused vodka, amongst mint, apple-juice together with lime. They were really refreshing inwards the rut of a humid Fri evening. Unfortunately, past times the fourth dimension nosotros left the bar together with started looking for dinner, the humidity had turned to pelting and, amongst i umbrella betwixt the iv of us, nosotros looked no farther than our laneway location. The Cheap Eats Guide recommended Horoki, but amongst the pelting halving their tabular array space, they had nowhere for us to sit.

Luckily, the Malaysian house across the street had infinite for us together with nosotros scurried inwards earlier nosotros were completely drenched. The bill of fare was substantial, amongst a make of curries together with other dishes. Despite the variety, Lee, Tracy together with I all settled on roti-based meals - Tracy together with I amongst a vegetable curry accompaniment together with Lee amongst something beefy. Cindy was a flake to a greater extent than original, together with went for dried crispy tofu amongst rice. The roti together with veg. curry were delicious - unproblematic but spicy curries together with fluffy fried breads. The roti to sauce ratio was almost perfect, although both Tracy together with I ended upwards amongst a span of bites of staff of life that were a flake brusk of sauce to soak up. Cindy's tofu reminded me a footling of tabular array salt together with pepper tofu, although it was given a to a greater extent than Malaysian experience amongst crimson chilli (which Cindy carefully picked out afterwards an early on coughing fit) together with jump onions. The tofu squares were crispy together with tasty, although amongst simply tofu together with steamed rice (and a few vegetable garnishes) it was likely a tad lacking inwards variety.

Still, for a random pick on a rainy Fri evening, the Little Malaysia Restaurant was a pretty skillful notice - if the prices were a fraction lower, I'd happily recommend it to anyone looking for a spicy eventide meal.

Address: 26 Liverpool Street, Melbourne
Ph: 9662 1678
Price: Vegetarian mains: $12 - $19
Licensed

Sabtu, 17 November 2007

March 23, 2007: Chillipadi Ii

Update 27/1/2019: Chillipadi is permanently closed.

dinner at the Little Malaysia Restaurant, nosotros were having quite the eastern-themed black alongside Tracy as well as Lee. As I drained my beer as well as the waiters neglected our table, I wondered vaguely if in that place was somewhere else nosotros could exhibit Tracy as well as Lee earlier heading home. Chillipadi came to heed almost immediately: I made no clandestine of ogling their dessert cabinet on our previous view as well as I was pretty certain Tracy would similar seeing (and sampling!) it too. Best of all, it was correct on the agency to the newcomers' tram stop.

The cabinet was at to the lowest degree every bit well-stocked every bit my in conclusion view - dark-green tea tiramisu, choc-caramel tiramisu, oreo cheesecake, what appeared to hold out chocolate-chilli cupcakes, as well as a solely tall slice of some sort of chocolatey cake were all on offering as well as passed over. Instead Lee relished a triple-layered chocolate mousse served inwards a large martini drinking glass ($8 as well as non pictured, unfortunately). He was sort plenty to offering the repose of us a gustation each, as well as it was great. Tracy picked out the peach as well as vanilla panna cotta (pictured below). It had me most intrigued on my previous visit, partly because of its lurid fruity tiptop layer but generally because it's contained inwards a conical drinking glass which is hence balanced inwards a circular glass. I'm non a large fan of gelatinous foods but I did similar this - it's to a greater extent than creamy than rubbery.

Between cocktails at Double Happiness as well as  March 23, 2007: Chillipadi II
The end dessert on offering was my choc-mint cheesecake. As each of us took a spoon inwards turn, nosotros paused for a instant as well as could only beak '...weird'. The neat pipe had me assuming that it would hold out soft, nevertheless it took quite some forcefulness to dig out a bite. This had me guessing that the cream cheese must convey laid upwards inwards the really mutual frigidness display cabinet. Nope! It was barely below room temperature, as well as its season didn't fifty-fifty hint at a cheesy tang - merely faintly sweetness as well as minty. What is this stuff? It wasn't quite marshmallowy, but it left me suspicious that it was a lot to a greater extent than processed than I'd attention to know about. What you lot can't run across from the moving-picture exhibit inwards a higher identify is that the drinking glass tapers to a smaller section, densely packed alongside a chocolate biscuit base. It's pretty tasty, but the cocktail drinking glass makes it hard to bask the filling as well as the base of operations inwards a unmarried mouthful. Oh, as well as the mystery spheres on tiptop are Mint Slice Balls, inwards example you lot were wondering!

As you lot mightiness convey noticed inwards the pictures, all the desserts are served alongside a scoop of vanilla ice-cream - it was melty as well as pleasant, but non actually necessary alongside the cheesecake or pannacotta inwards my opinion. The wonders of the Chillipadi dessert cabinet weren't uniformly wonderful, but I'm glad that nosotros gave them a go. It's to a greater extent than probable that I'll supply for the chips!

(You tin give the axe read well-nigh our in conclusion view to Chillipadi here, or to a greater extent than musings well-nigh the dessert cabinet here.)

Jumat, 16 November 2007

March 24, 2007: Allergy Block Opened Upwards Day

more than one mention inwards the pages of this blog, in addition to every fourth dimension I view I similar to browse all the shelves because there's a skillful adventure that something unexpected volition grab my oculus in addition to follow me home.

On Sabbatum they held a exceptional opened upward day, amongst a store-wide 10% discount (and a handful of much bigger discounts too!) in addition to stands from a break of their suppliers promoting their products in addition to offering complimentary samples. As you lot would accept picked upward from the pic above, I made the most of the reduced prices! Pictured, clockwise from the left are: a litre of organic milk, a bundle of the sage & marjoram vege sausages that I lately discovered, some roasted organic cashews, organic vegetarian Worcestershire sauce, a jolt of chilli capsicum salsa, gluten in addition to wheat-free sugariness chilli in addition to kaffir lime biscuits, in addition to some vegetarian Thai trend cakes.

The salsa in addition to gluten-free biscuit purchases were inspired yesteryear the samples that I tasted out the front end of the shop. The biscuits are utilisation of a local make of wheat-free biscuits (sweet in addition to savoury) called Decadent Alternatives. At $5.30 (the park non-discounted price) for a 100g pack, these are definitely decadent inwards cost but a worthy process for gluten-free eaters. No such problems here, I'm happy to say, yet I nevertheless couldn't resist taking abode some of the savoury ones! The chilli capsicum salsa is also known every bit Kangaroo Punch in addition to is made yesteryear the Chilli Factory. This supplier had at to the lowest degree a dozen unlike sauces, salsas, chutneys in addition to the like, all rated on a scale of 1 to 10 for heat.

In add-on to the materials I bought in addition to tasted, I also scored a break of complimentary samples. As I paid for my goodies, some organic fair merchandise solid seat down java sachets in addition to some other i of drinking chocolate were tucked into my greenish bag. But the biggest haul of all came from the friendly in addition to generous John, representing Willow Confectionery...

 is a peachy store to a greater extent than or less the corner from where I alive March 24, 2007: Allergy Block opened upward dayHe was the kickoff individual I encountered on the street every bit I approached Allergy Block, offering me a sample of his nut- in addition to egg-free chocolate in addition to chatting nigh its cocoa content in addition to the Easter rush on their products. Then he thrust 2 handfuls (over 300g!) of his chocolate samples on me earlier I moved on. As he registered my bewildered look, he gave me his bill of fare in addition to assured me that the Allergy Block staff wouldn't bill me of shoplifting every bit long every bit I showed that to them. I was to a greater extent than concerned that Michael wouldn't believe my even out that a "supplier" forced this chocolate on me inwards the street at no cost. (And who would believe such a even out from an addict, really?) While this sense has in all likelihood positively biased my judgement, I tin tell you lot that the night chocolate is pretty tasty for its little 50% cocoa content. And it brought a grin to my confront to regard a few excited kids amongst express diets dancing to a greater extent than or less the display of allergen-free chocolate bunnies inside.

I've plainly been a fan of this store for a piece right away in addition to it was peachy to regard it amount of people trying something novel or discovering alternatives versions of foods they idea they'd live on cutting from their diet. As good every bit a one-day spike inwards sales, my promise is that Allergy Block accept made a lot of novel long-term customers.

Update 10/5/10: Allergy Block, which has been our convenient supplier of then many vegan-friendly, gluten-free in addition to other goodies seems to accept unopen down. They were originally heading to novel premises inwards Moonee Ponds, but that appears to accept fallen through in addition to the job organisation is no longer trading. It's real disappointing.

Kamis, 15 November 2007

March 24, 2007: Melbourne Nutrient As Well As Vino Festival - International Flour Festival

Fear of food-overload had kept me from joining Cindy's Sabbatum morning time jaunt to Allergy Block. With the Melbourne Food together with Wine Festival inward total swing, Cindy had booked inward the Flour Festival together with Wicked Lord's Day to follow on from our Fri flush cocktails, together with the weekend was rapidly shaping upward every bit a combat of a feeding frenzy. The International Flour Festival at Fed Square promised to endure 1 of the few events of the Food Festival that catered easily for both vegetarians together with those alongside to a greater extent than Cheap Eats than Good Food Guide budgets, together with thence I was saving myself to feast on flour.

 Cindy had booked inward the Flour Festival together with Wicked Lord's Day to follow on from our Fri eve March 24, 2007: Melbourne Food together with Wine Festival - International Flour FestivalThe original activity was downward past times the Yarra, alongside nutrient stalls crammed along both sides of the footpath together with swarms of people exploring the culinary options. In keeping alongside the flour theme, in that location were a skillful reveal of bakeries represented, along alongside pizza stalls, Indian, African, Mexican together with Japanese places all serving upward at to the lowest degree around bread-based options together with a few completely non-flour related stalls selling things similar gelati or cheese. It actually seemed every bit though the topic should simply stimulate got been 'food' rather than 'flour', but maybe that'd endure a harder sell.

I was ravenous past times the fourth dimension nosotros arrived together with dived direct inward to the queue at the Yuzu Japanese catering stand. It turns out that Yuzu catering are the people who run Ume Nomiya, a Gertrude Street eating seat that I've been pregnant to banking concern gibe out for ages. And having tasted the Japanese sun Balls, I tin almost guarantee that we'll stimulate got eaten their earlier Easter. They were delicious: footling balls of rice, caramelised onion together with shitake mushrooms fried to crispiness together with served alongside pickled plum mayonaise ($8). Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 fine offset indeed.

 Cindy had booked inward the Flour Festival together with Wicked Lord's Day to follow on from our Fri eve March 24, 2007: Melbourne Food together with Wine Festival - International Flour FestivalWe battled our agency through the throngs of people checking out most of the offerings. Cindy wanted to wander all the agency through earlier nosotros ate anything else, to brand certain nosotros didn't fill upward up likewise rapidly together with immature lady out on something special. When I started thinking close buying a $25 cheese showbag, nosotros rapidly realised that I'd demand to swallow something else directly or halt upward alongside a backpack total of takeaway treats.  Cindy had booked inward the Flour Festival together with Wicked Lord's Day to follow on from our Fri eve March 24, 2007: Melbourne Food together with Wine Festival - International Flour Festival Luckily, Pizza Farro was on manus serving upward pizzas made using spelt flour together with topped alongside a make of odd flavor combinations. I went for the Melanzane ($8.50), which combined eggplant, zuchinni together with blood-red onion alongside pistachio nuts together with oregano, all served upward on a Lycopersicon esculentum base of operations alongside a restrained amount of mozzarella melted into it. The spelt flour base of operations was crispy together with light, a especially impressive attempt for premade pizzas heated upward nether a grill, but the toppings were where things actually shined. The vegies were roasted to perfection, the cheese together with herbs were tasty together with the pistachios were crunchy footling treats hidden nether everything else. Wonderful.

At this signal I relaxed a little, my tummy was no longer gnawing angrily at its ain lining together with I could soak upward the atmosphere without beingness driven insane past times all the tempting nutrient smells (although high appetite-suppressant points must larn to the chorizo stand, wafting burning meat smells across the whole event). We eventually strolled beyond the nutrient festival zone together with stumbled onto around bits together with pieces somehow related to the swimming championships on inward Melbourne this week. The nutrient stalls looked much less interesting, but the toadstools dotting the hillside were form of fun.

 Cindy had booked inward the Flour Festival together with Wicked Lord's Day to follow on from our Fri eve March 24, 2007: Melbourne Food together with Wine Festival - International Flour FestivalFighting our agency dorsum into the fray, nosotros flora ourselves at the Spice Bazaar stall, which combined an impressive make of packaged spice blends for sale alongside around mezze plates to satisfy to a greater extent than immediate desires. I browsed through the spice make (if browsed is actually the give-and-take to purpose when you're scrabbling through a pocket-size spice stand upward alongside a dozen other people all fishing to larn to the gratis tasting plates) together with settled on a choice of 4 blends (Ras el Hanout, Achiote Powder, Tandoori together with Castilian Creolo Adobo, $12) to stimulate got abode together with experiment with.

 Cindy had booked inward the Flour Festival together with Wicked Lord's Day to follow on from our Fri eve March 24, 2007: Melbourne Food together with Wine Festival - International Flour Festival With the warm aroma of spices bringing dorsum our appetites, nosotros settled inward alongside a mezze tasting plate. For simply $5, the mezze plate was loaded upward alongside a pile of Turkish bread, hummus, harissa yoghurt a pumpkin tagine together with around smoked vegetables, sprinkled alongside sesame seeds together with sumac. The hummus together with the pumpkin were especial highlights, but the whole plate was quite impressive.

 Cindy had booked inward the Flour Festival together with Wicked Lord's Day to follow on from our Fri eve March 24, 2007: Melbourne Food together with Wine Festival - International Flour Festival
By at nowadays I was fully sated - stuffed to the gills alongside pizza, rice together with mezze - together with starting to honor the crowds a combat frustrating. But the afternoon wasn't over yet -  Cindy had booked inward the Flour Festival together with Wicked Lord's Day to follow on from our Fri eve March 24, 2007: Melbourne Food together with Wine Festival - International Flour FestivalCindy had spotted the San Churro stall and, despite the hope of a whole twenty-four lx minutes catamenia of chocolate-themed treats on Sunday, wanted to cap things off alongside around dessert. The hot chocolate was unfortunately even together with thence lukewarm when nosotros turned up, together with thence Cindy opted for a mutual frigidity chocolate ($5) together with a couplet of footling chocolate cups (one peanut butter together with 1 caramel - $1.50 each). I had a gustation of the drink, but it was likewise rich together with thick for my tastes - to a greater extent than chocolate than milk I'd wager. But Cindy seemed to bask both it together with the footling sweets.

With both of us completely satisfied, nosotros wandered upward through the atrium (stumbling on a micro-brewery event, consummate alongside beer-tasting - if solely I'd saved around room!) together with jumped on a tram dorsum abode to flop on the couch together with recover.