Beef Rendang - My Mother's Recipe. When we were little my mother worked part time as a teacher. Every day she would wait for the phone call in the morning that would tell her if she was going off to work or not. If the phone rang it meant that we had to stay at a babysitters for the afternoon until our father picked us up. We’d sigh and groan if we heard the familiar clanging of the phone.
Our child sitter was a strange woman who my sister and I didn’t really like but as children we were momentarily bribed by the fact that she let us have crackers with peanut butter and jam after school. My mother didn’t really have time for much cooking. One day she made a dish and it was really good. This beef rendang is one of the many repertoire of dishes that have come to furnish her recipe folder over the last couple of decades.
And on a side note, did any of you see the past two night’s episodes of the SBS show “Go Back To Where You Came From”? So tell me Dear Reader, what sort of cook was your mother or father? Chicken Hor Fun 1. Squid Stir Fry - Recipes - Poh's Kitchen. Jamie's Home Cooking Skills. Coconut Bread - BILL GRANGER. Steamed fish, Asian style - Recipes - Huey's Kitchen - Weekdays on Channel 10 at 3:30pm. Cognitive Cooking | Food. Tarkhun, Tarragon Soda | Food Perestroika. Tarragon soda was invented by Mitrofan Lagidze in Tbilisi in 1887, and I already talked about Lagidze’s beverages here, in another post. But it wasn’t until 1981 that Soviet Union started mass production and gave Tarkhun (whose name is derived from the word for tarragon in Georgian and other languages from around the Caucasus) its distinctive color by adding malachite green, a dye that is now considered toxic and banned in most countries.
Don’t worry though, my recipe’s entirely safe and natural! As surprising as the idea may first sound, Tarkhun is actually quite good and carries tarragon’s pleasant, mildly liquorice flavor. There are 2 challenges in making perfect Tarkhun: Color. Tarragon syrup Yields about 6 servings 8 oz sugar 3 oz water 1/8 tsp baking soda 0.35 oz tarragon leaves 3 oz ice cubes 1.5 oz lemon juice In a saucepan, bring the sugar and water to a boil, stirring constantly. TarkhunYields about 6 glasses tarragon syrup 36 oz sparkling water green food coloring (optional) Caribbean Chicken Recipe. Jamaican-Spiced Chicken Thighs Recipe. Recipe for Quinoa Side Dish with Pine Nuts, Green Onions, and Cilantro. How do you feel about quinoa? It's something I was slow to warm up to, and for a long time I didn't think I'd ever be much of a quinoa fan. Then last summer I made Quinoa Salad with Avocado, Radishes, Cucumbers, and Cumin-Lime Vinaigrette, followed by Quinoa Tabbouleh Salad, and I was surprised to discover how much I liked it.
This Quinoa Side Dish with Pine Nuts, Green Onions, and Cilantro may be my favorite quinoa recipe yet. The quinoa is sauteed in oil for a few minutes before it's cooked in chicken or vegetable stock, and then a generous amount of toasted pine nuts and chopped green onion and a little chopped cilantro is stirred in before it's eaten warm. Most quinoa has to be rinsed to remove a natural coating called saponin. Heat the oil in a heavy pot with a tight-fitting lid, add the rinsed quinoa and saute for 3-4 minutes, or until the quinoa starts to smell slightly toasted.
Add the chicken or vegetable stock (it will sputter a little). South Beach Suggestions: 2 Minute Chocolate and Salted Caramel Mug Cake. Did you see our 10 TASTY MUG CAKES IN MINUTES? Well I have another one to add to that incredible collection. It’s a salted caramel chocolate mug cake that takes JUST 2 minutes to make. It’s rich decadent and oh yes delicious. The recipe makes1 mug cake in a regular sized coffee mug. It will take you 5 minutes top to bottom.
How’s that for quick and easy. Salted Caramel Mug CakeWhat you’ll need: {makes 1 mug cake} 4 tablespoons all purpose flour 4 tablespoons sugar 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 egg – beaten 3 tablespoons skim milk 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 2 salted caramels What to do: 1. 2. 3. If you want more Mug Cake Recipes Check out: 10 TASTY MUG CAKES in MINUTES 15 sinfully sweet dessert recipes in a jar41 copycat recipes from your fave fast food joints20 salads hearty enough for tonight’s dinner10 ways to eat pizza for breakfast20 fun recipes for your kid’s next sleepover. Donna Hay - Recipes. Lemongrass beef 2 teaspoons vegetable oil 1 lemongrass stalk, finely chopped 1 clove garlic, crushed 400g beef mince 2 tablespoons lime juice 2 tablespoons caster (superfine) sugar 2 teaspoons fish sauce 1 small red chilli, chopped 1 baby cos (romaine) lettuce, leaves separated ¼ cup coriander leaves lime wedges, to serve Heat the oil in a medium frying pan over high heat.
Add the lemongrass, garlic and beef and cook for 5–8 minutes or until browned, breaking up any lumps with a wooden spoon. Add the lime juice, sugar, fish sauce and chilli and cook for a further minute. Fill lettuce leaves with mince and top with coriander. Tip: You can turn this snack into a more substantial meal by serving with cooked rice noodles or steamed rice. How To Make Dill Pickles Cooking Lessons from The Kitchn. Cool and crunchy, delightfully sour and capable of going from snack to sandwich without a hitch — that's what I call a good pickle. Did you know they're a cinch to make at home? You don't even need to set aside the afternoon; you can make a few pint jars in less than 30 minutes.
Here's everything you need to know to make your own batch of homemade dill pickles right now. Choosing the Best Cucumber Kirby cucumbers are the classic pickling cucumber — they hold up better than English cucumbers during pickling, remaining firm and crunchy instead of becoming overly soft. I've also found that Persian cucumbers make very nice pickles — they have thinner skin and are the perfect size for packing into pint jars. Persian pickles are what I used in the tutorial today. You can also use this recipe as a template for pickling other vegetables. No matter what cucumber or vegetable you use, make sure they are ripe and feel firm — avoid limp or wrinkly vegetables. Dill Seed and Other Flavorings Next image. The World's Best (and Easiest) Dill Pickles. Prep Time 5 minutes Cook Time 2 to 3 days This is a good time of year to get small pickling cucumbers from farm stands and farmers' markets, but no worries if you can't; just slice up a big cuke or two and make pickles from that.
They'll still be delicious. by Catherine Newman What you'll need 4 cups of water 3 tablespoons of kosher salt (or half as much table salt) 1/2 cup white vinegar 1 1/2 pounds small pickling cucumbers or 2 seedless English cucumbers (the kind wrapped in plastic) 3 cloves of garlic, peeled and halved 4 large sprigs of dill (or two fresh dill heads, if you can get them) 1/4 teaspoon black peppercorns How to make it Combine the water, salt, and vinegar in a small saucepan and bring it to a boil, then turn off the heat and leave the brine to cool completely.
Pickled bamboo. Pickled Bamboo Shoots Recipe from Jennifer Lee. How To Pickle Bamboo Shoots! Tonic syrup | Honest Kitchen. Summertime always brings with it a few sure things – as much time as possible on a picnic blanket in the park; going berry picking; long, warm, cardigan-free evenings spent with friends; the noisy chirps of the crickets outside the window; and lots of refreshing drinks. One of my favourite summer drinks (and really, I drink them all year round) is the good old gin and tonic. Tonic water is something that I really do not enjoy on its own, but when mixed with gin something magical happens. My parents taught me to mix a gin and tonic (and a Tom Collins) from quite a long age, and when I started drinking many years later and graduated from the years of Passion Pop and coconut rum, the gin and tonic was quickly adopted as one of my favourite tipples.
As proud owners of a soda stream, I recently starting thinking about how we might be able to make tonic water at home. Tonic syrup Adapted from the New York Times and Jeffrey Morgenthaler Makes approximately 5 cups Ingredients Method. Urban Farmer: Tonic Water. I've never given much thought to tonic water and how it's made. I had always assumed that in some sweatshop somewhere, small children filled bottles with tonic water and packed them into crates, ready for them to be sent in my direction to accompany my gin. For anti-malarial purposes of course. But I recently learned that the bitterness in tonic was quinine (ok, I knew that part) and the quinine was derived from the Peruvian bark of the Cinchona plant. The part that piqued my interest was that cinchona was almost impossible to come by in Australia, so obviously I had to make it myself, and put those greedy sweatshop children out of a job.
Finding a recipe was easy. I could bore you with the details of how I tracked the cinchona bark down, but long story short, I was able to get it from Newtons Parmacy in Sydney. So now on to the making the tonic water. Combine all the ingredients except the sugar and bring to the boil, then reduce the heat and simmer with the lid on for 20 minutes. How to make Tonic Water | Summit Sips. I was never a Gin & Tonic fan, but all of that changed last year when I read Jeffrey Morgenthaler's post about making tonic from scratch. Of course, his wasn't the first recipe to gain widespread attention. The resurgence of craft tonic is credited to Kevin Ludwig of Portland, Oregon whose recipe even appeared in the March/April 2007 issue of Imbibe Magazine. Having basically skipped over that recipe back then, I considered it an ingredient best left to gin drinkers, or someone who was more interested. Finally, after reading more about it and seeing craft tonic added to a cocktail I really enjoyed, I decided to give it a try.
Why make something that already exists? When I first saw the Imbibe article, I was asking myself all sorts of questions. The Bitter Truth About Tonic Water Think about the name, tonic, for a moment and you conjure up images of old-time pharmacies or even bearded swindlers selling bottles of secret sauce as a medicinal cure-all. Related Articles: How to Make Your Own Tonic Water. Latest Drink Recipe Hot Toddies Suck – Long Live the Hot Toddy Here’s a fun little game you can play. Go ask someone – preferably someone not wearing arm garters or quoting Jerry Thomas – and ask them what’s in a Hot Toddy.
The more people you try this game with, the better, because you’re going to get a lot of varied answers. But I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that you’re gonna hear a few of the following ingredients: Lemon… ginger… honey… cinnamon sticks… cloves… cayenne pepper. The funny thing is that if you look at the earliest Hot Toddy recipe as it appears in Jerry Thomas’ 1862 Bar-Tender’s Guide, it contains none of these things. Here’s the recipe: 1 tea-spoonful of fine white sugar 1 wine-glass of brandyDissolve the sugar in a little boiling water, add the brandy, and pour boiling water into the glass until it is two-thirds full Grate a little nutmeg on top. Water, sugar, brandy, nutmeg.
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