Top 10 Essential West Indian Ingredients - Stocking your Pantry for West Indian Cooking. New Year's Day queso compuesto. A year or so ago, I was visiting Texas in August and stopped by my grandma’s farm to say howdy. She asked if I was hungry, as she’d just cooked up a pot of black-eyed peas. How could I refuse? We sat down at the table and ate big bowls of the freshly picked peas along with Swiss chard cooked with bacon and warm cornbread slathered in butter.
It was a fine late-summer feast using up the bounty of her garden. Now, this time of year people start thinking more about black-eyed peas, greens and pork as they’re required eating for good fortune in the New Year. A meal such as the one I shared with my grandma would not be out of place on New Year’s Day. This isn’t to say, however, that I won’t be having black-eyed peas, greens and pork on Sunday. And that’s how I arrived at my New Year’s Day queso compuesto. The last time I was dipping into a queso compuesto, I asked myself, “What would this taste like with Mexican chorizo, black-eyed peas and collard greens?” Happy New Year! Yield: 8 servings. BEST BAKING AND DESSERTS BLOG. Taste Test – The Best Curry Powders. If you’ve ever wondered what’s the best curry powder brand, look no further! I’ve taste tested a bunch of curry powders and present to you my favorites and how to use each one of them.
This also kicks off my curry series – a month of easy curry recipe posts using, of course, curry powders! I will post one recipe a week for a curry from around the world, and also post a recipe for how to make your own curry powder. But first, let me make something clear. Every Indian dish that requires powdered spices uses a blend that is unique to that dish.
So what exactly is curry powder? As inauthentic as curry powder is, I like its convenience. (in my opinion) Note: This curry powder taste test is by no means exhaustive. Frontier Indian Curry Powder Predominant flavors are roasted cumin and lemon peel. Recipes – Zucchini cauliflower curry , Curried tofu salad with Jicama S&B Oriental Curry Powder A mild, well balanced, well rounded blend. Predominant flavors are turmeric, coriander, garlic. Comments. Homemade Curry Powder Recipe. Curry powder doesn’t have to be complicated to make at home. This one has just 5 ingredients and tastes fabulous in coconut milk based curries. Coriander seeds, cumin and fennel are the basic flavors in this curry powder. Dried red chilies add heat and turmeric gives it color. All you do it toast everything in a pan and then grind. Very easy to make at home!
Look at any store bought curry powder, and you’ll see that coriander is one of the main ingredients. The ratio of coriander:cumin:fennel is 2:1:1. Yields about 5 tablespoons Ingredients 2 tablespoons coriander seeds 1 tablespoon cumin seeds 1 tablespoon fennel seeds 2 or more dried red chilies, broken up into small pieces. ½ teaspoon ground turmeric Method Place coriander, cumin, fennel seeds and broken up red chilies (discard stems) in a medium pan. Serves about 4 Method Sauté your choice of onion/garlic/ginger/tomato in oil. Add vegetables, salt and water and cook till vegetables are tender.
Serve hot with rice, quinoa, roti or bread. IndianSimmer - Indian food made easy plus more! Delish Your Dish, “Rock the Boat”- Creamy Roasted Tomato and Garlic... Blue Buffalo. Buffalo Chicken is something that I get severe cravings over. It's not something that I want all the time, but when I get that urge, there's no stopping me. However I ran into a problem once I started eating only organic meat and buffalo chicken was something that was found few and far between. Until NOW! For this buffalo chicken grilled cheese, I combined one of my mom's most popular dip recipes and morphed it into a delicious sammie. Feast your eyes... Actually it doesn't really look that pretty, but it's pretty dang delicious.
Ingredients -4 thick slices of french bread -2 pads of real salted butter -1 tbs blue cheese salad dressing -3 tbs organic cream cheese -2 tbs crumbled blue cheese -1 tbs shredded cheddar -1/2 cup cooked shredded organic chicken breast -1.5 tbs Frank's hot sauce Once you've got everything out, combine all the cheeses into a small bowl. Stir together until you get a smooth consistency. Now combine your finely chopped chicken with Frank's hot sauce and stir. xoxo,