My lovely friend Heavenly Housewife over at the Donuts to Delirium blog set out a challenge for her readers last month. Anybody who wanted to, could join her in making one of Ottolenghi's famous desserts, the caramel macadamia cheesecake. For those not familiar with Ottolenghi, he's a superstar chef based in London. I jumped at the idea of a cheesecake challenge because first off, cheesecakes are dead easy to make. The other reasons were: There were macadamia nuts, my favourite There was caramel sauce, my husband's favourite It was a cheesecake, everyone's favourite. It looked absolutely, indulgently, delicious. So, some of my fellow bloggers (I will list them at the end) and I went on our merry way to create this cheesecake masterpiece. This is my contribution to Heavenly Housewife's Ottolenghi cheesecake challenge. I did not make any changes to the recipe except the fact that I added US measurements for my American friends and I used a 9" tin for my cheesecake instead of an 8". There was no difference in the taste or quality of the end product. The list of ingredients and methods may seem a little involved and long winded, but they are really easy actually, and ... continue reading...
Scaring the Milkman
It's 5.14 am and I am wide awake. We finished eating our morning meal, suhoor, before we start our fast and now I can't go back to sleep. In a way that's good because I do have to take Sahare to get her immunisaton shot in a few hours and I feel so groggy if I have to get up within a couple of hours. Now, the hubby is also up playing Playstation 3. Ramadan sure makes for some interesting mornings! Our poor milkman didn't know what was going on this morning as he came up to the door to stick the milk in the cooler outside our front door. All the lights were on and we were sitting at the dining table eating...at 4 am! He didn't know what to think and scurried away quickly lest we opened the door and engaged him in a conversation! Poor guy. What's really going to blow his mind is that next Friday, he'll see us again, bright eyed and bushy tailed :) This is what I love about Ramadan; even though it's way early, we sit at the table and eat suhoor together and the children just have a blast. We laugh most of the way through it. I don't know if we're so tired that we're delirious or because it's just nice to eat together at odd times of the night. I know it must be a similar sight ... continue reading...
Cauliflower Fritters~Gobi Bhajiyas
It's that time of the year again, the time of standing in, what seems like, endless queues. There are queues for school and queues for the stores to buy stuff for school and inevitably, these queues always end up with me shelling out a whole lot of money. I have just come back from standing in line for one and a half hours to hand in registration papers for my sixth grader. Ordinarily, that would not be a problem but seeing as that I am going on very little sleep, it was a bit irritating, not to mention the annoying lady who was ahead of me and her son. I think I will just send my other two girls with papers and cheques in hand next week to register themselves. Then after that is the dreaded back to school shopping. I have a whole love-hate relationship with back to school. I love it because, well, heck, it's back to school! Peace and quiet to do my stuff during the day. I hate it because it means fighting lines for that one red pen everyone needs, or the countless shops I have to go to, just to find adjustable waist pants in size 12. But it doesn't end right as school starts, it seems like I make a million trips to the store for three weeks after school starts because each ... continue reading...
To Lamb Or Not To Lamb?
Yes....lamb. Funny thing lamb, some people love it and some people hate it. There is no in between. I, personally, grew up eating lamb but then again, I grew up in England where lamb is revered more than beef (must be the whole Mad Cow thing.) We did not eat beef in my household, chicken, seafood and lamb was it. I did not have any issues with lamb at all and I ate everything my mother made. I do have to say that, overall, I am not a big meat eater and I can take it or leave it. But it seems that I did not have any issues with lamb until I came to the US. Lamb is still a bit uncommon or unpopular here in the US. My parents (and many South Asians) used to buy goat or mutton rather than lamb. They find the lamb a bit strong here and the goat is more akin to what they find in India/Pakistan. Unfortunately, I am not a fan of goat or mutton either and I don't know why (well, the smell and taste for starters.) What happened to change my taste? I mean, I grew up eating lamb and well ... continue reading...
Chicken Tikka Masala
My children's favourite "restaurant" dish is butter chicken. Of course, we rarely set foot in an Indian restaurant for a number of reasons: 1. the food is less than mediocre 2. it's EXPENSIVE less than mediocre food. I have eaten the best Indian food, not at any restaurant, but at the homes of my relatives and friends. I, too, am not a bad hand so why inflict the punishment of bad food on ourselves? The only time we did go to eat at an Indian joint was when it was a big family event and we were invited or when no one wanted to cook. I have yet to try a place here in Colorado. Al right, so my children's favourite dish is butter chicken and yet the title of this post is chicken tikka masala? I decided to feature both because in essence ... continue reading...
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