Cauliflower is one of my favorite vegetables, especially when it is a stir fry that my mom makes. So simple, yet so tasty. But my son doesn’t like cauliflower. He loves broccoli, but refuses to even touch cauliflower. I know! How is that even remotely possible, right? If you are like DH – you’d be … [Read more…]
I have a craze for oven roasting vegetables and have made a version of oven roasted cauliflower before. This is a new and improved version with the addition of corn starch that makes the cauliflower crispy and slightly crunchy. Thanks to a great recipe from Madhuram’s Eggless Cooking. I followed Madhuram’s recipe but mixed up … [Read more…]
NIgella seeds….or kalonji…I’ve never used them in the kitchen before. When CWS – Nigella seeds was announced, I started looking out for it on my shopping trip at the Indian store…got a small pack of it. The only recipe I could find in my cookbooks for the use of kalonji was ‘Aachari Baingan’ – where … [Read more…]
I saw some Rapini or Broccoli Raab at the Indian Grocery store this week. But, it was labeled as Mustard greens or Sarson. Are they the same? I did’nt think so. Was that a marketing strategy? I did’nt care…The greens looked vibrant and fresh, and that was all that mattered. I wanted to cook it … [Read more…]
Thanks to Nithu’s ‘Best from Waste’ event, I have been paying more attention, what goes into my kitchen garbage. And, having done this for over a week, I realize the vegetable that has the most wastage is cauliflower. I usually do my prep work after I get back from the grocery store, and this time … [Read more…]
My husband is working from home today, and I wanted to make a good lunch. Been bored of the usual sambar and puli kulambu, I wanted to try something very different. I had once written down the recipe for ‘Cauliflower Poricha Kuzhambu’ from the book ‘Dakshin – Vegetarian Cuisine from South India’ by Chandra Padmanabhan. … [Read more…]