Holiday Baking 2011

Here is the short list of what I plan to bake this holiday season. I’m sure I will be adding to it… Click on the images to go to the recipes online.   Cherry-Pistachio Nougat For these I used parchment paper sprayed with cooking spray instead of edible rice paper. It was a messier option …

Chickpea Curry

Above: Chickpea Curry with White Rice and Greek Yogurt Chickpea Curry   Print Prep time 30 mins Cook time 45 mins Total time 1 hour 15 mins   For this recipe, you need to use dried chickpeas because they are cooked with the spices. Canned chickpeas will not have the same taste. Recipe type: vegetarian …

Boiled Egg Curry

Boiled Egg Curry   Print Prep time 15 mins Cook time 30 mins Total time 45 mins   Unusual dish for westerners but very tasty Recipe type: Main dish Serves: 4 Ingredients 5 Eggs Hard-boiled 3 Small Tomatoes Chopped 1 Onion Chopped Fine 2 Cloves Garlic Minced 1 Piece 1″ square of Ginger Grated 2 …

Indian Spices

Typically most Indian meals that we make use the following spices to taste: mustard seed paprika turmeric (mostly for color, use sparingly) garam masala ground coriander ground cumin black pepper fresh chili pepper salt Specialty dishes we will also use: green cardamon seed black cardamon seed coriander seed fenugreek seed cloves anise dried mango poppyseed