Thanks Patribha. Will try them over the weekend and I'll let you know what I think..... I will bring a recipee of traditional South African dish for you on Monday. Suppose I can just tell you to make a fire and let's braai some wors with pap and sous.... LOL There's nothing that bring South Africans so close together like a braai. ( barbeque) excuse the spelling. we love it...

Posted: Jun 12, 2008

Really excuse the tenses too. I've got a major headache today and can't concentrate... Bummer cause it's FRIDAY and my brother's 21st :(

Posted: Jun 12, 2008

I'm drooling mom........
*drool drool*

Posted: Jun 13, 2008

Ooh! I want to learn how to make your recipes! They look so yummy! Hmm...I don't have anything so exciting..more of a 30 minute girl myself, but I will think of something :)

Posted: Jun 13, 2008

Oh my gosh Pratibha, these are my favorite foods!!! I love Indian food and I make it every time i get the chance!! Thank you thank you thank you!!! I will put these recipes in my recipe box and treasure them forever.
~Kaori

Posted: Jun 13, 2008

Pratibha, You're a beautiful book from cover to cover. You have the looks, a great personalty, a beautiful son and you can cook too. What more could a person ask for. Your recipes sound delicious. I'm always looking for something new to add to the table during the holidays and I think I've found something new to try. Thank you for sharing.

Posted: Jun 13, 2008

Food is warmth, brings people together (a bit like you Prathibha!
Here is a recipe for "easy" zucchini soup.
Grate or process, a couple medium zucchini, one small onion, one small potatoe - put in steamer with some cracked pepper, a little curry powder if liked, a couple of chicken stock cubes - have a reasonable amount of water underneath because this will be the liwuid base. Steam all gently for ten or so minutes. Take off heat, tip steamed vegetables into the liquid, add a tin of your favourite creamed chicken soup in a can, stir all together and heat gently.
You can add some chopped parsley, a little milk and you may need to assess if it needs any more liquid, pepper, salt etc.
Sup and enjoy with crusty bread while reading something extra ordinary and beautiful from Prathibha!!

Posted: Jun 13, 2008

Liquid base - sorry for typo!!

Posted: Jun 13, 2008

Vegetarians could use leek or celery or asparagus soup to add in place of chicken if very strict!

Posted: Jun 13, 2008

^_^ ^_^ ^_^ oh boy!!!!!
Pratibha you are beautiful!
I too would like to share some recipes but for right now I'll just say that I too love Indian dishes and the one up there 'dom 22' african dishes as well, and I absolutely go crazy over greek food, humus, tabouli, babagunde, falafel, etc... I don't eat meat or dairy anymore, oh shoot, I also gave up wheat and corn products, oh and sugar but I love honey ^_^
well, people ask me: "what DO you eat" lol...so I just say: Everything! there is just SO much. I eat simple but I eat alot. food is amazing, I will glad to visit this place and read and share. Thankyou Pratibha, you are a well spring bubbling amidst us ^_^

Posted: Jun 13, 2008

MMMMM!!!!! YUMMY YUMMY! I'm going to write these down and try them! Always good to try something new right?

Posted: Jun 13, 2008

hi! pratibha. the best person to write here'd be my mom for she cooks exotic dishes but she doesn't write (except for signing her cheque books). and i don't cook. the last time i made ice cream, i ended up eating it all for i love anything sweet and she's a diabetic. ;-)

Posted: Jun 13, 2008

Oh my god, that sounds SOOOO good. One of my favorite dishes (yes, this is for you vegetarians) is Chex Mix. It isn't the kind you see on the box, because we made a few variations. Trust me. It's ADDICTING.
Preheat the oven to 250 degrees (Fahrenheit)
Mix 7 cups of cereal (Corn Chex, Rice Chex, Wheat Chex, and Cheerios. As long as it totals up to 7 cups, you can put in however much of each cereal you want. My personal favorite is the Cheerios, so I put in four cups of that and 1 cup of each Chex thing)
In a small saucepan, heat 1/2 cup of butter or margarine (1 stick of butter)4 1/2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce,and 1 1/4 teaspoons of seasoned salt.
Pour the sauce over the cereal, and mix it up. Stick it in the oven for 1 hour, taking it out and mixing it every 15 minutes.
This takes a little more time than your average snack, but it's TOTALLY worth it. Plus, it's easy! I've been making it since I was ten.
Love to the whole entire Booksie community! I hope you've smiled today!

Posted: Jun 13, 2008

What a great idea! I'll have to think about a good recipe and come back. I love to share food and to try new things. The recipes so far sound great. :)

Posted: Jun 14, 2008

Ohh yum! I totally want to try the tandoori! It sounds wonderful. Thank you for sharing it! I've always loved the indian dishes I've tried, but we don't have much of it where I live. I need to just try making it myself!

Posted: Jun 14, 2008

I'm loving how there are so many recipes flying around for vegitarians. I don't eat red meat(Beef, pork, lamb) so it's hard to find dishes to eat when I'm at a resturant because they cook mostly those meats. All of my friends were surprised when I told them I only ate chicken turkey and fish, and now they refuse to go out to lunch with me because if we go somewhere that doesn't offer vegitarian options, I only get a drink and they say that makes them feel gluttonous.
I will try each and every one of the vegitarian recipes that come up here. Thank you so much.
(Why i didn't add this in to the first comment, I have no clue.)
~Kaorie

Posted: Jun 14, 2008

Oh my goodness, Pratibha, reading this made me so hungry!! I LOVE to cook but I don't really get to indulge as much as I'd like. Mostly it's a challenge for me to find something quick, nutritious, and tasty to put on the table each night! Maybe if I think really hard I can find something good to put up... I'll get back to you!!

Stephanee :)

p.s. I am DYING to try your rice pudding recipe! My boyfriend adores rice pudding, and I think he'd absolutely love it if I made it for him! How much sugar do you use?

Posted: Jun 14, 2008

Here's a simple sweet treat.

Bee-utiful Cinnamon popcorn
1 cup unpopped popcorn
2 Tbs olive oil
2 Tbs honey
dash or two of cinnamon (maybe 1-2 tsp)
dash of salt

pop the popcorn and dump into large bowl
heat olive oil and honey together and stir together until just warm
dump sweet mixture on popcorn and toss
sprinkle with cinnamon (add salt if you desire) and toss until mixed well
if your bowl has a lid, you can shake the popcorn to mix. Be careful because the heat may pop lid off bowl when you first shake!

This is a great little snack. You can substitute microwaved popcorn too and experiment with the flavors. Much better for you than processed, flavored popcorns. :) And veggie.

Posted: Jun 14, 2008

Oh, they look hhhmmmm delicious!!! I wish I could cook where I'm stayin. :-(

But if I could come home, I'd try one of these.


You make me crave for them, huh. ^^

Posted: Jun 14, 2008

Wow, they look yummy! I love Indian food! I've just discovered a Mango curry which I just ADORE! I wouldn't mind getting fat on it. LOL If I'm to share anything of my home cooking it would be sweet potato mash with roasted vegetables. :) Easy, and healthy... for a change, haha! Thanks for sharing this Pratibha, I might just be inspired to give it a go. ~ Nixie

Posted: Jun 15, 2008

Yummy! Thank you for sharing this with us, I love indian food too, I can't stop ordering take out so maybe this will aid me. :) ~ KB

Posted: Jun 15, 2008

Okay, here is one of my favorite dishes to make and it is very easy...

Need:
Salmon
'A taste of Thai' (company name) spicy thai peanut bake
terryaki sauce
ruby chard
jasmine rice

Put salmon in a thin baking dish, like a pie plate. Pour terryaki sauce over until salmon has thin layer around it (be generous). Put peanut bake on top of salmon and then I usually sprinkle a little more terryaki sauce on top. Put in over for ~30 min at 350 degrees. Then serve with steamed ruby chard and steamed rice. Walaa!

Posted: Jun 15, 2008

This is a great idea and everyone's recipes sound really good. I've never had Indian food so I'm anxious to try it (although how would I know if I get it right?!!?!). Oh well, I'll just keep going down the list, they all sound great.

Here's my favorite comfort food. It has no nutritional value, is ridiculously fattening, and absolutely decadent!

You first have to make a pan of homemade biscuits (self-rising flour, shortening, buttermilk). While the biscuits are baking, place two cups of sugar, two tablespoons of cocoa powder, one tablespoon of sifted flour in a saucepan. Add one to two cans of evaporated milk and cook over medium heat until the chocolate begins to thicken (consistency should be between a sauce and a gravy).

When the biscuits are done, cut in half, top with butter (both sides) and ladle chocolate over the top. Cold milk or hot coffee, and life just doesn't get any better!

Thanks for all recipes everyone. I'm looking forward to trying them all1

Posted: Jun 15, 2008

Hmmmm... I can't think of a recipe off the top of my head right now-- but my mom makes the best spaghetti I've ever tasted, and my dad makes the best fish (I eat fish as a source of protein, that's something I promised my parents I would eat when I became a vegetarian-- lol^_^). But ummm I still need to print out your recipes-- so as I can help my dad make it on one of these weekends in the summer-- I'm looking forward to something new to taste! Lol-- the pictures up there are making me hungry-- and I love your article-- and it's awesome that you want to learn what other's think and learn about their personalities and stuff. Everyone's response is different and that's what makes these articles cool-- you have the reader talk about their experience. :), Sorry this took a while. I'm graduating this week, and I've been having to do stuff for graduation. I'm so nervous for high school in a few months!

Lot's of special chocolate to you,

Ghiradelli girl

Posted: Jun 15, 2008

My recipe is a college staple of mine: a peanut butter sammich with a twist! I always take wheat bread spread PB on it, then sprinkle the spread with Apple Cinnamon Cheerios. I call it ACCPB for short, and though it sounds a little weird, it's delicious, simple, and quick!

Posted: Jun 15, 2008

aww yum! these recipes sound delicious! i might write them down and try them!

Posted: Jun 15, 2008

I love Indian food. My grandson is part Trinidadian and my daughter learned how to make some delicious dishes from Trinidadian food. I will try to share one my standbys which is a cookie you don't have to bake. Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies. I am getting hungry looking over your table there.

Posted: Jun 16, 2008

Hello,
I love cooking but i must warn you my approach to it is somewhat different, i love making up my own dishes here's one i made up just yesterday:
In a frying pan or wok heat some olive oil. Now add to this a puree of four to five cloves of garlic and some ginger. Dont fry this too long just quickly toss in 2 medium chopped onions, fry these till they sweat(Technical term meaning that they go all mushy, DONT OVERDO IT THEY SHOULD NOT GO BROWM), ok once this is done plonk in three chopped tomatoes(Deseeded and skinned offcourse) alomg with three good sized green chillies(Or some hot sauce, up to you), Mix this mixture about and let the water which the tomatoes give off evaporate a bit, Now add cubed pieces of boneless chicken(Three breast fillets worth for this amount of vegetables) Mix the vegetables and chicken well and keep the heat medium(Gas 4 Mark, if you have an electric stove than that's ur fault LOL).Add some salt and black pepper and now you are ready to add the secret ingreadiants..........Cinnamon and Cloves, yeah u heard me ......i told you i was wierd lol, just trust me.......If you have powdered cinnamon and cloves then add a good pinch of both if not dont worry just take a few sticks of cinnamon and 5 cloves and add them to a little milk in a saucer, cover with foil or kitchen wrap and heat on low heat(Gas mark 2 or 3) Then add this mixture to ur simmering chicken (Make sure you've prepared the infused milk before you start cooking the chicken, and for Gods sake dont use more then a quarter cup of milk or you'll end up with soup), In the end just take your cooked chicken off the heat and add a squart of lemon for added zing and you're ready to impress everyone with a completely wierd and delecious concoction of flavors, believe me they work.
Serve with some boiled white rice preferably basmati and there you have it.
I hope you try this one out pratibha since you made me go through the trouble of writing down my jumbled thoughts in an organized fashion! LOL.

Posted: Jun 16, 2008

Pratibha!! you are such a darling, and you've made me ever so hungary!!!!! the way you described each comment you recieve is FANTASTIC!
hmm my faviourite recipe would have to be jelofrice, which is a dish my cooks.
Its rice that you put in a pot, with blended tomatos and onions and whatever spices you desire. Then after you cook the rice, it comes out orange and DELICOUS!!!!
i will surely tell my mum to try your recipe.
Happy days!

Posted: Jun 16, 2008

rice pudding is so yummy. my mom makes it. yummy.

Lydia_xxxx

Posted: Jun 16, 2008

Hi Pratiba,
I got to put this down for you before I get busy.
I love "Saag" too. My mum used to make a wonderful "saag & Maki ki roti" and my mouth is already watering.
I have never made it since I came to Toronto coz I have not seen all the ingredients.......hope you have better luck.

SAAG:

1 Large bunch spinach
1 Large bunch rupini
1 Handful of methi leaves(FENUGREEK)
1 tsp crushed garlic
1 tsp crushed ginger
2-3 green chillies
1 tbsp butter
2-3 tbsp maize meal flour

Ghee
1 small onion (diced)
3 cloves garlic (finely diced)
1/2 inch garlic(finely diced)

Method:

Wash all the leafy vegetables, drain and cut.
Put them in a pressure cooker and add about 1 cup of water,the crushed garlic, ginger, butter, salt and chillies. Let this boil for about 30-45 minutes.

Now open the pressure cooker and if the veges look abit watery, drain the water and keep it aside. Now add the maize meal flour a little at a time and beat the vegetables using a wooden spoon (alternatively you can blend this mixture)
Once you get a buttery consistency, add the drained juices and keep this aside.

In another pan, add the ghee(2-3 tbsp) and add the garlic,onions & ginger. Cook till golden brown and then add to the above saag.
(DELICIOUS)

Serve with plain roti or Naan or best of all "maki ki roti"

Saag is very popular in Punjab-India. Infact it is considered to be a stple of the Punjabis.

Do try it and let us know how it turned out.

Posted: Jun 16, 2008

i always did wanted to be a chef
But i do cook a little and i love your recipes!
My favortite is the first one because i already know how to make rice pudding. My mom taught me.
Very nice recipes again!

Posted: Jun 16, 2008

Well, one of my favorite recipes (not really a recipe..it's a desert, but it's DELICIOUS!) is an Ice Cream desert. It's EXTREMELY easy (even I can make it haha.) First, just put as many scoops of vanilla ice cream (or frozen yogurt) as you'd like, into a bowl. Then, sprinkle in chocolate chip cookie dough. Next, pour on hot fudge sauce. And lastly, pour on peanut butter sauce. And that's it! It sounds really simple and not very healthy haha, but it is delicious. :)

Posted: Jun 16, 2008

i would but i don't know how she makes anything, she makes a lot of chinese and italian foob. oo she made this one dish a few days ago, it was these shells with cheese and spinash in them. with this sause that was really thin on top. it was yummy, but i don't know how to make any of them. i should probably learn while i'm still fairly young.

Lydia_xxxx

Posted: Jun 16, 2008

Gee, Pratibha...this whole post is making my mouth water...lol
Am a lousy cook. Actually, I can't cook, I solely depend on my sister to do all the cooking in the house...will go steal one of her recipes and get back to you...hahahaha
But I eat just about everything...but junk foods are my favourite....I should probably start eating more healthy soon..I will...
Lovely kitchen piece you have here.

Posted: Jun 16, 2008

Wow! All the recipes mentioned above sounds yum! yum! planning to try out......................Well i am not a great cook, but my mom is an expert, i just love her food. One of my favorite is Carrot Halwa/ Carrot Pudding. My mother taught me to do this, the recipe is:
Carrot grated: 2 cups
Milk: 3 cups
Sugar: 1 and 1/4 cup
Cashew: few
Ghee: 3-4 tbsp

First fry the cashews in 1 tbsp of ghee and keep aside. In a heavy bottomed saucepan, bring the milk to a boil, add the grated carrot, stir them occasionally. Once the carrot absorbs all the milk, add sugar and stir continuously, when it rolls up nicely add ghee and stir for few more minutes. Garnish with cashews.

Yum! Yum! Carrot Halwa is ready. Thank you Pratibha for giving me the chance to share a recipe.

Posted: Jun 17, 2008

WOW!!! apnar Khabar dekhei ama jibbay jal ese jacce. kintu, ami ze kichui radhte jani naa. Cooking rice in my childhood once i mixed salt and sugar u knw!!! Tobe ami laal shak bhaji korte jani. eidese kotodin bangali khabar khai naa. apnar kach theke sikhe raadhar cesta korbo. amar latest postingsgulor upor comment korle khusi hobo.

Posted: Jun 17, 2008

ok well most of what i cook i have been cooking for years so to actually write it in a receipe form would be a bit difficult as noting is actually measured since i have been making it for so long :) its kinda hard to explain that hope i didnt lose anyone there :) however i love mexican food and my daughters boyfriend is mexican so i am learning some totally new AUTHENTIC mexican receipes :) i have never tried the receipe im going to post on here but i hear it is very good if you like fish (im told that if you like sushi you will like this as well) so here goes the receipe my daughter gave me i have made it once and it is simple to make and requires no heating of a stove :)

SEBICHI

6-8 Talipia fish filets
10 limes
1/2 cup fresh chopped cilantro
1 cup diced onions
1 cup diced tomoatos
1 bottle Corona beer (optional)
1 bag Tostios with a hint of lime tortila chips

step one--cut all talipia into approximatly 1 inch cubes

step two--cut all limes in half and squeeze all juice into medium to large sized mixing bowl

step three--in bowl containing lime juice pour bottle of corona (if so desired if not continue with remainder of this step) next add cubed fish, chopped cilantro, diced onions & diced tomatos

step four--mix all ingredients together thourghly. cover and place in refridgerator for about 4-5 hours (until all fish pieces are white)

when all fish pieces have turned white the food is ready :) scoop out each serving with a slotted spoon to remove excess juice. use tortilla chips to scoop up sebiche and eat like eating chips and dip


hope anyone who tries this likes it :)

Posted: Jun 17, 2008

Ah food! I love food! Tandoori looks good, but I wouldn't dare try and make it, I'd just butcher the taste...I'm more of a dessert cook.

One Recipe my Aunt taught my sister and I one summer when we were younger is Monkey Bread.

3 cans of Flaky Biscuits
1 cup sugar (divided)
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup pecan slices(these are optional)

Prepare your pan for non-sticking by wiping with oil or spraying with cooking spray. Pour the pecans into the pan and set aside (again these are optional). Cut the biscuits into four. Mix the sugar, biscuits and cinnamon together in a sealable freezer bag and shake well.

Place the coated biscuits in layers in the pan.

To make the sauce, melt the butter with the sugar and cinnamon. Mix together until smooth, then pour over biscuit layers in pan.

Bake at 350 degrees for approximately 35 minutes. When the bread is done place it onto a plate. Best if served warm!

Some people actually make the bread from scratch and bake in a bunt pan, but this recipe is kid friendly and delicious, who can resist cinnamony and sugary treats?

Posted: Jun 18, 2008

omg the monkey bread receipe looks absolutly wonderful and i will so be trying that one as soon as my oven gets fixed :) speaking of fixing the oven i have another receipe that is good and fairly quick and oh so easy to make it is something my mother and i came up with one nite when we didnt particulary have a lot of food to work with and we had several people to feed thus we created what we like to call frito chili pie bake :)

what you need:
1 bag of corn tortillas
5 cans of chili (with or without beans-we prefer with beans)
1 block of velveeta cheese

first open all chili and heat in a pan (only heat slightly then turn off)
next crush tortillas and begin to place in deep baking dish
then after first layer of crushed tortilla chips are in the pan place several scoops of the heated chili over chips-you want some juice to go down and wet the tortilla chips but you dont want it to be too wet
now cut the velveeta into thin (but not to thin) slices and place on top of chips and chilli in baking dish
continue to layer chips, chili and cheese in baking dish until chips and or chili are gone. you will almost always have cheese left over. the top layer should be cheese.
now place in oven on bottom rack and bake at 350 degrees for about 30-45 minutes or until top layer of cheese turns brown.
scoop onto plate and enjoy
you can top with sour cream, chopped onions (green onions are especially good here), sliced olives or anything that you think will be good on it :)

this is a family favorite in our home and i hope anyone who tries this will like it as much as we do :)

if i can think of any other receipes that i can put into word form i will post them as well also i would like to thank pratibha for starting this thread as well as so many others that bring us all together as well as allows us to get to know each other a little better i absolutly love this one as we all have the opportunity to learn new receipes especially since i love to cook (i would love to own a restaurant one day-ive just never told anyone that) and im always looking for something new and different to cook and i absolutly love to learn new and different food from other countries and cultures :) ok ok ok im out for now as i have taken up enough of everyones time but im sure i will be back with more receipes later :) until then HAPPY EATING AND COOKING EVERYONE :)

Posted: Jun 18, 2008

Ahh, classes has have had oh whatever!

it just started... lately... I really can't find my time for booksie... (*yeah with the rhyme!*)

ahh anyway, I suppose this should be somewhat a blog? ahh... Were you just teaching me how to cook David Cook? hmm... XD

hmm... this sounds interesting but not at all a head turner really. This is for BOOKSIE-LOVERS-EKLAVUSH XD XD... ahh

BUT ITS ON THE HOMEPAGE YEAH...
BOOKSIE REALLY LOVES YOU
COZ U LOVE BOOKSIE...

OH me?
ahh... does booksie hate me?
aha! I don't care XD

and before I go:

Where did you get the recipe?

Posted: Jun 18, 2008

definitely going to try some of the recipes on your page. my fave is a dessert with both a healthy and luxurious option. its called Eton Mess. you take a pot of low fat yogurt strawberries chopped up and meringue shells which have been smashed up. put it all together in a bowl, mix till its all coated with the yogurt and serve. for the luxury use extra thick cream. lydia

Posted: Jun 19, 2008

ok, let's see, lately I am on a cleansing diet, so I will share a fabulous juice that i make in my new juicer: Carrots, celery, apple, ginger (not the sprinkle kind) the regular raw ginger, you just cut a small peice off and juice it with all the rest. then I add some kelp granules. hahaha, the ginger really puts a snap into it. really! so, also there are many varieties of vegetables to use.

another I love is pinenuts, and they are simple and deliscious all on thier own and with currents too. but also you can make your own pesto with them, just use spinach or collard greens, pinenuts, basil, olive oil, and you could use garlic if you wish or a number of other substitutes. well, I think most people know how to make pesto. let's see, do you know the black rice that turns purple? well that is very, very good, and it has many amino acids too. I would make some black rice with lentils and sesame oil, and a little sea salt. I use to eat, tofu, avacado, and alfafa sprout sandwiches, (mmmmmm mmmm good) but I don't much eat wheat anymore and I can't often get alfalfa spouts here where I live. (sigh)

Yesterday I grounded up sesame seeds, flax seed, poured into a bowl, then put three bananas, and some vanilla soy milk together in the food processor and some honey, then puored it over the ground up seeds, stirred it all together and stuck it in the freezer, then 'walla' Lol! well everyone liked it, so that's good.

I jsut Love those big papayas, I have just found them out ^_^
and mangos are my absolute favorite fruit of all time now ^_^ ^_^

haha, well, when I start to cook again I will have more to share. I do some sprouting of foods too, which is so very nutritous, until next time all..........^_^

Posted: Jun 19, 2008

WOW!! You made me hungry! Thabks 4 some GOOD recipes!

Posted: Jun 19, 2008

today, I made juice with a half of a whole beet (they are VERY potent) and about 8 carrots and some collard greens, then addeed 1/4 teas. of powdered kelp.
haha, if that wasn't enough, then I had some blue berries, golden raisins and pinenuts ^_^
Then, (hahahaha, yes then) I had a fried pancake made from organic soy flour, sprinkled with cinamin and ginger, and smothered in honey, hhhmmmmmmmmmmm ^_^

yes and last night I made..oh I forgot to tell you, I jsut make things up as I go along Lolololol!
so, I had some rice noodles with hot tobsco sauce (ouch) ^_^ and over them I had some sauteed tofu in 'Paul Braggs' liquid aminos (does anyone know about this)? well it makes anything taste good, haha, anyway I also had added some ground up cumin.....oh and maybe something else but I can't remember right now hahahaha
well I know don't eat like most people but sure get along. ok, well, I am at work and there is nothing to do so, I shared that with you, what the heck...Lol!

Posted: Jun 20, 2008

I also cook from memory so puting it down would be a bit difficult but here's something. sometimes I crave something sweet and for no love or money I will get up and go to the store. so what I do is take two MARIE biscuits(I think its only in south africa, but its a melt in your mouth biscuit thats as big as your palm.) anyway then I take half a marshmellow and put it between the two cookies. then i pop it into the microwave for about 3 seconds. The marshmellow melts and makes the 2 cookies stick together. THEN I dip it into melted chocolate! YUMMY. quick and easy

Posted: Jun 20, 2008

the food sounds yummy! thanks 4 sharing this i like it . good job

Posted: Jun 22, 2008

Wow great receipes
I love cooking and will try these.I want to share this with you.
A simple and quick one with left over bread
Cut the bread slice into 4 squares.Fry them till golden brown and place them on kitchen tissue to remove excess oil.Make a syrup with sugar just like for gulab jamun.Take 50ml of milk ,squeeze a little lemon juice.Drain and use only the curdled milk,Use this to garnish.Spread the bread pieces on a plate and pour over this the sugar syrup just to soak them.Garnish each piece with fried cashew and curdled milk .
A fav with my boys

Posted: Jun 24, 2008

This is a recipee to be tried late at night, with best friends or family. It's a comfort food for me and I remember many nights me and my cousins sneeking into the kitchen to make these and many nights with my mother just having a girl night.

MEGAS:
(usualy eaten like nachos)

1. a dozen eggs, amt. can be cut in half(6)for smaller amt.

2. corn chips; or corn tortillas stripped into chip size
(should equal about a couple handfuls)

3. cooking oil or butter(which ever you prefer)

4. cheese (any kind) enough to top about 1 cup shredded

The rest of the ingredients are toppings, use as much or as little as you like:

sour cream
guacamole
salsa
green onions
cheese
refried beans(heated up and ready to top)
olives
(or, whatever you like on your eggs/nachos)


1. Fry the chips or tortilla strips in a large pan until they start to turn golden brown.

2. Prepare the eggs as you would for scrambled eggs.(don't cook them yet though, set aside)

3. When the chips/tortillas are golden around the edges add the egg mixture to the pan with the chips.

4. Turn and fry the mixture until eggs and chips are cooked together well, add the cheese when almost done so that it melts throughout the eggs and tortillas.

5. Take the Mega's and place in a serving dish~you may add any or all of the suggested toppings, to top.

This dish as I said is served as nachos would be, so be creative and don't be afraid to play with it;)

They would probably best be served with some of Lacey's Midnight Margaritas(wink-wink*)

Hope you like them, I always did;) and thanks Pratibha for bringing everyone together over a universal love; food*

~rain

Posted: Jun 24, 2008

ok here's a st.lucian dish it's called bouillon it's a french creole dish since my island was 7 times british and seven times french.
here it is
ingredients
greenbanana
macorni noodles
dumplings
salted pork or beef or fish or chicken whatever u prefer
carrots
celery
spinach
maybe yam
redbeans if it is pork or beef or lentilles if it's chicken or fish
salt
chicken noodle soup mix
ok you first boil the meat in a seperate pot
then cook the beans or lentiles in a big pot and then after the peas or beans are boiled u add the greenbanana, yams, macorni, and the boil meat, spinich, carrots salt, chicken noodle soup mix pepper shredded cabbage. then boil it and make the dumplings with flour add it to the mix and boil until cooked. oh boy i am hungry. i miss home
we have lots of east indians back home and i love indian food. i love rice pudding too and curry mango.
back home the indians make a dish call roti it has chicken or beef or fish curried with potaotoes etc and a shell made out of flour. i love it have u heard of it?

Posted: Jul 5, 2008

hey pal did u try my recipe? and how was it. how's ur summer

Posted: Jul 19, 2008

Food. FOOD! Wonderful food! I must try these recipes this weekend. Take care pratibha. :) - D.Azir

Posted: Aug 18, 2008