[talking with my mouth full]
I haven't cooked a whole lot lately, was painting some rooms in the house. I did make another green lentil dish during the week that I should write down sometime soon. I made some dal and rice tonight.
I pretty much stuck to that recipe except I added three cloves of garlic to the lentils while they were cooking. I peeled the cloves, smashed them and added them along with the turmeric and dried peppers. I took them out when the lentils were cooked, I'm not sure if it made much of a difference or not. I also added a bit more lemon juice, 2 whole lemons worth, which made it a little more acidic.
The other thing I did a little different was to add the ground cumin seeds and garam masala to the onions and garlic at the very end. When I was finished sauteing, I added those spices in for about a minute just to heat them up in the ghee.
I picked up some soy beans this weekend to try making soy milk some night this week and then use it to make tofu. The goal is to get some smoked tofu going eventually.
I also picked up a new cookbook from the bargain bin at the bookshelf titled The Saucy Little Book. I picked up the ingredients I need to try out a haberno sauce.
Posted August 11, 2002