Showing posts with label hot. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hot. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Hot Soup
Michele and I stopped for some Korean food on the way home from a thoroughly enjoyable trip to Berkeley Bowl. Sahn Maru, in Oakland, CA, is one restaurant that will never have a customer send back a bowl of soup for not being hot enough!
Directly below, youll see the iPhone video I took of our spicy soft tofu soup. My phone was off at the time, so this was after it had cooled for a minute! It was the hottest soup Ive ever been served.
When I posted to YouTube, I was amused to see that many others had filmed this same soupy scene, so I gathered a small collection. There is something mesmerizing about watching this soup boil in the cast iron pots. Below these, Ive posted a video recipe for how to make this super-delicious soup! (you just need to find the pots!)
How to Make Korean Soft Tofu Soup (aka Stew)
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Directly below, youll see the iPhone video I took of our spicy soft tofu soup. My phone was off at the time, so this was after it had cooled for a minute! It was the hottest soup Ive ever been served.
When I posted to YouTube, I was amused to see that many others had filmed this same soupy scene, so I gathered a small collection. There is something mesmerizing about watching this soup boil in the cast iron pots. Below these, Ive posted a video recipe for how to make this super-delicious soup! (you just need to find the pots!)
How to Make Korean Soft Tofu Soup (aka Stew)
Monday, May 5, 2014
Hot breakfast in 5 minutes Im not kidding!
Hot breakfast in 5 minutes, and its not cereal or toast or a fried egg! Or a smoothie for that matter. Its this amazing thing called dhideer sevai or instant rice noodles which you absolutely must stock in your kitchen. Unlike Maggi or any other 2 minute noodles, you dont have to cook them. Immerse them for 2 minutes in hot water, drain and they are ready. These are the REAL 2 minute noodles. They make for the quickest lunchbox you can rustle up. Make a lemon sevai or mix with any ready pastes like Tomato pickle / thokku to make a tomato sevai. Add a tempering of curry leaves, mustard seeds, red chillies on the top and its ready.
In my 5 minute recipe, theres no ready pastes involved. I quickly pulsed roasted peanuts, sesame seeds and black pepper in the mixer and that was the flavouring for this dish that went into my kids lunchbox today.
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Sesame-Peanut Instant Sevai (Rice Noodles)
serves 2
Ingredients
100-150 grams instant rice noodles (Dhideer Sevai)*
1 litre recently boiled water
3 tbsp roasted unsalted peanuts
2 tbsp sesame seeds
8 black pepper corns
1/2 tsp salt
1 tbsp fresh/frozen scraped coconut
2 tsp oil (I use cold pressed coconut oil)
pinch of asafoetida
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1 sprig curry leaves
1 dried red chilli broken into pieces
Directions
Immerse the noodles in the hot water, cover and keep aside for 2-3 minutes. In the meanwhile coarsely powder the roasted peanuts, sesame seeds and black pepper corns in a small jar of the mixer.
Drain the noodles using a colander, shake off all excess water.
Heat 2 tsp oil in a non-stick kadai / pan. Splutter mustard seeds, add curry leaves, dried red chilli and asafoetida, when the curry leaves crisp up, add the drained noodles, salt and coarse peanut-sesame powder. Toss well but gently until the noodles / sevai is well coated.
Garnish with fresh coconut.
You could use the same recipe for poha (beaten rice).
*Ive used Anil brand Rice Sevai, 777 brand and found them to be good.
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In my 5 minute recipe, theres no ready pastes involved. I quickly pulsed roasted peanuts, sesame seeds and black pepper in the mixer and that was the flavouring for this dish that went into my kids lunchbox today.
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- When you buy peanuts/groundnuts, roast them on the stove top / microwave or oven and keep in airtight jar. You can add them to a variety of dishes like salads, raitas, bhel etc.
- When you buy a coconut, grate / scrape the whole coconut and keep it in a freezer safe box. Whenever you need a small bit of grated coconut, scrape it out using a sharp knife and use as required.
Sesame-Peanut Instant Sevai (Rice Noodles)
serves 2
Ingredients
100-150 grams instant rice noodles (Dhideer Sevai)*
1 litre recently boiled water
3 tbsp roasted unsalted peanuts
2 tbsp sesame seeds
8 black pepper corns
1/2 tsp salt
1 tbsp fresh/frozen scraped coconut
2 tsp oil (I use cold pressed coconut oil)
pinch of asafoetida
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1 sprig curry leaves
1 dried red chilli broken into pieces
Directions
Immerse the noodles in the hot water, cover and keep aside for 2-3 minutes. In the meanwhile coarsely powder the roasted peanuts, sesame seeds and black pepper corns in a small jar of the mixer.
Drain the noodles using a colander, shake off all excess water.
Heat 2 tsp oil in a non-stick kadai / pan. Splutter mustard seeds, add curry leaves, dried red chilli and asafoetida, when the curry leaves crisp up, add the drained noodles, salt and coarse peanut-sesame powder. Toss well but gently until the noodles / sevai is well coated.
Garnish with fresh coconut.
You could use the same recipe for poha (beaten rice).
*Ive used Anil brand Rice Sevai, 777 brand and found them to be good.
Monday, February 3, 2014
Hot n Smoky Cheese and Tomato Wraps
This is my third recipe for the Applewood Spreadable Blogger Competition, check out the Kale, Pumpkin and Smoked Cheese Tart and Smoky Celeriac and Apple Remoulade.
Hot n Smoky Cheese and Tomato Wraps
6 large tortillas or wraps
350g/12oz Applewood Smoked or mild cheddar, grated
100g/6oz Applewood Spreadable
200g chorizo
15g fresh coriander, chopped
2 spring onions
3 large vine ripened tomatoes
1 red chilli
1. Deseed and chop the tomatoes and place in a bowl. Finely chop the spring onions, deseed and finely chop the chilli, add to the tomatoes and set aside.
6. Bake at 200C/400F for 15 minutes until heated through and the cheese has melted. Serve hot with salad.
I was provided with samples of Applewood Spreadable, Applewood Smoked Cheese and a hamper of other ingredients. I was not paid for this review and all opinions are my own.
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