Awesome mushroom gravy

From vegweb:

http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=27548.0

add thyme

Besan laddoo

Ingredients 2 cups of bengal flour
                 1/2 cup of dry fruit powder
                 1 1/2 cup of sugar powder or adjust it to taste
                  a pinch of cinnamon powder , cardamon powder and soonth powder
                1 cup of ghee
  Method:
 Heat ghee in thick bottom kadhai.Put the bengal gram flour in it and mix it on low flame till the colour of bengal gram flour turns golden brown .Remember to put the gas flame .Intially we find hard to see the colour change but it gradually turns into nice golden colour in last few minutes.Switch of them gas and allow the mixture to cool.Once it is little cooldown then add all powdered material and mix it well .Start making laddoo.
(we often find making laddoo is only mummy and granny,s job but when we make it with little proportion it is easy to make and taste is owesome )

Pasilla chile salsa

Adapted from Diana Kennedy's Mexican cookbooks.

1 cup diced tomatoes
1 poblano or pasilla chile
1 jalapeno chile
1 tsp garlic
salt to taste

Cook the diced tomatoes until they fall apart and there is sizable amount of juice. Set aside.
Roast the chile until most of the skin is black. Put in a plastic/paper bag and allow the chile to sweat for 10 minutes. Take out the chiles and take the skins off but don't rinse in water. Meanwhile char the garlic by placing it on a hot skillet.

Blend the garlic and chile first and then add the tomatoes. Add salt to taste and freeze before serving.

Coconut cupcakes

I don't know why these cupcakes fell but I will give 2nd try and see if they hold up better. They were delicious though.

Wet ingredients
1/2 cups coconut milk ( I used the thick Thai version)
1/2 cups sugar (makes a sweet cake, can be reduced)
1/2 tablespoons apple cider or white vinegar
1/2 teaspoon coconut flavoring (hard to find. Most commercially sold is imitation)
1/4 cup coconut oil

Dry ingredients
3/4 cups cake flour
1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/8 teaspoon salt

Beat milk and sugar and then add oil. Mix coconut flavoring and vinegar. Set aside

Sift dry ingredients and slowly add to wet ingredients. Bake for 20 minutes for cupcakes.

Mango salsa

Torte

Kale with pepitas and black beans

Inspired by gracias madre.

Blue corn tortillas from la Palma 24th St in the Mission, SF

home made tamale

Using recipe from Nancy's book: Meatless Mexican cuisine

Baked Methi chaman

Tarla Dalal's recipe

 

http://www.tarladalal.com/Baked-Methi-Chaman-4819r

Tabouli

Sent from my iPhone

Thai red curry

: Matcha yuzu cake

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matcha is japanese green tea powder and yuzu is a citrus fruit somewhere between an orange and a lemon.

I have modified this recipe from philip gelb's recipe

Ingredients
1 cup and 3 Tbsp cake flour
1 Tbsp matcha powder (I used culinary variety)
3/4 cup granualated cane sugar (this makes a very sweet cake, reduce 1 Tbsp for less sweeter)
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup + 1 Tbsp water
1 Tbsp yuzu juice ( I bought a juice from nijiya market in san jose, it's usually $9 but they had it on sale for $4)
1.5 teaspoon vanilla extract

sift dry ingredients. In a separate bowl whisk wet ingredients.

Make a center in dry ingredient bowl and mix wet ingredients

bake for about 30 minutes

enjoy

Matki usal

From chakali

http://chakali.blogspot.com/2008/01/kolhapuri-misal_13.html

Khaman dhokla

Vada pav

Vada pav from chakali

yellow eye beans soup

to make

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/29/magazine/29food-t-002.html