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Nepalese Cookbook

Friday, 26 February 2010

It has been a long time since I've written here... I do apologise! It was an exciting weekend of bike riding over the West Gate bridge, cycling with the Banyule Bug and helping out at the Sustainable Living Festival last weekend, and of course work has been rather interesting of late... but no more excuses! I'm writing to update you all on the progress of the Nepalese Recipe Book!

After weeks of cooking up a storm in the kitchen we've honed in on a few winning recipes including (in no particular order):

• Daal Bhaat
• Chickpea, Spinach and Tomato Curry
• Asparagus Bhutuwa
• Lamb Quantee (Lamb with bean sprouts)
• Paratha with Vegetables
• Lamb Sekuwa
• Gajar ko Halwa (Carrot Pudding)
• Mahendranagar Samosas
• Vegetable Pulao
• Tarkari (Mixed vegetables)
• Creamy Coconut, Cauliflower and Lentil Curry
• Quick and Easy Potato and Zucchini
• Chicken, Broccoli and Tomato Curry
• Tibetan Momos
• Beans and bamboo shoot curry
• Lamb Curry
• Shikarni (Apple, Cinnamon and Honey yoghurt)
• Kheer (Rice Pudding)
• Banana Chiya Bread
• Chiya (Spiced Tea)

Unfortunately I'm still missing some good recipes for chow mein, thukpa, laddu and achar... Not to mention a guide to hosting your very own Nepalese Dinner Party! If you have some suggestions, know of anything vital that I've missed or can help me convince G to call his mum for help please let me know :-)

Labels: cooking, nepal, recipes

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Mini-Adventure 8: Phillip Island

Monday, 15 February 2010

Wow... It's been a rather hectic few weeks... With the couch surfer, outings, cleaning up the yard for the first bbq on the mexican chiminea and starting off my involvement in the Transition Town movement - valentine's day was a rewarding and relaxing day of fun...

G and I have agreed that instead of getting involved in the consumerism of the event we should organise to do something together each Valentine's Day... last year we went horse riding through wineries... this year we decided to use our Christmas Presents (jet boating at Phillip Island!)... On the way down to Phillip Island we stopped off at the Cranbourne Botanical Gardens to get ideas for our front yard. An award winning garden it may be, but it was not in the least bit inspiring. It was definitely a beneficial stop though because it turned out to be hard rubbish day in Cranbourne - or a 'Gold Mine' as G termed it. We now have a large assorted array of power tools in various states of disrepair that will soon sit proudly in our shed :-)

The next stop, just over the bridge was the Phillip Island Chocolate Factory. A feast for all the senses we just had to stop for a delicious hot chocolate given the stormy weather. I can still taste the melted chocolate pouring down my throat... mmmm....

We were very lucky in that the thunderstorms held out long enough for us to be thrown around on choppy seas in western port bay... A couple of times we were literally thrown from our seats as the boat swerved over large waves and lept across the ocean. We saved the penguins for next time and headed back to Melbourne to discover free mulch - a feast for the veggie patch! And to implement G's method of super savings shopping... (I've put G in charge of all food preparation this week while I take over the garden and chook care)... should be fun! :-)

Labels: botanical gardens, chocolate, hard rubbish, jet boating, mini-adventure, phillip island

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