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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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The Spice of Life

Tuesday, 3 November 2009

Yum! I think I have a new favourite restaurant... We went out to the Moroccan Soup Bar last Saturday with a few friends for an absolutely delicious 3 course moroccan meal... One of my new favourite foods is the Moroccan Chickpea/Yoghurt Bake - one of the 7! main course dishes brought out for the 5 of us ~ and all for $20 each. The restaurant inspired me to take on a challenge... Cook all the recipes from a cook book - a Moroccan cook book! I'm going to master the art one recipe at a time, and of course have officially added this goal to my list of 43 things.

I'm actually quite excited today because I've come closer to finishing all my outside-work work than ever before.... Only 2 items remain on the list... and of course there are 3 new potential clients/jobs sitting in my inbox but it's exciting all the same. This has been hanging over my head for quite some time and I've been desperately trying to catch up... and now it's almost happened!! :-) Nothing like a day off work to get ahead (thank-you Melbourne Cup Day)...

I'm thinking my next restaurant to try will be the Wild Yak... Momos here I come :-)

Labels: moroccan soup bar, recipes, self improvements

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