Pumpkin is a big no no with my hubby. Since it is supposed to be soo healthy, I was motivated to come up with a recipe which will sell pumpkin in a different light. I do feel this recipe does exactly that. Also I came up with this recipe on my own, trial and no error.
Ingredients
250 gms chopped pumpkin
1 chopped potato
1 chopped carrot
1 finely chopped onion
1 bay leaf
1 clove
few black pepper pods
1/2 cup coconut milk (or according to taste)
garlic (2 cloves)
1 tsp oil
Boil the first three ingredients in a cooker. Once done let it cool.
Heat oil in a pan. Add the bay leaf, clove, pepper, then add the garlic and then finally the onion. Fry till golden.
When this has cooled down, remove the bay leaf and clove and grind all the vegetables and the onion together. Heat in a pan. Finally add the coconut milk and salt. Heat till it boils.
Serve hot with garlic bread or croutons.
Prologue
One day when I get famous and need fillers for my book, I might give this more thought ..... for now this will do.
I claim to be no expert at either travelling or cooking or the random things I write about...
But I would like to collate all my good memories (and efforts) into this space for reminiscing on those grey rainy days...
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My Thank You Speech..........
I was introduced to cooking in the early years of my life by my Aayi while I sat at the kitchen dining table while she mixed spices and vegetables to create those sumptuous dishes. My brain took in what I did not intend to learn.
My Aayi is a fantastic cook. Each day I woke up to a sit down breakfast of Idlis, Dosas, Upma, Dodak, Usli and the likes. A far cry compared to the ‘eat while you dress’ cereal we make do with these days. Any efforts Aayi made of training me in the kitchen went futile. It is hence ironic that Aayi, ‘my first teacher’ is still to taste anything cooked by my hand.
My hard core cooking days started only when I moved to UK with my husband a few years ago. My husband, like a true martyr, suffered through my numerous cooking expeditions. His encouragement, fulsome praise where due and frank critical review drives me to try something new each week. It is to these two people that I owe whatever little cooking I know or strive to know today.
2 comments:
so what's cookin this christmas?
Last week I was at a baptising ceremony (not sure if that's what it is called, anyway) and the lunch after that had really delicious pumpkin soup. I wanted to ask the chef the recipie, but didn't. This one looks like a great recipie. May I suggest that instead of coconut milk, one could put 1/2 cup of cream. I guess in that case it would also help to forget the bay leaf, cloves and garlic. Finally garnish it with some green coriander, or mint leaves, or some other green fresh herbs.
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