Assalamu alaikum. I love recipies with curry as my friend from Pakistan would sometimes cook for us and he used it and other spices a lot. My wife is a pretty typical American and cooks more simply with salt and pepper being the staples of her seasoning. I would love for you to share some of your favorite recipes as she sometimes gets adventurous in the kitchen.
How does your garden grow?
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Why not share the recipes in our kitchen thread too?
We have a Pakistani family in our street who share their wonderful biryani with us at Eid. And we are blessed with several local 'Asian shops', where we can buy every ingredient and spice we could wish for.
Although our children don't like it too spicy, we all love a good curry!
(And since you can't walk far in our town without the smell of curry wafting into the street from one house or another, we are reminded of it almost every day!
)Assalamu alaykum brother Mustafa,
Masha Allah, if you like curries, you'll be sure to like this one made from your own home grown ingredients. Insha Allah it will taste nth times better than cooking with shop bought ingredients. There's plenty of recipes that use greens you grow. I will post them in the Kitchen Thread soon. Hope you enjoy your new dish it insha Allah.
Green Bean & Potato Curry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YndZ9YulpTo
Why not share the recipes in our kitchen thread too?
We have a Pakistani family in our street who share their wonderful biryani with us at Eid. And we are blessed with several local 'Asian shops', where we can buy every ingredient and spice we could wish for.
Although our children don't like it too spicy, we all love a good curry!
(And since you can't walk far in our town without the smell of curry wafting into the street from one house or another, we are reminded of it almost every day!
That's the beauty of living in a multicultural society. :statisfie
Biryani is top nosh. I'll post the above and some other recipes (not mine) in the Kitchen thread God willing.
I found an onion that had started to sprout so I put it in a cup with a small amount of water. Days later it's growing nicely and pretty soon I'll have lovely bunch of green onion to add to my recipes. The onion must've cost a few pence, but a bunch of spring onions cost about 67p from the supermarket. That's a lot of money saved
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Snowflake, you won't be able to use the onion bulb itself anymore, but (like you say) you can use the green leaves to add to salads and sauces.
I found this blog:
"Once an onion (or garlic bulb) sprouts it's quality for eating slides downhill quickly. You could use it, but it's not going to be as tasty since it's putting it's energy (sugar) to work growing the leaves. Besides composting it, there are a couple other options.
One — set it in a window in a jar with a little water, and let the leaves grow. When they're a nice size chop them off and use them like green onion.
Two —Plant it. It won't grow baby onions (it's not a potato). But it will flower. You can treat that as an ornamental; onion flowers are rather pretty, though not as showy as an ornamental. Or you can let it go to seed and give a shot at growing onions from seed next year."
I found this blog:
"Once an onion (or garlic bulb) sprouts it's quality for eating slides downhill quickly. You could use it, but it's not going to be as tasty since it's putting it's energy (sugar) to work growing the leaves. Besides composting it, there are a couple other options.
One — set it in a window in a jar with a little water, and let the leaves grow. When they're a nice size chop them off and use them like green onion.
Two —Plant it. It won't grow baby onions (it's not a potato). But it will flower. You can treat that as an ornamental; onion flowers are rather pretty, though not as showy as an ornamental. Or you can let it go to seed and give a shot at growing onions from seed next year."
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Spring onion! Its time to have some pakorey :bravo:
Glo,i love your garden :thumbs_up
Thanks sis. I didn't think there'd be anything left in the onion to use lol. I like to add the stalks in stir-fried curries and omelettes, coucous and salads.
Would you know if it's possible to grow mint, parsely and basil on your windowsill all year round? Would I need a mini greenhouse? I need these herbs for health reasons.
I never though about using them in pakoras. When the stalks are long enough I'll try them insha Allah
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You should be able to grow all of those on your windowsill, sis. A sunny window would be best.
Wa alaikum assalm, jazak Allahu khayran, sister. Pictures and videos of food and cooking don't do much for me, but I sent the link to my wife. Now eating what has been prepared is a different story though
. In shaa Allah, she will prepare it tonight as I need to pick the beans again today and we still have potatoes left.Wa alaikum assalm, jazak Allahu khayran, sister. Pictures and videos of food and cooking don't do much for me, but I sent the link to my wife. Now eating what has been prepared is a different story though
Wa iyyak bro,
Masha Allah sounds exciting! Did your wife make it? How did it turn out? I can't wait to hear about it
No, I went to pick the beans and they were all limp like they had been picked and left on the counter all day longimsad. I was disappointed that the plants seem to be dying, even more so than your flowers did. In shaa Allah, I will look at them again in the morning to see if they recovered.
Wa iyyak bro,
Masha Allah sounds exciting! Did your wife make it? How did it turn out? I can't wait to hear about it
Sorry to hear that bro. Any idea why that's happening? I know some limp veggies can be soaked in cold water and this perks them up. Having said that my mum would've still cooked them and they would've still turned out delicious. Al hamdulillah my flowers are coming back to life, but looking very poorly though.
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I make a lot of jelly/jam. Not usually with our own strawberries though ... they simply get eaten before I have the chance.
I have just made a nice batch of rhubarb and vanilla jam (which seems to go down well with the family) and summer berries jam (but that was from frozen bags from the freezer shop)
You mum sounds like a frugal woman!