[thejellymill]

I made pea and carrot rice yesterday for iftaar and took it over to a friend's house with some of my mom's frozen kababs that I fried up. She had some beef macaroni and cheese...it was good!!

[shadha]

HP, thanks.

I got some tomatoes from mom today! Yessss. I'm thinking of a homemade tomato sauce with meatballs.


shadha-

[Timbit]

My dad and I made iftar yesterday. It was yummy.

But my mom kept hovering 'cause she doesn't trust us to not burn the kitchen down. But we told her we could handle it. And we did.

[sally]

Pizza tonight, Insha'Allah...deep dish, thin crust and possibly stuffed crust.

I love my dough recipe

It goes something like this..highly improvised and altered from an actual Foodnetwork.com recipe. Pretty sure these are the accurate amounts of I use..

2 cups all purpose flour
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 tbsp honey
1 packet fast rising yeast
really warm water

Combine flour, salt & olive oil in a huge bowl.

Dissolve yeast and honey in about a cup of really warm water. Mix into flour mixture with hands & knead forming a smooth dough with extra soft texture/consistency. Form into ball, set aside for hour and a half. By that time, the dough should have doubled in size. Knead again for a few minutes, form into ball, and set aside. After about another hour and a half to two hours, the dough should be good for baking.

Split dough in half for 'thin' crust or bake the whole thing for a thicker crust pizza.

[sally]

So...I just made more dough. Same recipe. Instead, I used 2 cups Bisquick baking mix, and 1 cup roti flour....

2 cups of Bisquick isnt as much as 2 cups of all purpose flour..tis a lot less for some reason. Or seems a lot prone to dissolving rapidly in the same amount of water.

The dough is really soft. I've tried whole wheat pizza dough in the past (but full whole wheat) and failed miserably. But I'm talking the whole wheat flour from the American grocery store....The one I'm using now is the kind from the Desi store that we use to make rotis and paratha. All this time I thought they were both the same thing...but they're REALLY not. The 'American' one feels a lot more coarse, and just hard to knead and make dough out of....

I wonder why? Can someone explain this?

[foozball]

Originally Posted by sally

So...I just made more dough. Same recipe. Instead, I used 2 cups Bisquick baking mix, and 1 cup roti flour....

2 cups of Bisquick isnt as much as 2 cups of all purpose flour..tis a lot less for some reason. Or seems a lot prone to dissolving rapidly in the same amount of water.

The dough is really soft. I've tried whole wheat pizza dough in the past (but full whole wheat) and failed miserably. But I'm talking the whole wheat flour from the American grocery store....The one I'm using now is the kind from the Desi store that we use to make rotis and paratha. All this time I thought they were both the same thing...but they're REALLY not. The 'American' one feels a lot more coarse, and just hard to knead and make dough out of....

I wonder why? Can someone explain this?

cause desis lie. freal. that aint whole wheat. liars.

[Asvi]

ok so this is what i have so far for my menu next week:

iftar: samosas (i'll be testing this weekend), fruit salad, buffalo chicken sliders.
dinner: vegetable rice, ginger chicken, okra dish, haleem, naan, pasta salad
dessert: cheesecake square (sidra made) and chocolate chip cookies (maybe)

so..tell me what you guys think?? and do i set everything on the table at once or should i do iftar first than dinner? this is my first hosting party, kinda nervous.

[Sugarberry]

Originally Posted by Asvi

ok so this is what i have so far for my menu next week:

iftar: samosas (i'll be testing this weekend), fruit salad, buffalo chicken sliders.
dinner: vegetable rice, ginger chicken, okra dish, haleem, naan, pasta salad
dessert: cheesecake square (sidra made) and chocolate chip cookies (maybe)

so..tell me what you guys think?? and do i set everything on the table at once or should i do iftar first than dinner? this is my first hosting party, kinda nervous.

wow i wish we were friends your dinners sound soooo good everyday! ....how do you make the ginger chicken? ....is it desi style or chineese?

[Asvi]

Originally Posted by Sugarberry

wow i wish we were friends your dinners sound soooo good everyday! ....how do you make the ginger chicken? ....is it desi style or chineese?

thanks sugar if you're ever in d.c. area, hollaaa!

oki..so i haven't made ginger chicken yet..but i'll we trying that out this weekend and we'll let you know how it came out.

this is what i got from this blog:


Ginger Chicken
(for 4)

wax paper
3/4 cup cornstarch
2 eggs, beaten
2-3 cups of canola oil
1 1/2 lb boneless, skinless chicken breast
2 green onions, chopped
2 Tbsp. grated ginger
1 large carrot, grated
1 1/4 cup Chinese (or VH brand) garlic sauce
dash of Sambal Oelek


Pour oil into wok or a large pot at high heat.

Slice the chicken across the grain into narrow strips. Coat chicken in egg, then cornstarch, lifting sides of waxed paper to coat. Place in hot oil, in small batches. Separate with a fork, stirring frequently, until crispy. Remove to a cooling rack.

Heat a small amount of oil in the wok (or fry pan) at medium heat. Finely chop the green onions and add to the pan. Add ginger & grate carrots directly into pot.

Stir, then gradually add dry garlic sauce. Bring to a boil then reduce heat to simmer.
Toss cooked chicken into sauce, stir to coat, then serve with a garnish of sliced green onions.
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here's another recipe for ginger chicken:
Clay Pot Ginger Chicken Recipe - Mai Pham | Food & Wine
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p.s. i'm thinking of making a food blog for me.

[Sugarberry]

Asvi I love food blogs....becasue i hate making something that doesent have a picture....especially if its ethnic food.

[sumiyia]

that looks really really good... i love chinese food!!


as far as the picky eating husband thing goes... mine isn't picky alhamdulillah, so i don't really have an answer.

[zakk]

Out of Print Cookbooks - AOL Food

[sumiyia]

Originally Posted by zakk

Out of Print Cookbooks - AOL Food

nastyyy.. i wonder if there's anything like that for desi foods..

[spicyhijabi]

I'm making cheesy herb rolls...
It smells so yummy.
The smell of freshly baking bread is intoxicating.

[sally]

It really bothers me when clearly unqualified people try to 'improvise' on an exceptionally good recipe, thinking they can make do just fine running low on or missing certain key ingredients.