[Faithy]

Originally Posted by Asvi

Every time i decide i'm going to cook, i call my mom up for recipes.

Same here!! I remember one time in Pakistan I had to cook for a dinner party all by myself and it kinda freaked me out so the whole time i was on the phone with my mom telling me how to prepare everything step by step. alh the food turned out great. mommy's zindabad.

[Asvi]

Originally Posted by Faithy

Same here!! I remember one time in Pakistan I had to cook for a dinner party all by myself and it kinda freaked me out so the whole time i was on the phone with my mom telling me how to prepare everything step by step. alh the food turned out great. mommy's zindabad.

mommy's are zindabad all the way !!!

[zzze]

asslamualaykum

holy moly.
I am currently in love with rosemary's chef school - they want amateur cooks to apply to be on the programme but I know i'd cry if she told me off, and she might make me cook pork. I mean, even the veggie had to cook the lobster alive- there are no exceptions. Wait, I haven't actually foudn out if touching pork is haraam. i'll find out!!

If anyone's interesting in applying.you can et a 6 month trainee contract in a top restaurant!
http://www.meontv.co.uk/cookschool/


I'm going to try out her creme' caramel and and sicliian creams recipe.. But for now here are some pictures. This website is briliant, it has hundreds of startes, main courses and puddings.puddings.mm.oh yeah and chocolate eclairs!! thinking of making them tiny and puttin them ina pyramid and just pouring chocolate from the top, so it drizzles down and slightly mingles with the double cream filling

*dies*





http://www.itv.com/Lifestyle/Rosemar...s/default.html

[MoonStar]

I haven't seen this book yet but it looks interesting:



"Vinegar and sugar, dried fruit, rose water, spices from India and China, sweet wine made from raisins and dates--these are the flavors of the golden age of Arab cuisine. This book, a delightful culinary adventure that is part history and part cookbook, surveys the gastronomical art that developed at the Caliph's sumptuous palaces in ninth-and tenth-century Baghdad, drew inspiration from Persian, Greco-Roman, and Turkish cooking, and rapidly spread across the Mediterranean. In a charming narrative, Lilia Zaouali brings to life Islam's vibrant culinary heritage.

The second half of the book gathers an extensive selection of original recipes drawn from medieval culinary sources along with thirty-one contemporary recipes that evoke the flavors of the Middle Ages. Featuring dishes such as Chicken with Walnuts and Pomegranate, Beef with Pistachios, Bazergan Couscous, Lamb Stew with Fresh Apricots, Tuna and Eggplant Purée with Vinegar and Caraway, and Stuffed Dates, the book also discusses topics such as cookware, utensils, aromatic substances, and condiments, making it both an entertaining read and an informative resource for anyone who enjoys the fine art of cooking. "

[sally]

I made a thread on cookbooks.

post in it, thanks

http://www.islamicaweb.com/forums/ar...html#post50886

[shadha]

Moonstar, I'm intrigued! Though I too haven't seen it out yet. I was eyeing up this one at Borders:



Deceptively Delicious - Get Your Kids Eating Good Food!


Fantastic cookbook. I bought it as one of the wedding gifts to a friend of mine. She is a business owner with two babies and another baby on the way, so it was perfect, she loved it.


shadha-

[sally]

i watched jessica seinfeld when she was a guest on oprah and she talked about that book a lot

looks pretty darn amazing. she showed video footage from the experiment of sorts taht she conducted within a public school classroom. she asked all the kids if they liked brocolli and they all made a face. then she handed them something to eat (forgot what) which looked delicious and probably tasted the same cuz the kids went crazy over it..after which she informed them that what theyd just consumed had brocolli in it

apparently that whole book is supposed to be full of recipes like that

[zzze]

assalamu alaykum

I made the most delicious sandwich.

I spread some mustard on one slice, and then some home made harissa - blended dried out red chillis- then layered some lettuce, some freshly sliced tomatoes and in the middle some seasoned scrambled eggs yes, this IS cooking. I may just add that to the recipe book my mum made for me

[hijabihoodlum]

i discovered the ease that is chili yesterday, guys.

i decided i wanted to make dinner for my roommates. and i noticed my bag of dried black beans in the cupboard, and the fact that one roommate had some really pretty organic tomatoes in the refrigerator. luckily i had a good amount of ground beef in the freezer, and i knew i had heard of black bean chili, so how hard could it be? so i grabbed the tomato-owning roommate, and we made a feast- chili, collard greens (had a can), red mashed potatoes, and cornbread. but the chili.

i think chili is one of those things that you can make as simple or as complex as you please, and you really can't go wrong. we put everything in ours but the kitchen sink. first, sauteed some onions, added most of the spice (black pepper, coriander, cumin, an ethiopian hot spice i can't remember the name of), condiments (worcestershire sauce, this bbq sauce i found at a roadside shop, english mustard, ketchup) and salt right into that, added the (mild) green peppers, tomatoes, ground beef (browned that) and the beans. the beans were a little tricky, because either you have to soak them overnight or boil them and then let them soak for a while (i did the latter; takes over an hour though). anyway, then the beans. aha and i forgot to mention that i dug up a bag of chicken scraps from the freezer and made some chicken stock while the chopping and whatnot was going on; so once everything was in the pot, we also dumped in the stock (in lieu of water). and towards the end of the cooking (had it bubbling lightly for a good 40 minutes), i added in more of that crazy good ethiopian spice that will destroy you, some lemon juice, and i thickened the whole thing a little with a corn starch slurry.

please don't ever try to follow that recipe. if there's anything i want anyone to get out of this post- it's that chili is a lot of fun to make, and you should try it; you can't go wrong. well i mean you can if you burn something, but it's hard to go wrong ingredient wise (think of all the spicy/sweet combinations in your kitchen, and just throw them in). i don't recommend using spice *blends* though- those are designed to make food taste like a particular dish. but do have fun with condiments (ketchup, mustard, bbq sauce, etc) and chili- it works.

so while our chili has a lot going on in it, the fact that it tastes amazing i think compensates. alhamdulillah.

[sally]

my royal shortforesightedness left one of those plastic microwavable storage container tops on the stove while the oven was on 450.

15 minutes later, then, i smelt something rotten and found the entire thing melted over the stove..like, it was bubbling almost.

i decided not to tell my mom..it's not a big deal.. but wow, i need to be more careful about these things.

[sumiyia]

dinner last night: chinese chicken & corn soup, chicken chow mein, garlic chicken, and sweet and sour chicken.

[Variable]

Did you make all that??

[flutterz]

man, i'm hungry.

[sumiyia]

Originally Posted by Variable

Did you make all that??

yup

[PhDGirl]

Originally Posted by sumiyia

yup

It all looks great! Can you post recipes when you have a chance?