wester's Profile

From: Soesterberg, Utr Netherlands

Joined: September 24th, 2009

About me: I love cooking, I love eating, I love discovering new recipes. I have so many cookbooks I sometimes lose track of which recipe is where - though this site helps a bit. I have gone low-carb in 2010, so that's different recipes to explore again. This also means I may not agree with my own reviews anymore if they were written in 2009 or before. ------------------ I have a lovely husband and ten-year old twins who also love eating. ----------------- You can also find me on LibraryThing, BookMooch and EatYourBooks, using the same handle.

Favorite cookbook: The Complete Meze Table by Rosamond Man

Favorite recipe: Melissa Clark's Roasted Broccoli with Shrimp

Daond Pasha (Meatballs with Pine Nuts and Tomatoes) from The Complete Meze Table

The meatballs were very tasty, but I did not really like putting all the pine nuts together - it made for fussy cooking and I think I would prefer finding a pine nut here and there instead of finding them... read more >

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5 recipe(s) reviewed. Showing 1 to 5Sort by: Title | Date | Rating

Indian (What's Cooking)

By Shehzad Husain
Thunder Bay Press (CA) - 1998

Easy and tasty. It did not look as red as the photo though, even with food coloring.

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Very simple, quite subtle. I liked it.

I'm not sure adding the spices to the chicken before cooking is the best way. They didn't stick to the chicken and they did stick to the pan. Next time I will add them to the stir-fry directly.

I also want to use smaller chicken pieces next time. A thigh is a bit to big for a stir-fry.

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I quite liked this, a fragrant spicy side dish, with a hint of sweet & sour.
However, it is no match for my favorite zucchini recipe, and since they are in the same niche, I don't think I will repeat this.

If you want to make this, do combine it with a simple raita. A bit of yogurt with some cumin will do.

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Maybe a bit too much fenugreek - the dish was fragrant, but slightly bitter. Apart from that, simple and good.

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This was very good: moist, spicy, with a slight crunch.

It did make too much topping. Half would have been plenty. I added the other half of the topping to some ground meat the next day and made meatballs - very tasty too.

It's a bit spicy for children, but I'm sure it will still be great with less ginger and chili powder.

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