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That's from 2011. We make that or the nora cooks one - https://www.noracooks.com/butternut-squash-mac-peas/ .
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Big news for me: I moved to a new place and now I'm cooking again. Unfortunately I forgot about taking pictures of my food until this morning so I only have a picture of my leftovers from last night's dinner, which is a bitter gourd dish: I did remember to photograph breakfast, though. Unfortunately it was pretty boring. Potatoes, steel cut oats, and a delicious mango.    You'll notice I also forgot to resize the images, crop out my feet, etc. Got to get back into the swing of things... I'm still in India so it's going to be mostly Indian food for the foreseeable future.
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Hope the new place is treating you well, Tycho! We've just had the first really nice weekend of the year here, and I made a cake for a BBQ. https://www.lazycatkitchen.com/white-chocolate-vegan-sponge-strawberries/ It turned out pretty well. My only complaint is the sponge was a bit denser than I would have liked, I'd probably use more baking powder next time.
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Congrats on being able to cook again ! I made a "cheesecake."  Didn't use a recipe. Oats, golden syrup, salt and water for the crust. Frozen berries blitzed with salt and cornflour for the berry layer. Silken tofu blitzed with salt, sugar, vanilla, lemon and lime juice and zest, tahini, some almond meal (because I added too much liquid) and cornflour. 180C. Baked the berry layer for a few minutes so it wouldn't get mixed when I added the citrus layer, then baked the lot for about an hour; cooled in the oven. Then glazed the top with some lime marmalade (Rose's, specifically). The texture's pretty great; would've been better without the almond meal, I'd dare say. It's not as citrus-y as I'd've liked, but I'm not sure how to adjust that without messing up the texture. Pretty happy overall, though.
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Some of the stuff you make without recipes astounds me. A cheesecake without a recipe seems like an insurmountable challenge to me. I guess I haven't ever tried making a normal vegan cheesecake so maybe if I had made some it would seem less difficult. Dinner yesterday: this cabbage + potato stuff, plus some basmati rice (not pictured) and leftovers (not pictured). 
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A cheesecake is just a tart, and tarts are the easiest. Just make a tasty liquid, and add enough cornflour (or egg, in my pre-vegan days) for it to set solid once baked. For an unbaked version, just cook the liquid + cornflour before adding to your crust/mould, then refrigerate. The only real challenge is getting the amount of cornflour right so it sets but doesn't taste like cornflour, but you only have to consult a recipe or two before you get a feel for the ratio. Your hob with settings specifically for milk tea, roti and idli gave me a nice chuckle.
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First shot on soy yogurt: not too bad. I liked the idea of putting in silken tofu to get it a thicker texture, so I did about 1/4 silken tofu 3/4 aldi soy milk (basically like silk original). Put in around 5% of some silk soy yogurt I got from the store as a starter. I think I pitched the yogurt slightly too late, the soy mix was about 105 deg F when I put it in. Took a while for it to eventually get back to around 110 F. Fermented for about 7 hours, it's got a little acid but I'd like more. Next time I'll make sure to get it started at a higher temperature and let it go for 8 or 9 hours. The aldi soy milk has sugar added, it tasted like that's mostly fermented out. Texture is smoothie-like, definitely not particularly thick. That's fine with me, I mostly just want something to eat along with fruit/preserves for a breakfast/snack.
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On a more traditional note, I've been pan-frying tofu lately and let me tell you: that poo poo's great. Made some tofu and black bean sauce, mostly based on this: https://thewoksoflife.com/tofu-black-bean-sauce/ They call for waaaay too much cornstarch imo though. Like 1 tsp less than a 1/4 cup liquid! I added more water to mine, you may want to do stock or more water + some msg or something. I used the sichuan style black beans. Kind of cheesy almost? Quite like it. 
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I wanted to make (rum-free) rum balls for a work morning tea but didn't like the results, so I turned it into the world's simplest dessert for myself instead. It's just a classic (Australian) rum ball recipe. 250g vegan biscuits (Arnott's Nice) 320g (1 tin) sweetened condensed coconut milk 1/4 C (-ish) cocoa powder 1/4 C espresso (in place of the rum) a splash of vanilla essence, a pinch of salt, some soy milk Blitzed the biscuits in the food processor to a fairly fine crumb; combined it in a bowl with all the other ingredients, and enough soymilk to get the consistency right. Spread it into a cling film-lined tray. Refrigerated. Ate. Very moreish. Bonus shot of my dog being the bestest boy in the background; you're welcome.
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Jun 18, 2023 09:25
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The latest from India: Another kind of delicious mango  Masoor dal  Aloo baingan (potatoes and eggplant)  Aloo gobi (potatoes and cauliflower)  Parwal/ivy gourd, one of the fun Indian vegetables I had never tried. Now that I live in Delhi and I have access to more ingredients I'm going to try out all sorts of indigenous vegetables. This stuff's delicious. 
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Jun 22, 2023 10:07
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drat that mango looks like a yukon gold
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Jun 22, 2023 19:15
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Man, Tycho, I've missed your cooking. So good to have you back.
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Jun 23, 2023 06:24
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I'm still not in the habit of taking pictures so sometimes I forget and have to take pictures after things have been cooked and even mostly eaten. For example: Stuffed tinda (delicious btw). I made like 12 and this is one of them, partially dismantled, with the stuffing strewn about.  Kundru. Kundru and tinda are both some of those indigenous vegetables I'm having fun eating. This is my first time having kundru ever.  A bad picture of the first non-Indian food I've made in a long time. This is potato kibbe.  A very lazy dal I made that I forgot to take a picture of until most had been eaten.  I've begun the process of making lemon pickle. I've never made it before but step one is similar to making preserved lemons which I've made many times (except I added turmeric to two of the jars).  I also made banana bread. It was overmixed because I had to add more liquid a couple times and keep mixing, I think because I've never baked with maida (the white flour here) and it's slightly different from the American flour I'm used to when it comes to baking. That or it was just dryer than normal.
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Jun 27, 2023 15:06
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Made a burrito  Spiced brown rice and quinoa; beans and mushrooms; corn, cucumber and tomato salsa; pumpkin and yoghourt sauce thingy; quick pickled onions; avocado; lettuce. And a rice and carrot pudding.  With a stupid amount of cardamom.
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Jun 29, 2023 08:29
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Mushrooms South Indian style (not quite done - cooked until no liquid left) Aloo paratha  Lemon rice  (Forgot to take pictures until much later of) Green bell pepper korma  Mango pickle  Pan-fried bread pakora made with leftover aloo pakora filling  And some lychees  
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Jul 4, 2023 13:31
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TychoCelchuuu posted:Mushrooms South Indian style (not quite done - cooked until no liquid left) I've had lychee products obv but I had no idea what they look like. When peeled they look like ghosts of strawberries
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Jul 8, 2023 01:11
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Tycho these photo posts are incredible, I'm so interested in the indigenous veg.!
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Jul 9, 2023 01:05
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I wanted an easy breakfast to grab in the mornings, so I made these bars. Pretty good, especially with keeping them in the freezer so they stay very firm.
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Jul 9, 2023 16:17
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AngryRobotsInc posted:I wanted an easy breakfast to grab in the mornings, so I made these bars. Pretty good, especially with keeping them in the freezer so they stay very firm.
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Jul 9, 2023 17:03
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mystes posted:Those look pretty good but I'm allergic to the word detox Yeah, I ignore that whenever it comes up on Minimalist Baker. They sometimes have a bit of woo before the recipes, but the recipes themselves are usually good.
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quote:We use the term “detox” loosely. Our ideal of a good detox is just filling up on whole foods. Speaking of whole foods, does anyone else here stick to mostly whole foods? That is, no refined sugar, oil, and other processed stuff (nothing bad added, nothing good taken away). It makes baking difficult since it seems like oil and sugar are structural elements in a lot of baked goods. Most of my attempts come out dense and a bit wet, rather than light and fluffy.
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I don't care so much about whole foods, but I leave oil out of most baked goods. I replace it with either apple sauce or yoghourt, and it works well. A lot will depend on your choice of baked good, though. The purpose of oil in baking is to form a coating around flour molecules, which stops the gluten forming, and traps in moisture. Without the oil, gluten strands form and your cake becomes dense and chewy, rather than light. And because oil has this specific function, simply replacing it with another liquid is altering the dry:wet ratio, hence the added wetness. So either look for oil-free recipes (specifically ones that address the light, fluffy issue if you can), experiment more with your substitutions, or accept the fact that your baked goods are probably not going to turn out the way you'd love them to be. Ninja e: sorry if that sounded man-splainy.
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No need to apologise, I was fishing for an explanation and you gave one! I had a hunch the oil played some functional role but wasn't sure exactly what it was.
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 Eggplant and potato  Eggplant South Indian style  Beet and carrot South Indian style  Cauliflower and potato in a peanut sauce  The photo is making these hash browns look weirdly white for some reason
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And some recipes, some very simple and others more involved (you'll need to sub in vegetarian oyster sauce for one of them): https://www.chinasichuanfood.com/liangfen-chinese-jelly-noodles/ https://www.chinasichuanfood.com/boiled-okra/ https://memoriediangelina.com/2023/06/17/focaccia-barese/ https://memoriediangelina.com/2023/06/10/orecchiette-con-pomodorini-e-rucola-orecchiette-with-cherry-tomatoes-and-arugula/ https://hebbarskitchen.com/vada-pav-recipe-make-vada-pav-wada-pav/ https://hebbarskitchen.com/bhindi-do-pyaza-recipe-okra-recipes/ http://vegrecipesofkarnataka.com/757-kobbari-saaru-recipe-coconut-rasam-kayi-saru.php http://vegrecipesofkarnataka.com/756-vidyarthi-bhavan-coconut-chutney-recipe-bangalore.php
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I was gifted a 3.5 kg / 8 pounds zucchini while giving away empty glass jars. I usually use raw zucchini as a base for my salads, but I won't be able to eat it fast enough this way. Do you have any favorite recipe using a huge quantity of zucchini?
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I think this was mentioned here at some point? https://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-jennie-cooks-zucchini-b-121770 Supposedly keeps in the fridge for a week, or you can freeze it. Nettle Soup fucked around with this message at 13:41 on Jul 11, 2023 |
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Nettle Soup posted:I think this was mentioned here at some point? https://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-jennie-cooks-zucchini-b-121770 https://www.theguardian.com/food/2022/may/30/zucchine-con-menta-e-mandorle-slow-cooked-courgettes-mint-chilli-recipe-letitia-clark https://persianmama.com/zucchini-in-garlic-tomato-sauce-borani-kadoo/ https://georgianrecipes.net/2013/03/29/khabakhi-fried-marrow/ https://georgianrecipes.net/2015/06/29/zucchini-with-walnuts/ https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/sep/16/gozleme-recipe-turkish-stuffed-flatbread-meera-sodha And of course zucchini bread.
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Lady Disdain posted:I don't care so much about whole foods, but I leave oil out of most baked goods. I replace it with either apple sauce or yoghourt, and it works well. A lot will depend on your choice of baked good, though. do you have a go to oil free cookie recipe?
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AnimeIsTrash posted:do you have a go to oil free cookie recipe? I do! One part walnuts (or other nuts), one part dates, one part oat flour. Add spices to taste. I usually add some cinnamon. Mix in a food processor. Optional: Add raisins and pulse into mixture. Form into cookie shapes. Bake for 15-20 minutes at 180C.
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I actually don't like cookies much, so no. But I can't imagine how cookies would turn out without fat; in my mind, what makes a cookie a cookie is its shortness, which is 100% dependant on fat content. Report back if you try ^those ones, though; I'm curious. Lady Disdain fucked around with this message at 11:40 on Jul 12, 2023 |
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Lady Disdain posted:I actually don't like cookies much, so no. But I can't imagine how cookies would turn out without fat; in my mind, what makes a cookie a cookie is its shortness, which is 100% dependant on fat content. These have fat from the nuts. I guess it doesn't work chemically in the same way you described earlier though.
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for fucks sake posted:These have fat from the nuts. I guess it doesn't work chemically in the same way you described earlier though. I try to stick to whole food plant based but I don't bake much. From what I have seen they use nut butters and products like tahini to make up for the fat and stuff like coconut sugar, date products (syrup, sugar, etc), etc to make up for the sugar. The stuff looks pretty good but results in some dense products. for fucks sake posted:I do! I will give this a spin, although I don't have nuts currently but I assume that nut butter can be used as a substitute for them? 
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zucchini bread (that felt like a fluffy gingerbread) and butter were tasty, thanks.
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AnimeIsTrash posted:I try to stick to whole food plant based but I don't bake much. From what I have seen they use nut butters and products like tahini to make up for the fat and stuff like coconut sugar, date products (syrup, sugar, etc), etc to make up for the sugar. AnimeIsTrash posted:The stuff looks pretty good but results in some dense products. AnimeIsTrash posted:I will give this a spin, although I don't have nuts currently but I assume that nut butter can be used as a substitute for them?
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Besan chila A simple tetor dal (Bengali moong dal with bitter melon)  Peshawari chole masala  Stuffed bitter melon  Jamuns  
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I had a craving for Chinese, so I made a veg stir fry, and mapo zucchini based sort of on this mapo eggplant noodles recipe. Had to sub out almost all of the ingredients, but it was very delicious nonetheless. And I had some Turkish rolls, burger patties (the fake-meat kind) and cheese that needed eating, so I made reubens.  Also very delicious. I also went to a cafe and had black sesame and coconut panna cotta with granola and fruit.  No, I do not know why there are pea sprouts on it. It was pretty great, but too coconutty. I'm tempted to try to make my own.
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A few miscellaneous recipes: https://www.tasteofbeirut.com/mung-beans-and-potatoes-mash-wbatata/ https://www.jinooskitchen.com/mushroom-mappas-recipe/ https://www.davidlebovitz.com/basil-vinaigrette/ https://omnivorescookbook.com/spicy-eggplant-salad/ https://omnivorescookbook.com/recipes/chinese-spinach-and-peanut-salad https://omnivorescookbook.com/chinese-okra-salad/ https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/vegan-tomato-soup-with-cashew-cream https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/vegan-chocolate-cake https://www.islandsmile.org/cabbage-and-coconut-sambol/ https://www.islandsmile.org/srilankan-garlic-curry/ TychoCelchuuu fucked around with this message at 10:07 on Jul 20, 2023 |
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imam bayildi
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OMG that looks amazing. My latest: Masoor dal with rice.  Okra.  Ragi roti - flatbreads made with finger millet and some whole wheat flour. Plus some of my home-made lemon pickle. 
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