Recipes From A-Broad

I’m in love with this food magazine (Honest Cooking, or click on picture). I aspire to be this food magazine, and until I can achieve that goal, I will devour every article and recipe on here I can :-)

With that being said, my roommate and I whipped up a batch of these tonight in my blender. Except we used blueberries and raspberries since we don’t have blackberries. And after the first run, there will be a second run (and possibly more) with the blackberries.

My roommate has a mint bush that has gone out of control and needs to be used. This worked out well.

(via Blackberry Mint Margaritas | Honest Cooking)

Kung Pao Chicken | Kung Pao Chicken Recipe | Easy Asian Recipes at RasaMalaysia.com

germanheit:

 A food map of Germany!

(via ukgermanconnection.org)

Bengali Red Dal Curry

One of those dishes that can last a long time for a single person. But I found it more time consuming to make then it seemed it should. Maybe I was doing it wrong.

1 1/2 C     red lentils
3 1/2 C     water
6             serrano chilies               
1/4   t     turmeric, or more to taste
1 1/2 t     salt 
4 T         ghee, butter or vegetable oil
1 C         minced onions
1 C         chopped tomatoes
1 T         grated fresh ginger
2 T         ghee or vegetable oil
1 T         panch phanon mix
4           dried small red chilies
1-3        cloves  garlic

rest of recipe here.

Frarej (baked chicken) —- Lebanese

Many dishes in Lebanon consist of olive oil, garlic, onions and lemon. This one is no exception and consists of all of the above.

This dish is also served with pita bread. Bread is a staple food in Lebanon, and is served with almost every meal. It is so crucial to the Lebanese diet that some Arabic dialects refer to it as esh , meaning “life.”

Lebanon has a rich cultural history that influences its dishes from the Ottoman Turks to France. And many travelers have brought spices and recipes to Lebanon.

The main ingredients for this dish are: olive oil, onions, garlic, potatoes, lemon and tomatoes.

Here is a link for the recipe: Frarej Lebanese Chicken

Here is a link to learn more about food in Lebanon: Food Yum

germanheit:

Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte - or Black Forest Cake - is probably one of the most famous German cakes. The cake combines cherries, a chocolate dough and lots of whipped cream. Cherry schnaps, the so-called “Kirschwasser” (lit.: cherry water), is also usually added.

Recipes can be found all over the internet. However, I’ve never baked it before, so I cannot recommend any recipe to you. If you know or find a good one - please share with us in the comment section!

die Kirsche (-n) = cherry (-ies)

die Torte (-n) = (fancy) cake (-s)

die Schlagsahne = whipped cream

der Schwarzwald = Black Forest (an area in Germany)

(picture from flickr.com)

akha:

Akha Salsa (saqpir tahq)

The staple of the Akha diet is dry-planted mountain rice, but there are a number of dishes that are uniquely “Akha”. A combination of five types of dishes may be served at a traditional formal meal: a fried dish (usually pork or chicken and vegetables), a boiled dish (a soup, sometimes vegetables, sometimes potatoes cooked with stewing bones), a pickled dish (any combination of vegetables which have been preserved through a pickling process), a crushed dish (a salsa created by combining chili peppers, tomatoes, cilantro and other unique ingredients by mortar and pestle), and a raw dish (raw vegetables used to dip in the salsa, and occasionally raw meats).

This image shows a typical Akha peanut salsa, a great example of the crushed dish. Each family’s salsa will taste slightly different, but all Akha salsas are very fresh and very spicy.

Akha Salsa Recipe.