Category: Side dishes
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Old-Fashioned Creamed Spinach Side | Indulgent Spinach Recipe with Dill and Nutmeg
When I make creamed spinach I usually make this Indian version from Madhur Jaffrey but sometimes I get a craving for an old school bowl of creamed spinach like they serve at steak houses or the creamed spinach they used to serve at the long gone, but legendary St Kilda institution Cafe Scheherazade, as a…
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Creamy Cannellini Bean Puree Recipe with Pickled Mushrooms and Pitta Croutons
This cannellini puree makes a brilliant starter on its own, works well in a broader mezze spread as well as making a nice side with some kind of vegetable fritter or roasted veggies like cauliflower or broccoli. It is lighter than a regular hummus style dip and a bit more versatile in the way you…
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Chinese Fried Cabbage Recipe – Simple and Delicious
The first time I made this cabbage I ended up eating almost the entire thing myself, it’s that good! I like to serve this as a side with a Chinese stir-fried omelette for a simple Sunday supper but it goes well with tofu dishes or any Asian style protein. Make sure you don’t mince the…
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Madhur Jaffrey’s Green Peppers with Besan Flour | Easy Side Dish Recipe
Simple Indian home-style cooking
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Rhubarb Innovation: Savory and Sweet Roasted Recipe | The Backyard Lemon Tree
A few weeks ago a friend bought me a beautiful bunch of homegrown rhubarb from her garden on the Southern Highlands. I procrastinated for a couple of days about what to make in celebration of my rhubarb bounty – apple and rhubarb crumble or a rhubarb cake but in our house leftover deserts and cake…
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Baked Rice with Pomegranate and Olive Salsa Recipe
I’m a late-comer to Ottolenghi fandom, I had the standard complaints about his books; too many exotic ingredients, pedantic and complicated recipes. This all changed when a friend gave me Jerusalem as a birthday present a few years ago. Middle-Eastern food is my thing, suddenly, the exotic ingredients weren’t so exotic and I didn’t have…
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A very simple Russian beetroot side
I look forward to the World Cup every four years, but it’s a month of very little sleep because the viewing schedule for Australian football fans is grueling, with late nights and early morning wake ups. The last weekend was disastrous because I was sick with a bad cough and cold and I was wondering…
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Meera Sodha’s Fresh India Beetroot Raita Recipe
Beetroot is one of my favorite vegetables so it’s kind of surprising I don’t have that I don’t have that many recipes for beetroot on this blog. I’ve just come back from a week away and I ate two outstanding beetroot dishes in my travels. A beetroot risotto from my favourite cafe in Wagga Wagga,…
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Versatile Bihari Spinach: Breakfast Side Dish for Pooris and More
I’ve made this spinach for many years it comes from one of my oldest, faded and food splattered cookbooks – Madhur Jaffrey’s, Eastern Vegetarian Cooking. In the days when I could get cold-pressed Yandilla mustard oil from my local supermarket I used to use mustard oil. But Yandilla mustard oil is much less widely available…
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