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Spicy Roast Chicken and Zucchini Curry

Posted by: Thursday on: August 30, 2008

Both found in the What’s Cooking Indian cookbook, which is an amazing basic Indian recipe book.  The two recipes are seperate, but worked very well together.  Simply fry up some papadams to soak up the curry sauce.  The most surprising thing was how well Trader Joes Chenin Blanc worked with it.  Despite being 13.7%, it [...]

Egg Drop Soup

Posted by: Thursday on: August 21, 2008

9 cups dashi
rice vinegar
soy sauce
garlic powder
shredded ginger
cornstarch
1 lb mushrooms, sliced
1/2 lb celery, sliced thin
1 lb shrimp
1 block firm tofu, diced
1 bunch of green onions
2 tsp dried seaweed
3 eggs
If you’re using dashi in a sachet, make sure and steep for about 20 minutes or so to get the flavor out.  Leave the sachet in, then add [...]



  • Kens soup recipes: Sounds like a delicious chinese soup, I haven't tried one quite like this before so it's on next weeks schedule.
  • Emily: Sounds great and I agree with the simplicity - you don't want to pay the big bucks for quality wild salmon just to cover it's flavor! We're having a s
  • kyletowle: Oh yeah that agave tequila is what its all about!

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