It is my birthday feast and my first choice is always lamb. I could do the usual barbecued lamb, but I wanted something a bit different this year. I drifted toward a lamb curry.
Karl’s Mughal Gosht Dopiaza – Two Onion Lamb
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Karl’s Masoor dal Pulao – Red Lentil Rice
I wanted a rice dish to go with my Mughal gosht dopiaza and saag paneer. Looking for Mughal rice dishes, the ones I found all seemed to be modern recipes that included tomatoes. Tomatoes would have been an uncommon ingredient in India in the 1500’s. Picking ingredients from several recipes, I created my own pulao, using spices that would have been common in the 16th Century Mughal Empire.
Karl’s Masoor dal Pulao – Red Lentil Rice
Filed under Rice, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetarian
Karl’s Mughal Saag Paneer
Originally adapted from Sinful Curry
I wanted a vegetable dish for my birthday dinner to go with my Mughal lamb and rice dishes. My family really likes saag paneer, which has become my go-to dish for Indian meals. The only ingredient in modern Indian cuisine that would have been uncommon 500 years ago is tomatoes.
Karl’s Mughal Saag Paneer
Filed under Green Vegetables, Side Dishes, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Karl’s Cumin Water Crackers
To go with the red lentil soup I was making for Jan’s friend, Jan asked me to make crackers. Her friend is allergic to dairy, so I could not make my usual butter crackers. I decided to change the spicing of my water crackers to match the soup by adding cumin.
Karl’s Cumin Water Crackers
Filed under bread, California Fusion, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetarian
Karl’s Red Lentil Soup
Jan has spent this weekend visiting her graduate school friends in Santa Barbara. One of her friends is dropping her off, on her way to the North Bay. She requesting something for a quick snack, before she continues her journey.
Karl’s Red Lentil Soup
Filed under California Fusion, Side Dishes, Soups, Vegan, Vegetarian, Weeknight
Karl’s Mini-Meatloaves
I made meat loaf recently and both Jan and Eilene complained that there was too much “loaf” and not enough “crusty bits.” To make up for this deficit, I decided to make mini-meatloaves. These would be small enough so that they would be all crusty end bits.
Karl’s Mini-Meatloaves
Filed under Beef, California Fusion, Main Dishes, Pork
Papa’s Fine Soup II
The first dish I created on my own—rather than following a recipe—was a soup that Miriam called “Papa’s Fine Soup.” Some powdered lemon grass, chicken, snow peas, green onion, and udon noodles. While this soup has changed over time, it has been a comfort food in our house for almost 30 years.
Filed under California Fusion, Chicken, Main Dishes, Poultry, Soups
Karl’s Chicken Marsala and Butter Dumplings
Chicken and dumplings is an classic Southern (U.S.) that is basically a chicken stew topped with biscuit dough. At my house it is a weekday comfort food, whenever someone is stressed out. Although I make this dish once or twice a month, I realized that I took it for granted and have never posted about it.
Karl’s Chicken Marsala
and Butter Dumplings
Filed under California Fusion, Chicken, Main Dishes, Poultry, Stews
Karl’s Corn, Poblano and Crab Tamales
23andMe is a powerful, but dangerous tool. Jan has assumed she had one father, when in fact there were two. According to her genes, Jan’s ancestry is ¼ Iberian and ¼ Cora—although they refer to themselves as Naáyarite—an indigenous tribe that lives in the mountainous region of along the Jalisco / Nayarit border of north Pacific coast Mexico—although much of Jan’s extended family has moved to the coast.
Karl’s Corn, Poblano and Crab Tamales
Filed under Main Dishes, Seafood
Karl’s Sopa de Camarón
Jan’s newly discovered Mexican family lives/lived on the boarder of Jalisco and Nayarit. Jan decided on a Mexican Christmas feast of crab tamales, I though a shrimp soup would go nicely as a starter. I found a site on Nayarit cuisine that described a caldo de camarón (shrimp broth). Adding some tomatoes, fresh shrimp, and cilantro makes it soup.
Karl’s Sopa de Camarón
Filed under Shrimp, Side Dishes, Soups
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