When I make shashlik and naan I make a Central Asian salad to go with it. Since I am breaking with the tradition menu for this meal, I do not feel constrained about the ingredients I put in my salad. There is not a lot of the European dill and fennel in Central Asia, but as a Californian I’m going to add it to my salad anyway.
Karl’s California Fusion Tomato
and Cucumber Salad
Filed under California Fusion, Salads, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
As some of my readers may have guessed, I really like pickles. Most of my pickles are quick recipes, ready in a day or two—I am an impatient and hungry kind of guy. For this batch, I waited all of four weeks, but they were worth the wait.
Karl’s Bread and Butter Pickles
Filed under California Fusion, Pickles, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Many Indian dishes tend to be very spicy. Hot food calls for a cooling side dish, a raita, which always contains yogurt. In the West, we are most familiar with cucumber raita, but in India the word covers a wide variety of dishes.
Karl’s Kashmiri Cucumber Raita
Filed under Side Dishes, Vegetables, Vegetarian
I am having a crowd over tonight. Stitches is in town so the aunties, Pat and Barbara, are in from Fresno overnight. Miriam and Chris decided to come tonight so they could see them too. Having more people to dinner means more food restrictions. Pat does not eat pork or beef and Barbara will not touch tomatoes. Miriam needs soft foods and Chris does not eat starches.
Karl’s Cucumber and Jicama Salad
Filed under Salads, Side Dishes, Vegetables
Our garden produced another spectacular cucumber and a few red and yellow tomatoes. I went to the farmer’s market and picked up some mixed baby greens (mesclun). We are having company this week end, so I did not want to use a bottled dressing. A few weeks ago Jan had bought fig balsamic vinegar at the farmer’s market, a few herbs, some olive oil and garlic and you have a dressing.
Karl’s Mesclun Salad with Fig Balsamic Dressing
Filed under Salads, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetables
While the family has been away the garden has kept growing. I have two large Armenian cucumbers that need to be used soon. To go with my carrot soup I will make a light cucumber salad. Some fresh dill and vinegar is something I have not done lately.
Karl’s Cucumber and Dill Salad
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I decided that my whole roasted cauliflower would look a bit naked sitting in the middle of a plate. A ring of stir fried cucumbers would make a nice compliment, both in color and texture. This dish would also fit in with Myr’s soft food diet and Chris’ Ketogenic diet.
Karl’s Spicy Stir Fried Cucumbers
(outer edge)
Filed under Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetables
I wanted to make a second cold hors d’oeuvre for Myr’s party. My idea was to make a Spanish tapas that I vaguely remembered from glancing at it in a book many years ago. However, when I looked on-line and in my cookbook on tapas, I could not find anything that was even remotely like what I was thinking about. So, I should let that stop me?
Karl’s Potato Tapas
Filed under Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetables
When I make shashlik and naan I always make this salad to go with it.
Karl’s Central Asian Tomato and Cucumber Salad
Filed under Salads, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetables
Long before you could easily find recipes on the Internet The Complete Middle East Cookbook by Tess Mallos is my go to book for Middle Eastern cuisine. Like many of my best cookbooks I bought this one at a library discard sale. It had seen much use before I bought it 25 years ago, but as tattered as it is, it has some great recipes in it. I have made a few changes to her recipe over the year’s but not as many as I make to other dishes.
Karl’s Tabouleh with
a Bed of Mesclun
Filed under Salads
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Miriam
Jabberwocky Stew 