Japan is an exotic place with exotic food.
But of course we still remember home food and cook that here :). Chicken
& Fish u get tons of it. Vegetables also are in-numerous n a
variety never known. Now thats the problem, half of what u see you dont
know in the first place. So best is play safe n pic wat u know. Now
there is stuff which we dont like... like radish.
And
this time out radish it it was. Honestly u get real good radish, a
kingsize variety. I cant eat any vegetable preparations but parathas wud
b just fine. On the other hand Salini cant tolerate radish! So it was a
challenge. Well one day she ate it in the fried form. She was busy
working so I cooked, she had no choice but to eat it ;). But she did say
she liked it; wonder if she really did :) but I honestly did. I m
notorious for eating anything in the fried state. Well it was not so a
bad combination with Rice and Sambar.
But yes today when I was to cook, she refused outright to eat it again! So I changed tactics. Thot I will make parathas but for that we need it in grated form! We had nothing to grate on so ok... no probs, lets use the mixie! Now the mixie here is great. It knows nothing @ coarse grinding. It just refuses to grind or grinds into a pulp! And thats wat I had a pulp of Radish paste.
So started my experiments. I put in it some garam masala, red chilli powder and salt in this pulp. Took some wheat flour and kneeded it into a dough using this paste. No water was needed. Rolled them into thin parathas, roasted them and added a blob of butter on each. These garama garam parathas with a blob of butter on them were enough to tickle the taste buds. They had even blown up just the way phulkas do :). Eating them with palak, another one of her enemies was a nutritious way of filling the stomach. Wonder if she gonna trust me cooking again.
And
this time out radish it it was. Honestly u get real good radish, a
kingsize variety. I cant eat any vegetable preparations but parathas wud
b just fine. On the other hand Salini cant tolerate radish! So it was a
challenge. Well one day she ate it in the fried form. She was busy
working so I cooked, she had no choice but to eat it ;). But she did say
she liked it; wonder if she really did :) but I honestly did. I m
notorious for eating anything in the fried state. Well it was not so a
bad combination with Rice and Sambar.But yes today when I was to cook, she refused outright to eat it again! So I changed tactics. Thot I will make parathas but for that we need it in grated form! We had nothing to grate on so ok... no probs, lets use the mixie! Now the mixie here is great. It knows nothing @ coarse grinding. It just refuses to grind or grinds into a pulp! And thats wat I had a pulp of Radish paste.
So started my experiments. I put in it some garam masala, red chilli powder and salt in this pulp. Took some wheat flour and kneeded it into a dough using this paste. No water was needed. Rolled them into thin parathas, roasted them and added a blob of butter on each. These garama garam parathas with a blob of butter on them were enough to tickle the taste buds. They had even blown up just the way phulkas do :). Eating them with palak, another one of her enemies was a nutritious way of filling the stomach. Wonder if she gonna trust me cooking again.
