Panna cotta is an Italian dessert of sweetened cream thickened with gelatine and moulded. Since I do not use gelatine I used agar agar powder to make the dessert. I had made a Chocolate Panna cotta long back, which had turned out really sinful, but that was really long back. some time back I also…
BM # 56 Week : 4 , Day: 4 Theme: Breakfast across countries Country : Costo Rica Costa Rica is a country in North America, and today we are going to enjoy it’s traditional breakfast. Costa Rican Cuisine is known for being fairly mild, with high reliance on fresh fruits and vegetables.Rice and black beans…
Gallo Pinto is the national dish of Costa Rica and a part of Costa Rican Breakfast. Gallo Pinto has its origins in the Caribbean islands where the rice and beans combination was spread. This dish came along with the arrival of the African American workers coming from Jamaica to the province of Limo’n, Costo…
BM # 56 Week : 4 , Day: 3 Theme: Breakfast across Countries Country : Mexico Though Mexican cuisine is a blend of indigenous (Indian) and Spanish influences, most Mexicans continue to eat more native foods, such as corn, beans, and peppers. Such foods are cheap and widely available. Bread and pastries are sold, but…
Khubz is a Arabic flat bread with numerous spellings and pronunciations. Seriously I have seen it being spelled wit a “a” with a “u” and also with double “oo”. Anyway for me it is one of the best pita breads. It is a staple with Arabic countries . They cook it in a tandoor and eat it…
BM # 56 Week : 4 , Day: 2 Theme: Breakfast across countries Country : Iraq Breakfast is a luxury for the people of Iraq. Economic sanctions imposed by the UN devastated the country’s day to day supply. The country’s children suffer from malnutrition and disease, which is so sad. Today we concentrate on…
Bigilla is a bean paste made from broad beans. We do get fresh broad beans in winter but I have never seen the dried version here. Since it was a recipe from Middle East, I called for these beans from Dubai. They looked pretty hard and I wondered how to go about. Frankly speaking I…
Loco Moco is Hawaii’s original home made fast food and can be found at just about any fast food joint, road side diner or lunch ago sin the islands. The dish originated in 1949 by Lincoln Grill restaurants. The teenagers named the dish Loco Moco after one of their members whose nick name was crazy.…
BM # 56 Week :4 , Day: 1 Theme : Breakfast across countries Country : Hawaii Today is Day 18 and we start with a fresh week. This week we shall focus on the Breakfasts across countries. For today I have chosen to cook Hawaiian Breakfast. Hawaii, a U.S. state, is an isolated…
The Hawaiian’s are very fond of pancakes and while making their most popular breakfast Loco Moco I decided to make these pancakes as well. These are very popular for breakfast. Coconut is one of the tropical fruits of Hawaii and coconut syrup is what they like to top their pancakes with. They drizzle some nuts too. The…