Recent content by Shaheen

Oh I love this! I make a strawberry and watermelon slushie, and it's alway a hit! I'm going to try the lemonade version once the sun's out a little.

My current favourites: Eat Make Read Delicious Days

I have a few of his books and try and catch his show whenever possible. While I read them, I can actually hear him say those things in my head! lol

I do that most of the time! Especially, when I don't have all the ingredients the recipe calls for and I'm simply craving to try it, I improvise. I don't really think of what I'll use before hand. I simply start cooking and go with the flow. There are times when I've got something totally new...

I like mine with a dollop of nutella mix into it and topped with a generous amount of whipped cream, and sometimes with a caramel syrup. But mostly the first option :biggrin:

Not a recipe, but I think warm chocolate pudding with vanilla ice cream and raspberry sauce tastes so good!

Aaah nice tip about freezing the onions!

I once watched a chef zest an orange and I quite liked his technique. He lay the peeled skin flat on the board (orange side down, pith up) and slid the knife through it, seperating the zest from the pith in no time. Then after this you could use it however you like, sliced thinly to look almost...

Something Indian: a vegetable biryani. The fragrance of the basmati rice and the saffron is wonderful. Although, a biryani is best made with meat, you could sub them for veggies. To get an idea of the recipe, you could have a look here.

I have a habit of buying a lot of herbs and spics that I won't necessarily use too often. Sichuan peppers are one of those. This link should help :) Thanks!

The smaller versions of these, more like teaspoons, are commonly used to eat kulfi (a kind of ice cream) with here.

For iced teas, I like peach and cherry. And amongst hot teas, my favourite is Jasmine green tea. It is so light and has a very refreshing fragrance.

I've got a fairly long way to go... 29/50.

My book is little and it's blue. I jot down foods I want to try, books I want to read, recipes, contact details of people I've met at culinary shows and a chef's autograph. :smile:

I think I'm going to make some today! thanks :smile: