Carbonara is a pasta dish of Italian cuisine.Frequently used pasta for this is spaghetti, but other variants like fettuccine, rigatoni and bucatini were also used.Eggs,cheese,bacon and black pepper are the other ingredients for this.
spaghetti carbonara
The pork is cooked either in olive oil or butter.The hot pasta is then mixed with raw eggs and cheese.Then the whole thing will be seasoned with either olive oil or butter along with black pepper.
Russian salad or Olivier salad is a cooked vegetable salad of Russian cuisine.Usually this is prepared with diced potatoes,vegetables,eggs and sometimes ham may be used.The dressing of the salad will be done with mayonnaise.
Russian salad
Other cheap variants of this salad like stolichny and moscovian salad are prevailed in some parts of Russia but they are not much popular in culture.On the other hand the Russian or Olivier salad is much popular in other parts of the world like Asia, Europe and some South American countries.
Fondue is a dish in which small pieces of food are dipped into a hot sauce or a hot cooking medium such as oil or broth, and is considered to evolve mainly from three countries, Switzerland, Italy and France.
chocolate fondue
Usually the medium is melted cheese, but nowadays fondue has been generalized to other dishes in which a food dipped into a communal pot of hot liquid.Examples are chocolate fondue,fondue bourguignonne etc.
Eggs are inexpensive protein sources crackle with health benefits.Zinc and iron in eggs support healthy hair and strong nails, lecithin in the yolks rich in choline, which may help repair brain damage and move cholesterol through bloodstream.
In a large frying pan,heat half of the oil.Add half lamb pieces and brown all over.Remove the lamb and place in a casserole, cover with half of the potatoes, onion, leaks and carrots.
Add the remaining oil to the frying pan,heat again then add the remaining lamb and brown all over.Add to the casserole and cover with the remaining vegetables.
Add the stock, cover with a tight filling lid,cook in the oven for 1 hour.Add the cabbage.The meat and vegetables should always be covered by liquid.Season with salt and pepper.
Margarita is a world famous Mexican cocktail, made with tequila mixed with orange flavoured liqueur or lime juice.The peculiarity of the drink is that,while we serve this to a guest,there should have some ice salt on the glass rim.And the guest can enjoy the drink along with the salt on the glass rim.
Margarita
We can serve the margarita as 'on the rocks' or blended with ice(frozen) or as straight up(without ice).
Gazpacho is a tomato based vegetable soup of Spanish cuisine.It is prepared with a blend of raw cucumber,pimento(bell pepper), and tomato with crushed garlic and bread seasoned with cumin.Accompaniment for this soup are bread croutons and chopped onion.This is widely consumed in Spain and the neighbouring country Portugal.
Tiramisu is an Italian dessert consisting of layers of sponge cake soaked in coffee and brandy or liqueur, with powdered chocolate or mascarpone cheese.The word meaning of Tiramisu is "pick me up".
Blintz or blini is a typical Russian pancake,in which blini are typically thicker than the blintz.The thickening is due to the leavening agent in blini,which is not there in blintz.The most important thing is that the blini are the usual accompaniment for the famous,expensive dish that is the Caviar.
This Cognac costs 11,81,51500.00 (11 crores 81 lakhs 51 thousand and 500 Indian rupees ). That means one peg of this high class Cognac costs -94,52120.
Caipirinha: Caipirinha is known as the national cocktail of Brazil.
How we can prepare caipirinha?
In a large rocks glass squeeze and drop in 2 eights of a lime.Add sugar,crush and mix with a spoon.Pour in the cachaca(Brazilian cane brandy) and plenty of ice stir well.
Caipirinha
Caipiroska: Caipiroska is also a cocktail same like the caipirinha.But in caipiroska,vodka is added instead of cachaca(Brazilian cane brandy).It is also a popular cocktail in Brazil,Uruguay and Argentina.
Long island iced tea is a special kind of cocktail, made with equal parts of vodka, gin, tequila and rum.The liqueur which is added to this cocktail is triple sec(or other orange flavoured liqueur) and a splash of cola,which gives the drink the characteristics of an iced tea.
Beer mixed with a soft drink, carbonated lemonade, ginger beer, ginger ale or apple juice.The proportion are adjusted to taste,usually equal proportions.
Thousand island is a salad dressing.It can be prepared by mixing mayonnaise with various ingredients like olive oil,orange juice,Worcestershire sauce, paprika, mustard, vinegar, cream, chilly sauce, tomato puree, ketchup or Tabasco sauce.
thousand island dressing
It also contains finely chopped ingredients like pickle, onions, bell pepper, pimento(cherry pepper),green olives, hard boiled eggs, chives, garlic and chopped nuts like walnuts or chestnuts.
Among red meats, lamb stands out for its high nutritional value-and it's a surprisingly good source of omega-3 fatty acids that can protect against heart diseases and stroke.The iron in lamb is also easily absorbed by the body, so it helps prevent anemia and boost energy.
raw lamb meat
How to eat: Choose lean cuts from the leg, loin and shank.Roast leg of the lamb for a weekend dinner,or use ground lamb as a topping for tacos and pizza.
A rare fruit source of calcium,figs may help prevent the bone loss associated with aging.They're also very high in fibre, which may reduce the risk of colon,breast and prostate cancers.
fresh figs
Eat them like this:Slice fresh,unpeeled figs,and serve with cheese or on a salad; toss dried figs in to a mix of dried fruits, grains, nuts, even chocolate.Figs that aren't completely ripe can irritate the mouth, so look for soft, aromatic ones.
Yes,
at first moment i heard this, I thought it was a hoax.
But it's a truth, some people eat camera on there special occasions of life.Still i don't understand why they eat Nikon only.
Nikon camera for eating
Yes it is a cake. Do you confused take a closer look.
Since my childhood i ate parotta, soft and warm layered kerala parotta. Parotta and beef curry is an awesome combination. yes, may be you too have a story of parotta from your childhood. here is mine.
well at the time of summer vacation me and my sister fight day and night for silly things. my mother always feel headache because of this. well , in the mean time papa came home for vacation from his work place.
we were glad and walk around papa to hear new stories and travel outside home. And me and my sister planned to watch a movie. we proposed our request to papa.
"actually do you want to see the movie"-- papa asked
and we say "yes".
we went for the movie, i don't find the movie is interesting that one was love and drama. i was expecting some fight and bike jumping.
anyway i told papa that i want parotta. At the same time , sister supported me. my father won't angry.
he took us to a hotel while movie was running half.
"we ate hot and delicious parotta and beef curry".
still my papa says "you two , were skipped the movie because of taste of parotta. ".
Yes that was a bit of story. but now i get confused how to make parotta in kerala style. Of course i did googling.I am here by sharing you two of the best videos.One is hilarious and other one without commentary.
Most important things of parotta making is
1. mix the maida flour as soft as possible.
2. making parrotta base stretch as much as possible and hold it nicely.
3. bake it.
NOTE: dont make a wild decision until you watch two of this videos.
1.Relax and watch funny parotta making:
2.Here is explains best method of flattening parotta for ametures.
Hash brown potato is an usual accompaniment for almost all egg preparations.It is made by panfrying the potato after cutting it into different styles such as diced, julienned or riced.Sometimes it may also fried after shredding it.
hash brown potato,diced.
In some parts of UK, hash brown can mean fried left over mashed potato.While in North America they are often fried it on a large cook top or grill and they used it as a breakfast food.
Cocktail sauce is also known as Marie rose sauce.This is a cold sauce but sometimes served at room temperature also.This is an usual accompaniment for sea foods such as prawns,shrimps etc.This is invented by a British chef named, Fanny Cradock.
cocktail sauce
It is a combination of equal portion of tomato sauce and mayonnaise along with other ingredients such as cream,worcestershire sauce and tabasco sauce,and seasoning will be done with pepper.After this it will keep in the refrigerator for atleast one hour to develop the flavour.
As a food blogger and food enthusiast today 28 th of November2013, I found that Thanks giving day food is Pumkin pie. Today is thanks giving day at USA and canada.
Thanks giving day means in this day people say thanks to god for all that they harvested in last one year and expecting a good year ahead.
This day people gather from different places to celebrate. So where ever celebration and people gathering occurs it will associated with some sort of food. (eg: Christmas and christmas cake).
according to wiki:
" The pie consists of a pumpkin-based custard, ranging in color from orange to brown, baked in a single pie shell, rarely with a top crust. The pie is generally flavored with nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, and ginger. "
How to make Pumpkin pie, here a video those who want to try:
Vermouth is actually an aromatized fortified wine flavored with various things from plants such as roots,barks,flowers,seeds,herbs,spices etc.But the main things which are used to aromatize the wine are herbs and spices.In earlier days they were not intentionally used these things to aromatize the wines apart from that the herbs and spices were originally used to mask the raw taste of cheaper wines,but later it becomes a new style and thus the concept of wine fortification with aromatic things especially from herbs and spices were arise.
vermouths
vermouth is first produced in Italy during 18th century.Now the largest producers are Italy and France.Herbs which are used for the production of vermouth includes cardamom,cinnamon,marjoram and chamomile. Vermouth is also used as an alternative to white wine while cooking.Also used as a key ingredient in cocktails.Cocktails which are made by using vermouth are martini, manhattan, negroni, americano, broux, gibson, robroy, rose etc.
Angostura bitter or angostura is a concentrated bitter most often used to flavor beverages also it is used to flavor food very rarely.Actually it is a mixture of water,alcohol,herbs and spices.The importance of angostura bitter is that it is a key ingredient for many cocktails.
Angotura bitter
These bitters were first produced from a town in Venezuela known as Angostura,hence it is termed as Angostura bitter.
some variants of angostura
The cocktails which are made using angostura bitter are long vodka, Manhattan, pisco sour, mojito and champagne cocktail.
It is a typical french dish.Its main ingredients are pork,rice and egg.Bell pepper is used to contain the stuffing made with these three ingredients.
poivron farcis
Ingredients:
200gm salted pork.
300gm rice.
100gm parmesan cheese.
3 onion.
4 bell peppers.
4 eggs.
2 cloves.
6 basil leaves.
4 table spoon olive oil.
salt.
pepper.
Preparation:
Cut the top portion of each bell pepper where it's stalk attached to the stem of the plant and let them look like small pots and remove all the seeds and other things inside the bell pepper.
Preparation of stuffing(farce): Heat the olive oil in a cooking pot,add chopped meat,chopped onion,chopped basil,sliced peppers and the uncooked rice.Stir until everything get hot,then add 3cups of water and allow it to boil.Cook on medium heat for 20 minutes.
Let the mixture get cool,then stir with beaten eggs,parmesan cheese,salt and pepper.
Stuff the bell peppers,lay them on their sides and bake in a low heat for 15 minutes on each side.
Actually Irish coffee is a blend consisting of strong boiling coffee,Irish whisky and sugar along with thick cream as a topping.
Irish coffee
How we can make irish coffee:
Irish coffee for 4 serves.
Put 1 lump sugar in each of 4 stemmed heat proof glasses having 5-7 fl oz capacity.
Pour irish whisky over sugar,add hot coffee.
Float cream by pouring onto hot coffee over the back of a spoon.
It is one of the best restaurant in Alappuzha town.The peculiarity of this restaurant which keeps it different from other restaurants are some unique way of thinking and implementation of the notion,which is being practised over the occidental countries.
An art cafe is there associated with the restaurant and the guests can buy the paintings and other things like sculptures,antiques from there.It's really a gathering of masterpieces from many artists across the Kerala especially from Alappuzha.Moreover the ambience of the restaurant has a soothening effect to our mind,we can just relax and enjoy some good food and beverages over there.
from the art cafe
While we say about it's ambience and other things we can't go further without telling the quality of food and beverages which is being served over there.The menu compilation of this particular restaurant is excellent.Because it will definitely satisfy the customers both from the oriental as well as occidental regions.
11,81,51500.00 (11 crores 81 lakhs 51 thousand and 500 Indian rupees ).
