A Minty, Gingery Frozen Papaya Delight

Monday, January 14th, 2008

Filed Under Desserts, Ginger, Papaya | 36 Comments

I have eaten a lot of papayas in my life. Back home in Kerala, we had plenty of papaya trees in our backyard. They didn’t need any special care or attention; you eat a papaya, throw the seeds out into the backyard, boom.. the next season there are a bunch of new papaya plants sprouting out. During the season, mom would make a variety of dishes with green papayas and we used to eat a lot of those ripe too. […]

Gitatini - A Ginger Tamarind Cocktail

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007

Filed Under Cocktails, Ginger, India - Tamil Nadu | 41 Comments

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I forgot the last time we were in town for Thanksgiving and Black Friday. For those outside United States, Black Friday is the day after thanksgiving, the official start of the Christmas shopping season. Most stores open very early in the morning, some even open at Midnight, and has amazing sales. People line up before the stores open to get to the limited doorbuster deals. I have never been to a Black Friday sale, I always thought people […]

Frozen Watermelon Daiquiri with Ginger-Star Anise Infusion

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

Filed Under Cocktails, Cuban, Ginger, Pineapple, Recipes, Star Anise, Watermelon | 29 Comments

A daiquiri [daiki’ɾi] by definition is a mixed drink made with rum and lime juice. This Cuban drink was invented in 1905 and is known as Earnest Hemingway’s favorite drink (Remember what his second favorite drink was?). These days the term daiquiri is being used for a variety of frozen mixed drinks with or without lime juice and rum. Since I have both rum and lime juice in this drink, guess I can call it a daiquiri without getting the cocktail police all riled […]

Ginger-flavored Roasted Pineapple Sorbet

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

Filed Under Desserts, Ginger, Pineapple, Recipes | 18 Comments

French love their desserts, that is why they invented courses like Avant Desserts (pre-desserts) and Petits-Fours (a small cake generally eaten at the end of a meal). Normally the avant desserts are small in size, and contrast the taste of the main dessert to follow. Here is a perfect avant dessert recipe to serve before a sinful chocolate lava cake or some other form of death by chocolate. This will make a nice dessert on its own if you […]

G is for Ginger

Saturday, March 10th, 2007

Filed Under Chutneys and Dips and Pickles, Ginger, India - Kerala, Recipes, Vegetarian | 9 Comments

Is Ginger a spice or vegetable? I’m not sure if Ginger qualifies for the A to Z of Indian Vegetables event, since the instructions specifically says, use a vegetable, and I think of ginger as predominantly a spice. But if I use Ginger as the main ingredient in a dish, it could be considered a vegetable, right?
Vegetable or not, noone would disagree on the greatness of Ginger, it has been used as a medicine in India for generations. Ginger is a great remedy […]