Mango Coconut Panna Cotta and Cafe Campagne

Sunday, July 13th, 2008

Filed Under Belltown, Breakfast/Brunch, Coconut, Desserts, Diary, French, Mango | 22 Comments

Finally it is summer in Seattle! I don’t think anyone else enjoys summer as much as us Seattleites. We have learned to fully appreciate the few sunny days we get every year. The streets are so lively these days, it is so much fun to go out into the city and get lost in the crowd. A friend and I had a fabulous Parisian style Sunday today. We started with brunch at Cafe Campagne, followed by a waterfront stroll and […]

Mango Margarita and Extended Deadline for MBP

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

Filed Under Cocktails, Mango | 26 Comments

I am going to be on a break from tomorrow, will be back online end of this week. Since I won’t be able to do the round-up till then, the deadline for Monthly Blog Patrol - Mixed Drinks is extended to March 28th midnight PST. Please e-mail the entries according to the guidelines, I will respond by this weekend.
Before I leave, here is my own entry for MBP. MBP is about trying a posted recipe from a fellow blogger, and […]

Young Green Mango Pickle

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

Filed Under Chutneys and Dips and Pickles, India - Kerala, Mango | 45 Comments

There is nothing like the sight of a fresh green mango to bring back the nostalgic memories of a happy Indian childhood. Unfortunately after coming to the US, the only real sour variety of mangoes that I could find were the greem frozen ones from the Indian stores. It works in chutneys and such just fine. But those slices are so sad looking, with a tired texture once defrosted, I use those only in emergencies, when the cravings for the […]

Mambazha Pulissery - Mango in a Yogurt Gravy

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

Filed Under India - Kerala, Mango, Side Dish - Gravy, Vegetarian | 35 Comments

Is anyone else out there in the holiday mood already? My mind is already on vacation. Most people at work have taken the whole week off. I still have a bunch of stuff to finish before we leave for vacation, which I am forcing myself to get to, but this blog is really starting to suffer from my laziness.
We haven’t been cooking much lately except last Saturday night when we threw a dinner party. Siv whipped up this amazing cocktail with tamarind juice, […]

Forbidden Rice Pudding

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

Filed Under Desserts, Diary, Mango, Recipes, Rice | 37 Comments

Don’t let the name confuse you, it is not a forbidden pudding, it is a pudding made of Forbidden rice. I picked up this rice from the Asian store, just because I was intrigued by the name. Also because the packet had the following description:
Legend tells us that Forbidden rice was once grown exclusively for the Emperors of China to enrich their health and ensure their longevity.

So that’s where the name came from, it was reserved for the Emperors. Well, […]

Kumquat and Mango Mojito

Wednesday, May 9th, 2007

Filed Under Cocktails, Mango, Oranges and Kumquats, Recipes | 32 Comments

Another Mojito recipe, you ask? Well, I hear that this blog has been typecasted as the cocktail blog, so to live up to the name Siv and I are trying to build a nice database of cocktail recipes. Ha ha, not really, but we haven’t been cooking much lately and haven’t been to any new restaurants, the only recipes pending in my drafts are two cocktails. So here is another sunny Mojito recipe for your drinking pleasure!
Check out my previous Mojito post […]

Apple-Mango Salsa

Friday, April 20th, 2007

Filed Under Chutneys and Dips and Pickles, Mango, Recipes | 17 Comments

Homemade salsa has a recurring role in all my dinner party productions. It is easy to make, looks pretty and goes well with a variety of dishes from chips to lamb chops to grilled fish. I keep experimenting with ingredients, and since I was running out of ideas for the event A Fruit A Month, I thought of trying an Apple Salsa. The mangoes were added to the salsa mainly to add some color, since the apple pieces are not all that […]

Green Mango Chutney

Tuesday, April 17th, 2007

Filed Under Chutneys and Dips and Pickles, India - Kerala, Mango, Recipes, Vegetarian | 23 Comments

Mango is a tropical fruit consumed mainly in its sweet ripe form in the US, but in some parts of India the unripe version is a bigger hit. The taste of green sour mangoes with salt and hot chili powder is part of a lot of Indian childhood memories…
This is a traditional Kerala dish, a thick chutney made of raw mangoes and coconut. This quick and easy chutney is very versatile, quantity of ingredients can be adjusted to get the best taste to suit […]