Grilled Sardines with Tarragon-Garlic-Lemon-Chile Butter

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

Filed Under From the Grill, Seafood | 29 Comments

The grilling saga continues! This time it’s Sardines! Yes, I finally found fresh sardines here at Uwajimaya! Grilled these on my non-stick grill pan, since I was a bit afraid to use the cast iron grill. I didn’t want the skin to stick to cast iron, crispy skin is the best part of sardines! Yeah, yeah I know the theory, if you pre-heat it and apply oil, nothing will stick, etc. I didn’t want to take that chance and the […]

Grilled Lamb Chops with Harissa and Grilled Peach and Arugula Salad

Monday, August 4th, 2008

Filed Under Bell Pepper, Chutneys and Dips and Pickles, From the Grill, Greens, Lamb or Goat, Soups and Salads | 33 Comments

Isn’t summer supposed to be the season of leisure? In my case it is quite the opposite! When I announced the “Grill It!” event this month, I had big plans. There were dreams of grilling at least twice a week. There were plans to grill everything – fruits, meat, seafood, vegetables, pizza – you name it! Even a jalapeno corn bread from one of my Grilling books was going to be tried out. It turns out that I was getting way ahead of […]

Grilling - Rosemary Garlic Marinade

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

Filed Under From the Grill, Garlic, Lamb or Goat, Mushroom, Rosemary | 29 Comments

When we abandoned the suburban comfort for the fast city life, there were quite a few niceties we had to leave behind. A grill in the backyard being one. Now there is a common grill for the condo, on our beautiful rooftop garden. It is actually a lot better arrangement in some ways, first of all the grill is bigger, better and more powerful. Also, it is a great place to hang out with amazing views of the Puget sound […]

Lemon Garlic Trout with Sicilian Harvest Salad - A Quick Fix Dinner

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

Filed Under From the Grill, Garlic, Greens, Mains, Rosemary, Seafood, Soups and Salads | 32 Comments

I haven’t been cooking much lately. After about three months of social hiatus, there was a lot of catching up to do. When my parents were in town, I spent all my spare time with them. I think that is the least one can do for their parents, especially when they visit only once in a blue moon. Luckily all our friends are very understanding, and we could pick up right where we left off. Since most all of our social […]

Grilled Trout in Banana Leaf

Monday, August 6th, 2007

Filed Under From the Grill, Garlic, Mains, Misc, Rosemary, Seafood | 26 Comments

Cooking food wrapped in Banana leaves is an age old technique in Kerala. Our fish pollichathu is the most delicious form of fish that I’ve ever eaten! I wasn’t surprised to learn that the same technique is followed in other Asian countries too. Cooking this way keeps the food moist with all its natural juices collected inside the leaf packet. Also the banana leaf itself imparts its natural flavor and fragrance into the food.
Instead of a traditional fish Pollichathu recipe, […]