Cooked veg
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Continue readingAnother wonderful recipe from Ottolenghi. If you’ve been following me for a while you know he’s my favorite chef. I share with you a recipe that will be an excellent side dish to accompany turkey for Thanksgiving or any other poultry, this delicious alongside all sorts of things, this sweet potato mash with herbs salsa ans lime will go perfectly with chops or grilled sausages. As the chef suggests In his book “Simple”. In principle, who says mashed potatoes says butter a lot of it, milk and cream. But this mashed sweet potato is vegan. First, the sweet potato is roasted in…
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Continue readingThere are so many different ways to cook cauliflower like this recipe of mustardy cheese cauliflower by Ottolenghi, it’s a versatile vegetable. But I find the fact to keep it whole and roast it, it’s the most visually stunning way to cook a cauliflower. This whole spicy cauliflower will make a star centerpiece at any dinner party specially Indian one. It’s easy to make, very flavourful and guaranteed to impress your guests . It can be served as a side or a vegetarian main dish. And the best of all, you can make the yogurt sauce ahead of time and marinate the cauliflower overnight, and cook it the next day. Tandoori is a traditional spice blend from India, it can include paprika, cayenne, cumin, ginger, and coriander. You’ve probably…
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Continue readingThis is not Chef Ottolenghi’s first recipe on my blog and it certainly won’t be the last, I have to say that I have never been disappointed with his recipes. All of his recipes are original and full of flavor. Thanks to his books I discovered a new way of cooking and eating vegetables. The proof is this « mustardy cauliflower cheese » gratin, which changes from the gratin with bechamel sauce that I used to make. This cauliflower gratin is the ultimate comfort food, besides I like this kind of dishes that don’t take a long time to make but are so good.…
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Continue readingEggplant caviars and eggplant salads are quite popular throughout the Middle East, North Africa and certain European countries. Among the most popular, « Baba Ghanoush » or « Moutabel » orignally from levantine cuisine, In Greece and Cyprus « melitzanosalata », « ajvar » from the Balkan, Georgian « badrijnis khizilala » and « zaalouk » the Moroccan version prepared with eggplant and tomatoes with Chermoula spices : garlic, cumin, paprika, parsley, coriander and plenty of olive oil. Cooked salads are a big part of a Moroccan everyday cooking, you’ll rarely see a main course served without at least one salad. And « Zaalouk » is the common side dish for to many meals like grilled meat, or…