Friday, 9. November 2007, 21:14:43
vegetable, Indian food
In October I wrote about Tinda curry I bought from a sweet centre near my home.
http://my.opera.com/tabatakayoko/blog/2007/10/03/chandigarh-sweet-centreI was wondering what kind of vegetable it is, and since then I was kind of searching for it. And the other day, finally, i find tinda in a green grocer, also in my neighbourhood.
This is it.
The price is the same as aubergine or okras, so not particularly expensive I guess.
Are you tempted?
I was. Someday I will try to cook it.
Friday, 21. September 2007, 21:20:45
vegetable, Cooking
Do you know bitter gourd?
If you have never seen it, this is the one.
It is a rather ugly gourd and tastes very bitter.
But if you get used to eating it, it is irreplaceable. It is also nicely crunchy to bite.
In Japan, it is known as a vegetable from Okinawa, southern most prefecture consisting in some islands, but maybe since 10 years, it has become widely available in wider area, so I learned to appreciate it.
We usually stir-fry it with pork and tofu, but the bitter gourd that I can buy in Britain is too bitter to eat in this way, so I cooked it in curry sauce.
Too make it less bitter, I sliced them and then soaked in salted water for 1 hour.
As I live the crunchiness of the gourd, I did not want cook them into mush, so I fried them first and set them aside.
Then I made curry base with onion, various spices and tamarind paste, and then stirred the gourd in.
Friday, 4. May 2007, 18:04:12
vegetable, asparagus, Food
When we visited Walsall last Saturday, we happend to see the market.
From the market we bought a kilo of Asparagus. Yes ONE KILO only for 1.79 pound.
BARGAIN!!!!
I love asparagus, but as they are quite expensive, I usually don't have pleasure to eat them to my heart content.
As you see, the asparagi were quite different in size, and it was the reason they were so cheap. I was afraid they were old or hard, but they were nothing of these: fresh, juicy and soft.
I steamed the asparagus and ate with boiled egg. They were just gorgeous.
