Archive of month: September 2008

Daring Bakers: Lavash with Hummus

Each month I tell myself that I won’t procrastinate the challenge, and each month I am rushing to complete the monthly task. Luckily for me, this challenge was a breeze. So, thank you Shel of Musings from the Fish Bowl and Natalie of Gluten A Go Go for picking this recipe! :D All I really […]
18 years ago

A year of blogging and Nutella cupcakes!

Today I complete one year of being a part of the blogosphere (yay me!). I started off hoping to use PurpleFoodie.com as a place where I could collect my recipes and keep track of my cooking and baking experiments. Little did I know that a year down the line, the blog would mean a lot […]
18 years ago

Sindhi Curry and Aaloo tuk

One of my favourite things to have for a meal is Sindhi curry with plain boiled rice accompanied by crispy aaloo tuk. The Sindhi Curry is by far the nicest curry I’ve had. Sour, spicy and tangy – some of the flavours I’m especially biased towards. This is also good because I end up eating […]
18 years ago

Roasted Garlic and Onion Jam

Guy at work: What’s in that jar?Me: Onion Jam.Guy at work: Onion jam??Me: Yes, Onion Jam! I would have reacted the same way,if I was told to try some onion jam a week ago. But when I had this lovely smoked turkey and gouda melt sandwich with some amazing multigrain bread, I was completely bowled […]
18 years ago

You say “brushetta”, I say “brusketta”

“Keep the caviar – give me bruschetta” -Ari Weinzweig of Zingerman’s. Bruschetta (pron. bɾu’sketta – In Italian, the letters “ch” represent the sound “k”) is an Italian food which consists of grilled bread rubbed with garlic and topped with extra-virgin olive oil, salt and pepper, in the most basic form. Back in the day, the […]
18 years ago

Bombay Duck

Ever heard of Bombay Duck? It isn’t a duck, but a fish; and it isn’t found in Bombay, but pretty much all along the Indian coastline. Then why is it called Bombay Duck? I’ve come across two fairly reasonable arguments for it: When the dried fish was transported by the Bombay Mail it became notorious […]
18 years ago