Wednesday December 19th, 2012:
What can I say. Chef Aliya made Fresh Roti with Kali Daal. Daal (Lentil) was DELICIOUS. I think even better than previous couple of times. The whole house is a fan of Chef Aliya's Daal. Looking forward to another Black Daal Dinner.
1 - Just Perfect!!
Monday December 17, 2012:
Writing this blog is rewarding to me at many levels. One of them is learning new things. For this episode, my lesson was discovering exactly what Torai, a vegetable I have been eating all my childhood, is. According to wikipedia, it is called Luffa. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luffa)
Torai was very good. Sweet, spicy and a very good leftover meal.
2 - Close to Perfection
Saturday December 15th, 2012:
Chef Aliya made curry today, 2nd of 3rd time in her life I think and got same amazing results as her first success. I am going to quote myself from Episode 25,
"The Taste was rich, full of flavor, slightly spicy and the fried dumplings were loaded with onion strings".
I think the trick to a good Pakistani Curry is a great dumpling first and then a good curry sauce. My chef is a master in both.
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Friday December 7th, 2012:
Kofta dinner returns after 3 weeks. Chef Aliya's first Kofta debuted Nov 14th (Episode 26).
Positives: There was more onion/green chili in each meatball. The color was the salan (Stew) was much more redder than before and nice amount of floating oil layer on top (which I love)
Negatives: The return was equally delicious although meat was less "melt in your mouth" and I definitely missed eating fresh dhaniya (coriander) with it.
All I remember, I ate 7 of them in one sitting... and more than 15 in all. This fact might be a little inflated so don't quote me but I picture a bucket full of them, me sitting with a fork in hand eating and watching Lord of the Rings reruns back to back ;)
2 - Close to Perfection
Wednesday December 5th, 2012
After a day of Apple lunch and Protein shake Chef Aliya prepared Kali Daal (Black Gram Sabut Urad Dal) on my request. She is not a huge fan of it but this little super lentil has been a staple meal for me since childhood. Especially now that I am slightly more health conscious, knowing that lentil provides good plant based protein I love Kali Daal even more. Kali (Black) Daal (Lentil) by Chef Aliya was nothing I have tasted before... it was packed full of flavor mostly because she cooks it for a long time and loads it with a ton of sauteed garlic, ginger and onion.
I can fill a glass or jug and just simply drink this stuff. YUM!!!
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Wednesday December 5th, 2012
No cooking involved here but wanted to share/document how Chef Aliya prepares my office lunch. In this case its apples, lightly rubbed with salt and arranged.
1 - Just Perfect!!! (on prep and presentation)
Monday December 3rd, 2012:
October 17th 2012 was the last time we had Okra and it received best Okra award from Blog Editor (that's me). Aliya's second attempt at making Okra held strong and compared exactly with October Okra (Check out Episode 16 Wow Okra Wow). In all, it was delicious. PS: Yes, I love writing/saying "Okra".
1 - Just Perfect!!!
