Ruchir, get your nose outta my food!!!!
Friday, February 26, 2010
Potato Cake
Fridays in Lent are diffcult for me as I am a hardcore carnivore. Tonight we are going to a church fish fry, which sound be fun and hopefully delicious. In the meantime I need to tide myself over with some tasty veg food. I actually made this one awhile ago but it would be perfect for a veg feast. I had a ton of mashed potatoes that needed to be used up and Mom suggested rolling it into little balls, coating them in breadcrumbs, and then frying them. Sounded good so I went at it. The problem was that I didn't want to use a ton of oil so I just put some in a skillet and was expecting to kind of roll them around/turn them over to make sure they got fried everywhere (rather than "deep" frying them). Unfortunately, my turning maneuver just squished the little balls and made a huge mess. But all was not lost! I decided to just squish them all and then squish them together. I added some more breadcrumbs and voila! Very tasty and looks pretty too I think!
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Cheating Chicken Curry
Today is my wonderful Mom's birthday so I'll post the chicken curry that I made. This wasn't really like I made it though because I used her spice mix that she gave me (she calls it "complete masala") and then the really cheating part is that I found a tupperware of tomato/onion masala in the freezer just for making chicken curry! Haha, so I pretty much did nothing except cook the chicken with some garlic, green chilis, and ginger and then throw in all Mom's pre-made goodness in.
Step One: Cook Chicken
Step Two: Add in Mom's delicious pre-made mix
Step Three: Devour!
Happy Birthday Day Mom, I love you!!!
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Happy Birthday to me!
Time for my birthday post! Overdue yes but oh well. I was filling in at a Sam's Club optical on Thursday (my birthday) and even though it was the first time I had ever been there, everyone was so nice and they got me this HUGE double layer cookie cake that was soo delicious! I have so much of it leftover but I've been bringing it to work everyday to try and get rid of it.
Then at night we were supposed to go out to this new sushi place near our apartment with our friend Kristin who was in town for the weekend and then when I got there, our other friends were there also and I had a big bunch of awesome balloons - see above! I forgot to take pictures of the sushi but it was pretty good. And we got this cool appetizer called a hot stone which was literally a very hot stone and then we put thin strips of raw meat onto it to cook it.
After sushi, we went to the Melting Pot for some fondue since I had a gift card from waaay back when that I was trying to use up. We got two fondues, one with white and dark chocolate and one that had chocolate, caramel and pecans and was flambeed in front of us. It was all delcious and all in all a wonderful birthday! Lucky me also got a birthday party at this karaoke place where we had our own private room (no embarrassment!) but that night did not involve food and did involve probably too many drinks so no pics of that here!
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Then at night we were supposed to go out to this new sushi place near our apartment with our friend Kristin who was in town for the weekend and then when I got there, our other friends were there also and I had a big bunch of awesome balloons - see above! I forgot to take pictures of the sushi but it was pretty good. And we got this cool appetizer called a hot stone which was literally a very hot stone and then we put thin strips of raw meat onto it to cook it.
After sushi, we went to the Melting Pot for some fondue since I had a gift card from waaay back when that I was trying to use up. We got two fondues, one with white and dark chocolate and one that had chocolate, caramel and pecans and was flambeed in front of us. It was all delcious and all in all a wonderful birthday! Lucky me also got a birthday party at this karaoke place where we had our own private room (no embarrassment!) but that night did not involve food and did involve probably too many drinks so no pics of that here!
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Saturday, February 20, 2010
Lazy Saturday
My favorite day is definitely Saturday when we can both sleep in. We usually get up around 9 or 10, make a big breakfast/brunch, maybe watch some TV or a movie, and then take a nap from 1 to 4. The perfect day in my opinion! One Saturday I had the craving for some crepes. Normally I would just head over to City Coffee House and Creperie which is just a 5 minute walk from our apartment. But I felt like I should cook something so I decided to whip out Alton Brown' trusty crepe recipe and go to town.
The recipe is good and normally I wouldn't use a real recipe, but again for things that involve flour, I think it's a good idea to stick to something that you know has the right proportions.
The ingredients are here: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/crepes-recipe/index.html
3 tablespoons melted butter
2 large eggs
1 cup flour
3/4 cup milk
1/2 cup water
Butter, for coating the pan
It goes in order: 3, 2, 1, 3/4, 1/2 so I should remember it but never do.
Anyway, just mix it all up, I usually throw it in a tupperware and then shake. Then comes the sort of tricky part, just pour a small amount in a griddle pan, swirl to make it as thin as possible and then when it's ready, it's time to flip!
We tried to make some videos but I think the quality and timing and kind of bad but oh well.
Here's my attempt, it's already in mid-air when the video is started.
And here's Ruchir's attempt.
Of course you can just flip with a spatula, but who wants that?? The result should be like this in my opinion, soft and rollable but with a tiny bit of crunch. Look at that golden beauty!
You'll end up with a delightful stack like this! I fill them with nutella, bananas, and some of my homemade strawberry freezer jam. I would explain what that it is, but I feel lazy right now. Go look up freezer jam, it's an easy and awesome way to make your own jam!
Also, no crepe would be right without some whipped cream!!
The recipe is good and normally I wouldn't use a real recipe, but again for things that involve flour, I think it's a good idea to stick to something that you know has the right proportions.
The ingredients are here: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/crepes-recipe/index.html
3 tablespoons melted butter
2 large eggs
1 cup flour
3/4 cup milk
1/2 cup water
Butter, for coating the pan
It goes in order: 3, 2, 1, 3/4, 1/2 so I should remember it but never do.
Anyway, just mix it all up, I usually throw it in a tupperware and then shake. Then comes the sort of tricky part, just pour a small amount in a griddle pan, swirl to make it as thin as possible and then when it's ready, it's time to flip!
We tried to make some videos but I think the quality and timing and kind of bad but oh well.
Here's my attempt, it's already in mid-air when the video is started.
And here's Ruchir's attempt.
Of course you can just flip with a spatula, but who wants that?? The result should be like this in my opinion, soft and rollable but with a tiny bit of crunch. Look at that golden beauty!
You'll end up with a delightful stack like this! I fill them with nutella, bananas, and some of my homemade strawberry freezer jam. I would explain what that it is, but I feel lazy right now. Go look up freezer jam, it's an easy and awesome way to make your own jam!
Also, no crepe would be right without some whipped cream!!
And the end result, yum!
Ash Wednesday
Ok so now we are at Ash Wednesday. Definitely not a "food" day the way Fat Tuesday is, but if you can only eat a little, then you might as well make it good! There is much confusion over the whole fasting requirement, technically I think you can eat 2 small meals and one normal meal which to me is dumb because that is pretty much what I normally eat. I think it doesn't really matter what you do, as long as it's a bit of a sacrifice to get you in the Lenten mood. So I tried to fast except for one mid afternoon meal and this is what I came up with.
I had bought some shrimp in anticipation of Lenten no meat requirements but I haven't really cooked shrimp that much. I bought the easy peel kind so that wasn't too difficult and then I put them in a bowl with a ton of random stuff from the fridge. Main contents was garlic, ginger, green onions, some soy sauce, some sweet chili sauce, cayenne, some "orange chipotle" spice mix I had, and a bunch of orange juice. (Side note: I always really enjoy "finishing" off things when I'm cooking so that why I dumped in all of the orange juice and if you notice the soy sauce/sweet chilli sauce/green onion combo is basically my salad dressing mix and I had some prepared that I dumped in to get rid of). I put all this in a skillet, let it cook a bit until the shrimp just started getting pink. Then I poured off everything but the shrimp and let those cook up a bit.
Shrimp is a tricky thing and I think these got slightly overdone but they were still ok. After I thought the shrimp were done, I took them out and put the sauce back in. I added a chopped tomato (trying to get rid of it!) and let the whole thing cook for awhile until it was pretty significantly reduced. Then the shrimp were added back in, tossed around to mix everything, and then served over a small mound of mashed potatoes. I shared this little meal with Ruchir and it was decent. The shrimp as I said were kind of overcooked but the sauce/accompaniment was a hit! Kind of spicy from the cayenne and chili sauce but plenty sweet from the orange juice. It kind of looks like that divine shrimp curry that Mom makes, but it's totally different. And I don't think I would ever be able to recreate that with any sort of success - because that is a work of genius.
I had bought some shrimp in anticipation of Lenten no meat requirements but I haven't really cooked shrimp that much. I bought the easy peel kind so that wasn't too difficult and then I put them in a bowl with a ton of random stuff from the fridge. Main contents was garlic, ginger, green onions, some soy sauce, some sweet chili sauce, cayenne, some "orange chipotle" spice mix I had, and a bunch of orange juice. (Side note: I always really enjoy "finishing" off things when I'm cooking so that why I dumped in all of the orange juice and if you notice the soy sauce/sweet chilli sauce/green onion combo is basically my salad dressing mix and I had some prepared that I dumped in to get rid of). I put all this in a skillet, let it cook a bit until the shrimp just started getting pink. Then I poured off everything but the shrimp and let those cook up a bit.
Shrimp is a tricky thing and I think these got slightly overdone but they were still ok. After I thought the shrimp were done, I took them out and put the sauce back in. I added a chopped tomato (trying to get rid of it!) and let the whole thing cook for awhile until it was pretty significantly reduced. Then the shrimp were added back in, tossed around to mix everything, and then served over a small mound of mashed potatoes. I shared this little meal with Ruchir and it was decent. The shrimp as I said were kind of overcooked but the sauce/accompaniment was a hit! Kind of spicy from the cayenne and chili sauce but plenty sweet from the orange juice. It kind of looks like that divine shrimp curry that Mom makes, but it's totally different. And I don't think I would ever be able to recreate that with any sort of success - because that is a work of genius.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Fat Tuesday
I'm really behind on the posting due to Valentine's Day, Mardi Gras, and then my birthday!!! I guess I'll go in order so look forward to some delicious things to come!
Some of Ruchir's friends were in town the weekend of Valentine's Day so we hung out with them all weekend, got very little sleep, and were pretty tired when Sunday rolled around. So we went to our scheduled massages (awesome!) and then decided to cancel the dinner at the fancy restaurant and instead Ruchir made a delicious spicy cheesy pasta. Unfortunately no pics of that, I was too busy devouring it!!
The next big thing food wise was Fat Tuesday, so of course I had to get some King Cakes!! I decided to get two of them and being them to the two classes I was teaching in the afternoon. In one class, no one had even heard of them and they weren't excited at all! This is definitely my "dud" class. They weren't even that excited when I said that whoever got the baby in their piece wouldn't have to do their assignment for the next week! They didn't eat much of it so now I have a bunch left over which is fine by me! The other class is my cool class and I knew they would love it. As soon as I pulled it out of the bag, there were shouts of "KING CAKE!!!!!!!!!" and they all rushed to the table. After I said the thing about not needing to do next week's assignment if they get the baby, they all went crazy and had me carefully measure and cut the cake into the exact same size slices so that they would all have an even chance. Many of them jokingly said that it didn't matter because they were giving up homework for Lent anyway! Haha!
Anyway, here's a short of the leftover cake from the first class (there were hardly any crumbs left over from the second class!) Muy Delicioso! Hope everyone had a great and delicious Mardi Gras and Fat Tuesday!!
Some of Ruchir's friends were in town the weekend of Valentine's Day so we hung out with them all weekend, got very little sleep, and were pretty tired when Sunday rolled around. So we went to our scheduled massages (awesome!) and then decided to cancel the dinner at the fancy restaurant and instead Ruchir made a delicious spicy cheesy pasta. Unfortunately no pics of that, I was too busy devouring it!!
The next big thing food wise was Fat Tuesday, so of course I had to get some King Cakes!! I decided to get two of them and being them to the two classes I was teaching in the afternoon. In one class, no one had even heard of them and they weren't excited at all! This is definitely my "dud" class. They weren't even that excited when I said that whoever got the baby in their piece wouldn't have to do their assignment for the next week! They didn't eat much of it so now I have a bunch left over which is fine by me! The other class is my cool class and I knew they would love it. As soon as I pulled it out of the bag, there were shouts of "KING CAKE!!!!!!!!!" and they all rushed to the table. After I said the thing about not needing to do next week's assignment if they get the baby, they all went crazy and had me carefully measure and cut the cake into the exact same size slices so that they would all have an even chance. Many of them jokingly said that it didn't matter because they were giving up homework for Lent anyway! Haha!
Anyway, here's a short of the leftover cake from the first class (there were hardly any crumbs left over from the second class!) Muy Delicioso! Hope everyone had a great and delicious Mardi Gras and Fat Tuesday!!
Friday, February 12, 2010
Thursday night dinner
We had a bunch of food that was on the precipice of being spoiled and we had to use it all up. This is the dinner that resulted. I forgot to take some pictures so we will have to make do.
First we had to finish up some romaine lettuce so a salad was in order. As I said before, I generally hate salads, but I do love them with my special salad dressing. It's basically a mix of this Chinese sweet chili sauce, some soy sauce, a splash of orange juice, and some green onions. It is really delicious! Ruchir isn't a fan though, so he had his own salad with ranch dressing.
I normally put some sliced almonds over the top but I was out of those one day and discovered this delicious substitute. Pecans toasted in a little bacon fat...and then the whole hot mess is dumped right on the salad. YUM and terrible for you.
Dinner itself was steak which was pan fried and sliced into strips. This steak had been sitting in the fridge for a day or two longer than it should have been so it was kind of tough and not that delicious. But Ruchir did make this delicious horseradish sauce to go with it (horseradish, yogurt on the cusp of spoilage, a little sour cream, and green onions I think). It's served with some of that left over corn "pudding" that I described earlier. The picture is bad here but it's the only one I remembered to take.
After all these almost spoiled foods, a decent simple dessert was required. I think the picture says it all! (I also had ice cream haha!)
First we had to finish up some romaine lettuce so a salad was in order. As I said before, I generally hate salads, but I do love them with my special salad dressing. It's basically a mix of this Chinese sweet chili sauce, some soy sauce, a splash of orange juice, and some green onions. It is really delicious! Ruchir isn't a fan though, so he had his own salad with ranch dressing.
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I normally put some sliced almonds over the top but I was out of those one day and discovered this delicious substitute. Pecans toasted in a little bacon fat...and then the whole hot mess is dumped right on the salad. YUM and terrible for you.
Dinner itself was steak which was pan fried and sliced into strips. This steak had been sitting in the fridge for a day or two longer than it should have been so it was kind of tough and not that delicious. But Ruchir did make this delicious horseradish sauce to go with it (horseradish, yogurt on the cusp of spoilage, a little sour cream, and green onions I think). It's served with some of that left over corn "pudding" that I described earlier. The picture is bad here but it's the only one I remembered to take.
After all these almost spoiled foods, a decent simple dessert was required. I think the picture says it all! (I also had ice cream haha!)
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Super Bowl Brie!
GUEST POST!
Hello! Anj has kindly allowed me a guest post. I'm really going to miss my friends in DC with my move out West, and this Superbowl Sunday was a great indicator of why I love them. We are generally into making up events where we can make delicious food and Super Bowl Sunday was certainly no exception. Jeff and Lisa's Superbowl party turned into quite the feast with meatballs, enchiladas, crab dip, pizza, egg rolls, pizza circles, chilli, cookies, cake, pie, rice krispies, and prob some other stuff I'm forgetting. My contribution was a football baked brie! Here's how to do this easy timely treat!
Ingredients:
1 round of Brie
1 roll of crescent roll dough (if you can get seamless it's preferable, but any will work)
Brown Sugar
Preserves or Jam
Wheat Thins or other crackers
How to: Just take the crescent roll dough and lie it flat on a baking pan. Cut small strips off with a knife a small section to place on top later. Put the brie in the center (leaving the rind on) of the dough leftover. Wrap the brie up like a present. Shape the excess dough at the ends into points to make the final shape look like a football. Take the dough strips and make football like laces and bands on top of the wrapped brie. Take brown sugar and sprinkle it all over EXCEPT on the laces and bands that were just added on top. This will make those appear whiter than the rest which should turn a golden brown. Bake the brie for 25 - 30 min at 350 degrees. Cut into the brie and serve with preserves and crackers (or forget them at home and people will still eat it up like I did).
Who knows what other shapes my brie might take? Let me know if you try anything else. Heart shaped brie seems like a great idea for Valentine's Day!
Guest Chef, Pri
Hello! Anj has kindly allowed me a guest post. I'm really going to miss my friends in DC with my move out West, and this Superbowl Sunday was a great indicator of why I love them. We are generally into making up events where we can make delicious food and Super Bowl Sunday was certainly no exception. Jeff and Lisa's Superbowl party turned into quite the feast with meatballs, enchiladas, crab dip, pizza, egg rolls, pizza circles, chilli, cookies, cake, pie, rice krispies, and prob some other stuff I'm forgetting. My contribution was a football baked brie! Here's how to do this easy timely treat!
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Ingredients:
1 round of Brie
1 roll of crescent roll dough (if you can get seamless it's preferable, but any will work)
Brown Sugar
Preserves or Jam
Wheat Thins or other crackers
How to: Just take the crescent roll dough and lie it flat on a baking pan. Cut small strips off with a knife a small section to place on top later. Put the brie in the center (leaving the rind on) of the dough leftover. Wrap the brie up like a present. Shape the excess dough at the ends into points to make the final shape look like a football. Take the dough strips and make football like laces and bands on top of the wrapped brie. Take brown sugar and sprinkle it all over EXCEPT on the laces and bands that were just added on top. This will make those appear whiter than the rest which should turn a golden brown. Bake the brie for 25 - 30 min at 350 degrees. Cut into the brie and serve with preserves and crackers (or forget them at home and people will still eat it up like I did).
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Who knows what other shapes my brie might take? Let me know if you try anything else. Heart shaped brie seems like a great idea for Valentine's Day!
Guest Chef, Pri
Super Bowl Snacks
I seem to be fading a little on the posting...this was to be expected but I'm pushing on! Here's what I made for the Super Bowl. The Colts lost but actually I like when underdogs win so it wasn't that sad for me. For my family, that's another story!
I forgot to take any good final pictures because we were running late but I made potato skins, which are pretty much always good, and then we decorated them with sour cream lines to make them look like footballs! I made these a few years ago and they were a hit! Basically bake/microwave the potatoes until they are cooked through. I did this in the microwave, putting them in a ziploc bag after washing them well. Then cut them in half and scoop out most of the middles. This left me with an enormous amount of mashed potatoes so that will definitely have to be turned into something later. But anyway... so after scooping out the insides, I brushed them with some vegetable oil mixed with the cayenne, black pepper, and salt. Threw them on a rack and put them in a hot hot (I think I used 450 degree) oven for about 10 minutes. Then I flipped them over, brushed the other sides with oil and put them back in the oven. Then I just had to fill them with bacon, tons of cheese, green onions, and a dollop of guacamole was added at the last minute by Ruchir. The sour cream lines came out of a squirt bottle that we had. Tasty and they were munched down pretty much as soon as we got into the party.
I also made caramelized onion dip. This was pretty good too, but I definitely should have made it earlier and left it in the fridge to firm up a bit more. It was not like lick the bowl delicious, so if I was going to make something like this again, I would probably try and pick a different recipe. This is the one that I loosely followed, but I didn't use the same proportions (ie I didn't measure anything) and I didn't use any balsamic because I didn't have any.
Caramelized Onion Dip
From: http://wellfed.typepad.com/
INGREDIENTS
2 large yellow onions
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/4 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
4 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup mayonnaise
I let you figure out the directions - basically caramelize the onions, then mix everything together. I used our stick blender to get it all really combined. I hate extremely long and drawn out directions like what is written on the website. i.e. Peel onions. Chop onions. Put onions in pot. Put butter in pot. Turn on heat. Etc etc.
Verdict is good, but not great but possibly because I didn't let it sit for a few hours and because I didn't use the balsamic, I think that would have given it a nice kick. I would have gladly just eaten the onions with a spoon instead of the dip but that's just me!
I forgot to take any good final pictures because we were running late but I made potato skins, which are pretty much always good, and then we decorated them with sour cream lines to make them look like footballs! I made these a few years ago and they were a hit! Basically bake/microwave the potatoes until they are cooked through. I did this in the microwave, putting them in a ziploc bag after washing them well. Then cut them in half and scoop out most of the middles. This left me with an enormous amount of mashed potatoes so that will definitely have to be turned into something later. But anyway... so after scooping out the insides, I brushed them with some vegetable oil mixed with the cayenne, black pepper, and salt. Threw them on a rack and put them in a hot hot (I think I used 450 degree) oven for about 10 minutes. Then I flipped them over, brushed the other sides with oil and put them back in the oven. Then I just had to fill them with bacon, tons of cheese, green onions, and a dollop of guacamole was added at the last minute by Ruchir. The sour cream lines came out of a squirt bottle that we had. Tasty and they were munched down pretty much as soon as we got into the party.
I also made caramelized onion dip. This was pretty good too, but I definitely should have made it earlier and left it in the fridge to firm up a bit more. It was not like lick the bowl delicious, so if I was going to make something like this again, I would probably try and pick a different recipe. This is the one that I loosely followed, but I didn't use the same proportions (ie I didn't measure anything) and I didn't use any balsamic because I didn't have any.
Caramelized Onion Dip
From: http://wellfed.typepad.com/
INGREDIENTS
2 large yellow onions
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/4 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
4 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup mayonnaise
I let you figure out the directions - basically caramelize the onions, then mix everything together. I used our stick blender to get it all really combined. I hate extremely long and drawn out directions like what is written on the website. i.e. Peel onions. Chop onions. Put onions in pot. Put butter in pot. Turn on heat. Etc etc.
Verdict is good, but not great but possibly because I didn't let it sit for a few hours and because I didn't use the balsamic, I think that would have given it a nice kick. I would have gladly just eaten the onions with a spoon instead of the dip but that's just me!
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Thursday, February 4, 2010
Bacon, Brie, and Caramelized Onion Quesadilla
A creation of mine, spawned from all the things I've been craving
lately. Pretty self explanatory but extremely delicious!
Getting ready to spread this soft rindless brie on a tortilla. I went to go get some more of this last week but I couldn't find it anymore!
Frying up some bacon! Yum! I find it easier to cut it up with scissors before frying it, rather than cooking it in strips and then crumbling. I pour off the fat into a little bowl and use it occasionally in my extremely bad for you but extremely good homemade salad dressing.
Close up, you can see the caramlized onions just glistening like little tasty jewels.
The finished product, as delicious as it looks!
lately. Pretty self explanatory but extremely delicious!
Getting ready to spread this soft rindless brie on a tortilla. I went to go get some more of this last week but I couldn't find it anymore!
Frying up some bacon! Yum! I find it easier to cut it up with scissors before frying it, rather than cooking it in strips and then crumbling. I pour off the fat into a little bowl and use it occasionally in my extremely bad for you but extremely good homemade salad dressing.
Close up, you can see the caramlized onions just glistening like little tasty jewels.
The finished product, as delicious as it looks!
Monday, February 1, 2010
Corn "Pudding"
I put the pudding in quotes here because that's what it is technically called, although it is definitely not what I consider a pudding. Anyway, the inspiration from the dish comes from a meal we recently had at Chevy's, a chain type Mexican restaurant which gives you a sombrero on your birthday! The meal wasn't for anyone's birthday; we mainly went there because it was one of the few places that has decent gluten free meals for our friend Bootleg. Anyway, Ruchir and I shared some Feast type meal, with tons of random foods thrown in there. When the meal arrived, the plate was heaped with enchiladas and chimichangas and chili rellenos and rice and beans and then a small scoop of some corn concoction.
"Corn?? No thanks," I said, as I quickly grabbed the chimichanga. While I do like corn bread, corn of the fresh variety is a little too vegetably for me. Unless it's on the cob and grilled and then doused in lime juice and chili powder the way Aunt Molly taught me, now that stuff is good!
Anyway, so I grabbed the chimichanga and got a bit of this corn mess on my fork on accident. I tentatively took a bite. Yowza that stuff was good! It was like extremely soft and cuddly corn bread! And it was sweet, deliciously sweet, and it made me want more. Unfortunately Ruchir wanted more too, and gulped most of it down before I had a chance to protest. Long story short, I decided to look up a recipe for it. Chevy's calls it "corn tamalito" whatever that means, but it seems like most everyone else calls it corn pudding. This version I made wasn't as good as Chevy's but I made a few substitutions which might have been the problem.
Chevy's Sweet Corn Tamalito aka Corn Pudding
from: grouprecipes.com
Ingredients
5 Tbsp. butter, softened
1/4 cup masa (corn flour)
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
2 cups corn kernels, fresh or frozen, thawed
1/2 cup cornmeal
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
2 Tbsp. plus 1 tsp. milk
In a small mixing bowl, mix the butter, masa, and sugar using an electirc mixer until light and fluffy. About 1 minute.
In a blender, blend half of the corn kernels with the water until smooth.
Combine this mixture with the butter mixture.
Add the remaining corn kernels, corn meal, baking powder, salt and milk and mix well.
Pour the corn mixture into an 8 inch square baking pan. Tightly cover with foil
Preheat oven 250 degree F. Place covered dish in a larger roasting pan filled with so water is 3/4 of inch up side of baking dish. Bake for 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
It is done when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Tomalito should have a smooth, moist texture.
I used regular flour instead of masa, and quick cooking polenta instead of corn meal. Hey gotta use what you have available. These turned out soft and sweet, but the texture just wasn't quite right. I scooped them out, squished them into a ball, and then scarfed them down.
"Corn?? No thanks," I said, as I quickly grabbed the chimichanga. While I do like corn bread, corn of the fresh variety is a little too vegetably for me. Unless it's on the cob and grilled and then doused in lime juice and chili powder the way Aunt Molly taught me, now that stuff is good!
Anyway, so I grabbed the chimichanga and got a bit of this corn mess on my fork on accident. I tentatively took a bite. Yowza that stuff was good! It was like extremely soft and cuddly corn bread! And it was sweet, deliciously sweet, and it made me want more. Unfortunately Ruchir wanted more too, and gulped most of it down before I had a chance to protest. Long story short, I decided to look up a recipe for it. Chevy's calls it "corn tamalito" whatever that means, but it seems like most everyone else calls it corn pudding. This version I made wasn't as good as Chevy's but I made a few substitutions which might have been the problem.
from: grouprecipes.com
Ingredients
5 Tbsp. butter, softened
1/4 cup masa (corn flour)
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
2 cups corn kernels, fresh or frozen, thawed
1/2 cup cornmeal
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
2 Tbsp. plus 1 tsp. milk
In a small mixing bowl, mix the butter, masa, and sugar using an electirc mixer until light and fluffy. About 1 minute.
In a blender, blend half of the corn kernels with the water until smooth.
Combine this mixture with the butter mixture.
Add the remaining corn kernels, corn meal, baking powder, salt and milk and mix well.
Pour the corn mixture into an 8 inch square baking pan. Tightly cover with foil
Preheat oven 250 degree F. Place covered dish in a larger roasting pan filled with so water is 3/4 of inch up side of baking dish. Bake for 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
It is done when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Tomalito should have a smooth, moist texture.
I used regular flour instead of masa, and quick cooking polenta instead of corn meal. Hey gotta use what you have available. These turned out soft and sweet, but the texture just wasn't quite right. I scooped them out, squished them into a ball, and then scarfed them down.
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