Cooking tips and wonderful flavour combinations

[benjybars]

Not sure how much ajvar has already been discussed on these pages? Anyway here's a recipe for it. Make this once a week. It's called Sydney Road Special.

slice and onion and fry for a few mins with olive oil.. add two chopped courgettes and a generous sprinkling of paprika and cayenne pepper and cook on high-ish heat for 10 mins.. then add chopped mushrooms and cook for 5 more mins.. then add the ajvar (about 3 fat spoons) and stir through and cook for further 5 mins. meanwhile, once the ajvar is in, put one packet of halloumi (chopped into bitesize cubes) onto a frying pan (pan should be sizzling hot). Once halloumi has been frying for 60 seconds (careful not to let it stick) add in a FUCKLOAD of chopped garlic (I always use a whole head). Fry the garlic and halloumi together for a couple more mins. Then tip into the pot with the courgettes and mushrooms. Stir it all together. Season if necessary. Serve with cous cous and turkish yoghurt. bosh.

 

[Leo]

that sounds so good, will give it a go next time my wife is out of town.

 

[owengriffiths]

Lot of Hindus shun garlic don't they. Buddhists too. Something about it makes you passionate or something?

Jains are worse, any vegetable that grows tentacles when you leave it too long (like potatoes) are considered living creatures and so clash with their eclectic take on veganism. There's no danger of any follower of that religion getting fat.

 

[luka]

Jain man nah eat aubergine

 

[comelately]

Not sure how much ajvar has already been discussed on these pages? Anyway here's a recipe for it. Make this once a week. It's called Sydney Road Special.

slice and onion and fry for a few mins with olive oil.. add two chopped courgettes and a generous sprinkling of paprika and cayenne pepper and cook on high-ish heat for 10 mins.. then add chopped mushrooms and cook for 5 more mins.. then add the ajvar (about 3 fat spoons) and stir through and cook for further 5 mins. meanwhile, once the ajvar is in, put one packet of halloumi (chopped into bitesize cubes) onto a frying pan (pan should be sizzling hot). Once halloumi has been frying for 60 seconds (careful not to let it stick) add in a FUCKLOAD of chopped garlic (I always use a whole head). Fry the garlic and halloumi together for a couple more mins. Then tip into the pot with the courgettes and mushrooms. Stir it all together. Season if necessary. Serve with cous cous and turkish yoghurt. bosh.

I used the very similar Ljutenica to baste a chicken (I cooked it sitting upright on a beer can) and the results were surprisingly good.

 

[Mr. Tea]

Never heard of this ajvar stuff - where is it from?

 

[luka]

Eastern Europe Romania Macedonia etc

 

[luka]

Easily available in the turkish supermarkets and polish mini marts

 

[hmg]

There's no danger of any follower of that religion getting fat.

I've evidence to the contrary, I went to school with a tubby Jain called Amit.

 

[luka]

I'm gunna do that beenyb avjar recipe. Sounds alright

 

[luka]

We're probably at the stage where we could release a dissensus cookbook

 

[luka]

It's a real shame this thread has become too big to use in a way. I look.through it a lot

 

[luka]

I love reading and thinking about food now I'm middle aged. I use all the big sites saveur bon appetit epicurious serious eats

 

[Leo]

i have a weakness for food porn, and admit that great photos alone can get me to want to eat almost anything. truly seductive.

 

[trza]

I recently started a second food blog for my photos and restaurant write ups. The wordpress setup has some weird analytics compared to google, it counts people as "liking" or following the blog even when there isn't a single visit on a given day.

 

[benjybars]

I'm gunna do that beenyb avjar recipe. Sounds alright

trust me bruv you'll love it.. remember tho - truly obscene levels of garlic should go in with the halloumi.

 

[luka]

Sorry gave credit to wrong ben. I'm making it today. I'll bung the whole head in and let you know how it goes

 

[luka]

I got drunk gunna order a pizza make this tomorrow

 

[luka]

Getting on it now gunna do some lebanese style green beans too

 

[luka]