Date Pickle

This pickle made with a date base is served with rice dishes such as biryani. It has a sweet and spicy flavour.

Carrot cake with Icing

This recipe for carrot cake is easy to make and tastes fabulous with cream cheese icing. 

Carrot Salad using the Microplane Spiral Cutter

I enjoyed using the Microplane Spiral Cutter to quickly cut the carrots before tossing it with the below ingredients and enjoying it as a side dish. Before using the Microplane Spiral Cutter remove the plastic from the blades and wash the unit. This cutter is similar to a pencil sharpener, and it is fun to use. We can use this cutter with vegetables such as carrots and radishes that can be added to stir fries, pickles and other dishes. We can cut larger vegetables such as zucchini and cucumber with the larger hole.

Vegetable Fritters

Eid Mubarak :) to all my readers that are celebrating. 

To make this savoury snack vegetable fritters or pakoras you will need...

julienne carrots and cabbage 1/2 cup each

2 tbsp curry leaves

1 onion chopped

1/2 cup chickpeas flour and more if needed

2 tbsp rice flour

1/2 tsp ginger grated

1/2 tsp garlic grated

1/2 tsp chillie powder or more to taste

1/4 tsp turmeric

1 tsp roasted cumin powder lightly crushed

1/2 tsp salt to taste

1 tsp carom or ajwain seeds

water as needed start with 1 tbsp at a time

oil to fry

Mix all the ingredients together and make a smooth thick batter that coats the vegetables, and leave it aside.
Heat the oil to large high heat and fry until the fritters or pakoras are golden brown. Adjust the heat to low if the fritters are getting dark too fast. Serve it hot as a snack.

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Onion Carrot Yogurt Salad or Raita

This is an easy cold salad made with yogurt, known as raita. It is a delicious, quick to make salad, which would be wonderful to serve with spicy food. 

1 cup thick Greek yogurt

1/4 tsp ground black pepper

1/2 tsp raita salt or regular salt

1 red onion chopped

1 carrot chopped small

Quick Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

3/4 cup vegetable oil

1 cup flour

1/2 tsp ground allspice

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp ground ginger

1/4 tsp salt

2 carrots (about 1 cup) grated

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/3 cup raisins

2 eggs

1 tbsp orange juice

Making Classic KFC Coleslaw at Home

This classic coleslaw recipe from the CopyKat.com's book allows us to recreate the coleslaw sold at KFC. 

10 cups diced green cabbage

1 cup diced green bell pepper

1/2 cup grated white onion

1/2 cup shredded carrot

2 cups Miracle Whip Light dressing

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 cup white vinegar

1/4 cup vegetable  oil

Caramelized carrots

6 carrots peeled and thinly sliced
3 garlic cloves minced
1 tsp sweet paprika *
1 tsp sugar
1/4 cup water
1 tbsp vinegar **
salt to taste
1 tbsp minced parsley for garnish

* I used 1/2 tsp chillie powder
** I used apple cider vinegar

Combine everything except the vinegar, parsley and salt.  
Cover and cook the combined ingredients over medium low heat for about about 12 to 15 minutes until carrots are lightly caramelized.  Add the vinegar cook for a minute then remove from heat.  Add salt, parsley and serve.
This recipe is from the book Cooking at the Kasbah.

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Cabbage salad

2 cups any type of cabbage sliced

boiling hot water

Slice the cabbage and keep in boiling hot water for 5 minutes, then drain and add the ingredients.

1 tbsp onion

1/4 cup carrots grated or sliced

1/4 cup vinegar

1 1/2 tbsp brown sugar

1/4 tsp salt to taste

1/2 tsp chillie powder to preference

Mix everything and leave in the fridge for an 1 hour before serving.

Inspired by the book Street food from around the world and goes to souper sundays and cookbook sundays.

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