Friday Food 07-03-20

My very kind neighbors who are Indian continue to share some meals with me.  This last week there was enough for two dinners and I enjoyed them both!   I will see if they will give me the names of these dishes to share with you. 

I sometimes take Mariam a plate or bowl or a takeout container like this.  She prefers it to sending her dishes that I need to return. 

On the top is a mixture of ground turkey, carrots, herbs, and other ingredients.  At the top in the center is a green leaf that she calls curry leaf.  I have to pick those out as they are tough to chew.  She says they also pick them out.  

The green vegetable on the bottom is, I'm sure, kale cut very small and sauted with onions and....!

This was wonderful and I had not eaten it before.  It is vermicelli with onions, more green leaves, and delicious sauteed small pieces of cauliflower.  I would make this myself and may ask for the recipe.  

I always have plain, unsweetened yogurt to eat with everything, it tones down the spiciness which can bother my aging stomach!  

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Friday Food 06-12-20

My very kind neighbors, the John family, continue to tempt me with delicious Indian food.  The other evening I enjoyed a meal and had leftovers for the next evening.  

Mariam calls these Indian cutlets, but they are more like flat meatballs.  About 2-1/2" long and 1/2" thick they are made of ground beef and some veggies and spices. 

This is sort of like a stew and they have served me a variation at almost every meal.  This one was especially tasty and contained mango, jackfruit seed, moringa leaves.

Mariam called this Indian greens.  They tasted like Swiss Chard combined with finely grated carrots and spices. 

And the distinctive Indian rice which is more coarse than the Bastimati that I usully cook.   Mariam told me there is a market across from the Fullerton PO that sells Indian ingredients.  Whenever I feel comfortable going out of my regular area I will check it out.  

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