[jyotirmoy]

Sushi is the recent rage in Delhi but sorry I couldn't develop a taste for that.

[WonderWomanUSA]

jyotirmoy, on Sep 7 2007, 09:15 PM, said:

Sushi is the recent rage in Delhi but sorry I couldn't develop a taste for that.

I love sushi and sashimi; this is the perfect lunch for me! They even sell ready-made sushi in the supermarkets here, at fairly low prices.

[Spice Odyssey]

Shahi Tukra  (kings pudding)  
This is a tasty desert which was served at the time of Mughal Empire.

Ingredients

1) Fresh Milk - 1 Litre.
2) Bread Slices - 4-5 Nos.
3) Condensed Milk - 1 Tin
(Cardamom flavour-optional)
4) Sugar - 3/4 th Cup
5) Ghee - 2 Tbsp.
6) Saffron - 1 Pinch (dissolved in 1tsp hot water)
For Garnishing:
Roasted Pistachios - 8-10 pcs. (sliced thin vertically)
Badam (Almond) - 5 pcs. (sliced thin vertically)

Method:
Boil Milk. To this add sugar & Condensed Milk (Note: If cardamom flavour is not available, ground 2 cardamom & add this to milk. Please discard its shell/skin.) Add saffron. Now cook milk on a low flame for 15-20 minutes till it thickens a bit.
Now add the ingredients for garnishing, cook for 2 minutes & leave it aside to attain room temperature.
Meanwhile roast/fry the bread slices in a frying pan by applying little ghee evenly on both the surfaces of the bread and cook till it turns crispy, taking care not to over brown them. Discard the sides of the bread slices. Now cut these bread slices diagonally & pour over the milk after the latter has reached its room temperature.

[Springmoon]

Well, as I am a Dutchie I really gotta think of a national dish..  
Stamppot andijvie with rookworst and spek, which is mashed potatoes with endive, baconcubes and a smoked sausage at the side (or stewed meat) lots of gravy, and musterd.
Stew of rabbit from my granny, served with boiled potatoes, apple sauce or cooking pears  (pears cooked with red wine, cinnamon and sugar)
I really love that at wintertime

[Shiver me Timbers]

Irish food hasn't got a great rep.

For breakfast - 2 sausages, 2 rashers (bacon), egges (fried or scrambled), 2 slices toast, black and white pudding, baked beans, 1 cup of tea and 1 glass of orange juice.

Irish dinners are generally un-fancy, often dour, but always fillings. You'll always get potatoes (mashed, boiled, bked, or my favourite, roasted). You'll get some veg - peas and carrots mainly, maybe some brocalli. And then you'll get your bit of meat, whether it's chicken or steak.

Like I said, nothing fancy. Wash down with a pint.

[dzibead]

Well, Conor, you know the old joke about a seven-course Irish meal: a boiled potato and a six-pack of Guiness!

Actually, I never met a potato I didn't like!  Potatoes in any form!  Yum!

[gautam]

But Conor, the quality of that bacon can be so superb, ditto potatoes, and the butter, that nothing fancy should be there to spoil the taste, right?

And about that six-pack:  An American walks into a crowded Irish pub, [this was long ago when American money was worth something] and says, I have a $100 here for the man who can down 10 pints in a row!  Silence! After a while, one man gets up and walks out, walks back in after a few minutes and steps up to the challenge. He downs the 10 pints and pockets the $100 bill. The American is curious; asks, why did you walk out and then walk back in. Reply "I just went over to the next pub to see if I could really do it."

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[dzibead]