From the grease on your fingers to the crumbs on your lips, fried chicken can evoke childhood memories from almost anyone. Even me. Sometimes I have a fried chicken craving from my youth. Unfortunately, my family were not, by nature, fried chicken eaters. At the Lehail house, KFC was the be-all end-all of special occasions. Buckets of chicken — with its famous blend of 11 herbs and spices — along with coleslaw, macaroni salad, fries, and biscuits, made appearances on occasions like New Year’s Eve/Day. Relatives and family friends were prerequisites.
Category Archives: Holidays
Everyday
Finger Lickin’ Fried Chicken
Also posted in Favourites, Poultry
Tagged batter, black pepper, bold, brined, buttermilk, cardamom, chicken, chili, cinnamon, cloves, coating, colonel, crispy, crunchy, cumin, delicious, dredge, eastwest, family, fitting in, flavour, food, fried chicken, fry, garam masala, garlic, ginger, holiday, inclusion, india, indian, indianinfluence, KFC, lehail, masala, me, nostalgia, reminiscing, six years old, spiced, spices, tamarind, turmeric, twins, yummy
Meal Type: Everyday
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Comfort
A La Madras Beef Bourguignon
Julia Child. I could write everything cliché about this woman. But I won’t, except for stating my curiosity for food was cemented by this woman when I was 11 years old. Yeah, I was a strange kid.
Also posted in Beef, Favourites, Soup & Stews
Tagged aroma, beef, beef stew, black pepper, bold, Bourguignon, British raj, chennai, christmas, classic, coconut, deep flavour, ethos, family, garam masala, get together, ginger, hearty eats, holiday, holidays, india, indian, indian influence, indianinfluence, Jo, julia, julia child, Little Women, madras, madras curry, madras sauce, Meg, Mr Brooks, nostalgia, party time, PBS, Raj, red wine, reheat, sister, slow cooking, spices, spicy, thyme, transition, turkey hangover, wedding, winter food, Worcestershire, Worcestershire sauce
Meal Type: Comfort
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Desserts & Treats
Flavours of Gajerala without all the work: Ultimate Carrot Cake with Cardamom Icing
IF dessert drama (not family drama) is your goal this holiday season then Carrot Cake should be your dessert. Everyone is opinionated about this vegetal cake. There are devout haters, purists, accoutrement adders, and ones who have sadly never had a deliciously moist piece of carrot cake. Without fail, there is always a lengthy discussion whenever carrot cake is served.
Also posted in Cakes, Pies & Tarts
Tagged baking, bold, cakes, cardamom, carrot cake, carrots, cinnamon, cloves, coconut, craving, creamcheese, delicious, dessert, eastwest, eggreplacer, eggs, family, feedyoursoul, foodie, gajar, ginger, holiday, Holiday spirit, homemade, india, indian influence, instafood, khoa, love, nostalgia, nutmeg, pistachios, raisins, recipes, somethingfortheweekend, south asian, spices, sweet, vanilla, vegan, walnuts
Meal Type: Desserts & Treats
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Happy Hour
Crimson Crush: Ribena Pomegrante Cocktail
If you’re looking for a holiday drink that will keep your festive spirits up, try this mocktail – Crimson Crush. If you are wanting it to be little more spirited (And you’re 21 or older, of course,) it easily transforms into a cocktail.
Also posted in Drinks
Tagged bartender, barwoman, christmas, christmasparty, cltdrinks, cocktail, cocktails, craft cocktail, craftbartender, craftcocktail, Craftcocktails, eastwest, family, festive, flavour, ginger, gingersyrup, holidays, ilovemyjob, india, indian, indianinfluence, Mixology, mocktail, pomegrante, recipe, ribena, spice
Meal Type: Happy Hour
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Vegetarian
Double Dipped Fried Green Tomatoes
I enjoy eating fried food items from time to time (who doesn’t?). I especially like thinking of new foods to fry. These Double Dipped Fried Green Tomatoes have been floating around my head since I watched the movie, Fried Green Tomatoes, years ago.
Also posted in Vegetarian Dishes & Vegetables
Tagged besan, black pepper, bold, buttermilk, chickpea flour, chili, cornmeal, cumin, delicious, eastwest, eats, family, flavour, fried, friedgreentomatoes, fry, garam masala, green tomatoes, india, indian, indianinfluence, jewish, latkes, masala, midwest, necessary, shallow fry, spices, spicy, unripe, vegan, vegetarian, wow, yum, yumeats
Meal Type: Vegetarian
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