Like bananas? Like doughnuts, especially fritters? Then you’ll love these easy banana poppy seed fritters, complete with a delectable dusting of icing sugar. Yes, they are deep fried. Sound good? Not too scared? You shouldn’t be — banana fritters await. Now let’s get started.
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Comfort
Banana Poppy Seed Fritters
Posted in Bread, Scones, Muffins & Biscuits, Sweets
Also tagged baking, banana, deep fry, delicious, dough, eastwest, eat, family, flavour, food porn, foodie, freeze, fried, fritter, fritters, icing, india, indian, love, lovely, nostalgia, poppy seeds, spice, sugar, sweet, yummy
Meal Type: Comfort
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Everyday
Finger Lickin’ Fried Chicken
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.
Posted in Favourites, Holidays, Poultry
Also tagged batter, black pepper, bold, brined, buttermilk, cardamom, chicken, chili, cinnamon, cloves, coating, colonel, crispy, crunchy, cumin, delicious, dredge, eastwest, family, fitting in, flavour, 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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Happy Hour
Leblebi Inspired Savoury Roasted Chickpeas
Oh hello, let me introduce you to my new favourite snack: Leblebi Inspired Savoury Roasted Chickpeas.
I’ve been on a bit of a chickpea kick lately, if you hadn’t noticed already. It only made sense that I roast some up for a grazing snack to have on hand. Lately, I haven’t been consuming my daily quota of potato chips, instead I have been eating these roasted chickpeas by the fistful. They have a popcorn-esque snackiness. I can munch on them with abandon since they have benefit of being low in saturated fat and being a healthy source of iron and folate.
Posted in Snacks
Also tagged algerian, black pepper, bold, chaat masala, chickpeas, cumin, delicious, eastwest, family, fistful, flavour, garam masala, garbanzo beans, garlic, holiday, india, indian, indianinfluence, iranian, leblebi, nutty, olive oil, paprika, roasted, savoury, south asian, soy sauce, spices, spicy, vegan, vegetarian, yum, yummy
Meal Type: Happy Hour
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Sides
Gingery Carrot Magic Sauce (Dressing)
I HAVE A CONFESSION TO MAKE: I’M AFRAID OF THE VEGETABLE GRATER. I have Gratophobia.
I know, it’s silly. It’s true. I avoid grating anything. I leave it as the last task in the kitchen. I have been known to bribe others, namely my niece and nephew to grate things on my behalf. Or I use the grating attachment on my food processor.
Posted in Salads, Vinaigrettes & Dressings
Also tagged bold, carrot, carrots, chili, cumin, delicious, east west, family, garlic, ginger, grated, gratophobia, greens, growing up, hockey, india, indian, indian influence, influence, magic sauce, masala, miso, mustard seeds, nostalgia, rabbit food, rai, redwings, rice wine vinegar, salad, shredded, south asian, soy sauce, spinach, vegan, vegetarian, yzerman
Meal Type: Sides
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Party
The Most Perfect Chip Dip – Yogurt Chili Dip
I love potato chips. (Yes, I have declared this in an earlier post). I eat them daily. They are my late night snack. An indulgence. A reward for completing as many items off project “work lists”.
I go through flavour cycles and varieties. Sometimes with dip, other times without. Lately, I eat only plain or rippled chips and dip. Chips, while delicious, have a lot of preservatives, so to create some kind of balance, I make my own dip. Need more reason to eat chips with dip? Chips are good on their own, but dip adds more excitement. Part of the fun in eating chips is dipping them into a cool, creamy, tangy sauce.
Posted in Dips & Salsas
Also tagged black pepper, chili, chipdip, chips, crowdpleasing, dip, eastwest, family, homemade yogurt, india, indian, indianinfluence, mast, mom, Pataks, Persian, south asian, spicy, yogurt
Meal Type: Party
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