Chow Mein and Whole Wheat Bread

It was one of those days. We were not sure what to make for dinner. I had to go to the grocer for toilet paper so I would be able to pick up ingredients. I wanted red bean burgers but mom wanted chow mein so we went with chow mein. I do not fuss once it is healthy, easy to digest and simple to make. I got carrots, cabbage, and sweet peppers. Then some maggi all purpose seasoning. There was actual chow mein seasoning but I was scared of the MSG but I still do not know if what I settled on has MSG. My mom cut up the ingredients and I would do the sauteing and dishing out. I also made the tea. By the way, this is not my first attempt at a cooking blog and regular cooking. I used to do a lot of cooking when I was vegan. One day I will probably return to being vegetarian and then being vegan. It just feels like the right thing to me. Here are some photos. So basically cut up and rinse with water and vinegar. Saute in some oil. Then add seasoning, butter and black pepper. The secret for me for a good chow mein is slow heat, cook until tender and stir often enough. Then bon appetit.

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Medley lunch

I decided to make a medley for lunch of the things I had available. First was roasted baigan or baigan choka. Then chow mein using a chow mein pack I had. This had carrots, sweet pepper and cabbage. I added parsley, shadon beni and celery and garlic and cooked on low heat in golden ray butter. Then I boiled some plantain and made some curly pasta. Pasta was served with parmesan and tamarind sauce.

Stovetop bread

Oh the nostalgic smell of homemade bread baking in the house. To go with some garlic butter and wash down with coffee. First time I was doing this and I was not sure it would work out. I saw others doing this stovetop bread online so there was hope. My mom told me she made stovetop bread when I was little using a three burner countertop stove. An oven stove was a luxury in those days. Any bread dough recipe will do. Knead and rise the dough. Oil the pot. Knead the dough again and rise again, this time in the pot. Cover while cooking on the very lowest heat for about 25 minutes. Next time I will try 15 to 20 minutes because this time the bottom was too charred. I cut out the charred bottom before serving. I ate some of it as it tasted like a crunchy bread cracker. I think this needs fine tuning and I am up for the challenge. The insides were most delicious though. *I tried it again using less time and it was perfect

Golden soft flaky parmesan aloo pies

The dough consisted of cookeen, flour, water, salt, sugar and baking powder. Maybe too much cookeen and why it came out like a french fried pastry. I did not mind because it tasted so delicious. The stuffing was boiled and mashed potato with parmesan, parsley, shadon beni, black pepper and minced garlic. I made 7 balls that I rolled out and stuffed with the aloo and folded. Fried in oil and voila. About a minute on each side.

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