The key ingredient is pomegranate molasses. Recipe from Martha Rose Shulman at the NYT: http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1013763-sweet-and-sour-eggplant-tomatoes-and-chickpeas I added juice from half a lemon at the end for brightness. (Nov. 2015)
Tag: soups and stews
Curried yellow split pea soup
Straightforward recipe that takes less than an hour to make. It tastes creamy yet is dairy-free. For the 1 Tbsp curry powder, we used 1 ½ tsp McCormick curry powder and 1 ½ tsp Jamaican curry powder. If you use vegetable stock instead of chicken broth, this can be vegetarian. We used an immersion blender… Continue reading Curried yellow split pea soup
Lebanese meatball soup (shorba keema)
For the meatball mixture, combine 1/3 cup minced onion (patted dry with paper towels), ¼ cup finely chopped Italian parsley, 1 ½ tsp balsamic vinegar, ½ tsp salt, ¼ tsp each black pepper and allspice, 1/8 tsp cinnamon, and 1/16 tsp each cloves and nutmeg. Mix by hand, then using a mounded tsp, form by… Continue reading Lebanese meatball soup (shorba keema)
Italian winter minestrone soup
Recipe from Giada de Laurentiis is here: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/winter-minestrone-recipe.html We used thick-cut bacon (cut into matchsticks, browned, and set aside before the first step of the recipe and the added back in at the last step) and increased the beef broth from 3 ½ cups to 4 cups. We also used a very small sprig of… Continue reading Italian winter minestrone soup
Korean chicken rice porridge (dak juk)
Soulful and garlicky home style dish. Recipe here: http://www.maangchi.com/recipe/dakjuk (Sept. 2015)
Korean soybean paste stew with tofu, shrimp, and potato (doen jang)
Recipe from Maangchi: http://www.maangchi.com/recipe/tofu-stew-doenjang-chigae (Sept. 2015)
Korean dried pollock and radish soup (bugeo guk)
This utilizes air-dried pollock fish filet and daikon radish (here, white baby turnips and purple topped turnips). This soup is light, flavorful, and refreshing. Recipe from Maangchi here: http://www.maangchi.com/recipe/bugeoguk (Sept. 2015)
Iced cantaloupe soup with jalapeño and basil
This was a refreshing summer soup that nearly broke my food processor, but the flavor was great. Recipe from the Splendid Table: http://www.splendidtable.org/recipes/iced-cantaloupe-soup-with-jalapeno-and-basil (Aug. 2015)
Korean chicken soup with hand-cut noodles (dak kalguksu)
This is one of my favorite dishes, but I haven’t had it in years. This is my first time making the recipe at home. Recipe from Maangchi: http://www.maangchi.com/recipe/dak-kalguksu (Aug. 2015)
Korean hand-torn noodle soup (sujebi)
This brings back a lot of happy childhood memories for me. We used a recipe from Maangchi’s Real Korean Cooking. I had only tiny anchovies, so I used about 40 tiny ones rather than 12 large ones (about ½ cup). We also have used 1 potato (instead of 2) and replaced the second potato with… Continue reading Korean hand-torn noodle soup (sujebi)
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