just cooked some provisions and saltfish this evening. Dont know how to make the duff though

Got two squash from my sister's garden

Stewed with beef and potatoes.

Of course, ate it with nice hot oil-rotis!!

The taste of the home-grown fresh squash is so different from ones bought in the stores.

@Villagebelle posted:

Got two squash from my sister's garden

Stewed with beef and potatoes.

Of course, ate it with nice hot oil-rotis!!

The taste of the home-grown fresh squash is so different from ones bought in the stores.

Hy VB..nice to see u..guess wht..i have 2 squash vines n they bore abt 8 HUGE GIGANTIC ones..all r bitter( i think i put too much epsom salts..hahaha as it was bearing sheer man flowers n i was told to put epsom salts..so things bitter more than karaila…the other vines died , bearing 1 each but they got yellow n ‘swingy’ after they grew abt 8-10 ins.  I have another vine in front of the yard n i got 3 smaller ones which r not bitter…)

All r bitter!! What a waste

My fave greens r:-

-Katahar curry with plenty fresh coconut milk..can be with shrimps or without! N cooked until it looks like ‘old-cloth’..lol ie well done..mushy!

- seim curry with nice coconut milk, with or without shrimps, i esp with nice eddoes, but aloo is good too

- ‘Fry-squash” as we say back home..  stewed with plenty tomatoes n shrimps or chicken with nice HOT oil roti

i love all greens though …

not so fond of fry baigan (love it curried with eddoes, chicken or shrimps or jhandi style n of course i love baigan choka)

not very fond of bhaji..but it is healthy so i eat for that reasoni eat a lot of spinach in soup or quiche

@Lynn posted:

All r bitter!! What a waste

One way of dealing with the bitter is to peel them and rub with salt or cut them in pieces and soak in salt water for a few hours or overnight. Rinse thoroughly and then cut them up into smaller pieces for cooking.

@Mitwah posted:

One way of dealing with the bitter is to peel them and rub with salt or cut them in pieces and soak in salt water for a few hours or overnight. Rinse thoroughly and then cut them up into smaller pieces for cooking.

Thnx Mits bhaiya…

these r more bitter than karaila..

n they r huge!! Gigantic…

i have 4 giant sized ones on vine..

i tried cutting the ned n putting salt for few days..i peeled them deep too

it is  bitter down to the center

an indian guy said that there is a variety of bitter squash soi googled it..

omg it says it is poisonous..TOXIC!!

Wow…

@Lynn, Get rid of it. I just learnt about it being toxic. Anyways, I don't have the space to plant squash.

@Mitwah posted:

@Lynn, Get rid of it. I just learnt about it being toxic. Anyways, I don't have the space to plant squash.

Yes..i googled it because my hubby’s friend from India told him thatthere is a variety of bitter squash..

wow..everyday we learn eh!!

I donthave much space for gArden ..as my yard is mostly shade!! Insects eat out all the leaves except kariaila n squash..n n=1st time i planted 1 karailla, the squirrels stole all 12!!

They pick the baigan too..

so we stick to tomatoes n squash ..lol

sad thing is i had 3 other squash vines..2 died (planted in buckets) n 1 beside the driveway..that hear 3 n died.  

The bitter tree gave me 8 giant sized ones..like 1 can cook 4times!!..never ever seen squash this FAT..more than 25 ins in diameter n 34-37 ins long

See

@Lynn posted:

My fave greens r:-

-Katahar curry with plenty fresh coconut milk..can be with shrimps or without! N cooked until it looks like ‘old-cloth’..lol ie well done..mushy!

- seim curry with nice coconut milk, with or without shrimps, i esp with nice eddoes, but aloo is good too

- ‘Fry-squash” as we say back home..  stewed with plenty tomatoes n shrimps or chicken with nice HOT oil roti

i love all greens though …

not so fond of fry baigan (love it curried with eddoes, chicken or shrimps or jhandi style n of course i love baigan choka)

not very fond of bhaji..but it is healthy so i eat for that reasoni eat a lot of spinach in soup or quiche

Lynn, we must be twins....Katahar, seim and squash are my fave also, cooked exactly as yours. My hubby like fry baigan, but me, kids and grands all like it curried with chicken!

My sister got bumper crops of squash and baigan this year and I benefited greatly! Also got lots of tomatoes from her.  I do like my fresh tomato and cheese sandwich for lunch or even dinner.

This is the first year in the last 45, when we bought our first house, that I did not plant a garden.  I am retired.....but got to busy in the spring to plant a garden. go figure.

BTW.....I have never heard of or experienced bitter squash.

Garden season as once again coming to an end.

My older sister picked all her green apples and made achar.  She saved some for me.....will collect on my next visit to Brampton

Hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable summer!

@Villagebelle posted:

Lynn, we must be twins....Katahar, seim and squash are my fave also, cooked exactly as yours. My hubby like fry baigan, but me, kids and grands all like it curried with chicken!

My sister got bumper crops of squash and baigan this year and I benefited greatly! Also got lots of tomatoes from her.  I do like my fresh tomato and cheese sandwich for lunch or even dinner.

This is the first year in the last 45, when we bought our first house, that I did not plant a garden.  I am retired.....but got to busy in the spring to plant a garden. go figure.

BTW.....I have never heard of or experienced bitter squash.

Garden season as once again coming to an end.

My older sister picked all her green apples and made achar.  She saved some for me.....will collect on my next visit to Brampton

Hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable summer!

My cuz made achar with Granny Smith apples too..n it is so good!!

Yes summer is gone already!!

take care

@Villagebelle posted:

Lynn, we must be twins....Katahar, seim and squash are my fave also, cooked exactly as yours. My hubby like fry baigan, but me, kids and grands all like it curried with chicken!

My sister got bumper crops of squash and baigan this year and I benefited greatly! Also got lots of tomatoes from her.  I do like my fresh tomato and cheese sandwich for lunch or even dinner.

This is the first year in the last 45, when we bought our first house, that I did not plant a garden.  I am retired.....but got to busy in the spring to plant a garden. go figure.

BTW.....I have never heard of or experienced bitter squash.

Garden season as once again coming to an end.

My older sister picked all her green apples and made achar.  She saved some for me.....will collect on my next visit to Brampton

Hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable summer!

That bitter squash thing!!

so my cuz gave me 3 plants (she set seeds) n my gf bought 4 from Indian store

i had too many as i ony have sml portion in backyard that get a few hrs sun !

i gave away 4 n planted 5, even 1 in front by the driveway.  This 1 got 4 sml ones were not bitter

2 i planted in big buckets died

the other 2 bore the giant sized BITTER once n i got 8 or 9 humongous ones.

my cuz said all of hers died but she was telling me the other day that she got the seeds from an old lady n she met her recently n the lady told her that her squash was bitter ..

i had no idea which plant the bitter once’s came from..if it was my cuz’ or the store-bought ones..so now I know

my gf always picks up 4 plants from Indian store on airport rd n i have never had bitter ones before , ne thier has she…

i googled it after my hubby’s biz friend told my hubby that there is a bitter variety in India..

everyday we live n learn!!

I grew up as a farmers daughter.

we grew veggies to sell  wholesale..

we sold squash  by the BAGS ($20 ..i have no idea how many fitted into a rice bag)  

n never ONCE  did i have a bitter one

@Villagebelle posted:

Lynn, we must be twins....Katahar, seim and squash are my fave also, cooked exactly as yours. My hubby like fry baigan, but me, kids and grands all like it curried with chicken!

My sister got bumper crops of squash and baigan this year and I benefited greatly! Also got lots of tomatoes from her.  I do like my fresh tomato and cheese sandwich for lunch or even dinner.

This is the first year in the last 45, when we bought our first house, that I did not plant a garden.  I am retired.....but got to busy in the spring to plant a garden. go figure.

BTW.....I have never heard of or experienced bitter squash.

Garden season as once again coming to an end.

My older sister picked all her green apples and made achar.  She saved some for me.....will collect on my next visit to Brampton

Hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable summer!

VG..whn u  coming to B.ton u shud get Cham n we can meet for a cuppa tea..u have to pass me on yr way..lol

Btw VG

Patty (romel’s sis) visited us last month..to see. My sis who was visiting from Cayman..

they were co-workers ..MMZ Primary n BFFs

@Ramakant-P posted:

How many people on the GNI know how to make Cassava Curry?

Had it in Guyana, very delicious.  Just cut the cassava in small cubes and curry it, what's so hard about that?

Just had dal, rice & fried karila.  Great meal after eating so much meat during the holidays.

Never eaten cassava curry. 

Today, I cooked chicken chowmein.  All 5 of my grandkids like it and as per them, Nanee cooks it the best Taking some over for them tomorrow.

Also cooked bora/aloo, dhaal and naan (with yogurt)

found this really good recipe for naan on line and now my hubby prefer it to both sada and oil rotis.

Well today..er..yesterday (this is 1.15am) I made curry from scratch using no curry powder, I used Cham's recipe, ohhh man it came out good. I cheated by tossing in a can of split pea soup..here comes Cainsta Dahl along with a couple loaves of bread baked from scratch by the one and only...me, that came out mmmm good but I find the crust a bit hard. No eggs were used, I also used honey instead of sugar.

Cain the Baker

First time I baked something I can eat. (he said as he left)

My next mission is to try that cassava curry, I tried Eddoe curry. To my surprise I  can get cassava up here in slèd country.

yawn marning going back to sleep

@Amral posted:

yawn marning going back to sleep

Lol..u wake up early BM ..

hope u get good sleep!

whts cooking today!!

I cooked karaila, spinach  , bora n pumpkin(from cham’s yard)

I have left over baigan curry with fat shrimps n dhal in fridge

whn i get home from work tonite, I will make a crustless veggie quiche (with lot of spinach n brocoli n sweet peppers ) to go with my lentil /sweet potato soup

happy Monday!

looking fwd to a nice n warmer week..

yayyy..Thurs is +4 degrees…yahoooo!!!

@cain posted:

Well today..er..yesterday (this is 1.15am) I made curry from scratch using no curry powder, I used Cham's recipe, ohhh man it came out good. I cheated by tossing in a can of split pea soup..here comes Cainsta Dahl along with a couple loaves of bread baked from scratch by the one and only...me, that came out mmmm good but I find the crust a bit hard. No eggs were used, I also used honey instead of sugar.

Cain the Baker

First time I baked something I can eat. (he said as he left)

Wht’s the no-curry powder recipe??

U used turmeric only??

my cuz fron NJ doesnt use CP..only turmeric (i have never eaten her curry though..)

yeah man i shud try curry cassava too..i think it will-be yummy if it is  dried down..

@Villagebelle posted:

Never eaten cassava curry.

Today, I cooked chicken chowmein.  All 5 of my grandkids like it and as per them, Nanee cooks it the best Taking some over for them tomorrow.

Also cooked bora/aloo, dhaal and naan (with yogurt)

found this really good recipe for naan on line and now my hubby prefer it to both sada and oil rotis.

I just saw a naan recipe on fb..using yeast, yogurt n milk..baked in oven n brushed with garlic n cilantro after cooked

n i said i must try this version

you know some days I am fed up cooking, last week I was off for 5 days and I cooked several dishes in one day

Chicken fry rice, curry beef, plain rice, fry bora with beef, boil and fry, some fry plantain, (tried my hand at making bake did not work out well) All the food finish yesterday, I am off now for the next 3 days, but I do not feel like cooking rass.

Lynn, yes it had 1 tsp garamasala.. 1 tsp cumin...1 tbsp tumeric...1 tsp coriander.

@cain posted:

Lynn, yes it had 1 tsp garamasala.. 1 tsp cumin...1 tbsp tumeric...1 tsp coriander.

I will try this!

Cham has nice recipes..I tried her green apple curry n i love it more thanthe authentic green mango curry !!

@Amral posted:

you know some days I am fed up cooking, last week I was off for 5 days and I cooked several dishes in one day

Chicken fry rice, curry beef, plain rice, fry bora with beef, boil and fry, some fry plantain, (tried my hand at making bake did not work out well) All the food finish yesterday, I am off now for the next 3 days, but I do not feel like cooking rass.

So true ..some days i dont know wht to cook..n sometimes I dont feel like  eating anything

whn i feel like this..i go for dhal n rice n FRY EGGS.. I always have dhal (i cook a big pot n freeze in small containers

i use it with my stir fry veggies as i dont use salad dressings or sauces with veggies plusmy veggies r crunchy , so a dip in lil dhal is yummy n healthy(protein/fiber)

@Amral posted:

you know some days I am fed up cooking, last week I was off for 5 days and I cooked several dishes in one day

Chicken fry rice, curry beef, plain rice, fry bora with beef, boil and fry, some fry plantain, (tried my hand at making bake did not work out well) All the food finish yesterday, I am off now for the next 3 days, but I do not feel like cooking rass.

Try following 1 of the YouTubers bake recipes

JEvan Powell..or Metemgee(Althea Brown) Alica’s pepperpot

u will get it right

here is Metemgee's recipe (her updated version)

https://youtu.be/zcovTxRuoKY?si=U4y2Y3tsDDFXZ8jY

Lord have mercy..

now i feel like eating bakes …

i am going to make a couple as I am making fish cakes using canned sockeye salmon)

tata..

alyuh enjoy de rest of d day.  

I think snow in forecast fpr today..

but next few days we r in the + side (hope it doesnt change) ..4 degrees on wed n Thurs..

yes 4 degrees in JANUARY!!

We are at a balmy 2 today, wow, we got camping weather now.

@cain posted:

We are at a balmy 2 today, wow, we got camping weather now.

Cainsta…gonna try d cassava curry this weekend…

Go for it Lynn..give us a review

I found a recipe on facebook n tried this roll up thing..i mean it was a sausage rooled up in that recipe..but i used cream cheese n even a cheese roll filling n also butter as in butterflaps..

PS…they were soooo good!!

@cain posted:

Go for it Lynn..give us a review

Oh shucks..i forgot to put cassava on my list n hubby went to buy grocery already..

well next time…

Wow, Lynn making me hungry.

@Former Member posted:

Wow, Lynn making me hungry.

Open a can of beans and warm it up with some tofu.

Yepper! Beans beans the magical fruit, the more you eat the more you toot. Jus sayin!