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@thepickledshallot

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Cooking balanced meals 🍳
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Baked salmon and orzo pasta salad with Moroccan cured olives. Served on this beautiful salad dish I bought from FesSalad :Skin on salmon baked with olive oil and salt then flaked Orzo pasta cooked until tender Cherry tomatoes halvedRed onions slicedCapersMoroccan cured olivesFew sundried tomatoesLettuceLemon slicesFresh herbsDressing :Light mayoWhole grain mustard (or any mustard)Lemon juiceEVOOTouch of honeySaltPepper....#pastasalad #bakedsalmon #salmonsalad #saladrecipe #summersalad by @thepickledshallot

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2 months ago

Hey guys, my Sunday post is this cinnamon spiced beetroot salad from last week as I'm still dreaming about it! Swipe to see the Provençal orange wine I paired with it.For those of you who know my cooking (and me!) through this page, you'll know that I love spices but not in the typical spices=curries sense. I love to use different spices, enjoy tasting the variety and complexity they bring to dishes. This spiced and roasted beetroot salad is just that! Ingredients-- beetroot- red onion- cherry/plum tomatoes- feta/similar cheese- walnuts- pomegranate- dill- cinnamon- paprika - garlic- olive oil- lemon juice- saltI coated the beetroots (chopped into medium pieces) with a pinch of cinnamon powder and paprika , olive oil and salt. I roasted them in the oven till tender (20 - 25mins). While they were roasting I sliced red onions and hot pickled them and put them in the fridge to cool down. If you've got pickled onions from earlier, that's the best as the flavours would have developed even more. Next I toasted the walnuts. Made a dressing from minced garlic, olive oil, lemon juice and salt.At this point I realised I had some steamed beets set aside for something else and decided to use a handful of those to add a bit of variation.Time to assemble - added the roasted beets, steamed beets, halved tomatoes, pickled onions and the dressing in a bowl and tossed everything together. Plated the salad and added crumbled feta, pomegranate and the toasted walnuts to it. Garnished with fresh dill. Enjoyed this beautifully earthy salad, slightly sweet from the roasted beets with a hint of spice and the richness from the cheese with a glass of the orange wine 🍷....#salad #roastedbeets #beetrootsalad #autumn #fall #fallrecipes #beetroots #saladbowl #saladrecipe by @thepickledshallot

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2 years ago

A soup perfect for today's stormy, wet weather - Chinese pork meatball soup with radish and pakchoy in a hearty broth full of goodness....#meatballsoup #chinesesoup #souprecipe #cantonese by @thepickledshallot

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2 months ago

The hot, almost-tropical weather continues. If only there were palm trees for shade and juicy tender coconuts on demand🌴 Instead we're quenching our thirst with this spiced and chilled buttermilk. Good for the body, good for the soul!RecipeTake natural yoghurt (or any yoghurt that has live cultures in it) and dilute with water (2 yoghurt : 1 water). Cover and rest in a warm place on your kitchen counter / anywhere indoors for 2-4hrs to ferment but upto 6 hrs for a deep, tangy taste. Mix rock salt, crushed black pepper, slit green chillies (skip if you prefer no heat), chopped mint and coriander leaves. Add ice cubes. Pour and enjoy!Or refrigerate for laters. We pack a bottle each when going to work 😃....#buttermilk#masalachaas #summeressentials #summerdrink #guthealthyfood by @thepickledshallot

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3 days ago

I hosted some old friends yesterday and wanted to treat them with some of their favourites. I made spicy paneer and veggie tikka skewers, minty hariyali fish tikka, marinated onion salad, green chutney for dipping and a dry Kerala pepper chicken with the best, aromatic spices from Kerala. V made his parippu (chana dal) vada with lots of ginger, shallots and curry leaves. For mains, we ordered thin crust pizzas from a local Italian place. I also made a quick cheat's tiramisu for dessert which came out quite well! We sat in the garden, ate, drank, laughed and enjoyed the sunshine. It was a long lunch and by the time any of us checked the time it was already 6.30 in the evening! So I made some strong masala chai and we chatted some more till it really was dinner time. Time flies when you're having fun!....#kebabs #indianfood #paneertikka #fishtikka #fingerfood by @thepickledshallot

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7 days ago

Katsudon (tonkatsu) and miso soup, a slice of Japanese comfort in my kitchen today.I just finished reading Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto, where the central character Mikage orders a late-night Katsudon, savours it and feels the need to take a portion to her grieving, hungry friend Yuichi, who is living in another town. So Mikage takes a long-distance midnight taxi to hand-deliver the katsudon to Yuichi, bringing more than just a gesture of comfort and friendship - it was a lifeline in their shared grief. Kitchen is a deeply moving book, revolving around food, cooking, and kitchens and I only wish I had read this sooner! If you haven't already, you must ❤️....#katsudon #japanesefood #misosoup #bananayoshimoto #tonkatsu by @thepickledshallot

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14 days ago

Keeping it light and cooling with this delicious, slightly tangy Moru Curry (yoghurt curry) made with South Indian yellow cucumber (2nd pic).I learnt this recipe from V, from his repertoire of everyday Kerala recipes he and his family cook at home. With a bowl of rice and some pickles/pappadam on the side, I don't need anything else!Do you want the recipe?....#morucurry #southindianrecipes #summerrecipes #yoghurtrecipes #easyrecipes by @thepickledshallot

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16 days ago

Recreating Morocco memories - a Berber omelette in my little tagine that I bought from the terracotta souk in Fez! I ate countless Berber omelettes when we visited Morocco in April this year. While we drove 1,200 km across the country, we stopped at many a rustic eatery by the roadside where we invariably got served this or a variation of this with beautiful crusty khobz bread. It was tasty and filling and often gave us the opportunity to chat up the locals, quizzing them about their recipe and what makes a simple egg dish (shakshouka's cousin) so damn delicious ❤️ Today I took out the tagine and got cooking. Crushed tomatoes, minced onions, and a touch of garlic form the base in lots good quality olive oil. I used a pinch of cumin powder and a generous helping of Moroccan paprika (bought from a regular grocery store in Marrakesh), pitted green olives, eggs cracked in, salt to taste and chopped cilantro to finish. Alas, I haven't yet learnt how to make the khobz, so we ate this with rye sourdough 🍳....#berbercuisine #moroccancuisine #shakshouka #moroccanrecipes #eggrecipes by @thepickledshallot

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21 days ago

June in photos. Homemade watermelon juice to keep cool 🔆 A simple, vegetarian Bengali lunch with summer friendly light and nutritious dishes. Perfect for the heat we've had recently A sudden downpour that rewarded us with a gorgeous rainbow 🌈Queen of Sweden blooming away in my garden Spinach and spring onion harvest A giant masala dosa! Hand for scale 😯 Smoky, delicious BBQ Sunday lunch 🔥 Can't get over how pretty potato flowers are 🌸 5th year of my snake plant flowering A tranquil walk at Highgate Wood It was matcha latte weather most of the month! Red currant harvest, current sat in my freezer! Glorious moong daal sprouts. Benefits of having warm weather! Scotch bonnet chilli at my local Turkish market. Aren't they just gorgeous? 🌶️ Lemon geranium leaves, fresh off my plant before steeping to make a homemade cordialGin & tonic with lemon geranium cordial 🍸 A delish Korean lunch out at Woo Jung in Golders Green. Beef bibimbap and kimchi jeon was soul satisfying Sometimes all you need is vanilla ice cream and kahlua 🤍 by @thepickledshallot

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24 days ago

Beat the heat with Indian food? Yes, you read that right. India is a tropical country where summers can get dangerously hot. Its diverse cultures have perfected the art of cooling down through food. No matter the region, traditional Indian cuisine is designed to help the body handle the heatA cooling, almost stew-like Bengali ridge gourd curry with prawns (Photo 1), lightly spiced green beans bhorta (Photo 2), freshwater Rohu jhol (light curry l/stew) with beans, summer potatoes and pointed gourd (Photo 3), refreshing buttermilk drinks, fermented gut friendly recipes and loads of summer fruits like mangoes (Photo 4) is the key to survival! Look beyond butter chicken and naan and seek out simple everyday Indian recipes to keep cool 😎❤️....#indiancuisine #summerrecipes #bengalicuisine #fishcurry #indianmangoes by @thepickledshallot

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a month ago

Sunday BBQ 🔥Peri peri chicken wings, salt n pepper pork shoulder steaks, corn on the cob with a lemon-spice rub, grilled sweet peppers, grilled asparagus, fresh salad with cucumber and bean sprouts and and a generous dollop of homemade garlic ranch dip. What do you think? by @thepickledshallot

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a month ago

A summery roasted peppers pasta salad with Moroccan cured olives, fresh crumbly cheese, fresh basil and a sun dried tomato vinaigrette 🌞 🥗 🌶️ 🍅Ingredients-- Oven roasted sweet peppers, bell peppers, shallots and garlic (with olive oil and salt)- Cooked fusili- Moroccan cured olives- Sundried tomatoes- Any crumbly cheese- Fresh basil Dressing -- that delicious, punchy oil from the jar of sundried tomatoes- mixed dried herbs- red pepper flakes- salt- lemon juice-touch of dijon mustard....#roastedpeppers #summersalad #saladrecipe #pastasalad #ovenroasted by @thepickledshallot

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