Tarts and crostata

sweet:

fruit tart

fruit tart

banana tarte-tatin

savory:

tomato tart

shrimp veggie tart

strawberry crostata:

Frogmore stew

comfort food from the South.

Shrimp croquettes

Belgian, Dutch shrimp balls -- Garnaalkrokketten

Egg rolls

German roast beef - 2 kinds

Fuhrmannsbraten - cARTER'S ROAST

Sauerbraten with potato dumplings and pickled beets

Shaved beef and bell pepper stirfry

Szechwan beef

Dublin/Irish coddle

Usually I make the Irish-Ameican corned beef and cabbge for St Patricks Day. This year, went for Irish coddle. Simple but tasty with Irish soda bread.

German Marzipan cookies - Bethmannchen

Granola Ellunda -- Rolled oats- sesame seeds balls

Sweet sesame seed balls were a childhood favorite back home. Last week, there was some leftover coconut-jaggery filling which begged to be used. Heated some ghee and pan seared the rolled oats and the sesame seeds -- can use black and white or both -- and mixed it with the melted jaggery-coconut filling And this was the result. Granola balls! Delicious!

Battenberg cake

Another English favorite. Made the marzipan with sugar syrup and almond meal. Didnt want to use egg white or gelatin.

Estonian kringel bread

Another beautiful, delicious cinnamon bread made with a mix of spelt and all purpose flour. Saffron, cardamom optional, I hear.

Kozhukkatta and Peecham pidi

Nazrani Palm Sunday specials. Kozhukkattas are rice flour dumplings with a sweet coconut filling . The sweetener can be regular sugar or jaggery. and Peecham podis are made with mildly sweet rice-flour-coconut dough, steamed. 

Sambar

Sambar is one of the staples in our house. There will be some always. It goes well with rice, rotis, dosa and idli and vada etc etc. And it is healthy and spicy delicious and aromatic. It has a lentil base, and all kinds of vegetables, all kinds of spices including turmeric, coriander, asafoetida, and a few others.  One of the basic food item of South Indians. A soup, a stew, a so-called curry.

this one is special because I used a mandolin to prep the vegetables. Till now I did everything by hand, as I realize that I am kind of a perfectionist. Each vegetable piece had to certain shape and size.
But once I used the gadget, things looked different, but somehow easier. Tasted the same, anyway.

final seasoning with mustard seeds, dried chillies, spices

rice and sambar and ground beef