home-grown bitter gourd

The summer of 2016 gave us bitter gourds too.

bitter gourd/ kaipakka/pavakka fry

and pickle

Okra/lady's finger bonanza

The summer of 2016 was okra/lady's finger/vendakka time for us. The five or six plants that I grew from seeds bought from the Kitasawa company produced so much!
 This is what I did with them.

 Our basic mezhukkupuratti

Punjabi mode:

Kerala Kichadi:

A stirfry with home grown tomatoes:

Another Punjabi dish:

Pakodas:

Kerala Pachadi:

Kerala Theeyal:

Gumbo:

Clay pot Chicken and vegetables

Last summer gave me a whole bunch of tomatoes, as I said before, and also a  lot of one dangerous veggie -- the ghost pepper. Hot stuff. The chicken was so moist and tender and flavorful. I had onions and garlic thrown in there along with the pepper and  the potatoes, celery and carrots. All great.  Only thing is to remember to remove all the peppers lying in there looking like tomatoes.

Ready for the oven:

Bath buns

Another British teatime item.

Sticky Toffee Pudding

The old English favorite is my favorite too. Used golden syrup instead of treacle.

English baked beans

The one without molasses, and with garlic. More like one of the Kerala lentil soups/curries. Flavorful.

Crumpets and pancakes