Soulful Creations

I am back at DB after a while now- this month while I could not eat what I made, I sure did have fun especially because I could finally Susan's lovely recipe to test. The October 2010 Daring Bakers challenge was hosted by Lori of Butter Me Up. Lori chose to challenge DBers to make doughnuts. She used several sources for her recipes including Alton Brown, Nancy Silverton, Kate Neumann and Epicurious. Here is my take on Susan's fat-free vegan donut recipe Dry ingredients 1/2 cup whole wheat pastry flour 1/4 cup unbleached flour 1/3 cup sugar 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp salt 1/4 tsp ground cloves 1/4 tsp freshly ground nutmeg 1/4 tsp freshly ground cardamom Wet ingredients 1/2 cup low-fat soymilk 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 3 tbsp soy yogurt (plain or flavor of your choice) 1 tbsp lemon juice 1 tbsp water For the glaze: 1/2 cup ...

A Botswanan cabbage curry with mint rice Botswanan cabbage curry , a very simple mildly spiced dish- recipe source Ingredients 1 tomato, chopped 1/2 onion, sliced 1 tsp ground ginger 1 tbsp dried oregano, crumbled 1 tsp thyme 1 tsp dried Kashmiri chillie, crumbled 1 small white cabbage, shredded (this I would say about 2- 21/2 cups of shredded cabbage) Olive oil salt and pepper to taste Method Add the oil to a pan and when hot use to fry the tomato and onion for about 5 minutes. Add the herbs  and stir to combine then add the cabbage. Stir to mix then reduce the heat and cook, partially covered, until the cabbage is soft (stir occasionally). The cabbage should be completely soft when done but will not have colored at all. Mint rice , source here Ingredients 1 large onion, finely sliced 1 tbsp oil 1/2 tsp shahjeera 1 tsp ginger garlic paste whole garam masala (4 cloves, 1″ cinnamom, 1 elachi, 1 star anise)- I ground these coarsely after roasting them for a few ...

Now how long has it been- a month since my last post! Time really flies- after a whirlwind of September and what looked like a torrential start to October, I was hoping to get back to regular blogging but of course " man proposes...". So here I am partially back and unable to eat much due to the removal of not much, just 5 of my teeth. Did I ever mention- I hate dentists! I wanted to start this series this past week - "On my plate" to give y'all a glimpse of what cooks at chez moi everyday. But right now have encountered a bit of a setback with my dental surgery.   On my plate tonight- a salad with red leaf lettuce and pears, an omlette and simple dal chaval.  Rachel Ray's 4 star salad, source here   Ingredients 1 lemon, juiced   3 tablespoons olive oil  2 hearts of romaine lettuce, chopped   1/2 red onion, thinly sliced   3 small pears (the smaller variety, I forget their name) 1 tablespoons dried thyme 1/4 cup finely chopped mint leaves   ...