The CookingBites Recipe Challenge: Cumin

cookieee said:
Just for the record, my recipe was for Cajun Popcorn SHRIMP lol
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I apologise. I misread the recipe completely. It was very early when I went through the entries and having never heard of "popcorn shrimp" before and the "shrimp" part being enclosed in brackets...... I honestly thought that it was popcorn with shrimps.
 
Wowww!!! Thanks @Yorky and everyine else who entered. Genuinely surprised as there were so many delicious looking recipes submitted for this one.
 
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Yorky said:
However, there can only be one winner and having been initially torn between the chilli chicken of @murphyscreek, @morning glory’s chicken fillets and @detroitdad’s chicken patties, I finally decided upon @murphyscreek as this month’s winner (the garlic butter sauce being the deciding factor).
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Thank you for shortlisting me - you missed one of my entries off your list of entries but it doesn't matter - it wouldn't have won.

Congratulations @murphyscreek for winning with your succulent, delicious and seductive Chilli Cumin Chicken with Butter Garlic Sauce. :woot:

If you choose the next ingredient & post it here we will set up a new thread.

For reference, previous ingredients in date order & alphabetical order are here.
 
murphyscreek said:
Have been trying to think of an ingredient that covers sweet or savoury, veg or non veg, and is used across a variety of National cuisines. So am going to nominate honey.
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Interesting choice and one we haven't had before. Some vegans don't eat honey but to my knowledge we have only one active vegan member (@SatNavSaysStraightOn) who I believe does occasionally eat it. As you say - it works sweet or savoury too.
 
Yorky said:
I counted the entries - there were 15 so I thought that I had them all covered. I'll say again though, it was very early morning and I'd had a shed load of beer the previous day.
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There were actually 16 entries - but @cookieee hadn't tagged one of hers so it doesn't show on the list when you click on cookingbites recipe challenge. My missing item was the Pilau I posted last.

Yorky said:
@morning glory ’s potato and pea curry caught my attention because it includes my favourite potatoes and also has Madhur Jaffrey’s name on it.
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Did you by any chance read my comments on this recipe? Click here: #23 to see. I was actually quite shocked as I'd always thought I could trust her recipes.
 
morning glory said:
Did you by any chance read my comments on this recipe? Click here: #23 to see. I was actually quite shocked as I'd always thought I could trust her recipes.
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No I didn't (but I have now). I occasionally cook aloo matar myself but whose recipe I use does not come immediately to mind.

Anyway, these are the ingredients that I use and for which I would consider is four portions (as a side dish).
  • 1 Medium onion, chopped
  • 2 tsp Ginger, chopped
  • 2 tsp Garlic, chopped
  • 1 Cinnamon stick, 100 mm long broken up
  • 2 tblsp Olive oil or ghee
  • ½ tsp Ground turmeric
  • 2 tsp Ground cumin seeds
  • ¾ tsp Chili powder (or cayenne pepper)
  • ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper
  • 500 gm scrubbed and cubed potatoes (25 mm)
  • 6 fresh whole green or red chillis
  • 3 Tomatoes, peeled and chopped.
  • 1 tsp tomato puree
  • 1 tsp salt, or to taste
  • 100 gm frozen peas
  • Fresh coriander leaves.
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Yorky said:
No I didn't (but I have now). I occasionally cook aloo matar myself but whose recipe I use does not come immediately to mind.

Anyway, these are the ingredients that I use and for which I would consider is four portions (as a side dish).
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Is the recipe on the forum?
 
morning glory said:
There were actually 16 entries - but @cookieee hadn't tagged one of hers so it doesn't show on the list when you click on cookingbites recipe challenge. My missing item was the Pilau I posted last.
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I really did have a skinfull yesterday. A couple of mates came around in the afternoon and I must have cleared over 5 litres. And, until I saw your post this morning, I was under the impression that the closing date was 8th September so that didn't help any.
 
murphyscreek said:
Have been trying to think of an ingredient that covers sweet or savoury, veg or non veg, and is used across a variety of National cuisines. So am going to nominate honey.
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Congratulations on the win, and thank you for picking a versatile ingredient.
 
Yorky said:
I really did have a skinfull yesterday. A couple of mates came around in the afternoon and I must have cleared over 5 litres. And, until I saw your post this morning, I was under the impression that the closing date was 8th September so that didn't help any.
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:laugh: Hope you have recovered now.
 
Congrats! Im honored to even make the top list of entries.

Im kind of glad I didn't win. Picking the winning recipe is exhaustingly difficult lol
 
morning glory said:
Interesting choice and one we haven't had before. Some vegans don't eat honey but to my knowledge we have only one active vegan member (@SatNavSaysStraightOn) who I believe does occasionally eat it. As you say - it works sweet or savoury too.
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As you quite rightly say, vegans do not eat honey (they eat nothing produced by produced by or from anything alive (mammals, insects, fish etc) ). Vegetarians do eat/use it. I only very occasionally touch it, usually in commercial stuff where I've not had a choice and am desperate. It is usually substituted with either maple syrup, rice bran sugar or agave nectar (though I'm not a fan if the latter for other reasons).
 
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