The summer has been keeping us pretty busy and I was happy to have my break from blogging. We were travelling quite a bit and generally spending more time outdoors. Also, with Shankar not being around during the week, I have been cooking mostly during the weekends. Anyways, now with fall already here, there is going to be more time spent on the couch and catch up on blogging and other things.
Tonight I made a simple savory lentil recipe called Alitcha Birsen from Eritrea. The recipe is from here and I modified it a little bit. I sautéed a small tsp of black cumin, a clove of minced garlic, half a chopped onion,one nice Valencia tomato and a couple of small green chilies from my garden, and a few radishes from my friend's CSA box. To this I added 1 cup of pressure cooked lentils, added a tbsp of hot sauce (instead of berbere), seasoned with salt and brought to a boil. Once cooked, we had the savory lentils with rice and Blitva for dinner!
I am sending this entry to Susan's My Legume Love Affair #27.
With this, I have completed cooking from 75 countries! I don't think I will finish my Cooking the World challenge before the end of 2010, but hopefully soon in the next year.
A hot and gorgeous recipe!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for cooking and sharing an Eritrean recipe for MLLA, Bala. Ethiopian fare, as uncommon as it is compared with, say Chinese, is far better known that its neighbor's.
(You've got a lovely, lovely blog. You are far, far ahead of me in cooking your way around the world. Your skhug looks scrummy. I've made hilbeh - loved it.)
Thanks so much Susan!
ReplyDeleteCheers!
Bala.