Food for an Airhead.

[chasbmw]

Most of the Indians in maylasia and Singapore were indentured laborers (slaves for one generation) from Tamil Nadu, so the cooking reflects south Indian cooking which is the only vegetarian cuisine I will adopt when meat eating is made illegal! South Indian food is difficult to find in the west, but try a Marsala Dosa with Sambar. Truly delicious.

[Sibbo]

Recipe? I want a taste.

I have eaten Indian food at dozens of places. The best ever was in Sopot Poland. I will never forget it. I am going back sometime....... when I am immune from blood clots.

Sopot ?

Bangalore in my case .But ''Indian'' cuisine is something of misnomer ,there are truly enormous variations .I wonder what the roots of Malaysian Indian cuisine is ? Indian ?

The Indians of malaysia and Singapore has adopted local spices and techniqes into cooking. A populer dis is Mee Rebus or curry noodles. Another one is fried noodles with lamb and green clillies, curry powder and cooked potatoes. The malaysian indian foods are different from the food in India. The Indians there even use a wok.

Thanks Indian , noodles ? That would be interesting ! Actually it sounds like something of a combination of some of the Southern Indian Islamic cookery ( not many Moslems in the south ,but some)and Hindu plus the original Malay plus Chinese .Wow !

Great stuff !

[Sibbo]

Most of the Indians in maylasia and Singapore were indentured laborers (slaves for one generation) from Tamil Nadu, so the cooking reflects south Indian cooking which is the only vegetarian cuisine I will adopt when meat eating is made illegal! South Indian food is difficult to find in the west, but try a Marsala Dosa with Sambar. Truly delicious.

Thanks Charles ....the Tamils had a hard time !

[Indian]

Most of the Indians in maylasia and Singapore were indentured laborers (slaves for one generation) from Tamil Nadu, so the cooking reflects south Indian cooking which is the only vegetarian cuisine I will adopt when meat eating is made illegal! South Indian food is difficult to find in the west, but try a Marsala Dosa with Sambar. Truly delicious.

Thanks Charles ....the Tamils had a hard time !

Not only labourers but prisoners were brought from India as slave labour. Singapore was built with Indian prisoners. My parents came from South India, Kerala and not tamil. Masala Dosai is vegetarian and Sambar too. I remember these when my mum made them but being hindu, I prefered to sneak out to my mates to eat holy meat. Beef. Me as a kid did everything I was not supposed to do. We were not vegetarian but we never had fish or meat on Fridays. Something to do with a blue god up there.
The Indian muslims I knew were from Tamil Nadu. They were 'Dhobis' who washed your clothes for you. Many were businessmenn running small food stalls and shops. We called the 'Kaka' meaning crow. We had a cook at home called Ismail. He used to follow us to school just to make sure we were safe. This was just after the war and a family with food on the table was rich and the kids were kidnapped for ransom. These Indian Muslims had very low status.
Kerala is not in Tamil Nadu but further south around the backwaters. Have any of you heard of the author, the friend of the poorest of the poor who put a tiny village on the world map? A village called Thakazi? This man is on the list og Marxist authors and recorded the work of the untouchables who built the backwaters as slaves.
My wok and burner:

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The scampi, chicken and fried tofu, frozen vegetables and Chinese chives before adding the rice. At this stage water and cornstarch can be added to make a thick sauce and Ajinomoto to taste and eaten with plain white rice.

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Viola! Dinner is served. Total time about 10 minuttes with pre-cooked rice.

[Indian]

Great photo, where is the recipe?

The recipe is very simple. For the wok I use øyster sauce, Hoisin sauce, soya sauce, sesame seed oil, rice vinegar, Ajinomoto or MSG powder, salt and pepper. Sliced chilli is optional, though i use them when eating alone.
I have some ready made sauces with chilli and shrimps, chilli and garlic which I use as a side dish when things get too dull.....
From here you will change the ingredients to what is available when waking up from a hangover. There is no fixed rule, you use what you like. Who says that fish, prawns and meats cant be used in the same dish? I do this a lot. Even sugar when i use lots of chilli.

[Sibbo]

[Have any of you heard of the author, the friend of the poorest of the poor who put a tiny village on the world map? A village called Thakazi? This man is on the list og Marxist authors and recorded the work of the untouchables who built the backwaters as slaves.

No I haven't ,can you tell us more ...perhaps down in Speakeasy ?

[Sunbeem]

+1. Politics and recipes ! Speakeasy needs spicing up a bit ...

Sunbeem.

[Indian]

How do I move this post to the Speakeasy?

[Indian]

For the winter I wil make a hotpot for those of you who can take a wok and a fire pit along. This so easy to make and can last hours on a cold day. Start by boilng a hen for hours in a wok and the hen is broken up and mixed in the soup. Then you dip your raw meat and shrimps and fish and vegetables into this spice soup, Dried chillis and garlic and ginger are also addeed to the pot.
As more food get cooked the soup gets thicker. Finally you all devide the soup in a small bown and break a raw egg into a bowl and ladle the stock into the bowland drink it.
Your own bowl has half full of oil and you dip the ingrediants drom the pot into the oil to eat.

[Indian]

Last night I made a curry mee. I had boild a pigs leg and saved the broth in the freezer. With this as a base I added Malaysian curry powderand onions and garlic/ginger. Had in Tigerprawns, boiled potatoes, Fried tofu and chinese chives and cabbage. I topped the lot with a cocunut cream. This mixture was poured over precooked chinese noodles and topped off with a teaspoon of sugar.


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