Sunday, May 3, 2009

Big Cricket Coming to Bay Area

Serious International Cricket is coming to bay area on IPL format, heavy investment is being made in building 20 turf pitches in Morgan Hill. In probably one year we will have serious cricket and USA will be on ICC calender.


http://content.cricinfo.com/usa/content/current/story/402665.html

http://www.dreamcricket.com/dreamcricket/news.hspl?nid=11494&ntid=4

Steam Cooking - Some recepies

Of late i have been trying my hand on Steam Cooked dishes . They turned out very well. Steam cooking has its own taste and is very healthy with very little infront-of-stove time required. Load it in the steamer and forget it!!!. In addition if one is cooking fish or sea food , the cooking is very much odorless. Below are some dishes .

Steamed Spicy Shrimp

1/2 inch Cubes of Shrimp ( 12-15)
Coriander, Cumin powder- 1 tablespoon
Red Chile powder - 1 tsp
Salt - per taste
Lemon juice - 1 table spoon
Ginger Garlic paste- 1 tablespoon
slit green Chile - 1
Olive oil - 1 table spoon

Marinate the Shrimp in the masala above and keep it aside for 30 mins . wrap the marinated shrimp pieces tightly in aluminum foil .

In rice steamer or bamboo steamer put the wrapped foil and cook let it steam cook for 30 mins. Enjoy the shrimp along with juices in aluminum foil.

Mustard Salmon ( You can use any fatty fish, i make Hilsa, Mackeral) the same way

1 inch salmon cubes 10
yellow mustard and green Chile paste 2 Table spoon
Mustard oil : 2 table spoon
salt per taste
green Chile split - 2

Marinate the Salmon Cubes in the masala above and keep it aside for 30 mins . wrap the marinated shrimp pieces tightly in aluminum foil .

In rice or bamboo steamer put the wrapped foil and cook let it steam cook for 30 mins. Enjoy the Fish with rice .

Tandoori Lamb@Salang Pass , Fremont

Checkout this dish if you get chance, name is a bit misnomer , its a slow tandoor cooked lamb gravy dish, the closest i have eaten is the Sikandari Raan(Dry Dish ) at Peshawar Restaurant, ITC Hotel Chain. Both dish belong to Indo-Afghan style of cooking.