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 (DIR) Post #AtShdDylL77ObyoWpM by LifeTimeCooking@mastodon.au
       2025-04-25T00:39:15Z
       
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       There could be some kitchen action today, so gird your loins for some kitchen posts.🐞 I made some kvass yesterday, or was it the day before... - 1 jar with fennel, cumin and parsley seeds, and 1 with ginger root.Oh goodness, the one with the seeds is fermenting strongly! The ginger one is gently fizzing. 🍆 The oven is on to roast eggplants.🍂 I often say that Autumn veggies are the best. I picked really magnificent tomatoes, chillies, red capsicums, beetroot and eggplants this week.#FromTheKitchen #WhatIAmCooking #Food #Vegetarian
       
 (DIR) Post #AtShdF9QyvFUFMoZ6G by LifeTimeCooking@mastodon.au
       2025-04-25T01:13:36Z
       
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       In case you've not roasted eggplants before (lots of uses), this is a good guide.https://foolproofliving.com/how-to-roast-whole-eggplant-in-oven/#food #links #Vegetarian  #EGGPLANTS
       
 (DIR) Post #AtShdGCf4PQNVfKelk by LifeTimeCooking@mastodon.au
       2025-04-25T01:45:15Z
       
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       OMG!!Remember the makrut lime pickle I made 1 week ago? Today was the scheduled opening day, so I have just tried it.Hot, sour, with a slight and delicious bitter after-note. Not bitter and not as sour as fresh makrut limes, and the flavours have definitely mellowed *a lot* from when I first made the pickle.The recipe simmers the lime first before mixing with Indian pickling spices. I think this makes all the difference.I simmered them on the stove for about 30 mins (till I judged them soft enough), and used Ramdev Aachar spices  (instead of the individual ones mentioned) as their mix is always terrific.So happy to have a use for the makrut limes! I have made other pickles with them in the past, but they have been rather bitter.https://gayathriscookspot.com/2016/01/naarthangai-oorugai-kafir-lime-pickle/#Food #FromTheKitchen #WhatIAmCooking #IndianFood #IndianPickles #Vegetarian
       
 (DIR) Post #AtShdM699XmJnCKXRo by LifeTimeCooking@mastodon.au
       2025-04-25T03:09:02Z
       
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       🐞  Beetroot is cooked (#InstantPot) 🍆  and a tray of eggplants has been roasted. They are cooling before I peel and pop them in the freezer.#FromTheKitchen #WhatIAmCooking #Vegetarian #Food #GrowYourOwn
       
 (DIR) Post #AtShdO6DiF1e00Ncq8 by LifeTimeCooking@mastodon.au
       2025-04-25T02:51:04Z
       
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       🐞  Here are the two jars of the beetroot kvass I mentioned above ⬆️  and made 2 days ago, with the differences in fermentation rate quite evident. Jar 1 is just with some spice seeds, jar 2 with just ginger.The seeds possibly support fermentation, or the ginger slows it down. Beetroot is notoriously a strong fermenter. So maybe the ginger is the slowing the second jar down. UPDATE: Yes, strong inhibitor of fermentation. But I have always made beetroot kvass this way before and it is excellent. @pjf #FromTheKitchen #WhatIAmCooking #Vegetarian #Food
       
 (DIR) Post #AtShdP9nmPU7HP403s by LifeTimeCooking@mastodon.au
       2025-04-25T07:47:05Z
       
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       This afternoon I made rice crakers with mashed avo, a few small greens, and topped with the makrut lime pickle for everyone for afternoon snacks. 😋I have 4 or 5 more makrut limes,so there might be another jar of pickle in the near future.
       
 (DIR) Post #AtShdSTlQeEdaBQU5o by LifeTimeCooking@mastodon.au
       2025-04-25T07:44:31Z
       
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       For a while I have been thinking about making a deep and complex flavoured chilli jam that I love love love, using the kilo of home-grown chillies that are in the freezer.But when I looked today, I realised that I have mainly green chillies - I fermented some of the red ones and dehydrated the rest a month or so ago.So, what do to with acres of green chillies ....  to preserve them for a year or more 🤔 Maybe a green chilli hot sauce ❓ Maybe a fermented one ❓ (there are maybe 250-300g small Thai red chillies left, in the freezer, but I need 1kg for the jam. Might have to forgo it this year and wait till next year.)#FromTheKitchen #FromTheGarden #food #Vegetarian #fermenting #growYourOwn