Middle Eastern Dinner!

K. and I spent about 8 hours on friday cooking and eating and baking! It was the most relaxing wonderful day in a long time! How wonderful to have another kindred spirit who desires to learn how to cook. She has inspired me to try cooking Japanese food (I have bought the ingredients so stay tuned!)

We made Cacik. Each Middle Eastern culture seems to have their own traditional version of a cucumber and yoghurt side dish that helps to cool the other spices of the meal. This one had parsley in it and was very very good.

K. is wonderfully talented at speaking in an Indian accent and made up the story of Baba Ganoush. So we decided that our day of cooking would not be right unless we cook Baba Ganoush. It was my first time cooking eggplant which was surprisingly easy despite that I burnt my fingers while peeling it!

We also made Haldi Dahi ka Shorba (Turmeric yogurt soup) which was quite unique! it had yoghurt, chili powder, turmeric and a few other ingredients. And then the topping was cumin seeds, black mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds which added quite the flavour to the meal!

All in all it was a good meal with good memories!