8.24.2005

Recipe 1 - "Prashant's Favorite Soup"

Prashant's Favorite Soup
Ingredients:
1 lb of kale (coarsely chop)
1 large can of crushed tomatoes
3 medium size peeled and diced potatoes
1 large or 2 medium diced onions
1 can of ceci (chickpeas)
1 lb of chorizo or other type of spicy sausage
1 quart of chicken stock
4 heads of cracked garlic
1 bay leaf
Olive Oil
Salt
Pepper

Directions:
In a large pot coat bottom of pan with oil and heat under medium flame.
Add to pot onions and potatoes - and cook until onions are translucent.
Add bay leaf, garlic, salt, pepper, and kale. Cover pot, and wait until kale wilts for next step.
Once kale is wilted, add can of tomatoes, ceci, and chicken stock.
Once liquids have been added scrape bottom of pot for any bits and pieces. Cover, and bring to a boil.
Remove casings from sausage and crumble. If you do not want to remove casings, slice sausage on an angle in 1/2 inch pieces. Add sausage once soup is brought to a boil.
Bring soup down to a simmer and stir occasionally until both potatoes and sausage are cooked.

Nice to have bread or some grated cheese to add to the soup!
Enjoy...



this recipe was adapted from a published recipe by Rachel Ray

8.23.2005


Prashant and I at Firefly Restaurant in Washington DC on my birthday, Aug 6 '05. Posted by Picasa

8.22.2005

Recipes


Over the past year I have been collecting recipes that I have tried and liked, and passed the Prashant taste test.
I will start posting these recipes to share with the greater internet population.

Also since making lists are fun for control freaks like myself, I will also start posting ratings and quick run down of what the restaurant is like. Prashant and I have been on a quest - well more Prashant than I, on getting to a lot of different restaurants. That's great but some times you have to go back to the ones you know and love, know what I mean?!

Anyway, like I said this will be a work in progress, so bear with me...also hardly any of these recipes will be of my own creation so you copywriter just kiss my ass.