delectabilia
Delectably Different Recipes
Rogan josh is a spicy dish of Persian or Kashmiri origin. Made with individual spices rather than a curry mix, this Kashmiri rogan josh, or lamb curry, has considerable depth of flavour. The pea and mint savory waffles and raita provide a welcome cooling balance.
No need to feel guilty eating this dessert. Bringing together two superfoods with some coconut cream and honey, this blueberry and black quinoa dessert is delectable.
Fresh and delicate flavours abound in this dish of seared scallops on a Vietnamese pomelo salad. The sweet scallops and the sour and salty citrus salad was a perfect combination.
Kimchi-jeon, or kimchi pancakes, are reimaged here as kimchi waffles. We retain that spicy, slightly sour, and funky kimchi character in a super crisp waffle package. Topped with a gochujang sauce and some seared tofu, this is a taste and texture sensation you will remember.
A hearty sweet potato mushroom soup, great for the winter months. The sweet potato, mushrooms, and leeks add their own distinctive notes to the underlying beef stock. Though don’t underestimate the contribution of the roasted garlic.
Chicken, like tofu, is one of those ingredients that takes on the flavours it is cooked with. Those flavours become part of its flavour. In this miso ginger chicken recipe, the chicken clearly welcomes the sweet and salty ginger miso marinade and basting. The pomelo salad adds to the magic.
Miso, wakame, and roasted red peppers transform the salmon head stock into something divine. Add the flaked salmon, and the carrot and daikon waffles, which act like dumplings, and you have a salmon miso soup as nutritious as it is delicious.
Gnocchi with pomodoro sauce is an Italian classic. Fresh basil, fresh mozzarella, and a sauce made from fresh tomatoes. This gnocchi pomodoro tastes as delicious as it looks.
Adding some spice and earthiness to a classic North African dish, this shakshuka with chorizo and artichoke makes a quick, healthy, and delicious brunch or lunch.
Not just your average veggie muffin, these quinoa vegetable muffins use carrots, parsnips, zucchini, quinoa, and gruyere cheese to give a distinct nutty character. Pairing with the mushroom mustard sauce and salad, we have a complex and tasty vegetarian meal.
Inspired by the colours of autumn – green pea hummus topped with crispy skin salmon, vibrant sweet and sour roasted baby beets, and a warm vegetable salad.
Are you minimising simple carbs and maximising nutrition? This version of arancini quinoa balls uses a sweet potato and quinoa mix wrapped around a piece of fresh mozzarella. The balsamic black garlic sauce brings some complementary acidity and umami notes while also looking quite dramatic.
There is something sensuous about the texture of these panko eggplant delights – the crispy panko breadcrumbs encasing the velvety eggplant interior. Not unlike a perfectly cooked crumbed oyster, except vegetarian. The freshness of the mint yoghurt sauce and the green salad provided very complementary additions to this dish.
Like many street food dishes in Thailand, the variations of Thai red curry noodle soup are endless. This version, using a red curry paste and a coconut seafood broth, was warm and satisfying. You will finish a bowl of this noodle soup feeling content.
Sometimes an ingredient exceeds all one’s expectations. For example, the black rice brings a delicious nuttiness to these yeast-based black rice waffles. They are also visually engaging. And the texture – so crunchy on the outside and chewy on the inside.
