Comments on: oscar night snack! slumdog-inspired roasted chickpeas & mango lassi

By: Good. Food. Stories. » A Slurpee for Grownups

Good. Food. Stories. » A Slurpee for Grownups — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:46:48 +0000

[...] Today’s guest post comes from Lisa Cericola, editor of Dinner Party and home entertainer extraordinaire. Although she’s an outstanding cook, Lisa also mixes a mean cocktail and is sharing one of her new summer finds. Check out more of her drink recipes on Design*Sponge and Shelterrific. [...]

By: Scott Helmes

Scott Helmes — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:36:19 +0000

I woke at 6 am to watch the oscars here in New Delhi. First off, a congratulations is in store to Slumdog Millionaire – secondly, curry powder? There is no such thing! That is a Western Created item – you know – to simplify cooking Indian.

That is ironic, now that I realize how easy cooking Indian can be. For those of you who are really interested in cooking good & simple Indian food – I’d try Madhur Jaffrey’s cook book. This Christmas, we were feeling inspired to learn to cook Indian after 7 months in Delhi. We asked around for a good cookbook & the consensous here in India was that this was the book to buy. Imagine our surprise to find that the book was approachable & the recipies tasty. So, go ahead – cook great indian at home. Best part? it is only 23 bucks in hardcover on amazon.

Madhur Jaffrey Indian Cooking
http://tinyurl.com/cf6f84

By: Christine

Christine — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:12:56 +0000

The Curried Roasted Chickpeas were delicious, but I don’t think I’d make them again. This is my first experience cooking with curry powder and wow that is pungent stuff. My house still smells like curry 3 days later! Any ideas for getting rid of the odor?

By: Hana

Hana — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:46:54 +0000

omg the mango lassis look so delicious!
Maybe I should make some of these for my Oscar Party im hosting for my friends this Sunday…
Here are some other ideas I was gonna try also inspired by Slumdog Millionaire, MILK, and Revolutionary Road!!! Im a huge fan of all of these movies!

Thought i would share these cute ideas i found:

http://www.celebrations.com/content/Slumdog-Hot-Dog-Station

http://www.celebrations.com/content/Rocky-Road-Brownies-Revolutionary-Road

http://www.celebrations.com/content/Sean-Penn-Honey-Berry-MILK-Shakes

By: Lisa (dinner party)

Lisa (dinner party) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:55:56 +0000

Glad you guys liked the recipes!

Petra–Australian food is a great idea. I didn’t even think about that! I just went to an Australia Day party here in NY (hosted by some homesick Aussies) and they served sausage rolls, pavlovas, anzac cookies, and of course, vegemite on toast, and lots of Australian beer and wine.

Lisa

By: ellobie

ellobie — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:30:21 +0000

V fun! This reminds me of my old film club in Richmond, Virginia. Think book club, but we were too busy (i.e.; lazy) to read books. The food served at club would often be themed to the film. For our comparitive analysis of Real Women Have Curves and Bend It Like Beckham, I served masala and taquitos with margaritas to drink. Wish I’d had the mango lassi recipe then!

By: Petra

Petra — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:04:05 +0000

How about Australian goodies since Hugh Jackman hosts- LOL Only problem is, what do Australians eat??

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:41:32 +0000

Oh fun! I’m working on an Oscar Party Roundup and I’ll be linking to this. Delicious!

By: Uyek

Uyek — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:40:06 +0000

So that’s how you make a mango lassi! Thanks for the recipe.
I’ve been making/drinking elaichi (cardamom) lassis lately like they’re going out of style. I’m curious to try this version!