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Is it more common to see whole dried chilis cut into sections or whole in mainland Chinese cooking?
In American Chinese food, chilis are usually whole. Personally when cooking, I could go either way, I cut them for a thick sauced dish that cooks for a long time where the texture of them won’t be a problem but keep whole for thin sauced dishes where texture is more important.
Doubanjian alternative for gluten free family?
Mom isn’t fully gluten free, if she likes something, she’ll eat it, but maybe once every couple weeks. When she’s tried the sichuan food I cook, she really likes it, but can eat much cause of the gluten in doubanjiang. Any ideas?
Is this a thing in Chinese cooking?
So today, I made stir fry, my dad has been pan frying some frozen pierogis before me. Sense I wanted to blanch some carrots to make my stir fry, I thought, why not boil them in the pan with the oil and juices already in it, so I did. What I made was delicious, like, I’m really proud, I do think the effect though was probably kinda minimal sense I blanched them for like 30 seconds, but is this a thing? Searing something to get the juices and oil in the pan and adding water before blanching something?
Stir fry I made. Pickled mustard greens, dried chilis; garlic, doupanjiang, cabbage, seitan, carrots, and onions. I added a bit of soy, sesame oil and black vinegar too.
i.redd.itChicsgoans who don’t ride public transit, why?
Ok, so I’m from the suburbs, Berwyn specifically, and take public transit everywhere, I to Chicago a lot and ride public transit there, but I’ve met two people who moved out of Chicago cause there was too much traffic. I’m genuinely curious what if anything keeps some people away from public transit. Is it accessibility or coverage? Speed?
I love public transit, at least in concept and want it to be an option for everyone.
Anything I should check out my Michael Hurley?
I recently discovered him and I love his stuff, Light Green Fellow and Penguins are absolutely beautiful, so is Be Kind To Me and The Werewolf. He has such a huge discography.
I made this, but don’t have a name for it.
I’m not desi, but here’s my attempt at making North Indian food, I’d love to hear criticism.
Cloves, bay leaves, black cardamom, garlic :5/4 anise, browned in mustard oil, I then added fennel, onion and browned the onion. I added a toasted cashew paste, tomato paste. Garam Masala, fennugreek. I added potatoes, beans and cooked for like 22 minutes. I understand in Indian cooking, people often look for oil separation, but my sauce was a bit too thick, there was a tiny bit though.
It was really good, but I probably should have used tomato purée, cooked lower and cook longer. But it was really smooth, rich and tasty, I’m pretty proud of the seasoning, I think this is the first time I’ve cooked something that actually tasted like Indian restaurant food.
Overall, I’m proud but could have done better.
I never named the dish, but if you can come up with ideas, I’d love to hear them.