…ry part of the banana tree is useful. Banana leaves serve many purposes in Asian cooking. Banana leaves are beautiful, fun to use and easy to cook with. They look gorgeous, fresh with vibrant green, can be simply used to add color and display an exotic background for eco-friendly serving plates and party platters. Whenever I see a banana tree or see the leaves stacked for sale in the vegetable market, my mind runs riot with great ideas to use them…
…and freeze. To Freeze Pesto: Pour the pesto sauce in ice trays, top with olive oil, cover with cling film and freeze. Once frozen, remove the cubes, store in a zip loc bag, label with date and the weight of each cube of pesto and re-freeze. Thaw the required cubes of pesto when ready to use….
…Kanjee / Kanji / Kangee / Canji / Conjee / Congee. It is quite popular in Asian countries and known by different names or /and spelt and pronounced differently in various states of India too. It is a great comfort food. Many a time, babies are also weaned and fed as their first solid food. It is also given to persons recuperating from illness especially from fever and cold. In Goa, the village folk like to eat their hot bowl of Pez between 10 am…