Hi guys!
I have been down with sore throat, cough .... etc. It seems like it comes in a package. 
I have no appetite to eat, but last night I cooked Escalivada, which I enjoyed very much 
Escalivada is a typical preparation of Catalan (Spanish) cuisine that consists of several types of grilled vegetables, such as eggplants (genus Solanum), sweet red peppers (genus Capsicum), red tomatoes (Solanum esculentum), and sweet onions. Once well cooked on the grill, those vegetables are peeled and sliced in strips, the seeds removed, and seasoned with olive oil and salt, and sometimes with garlic as well. Escalivar means to cook in hot ashes. Typically the vegetables in an escalivada are grilled, and the dish is served with grilled meats. Mountain shepherds were adept at packing their rucksacks with some cheese and wine and building a hardwood fire near a revetment of their sheep's pasture where they could grill a medley of vegetables. (Source Wikipedia)
Last night I used aubergine, pumpkin, bellpepper (capcicum), tomatoes, garlic , and of course olive oil to brush the vegetables and finaly sprinkle some cumin.
This is how it looks like after the vegetable are cooked and before I peeled the skin of the vegetables:
And, this is after the skin been taken out and it's ready! Yum yum ... You can add more olive oil, black pepper and salt.
Sometimes I replaced pumpkin with potatoes. You can just use any vegetables that you like. I tried using fennel bulb once (as suggested by the original recipe) but I don't quite like it, I don't know what such a big deal about fennel bulb. Maybe I haven't acquired the taste :)
That looks tasty ... and colourful.
ReplyDeleteIt was very tasty indeed Charlie! :) And it has also become my favorite simple meal for dinner - simple yet healthy. I just change the vegetables to add varieties to it
ReplyDeleteLarra, I am sorry that you are ill...this is a seasonal thing in Calidfornia where most of my children and grandchildren live, a viral illness that just takes time to go away. The dish you describe here has all of the elements of food that Mexican eat, only with olive oil instead of fat, I seems that hot climates result in hot foods with peppers. What you included also sounds like dish the Navaho in Arizona cook...they too herd sheep and grow these vegetables...
ReplyDeleteHi Kitty! yes, it's kind of 'season' for flu and cough ... especially with the monsoon season in my country. But I am getting better, less cough .... and the flu is not as bad. I have been taking baked garlic and drink tea with honey - the old remedies :)
ReplyDeleteOlive oil is rarely use and quite expensive here in my country. But it is a healthy oil, so I have changed to olive oil when cooking at home.