/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>5785268
Pancakes, lel

>>5785268
Semen

buscuits

>>5785272

>>5785274
How does one fry up some biscuits quickly?

>>5785268
pupusas

Paratha

I like to buy them in frozen packs (they usually come in plain, cheese or garlic) and quickly fry it up on the pan as a warm snack

>>5785295
Can't believe someone noticed.

>>5785289
This.
I keep a couple packages in the freezer at all times. I usually buy one pack of plain, and one pack of scallion. They're so good.

You mean... like... frying already made naan in a pan or /making/ naan in a pan?
I make a type of flat bread in a pan. It's called malawa and it's a Djiboutian staple food. Actually, it's eating all throughout the Horn (and in Yemen, which is culinarily more similar with the Horn than with the Middle East) but there are small variations with how it's made and served depending on country, language/ethnic group and religion of the person preparing it.

Here's a few Somali versions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNccxCh9IjA

The ones I make most often aren't on there. I make chickpea flour ones, lentil flour ones and maize flour ones. Never with eggs. Ever.

>>5785302
Kersplieben bod pershlueben leiben.ja?

How is it that no one mentioned fry bread yet?

>insert image of crying Indian here

>>5785289
>it's fucking flatbread
>sure he just makes it himse-
>I buy it frozen

>>5785310
I'm actually Swedish. That show used to be on Swedish television as well!

>>5785320
Paratha requires a bit more work than just mixing and rolling, which is why I buy packs of 5 for $1.89 instead of making my own.

>>5785268
fact:
naan << parotta, roti, phulka or chapati
also you make naan in oven, not on a pan.

>>5785320
his pic (kerala/malabar parotta) is actually quite hard to make well, its more like a pastry than a bread actually.

that being said most indian breads aren't hard to make on your own.

>>5785342
I know they make naan with a pan in a few different indian restaurants where I'm from, so I had no clue it was made in an oven!

>>5785335
yeah in india we don't really make our own either, we either buy from a store or have a servant make them in the morning.

you should be specific what kind of paratha/parotta. they vary a lot, some aren't flaky, some are stuffed, etc.

video below is the best and also pretty healthy type
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tr2xgOVooQ

>>5785346
> I know they make naan with a pan in a few different indian restaurants where I'm from
this is wrong. they probably heat it up in a pan rather than make it. you can't get the right texture at all in a pan.

you make it in tandoori oven, pic related. same oven you use for kebab. the crispy underside of the naan comes from it making contact with the hot oven wall.

>>5785352
Yeah, I don't regularly buy the stuffed, only if it's needed for something, but I always buy plain and scallion, and garlic too. I like to have them on hand at all times.

Cornbread.
Tortillas/arepas/pupusas/whatever-your-shitty-third-world-country-calls-maize-flatbreads.

>>5785366
mah niggah :D
scallion is a pretty typical muslim style, very good with lamb in particular.

gobi (cauliflower) parotta and south indian beef curry is top-tier as well.

the stuffed ones are actually better to make on your own, the frozen ones are never that great for stuffings like potato for example. its easy:
1) make 2 chapatis (2-3 layered parotta), thin
2) put masala (filling) in the middle
3) roll flat
4) fry on tawa (pan)

a good breakfast is to make egg-filled parottas (scramble egg with chilies, haldi and chaat masala), served with dal.

I like to make tortillas that are half flour, half corn meal. It gives you the best of both worlds

>>5785377
Are you the dummy who swears up and down that India is a Muslim country even though Mohammedans only make up like 12% of the population? Because of
>muh muslim architecture
and stuff?

Blinis

>>5785377
Ha! I make egg paratha all the time, but I like to put chilies, coriander leaves, and chili paste inside. That makes for a great breakfast, with some cardamom tea.

>>5785335
>packs of 5 for $1.89

>>5785268
Chickpea omelettes are pretty good. Basically vegetables, spices, and fresh herbs bound together in besan flour/chickpea flour. It's pretty easy because you can put all the vegetables in a food processor (because you want them to be small pieces) and you don't have to knead it because you're not making a dough, but a batter. You cook it like a pancake and it comes out dense and bready.

There's also kachori and bhatura, which are a bit more complicated because they involve deep frying.

>>5785289
dude, paratha is very easy to make. it's not much more complicated than making a tortilla or roti and you can add any ingredients you like--potatoes, onions, tomatoes, lentils etc.

>>5785342
i don't know man, naan is pretty damn good. what makes you say the others are better?

>>5785352
>have a servant make them in the morning

>>5785572
>cardamom tea
this sounds tasty, got a recipe?

>>5785447
no, i'm not muslim either. i respect all religions.

>>5785572
nice, do you make the chai like we do (boiled with cream)?

>>5785638
you can't use naan to pick up pieces of curry with your hands. its just as tasty, but not as practical imho.

>>5785645
search 'masala chai' (or for my favorite version, 'irani chai').

>>5785641
> he doesn't have servants
> he doesn't live in a 3rd world shithole with cheap labor
its pretty nice. i only do the fun cooking and they do all the chopping, cleaning, etc.
makes it possible to have great homecooked meals everyday with not that much effort.

>>5785629
>paratha is very easy to make
not his pic related. those are pretty time-consuming
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8ywefUSkX0

>>5785760
yeah, but they like wipe their asses with their hands over there

>>5785772
yes, so? hands are still sanitized by soap afterwards.

>>5785772
actually they don't wipe, but actually wash their asses with water. a hand is used, like it is used to wash yourself when taking a bath.
the hand is then thoroughly sanitized with antibacterial soap/handwash

>>5785949
funny thing is, toilet paper is not used, because its considered 'less clean' (doesn't wash shit away as well as water, could leave residue). we all have facial tissues, so its not like we're too poor to afford this like westerners seem to think.

but one shouldn't be talking of such things while discussing food, seriously making me sick.

>>5785777
>sanitized
>soap
pic one

You can just fry pizza dough in oil

>>5786099
i'm pretty sure this is what an indian/italian place near me does

>>5785313
mah nigga

>>5785313

I love it how all of the race-specific foods from North America are related to genocide.

>>5786341
Not fried chicken. The niggers are still running around despite everyone's best efforts.

>>5786107
>indian/italian

what is this?