This is the second dish taken from the cookbook last reviewed. For those people who have been experiencing stress or distress from the suspense, hopefully this will bring some closure.
There will be two recipes reviewed from this very small cookbook. There are only 12 recipes and is a recent addition to the cookbook library as I had the good luck to watch Pamela Chen Moore cook some of these recipes.
Warning: The format of this review will be slightly different because I want to change the style.
This book is written by a chef of the Hare Krishna movement. He had a television show in Australian a number of years ago which is why this book ended up in my cookbook library. At the time I had aspirations of becoming a vegetarian and this book did not really help with that aspiration.
The use of asafoetida is very evident in the recipes and I recall keeping the powder in a glass jar as the smell is very pungent. In my opinion the taste did not compare with the use of garlic, onion etc. which are not used by the Hare Krishna movement.
I used the book on a number of occasions and can remember all too well the attempt to create Polenta (Italian Fried Corn Bread). Briefly the process took over an hour and the result was disappointing.
This is a long preamble but it seemed wise to give some background on this book as it was given one final chance to remain on the cookbook shelf.
(Impatient people who cannot stand the intolerable suspense of the fate of the cookbook may skip to the final decision, if they so wish.)
Clean the Plate 