If you are going to eat a packet of chips, make it Magic Masala! These are extra spicy and totally addictive. As the back of the packet says, they "make your heart go DHAK DHAK"!From India Impex, Irving St, Footscray (between Nicholson & Leeds)
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Found these Black Russian tomatoes at Masters Fresh Fruit at the Footscray Market. $3.99 a kg! Farmers markets, eat your heart out. They are an heirloom variety which are dark olive in colour.To make Black Russian bruschetta, take some crusty bread, toast and rub with a cut garlic clove. Slice tomatoes and place on top. Season with plenty of good salt and freshly cracked black pepper. Scatter torn basil over the top, and drizzle with extra virgin. Oh yeah!! Tomato heaven! These little babies are really sweet, almost no acid. If only it were tomato season all year round, as ...
So I had the idea for Shelf Gleaning a while back - a new section in which I "demystify" ingredients I bought in Footscray (but that you too could buy from your local multicultural grocer) and show you what to do with them. Twice I cooked the same chana dal with fenugreek leaves, and twice I was thwarted in taking a pic of the finished dish by arsenic hour. Man - kids and elegant, food-bloggy photography just do not meld. So I present to you, the harried parent's guide to dinner, gleaned from the freezer of Yummie ...
