The New Year is always welcomed with wine and cake, but you also need something substantial in your stomach to remain steady on your feet 🙂 My Bacon Wrapped Meat Loaf will provide loads of protein and fat to prepare you for your next trip around the sun. I had seen bacon wrapped dishes and wanted to try one myself. I created this recipe from scratch and a clip from a TV show taught me how to wrap bacon; my daughter came to my aid and did it to perfection.
Though Easter follows 40 days of vegetarianism, Tamil people don’t have a great spread for the festival. I wanted to offer an alternative to the traditional chicken or mutton biriyani, and I chose this Bacon and Sausage Pulav as it is the same meat-and-rice type of dish, but is also very different and very mild flavoured. This is a scrumptious one-dish meal, and it only needs ketchup as an accompaniment if required.
Kalas’ Bacon and Sausage Pulav
Ireland is famous for Coddle (amongst many other things like leprechauns). There are many versions of this dish as it is made from leftovers, but the main ingredients are bacon, sausages, and potatoes. It makes a very good 1-pot meal. We love sausages in my family, and I was very keen to try this easy-to-make sausage ‘curry’ :D. I found a recipe in Best of Ireland and modified the method of cooking to suit the Indian kitchen. I follow the book’s suggestion and usually serve this with Irish Soda Bread.
Coddle
This recipe was given to me by a Hungarian acquaintance. She was very proud of this national dish of theirs and also sent photographs of people cooking the gulyás over an open fire in the garden. This preparation is quite different from other goulash found in cookery books and made by other nationals.
Hungarian Gulyás (Goulash)
I came up with this recipe during the recent rains. I usually stock up on a variety of ingredients during the northeast monsoon as depressions form in the Bay of Bengal and we can get heavy rain for even a week, but this time I was caught unprepared. I had these ingredients on hand and quickly whipped up this dish which was very well received by my children. It is a warm, high energy and high protein dish that is ideally suited for a cold and wet rainy day.
Bacon, Cheese, and Macaroni
Kala's Kalai 