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Feb. 23rd, 2005 10:29 pmMy brother Joe occasionally comes up with a winner despite being the sort of person who gets locked out of the house by his three-year-old son. One of his more brilliant ideas, to my mind, was the squash pie minus the pie idea. I thought this was stupid when he told me about it. It sounded stupid. However, I have tried it twice now, and it is not stupid. It is a brilliant idea. Not only is it quick and easy, it's about three million fewer calories than squash pie proper and tastes the same, if you allow for the lack of pie crust. Plus, you know, nutrition and all.
You make squash pie minus the pie just like you make squash pie only you pour it in an oven-safe baking dish without the pie crust. Everything else is the same... but I add another egg because I have these free, lovely, wholesome, organic, guilt-free (Roy's MiL keeps chickens -- They have beaks and they can walk around and scratch in the dirt and stuff, like real chickens. They also get television, but only black and white. They are not factory farmed. They are extremely humanely-raised chickens. With names.) eggs to use up and an extra egg makes the casserole dish look more appropriately full.
For actual dinner (the squash not-a-pie is dessert) this evening, I had masoor dal cooked a la The Good Dal Recipe, which has been added to my handy binder o' good recipes. (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ladyivy take note! This is the handmade research cookbook in action!!) I made chapatic flatbread to go with. Chapatis are an authentic indian flatbread food item. I do not make authentic food items. I make reasonably-close imitation food items, so chapatis, in my kitchen, become chapatic flatbread. Two parts wheat flour, one part warm water, a bit of salt. Mix. Knead. Let rest half an hour. Make into equal size pieces (one cup flour makes eight pieces) of a number suitable for the amount of flour you used. Roll each piece out flat and thin. Smear a heated cast iron skillet with butter as for crepes, pancakes, grilled cheeses, and every other damn thing you cook on the skillet. Flap down a flatbread onto the skillet. When it's puffy and brown on the bottom, flip over and cook again. Remove that flatbread when it's done, regrease, and repeat until balls of dough are gone. These are really tasty and quite easy. I'm very fond of chapatic flatbread with The Good Dal Recipe.
You make squash pie minus the pie just like you make squash pie only you pour it in an oven-safe baking dish without the pie crust. Everything else is the same... but I add another egg because I have these free, lovely, wholesome, organic, guilt-free (Roy's MiL keeps chickens -- They have beaks and they can walk around and scratch in the dirt and stuff, like real chickens. They also get television, but only black and white. They are not factory farmed. They are extremely humanely-raised chickens. With names.) eggs to use up and an extra egg makes the casserole dish look more appropriately full.
For actual dinner (the squash not-a-pie is dessert) this evening, I had masoor dal cooked a la The Good Dal Recipe, which has been added to my handy binder o' good recipes. (
ladyivy take note! This is the handmade research cookbook in action!!) I made chapatic flatbread to go with. Chapatis are an authentic indian flatbread food item. I do not make authentic food items. I make reasonably-close imitation food items, so chapatis, in my kitchen, become chapatic flatbread. Two parts wheat flour, one part warm water, a bit of salt. Mix. Knead. Let rest half an hour. Make into equal size pieces (one cup flour makes eight pieces) of a number suitable for the amount of flour you used. Roll each piece out flat and thin. Smear a heated cast iron skillet with butter as for crepes, pancakes, grilled cheeses, and every other damn thing you cook on the skillet. Flap down a flatbread onto the skillet. When it's puffy and brown on the bottom, flip over and cook again. Remove that flatbread when it's done, regrease, and repeat until balls of dough are gone. These are really tasty and quite easy. I'm very fond of chapatic flatbread with The Good Dal Recipe.
