Cooking thread

Talk about what you like to eat or show what you’ve made. Are you allergic to anything, Do you eat kosher/halal, etc.
 
I’m a vegan. I was a vegetarian before that. Here’s some of my cooking:
 
falafel burgers and chai with coconut milk  

 
flambéed stir-fry  

 
baklava  

 
seitan  

 
sautéed “tricolore” themed dish  

 
aloo matar  

Foooooooooooooood!!!!!!!!!!!
 
these look fucking amazing! I especially like the Seitan.

@Number1pegasus  
Seitan is an awesome food. It is easy to make and depending on the seasoning it can taste like anything. It’s also got a nice, firm texture that many meat lovers could appreciate.

@QueenCold  
I have to ask my mom to try making this.
 
How do you yourself usually make it? cuz I like the way it looks!
 
_{Also this thread is making me so hungry right now}

@Number1pegasus  
There are really too many ways to make seitan to describe, and it really depends on what you want to make in the end. I’m assuming you live in the US, so this would be the easiest standard recipe:  
Bob’s Red Mill Vital Wheat Gluten Recipe  
You can buy the gluten online or at most Whole Foods markets.
 
Here’s a few examples of things you can make:  
coconut crusted seitan  
seitan baked in sweet and sour orange sauce  
peppered steaks
 
Edit: I often add miso bouillon to the broth to give it an even more savory flavor.

@QueenCold  
I’ll certainly give these a look.
 
Thank you very much! ^ ^

@Number1pegasus  
No problem!

is there any interesting dessert recipes?

@twistedmetalero  
Well, there’s this one:  
Chilled double chocolate torte with pecan crust
 
The baklava could be served as a dessert too.

@QueenCold
 
oh my sweet goodness
 
@QueenCold
 
normally what i eat tends to be pretty simple, im pretty much easily satisfied with meatballs or cow tongue or a good steak or when feeling lazy i order chinese food and friend chicken (yeah im not exactly the healthiest person ever)
 
also
 

 
what is that thing? if i didint know any better i would think it was a bong.

@twistedmetalero  
I love cooking, though there are times even I get lazy. On those days I tend to make wraps or homemade pizzas. Most of the foods I eat are either Asian or Mediterranean inspired, followed by Italian and Mexican dishes. I tend to cook more Dutch foods when the days get colder.

@twistedmetalero  
Haha! That’s a hookah, not a bong!

@QueenCold
 
the most i can cook is a sandwhich, breakfast food and rice.
 
i can cook cereal…
 
and my mom is pretty much in the same.
 
it seems the only one that can properly cook is my father, atleast in his side of the family, when we have family reunions he makes some goddamn awesome dishes, i specially love his mashed poatotes.
 
but me? fried chicken, panzeroti, pizza and chinese food for lunch.
 
also…sorry i cant think of cooking without this gif
 

@twistedmetalero  
I experiment a lot with flavors. It’s fun. I really like Indian and Indonesian cuisine, but I can also make a mean burrito, minty couscous, a decent variety of tapas and everybody loves my split pea soup.

@QueenCold
 
well, maybe one day i can learn how to make actual mexican food, i always wanted to eat a burrito and a taco, but it seems thereis barely any mexican food restaurant in my town so might as well do them myself.

@twistedmetalero  
I’d recommend doing it yourself anyway. A lot of “Mexican” restaurants in the US serve rancid, watered down, overly greasy excuses for Mexican foods that don’t taste one bit the way it should, catering to people who have no idea what authentic dishes taste like and are seemingly satisfied with anything so long as it contains plenty of saturated fat and salt…

 
Lentils with rice, grounded meat, onion, red pepper, garlic and fried potatoes.
 
It’s weird, I know. But so tasty and warming, ideal to eat on cold days like today.

I enjoy making Swedish Meatballs.
 
I usually serve the over potatoes and am looking for something else to serve them over.

If you want to how to make mexican food, just ask.

@Anonycat  
That looks really good. I’d personally leave out the meat, but it sounds tasty. Is it beef?

@QuasarNova
 
once i get time in my really busy agenda.
 
12 pm: wake up.  
1 to 12 am: procrastinate.

@Whatevs  
Here meatballs are often served with gravy and “stamppot”, which is basically potatoes and vegetables mixed and mashed together, with or without spices.  
Popular stamppot variations are:  
-carrot and onion  
-onion and apple  
-spinach  
-cabbage  
-sauerkraut  
-andive

@QueenCold  
Yep. This is a calorie bomb, but as I said, it’s a must have to deal with winter here.
 
If you want something different, I also cooked this:
 

 
Yes, that’s beef as well. With fresh vegetables like broccoli, zucchini, carrots, ginger, onion, cauliflower, mushrooms and peppers, which I grow myself.  
And lots of spices.

@Anonycat  
Oh, you grow your own ingredients too? I grow my own mint, basil, parsley, thyme, chives, strawberries and tomatoes.

The peppers, chili peppers and things like basil and oregano, I mean.  
My backyard isn’t THAT big. XD
 
But there are farms literally ten minutes away from my neighborhood, so we always have plenty of cheap, nice, fresh produce to cook.  
Food is absurdly cheap and abundant here.