خورشت مسماع بادمجان

I decided to make an eggplant stew the past weekend. With all the Hurricane preparation going on, I couldn't find any eggplant. So I got one normal eggplant, 2 Japanese and the rest were zucchini. I followed Najmieh Batmanghilij's recipe in "The Food of Life" Book.

So at first I made my stew with chicken. The mistake that I made was that I didn't follow her recipe too close so I added more water than needed. That caused the stew to be a bit blend.

Then I fried the eggplants and zucchinis exactly as she described in her book.

Then put everything in a Pyrex and covered with aluminum foil and put in the oven.

The result was fantastic, I only wish that I wouldn't put so much water in the stew.

First Step

Last Saturday, we invited our family to our home for dinner. As I promised, I made a persian stew called Khoreshte Karafs (Cellery and Beef Stew) from Food of Life. Sort of a sour stew with green color. My mom usually makes it with Tomato paste, but I just followed Najmieh's steps. 

Obviously I wanted to treat everyone with some of the dishes that I learned at Palio as well. So I made Gnocchi with tomato and mozzarella along with Rissotto Balls. 

It was a fantastic dinner and a fabulous night with our family. 

New Mission

Life is all about missions and new goals. I had to set mine before it was too late. I am going to have a Catering Business in a near future. My specialty cuisine will be French and Persian food. To get there I will need to master both cuisines. So I am going the Julie's project. First starting with Persian, I will make every single food that my mom and Najmieh have to offer. Then I will go one step further and I will practice Julia Child. I will post all the updates. Now the plan is to make one or two dishes every weekend. With my work hours these days, I barely have time to even sleep!