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Monday, April 28, 2014

A Santa Maria Tri Tip Lesson with Paul Righetti because Barbecuing Season is Never Over

This is another one of the videos I shot while down in Santa Maria, when we were guests of Paul and Susie Righetti. Youve already seen Susie make the famous Santa Maria salsa in a previously posted video, so heres her husband Paul showing us the real method used to barbecued the beef with which the salsa is always paired.

I got a comment the other day asking when I was posting this video since outdoor cooking season was coming to an end. I beg to differ. What better weather to cook over an open fire than cold and damp? Unless youre talking about a blizzard or life-threatening thunderstorm, there is no such thing as a bad time to barbecue.

By the way, save your "thats not really barbecue because…" comments and emails. They call it barbecue, so I call it barbecue. You can argue all day about what is or is not "really" barbecue, but for me, if its cooked over or near a wood fire, its barbecue. So, put that in your pit and smoke it.

In the video youll see Paul use a pre-made mix of salt, black pepper, garlic and parsley to season the tri tip. This is one of the many Santa Maria barbecue products that Susie sells on her website.

The site is called Susie Qs Brand, and she offers a large variety of local Santa Maria products, including the magical red oak wood chips. Heres the link in case you want to check out the selection. Im working on getting a special discount code for you foodwishers to enter on the site, so check back for that! Enjoy.

DISCOUNT UPDATE! Susie Righetti just let me know that any orders placed using the promo code FOODWISHES2009 will recieve a 20% discount until 11/01/09!

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Masala Utappam with left over Idli batter Award time

Utappam!!!!!
I love having it for my breakfast /luch/dinner. This is made by different people in different ways. I though when can make masala dosa, why cant we make masala utappam? and now my experiment yielded fruitful results and my masala utappam is ready.

masala utappam

Ingredients:
Left over IDLI batter ( Click Here for IDLI recipe)
Potatos boiled and pealed and sliced-2cups
Onions chopped-1cup green peas-1cup
green chilis /pepper- chopped-2ts
Salt to taste
Cumin seeds few
Mustard seeds few
turmeric -1/8ts

utappam

Method:
For masala Curry:

Take a skillet and heat 2ts of oil in it and add cumin + mustard seeds and wait until they crackle.
Now add onions, green peas and green chili and saute until the onions turn transparent.
Add turmeric and saute for 1min under medium flame.
Add potato and mix well, finnay add cilantro (its optional).

Masala Utappam:

Take the left over Idli batter and add water if required, the consistency of the batter should be very soft.
Check for salt.
Now heat pan and scoop out one big spoon full of batter and pour it on a pan and spread the barre thin, just like you spread dosa.
Add oil on the sides of utappam.
Now scoop out some potato curry and add on the top of the utappam.
cook under medium fame till the bottom of the utappam attains golden brown and turn it on the another side. Cook this side for about 1min.
Now the utappam is ready to serve with sambar and coconut chutney.

masala utappam

ThnQ sunanda for your lovely appreciation :), i adore your blog..bcoz its full of beautiful pics and neat presentation...i really thnk you with great respect for passing these awards to me...