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If you think that the salted cucumber addition for this soup are just a fru-fru gimmick to add some green color to the picture, think again 🙂
These pickled cucumbers truly add an surprising element of sophistication to an otherwise simple, everyday soup.
BTW, I also like to eat pickled cucumbers as a snack, either plain-salted, as shown here, or prepared a bit more elaborate,
such as in my “Chinese pickled cucumbers recipe” (涼拌黃瓜 liáng bàn huáng guā recipe)

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Bombay Carrot, Coconut & Ginger Soup With Salted Cucumbers

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: cut 1 ea cucumber lenghtwise in half, then cut across into 1/3 inch slices, add 1 tblsp kosher salt, mix well, marinate for 1/2 hour, discard the juice

: cut 2 lb carrots and 2 ea medium size onions into pieces

: add 2 qt chicken or veggies stock

: season with 1/2 tblsp of ginger/garlic paste, 1 tblsp kosher salt, 2 tblsp honey, sriracha to taste, simmer until carrots and onions are soft, (at this point there should be about 1 qt liquid left, blend until smooth

: add 8 oz coconut milk

: simmer for 10 minutes ; if the coconut milk has curdled, blend again until smooth, remove from heat

: check/adjust seasoning, serves 2 main course or 6 appetizers

: Bombay Carrot, Coconut & Ginger Soup With Salted Cucumbers

: Bombay Carrot, Coconut & Ginger Soup With Salted Cucumbers

: Bombay Carrot, Coconut & Ginger Soup With Salted Cucumbers

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Smoked Turkey Leg With Collard Greens And Yuca In Mojo

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This Is Not A Pretty Picture……….just a darn tasty and satisfying dish 🙂
Just as any other food blogger who is making big efforts to produce a popular food blog, I usually strive to present my food as “pretty” as possible (Food Porn anybody?)
But, today I was not interested in that at all. Instead, I was rather hoping that the essence of this meal shines through to my readers, by showing it as natural as possible, emphasizing it as the great comfort food it actually was. This meal was so tasty and satisfying, additional “fru fru” would just have distracted from its simplicity and down to earth flavors and textures.
So, without further ado, here it is –

“Smoked Turkey Leg With Collard Greens And Yuca In Mojo”
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Smoked Turkey Leg With Collard Greens And Yuca In Mojo

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: saute julienne of 1/2 medium size onion in 2 oz whole butter until translucent, add smoked turkey leg, add 1 qt water, cover, simmer until meat is tender but NOT falling apart