BREAD (BIRD FOOD) PUDDING

The delicious smell of cinnamon, nutmeg, glove and brown sugar baking fill the air at Karanambu when the bread pudding is baking in the kitchen. In true Karanambu style, we serve it with "Lashings of Creme".

 

Ingredients

• day-old bread
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1/2 cup raisins or dates (optional)
• 4 eggs, beaten
• 2 cups milk
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• a sprinkle of glove

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Tear bread into small pieces into a glass baking bowl. Drizzle melted butter over bread. If desired, sprinkle with raisins, dates or any other dried fruit.  
3. In a medium mixing bowl, combine eggs, milk, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, glove and vanilla. Beat until well mixed. Pour over bread, and lightly push down  until bread is covered and soaking up the egg mixture.
4. Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes, or until the top springs back when lightly tapped.

LIME Achar

Lime Achar

Achar is a pickle relish made from local fruits. This Spicy, Sour, Salty, relish that is a local favorite!  Today the lime tree at Karanambu was laden with limes, so we made lime achar

 Ingredients

• ½ bucket yellow limes full of juice
• 1 ½ cups chopped hot peppers 1/2 teaspoon salt
• ¾ cup vinegar
• ¼ cup salt (or to taste)

Directions

1. Blanch limes in boiling water for 5 minutes, until soft but full of juice.
2. Remove the seeds from the hot peppers. 

(A trick is to wear gloves and remove the seeds under water to avoid burning your hands and eyes).

3. Slice hot pepper and cook them for a few minutes in the pot covered with a little water, until soft.
4. In a large bowl, place the cooled blanched limes. Slice them in half and remove the seeds.  Then slice into strips with a scissor. Add all the juice!!
5. Mix in the chopped peppers.
6. Add in the vinegar
7. Salt to taste
8. Spoon in to boiled canning jars (or whatever you have)
9. Seal and place in the SUN!