Family Book Needs Recipes...

I posted the following to 'Rude people on this site' but by the time my
post appeared, the subject changed to foxes...hoping I will get some
replies by starting a new thread. I really would love to hear more
about the wonderful foods I read about and have some recipes I could
try making or include with my family book....Thank you in advance.

CWatters...

My family was in British India from 1840 ish until just before the 2nd world
war when they all returned to the UK. My father was lived in India until he
was 18 and developed a taste for Indian sweets. Later in the 1960's (when I
was a child) he would frequently either make or buy some for us when he went
to London.

My favs include...

Barfi
(Buy a selection box from an Indian Deli)

and for the really sweet of tooth or kids....

Jalebi
which I like warm eg freshly made.

Both pages have links to recipies.

More here...

singhals...

I'm partial to petha myself (Candied white pumpkin). But then I also
like gulab jaman (babas au rhum w/o rum, aka donut holes in syrup) and
ros gulla but I'm not big on laddu.

If there's a significant difference in the taste of ros gulla vs
chum-chum I've yet to discover it (and I do assure I devoted several
days to taste-testing!). ;)

hedleyh...

Something I've not mentioned before, but one of my old time favourites
before I was sentenced to a low fat diet, was Cheese Dreams.

I would cut a slice of bread, not quite to the bottom, leaving it still
joined to the loaf, then cut the next slice normally. I then thinly
sliced some mature cheese and filled the space between the two slices.
Finally it would be fried on both sides and eaten oozing with fat!

CWatters...

These days you can use a sandwich toaster to make the same thing - only it
comes out neatly sealed round all the edges. Works best if you put the
buttered bread in the machine with the butter on the outside so it fries
itself at the same time.

I suppose an occasional one wouldn't hurt, but haven't tried it for
years. (I still have a frying pan but can't remember when it was last
used!)

Sorry I can't offer a proper recipe as I'm no cook, although I have
baked my own bread for many years.

"Has anyone noticed what a wonderful thread this has turned into? I've
so enjoyed reading it. My father use to always talk about the foods his

dad would make and how much he wished he had the recipes. Daddy passed
on in 1989 but he left me with the desire to learn much, much more
about my grandfather's homeland (Kent) and so I wonder if any of you
would care to send me the recipes for the dishes you have
mentioned...my address is tassell_canterbury at yahoo.com. I would
cherish them so....."

mlou1173...

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Jeff...

The National archives Bookshop publishes a book with the wartime recipes.

On a quick look I can't see it on their website but I'm sure SKS who is
visiting Kew could get the title etc for you.