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Food Home:- Durian:
- Durian Palace
- This resource site for the legendary fruit, includes information on botany, cultivation, selecting, and culinary tips, festivals, news, links, message board, classifieds and a photo gallery.
- Bao Sheng Durian Farm
Farm in Penang, Malaysia, presents information about the tree and its cultivation, the fruit (which it offers in all-you-can-eat buffets), and descriptions of several varieties. - Chat11.com: Durian Fruit
Presents odd facts, trivia, and quotations, descriptions of the smell, and a folktale relating to the fruit. - The Crop of the day: Durian
Provides basic information about the tree, its fruit, and nutritional information. - Daniel Eats Durian Fruit
Daniel Greenhouse describes his experiences eating the fruit in Bali and Paris, illustrated with photos. - Durian
Short description of the fruit, its flavor and fragrance, and typical uses. - Durian
An expat in Singapore describes his personal experiences, from early avoidance to an enthusiastic embrace. - Durian - The Real Forbidden Fruit
Article from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden offers background information and a personal experience sampling a specimen purchased from an Asian fruit market. - Durian and Mangosteens
Article on the two tropical fruits, with purchasing tips, storage and handling information, and a few recipes. - Empirical Aesthetics, Or, Eating a Durian Fruit
A story in photos and words of a group of Texans purchasing, smelling, and sampling a large durian. - Wikipedia: Durian
Reference article providing information on the tree and fruit, along with pointers on purchasing, selecting, and opening fruits.
Random Indian Recipes:-
- Satyanarayana Prasad
Clean rava and fry in hot ghee till light brown on slow flame. In another pan mix milk and water and keep to boil. Pour the milk mixture on fried rava. Make pieces of kaju and almond. Chop the banana into small pieces. When rava cook add sugar and cover the pan. Add kismis,kaju,almond and banana pieces. Mix well and cover the pan for 2-3 min. Lastly add elaichi powder. Prasad is ready. - Medu Vada
Soak urd dal in water for at least 5 hours and grind it without water. Add salt,black pepper powder and beat well to make it light and fluffy. Add chopped coriander leaves,curry leaves and green chilly pieces. Heat oil and Shape the daal mixture into flat rounds and make a hole in the center. Add little rice flour if shape is not forming. Fry first over high heat and then over lower heat till golden brown. Remove the vada out of oil and drain on absorbent paper. Serve hot with green chutney or sambar. - Samosa
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Heat ghee in a pan and add besan. Fry on a low flame till you get a nice smell (light brown colour). Remove from heat and transfer to a bowl. Add milk powder and mix well and keep aside. In another pan make syrup of one cup of water and sugar. Boil till one string consistancy. Add besan mixture and elaichi powder. Remove from heat and stir continuously till the mixture thickens. Pour the mixture into greased thali and spread evenly. Sprinkle cashewnuts pieces and set aside to cool and set. Cut into squares.