A Family Tradition

By well-wisher

Sat, 09 Nov 2013
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We don’t have many traditions in my family but one of them is ‘Boiled Dinner’.  It’s not really a recipe as much as a type of meal. It was handed down from my father’s Family in India and it’s normally eaten when someone is feeling too ill to eat anything rich or spicy.

 

Essentially, boiled dinner is this.

 

Boiled potatoes

Boiled vegetables (any kind you want but corn and carrots add colour)

Hard Boiled Eggs

Boiled white rice (Preferably Basmati rice)

Salt and butter.

 

Mash them all together so that what you’re left with is a chunky potatoey, vegetably, eggy (leave chunks of the egg white), ricey and buttery mash.

 

For those who don’t like boiled eggs; boiled dinner also goes well with smoked fish like mackerel or fish in a white sauce.

 

 

Dinner is an evening meal – Traditionally, we eat dinner in the late evening or even, sometimes at night. This is because my father, a General Practitioner, was so busy working at his surgery that he normally didn’t come home from work until late evening and we ate when he ate.

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Submitted by Canonette on

That sounds nice (apart from the egg whites, which I have an aversion to).  You should write more biographical stuff - you obviously have an interesting family background.  I used to write food blogs, so I'm always fascinated by other people's dinners.

 

Submitted by well-wisher on

Thank you, Canonette. The food I grew up on was a cross between Indian and British food; my Father being Indian and my mother, English. For example, vegetable fried rice and pakoras were always a part of Christmas dinner along with normal british things like Turkey, Roast Potatoes, Chipolatas and Brussel sprouts. I must say however that vegetable fried rice and roast turkey go marvelously well together, especially when covered in gravy and bread sauce. Really glad you liked it.

Oh look, a link. I wonder where it leads.

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