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Thursday, July 14, 2022

Assamese Chef Plavaneeta Borah "Pennes" Chicken Caesar Pasta Salad

Summary: Assamese Chef Plavaneeta Borah "pennes" Chicken Caesar Pasta Salad as a flavorsome, grain-themed, non-vegetarian variation of Classic Caesar Salad..

Assamese chef, culinary journalist and Assamese food pop-up host Plavaneeta Borah and Jamun chefs Uttarakhand-born Vinod Bisht and Goa-born Rahul "Picu" Gomes Pereira prepare for the Assamese Bhoj ("feast"), scheduled for Sunday brunch, June 16, 2019, at Jamun Restaurant, Lodhi Colony, south central New Delhi: Plavaneeta Borah, via Facebook June 10, 2019

Assamese Chef Plavaneeta Borah "pennes" her Chicken Caesar Pasta Salad as an appealing, flavorful dish that expands Classic Caesar Salad from an elegantly simple garden salad into an irresistibly hearty, non-vegetarian grain salad.

Caesar Salad endures as the culinary masterpiece of Italian immigrant restauranteur Cesare "Caesar" Cardini (Feb. 24, 1896-Nov. 3, 1956). The venue for Chef Cesare's inspired creation, which debuted in 1924, was his restaurant in northwestern Mexico. Caesar's Restaurant still operates in Baja California state's largest city, Tijuana.

Caesar Salad's culinary history reveals global popularity of the garden salad's original recipe and of a plethora of variations. Chef Cesare's salad continues to inspire vegan, non-vegetarian and vegetarian versions.

Assamese digital content strategist, marketing specialist, chef and food journalist Plavaneeta Borah's Chicken Caesar Pasta Salad explores the classic recipe's receptivity to creativity. Chef Plavaneeta's recipe classifies as a garden, grain, meat and pasta salad.

Chicken Caesar Pasta Salad's total cook time of 40 minutes breaks down to 10 minutes of prep time and 30 minutes of cook time. The recipe yields two servings. The recipe is graded as easy.

Chef Plavaneeta's Chicken Caesar Pasta Salad constructs the salad with two skinless chicken breasts, 2 tablespoons of olive oil, 1/2 teaspoon of chopped garlic; olive oil for three slices of bread; 20 clean lettuce leaves (type of lettuce unspecified), 1 cup of boiled pasta, 1/2 cup of cherry tomatoes, halved, and 1/4 cup of Parmesan cheese shavings. The dressing calls for 1/2 cup of mayonnaise, 1 chopped garlic clove, 1 tablespoon of vinegar and salt to taste.

The chicken breasts are rubbed with chopped garlic and olive oil and then are placed in a frying pan. During 10 minutes of pan-frying, they are turned to brown both sides. The pan is removed from the burner and set aside for 10 minutes of cooling. The cooled chicken breasts then are cubed.

The oven is preheated to 150 degrees Celsius (302 degrees Fahrenheit). During preheating, the bread slices are torn into small croutons and spread on a baking tray. Olive oil and any desired seasoning are added and then tossed lightly into the croutons. Baking time of 15 minutes goldens the croutons.

Deposit the mayonnaise, garlic, vinegar and salt into the dressing bowl. The dressing ingredients are whisked together.

The lettuce leaves are torn into rough, small portions into the salad bowl. The cooked penne, chicken cubes and halved cherry tomatoes are added and then tossed into the torn lettuce.

Nextly, the dressing is spooned into the salad bowl. The dressing and the salad are tossed well together. Chef Plavaneeta prompts about checking any seasonings.

The salad is topped with golden croutons. Parmesan cheese shavings garnish the salad.

Chef Plavaneeta's employer, New Delhi Television (NDTV) Limited, published Chicken Caesar Pasta Salad on the news media company's food portal, NDTV Food. Chef Plavaneeta describes her recipe as "a quick and easy lunch meal" that makes "all-time favourite Caesar Salad . . . more wholesome with penne pasta tossed [into] it."

Chef Plavaneeta's recipe also is available via Pakistan-based Zoya's YouTube channel, food recipes. Titled "Fast Food -- Chicken Caesar Pasta Salad Recipe / Chef: Plavaneeta Borah / Cook Time: 30 Minutes," the segment was uploaded July 9, 2017.

My family's Chicken Caesar Pasta Salad resembles Chef Plavaneeta's version. Our recipe further colorizes the salad by replacing the usually cream-yellow penne with such colorful varieties as spinach (green)- or tomato (red)-based penne.

Chicken Caesar Pasta Salad numbers among a plethora of appealing recipes in Chef Plavaneeta's culinary repertoire. Chicken Caesar Pasta Salad joins her penne-based recipes, such as Chorizo Penne Pasta in Tomato Sauce, and such chicken-themed salad recipes as Smoked Chicken, Whisky and Pearl Barley Salad.

Plavaneeta Borah's NDTV Food profile describes her as "a food writer by profession and an over enthusiastic cook by passion." She identifies her greatest joys as travel and new restaurant visits.

Chef Plavaneeta's education includes attendance at the Assam Valley School, a private, co-educational boarding school in Balipara, Sonitpur district, central Assam state, northeast India. She received her master's degree in Communications in 2011 at Christ College in Bengaluru (Bangalore), southeastern Karnataka state, southwest India. Her post-graduate degree in Digital Marketing and Communication was earned in 2020 from MICA (Maryland Institute College of Art) in Baltimore, central Maryland, northeastern United States.

Acknowledgment

My special thanks to talented artists and photographers/concerned organizations who make their fine images available on the internet.

Dedication

This post is dedicated to the memory of our beloved blue-eyed brother, Charles, who guided the creation of the Met Opera and Astronomy posts on Earth and Space News. We memorialized our brother in "Our Beloved Blue-Eyed Brother, Charles, With Whom We Are Well Pleased," published on Earth and Space News on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, an anniversary of our beloved father's death.

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Thursday, July 7, 2022

Chatni Caesar Salad by North Indian Chef Ranveer Brar Is Delicious

Summary: Chatni Caesar Salad by North Indian Chef Ranveer Brar is a delicious recipe that easily delivers flavorful, nutritious appeal via fruits and herbs.

Chatni Caesar Salad by North Indian Chef Ranveer Brar is a delicious recipe that combines easy preparation with the Indian subcontinent's popular condiment, chutney, and favorite ingredients, such as coriander, naan and pomegranate seeds.

Italian immigrant restauranteur Cesare "Caesar" Cardini (Feb. 24, 1896-Nov. 3, 1956) is remembered as the creator of Caesar Salad. He debuted his new recipe in 1924 in his restaurant, Caesar's Restaurant, in northwestern Mexico's popular resort destination, Tijuana, in Baja California state.

In the almost 100 years since the salad's debut, Caesar Salad's culinary profile has expanded beyond Tijuana to global familiarity and popularity. Chef Cesare's elegantly simple salad exists as a classic recipe and also in vegan, non-vegetarian and vegetarian variations. Fusion cuisine, which creates new recipes by blending ingredients and techniques from different culinary traditions, welcomes the receptivity to local, regional and national influences that inheres in the easy, uncomplicated design of Classic Caesar Salad.

North Indian author, celebrity chef and restauranteur Ranveer Brar exoticizes Caesar Salad by infusing his Chatni Caesar Salad recipe with Indian subcontinent culinary accents. Achaars (Hindi: अचार, acār, "pickle"), chutneys (Hindi: चटनी, caṭnī, “to lick or eat with appetite”; spicy dip) and raitas (Hindi: रायता, rāytā, from Sanskrit राजिका, rājikā, “mustard” + तिक्त, tikta, “pungent, bitter”; yogurt-based sauce) number as the Indian subcontinent's three favored condiments. Chef Ranveer transforms Classic Caesar Salad's dressing into a chutney.

Chef Ranveer's chutney dressing colorfully and flavorfully distinguishes his Chatni Caesar Salad recipe. For his chutney dressing, he deposits garlic cloves, grated Parmesan cheese, anardana (dried pomegranate seeds), green chillies, coriander and mint leaves into a blender. He douses the ingredients with olive oil. After puréeing, he considers: "Here we go. We have a nice, thick, green-colored, chutney-flavored Caesar dressing."

For the garnish, he decides upon naan (Hindi: नान, nān), an oval or teardrop-shaped flatbread. He halves the naan and heats it in a waffle iron for crispness.

While the naan crispens, he turns to the salad base. He tears a head of iceberg lettuce into a bowl.

Next he aims to cream the chutney dressing with mayonnaise. He spoons mayonnaise into the blender and stirs the mayonnaise into the chutney dressing.

Chef Ranveer dollops a large spoonful of chutney dressing over the torn iceberg leaves. He hand-tosses the dressing into the greens. Off-camera, he plates the dressed salad.

He states: "And the best part of our Caesar Salad is more Parmesan." He tops the dressed salad with sprinklings of grated Parmesan cheese.

He removes the crispened naan halves from the waffle iron. Leaving the wider naan end (equal to about two slices) to the side, he cuts eight crisps. He takes five crisps and decoratively stakes them between the dressed salad and a half-bowl side.

He tops the salad with five or six cherry tomatoes and dribbles droplets of oil as the salad's final topping. Lastly, he trickles chutney dressing over the naan stakes.

Chef Ranveer assesses: "Smells good. Looks good. And it tastes good as well."

Chef Ranveer's salad repertoire extends beyond Chatni Caesar Salad. His kachumber (Indian cucumber salad) recipes include coriander- and lime-flavored Cucumber and Tomato Kachumber. Other salad offerings include galangal (ginger and turmeric relative)-flavored Lotus Root Salad, Som Tom Salad (Thai Papaya Salad) and Thai Quinoa Salad with Chili Lime Dressing.

In addition to Chatni Caesar Salad's chutney dressing, Chef Ranveer's chutney repertoire features fenugreek- and ginger-flavored Coconut Chutney. His coriander- and ginger-flavored chutney recipes include Guava Chutney and Pineapple Chutney.

Lucknow-born, Mumbai-based Ranveer Singh Brar (born 8 February 1978) graduated from Institute of Hotel Management, Lucknow, in Uttar Pradesh. He served as one of three judges on the fourth (Jan. 26, to April 12, 2015) and final, sixth (Dec. 7, 2019, to March 1, 2020) seasons of competitive cooking game show MasterChef India. His first cookbook, Come Into My Kitchen, was released June 10, 2016, by Collins India. His second cookbook, A Traditional Twist, was released Jan. 1, 2017, by Bombay-based Popular Prakashan.

Acknowledgment

My special thanks to talented artists and photographers/concerned organizations who make their fine images available on the internet.

Dedication

Lucknow-born, Mumbai-based Chef Ranveer Brar creates sizzling recipes as a well-known and well-travelled celebrity chef, cookbook author, former MasterChef India judge and restaurateur: Ranveer Brar, via Facebook June 25, 2022, @ https://www.facebook.com/RanveerBrar/posts/pfbid0B4NoFsrCTjZRV5kbHDgS3VaZEeP8Ka7U2naQasKSjTmW9qBRVVRdF2dFNvS6ZBmfl

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Thursday, March 31, 2022

South Indian Caesar Salads: Classic and Wrap Variations in Chennai

Summary: South Indian Caesar Salads are available in such diverse recipes as the classic and wrap variations in Chennai, cosmopolitan capital of Tamil Nadu.

fresh-baked flatbread wrap-arounds of Chicken Caesar Salad in The Dining Room at luxurious Park Hyatt Chennai: Park Hyatt Chennai @ParkHyattChenn, via Twitter July 7, 2021

Caesar Salad originated in 1924 in Caesar's Restaurant, owned by Italian immigrant restauranteur Cesare "Caesar" Cardini (Feb. 24, 1896-Nov. 3, 1956) in Tijuana, Baja California state, northwestern Mexico. Less than 100 years after its creation, the classic recipe has achieved global familiarity and popularity and inspired enticing variations. Caesar Salad is consumed on all seven of Earth's continents. (Indeed, Seabourn, the ultra-luxury cruise line, noted in the company's Oct. 24, 2019, announcement of a voyage to Antarctica and Patagonia "table-side preparations of Caesar salad" as a treat for guests.)

Chennai, the cosmopolitan capital of Tamil Nadu state, conforms with the rest of the Indian subcontinent in appreciating Caesar Salad as a classic dish and as a recipe receptive to creativity. Known as Madras until August 1996, Chennai basks on the Bay of Bengal's picturesque Coromandel Coast as the Gateway to South India.

Food numbers among Chennai's many attributes. Chennai's culinary expertise was recognized through inclusion, as the only South Asian city, in National Geographic's "Top 10 Food Cities" list of 2015. Appearing after Louisville, Kentucky, Chennai was followed by Buffalo, New York; Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Lyon, France; Cincinnati, Ohio; Osaka, Japan; Bologna, Italy; Edam, the Netherlands; and Ensenada, Mexico.

The Raintree Hotel, St. Mary's Road, is sited in Alwarpet, central Chennai. The five-star hotel is located southwest of Kapaleeshwarar Temple, a seventh-century complex dedicated to Shiva, the Hindu God of destruction. Self-described as "the warm boutique hotel, on a quiet, green avenue," The Raintree features three dining rooms: Colony, Chap Chay and Above Sea Level, the rooftop lounge.

Ritesh Patil, Chef de Cuisine for the rooftop lounge, shares his presentation of Cesare Cardini's salad in "Make the Perfect Caesar Salad," published Sep. 19, 2014, in The Hindu. Chef Ritesh's version adds bacon rashers (thinly-sliced bacon), brined anchovy fillets, black pepper (3 tablespoons) and lime juice to the original ingredients. It should be noted that variations of the original recipe often include anchovy fillets, which recapture the anchovy-like taste bestowed by Worcestershire sauce.

He portions two handfuls of romaine leaves for the salad's base. He constructs his dressing by halving one clove of garlic for rubbing the inside of the dressing bowl and then whisking two coddled eggs into olive oil (120 milliliters [4.05 ounces; a little over 1/2 cup]). One lime's juice, Parmesan cheese (grated, then powdered; 50 grams [1/4 cup]), salt (to taste), chopped anchovy fillets ((30 grams [1.05822 ounces; 3/8 cup]) and extra virgin olive oil (EVOO; 10 milliliters [0.33814 ounces; a little over two teaspoons]) complete the dressing. The golden croutons come from stale or old bread (60 grams [1/2 cup]), torn into one-inch pieces, for baking and tossing in 3 tablespoons of olive oil at 190° C. (374° F.), for about 10 to 15 minutes. Chef Ritesh recommends using a vegetable peeler for the seven to eight thin shavings of Parmesan cheese that top the salad.

Chef Ritesh extols Caesar Salad as an easy-to-make "heavenly classic." He identifies the salad's ability to please various taste buds via romaine's mildly bitter sweetness, lime's sourness, bacon's saltiness and the pungent interaction of parmesan with anchovies.

Chef Ritesh, a native Mumbaiker, says that, as of 2014, he had been living in Chennai for eight years. In "No Shortcut to Success," published Jan. 30, 2015, in The Hindu, he identifies his background as belonging to coastal Maharashtra state's Koli (fishermen) community. He relocated to Australia in 2015 and, since January 2019, has been Head Chef at Edwin Wine Bar & Cellar in Caroline Springs, Victoria state, southeastern Australia.

The Park Hyatt Hotel Chennai is sited on Velachery Road, southwest of The Raintree Hotel. The Park Hyatt Chennai aesthetically neighbors near Guindy National Park, the former game reserve that shelters Raj Bhavan ("Governor's Residence"), formerly Guindry Lodge and now the official residence of Tamil Nadu's governor.

The five-star hotel offers three restaurants, The Dining Room, The Flying Elephant and Mr. Ong -- The Flavours of Singapore. According to the hotel's website, the restaurants aim to "showcase a wide variety of cuisines portraying the diverse facets of Park Hyatt."

Balaji Natarajan has been The Park Hyatt Chennai's Executive Chef since October 2018. The native Tamilian began his career at the hotel as Executive Sous Chef in March 2012.

Inspiration for The Dining Room's menu comes from local household kitchens, with the mission of blending authenticity with home-style comfort food. The Dining Room's menu includes wraps, made from flatbreads freshly baked in the restaurant's bakery. The menu notes wraps as satisfying as "a snack or even a light meal." All wraps are served with a side of French fries. Wrap selections feature Freshly Baked Pita with Mediterranean Falafel, BBQ Pineapple Wrap and Breaded Chicken Caesar Salad. The Chicken Caesar Salad Wrap is accompanied with "tomato sauce (no bacon)," perfect for dipping fries and wraps.

India's flatbreads are "perfect for meals, snacks, on-the-go wraps, or appetizers," explains Mumbai-born, Ra'anana, Israel-transplanted, cake artist and food blogger Veena Azmanov in her Jan. 17, 2022, post, "Indian Flatbread -- Chapati, Roti, Paratha." The subcontinent's panoply of flatbreads tallies over 30 different types, according to restaurant reviewer Althea Tan's article, "Beginner's Guide to Indian Breads: 9 Types to Start With," posted Aug. 6, 2019, on Michelin Guide magazine's Dining Out section.

Chennai's seamless blend of modernity with tradition provides the inspiring setting for the internationally-favored Caesar Salad. The classic dish finds expression both in its original format and as creative variations.

Acknowledgment

My special thanks to talented artists and photographers/concerned organizations who make their fine images available on the internet.

Dedication

fresh-baked flatbread wrap-arounds of Chicken Caesar Salad in The Dining Room at luxurious Park Hyatt Chennai: Park Hyatt Chennai @ParkHyattChenn, via Twitter July 7, 2021, @ https://twitter.com/ParkHyattChenn/status/1412742102866219009

The Raintree Hotel's Above Sea Level rooftop lounge's indoor and outdoor settings provide the perfect ambience for such gustatory delights as classic Caesar Salad: The Raintree, St Marys Road @The.Raintree.Stmarysroad, via Facebook Feb. 16, 2022, @ https://www.facebook.com/The.Raintree.Stmarysroad/posts/4790465067688683

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Thursday, March 24, 2022

Mumbai Caesar Salads: Creative, Original and Sophisticated Variations

Summary: Mumbai Caesar salads present creative, original and sophisticated variations of the internationally favored dish of greens.

Hitchki's Chicken Caesar Salad innovatively presents fillings of grilled chicken, dressing and Parmesan cheese in clubhouse sandwich-styled stacks of baked papad: Hitchki, India @hitchkiindia, via Twitter Jan. 24, 2018

Mumbai Caesar salads present creative, original and sophisticated variations of the international classic created in Tijuana, Mexico, in 1924.

The simple, elegant dish of greens with an international allure was created in 1924 by Italian immigrant restauranteur Cesare "Caesar" Cardini's (Feb. 24, 1896-Nov. 3, 1956) in his namesake restaurant, Caesar's Restaurant, in his namesake hotel, Hotel Caesar's, in Tijuana, the largest city in Baja California, Mexico's northernmost and westernmost state. The salad's simple elegance was achieved by blending romaine lettuce with garlic-flavored croutons, grated Parmesan cheese, two coddled eggs and Worcestershire sauce.

Almost a century after its creation, Caesar Salad has achieved global popularity. Its allure easily inheres in the salad's attractiveness, ease of preparation and tastiness. Additionally, this simply elegant dish of greens allows for seemingly endless variations, as vegetarian and non-vegetarian recipes.

India's cosmopolitan, west coast metropolis of Mumbai confidently features Caesar Salad in private and public settings. In fact, in her July 4, 2021, article, "#CaesarSaladDay: These actors love their bowl of caesar salad!," Times of India correspondent Farzana Patowari presents eight television stars who enthusiastically favor Caesar Salad. Caesar Salad's versatility, satisfying tastiness and reliable nutritiousness are extolled by Sharad Malhotra of Naagin ("Female Serpent") supernatural fiction television series, Nikki Tamboli of Bigg Boss reality television game show, Rithvik Dhanjani of Super Dancer kids dance reality television series, Kamna Pathak of Happu Ki Ultan Paltan sitcom television series, Akshay Kharodia of Pandya Store television drama series, Amitt Singh of Ranju Ki Betiyan ("Ranju's Daughters") television drama series, and Pulkit Bangia and Viviana Singh of Apna Time Bhi Aayega ("My Time Will Also Come") television drama series.

Caesar Salad finds expression in a range of variations, from classic styling to creative and sophisticated panache, in the cosmopolitan, yet also traditional, culture of Maharashtra's state capital. Chef Varun Inamdar's (born Oct. 15, 1984) Caesar Salad celebrates the dish's original styling. Hitchki's intriguing menu includes an innovatively-styled Caesar Salad.

Author, celebrity chef, chocolatier, food stylist, Guinness World Record winner for largest chocolate mud pie (2018) and television personality Varun Inamdar appears in "The Bombay Chef," produced by Rajshri Foods of Rajshri Productions Pvt. Ltd., a film production and distribution company based, since 1947, in Mumbai. The show's Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016, episode, "Caesar Salad Recipe / How To Make Salad / Homemade Caesar Salad," has garnered 2,158,594 views as of Wednesday, March 23, 2022.

Chef Inamdar hearkens back to the Classic Caesar Salad recipe. As Chef Varun adds ingredients, he observes the frequent tossing that characterizes Chef Cesare's original recipe. He sprinkles finely chopped parsley, black pepper and Parmesan cheese over olive oil-toasted white bread cubes and minced garlic.

Chef Varun mixes vegetarian, soy-based mayonnaise with salt, black pepper, chopped parsley, minced garlic, grated Parmesan cheese and one tablespoon of chilled water for the salad's dressing. He explains that the water is essential for yielding a fluid, not runny, dressing that overcomes mayonnaise's natural clumpiness.

Chef Varun's dressing agrees mostly with the second dressing that Cesare Cardini designed for his salad. Worcestershire sauce served as the salad's original dressing. Subsequently, Chef Cesare created the dressing known as Caesar Salad Dressing or Caesar Cardini's Dressing. The emulsion of soybean oil, egg yolk and white wine vinegar included such flavorings as celery seed, garlic, lemon juice concentrate, mustard seed, onion salt and tamarind. He included anchovies to recapture the anchovy-flavoring associated with Worcestershire sauce.

Chef Varun identifies the salad's greens as cos lettuce, also known as romaine. He grates Parmesan cheese over the cut- and hand-torn lettuce. Then he adds the croutons prior to another toss. After spooning the dressing over the salad, he tops the delectable dish with a grating of Parmesan cheese.

Contrasting with Chef Varun's traditional Caesar Salad is the clubhouse sandwich-styled layering of the innovative Caesar Salad offered by Hitchki. The Mumbai-based restaurant has five locations in its birthplace and two locations in the United Arab Emirates.

Hitchki's website notes its aspirations as an international brand focused on "regional & eclectic cuisine." The brand aims to imbue each dish with a "quirky touch" that emerges from contemporary preparations of India's traditional flavors. Also, Hitchki seeks to curate "the most fervent international dishes" in the brand's style.

Hitchki's Chicken Caesar Salad dramatically exhibits the brand's take on an international dish. Hitchki's non-vegetarian recipe creatively stacks its Chicken Caesar Salad with layers of baked papad, India's traditional, thin wafers. The clubhouse sandwich-styled fillings of grilled chicken, Caesar dressing and a topping of Parmesan cheese shavings contrast attractively and tastily with the crunchy, Indian touch of papad.

Cosmopolitan Mumbai's enthusiastic embrace of traditional Caesar Salad and creative, sophisticated, vegetarian and non-vegetarian variations mirrors the salad's popularity throughout the Indian subcontinent.

Chef Varun Inamdar's Caesar Salad honors the simple, elegant classic recipe created almost 100 years ago, in 1924, by Cesare "Caesar" Cardini in Tijuana, Mexico: The Food TV Channel @FoodTVChannel, via Twitter March 13, 2016

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