• Home
  • About
  • Appearances, Events, and Media Coverage
  • In Print
    • On restaurant reviews: I’m here for the food.
  • Recipes
    • Cook’s Notes
  • WRavenous
  • Let’s Chat
Jasmine Mangalaseril

Jasmine Mangalaseril

Inkstained Apron

About

Appearances, Events, and Media Coverage

Recipes

Let’s Chat

In Print

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
© J. Mangalaseril 2018
Instagram post 2180951448639160199_2225885767 Another bit of a sneak peek. Stage one of my fruitcake—the one that people who don’t like fruitcake like. Letting the fruits drink up the maceration liquid for a few days, before the cakes get made...and then fed regularly with slurps of brandy. I guess this means the annual meeting of the Fruitcake Liberation Society can begin. #ChristmasIsComing #Fruitcake #InMyKitchen #baking #instafood #nom #nomnom #nomnomnom
Instagram post 2179527550705961680_2225885767 A bit of a teasing pic. Will share details in a bit, but I spent the day in the kitchen. Better pics tomorrow and then I’ll prep this for the freezer, to be reheated for an event where I’ll talk about some festive foods you may not know about. More dishes to come, when I can get them done. All I’ll say is my house smells amazing. #TisTheSeason #Kwanzaa #GhanaianFood #foodwriter #InMyKitchen #WaterlooRegion #sneakpeek #InstaFood #latergram #nom #nomnom #nomnomnom
Instagram post 2174980183524841912_2225885767 @kri.stiney of @thedanishplace told me her grandfather helped to secret Jews out of Denmark to Sweden by boat in WWII. It’s a part of her family story shared in my current #WorldOfFood column for @grandmagazine.ca’s Holiday issue. We also talked about Jul and she shared her nummy nummy Risalamande recipe. And since she mentioned marzipan piggies are part of the tradition, I made this cute little drove of them (my Twitter feed (also @cardamomaddict) has the link to the instructions). #WeAllHaveAStory #Multiculturalism #Denmark #Puslinch #WellingtonCounty #Foodwriter #magazinecolumnist #familyhistory #recipes #remembranceday #jul #holidays #dessert #instafood #nom #nomnom #nomnomnom
Instagram post 2172729012093415197_2225885767 Christmas is coming! Making a couple of puds this year, one for an event and one for the family. The eagle-eyed amongst you will notice the empty Pedro Ximinez bottle. The fruits for the second pud will be soused once another bottle is procured. The recipe, with a little bit of playing, is Nigella Lawson’s Ultimate Christmas Pudding (Recipe online and in her Christmas book). #christmasiscoming #ChristmasPudding #Christmas #tradition #Homemade #InMyKitchen #Instafood #nom #nomnom #nomnomnom
Instagram post 2169123798777960846_2225885767 Today’s brunch for one: spinach and mushroom-stuffed French toast with a couple of rashers of bacon. Satisfies a veggie craving (have been eating far more meat than usual as of late) and uses up a little of the leftover Béchamel sauce from an earlier experiment. Plus, it’s a good way to mark last night’s extra hour of sleep :) #InMyKitchen #fallback #Brunch #Veggies #Homemade #InstaFood #Nom #nomnom #nomnomnom
Instagram post 2165529443727208342_2225885767 A sneak peak. Did the photos today for an upcoming #WorldOfFood column. My interviewee called his mum for this recipe, a treat she makes at Christmas and other special occasions. Easy peasy and definitely nibble-able. Look for it in the January 2020 issue of @grandmagazine.ca #Foodwriter #magazinecollumnist #recipewriter #WaterlooRegion #weallhaveastory #Instafood #nom #nomnom #nomnomnom
Instagram post 2163503759739690571_2225885767 It’s been an age or two since I went out for dim sum. But today, while shopping, I had an immense craving for siu mai. I wasn’t too far from King Tin, so I thought I’d pop in and see if I could order some for takeaway. The answer was yes, and I ended up ordering more than the siu mai (of course), and got enough for a couple of meals—bao, radish cake, siu mai, salt and pepper squid, and stuffed aubergine. Happy (but I am thinking it’s time to resurrect the dum sum gang and head out for an afternoon of touches of the heart. #OnMyPlate #WaterlooRegion #waterlooontario #Restaurants #ChineseFood #DimSum #Cravings #latergram #Instafood #Nom #Nomnom #Nomnomnom
Instagram post 2158960767519576036_2225885767 Baking these berry muffins to sustain me while working tomorrow’s polls. It will be a long day (minimum 13hrs with at most two 15-minute breaks) helping voters. If you are eligible, and didn’t mark your X during the early polls, please head out and help choose the person who will best represent what you want and need. Elections.ca has all the voting deets, including ID requirements, poll locations and hours, and what to do if you didn’t get your voter card (or if there’s an error). The recipe is adapted (slightly) from @doriegreenspan Baking From My Home To Yours. #elxn43 #baking #muffins #cranberries #blueberries #oranges #inmykitchen #instafood #nom #nomnom #nomnomnom
Instagram post 2154836397607911554_2225885767 This year’s Thanksgiving Dinner. Instead of a whole bird, I roasted a stuffed turkey breast. By request, I did my oven-roasted ratatouille to go along with my maple-harissa carrots, and the usual mash and gravy (and extra stuffing). Didn’t get around to the sprouts, but they will be made :) As always, Cardamummy’s turkey masala made it taste right. #thanksgiving #Canada #dinner #InMyKitchen #sofull #Instafood #Latergram #nom #nomnom #nomnomnom
Instagram post 2153920745510555325_2225885767 A late change to Thanksgiving plans has me in the kitchen doing early preparations tomorrow’s for mini dinner. This morning I made the harissa, mixed the turkey masala (no, not a whole bird) and the baked cheddar-jalapeño scones I always make for feast days. Did QA with one for a bacon and egg sandwich. So good. #Thanksgiving #Baking #InMyKitchen #Canada #moretocome #instafood