Chilli and chocolate, now that is an odd
combination, therefore when my food blogger friend, Rushina, suggested this
theme for potluck lunch, my mind did some somersault. I love chilies but am not
too fond of chocolates, but thinking out of box is being creative, so I was
game for it.
I thought of many dishes, and many
combinations, changed many menus, finally decided to make a snack using Oreo
chocolate, spicy Sambal of kidney n liver, topped with grated cheese and
pickled red chilies.
It was too spicy, even though it had
sweet chocolate biscuit as the base. Also it is important to develop the taste
for kidney and liver. Therefore I am not sure whether others liked it, but I
loved it.
It was a fun afternoon, being it
Wednesday afternoon, a working day, not many of the food bloggers could attend,
but all those who attended, enjoyed it a lot.
Two days prior to the event, I had
pickled the chilies with lime, salt, sugar and soya sauce. On the day, this
made a colorful ornament on the melted cheese.
There were many other interesting things
too…Some of the other creations that I liked were
Stuffed Chillies dipped in white chocolate and
the tequila induced filling inside the
chili gave quite a kick…
I am not too fond of
Mexican, but this Veggie Mexican chilli was quite a favorite with the rest of
the group.
Churro was crispy and spicy. When I dipped churro in hot chocolate, I was transported back to Spain, pity that
Spanish would not be able to eat because it was spicy….
The salad was utterly delicious with
candied chilies and it had sweetish strawberry flavor.
This one was nice roasted chicken with
chocolate folded over it.
And finally came the dessert, we were
anxiously waiting for…
Melt in mouth chocolate cream pots with
mint-basil syrup
It was an interesting meet, chit chat over cups of hot chocolate and meeting
new people is always a pleasure.
