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October 29, 2004

the economics of gulyas

For those of you who don't read my comments as obsessively as I do, Claudia was kind enough to send her gulyas recipe. Gulyas, incidentally, is the Hungarian spelling (minus some little dashes and dots, most likely) for goulash. Here's her recipe (I've left in all the commentary):

Here's how you make the gulyas (the Martha Stewart way, meaning that you get all the ingredients together, all nicely chopped up, in pretty bowls, etc.)
  • First, chop one onion (finely)
  • then cut one or two bell peppers (red or yellow, but green would do it if you're low on money) into small squares,
  • then cut several potatoes into cubes, about 1/2 inch to 1 inch.
  • Sautee the onion in oil until it becomes glassy
  • then add the peppers, sautee until they become soft
  • add the potatoes and cover everything with water (just above the "potato line")
  • add salt, pepper, let it boil
  • when it boils, add one small can of tomato paste, and one teaspoon (or less) of the hot paprika paste (you can replace with Thai red curry paste, but be careful, it is hot :) )
  • add sweet paprika dust(it's in the spice area in the kitchen, a tin box, white and red)
  • Boil until the potatoes are done.

Incidentally, I was under the impression that the "Martha Stewart way" now referred to cuisine cooked in institutional quantities.

But the gulyas is the reason why I had three bags of groceries and only spent about $15 -- it's incredibly cheap to make and goes a very very long way. Claudia's fond of reminding me that it's peasant food, after all. Normally, it would have meat in it, but we don't play that at my house, so it's vegan instead, and really really yummy. Claudia cut me off from the gulyas last year sometime. I liked it so much that I suggested it for dinner pretty often, and she'd had way too much of it. I was just getting started.

Now I just need the weather to dip below 80.

Posted by Rachel at October 29, 2004 5:09 PM

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Cold front coming tomorrow (11/1), so you may get perfect gulyas weather. ;)

Posted by: CY at October 31, 2004 8:55 AM

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