Jan 29, 2024
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Everyone knows how miserable to Google search algorithm has gotten. Youtube and especially YT shorts is the best resource I’ve found for recipes, especially those outside of my own culture. It’s refreshing to see multiple people making food in their home kitchens. It feels like they’re opening a door into their home to cook me a meal or sharing the recipes of the mothers and grandmothers with me. You may not get exact measurements but if you’re fairly comfortable in the kitchen there is no better way to discover and follow new recipes. I will usually start with a larger/more popular creator to get a general idea of amounts and ingredient substitutions then corroborate with videos that only have a handful of views. It also gives you ideas of the equipment people use and feels like a beautiful intimate slice of life. Another bonus is I’m exposed to interesting new music through this videos that would have never popped up in the algorithm organically.
For Indian recipes, Shwasti is a good starting place but the youtube shorts of people in their home kitchen like this have really helped me level up my paneer bhurji. I watch a lot of videos from Hebbar as well.
Misir Wot (Ethiopian Red Lentils) is another of my favorite discoveries from scrolling and the best recipes I’ve found have been from videos like these.
The absolute star of the show was this Mhadjeb (Algerian flatbread with an onion and tomato filling) that freezes very well and is totally vegan. I did use the baking hermann recipe (the first short I saw depicting this dish) for the dough as I am not as comfortable with doughs and needed grams, but for the fillings and the actual assembly method I found shorts to be most helpful.
The internet can often feel bad and gross but this is one of those time I feel intense gratitude for the widespread access to smartphones.
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Downshiftology: lots of healthy, simple, seasonal recipes with dietary restrictions and ingrediets in mind as well
Make It Dairy Free: food allergy conscious recipes
the NYT Cooking + Bon Appetit if you can get a subscription but I just use a paywall bypass to get recipes from there
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