cod fish recipes: June 2010

Elaneer(Tender Coconut) Pudding

Ingredients:

Tender Coconut water - 2cups

Thin Scrapings of tender coconut -1cup

Agar Agar /China Grass -10g

Condensed Milk - 1/2tin

Milk - 1 1/2cup

Water - 1cup

Cherries for garnishing

Sugar -according to your taste

Method:

In a pan boil milk and condensed milk .Stir well.Add sugar to this.Mean while soak agar agar powder in 1 cup of water and heat on low flame till the powder completely dissolves.Strain it and pour this to milk mixture.Mix tender coconut scrapings to this.Allow to cool and refrigerate.Decorate with chopped cherries.

Dou fu fa (beancurd jelly) - traditional recipe 豆腐花

Dou fu fa (or just 'dou fa') = doh fu hua (or just 'doh hua') = tofu fa = doh now = beancurd jelly = soy milk curdIn Chinese this dessert is called 豆腐花 or 豆花, read as 'dou fu fa' in Cantonese and 'doh fu hua' in Mandarin, translated as tofu flower. There is another name for this dessert called 豆腦 'doh now' in Mandarin, translated as 'soy brain' because it is as soft as brain and look/texture

Soy milk 豆漿

It's dreadfully warm over here today. In this warm weather soy milk is a very good beverage. Soy beans are a ying or cool food. Drinking soy milk especially cold can sooth the throat and body in this warm heat.Chinese drink soya milk hot, warm and cold, sweetened, with salt or plain. Chinese soy milk is usually slightly thinner than some of the local western supermarket brands soy milk in a

Chakka (Jackfruit) Puzhukku

Ingredients:

Unripe Jackfruits(chopped Finely) - 3 cups

Turmeric powder - 1/2tsp

Grated coconut -1/2 cup

Green chilli - 3

Garlic pods - 5

Curry Leaves

Salt

Coconut Oil

Method:

Cook Jackfruit pieces in water along with salt and turmeric powder until they are soft.

Make a paste of garlic and greenchillies.In this add coconut and and mix it well.

Add this paste to cooked Jackfruits and stir well for 2 minutes.

Switch off the stove and add 1tsp coconut oil and curry leaves.Serve hot.

Garlic sauce by Aleksandra

My favourite sauce/dip for warm sandwiches, meat, etc.

Ingredients:

0.5 cup of mayonnaise

0.5 cup of double cream or thick yogurth

2 cloves of garlic (pressed by garlic press)

Half tablespoon of chopped parsley

Black pepper

Red pepper powder (paprica)

Salt (optional)

Mix well all ingredients.

Before serving add to fridge for about one hour.

Bon Apetit!

Best summer healing food mung beans - Mung bean sweet soup with kelp 海帶綠豆沙

Chinese believe heat in the body can cause all sorts of health problems. This heat is caused by very warm weather and/or eating too much heaty food like fried food, durian etc. This heat in the body called 熱氣 read as 're chi' translated as 'heat gas', can cause heat rash, sore throat, mouth ulcers, heat headaches etc.... To cure/relieve this heat in Chinese referred as '清熱解毒 chin re jae duk'

Potato Chakkakuru Mezhukkupuratti(Stir Fried Jackfruit Seeds and Potatoes)

Ingredients:

Potato (Peeled and Sliced)- 3 ,medium

Jackfruit seeds (Sliced) -1/2cup

shallot - 3

Turmeric powder - 1/4tsp

Red chilli powder -1tsp

Curry leaves

Coconut oil

Salt

Method:

Cook the potatoes and jackfruits with salt,turmeric ,chilli powder and enough water.

Heat oil in a pan .Add sliced shallots and curry leaves.Saute well for 3 minutes.

Add the cooked Jackfruit seeds and potatoes.Stir everything and cook for another 3 minutes.

Serve with rice.

GREEN BEANS WITH BREAD CRUMBS

I love vegetables. Green beans are great source of vitamins: K, C, A and manganese. This dinner is quite common in Poland. You can serve it with potatoes and roast meat.

500G of green beans
3 tablespoons of bread crumbs
Salt
Grease (for example: butter, oil or margarine)

1. Wash green beans. Cook vegetables with smaller 1 tablespoon of salt (you can use it less or more salt)

2. Cook beans

Malabar Style Chemmeen/Prawns Curry

Ingredients:

King prawns - 300g
Tomato - 1
Green chillies - 2
Grated coconut - 1/2cup
Cumin seeds - 1/2tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4tsp
Red chilli powder - 1tbsp
Coconut oil - 1tsp
Curry leaves
Salt
Garlic pods - 3(crushed)

Method:

1.Marinate the prawns with salt,turmeric powder and chilli powder for 1/2 an hr.
2.Heat a claypot .Add prawns,sliced tomato,green chillies with 1 cup of water.Cook it for 10 minutes.
3.Grind coconut and cumin seeds with little water.
4.Add the paste to the curry.Cook it on low flame till its done.
5.Switch of the stove and add coconut oil,curry leaves and crushed garlic.mix it well and cover it.
6.Serve with rice.

Recipe Courtesy - My Mom

Prawn omelette 蝦仁煎蛋

Prawn omelette is always a favourite with everyone in the family. Simple, easy and delicious. Can make this about 10 minutes from prep to dining table if you have peeled prawns all ready for you fresh or frozen. I normally buy smaller peeled raw prawns for this, unless peeled king prawns are on offer. Not bad with frozen cooked prawns too if you don't have raw prawns.Using different herbs will

Simple steamed aubergine 蒸茄子

Whenever aubergine is on offer I just got to buy a few. I got a large aubergine (eggplant) to use up, but I just can't be bothered to fry or braise like I normally do, the weather is so warm to stand in front of the cooker. Opting for the easy way, I steam it and cover it with a simple sauce. Nice and simple, the aubergine is soft and slippery. One extra I added which adds lots of flavour is

Cat rescue

How do you rescue a cat or a kitten? this is a big question for today! on my way to my office this morning, I stumbled upon a kitten which was starving in the street under the hot sunshine!
The first rescue action that came into my mind was to bring some water for the kitten to rescue it from a sure death, so I went to see a cafe not too far, he was very helpful, but infortunately, when I poured a little water near the cat's mouth and even on it, the cat didn't care about it at all, I guess it was too late for the poor kitten to feel or see ant shed of light anymore!
So the kitten couldn't be rescued and starved in its place!
sorry if this was not a recipe! I will compensate very soon with some amazing cat treats that are to come, and I will see what meal I can prepare specifically for CAT RESCUE so that no poor animals will ever starve in the street never again, hallelujah.

Five spice, peanut and pork zhongzi 五香花生豬肉粽

I nearly missed the correct date for Duan Wu Jet 端午節. I knew it's the 16th but my silly head keep thinking it's Thursday instead of Wednesday today.I made another batch of zhongzi last night, this time is savoury with ground roasted peanuts and pork only, flavoured heavily with five spice. I think this is Hakka style zhongzi, we used to buy these at the market all year round when I was still

Unniyappam - My 100th Post!!!

Yeah!!! 10 months of blogging and finally 1 reached my 100th post!.Thanks alot for your love and support my friends. I think the main achievement is i got some lovely friends through this.
So to celebrate this wonderful event I made this yummy sweet .

For me Unniyappam is related to Vishu.Its a must for Vishu in my hometown-Kannur. So I am a bit nostalgic about this :) My mom makes this often when we have guests.The main ingredient for this is unroasted rice flour which we need to make ourself. So here is my mom's Recipe ..

Ingredients:

Raw rice - 2 cups (soaked for 2-3 hrs)

All purpose flour(Maida) - 1/2cup

Jaggery - 1/2kg

Small Banana - 4-5

Sesame seeds - 2tsp

Dried coconut pieces - a handful

Cardmom - 10

Baking soda - a pinch(optional)

Oil for frying

Method:

1.Drain the soaked rice and grind it to fine power .

2.Melt jaggery with 1 cup of water.Strain it and allow to cool.
3.In a mixing bowl add all the ingredients and make a thick batter.Add extra water if necessary.The batter should be like iddly batter.
4.Allow the batter to stand for 2hrs.
5.Heat the 'Unniyappam Pan' and add oil to each impressions.
6.Fill the impressions with the batter.When one side is done flip over to other side with a fork.
7.Cook both sides until they are golden brown in colour.
8.Serve with tea :-)

Lye zhongzi 鹼水粽

It's time for zhongzi again. Duan Wu Jet 端午節 or more commonly known as Dragon Boat Festival is this Wednesday 16th June.Various pronunciations or writings for these rice dumplings.粽子 = 糭子 (zhongzi, zongzi, joong, chang in Hokkien)Zhongzi is a must for this festival. There are many different recipes for these sticky rice dumplings, more popular are meaty savoury types there are also sweet ones

Lemon chicken 檸檬雞

I love all things sweet and sour and lemon chicken ranks very high on my favourite list. It is such a simple recipe but so very tasty. Beats KFC anytime.If you don't already know a good recipe, this is how I make it. The recipe I like is chicken coated with cornflour (cornstarch) then shallow fried/deep fried. The chicken coating is very crispy and sauce is tangy and flavoursome. I prefer to use

Homestyle stir fried rice vermicelli (chow mee hoon) 家常炒米粉

Rice vermicelli 米粉 (mee fun, mee hoon or fine rice noodles) can be a pain to stir fry. If anyone finds rice vermicelli always clump together, broken into bits and sticking to the pan/wok, you may find this post useful.To make delicious stir fried rice vermicelli, there are a few rules to follow.the noodles must be soaked with cold or lightly warm water, never use boiling water.noodles must not be

Di San Xian 地三鮮 (stir fried potato, aubergine and green pepper)

Di San Xian (or more accurately read as 'dee sun sen') is a delicious vegetarian dish from Dongbei (north east China). The name Di San Xian 地三鮮 is translated as 'earth three fresh'.Potato is hardly ever added to any Chinese stir fries, but this recipe really works and truly yummylicious. Once you have tried it, you want again and again. The secret of this recipe is all the vegetables must be

Brutti ma buoni

I have got idea to make brutti ma buoni from Emilio Cugnetto. I have little bit changed his recipe.
Brutti ma buoni means "Ugly but good". In my opinion those cookies are adorable! I love their taste. Very good to eat them with cafe latte or cappucino.

Ingredients:

250 gram. of walnuts
200 gram. of any of your favourite nuts (for example hazelnuts, pistachios)
1 cup of icing sugar
5 eggs

Pavakka/Bitter Gourd Thoran

Ingredients:

Bitter gourd - 1

Onion - 1

Turmeric powder -1/4tsp

Green chilli - 2

Coconut oil - 1tbsp

Grated coconut - 1/2 cup

Mustard - 1/2tsp

Curry leaves

Salt

Method:

1. Chop the cleaned bitter gourd and onion.

2. In a pan heat oil and splutter mustard and curry leaves.

3. Add finely chopped bitter gourd , onion,turmeric powder,salt and green chillies.

4.sprinkle 2tbsp of water .cover and cook it on medium heat.

5. add grated coconut and mix well.

6.Serve with rice.

Southwestern Salad

Southwestern Salad with Cilantro Lime VinaigrettePerfect for summer to beat the heat. Light and crunchy with a delicious dressing.

Jingdu ribs (Cantonese sweet & sour ribs) 京都骨

I have recently discovered Asda pork ribs are fantastic and great value. The ribs are in big chunks and full of meat. The pack I bought last week was labelled as 800g but the actual weight was around 900g.Take a look and drool at my favourite Cantonese Jingdu ribs 京都骨 . It's sticky, sweet, sour and finger licking good.Jingdu ribs are available in most Cantonese style restaurants. Most are quite

Pav Bhaji Recipe

Pav Bhaji is a recipe native to Maharastra and is a very popular Indian street food in Mumbai and Pune regions. Pav Bhaji is a combination of “Pav” which means bread in Marathi and “Bhaji” meaning mixed vegetables.

The origins of the Pav Bhaji goes back to the glory days of the textile mills in Mumbai when the mill workers used to have lunch breaks too short for a full meal, and so a light lunch was preferred. That is when food vendors replaced the roti and rice with bread/bun called as Pav and all the veggies were amalgamated into one spicy concoction called the 'bhaji' or mixed vegetables.

Pav Bhaji Recipe Ingredients

Potato - 4

Cauliflower – 1 cup (grated)

Carrots – 2 (chopped into circles)

Beans – 1/2 cup

Cabbage – 1 cup (chopped)

Green Peas – 1/2 cup

Onions – 4 (finely chopped-3 for the bhaji and 1 for garnish)

Tomatoes – 3 (finely chopped)

Ginger garlic paste – 2tbsp

Capsicum – 2 (finely chopped)

Green chilies – 4

Cloves – 3

Red chili powder – 1/2 tsp

Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp

Coriander powder – 2 tsp

Garam masala – 1 tsp

Bhaji Pav masala – 3 tbsp (available in most indian grocery stores)

Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp

Lemons – 2 medium sized

Butter – 5 tbsp

Asafetida or Hing – 2 pinch

Salt – 2 tsp

Sugar – 1 tsp

Chopped Coriander Leaves for garnish

Pav or bun – as required (you can use the hot dog buns if you are abroad like in the USA)

Pav Bhaji Cooking method

In a vessel boil the potatoes, mash it and keep it aside.
In another vessel containing some water add carrots, cauliflower, cabbage, beans and peas. Bring the contents to a boil.
Take the vessel of the heat and transfer the contents into a blender. Grind the vegetables coarsely with little water and set it aside.
In a pan add 5 tbsp butter, asafetida, chopped onions, ginger-garlic paste and chopped capsicum. Keep stirring the contents gently until the onions turn translucent pink.
Now add chopped tomatoes, green chilies, pav bhaji masala, red chili powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, garam masala, cumin seeds, cloves and asafetida. Mix all the contents and simmer for 10 mins.
Add the coarsely grinded mixed vegetables from step 3, salt, sugar and mix well. Simmer for another 6-8 minutes.
At this stage add the mashed potatoes and mix well. Cook for another 8 minutes. While it cooks, use the back of a slotted spoon to mash the ingredients. Mash to a course texture. If required you can add another tablespoon of butter into it.
Now add juice of 2 lemons and mix well. Take the pan off the heat and now the bhaji is done.
In another pan or tava, melt a big dollop of butter. Since the pav or bread or bun in the center and put then on the tava facing inwards.
Turn them around after a minutes and let the outside turn golden brown.
Now take the pav or bun on a serving plate, add the Bhaji and garnish it with copped coriander leaves. Put some chopped onion, a piece of lemon and serve hot.

Fast and easy cinnamon-chocolate muffins

I love muffins! My offer for today are cinnamon-chocolate so simple to make muffins.

Enjoy this great taste!

Ingredients:

·

3 3 eggs

· 1 glass of sugar

· 3 glasses of flour

· 1 glass of oil

· 1 glass of milk

· 3 tablespoons of cocoa

· Half of jam-jar

· 2 teaspoons of baking soda

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