Category Archives: Side Dishes

Nutty Glazed Sweet Potatoes

Ingredients: 1 cup dark brown sugar, firmly packed 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1/4 cup margarine 1/4 tsp salt 6 large sweet potatoes, cooked and peeled 1/3 cup chopped walnuts Directions: Combine sugar, cinnamon, margarine and salt in skillet. Cook and stir over medium heat until bubbly. Add cooked and peeled sweet potatoes and cover skillet. Cook…

Spicy Baked Beans

Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups navy or great northern beans 6 cups cold water 1 cup dark brown sugar, firmly packed 1 TBS salt 1/2 tsp dry mustard 1/4 tsp ground cloves 2 TBS minced onion 5 oz fat salt pork, cubed Directions: Wash beans and sort. Combine beans and cold water in a sauce pan….

COCONUT RICE RECIPE

Ingredients: 400 grams rice 120 grams coconut 40 ml ghee/ or butter 25 grams broken pieces of nuts 6 dry chillies 6 curry leaves Coriander leaves (minced) Salt to taste How to make coconut rice: * Boil rice and keep aside. * Fry coconut evenly to a golden colour on a slow fire. * Heat…

BANANA CHIPS RECIPE

Ingredients: oil for deep frying 1/4 tsp turmeric powder 1/4 tsp chili powder salt according to taste 5-6 raw bananas How to make banana chips : * Take off and put bananas in plenty of salted iced water. * Slice bananas with a chip slicer into water, mix in in turmeric. * Keep for 10…

Stir-Fried Cauliflower (Asia Style)

Ingredients : Makes 3-4 30 ml peanut or sesame oil 2 cloves Garlic, finely chopped 1 -2 Green or red Thai chilies, seeded and finely chopped 500 grams Fresh, cauliflower, cut into bite-size 2 tbps fish sauce Salt and pepper to taste Method : * Heat a wok or large pan and add the oil….

Rice Paper Rolls (Goi Cuon)

A fresh and tasty Vietnamese appetizers. You can find this dish in every Vietnamese restaurant like spring roll, but it is fresh and no deep fried as spring rolls. Ingredients: 6 serves 100 grams Rice vermicelli (yields 2 1/4 cups) 200 grams Lean pork 200 grams Large shrimps 1 Cucumber, quartered and thinly sliced 1…

Cabbage Salad with Shredded Chicken Recipe (Goi Ga)

This is a Vietnamese salad. Salads are popular in Vietnam. Simple combinations such as cooked chicken and shredded cabbage are given an exotic touch by the addition of chopped mint and fresh coriander leaves and the inevitable fish sauce (nuoc mam) used as a dressing. Ingredients : Serves 4 200 grams Chicken breast, cooked and…

Thai Fish Cake

Ingredients for Thai fish cakes (for four people): * 500 grams white fish meat (cod, haddock, hake, etc) , minced or cut into chunks * 1 egg * 1/2 cup string beans, sliced fine * 1 tablespoon of salt * 3 tablespoon fresh kaffir lime leaves, minced or chopped * 1 tablespoon of palm sugar…

Zucchini Slices

Prepare: Whisk 3 eggs in a bowl and add 1 zucchinni, grated and patted dry with paper towel. 1 small grated carrot and 1/ cup of grated cheese. Pour into a small tin that has been sprayed with oil. Cook: Bake in moderate oven for approximately 10 minutes. When it cooked, remove from tin, allow…

How to make chicken strips.

Time for preparing: First you have to cut chicken into strips. Arrange 3 bowls, one with flour, one with 2 whisked eggs and one with breadcrumbs. Now dip chicken strips and cover fully. Time for cooking: Place on a baking paper covered tray and spray with oil. Cook at 180 degree Celsius for 20 minutes….