Another omelet!

By Youcef


Hello! Here comes another omelet for the lazy people!!! (like me :-P ) 


This one was inspired by Camille's and Reem's idea for recycling chicken leftovers! :-D

Alright, you'll need some... ermm... chicken leftovers! And of course, eggs, and cheese. (I used that kind of cheese used in sandwiches and burgers, you know, the one that's so thin it makes it almost look healthy! hihihi)




Put a frying pan on medium high if you're using an electric stove (medium low for fire/gas), then put just a bit of vegetable oil, just so it won't stick. 


In the meantime, mix up some eggs in a cup (I used 2, depending on how much chicken you're using), chuck in some salt, pepper, or anything of your liking. (No rat poison, don't listen to Aqeel if he tells you to do so)

 Put the chicken leftovers in the pan (those need to be shredded, you can do that by hand, as long as you don't eat every second piece as you do it, you'd be left with nothing I assure you), and spread the pieces evenly. 

Now the cheese, get the cheese, goooooooooo get the cheese! Ok, cut it into medium pieces and spread it on the chicken then pour the mixed eggs onto the whole thing! 

                      You're now ready to.... put the lid on the pan and wait. 

                         About 10 minutes later, it should be ready! (don't trust me, keep an eye on it >:->) 

Here's something to try too... Have a go and eat it with with croissants! Tastes awesome! :-D 

                   Cooked :-D .............. Gone :-D ............... *Burp* :-P

Yellow rice with chicken and carrots

By Reem

The dish has few spicy ingredients. If u dont like spicy remove it and u can fry raisins and almonds on the side and add at the end for a different sweet nutty flavour.

1 chicken, 2 carrots, 1.5 onions, 3 cups rice, half a cup of thin short noodles (sh3airiyyah) (small vermicelli) , 2 cardamons, cinnamon powder, salt, black pepper, tandoori powder mix (did'nt put much so can be replaced with tajin spices) yellow colour, peri peri sauce (available at tesco for a pound) and chilli flakes.

Marinate chicken cut into small pieces in lemon, peri peri sauce, salt, chilli flakes, tandoori powder and salt.
Leave for as long as possible, the longer the more tender. I cooked mine after 15 mins of marination.
Add two cardamons
Steam chicken, basically put it on low heat. No oil. 
Meanwhile, grate 2 carrots or more if u like. Fry them in a wee bit of oil.
Chop 1.5 big onions. 1 white, half red. Long.
Once the chicken has cooked add black pepper powder and the carrots to it and add yellow colour NOT TURMERIC.
Fry onions, add lil cinnamon powder until brown.
Add to chicken and carrot mix.
Wash 3 cups of rice.
Add to mixture and add bit of salt
Fry the v thin short noodles in v lil oil until brown.
Add to the mixture.
Give it a good gentle mix. 
Add boiled water.


Tip: make sure the chicken has cooked but still have gravy in it.

I just had it and it was yummy. Had to add a bit of salt. Goes well with mayo. Or maybe its just me... I add mayo to everything.
Next time I will add another carrot and possibly more thin noodles. They both give the special flavour of the dish

Enjoy! 

7 Sardines in a Fish's Tummy

By Tiguana

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Ingredients: 

• Sardines 
• Mixed herbs
• Garlic powder ( Just grate some 2 or 3 cloves if you don't have powder) 
• Mustard 
• Parsley 
• Flour for dusting. 

How is it prepared?

After you wash and clean your sardines (remove the heads and empty their inside), cut into them length-wise and de-spine them. flatten them open as illustrated.

Mixed the chopped parsley, garlic, salt, mixed herbs and mustard to optain this: 


















Spread the mixture on the inner side of one flattened sardine and stick another flat one to it. 

Stick the sardines together sandwiching the mixture. 

Then, tap both side on a bit of flour.

The flour help making them stick still. 

Stir fry them in a little bit of oil (2 or 3 tsp) flip over to cook on both sides. 

Best served hot, with some tomatoes and lemon. 

Voila! 

Enjoy

Tuna pasta salad

By Reem

The steps are illustrated in the pictures. Pretty simple . Enjoy :)  

Ingredients: 

Pasta, half a tin of tuna, 2 egg, olives, quarter of 1 red onion, half a tin of kidney beans, half a green pepper and half a red pepper, sweet corn, mayo ♥, salt, black pepper, olive oil and if u have caeser salad dressing it will be buff.

This is how it's made:

Boil pasta, boil 2 eggs.
Finely chop: onions, red and green peppers.
Get the remaining ingredients ready.
Rub the chopped onions in lots of salt for 20 secs then rinse it with cold water really well. This makes ur mouth stink waaay less.
Now the thing which rocks in this salad:
Fry the peppers in a wee bit of olive oil for 5 mins and then add the kidney beans. Brings out both of their flavours.
Mash the tuna with mayo and black pepper until smooth.
Cut each egg into 16+ pieces.
Add everything together including the remaining of the ingredients.

Enjoy.

:) 

oh oh, I forgot it had mushrooms but not essential

Rice Pie meets Creative Bread

By Amal Gmati. 

Pie stuffed with rice and peas and carrotts served it with curry.

 

To get the brown glossy finish apply egg wash.

I made a pastry crust and placed onions and olives on the top and placed in the oven, kind of like olive and onion bread.


















Enjoy. 

Omelet from Inspiration

My omelette today - inspired by International Gourmandise
except that I made it with tomatoes, dried basil, salt and pepper :)

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Pizza Cymbals

By Tiguana and Za

Azoul, 

This pizza was made by a friend of mine. The reason why I’d like to share it is because unlike most pizza doughs which get baked in the oven, this one gets cooked on a tawa placed upside down! And it’s a covered pizza, this was something new for me from the usual pizza I know.

Ingredients: 

• 250g white flour
• 2 to 3 tsp milk powder
• ½ tsp salt
• 2 tsp yeast
• 2 tsp vegetable oil
• 175 ml warm water
• 2tsp flour for dusting

Chopped/blended tomatoes simmer in some olive oil.
add your mixed herbs, garlic, onions +your species. 

Topping: 

You can use:

Chopped tomatoes 2 tsp tomato puree

2 tsp dried oregano

Salt and pepper 

You can add any toppings you’d like I. I could suggest some here: 

Mushrooms, mozzarella, chicken, turkey, prawns, olive oil, pineapple; red, green or yellow pepper; basil leaves

My friend opted for minced meat, green olives, parsley, soft cheese, toppings to sprinkle all over the disc shaped crust to obtain loads of flavours.

Stir fried in some oil with onions+mixed spices+parsley. 

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Mix the flour, milk powder and yeast

Add oil

Mix well, then

Add the water

 

Mix till the dough can be assembled and kneaded into a bill fat ball. 

It shouden’t break or tear, it’s more like elastic have fun pinching it and pulling it from the cheek hehee :) 

Half it into equally sized buns and let it rest for a bit. (10 to 15mins)

Grab a bun and flatten it round on your working counter, that’s been dusted with flower, so that you don’t have trouble with the dough sticking on it and going out of shape.

Once the dough’s flattened, swing it on the already heated tawa. And let it cook on medium fire while checking on it repeatedly. Meanwhile, spread the tomato sauce on the cooking sheet + your toppings

Flattened the other half and cover your pizza with it.

Stab it with a fork 8 times. 

(I meant pierce it or puncture it with a fork.. anyway.. make a few holes here and there all over it)

Press tight and lock the edges all around, because this is where the Big game starts! Hope your breath, slide a thin tray under  your pizza ( or anything you judge best to flip it over!!! ) NOT in the air NO! you just need to flip it over using anything flat that may help you save your pizza from opening, breaking and 'leaking' haha. 

the dark side of the moon.. dark indeed. ( how ugly lmao) 

The cook got so engrossed in decorating the pizza with the toppings, she forgot the crust was being cooked underneath, hence the slightly burn patches that disfigured its features! It's still yummy though. what matters is the internal beauty! ( yeah right) but worry not, we'll do something about those freckles and dark spots. 

A quick small tidy brush of make up and TADAA!! all skin problems hidden and concealed >:-B 

Grated cheese + parsley+ black sliced olives yumm! 

Bsahatkom - Enjoy - Bon appetit 

 

Gratin Dauphinois

by Amel

Gratin Dauphinois by Amel

  Ingredients :
1 kg potatoes
  2 onions
3 tablespoons creme fraiche
  20 cl light creme
  Gruyère (grated cheese)
  ½ spoon of curry or nutmeg powder

 

Preparation:

While you cook the potatoes, gently brown the chopped onions. (Quick tip: to avoid burning them, use water instead of oil!)

Add the curry or nutmeg powder, they will give your dish all its flavour.

Once the onions are ready, add the creams and cheese and cook them until the mixture boils (approximatively 3 mins) 

Cut the potatoes in thin slices, and add them and your onion & cream mixture in a dish, sprinkle with cheese and pop it in the oven. Bake it at 210°C / 400°F / thermostat 7 for 10 to 20 minutes depending on how long you prehated your oven.

Bon appétit !!

A soup for a sweetheart (Split Peas)

 by Za 

Azoul, 

This is a meal I’d like to dedicate to Camy. It seems to be getting colder in her city in France and what else than a hot flavourful soup would be best to warm her blessed sweet cheeks JJ

If this manages to draw a smile on her face, then my heart will be gladdened J

This recipe is extremely simple. It’s also one of my favourites. (I usually make it after a period of feeding on junk! (to deceive myself into believe that I’m making a effort to balance between healthy and unhealthy food. Thus go back to eating rubbish again as soon as the feeling of guilt is weakened) …

So, here we go, 

bismillah

All you need is a bunch of veggies (healthy stuff yeaaaah) .. it’s soup (duh!!)

I always make it with chicken. (minced meat works just as fine)
So, what I put in it are the following:

• Potatoes (a big fat one/ or 2 medium ones) 
• Onions (a big fat one/ or 2 medium ones)
• Carrots (half carrot)
• Courgette (1big or 2 small)
• Tomatoes (1 only .. and it’s optional.. I didn’t put any) 
• split peas (measure = half of the British mug)
• Mint –Fresh or dried (just a small bunch .. about 4 or 5 leaves - optional) 
• A bit of parsley (optional) 
• Chicken /or meat (optional)
• Vermicelli (optional)
• Cheese = grated cheddar/gruere or portion cheese (la vache qui rit diced -yum) is also optional 

Alright
Put the chicken in a bit of oil to stir fry and release it’s taste and flavour. You could add a tiny bit of cumin if you want.

(salt)  

Flip it over and around continually till it’s golden brown

 

Add the vegetables. Let them simmer a little bit.

Add your split peas and stir

Add water till everything is covered

After 20 minutes or so .. when you have checked that everything’s cooked.

Shred the chicken once you pull it all out of the casserole

Boil some vermicelli. Sieve, and add it + the shredded chicken + cheese to the blended veggies. 

Olive oil- Smile 

Bsahatkom ( = Enjoy = Bon appetit) 

1. PS: to be consumed with toasted bread. 
2. PS: Split peas absorb a lot of water. so don't worry if it gets dry or extremely thick. You can just add more water or milk if you prefer. keep in the fridge. 

Za