Month: January 2021

4 portions

Ingredients:

• 1-2 onions
• 1 carrot
• 200g pork meat
• 700g potatoes
• 2 tablespoons oil for frying 
• Spices:
• 1 tablespoon of paprika spice
• 1 tablespoon of garlic paste
• 2 bay leaves
• salt
• pepper

Cooking Method:

1.) Cut the meat and potatoes in cubes (roughly 3cm) and carrots into small pieces (half circles or quarter circles). Dice onions and keep ingredients separated.

2.) Heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add the meat and sauté for few minutes until all sides look cooked. Add onions, carrots and spices sauté until the onions become translucent.

3.) Add half a glass of water and than potatoes on top (don’t mix). Put a lid on the top and cook on small heat for approximately 20 minutes.

4.) Open lid and check if potatoes are already cooked. Add more salt and water according to your taste. Cook a little more if necessary until potatoes are cooked. 

5.) Enjoy this simple, yet flavorful dish.

4 portions

Ingredients:

• 1 onion
• 1-2 Paprika
• A bag of Spinach (fresh or frozen)
• 6 Sausages (if possible spicy sausages)
• Some olives
• 400g canned tomato purée
• 2 tablespoons of Oil for frying

Optional (e.g. if you want to increase the volume):

• carrot
• potatos
• broccoli 
• bacon (fry with onions)
• 4-6 pickled cucumber cut to thin circles
• Garlic

For garnish:

• Lemon
• Plain yogurt or sour creme 

Spices:

• 1 tablespoons of Paprika spice
• 3 tablespoons of pickled cucumber juice
• two cubes of chicken or veggie stock
• salt
• A little Chili or Kashmiri Powder (you might not need if you used chili sausages)

Cooking Method:

1.) Cut the vegetables into small pieces and sausages/olives into rings.

2.) Heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add the onion and sauté for few minutes until onions become translucent. Add sausages and fry for 1-2 minutes. 

3.) Add 400g of the canned tomato and the other cut veggies. 

4.) Add water so that amount is in good balance with amount of veggies (usually around 1 liter)

5.) Add spices and adjust quantities according to your taste (esp. Salt and Chili)

6.) Cook for approximately 20-30 minutes until all veggies are cooked. 

7.) When serving in a bowl for one person, add a ring of lemon and a tablespoon of yogurt/sour cream. 

8.) Enjoy this flavorful dish which will warm you up during the cold winter months.

Ingredients:

• Banana paste (1 cup – mash about 2 medium bananas)
• Sugar (¾  cup)
• Eggs (2)
• Butter/Oil (½  cup – I use butter)
• Flour (1 ¼ cups)
• Baking powder (1 tsp)
• Baking soda (1 tsp)
• Dark Chocolate (optional)

Cooking Method:

1. Separate the egg yolks from the whites
2. Mix all ingredients together except the egg whites and whip to thoroughly mix
3. Beat the egg whites together and add to the mixture
4. If you’d like melt quarter cup of dark chocolate and add to the mixture. I melted the chocolate by placing it in a cup in a larger bowl of hot water.
5. Whisk everything together and pour into a square (9×9 “) baking dish to bake at 350F for 40 mins

(Every oven is different, so the time and temperature may vary – so best to use your judgement. In Japan, we used 170C for 25 mins)

Ingredients:

• Potatoes
• onion
• green chilli
• 1 or 2 eggs
• pach foran
• turmeric powder
• Kashmiri mirch powder
• oil
• salt
• ghee ( optional )
• little sugar or sugarfree. 

Cooking Method :

Cut potatoes in small cubes, grate onion finely.

Heat little oil in a vessel, add some pach foran and saute. Add the potato pieces, stir for a while. Add the grated onion, again stir.

Add little turmeric, mirch powder, salt ,a pinch of sugar free and green chhilli, if available. Stir for some time, add enough water required for a dry prep. Bring the mixture to a boil, cover and cook in low flame for about 8 tp 10 mins. 

Break an egg  into the vessel and stir with the potatoes  to form a dry prep. Add little ghee if available and mix well. Have it with chapati, paratha or puri.