Food Recipes Collection

Red Kale with Grated Coconut Recipe This is a recipe for Red kale that I got from a friend. I am sending it without her permission but I am sure she will be happy to share it. The recipe comes from the Kerala region of India (south western coastal area). You might want to reduce the amount of green chillies! (obtained from Anna Verghese) (Can sometimes call it 'thoran', but grandma may protest:-)) Kale :This is a leafy vegetable like "Cheera". You get two varieties in the grocery stores. I prefer red one to the green one. you can try the green one too. Ingredients : Kale : One bunch - chopped fine. Shallots : one.- chopped fine. (This is the small ulli we get in Kerala. Here it is not small:-)). Available in grocery stores. Garlic : one or two ( paste half a teaspoon)- chopped fine ginger : half an inch cube - chopped fine Green chillies : 3 to 4 chopped. Coconut powder : 3 table spoons. Onion : Half - chopped fine. oil : 2 to 3 teaspoons. sal...

Red Beans and Rice Recipe Ingredients 1 pound red beans, soaked overnight 1 medium onion, chopped 1 bunch of green onions, chopped 7 cloves of garlic, chopped 1/2 cup parsley 1 rib celery, chopped 1/2 cup ketchup 1 bell pepper, seeded and chopped 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce 2 tablespoons tabasco sauce 2 bay leaves 1 teaspoon thyme salt and pepper 1 pound smoked sausage cut into 1 inch pieces 1 pound pickled pork, rinsed and cut into cubes Cooked Rice Instructions: Drain the beans. Put them in a large heavy pot and add 3 quarts of fresh water. Cover and simmer for one hour or until the beans are tender. Watch that the water does not boil down too far. The beans must be covered with water at all times. Add the rest of the ingredients, except for the rice. Add more water to cover if needed. Simmer for 1 to 1 1/2 hours or until the liquid has thickened. Serve over rice.

Lentils Recipe Someone asked for lentil recipes. This is my mothers recipe, I can never get enough of it. Its fast and inexpensive. Ingredients: -approx. 4 cups lentils -4 slices bacon -Polish sausage (or Farmer's etc.) -1 large onion, chopped -1 bag carrots, chopped - 2-4 bouillon cubes -1/2 cup vinegar Instructions: Saute onion and chopped bacon in oil. I like to do this in a pressure cooker, you will know the reason in a moment. Add chopped sausage, lentils, bouillon cubes, and about six cups of water. Heat mixture thoroughly, stirring occasionally, adding water as the lentils soak it up so that you have a stew consistency. Add 1/4 cup of the vinegar and cook for about 1 hour. This is where the pressure cooker comes in. If you don't have one, you'll have to continue cooking until the lentils are soft, about 21/2 hrs. If you do have a pressure cooker, after the 1 hr regular cooking, pressure cook the mixture for about 15 min. Season to taste with s...

Fried Plantains Simple Recipe This is an easy and tasy way of preparing plantains; Ingredients: 2 Pantains Oil for frying Instructions: Cut plantains into about 1/2 inch slices. Fry for several minutes in hot oil, until slices begin to turn golden (not too dark), and they are beginning to get tender. They do not need to be really soft at this point. Take slices out of oil and drain on a paper towel. Move to a sturdy surface like a cutting board, and smash the slices down with the bottom of a cup (like a juice glass or some such). The point is to make them smash down to about 1/2 their original height, not to get them really thin. Throw back into hot oil and fry again, until they get more tender, maybe 1-2 minutes on each side. Take out of oil, drain, sprinkle with salt and server in place of potatos. From: Nancy Whitney Date: Mon, 1 Nov 93 9:47:47 EST

Felafel Recipe Ingredients: 4 cups cooked chickpeas (2cups, soaked 1.5 hours, boiled until very soft) 2 beaten eggs 3 cloves garlic (crushed) 1/2 cup *each*, finely minced, celery and scallions 1/2 tsp ground cumin 3 Tbs tahini 1/2 tsp tumeric 3 Tbs flour 1/4 tsp cayenne, dash black pepper 1.5 tsp salt Instructions: Mash chickpeas well (make sure they are cooked well enough to be mashable). Combine with other ingredients. Chill well. With floured hands, make the batter into one-inch-diameter balls. Dust each one lightly with flour. Heat a two inch pool of oil in heavy skillet to 365 degrees. Deep fry felafel until golden brown, serve immediately. My Modifications: I usually use 1-2 tsp of cayenne because I like them spicy. I usually heat the oil in my wok and then drop the batter into the wok by spoonfuls. Don't put too many in the wok at a time or the temp. will drop. I peel, seed and slice cucumber, cube tomato and grab a bunch of alfalfa sprouts an...

SZECHWAN EGGPLANT AND TOFU RECIPE ========================== ========================== (Serves 4) Ingredients: ------------ 3 tblsp Soy sauce 2 tblsp Minced garlic 1/4 cup Dry sherry or Chinese rice wine 1 tblsp Minced fresh ginger 1/4 tsp Black pepper 1 tblsp White or brown sugar Cayenne pepper to taste 1 tblsp Cider vinegar 3 Cakes firm tofu, cut into strips 3 tblsp Cornstarch 2 tblsp Peanut oil 8 Scallions: greens minced, whites in strips, keep separate 1 medium Onion, thinly sliced 1 large Eggplant, cut into strips, thinly 1 bunch Cilantro, minced (optional) 3/4 tsp Salt Instructions: ------------- Sauce: ------ Combine soy sauce, vinegar, sherry, sugar in a liquid-measuring cup. Add enough water to make up to 1 cup. Place cornstarch in a small bowl, pour in the liquid, pour on the liquid & whisk till dissolved. Set aside. Heat a large wok over a high flame. Add oil & onion & stir fry for about a minute. Add eggplant & salt &...

SPICY HOT EGGPLANT SAUTEE RECIPE =============================================== =============================================== Ingredients: ------------ 1 lb eggplant Vegetable oil (preferably peanut oil) 2 tblsp shredded pork 1 tsp minced garlic 1/2 tsp minced ginger 5 to 7 diced chili pepper 1 tblsp cooking wine 1 tsp soy sauce 2 tblsp shredded bamboo shoot 10 straw mushrooms 1 tblsp shredded black fungus 1 cup chicken stock 1/2 tsp vinegar 1 tsp minced green onion 1 tblsp of a thick mixture of cornstarch and water 1 tsp glazing oil Instructions: ------------- Partially peel the skin off the eggplant lenghtwise. Cut the eggplant into finger-size strips. Deep fry in oil until slightly brown. Drain. Set aside. Heat wok for 20 seconds. Add 1 T oil, shredded pork, minced garlic, minced ginger and the chilis. Stir 10 seconds. Add wine, soy sauce, bamboo shoots, straw mushrooms adn black fungus. Stir and flip the ingredients in the wok several times. Add...