Quinoa Chia Bread – Healthy Healing Bread!!

Chia Bread

Soak  – 1 cups quinoa –  ¼ cup chia seeds – 1¼ Cup Water  overnight

Mix  – Soaked items – ¼ Olive Oil – ½ tsp Baking Soda  – ½ tsp Salt – 1 tbsp. Lemon Juice –  (Or Quick Blend – thick coarse batter) +/- extra water if needed.

Pour – Batter  – Baking Pan – Mix and Garnish – Handful Sunflower seeds – Pumpkin Seeds.

Bake –   Preheat oven –  160 C – 90 minutes.

Cool – Before slicing.

Enjoy this Gluten Free,Sugar Free, Eggless Bread !! Delicious and Healthy All in One!!  I call it the Healthy Healing Bread!!

Note : Lemon Juice is important to activate the baking soda. Add Ghee instead of Olive Oil.

Thank You Svetlana for sharing this recipe . I made this bread  and snacked on it the whole day!!  I will make a bigger one next time.   And thank you for all the Mind Body integration tips you shared with me. I am always Thirsty for more tips.

This Recipe was shared by my good Friend  who is truly passionate about physical and psychological health.  Having had a lot of cases of diabetics in her family back in Russia she is striving to control  her own family’s sugar intake and maintain a healthy diet. You can see more information about  Mind Body Interation on her web page sited below.  

https://riseempowered.com/about/

Baingan Bharta – Baba Ganoush

Eggplant Aubergine Spread Baingan Bharta – Baba Ganoush

Roast – 3 large Aubergine on Fire or Oven  20-25 mnts  – Peel Skin – Chop Roughly.

Chop – 1 Onion – 3 Long Green Chilli

Puree – 6 tomatoes – grind roughly

Fry – Heat 2 tblsp. Oil – Splutter – 1 tsp. Cumin Seeds – Chopped  Green Chilli – Onion –  1 tsp Garlic Paste -1 tsp Sesame seeds –  Salt 2 tsp. – Pinch Turmeric – 2 mnts.

Saute – Add Tomato Pureeto above +/-5 mnts- Mashed Aubergine  – Saute +/- 8 mnts till thick consistancy.

Garnish –  Sprinkle tsp. chilli Powder- mix – Handful Coriander Leaves – Done.

Serve with Chapati or Paratha or sides for rice. Or use as sandwich spread.

Delicious Gooey Yummy Spread.  Quick and Easy.

Note : Add Salt to Taste.  Use capsicum instead of green chilly.

Many versions of this recipe exists around the world with many different names.  All delicious and well loved.   We are addicted to our Friend Gina’s Romanian Zacusca which she serves at parties and  gives some to take home with us every year.  Hope she will share her secret recipe soon.

Roasted Eggplant Spread Easy Recipe – Aubergine Baingan Bharta – Baba Ganoush

 

 

Vishu Katta / Pachoru – Rice Cakes Served with syrup

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Soak – 1 cup white Rice 1/2  Hour

Boil  – Soaked rice  – 2 cups Water – 2 cups Coconut Milk – Vanilla powder – Pinch salt Simmer till all liquid is absorbed – Creamy texture

Mix  – 2 tbsp. Grated Coconut   – Mix – turn off stove – tight lid – 5 mnts.

Spread –  Flat Plate – cool – Slice – Garnish with nuts.

Syrup – 1/2 cup Jaggery – 1 cup Water – Boil – simmer  – till melted – pinch of Cinnamon – done – 5 mnts.

Serve Delicious cakes with Syrup.  Easy delicious and Traditional dessert for festivals or Weddings during my Grandma’s time. Enjoy!!

Note : Replace regular Milk for Coconut Milk. Flavour with Cumin instead of Vanilla . Eat with Maple Syrup.

Happy Feast my Friends.

Easter Sunday with Gina and Andy,  eating Baked Italian Rice Cake  reminded  me of  Eating Pachoru with my cousins. 

Living in a Joint Family with Parents, Cousins, Aunts , Uncles and Grand Parents.  12 Cousins some same age,  others 1 year apart in age.   Browny our pet dog the  only obedient one in children’s group. 

Fun and Happy times running around in the garden.  It was Party Time all the Time for us Children.  Ofcourse the Odd  Stressful Parents Moments in the Kitchen was just the Background Music.

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Delicious BBQ with Tzatziki  – Tabbouleh -Mushrooms – Stuffed Aubergine  (mmm….)

Andy is a BBQ Master  and Gina is a Genius with Cakes and Ofcourse  her Garden.   Andrei and Emma and Sarah and Tina  are like cousins. Our Friends Our Family in Belgium.

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BBQ Master and Anto

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Potato Flower Pancake

 

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Potato Flower Pancake

Slice –  Wash  1 Big Potato – Slicly thinly – Coat with Oil

Arrange – Grease  Plate – Spread  Grated Cheese  – Arrange Slices overlapping

Microvave –  3 mnts – Turnover – 3mnts – Turn Again – spread grated cheese – pepper -salt to taste – Final 3 mnts ( Total 9 mnts)

Serve –  With Sauce of Choice.  Or eat Plain.  Delicious Cheesy Potato.   Quick Snack for Cheesy Cravings.  Enjoy!!  mmm…….

Note – Make 2 pancake with 1 big Potato.   Use herbs instead of Pepper.

P.S.  Pan Fried Version without Cheese is in Trial Stage.

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South Tyrolean Bacon Dumplings

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Chop – 400g left-over bread, cut into cubes  – 1 Onion – 2 cloves Garlic – Handful parsley

Mix – 2 eggs – 80 all-purpose flour – 250ml lukewarm milk

Dice – 100g of bacon, finely diced

Dough – Heat Pan -melt 30g Butter -Fry Onion – Garlic – Bacon – turn off stove –

 

Add – bread – Parsley -egg – milk – Mix – add  more flour or water as necessary to form smooth dough.

Cool – Dough in Fridge – 1/2 hr

Dumpling  – Shape dough large balls by hand – cook in Simmering broth or water – 10 mnts – Ready to Serve.

Serve delicious filling dumplings with broth and Salad.  Enjoy!!

Note : This is a great idea for left-over bread.   A very typical  recipe in South Tyrolean culture!! In order to get the perfect dumplings, it is highly important not to use fresh but left-over bread, the older the better in this case!!

This Recipe was shared by my good friend Nathalie who is a student.   She is Italian from the region of  South Tyrol.  Nathalie is a linguist specialising in communication, who speaks Several  europan languages including German, Italian, French, English and Swedish.  She loves to cook as a hobby.  Nathalie is a key contact,  if ever you get lost in translation when Visiting Europe.

Nathalie Receipt Italian Austrian

Südtiroler Speckknödel

Ein wunderbares Rezept, um altes Brot zu verwerten ohne es wegzuwerfen!
400g altbackenes Brot, gewürfelt (damit die Knödel auch gelingen ist es wichtig altes Brot zu verwenden und kein frisches!)
2 Eier
80g Mehl
250ml lauwarme Milch
100g Speck
Etwas Petersilie
Eine Prise Salz
1 Zwiebel, Knoblauch fein gehackt
30 Butter
Die Butter in einer Pfanne erwärmen und den Knoblauch zusammen mit den Zwiebelwürfeln anbraten. Das Brot, zusammen mit der gehackten Petersilie, der Milch, den Eiern, dem Mehl sowie dem Salz hinzufügen.
Alle Zutaten gut vermischen und zu einem geschmeidigen Teig formen. Sobald das Gemisch eine weiche Konsistenz erreicht hat (bei Bedarf Mehl oder Wasser hinzufügen) den Teig für eine halbe Stunde in den Kühlschrank stellen. Anschließend runde Knödel mit den Händen formen.
Die fertigen Knödel werden in Fleischsud oder in Wasser gekocht. Die Kochzeit beträgt ca. 10min. Die Knödel können als Suppeneinlage oder als Salatbeilage verzehrt werden.
Guten Appetit!

Canederli di speck alla sudtirolese:

Ecco un ottimo consiglio per usare il pane non più fresco invece di gettarlo. Un piatto tipico della cultura sud-tirolese!
400g di pane raffermo tagliato a cubetti (i vostri canederli vengono benissimi con il pane raffermo, mi raccomando non usate quello fresco!)
2 uova
80g di farina
250ml di latte tiepido
100g speck
Un po’ di prezzemolo
Pizzico di sale
1 cipolla, aglio tritati finemente
30g di burro

Scaldate il burro in una padella e fate soffriggere insieme la cipolla e l’aglio. Aggiungete il pane, insieme del prezzemolo tritato, il latte, le uova, la farina e il sale.
Mescolate insieme tutti gli ingredienti e incorporateli con le mani. Una volta ottenuto un composto piuttosto morbido (aggiungete della farina o dell’acqua se necessario) lasciate riposare l’impasto una mezz’ora in frigorifero. Poi realizzate degli gnocchi grandi con le mani.
I canederli si cuociono in brodo o l’acqua bollente. Lasciateli cuocere per 10min circa. I canederli si mangiano insieme al brodo oppure accompagnati con l’insalata.
Buon appetito!

 

Mani Puttu Rice Dumpling in Coconut Sauce

 

Rice dumplings Maniputtu Coconut Milk sauce Dry Fruits Berberry
Mani Puttu Dry Fruit Garnish

Dough – 2 cups water – 1 tsp ghee – Pinch Salt – Boil – Stir – +/- 2 cups rice powder –  turn off  stove

Dumpling – Roll to form cherry sized ball

Cook – 2 -3 cups  Water –  pinch – cardamon powder/ Salt -Sugar to taste – Boil – add Dumplings – 5 mnts

Finish – Add 1 cup thick coconut milk – Boil 2 mnts – Dried Berberry to Garnish – cool 2 mnts. – Done

Enjoy Delicious – Gooey – Coconutty – Traditional comfort food.

Note : Steam  balls if preferred. Use regular Milk instead of coconut milk. Add more Milk if preferred. Use Raisons instead of Berries.  Enjoy without Garnish too.

This recipe is made with memories of my Grandma from Childhood.  Every evening  Grandma would sit in  her favourite cane chair listening  to the 4 O’clock Songs on the radio. This was the highlight of her day.   Sitting in her traditional clothes (chatt-bundu) she would call my Aunt – Mary can you make some Mani Puttu for me.   Amma your Mani Puttu lives on.

Granny was addicted to movies.  Everybody teased her about her movie addiction.  She watched the Tamil movie ‘Kadhalikka Neramillai’ (No time for Love) 12 times.  Each time in secret when Grandpa was at work.

Today we will remember you while enjoying this Puttu.

Mani Puttu in Coconut Sauce Recipe

Sprout Salad Honey Dressing

Sprouts Salad Honey Dressing

Soak – 1 cup Mung Bean (green Bean) in Water – 24 hrs – Drain – cover – leave in warm place  –  2-3 days –   Check  and wash beans every day.  Sprouted.

Chop – 1 appple – 1/2 cucumber – 6 cherry tomato – 1/2 onion

Grate – 2 carrots

Dressing –  Juice 2-3  lemon –  Salt  to taste –  1 tbsp. Honey

Salad – Mix sprouts  – chopped   and grated  items – dressing – Garnish with Coriander.

Delicious Fresh Sprout Salad.   Mmmm…..  so crunchy, sour, bitter -sweet salty Salad.

Enjoy!!

Note :    Replace apple with grapes. Grated Carrot with Coconut.

 

 

 

 

Spicy Tomato Pork Vindaloo Curry

 

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Daddy’s Pork Curry

Blend – 1 tbsps. Pepper – 2 tsp cumin – 2 tsp mustard – 2 tsp. Chilli powder – 1tbsps. Salt – Coarse spice powder

Marinate – 1kg Pork – Spice powder – 30 mnts.

Grind – 2 Big Root Ginger – 1 Big Bulb Garlic – 1 Kg Juicy Tomatoes – rough paste

Cook – Marinated Pork – Ground paste – pressure cooker – till done

Delicious Vindaloo ready. Mmmmm……. Love this Curry. So Delicious.

Note: Use Chicken if preferred. Adjust Spice to taste. Add a touch of coconut oil  if dry.

Mummy (Anto’s mom) made this recipe all the time supervised by Daddy. But it was first made by Daddy, a recipe he brought home from work.  The whole family enjoyed this dish. I make this dish all the time and call it Daddy’s Pork Curry. I have shared this recipe many times with my cousins and friends who love it too.

Daddy your Pork Curry is the Best!! Mummy says you are the Best Husband anyone can ask for in this World. How kind and sharing you were!! Your non-stop supply of Tea and Bananas we miss!! And the Jam Buns too that you brought home after Tambola.

Aviyal – Creamy Coconut Curry

 

Mixed Vegetables in Yogurt Sauce Indian Curry RecipeChop – 4 cups of mixed Veg – (Carrot/Beans/Cucumber/zucchini/raw banana/drumstick/ raw mango) – cut in thick Juliennes

Boil – Chopped Veg – 2tsp Salt – pinch turmeric + chilli in +/- 1 cup water

Grind – 1 cup grated coconut -1 green chilli – 1tsp cumin seeds

Cook – Add ground coconut to boiling Veg – cook till done turn off Stove – cool 5 mnts.

Mix – Cooked Veg with 2 cups Creamy Yogurt – Warm slowly low flame – 1 mnt. Turn off Stove.

Seasoning – heat 1 tbsps. Coconut Oil – Splutter 1 tsp mustard – 2 red chilly -1 tsp Urad dal – handful curry leaves – 1 mnt – add to above

Delicious Aviyal ready to Serve!! Eat it with Rice or Chapati or Just Plain.

Note: Use veg of Choice. Mix colours and textures – Skip Seasoning just add coconut oil dressing.

Every year for Good Friday my mom made several different Delicious Veg dishes. This  recipe brings back memories of mom’s cooking, dad and brothers  spontaneously inviting neighbours and friends  to join us for a meal. I am remembering my mom’s Erissery now, my favourite.  That is a recipe for another time!!

AVIYAL OR AVIAL A TRADITIONAL SIDE DISH CURRY RECIPE FROM KERALA INDIA

Pan Fried Masala Vada Wedges Lentil Slices

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Masala Vada Slices

Soak – 1 cup Chana lentils – 2 cups water – 2-3 hours – Drain

Grind – Drained Lentils –1 tsp. chilli powder – 1’’ pc ginger – 1 tsp Salt – Rough paste

Chop – 1 onion – ½ coriander leaves – 10 curry leaves – 1 green chilli

Mix – Ground lentil – chopped items

Microwave –  Oil Plate – 2 tbsp. Mix – spread  4 -5”  diameter circle – devide with knife  – wedges(4pcs) – 4 minutes

Fry – Grease flat pan – spread slices – Add a little oil or ghee to both sides – till golden – +/- 3 mnts

Crispy Crunchy Vada Wedges ready. Guilt Free Snacking any time.

Enjoy with chilli sauce or just plain vada slice. mmmmm……

Note : Make in Batches.  Add herbs and spices of choice. Skip microwave step and pan fry slowly on pan for longer.

Festival time – Sweets and Snacks time – Colourful and Beautiful. Indians celebrates many cultural and traditional festivals. Each Family celebrates their own set of festivals. There more than 10 major festivals every year and many- many more minor festivals.

Lots of Sweets and Snacks are prepared during festivals and distributed to neighbours and friends. Hence, the whole neighbourhood can enjoy and celebrate.

Vada is traditionally deep-fried snack which is prepared for many festivals. I was always the first to grab Vada’s before anyone else.

Masala Vada Recipe.  Delicius and easy Lentil Patties from south India.