Vegetarian Red Curry

It's always hard cooking for a someone special never quite sure if you understand their like and dislikes properly. I have never cooked for a vegetarian before so for a first attempt this turned out really well. What surprised me was how filling this was. One question i have is why do Thai cookbooks suggest using fish sauce in vegetarian dishes?

I started with cutting a butternut squash into cubes and partially cooking in the microwave, making sure they are still firm.

Started with peanut oil and fried off my red curry paste before adding 400mls of coconut cream
Into this mixture was added:
Chopped Thai eggplants
the butternut squash
baby corn
a mixture of asian mushrooms
1 can water chestnuts
cherry tomatoes
1 block cubed of firm tofu
add 1 can coconut cream and a splash of tamarind concentrate
Finish cooking with palm sugar to taste


Garnish with peanuts or cashews and serve on jasmine rice

Breakfast of Champions

or why do I have heartburn at 9.00am....

Take 2 sourdough rolls split and toast

Grill 2 slices of halumi and several pieces of hot salami
Fry 2 eggs

Combine and garnish with coriander and tabasco sauce

Yes it was too much for one person, I was a pig!

Prawn Curry

This astounded me with how much it created.

Cut 4 thigh fillets of chicken into bite size pieces

Dice one red onion
Fry onion and fillets in peanut oil
Add curry paste, I used a spicy Malaysian blend I picked up at the supermarket.
Add 1 tin bamboo shoots
Add one tin coconut cream
Stir through Hokkien noodles
Add desired quantities of you favourite prawns, in this case Crystal Bay
I finished mine off with broccolini and baby corn

Spicy Noodle Soup

This is a warming winter soup.

Shred 1 chicken breast
Bring to the boil 4 litres of chicken stock
Add 1 tbsp ginger, grated
2 finely diced red chillies
Dash Shaoshing wine
2tbsp dark Soy
1 tin bamboo shoots
assorted diced and whole mushrooms
1 tin water chestnuts
3 tbsp Black Rice Vinegar
5 diced cornichons
1 beaten egg
your favourite noodles

When cooked through garnish with corriander

Quick and easy Pizza

For those lunches when you have a load of marking and just want to eat.

You will need a pizza oven.

Take 2 slices of lebanese bread

Cover one with olive oil
Shred smoked salmon
Break up some boccocini
Cook
Sprinkle with dill
Add some sour cream

Cover the other with tomato ketchup
Shred smoked salmon
Break up some boccocini
Sprinkle with dill
Add sour cream

Vegetarian

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I am not one but would recommend Kurma Dasa's books and anything by the Holsts if your looking for a cookbook.

This blog comes highly recommended.

Pizza Night

I love home made Pizza and this week i picked up an electronic pizza oven from Coles and at $69 it was a bargain.

Firstly I make up the dough in the bread machine
200mls water
1tsp salt
1 tbsp olive oil
375gms bakers flour
1.75 tsps of yeast

Divide dough into three and let rise
Roll into pizza shapes, again let sit

Spicy
Tomato paste
Hot Spanish salami
Boccocini


Mild
Tomato paste
Salami
Goats cheese

Vege
Tomato paste
Chilli sauce
Marinated Artichoke hearts
Boccocini & goats cheese