Showing posts with label Cooking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cooking. Show all posts

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Vegetable Tagine


1tbsp olive oil
2 onions peeled and sliced
2 gloves garlic peeled and crushed
2tbsp tomato puree
2tbsp harissa paste (special Moroccon paste hot spice) - I use tomato paste cause we don't eat too much spicy food
4 carrots halved - I chopped in cubes
3 parsnips halved
2 sweet potatoes peeled and cut into four
300g butternut squash peeled deseeded and cut into 2.5cm chunks
600ml hot vegetable stock
salt and freshly ground pepper
400g can chickpeas drained
400g can chopper tomatoes 
2tbsp chopped fresh coriander leaves

Heat oil in casserole dish and fry onions for 5 minutes, until soften and brown.
Add garlic tomato puree and harissa past and cook for one minute
Add carrots and parsnips, sweet potatoes and butternut squash, Pour in the stock and season cover and simmer for 25 minutes until vegetable are tender.
Stir in chickpeas and canned tomatoes and warm through for 5  minutes, serve with fresh coriander.

My variations:
You can use regular yellow potato, zucchini and broccoli instead of the suggested veggies in this recipe I tried both and they are wonderful.

For the couscous I used the famous Deema Hijawi's recipe from her book "The secret ingredient", it's the yummyest ever! 






Saturday, January 14, 2012

Colorful Pasta!


Photo by Dara Al Hadidi 

Farfalle Pasta with Tomato & Asparagus! one of Fatafeat monthly magazine recipes! very fulfilling dish easy to make and taste great!

250gram of asparagus cut into 3 pieces discard end
1 small onion diced
1 garlic clove diced
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
2 large ripe tomatoes peeled and shopped
1 cup chicken stock
1/2 cup of basil leaves, Chiffonade
250 gram Farfalle Pasta Cooking aldente
1/3 cup mozzarella cheese shredded
1/4 cup of Asiago Cheese Shredded (I used Parmesan)

Cover Asparagus with boiling water, cover and lets rest for 3 minutes. Drain and grill in a lightly oiled skillet over high heat until asparagus is soft "a ldente", and somewhat brown. set aside. Saute the onion and galic in a hot pan with olive oil until soft. Add tomatoes and saute until soft and give up the juices. Add chicken stock boil over high heat  until mixture reduced bu fourth. Add asparagus and basil mix and stir well, add cheese toss to melt.

Enjoy!!
 Love Cooking

Saturday, December 31, 2011

Parmigiana di melanzane!


A traditional Italian dish Melanzane with Edamame on the side! A yummy two dishes that oddly go very well together for a vegetarian light dinner! 

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