Spicy beef soup with spinach

                               Spicy Beef soup with spinach

Beef is cooked as curry, stir fried, stew, barbecued. Beef is a red meat. We do not consume often as chicken. Today I want to introduce a simple  spicy soup.

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                     Spicy Beef soup with spinach

Preparation time: 30 minutes
cooking time: 40 minutes

serves:3


preparation

main ingredients

Clean and marinate 160 grams beef with 1 teaspoon chili powder and 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder, 1/2 tea spoon salt  and keep aside for 10 minutes.
Clean and wash 150 grams spinach and cut into small pieces.
Wash,  clean and cut potato into small cubes.


Method

Other ingredients

Heat a wok or a pan and add 2 table spoon oil and  fry chopped 1 onion for 10 minutes on slow fire. Add 1 stalk celery and stir fry for 2 minutes. Add 3 cloves chopped garlic, 20 grams ginger, 1 chopped green chili and chopped 1 sprig curry leaf and fry for 2 minutes.
Add 1 table spoon chili fakes and fry for 2 minutes.
Add 180 grams potato and stir fr for 3 minutes.
Add marinated beef and stir fry till the colour changes.
Add 1 tea spoon sugar,  1/2 tea spoon salt, 1/2 cup chicken or vegetable stock and 2 cups water. Cover and bring to boil reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes or beef is cooked.
Add  1/2 tea spoon pepper and 1/2 tea spoon cumin powders.
Add 1/2 capsicum, 90 grams cherry tomato simmer for 2 minutes.

 Spicy beef soup with spinach.

Add  150 grams spinach and let it cook for 3 minutes.

Taste for seasoning.

 Spicy beef soup with spinach is ready.
                                                                          

                                             Recipe follows in detail with pictures.

                     

Preparation time: 30 minutes
cooking time: 40 minutes
serves:3

Ingredients for Spicy beef soup with spinach

Ingredients
main
160 grams Beef
180 grams potato
150 grams spinach
Others
90 grams cherry tomato
1 stalk celery
1/2 capsicum
1 onion
1 green chili
3 cloves garlic
20 grams ginger
1 sprig curry leaf
2 table spoon oil
2 cups water
Spices
1 tea spoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
1 table spoon chili flakes
1/2 tea spoon pepper
1/2 teaspooon cumin powder

seasoning
1 tea  spoon sugar
1/2 cup chicken or vegetable stock.

preparation
Clean and marinate beef with chili powder and turmeric powder and keep aside for 10 minutes.
clean spinach and cut into small pieces
wash  clean and cut potato into 1 inch cubes

Main ingredients for for Spicy beef soup with spinach

Method
Heat a wok or a pan and add oil and  fry onion for 10 minutes on slow fire.

Frying onion

 Add celery and stir fry for 2 minutes.

Adding celery

 Add garlic, green chili, ginger  and curry leaf and fry for 2 minutes.

Adding  garlic ,green chili, ginger and curry leaf

Add chili flakes and fry for 2 minutes

Adding chili flakes

Add potato and stir fr for 3 minutes.

Adding potato

Add marinated beef and stir fry till the colour changes

Adding  marinated beef

Stir fried beef

Add sugar, stock  and water.  sugar  helps the beef to become soft.helps to cook  Bring to boil reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes or beef is cooked.

Add sugar, stock  and water.  

Add crushed pepper and cumin powders

Add crushed pepper and cumin powders

Add capsicum add tomato simmer for 2 minutes

Add capsicum add tomato

Add  spinach and let it cook for 2 minutes

Add  spinach

  Final stage

  Final stage

Spicy beef soup with spinach

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Simple oil free Ladies finger (okra)mild curry with coconut milk

   Simple oil free  Ladies finger (okra)mild curry  with coconut milk

                          
Okra is a nutritious and tasty vegetable. With A, C, K, vitamin B 6 It also contains Folate, Calcium, Magnesium, Manganese Protein,  Riboflavin, Niacin, Phosphorus, Potassium, Zinc and Copper, and a very good source of Dietary Fiber.
It is said to improve vision and boosts immunity.
It is best to consume it raw. Okra can be crisp fried and stir-fried. It can be made into pickle, stew, soup, curry and many more. It can also be grilled and roasted. It can be stuffed and steamed.
Today I am going to make   Simple Ladies finger (okra)mild curry with coconut milk.

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              Simple oil free Ladies finger (okra)mild curry 
                                 with coconut milk

Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time : 15 minutes

 Serves : 4    

Preparation

Drying washed okra

1. Use a kitchen paper towel and wipe out the little white fibrous growth found on the outer skin of 700 grams of okra. Wash the okra well in running water. Wipe the water with kitchen towel and make it dry.

2.Cut the okra into 1¼ inch slices. 

3.Wash and cut 2 tomatoes into ½ inch pieces.

Ingredients

Method

In a pan add okra, tomatoes, coarsely chopped 1 onion,
chopped ½ sprig curry leaves, coarsely chopped 3 cloves garlic, sliced 1 green chilli,  ½ teaspoon fennel seeds, ½ teaspoon salt.

2.  Add one and half  cup of water just to cover the vegetables. 

3. Cover and bring to boil. Reduce heat and let it simmer for 10 minutes. If you want it crispy you can reduce the time.

Just before adding milk

4.Taste for seasoning.

5.Add ¼ cup coconut milk. and ½ teaspoon pepper. Cook for 2 minutes and remove from fire. 

6.Just before serving add 2 table spoon lemon or lime juice.

Final curry

Serve with rice.  

           Simple oil free Ladies finger (okra)mild curry  
                          with coconut  milk is ready.
                                                                               

                                       Recipe follows in detail with pictures

Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time : 15 minutes

 Serves : 4                  

                            

Ingredients for Simple oil free Ladies finger (okra)mild curry with coconut milk

Main
700 grams okra sliced into 1 inch pieces
2 tomatoes sliced into ½ inch pieces
Others
1 onion chopped coarsely
½ sprig curry leaves
3 cloves garlic
1 green chilli sliced into small pieces
½ teaspoon salt
¼ cup coconut milk.
2 table spoon lemon or lime juice 
Spices
½ teaspoon pepper powder
½ teaspoon fennel seeds

Preparation
Use a kitchen paper towel and wipe out the little white fibrous growth found on the outer skin of the okra. Wash the okra well in running water. Wipe the water with kitchen towel and make it dry.
This process will stop oozing of gummy, gelatinous liquid. Cut the okra into 1¼ inch slices. 

Okra placed in the pan to be cooked

Wash and cut tomato into ½ inch pieces.

Method
Add all the prepared ingredients except pepper and coconut milk with one and half  cup of water just to cover the vegetables.

Curry ready to be cooked

Cover and bring to boil.

All ingredients added

 Reduce heat and let it simmer for 10 minutes. 

Curry is boiling

Taste for seasoning.

curry just before adding milk

 Add coconut milk and pepper. 

Adding coconut milk

Adding pepper

Cook for 2 minutes and remove from fire.

Curry is ready

 Curry is ready. Just before serving add lime juice.
Serve with rice.

Simple oil free Ladies finger (okra)mild curry with coconut milk

Guacamole in a pancake

 Guacamole in pancake

Guacamole in a pancake

Main ingredient for Guacamole is avocado which is mixed with 

capsicum, tomato, chili, onion, garlic and ginger. There are many variations. We normally eat Guacamole with tortilla or bread.

Guacamole (see my recipe) can also be served in a pancake.

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                         Guacamole in a pancake 

Preparation time : 15 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes

Serves : 4

Avocado

This is a recipe based on avocado. Avocado is mixed with capsicum, tomato, chili, onion, garlic and ginger.

Ingredients for 
Guacamole

Guacamole

 

Making the batter

1.  Mix 1 cup all-purpose flour with 1 cup water and 1/2 tsp salt in a bowl.

2. Break an egg into the mixture and mix well or blend in a blender

    for a thin crepe.

Guacamole in a pancake

3. Pour a spoonful of the mixture on a hot griddle.
    Flip it after one minute. Thereafter flip the pancake couple of    times until you see some black spots on both sides of the pancake.

4. Place a pancake on a plate. Put a lettuce leaf on the pancake. Sprinkle some cheese.

5. Add 3 table spoon of guacamole. and roll it.

Guacamole in a pancake is ready.                                                

                         

      Recipe follows in detail with pictures.

        

Preparation time : 15 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Serves : 4
                          

Pancake ingredients
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup water
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon salt

Other ingredients
1 cup guacamole
50 grams cheese of your choice
5 lettuce leaves

Guacamole ingredients mixed

Method

Mix all-purpose flour with water and salt in a bowl. Brake an egg into the mixture and mix well or blend in a blender.If necessary add water to get desired consistency. It is good to make the pancake thinner than the traditional pancake but slightly thicker than crepe. You add more water to make the pancake thinner.

Pancake mix

Pour a spoonful of the mixture on a hot griddle.

Griddle

Flip it after one minute. Thereafter flip the pancake couple of times until you see some black spots on both sides of the pancake.

Pancakes

Place a pancake on a plate. Put a lettuce leaf on the pancake. Sprinkle some cheese. Add 3 table spoon of guacamole. and roll it.

Pancake with lettuce and cheese

I hope you will try this easy recipe which will be loved by children.

Steamed couscous with rice flour and grated coconut (puttu)

Steamed couscous with grated coconut

Steamed couscous mixed with rice flour is easy to make, soft and tasty.You will not feel the taste of couscous. It will be like a wheat flour puttu. It is delicious and can be eaten with butter and sugar, fried egg, sambol or any curry.
                                  

                                   Recipe summary
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     Steamed couscous with rice flour and grated coconut (puttu)


Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time:5 minutes
Serves: 6

Bag of rice  and box of couscous

1. In a medium size pan add 1,125 ml water, 125 ml Coconut milk 1 tsp salt.  

2. Bring to a boil. 

3. Switch off the fire.

4. Add 500 grams couscous stir well and let it rest for 5 minutes covered. It will be cooked durring the time.

5. Remove the cover and stir with a long chop stick.     Break lumps with your fingers.

Steamed couscous with 
grated coconut

6. Add 2 cups of rice flour and stir again with the long chop stick. You will notice larger crumbles forming.
Rice flour will nicely mix with couscous and change the texture of the couscous.

8. Add scrapped coconut and stir well again. The coconut will help to keep the crumbles separate  and prevent formation of lumps.
You will be left with crumbles of size similar to puttu.

9. Prepare a steamer. Sprinkle coconut at the bottom of the steamer

Sprinkle coconut at the 
bottom of the steamer.

10. Spoon the couscous mixture  into the steamer over the sprinkled coconut.



11. Steam for 4 to 5 minutes. When you get the smell from the steamer, the couscous is cooked..

Final stage of Steamed  couscous 

The couscous is ready. It can be served as a side dish or as a main meal.







Steamed couscous with rice flour and grated coconut (puttu)
  is ready.                                

                         
              Recipe follows in detail with pictures.  

Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time:5 minutes
Serves: 6

Ingredients
Main
500  grams couscous (one packet)
2 cups white rice flour

1,125 ml water
125 ml Coconut milk
150 grams shredded coconut
1 tsp salt

Method
In a medium size pan add water, salt and coconut milk. Bring to a boil. Switch off the fire.

Add the couscous stir well and let it rest for 5 minutes covered.

Remove the cover and stir with a long chop stick. Break lumps with your fingers.

Couscous after being cooked in water

Add the rice flour and stir again with the long chop stick. You will notice larger crumbles forming.
Rice flour will nicely mix with couscous and change the texture of the couscous.

Rice flour is added to cooked couscous

Couscous after mixed with rice flour

Add scrapped coconut and stir well again. The coconut will help to keep the crumbles separate  and prevent formation of lumps.
You will be left with crumbles of size similar to puttu.

Grated coconut is added

Prepare a steamer. Sprinkle coconut at the bottom of the steamer
Spoon the couscous mixture  into the steamer over the sprinkled coconut.

Sprinkle coconut at the bottom of the steamer.

Steam for 4 to 5 minutes. When you get the smell from the steamer, the couscous is cooked..
The couscous is ready. It can be served as a side dish or as a main meal.

It can be served with curry.