Tuesday 3 April 2012

Dahl Curry

This was a quickly improvised lentil curry, thrown together out of what was sitting in my pantry one night... but it was REALLY yummy and everyone in the family happily enjoyed their meal, so a win all round!!

1. Onion, garlic, ginger root into blender until a paste;
2. Transfered to deep frypan with small amount of rice bran oil, added 1 heaped Tablespoon of 'Clive of India' 3. Curry Powder, plus 2Teaspoons of Garam Masala;
4. Fryed together while stirring for a couple of minutes until cooked through;
5. Added about 1kg of freshly chopped tomato, stirring while brought to boil and cooked until quite sauce-like;
6. Added a bottle (700mL) of Passata, a tin of (100%) coconut cream, two tins of Brown Lentils and two tins of Red Kidney Beans;
7. Simmer uncovered for about half an hour stirring occasionally.

Served with brown rice and Pappadums :)

Chocolate Mousse Pie


CRUST:
1cup almonds & 1cup walnuts, ground to meal
1 tbsp dessicated coconut
3 pitted medjool dates, blended to paste
2tbsp coconut oil

Combine all ingredients, press into pie dish, put in freezer while preparing filling.

FILLING:
3 large Avocados
3 tbsp raw cacao powder
2/3 cup Agave Syrup (dark)
2tbsp coconut oil

Blend until smooth and well combined, pour and spread into crust & refrigerate!!


Dahl Soup


We love this recipe and tend to make it quite a lot, and I quite often get requests for it from people who have really loved it :) So here it is!!! xxx

INGREDIENTS:
2 Tbsp Rice Bran Oil
2 Cloves Garlic
1 Onion, finely chopped
1/2 Tsp Turmeric
1 Tsp Garam Masala
1/4 Tsp Chili Powder
1 Tsp Ground Cumin
1kg Tomatoes, chopped
1 cup Red Lentils
2Tsp Lemon Juice
600mL Vege Stock
300mL Coconut Milk

METHOD:
Place oil, garlic and onion in a large saucepan and cook (stirring) until they start to soften through (2-3 mins).
Add Tumeric, Garam Masala, Chili and Cumin and stir for about 30 seconds.
Stir in Tomatoes, Lentils, Lemon Juice, Vege Stock and Coconut Milk and bring to the boil.
Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for 30mins (until lentils are cooked through), stirring occasionally to prevent any lentils from settling and burning on the bottom.

Enjoy!!

Sweet Chai Spiced Coconut Rice


This is my favourite desert at the moment... so easy to make, so tasty, and not *too* unhealthful either! (Well, as far as desserts go...)

3 cups of cooked brown rice
1 tin Ayam brand Coconut Cream (100% coconut extract)
3 Tbsp Coconut Palm Sugar
2 tsp ground Ginger
1 tsp ground Cinnamon
1 tsp Cardamom pods
1/2 tsp ground Cloves

Place all ingredients into a small saucepan, stir to combine and bring slowly to simmer. Allow to simmer, stirring regularly, for about 10 minutes.

Serve warm and enjoy!!!