Homemade Recipes

Chicken Pilaf

Farhat Girach — Thu, 17 May 2012 19:07:05 +0000

Thinking what to cook today? Or do you have yesterday’s left over rice? Here’s a recipe that you can change you rice into. A very good crowd pleaser guaranteed. Make it in advance, doesn’t take up much time at all.

Preparation time: 10mins
Cooking time: 30mins

Chicken Pilaf Ingredients

Chicken Pilaf

2 Chicken fillet pieces cut in Strips
2tbsp oil
1 onion roughly chopped
¼ green pepper chopped
¼ red pepper chopped
2 garlic cloves crushed
A small piece of ginger grated
Salt and pepper
1tsp Chili powder
1 green chili
1tsp cumin powder
2 tomatoes chopped
A handful of peas
1 cup Cooked rice

Method

Heat the oil in a wok, add the garlic and ginger. When light brown add the onion and fry until transparent. Add the spices, and fry it a bit.

Add the tomatoes.

Cover and leave it to simmer covered for about 10 mansards the green, red pepper, peas to the mixture. Give it a swirl and add the rice.

Stir it in nicely and leave covered for 2 mins.

It is now ready. Serve and Enjoy!

Straw Nana Shake

Farhat Girach — Sun, 13 May 2012 12:34:27 +0000

Straw Nana Shake

Milkshakes are an any time treat, and they are healthy for your kids too. Check whatever you have in your fridge, and use it to create a healthy tasty shake. You not going to get a no for this one! Always try to use fresh fruit, it makes a difference.

Preparation time: 5 mins

Ingredients

8 Strawberries
4 scoops vanilla/strawberry ice cream
¼ cup milk
1 banana
2tsp sugar
Whipped cream

Method

Blitz all the ingredients in a blender and pour into your glasses, top up with some whipped cream and decorate as desired.

Steak in Garlic and Tomato Gravy

Jennifer — Sat, 12 May 2012 18:19:06 +0000

Steak cut thinly is very easy to cook, and is a very good last minute meal when you have unexpected guests. You could use a nice big piece of fillet steak though; it depends on your preference.

These steak pieces could be cut into strips as well and used in a salad too.

Steak in Garlic and Tomato Gravy

Preparation time: 10mins
Cooking time: 30mins
Serves: 1

Ingredients

6 pieces of lean beef steak
4 garlic cloves sliced
2tbsp lemon juice
1 medium tin tomato puree
Salt
1 dry red chili
1tsp chili powder (optional)

Method

Heat some oil about 4 tbsp, add the garlic and fry till light brown, add the lemon juice and chili.

Then add the steak one by one turning when one side is slightly browned.

Add the tomato puree, salt and chili powder.

Let it cook until the steak is tenderized.

Add a little water every time you feel it is going to stick to the pan.

Flat Breads and Slaw

Farhat Girach — Sat, 05 May 2012 12:21:03 +0000

Flatbreads and Cole slaw are the easiest making and a very good compliment to any main dish. Use them when you are entertaining guests or at parties. The flatbreads can even be frozen and just reheated in the microwave when it is needed.

Ingredients

200g plain flour
2tsp baking powder
1tsp paprika
Chopped parsley
Yellow color or 1/4tsp turmeric

Flat Breads and Slaw

Method

Mix all the ingredients together and bind with water until nice dough is formed. When done make into small balls and roll out to make round bread. Heat a non-stick pan and cook turning the side when it turns brown.

For the Cole Slaw

Liquidize ¼ cabbage, 1 big carrot, 1/4 cucumber

For the Slaw mixture
Mix together 5tbsp mayonnaise, 1tbsp milk, 1tsp sugar, salt and pepper to taste. Mix the cabbage, carrot and cucumber in this mixture.

Rose Pana cotta with Strawberry & mint syrup

Farhat Girach — Fri, 04 May 2012 08:46:03 +0000

Panna cotta is incredibly easy to make, and if it takes you more than five minutes to put it together, you’re doing something wrong.

Panna cotta is an Italian dessert made by simmering together cream, milk and sugar, mixing this with gelatin, and letting it cool until set.

Silky, smooth is what it is! All time favorite.

Rose Pana cotta with Strawberry and mint syrup Italian Dessert

Ingredients

For the Pana cotta

3 cups milk
1 cup cream
1 cup sugar
2tsp vanilla essence
2 tbsp rose syrup
5tsp gelatin powder
¼ cup water

Method

Mix the gelatin and water in a cup and set aside. Add milk, cream, and sugar in a saucepan until almost boiling, add the gelatin mixture.

When at boiling point, remove from stove, add the vanilla essence and rose syrup.

Pour in separate ramekins and when cool cover with cling film. Leave in fridge overnight. When done remove from ramekins on serving plate, drizzle with a little rose syrup, and decorate as desired.

For the Strawberry and mint syrup

Add 4 cut strawberries and about 3tbsp water, and 2 mints leaves chopped, cook in saucepan until only about 1/2tsp water is left. Remove from stove.

Chicken Salad

Farhat Girach — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:44:43 +0000

Chicken Salad

The Most lightest but Filling Lunch, A little crunch and a little color is all you need for this summer’s chicken salad.

Preparation time: 10 mins
Cooking Time: 10 mins
Serves: 2

Chicken Salad Ingredients

100g Chicken Fillet cut into cubes or strips
1 head Crisp lettuce
1 Carrots sliced diagonally
1 Yellow pepper cut in strips diagonally
1 small Cucumber cut diagonally
5tsp Worcestershire sauce
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
Chili sauce 3tbsp
1tsp olive oil

Cooking instructions for Chicken Salad

Prepare the chicken, and heat the oil, add the chicken pieces, chili sauce and Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper.

Cook until done, leave some juice to pour over the salad when done.

Prepare all the ingredients for the salad and place in serving platter.

Add the chicken pieces over the prepared salad.

Add feta cheese pieces if desired (optional).

Serve with baguette slices.

Spaghetti Bolognese

Svetlana — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:18:56 +0000

Spaghetti Bolognese

Spaghetti Bolognese is one of the most popular type of pasta in Italy.

It’s very nourishing, budget-priced, you don’t need to spend much time to prepare it and you can find all ingredients you need in any supermarket.

Preparation time: 5 min

Cooking time: 30 min

Serves: 2

Spaghetti Bolognese Ingredients

200g Spaghetti
300g mince
500g chopped tomatoes in a tin
1 small onion, finely chopped
100 gcheese, grated
Salt, black pepper, herbs,
1 clove garlic, chopped (optionally)

Cooking Instructions for Spaghetti Bolognese

Boil1 litre of water.

Add some salt and then the spaghetti. Leave it for 15-20 minutes until ready.

Meanwhile, preheat your frying pan over a medium heat and add a bit of olive oil into it.

Add the onion and fry until it has a light gold colour. Then add the mince and a bit of salt and mix everything very well. Leave it for 10 minutes.

Add the chopped tomatoes, pepper, herbs and the garlic into the frying pan. Mix everything very well and leave it over a low heat for 5-7 minutes.

When your spaghetti is ready, use a colander to drain it.

Add the spaghetti to the frying pan and mix everything very well and leave for it more a few more minutes.

Serve hot with grated cheese on the top. Enjoy!!

Spaghetti Bolognese

Steak with Potato Wedges and Spinach

Svetlana — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:14:02 +0000

Steak with Potato Wedges and Spinach

This is a very easy and quick beef steak recipe which you can make in under 5 minutes.

This rump steak we will cook on butter! This is really tasty, but just to let you know, it will make smoke while you fry it. So be careful if you don’t want to disturb anybody around! And the most important in cooking the steak, move it all the time! Never stop, until is ready! Only like this it will be juicy.

Preparation time: 15 min

Cooking time: 40 min

Serves: 2

Ingredients

500g pack of frozen wedges potatoes
300 gfrozen spinach
2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
4 slices of rump steak
4 tbsp of butter
Salt, sugar, olive oil

Method

Preheat your oven (250C). Put your frozen wedges in a pan and leave it there for 15-20 min.

Unfreeze your spinach using colander and hot water. Dry it properly.

Heat your frying pan over a medium heat, put there some olive oil and add the spinach, garlic and a bit of salt. Mix well and fry for a 10-15 minutes.

Meanwhile, put another frying pan over a high heat. Take your 4 slices of rump steak and spread a bit of salt on the both sides of each steak.

Put 1 tbsp of butter in the frying pan and add a tea spoon of sugar on the top of the butter which should be already melted.

Put one of the rump steaks in the frying pan and move it in the frying pan. Don’t stop moving until it will have a nice brown colour. Turn it upside down, move it around… And don’t stop until it looks like is ready to be served!

Steak with Potato Wedges and Spinach

Do the same with the other 3 steaks, adding the butter and the sugar each time.

When you finish with the steaks, the spinach and potatoes should be ready! Enjoy!

Spinach Mashed Potato Recipe

Svetlana — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:21:08 +0000

Spinach Mashed Potato with Mince Beef

To prepare this dish it’s better to buy floury potatoes.

The best ones are Nadine, Rooster, Saxon and Wilja sorts.If you will use them, you can be sure you will get the smoothest and the tastiest mashed potatoes.

Tips: Drain the spinach very well and it’s necessary to have a Potato Masher!

Preparation time: 10 min

Cooking time: 40 min

Serves: 3

Spinach Mashed Potato with mince beef Ingredients

1 small onion, peeled and finely chopped
300g mince beef
400g pack chopped tomatoes
6 medium potatoes, cleaned
100ml milk
50g butter, melted
500g frozen spinach; defrosted and drained.
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
Black pepper, salt, olive oil

How to cook Spinach Mashed Potato with mince beef

Boil 500ml of water, then add the potatoes and some salt. Leave until cooked.

Take a frying pan, add 1 tbsp of olive oil and ½ of the onion. Fry over a medium heat.

Fry Mince Beef

Add mince beef, a bit of salt. Mix and leave for 10 minutes.

Then add the chopped tomatoes, mix and leave for 10-15 minutes over a low heat.

Add some black pepper and mix.

Meanwhile, take another frying pan, add 1 tbsp of olive oil, ½ of the onion and the garlic and heat it over a medium heat.

Fry Spinach

After a few minutes add the spinach and heat over a medium heat for 10-15 minutes.

When potatoes are ready, add the butter and the milk. Then mash potato with the Potato Masher until smooth.

Spinach Mashed Potato with Mince Beef

Put Mashed potato on a plate, put mince beef on top of mashed potato. Spinach goes besides the mashed potato. Alternatively you can decorate the plate as per your choice.

Yummy Spinach Mashed Potato with mince beef is ready, serve it hot.

Potato Soup Recipe

Nikita — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 22:49:32 +0000

Potato Soup

The potato soup is probably one of the easiest soups to make, and it’s a healthy choice, with a full flavor.

The potato can be prepared in endless ways, baked, mashed or boiled. But one of the most comforting ways to enjoy the vegetable is with homemade soup. By adding different ingredients you can create a distinct flavor according to your taste. Some recipes call for ham or bacon, onions or heavy cream. This recipe has added cheese and onions to create a smooth, creamy, comforting soup.

Cooking Time: 20-25 minutes

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Serves: 4-5

Potato Soup Ingredients

4-5 large potatoes
¼ celery, chopped
1 small onion, chopped
½ cup milk
Salt & pepper
Shredded cheese

Potato Soup Cooking Method

Peel potatoes and chop, along with the celery and onion.

Peel Potatoes

Put vegetables in a pan, and almost cover them with water.

Bring vegetables to boil, then cover and simmer for 20-25 minutes, or until vegetables are soft.

Mash vegetables with a potato masher.

Add milk to desired thickness.

Potato Soup Cooking

Salt and pepper to taste.

Potato Soup

Pour into serving bowls, and sprinkle with shredded cheese.