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Oct 26, 2008

Pia's Tahina Plant

tahina salad
* 1 lemon
* tahina extract
* water (equal amount to Tahina powder)

Eggplant
* slit eggplant all the length and a little bit of width (like T)
* add kosher salt inside
* bake for 20 minutes until outside is soft
* open it like a bowl and add tahina

Serve whole eggplant with a spoon in it

Aug 19, 2008

Simple Potato Kugel

4 potatoes peeled and processed
2 eggs
glug glug of oil
baking powde
salt and pepper
quarter of onion

cook on 350 until brown

Aug 17, 2008

Authentic Sticky Rice & Mango

100 g. sticky rice
1/2 cup coconut milk
2 tsp coconut cream
2 tbsp sugar
1/4 tsp salt
sliced mango

1. Soak rice (4 hours-overnight)
2. drain and cook in a basket, steam for 30 mins.
3. heat milk, sugar, salt
4. add rice and let sit for 10 minutes
add mango
pour cream onto
serve with sesames to garnish

Hummas

chick peas
oil
garlic
lemon
tahina (substitute with peanut butter)
cumin/oregano

Honey Grain Challah

1.5 Loaf (2pd loaf)

1 (1 3/8) cup of water
2 (2 1/2) tbl spoon of oil
3 (4) tbl spoon of honey
1 (1 3/4) tsp salt
2 1/4 (2 1/2) cup white flour
1 (1 1/4) cup whole wheat flour
1/2 (2/3) cup of quick oats
2 (2 1/4) tsp dry active yeast

350 for about 30 minutes

Jun 27, 2008

Nathan's Pumpkin & Red Lentil Curry

Ingredients:
-1 tbl of vigin olive oil
-2 cups of chopped onion
-5 cups peeled fresh pumpkin (substitute butternut squash)
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp coriander
- 3/4 tsp turmeric
-1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
-3 gloves minced garlic
- jalapeno, finely chopped
- 4 cups veggie broth
- 1 can diced undrained tomatoes
-1 cup of small red lentils
-salt/pepper
- 1/4 cup cilantro
- 6 lime wedges

Serve over jasmine rice

Heat oil in saucepan over medium heat, add onion (cook for 5 mins) add pumkpin + ingedients up until jalapeno. Add broth and tomatoes and boil. Cover, reduce and simmer for 10 minutes until pumpkin is temder. Stir in lentils, cook 10 minutes until lentil are tender. S&P. Sprinkle with cilandro and lime.

Moroccan Carrot Salad

So easy and so much flavor!!!
  • Boil 1lb of carrots in salt water
  • drain and add:
  • oil
  • cilantro
  • garlic
  • lemon juice
  • cumin
  • cayenne pepper
  • s&p to taste

Apr 1, 2008

Dried Fruit Brisket

Flour, spice, herb, rub, and thyme your brisket
Brown it in a dutch oven (frying pan)
add oil, caramelized onion, garlic, carrots
red wine
cut potatoes
broth (2 cups liquid)

Oven 300, 3-4 hours covered
1 hour before serving add a combination of dried fruid, slice the meat, and add more broth if needed.

Making Cauliflower taste good

cut and blanch cauliflower
roast 3 cloves garlic in oil
add scallions, Serrano pepper, cilantro, red pepper, lemon


Yocheved's Hummus

2 cups of chickpeas
1/4 cup liquid from can of chickpeas
3-5 tablespoons of lemon juice
1 1/2 tablespoons of Tahini
2 gloves of crushed garlic
1/2 teaspoon of salt
2 tablespoons of olive oil
(optional) red chili or dash of cayenne pepper
Put ingredients in food processor
add more oil if refrigerator dries out it