Month: March 2021

Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Meze Platter

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Week 10 – 2021 This is another post from the series “I tried something new this week”. Not every meal needs to be complicated to be delicious. Sometimes you just need to remember about flavours that make you happy. Maybe food that reminds you of home or holidays, maybe something that you ate in a restaurant and always wanted to try to make. That’s exactly what I did this weekend. I went to the market to get bread, olives and some tapenade and then did some dips to go with that. It turned out to be a delicious platter of food. This is what I made to go with the delicious market food: Smoked aubergine mix Hummus My version of tabbouleh Ingredients For the aubergine dip: aubergine brown onion salt oil For the hummus: 1 x 400g can chickpeas 60 ml lemon juice 60 ml tahini 2 tbs olive oil 1 garlic clove 1/2 tsp ground cumin 1/2 tsp salt 45ml water paprika for serving For the tabbouleh: cucumber tomatoes fresh parsley leafs olive oil …

Gochujang Chicken 65

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Week 9 – 2021 This is another post from the series “I tried something new this week”. For this recipe I used a lot of chicken so it will yield about 4 big portions but I guess that is what happens when you defrost an entire pack of chicken breast and get really excited about a recipe that you wanted to try for a long time! Ingredients (4 portions) For the chicken batter: 600g chicken breast 2 tsp salt 2 tsp chilli powder 2 tsp coriander powder 1 tsp Garam Masala 3 tsp grated ginger 3 tsp grated garlic 6 tbsp plain wheat flour 4 tbsp lemon juice 3 eggs oil for deep frying For frying and coating the chicken at the end: 3 tbsp oil 2 tsp cumin seeds 2 tbs chopped garlic 3 tbsp Gochujang paste 5-6 dried chillies 15-20 curry leafs Method Step 1 – prepare the batter and marinate the chicken Dice the chicken breast into 2 cm cubes and add to a large bowl. The add all the ingredients for …