Sunday 15 March 2020

Easy Egg Stew

Ingredients 

3 large tomatoes - chopped 
1 onion - sliced 
1 tablespoon himalayan salt 
1 teaspoon curry powder 
1/2  scotch bonnet - optional 
1/2 cup coconut oil 
1 tablespoon white pepper 
4 garlic cloves - finely chopped 
thumb sized ginger - grated 
5 eggs - whisked 
Handful basil - optional 

How to cook

1. Heat up coconut oil, add ginger, garlic and onion; fry until fragrance.

2. Add chopped tomatoes, stir and allow frying for 5 minutes.

3. Season with salt, curry powder and white pepper; stir to combine and allow further frying for 3 minutes.

4. Now, add the whisked eggs. Cover the pot with lid and allow to cook for about 3 - 4 minutes. Gently stir in, add basil and cover pot with lid again. Allow further cooking for about 3 minutes.

5. Stir in and Serve hot

Sunday 1 March 2020

Easy Seafood Okra Soup


Ingredients 

660g of Okra
3 paprika (263g)
2 Tilapia fish
1 and ½ knorr seasoning cubes
1 onion
700ml water
1 scotch bonnet
3 dried fish
200g stock fish
½ cup palm oil
1 teaspoon Himalayan salt
6 king prawns or more
200g of kale
  
How to cook:
1.     Slice Fish, remove the head. Wash and place in a pot. Add 500mls of water, salt, 1 seasoning cube and 1/2 onion.  Stir and cover with lid; cook for 5 minutes on high – medium heat. Set aside.
2.     Slice okra and share into 2 portions. Set one portion aside. In a food processor, add 1 paprika, half onion, and 1 portion of the okra. Then process until you have a coarse mixture.
3.     In a blender, add the remaining paprika, scotch bonnet and ½ onion; blend until smooth.
4.     Heat up palm oil, add the coarse mix, season with ½ knorr cube and stir fry. Allow frying for 3 minutes on high heat, then add prawns and cook for 2 minutes.
5.     Add the paprika mix and continue to stir. Allow to cook for few minutes, then add the fish stock (500mls); stir in.
6.     Now, add the stock fish and the dried fish, stir in and have a taste. Taste can be adjusted by adding salt or seasoning cube.
7.     Once you are satisfied with taste, add the remaining portion of okra.
8.     Once it starts to boil, gently add the boiled fish. Stir in gently to avoid fish scattering.
9.     Add the kale, allow to cook for 3 minutes, turn off gas and serve hot.