Food Corner: 09/21/11

Wednesday, 21 September 2011

Sandwich Kebabs & using left over bread

This is just another quick & easy idea for tea time. I always don’t like wasting food, but need to think some way to use left over food. Most of the time I have few slices of bread left from breakfast. If I don’t have time to prepare another food, I convert it to bread crumbs. So easy. Just place the slices on a plate & put inside fridge without covering. It will be dried out within few days. Then I need to grind it to coarse bread crumbs. Good to cover any deep fry.

Here is another easy idea. I had few bread slices left from the breakfast.

Then used some spread in it.( Actually I used jam & butter)

Then I cut all the sandwiches into small triangles & squares.

After that I arranged those in skewers alternatively with some fresh grapes.

Just another way to enjoy sandwiches.

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Cabbage Stir-fry in Sri Lankan style

As a Sri Lankan, I always cook our food most of the days during a week. We have several methods to cook same vegetable. Even the same recipe, we cook using fresh green chili. Also we cook using red chili powder. Two different flavors & appearance….

This is one method of cooking cabbage.

Ingredients (2 servings)

Half of a medium size cabbage

1 onion sliced

Few curry leaves

1 tsp chili powder

1 tsp curry powder

1 tsp fenugreek seed

¼ tsp turmeric powder

1 tsp mustard seeds

Piece of cinnamon stick

2-3 tbspn of oil

Salt to taste

¼ cup thick coconut milk (optional)

Method

Wash & slice cabbage. The more thin the more tasty.

Mix all spices with cabbage & keep aside.

Heat oil in a pan, once it is hot; add mustard seeds.

When the mustard seeds start to pop up, add onion & curry leaves. Sauté until onions are tender.

Then add cabbage mix (which already added spices) to the pan. Mix well.

Cover & cook for few minutes.

Adjust salt.

If you like, add thick coconut milk in this stage (optional)

Serve & enjoy!!

Sausage kebabs

I always like to try easy recipes. Sometimes I try to convert the original recipe & find my way of doing it. Sausage Kebab is one among those shortcut recipes.

Here is my recipe

Ingredients (2 servings)

4 sausages (washed,cleaned) (I used chicken sausages)

1 Bell pepper

1 onion

Few cherry tomatoes

Few skewers

3 tbspn Black pepper sauce

½ cup Rice wine

2 tbspn oil

Method

Cut sausages into bite size pieces

Mix black pepper sauce in rice wine (instead tomato ketchup or soy sauce can be used according to the taste)

Dip sausages in it & allow marinating.

Meanwhile cut onion & bell pepper into few pieces.

Heat oil in a pan, once it is heated; add the sausages & the marinating mix.

Pan Fry under very low flame until all the sauce is absorbed to sausages.

Switch off the flame.

Now you are ready with sausages, bell pepper, tomatoes & onion

Insert those into skewers in alternative pattern.

Now kebabs are ready.

Serve & enjoy.

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I improved my culinary skills because of those good people who share their recipes & tips over internet. From cooking a simple meal to baking & decorating a cake or doing food garnishing,even menu planning, I learnt from those people & trying alone at home. Also my audience is you all in Food Corner. At home I have my husband only to taste my food. That’s the time I miss my motherland Sri Lanka. I have many neighbors & friends over there & I could share food with them.

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Breakfast Recipes

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