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Summary: Making this Raw Fermented Chilli Sauce is incredibly easy, as long as you set aside enough time for the chillies to ferment. No chemicals, and the added benefits of raw fermented foods.
You can adjust the quantity of chillies, as long as you have the right ratio of salt vs vegetables : you want the salt to be about 2% of the weight of the ingredients you are fermenting.
Add (a little at a time) to spice up your dips, barbecue sauces, curries, chillies or other casseroles.
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Summary: Perfect breakfast or brunch food, frittatas are the Italian cousins of Spanish Tortillas. Basically an omelette filled with various ingredients, barely cooked on the hob, then put in the oven to set through. Frittatas are great hot or cold, for breakfast, brunch, lunch, snack or dinner, served with a fresh salad and a slice of sourdough bread.
As a general guideline, stir fry some onions, add chopped vegetables, herbs, cheese. Add beaten eggs. Transfer to the oven to finish cooking.
Variations are endless. This one combines red onion, chopped red chilli, cherry tomatoes, spinach and feta cheese.
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Summary: This is the Indian cousin of your favourite spicy chilli : red kidney beans are stewed in fresh or canned tomatoes, seasoned with onion, garlic, fresh ginger, fresh chillies and Indian spices.
Asafoetida, also known as Hing, is an extremely pungent spice extracted from a sort of giant fennel, frequently used in Indian cuisine. Asafoetida's strong, off-putting, rotting garlic smell disappears during cooking to deliver a delicious savouriness. I truly believe it is the secret ingredient here : I had made many decent rajma masalas over the years, but it is not until I started adding a pinch of asafoetida, that I found rajma masala perfection. So although optional, do include asafoetida if you can get hold of it.
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