Friday, October 23, 2009

Something nice, by mistake!

Now that I am officially a 'committed playdate mom' thinking up finger food and easy snacks for the 4pm-6pm playdate slot is an important occupation. I've got a few favorites: rocky road fudge (my version omits the marshmallows and nuts); vegetable slice (frittata by another name); fruit salad (anything goes into this as long as it is fruit!); sandwiches.


I made an especially yummy frittata the other day and it was largely by mistake as I was basically trying to give my day-old potato waffle batter a new lease of life.

The recipe:

one red onion (medium sized) chopped small
tomatoes diced (2 work fine)
a handful of brown mushrooms chopped
a carrot peeled and diced

about a cup of potato waffle batter (mine had potato/ flour/ a bit of oil/ eggs/ milk and seasoning mixed in)
a cup grated cheddar
a pinch of salt and fresh ground pepper

Lightly saute onions/ tomatoes/ mushrooms and carrot till soft. Remove from heat and mix in the waffle batter and cheese. Pour into a greased pie dish, season well and bake about 25 minutes in a moderate over till set.
Cut into slices and serve warm or at room temperature

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Easy prawns and broccolli

This is an easy quick delicious prawn curry. Use deveined frozen prawns if possible.

Ingredients:

broccoli
1 packet frozen deveined tiger prawns (thawed)
a couple of french beans chopped into pieces
a cup of peas
2 potatoes in skins
1/2 cup thick coconut milk
tomatoes
dhania-jeera powder 1 tsp
haldi powder 1 tsp
salt to taste
mustard seeds 1 tsp

Method:

Mix prawns with tumeric and a little salt and keep aside for a few minutes while you cut the broccoli into small florets; cube potatoes and cut tomatoes into quarters.

Splutter mustard seeds in oil and then fry prawns in the same oil till they turn a nice reddish color. Add the brocolli, beans, peas, potatoes and tomatoes. Fry well. Add tumeric, dhania-jeera, salt and fry well. Add about a cup of water and simmer on low heat till vegetables are cooked through.

Add coconut milk, check salt and simmer another few minutes. Serve hot with white rice.