Showing posts with label Zucchini. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Zucchini. Show all posts
Ingredients:

Some zucchinis
Salt
Oil
Flour
Preparation:

Wash the zucchinis and cut them into thin slices. Salt them and dip them in the flour. Fry them in hot oil. Let them drain afterwards (use a absorbing piece of paper for the purpose).

Fried zucchini

Added on 9:20 PM

Ingredients:
Serves: 4 to 6

For the vegetables:

3 Courgettes (Zucchini) cut in chunks
4 red onions sliced
3 capsicums (Bell peppers) – one in each colour – red, green & yellow or orange
1 medium butter nut squash cubed into 2cm pieces
salt & pepper to taste
2 tsp each of ground cumin(jeeru) and cinnamon (taj) powder
2 tsp paprika powder
3 tbsp olive oil
For the Couscous:

3 cups couscous
420 g canned chick peas drained and rinsed
3 tsp salt
2 tsp Arabic seasoning mix (cumin, coriander, black pepper, fenugreek, garlic, ginger, mint, onion, cloves, cinnamon, chilli and aniseed powder)
juice of 1 lemon
3 tbp olive oil
hot water

Preparation:

1) Pre -heat the oven to 200′C. Chop all the vegetables into large chunks about 2 cm cubed pieces. For the zucchini/courgette I cut it half length ways and then chopped it into 1 cm semi circles. For the butternut squash I have learnt the hard way that you need proper sharp knife and peeler.
2) In a  large baking tray place all the vegetables, and pour the olive oil over the vegetables together with the spices and salt, mix thoroughly and place in the oven.
3) While the vegetables are cooking, prepare the couscous. Drain & rinse the chick peas and keep aside. Boil some water. In a large bowl, place the couscous, chick peas, seasoning and all the other ingredients. Pour boiling hot water, enough to cover the couscous and 2 cms extra and mix with a fork.  Making sure all the grains of couscous are coated with the spice, olive oil and lemon juice, keep on mixing at regular intervals just to make sure that the grains of couscous don’t lump together. Once the water has absorbed taste the couscous for the correct balance of flavours and to make sure the couscous is al dente, you can add a little extra hot water if needed and mix again with a fork.
4) Check on the vegetables and mix at regular intervals to ensure that the vegetables cook evenly and the spices mix well together. They should be cooked in about 30 mins, check to make sure, once cooked remove from the oven and you are ready to serve with the couscous.

Moroccan Style Vegetables with Couscous

Added on 9:15 PM

Ingredients:
  • 1 large or 3 small zucchini, grated (about 1 pound)
  • 2 t salt
  • ¾ c olive oil
  • 1 pound potatoes, scrubbed* and diced into ½-inch cubes
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 5-6 eggs
  • dash of nutmeg
  • dash of pepper
 Preparation:

Place grated zucchini in colander, toss with 1 t salt, and set in sink or over a bowl to drain.
Heat oil, reduce heat to medium-low, add potatoes, onion, and ½ t salt, and sauté, stirring occasionally, for 30 minutes. If potatoes start to brown, reduce heat.
Squeeze handfuls of zucchini to get rid of as much water as possible, and add the zucchini to the potatoes. Sauté, stirring occasionally, for another 15 minutes. Remove from heat, and use the slotted spoon to transfer vegetables to a large bowl, allowing excess oil to remain in the pan.
In the small bowl, beat the eggs with remaining ½ t salt, nutmeg, and pepper, then stir into the vegetables.
Pour into pan, press everything down lightly, and cook, covered, over very low heat. After 7 minutes, use a rubber spatula to gently lift up one side and check the color of the bottom. When the tortilla is just about set and the bottom is lightly golden (no more than 12 minutes total), remove from heat and let stand, still covered, 5-10 minutes, until set.
Run rubber spatula all the way around the pan to make sure the tortilla isn't stuck anywhere. (This should be easy if you use a non-stick pan.) Place plate upside-down over pan and quickly (and carefully!) flip both, so that the top of the tortilla is now the bottom.
Slide tortilla back into the pan and cook over low heat for another five minutes. Let cool and serve.

Spanish Tortilla with Zucchini

Added on 6:44 PM

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