Crumbed Beef Schnitzel Mediterranean Style

Ingredients:

1kl Beef schnitzel, boneless beef steaks, thin sliced about 1-1/2 inch thick

1/4c fresh parsley, finely chopped

3pcs eggs

1t minced garlic
1t salt

1t ground pepper

1t ground cumin
3c breadcrumbs

1c oil

How to cook:

1. In a bowl whisk the eggs. Then add the parsley, garlic, cumin, salt and pepper. Mix all ingredients. Set aside.

2. Dip beef in marinade mixture and mix it thoroughly.

3. Put bread crumbs in a pan. coat marinated beef with the breadcrumbs.

4. Preheat a skillet with about 1 cup of oil over medium-high heat. Fry each beef for about 3mins each side or until golden brown. The thinner the beef the quicker the frying. Use a few paper towels to drain the oil.

Sweet & Sour Pork Meatballs with Veggies

Ingredients:

500g pork mince

1 T fresh ginger, peeled and grated

2 garlic clove, crushed and mince

1 apple, peeled and grated

1c carrot, sliced

1c sweet peas

1c yellow beans

1 onion

2T parsley, choped

3T vinegar

2T sugar

1T salt

1t ground pepper

2T corn flour

1/4c water

1/2c oil for frying

How to cook:

1. Make meatballs by mixing the pork mince, ginger, garlic, grated apple and parsley mix together and shaping into about 20 small meatballs.

2. Heat a dash of oil in a non-stick frying pan and add meatballs and cook on a medium heat until browned and cooked through. Remove from pan and drain on a paper towel. set aside.

3. Mix corn flour to a 2T of water for thickening. set aside

4. Heat oil in a shallow pan, sauté garlic, onions until cooked. Add carrots, sweet peas, yellow beans, stirring occasionally. Add water, sugar, vinegar. salt and pepper to taste then bring to boil. Add corn flour mixture. Add meatballs and cooked for about 1-2mins. then serve on a steam rice.

Chicken Drumstick Italian Style

Ingredients:

12pcs chicken drumsticks

1 T olive oil

2 sticks celery, sliced thinly

100g bacon, chopped

2 cups Tomato Sauce

1/4 cup dry white wine

1 lemon cut into wedges

1/2 cup black and green olives

1/4 cup parsley chopped

How to cook:

1. Preheat oven to 200'C. Heat oil in large pan over medium heat

2. Add bacon and celery. cook for 3mins or until celery is tender.

3. Stir in tomato sauce and white wine. Bring to boil.

4. Place chicken into an ovenproof dish in a single layer.

5. Pour over the sauce. Put lemon wedges and olives on top.

6. Bake for 30-50mins or until chicken cook through. Sprinkle with parsely and serve.

Grilled Fish Fillet in Lemon Sauce

Ingredients:

1 kl Fish Fillet

1/2 T lemon juice

1/4 t lemond rind

2 T olive oil

2 T soy sauce

6 T butter

1 T flour

2 T water

2 T fresh parsley

pepper (freshly ground) & salt to taste

How to cook:

1. Drizzle soy sauce and olive oil in fish. Add salt and pepper. leave for 15mins and bring to Grill.

2. dissolve flour in water. set aside

3. In a sauce pan melt butter in low heat, add lemon juice and rind, add flour mixture and parsley. mix well. add salt and pepper to taste.

4. Drizzle lemon sauce on the grilled fish and garnish with parley. serve while hot.

This can go also with salad, steamed vegetabales, rice or potatoes.

Grilled Pork Liempo with Mango Salsa

Ingredients:

• 1kl pork liempo bone-in (about 1 inch thick)
• salt and pepper
• 2 T olive oil
• 2 T sesame seeds (optional)
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• How to cook:

1. Bring pork to boil just about to tender. do not over cooked.
2. Heat grill to medium-high. Season the pork salt and pepper.
3. Grill until cooked through, 10mins per side or until golden brown.

Mango Salsa

Ingredients:

1 ripe mango, peeled and diced
1 medium red onion chopped
1 Jalapeño chile chopped
1 small cucumber peeled and diced
3 T fresh cilantro leaves chopped
1 big tomatoes diced
3 T fresh lime juice
Salt and pepper to taste

How to prepare:

Combine all of the ingredients in a bowl. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Tuna Herbed Pasta with Turkish Garlic Bread

Ingredients:

1 kl swirl pasta or any pasta of your choice
2 cans tuna in can
1 onion (chopped)
5 pcs garlic (chopped)
1/4 c. pine nuts-chopped finely (just try any nuts will do)
2 cans chopped tomatoes
1 T tomato paste
olive oil for saute
parmessan cheese
chopped parsley

How to cook:

1. cook pasta according to its procedure until al dente.
2. sautee garlic, onion and tuna with olive oil
3. add chopped tomatoes and tomato paste
4. add pine nuts
5. salt and pepper to taste
6. set plate and garnish with parmessan cheese.

you can add also veggies like (capsicum, courgette, etc)

you can buy Turkish Garlic bread in the supermarket.

Chicken Teriyaki Sushi

After our long and exciting train joy ride from wellington to paraparaumu. We thought of having a japanese cuisine for dinner last 13-July.

Ingredients:

• 4 cups sushi rice (follow direction in cooking the rice. you can found this in the back of nori sheet)
• teriyaki chicken (ingredients and preparation below)
• cucumber sliced

Sushi Preparation:

Put a nori sheet on top of a bamboo mat (makisu). Spread sushi rice on top of the nori sheet. Place the chickent chunks and cucumber lengthwise on the rice. Put a little bit of teriyaki sauce on top of the chicken. Roll up the bamboo mat, pressing forward to shape the sushi into a cylinder. Press the bamboo mat firmly and remove it from the sushi. Cut the rolled sushi into bite-sized pieces.

Ingredients for Teriyaki:

1/4 lbs chicken breasts
1 T sake (rice wine)
2 T soy sauce
2 T mirin (sweet rice wine)
1 T sugar
1 T grated ginger

How to cook:

Poke chicken using a fork. Mix other ingredients in a bowl. Marinate the chicken in the mixture for 15 minutes in the refrigerator. Heat some vegetable oil in a frying pan. First, fry the skin side of the chicken on medium heat until the skin is browned. Turn the chicken over to fry the other side on low heat. Pour the sauce used to marinate chicken in the pan. Cover the pan and steam cook the chicken on low heat until done. Remove the lid and simmer until the sauce becomes thick. Stop the heat. Slice the chicken and set aside.

Spring Rolls

I made this spring rolls for our dinner last 8-July. This chinese cuisine is the all time favorite of my kids.

SPRING ROLLS

Ingredients:

2 T sesame oil
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1/4 c spring onion finely chopped
1 t ginger, grated
1/4 cup red bell pepper, diced
2 T fresh cilantro leaves finely chopped
1 c carrots, thinly sliced
1 c beans sprouts
1/4 c bean curd
3 T soy sauce
12 spring roll wrappers
1 egg white
Vegetable oil for deep-frying

You can make your own sauce or you can buy the ready made sauce.

DIPPING SAUCE

1/2 cup sweet and sour sauce (vinegar & sugar)
4 tablespoons chile and garlic sauce
1 tablespoon scallion tops chopped
1 lime