SWEET and SPICY HONEY GRILLED PRAWNS
I’ve been out of the loop for so long I think I even forgot how to both write and cook L being out of the desert and in the city is not good for my cooking practice. But anyway I made this dish a few weeks ago just before I came to Nairobi coz I had some prawns in the freezer that I really did not want to leave in the freezer. I got this recipe on pinterest (I love this site) and traced it to a blog called “Our best Bites”. I was never a fun of seafood and when I got to like prawns there were chili garlic prawns and that is what I have always stuck to until I saw this recipe and just thought I would give a try so as to try something different.
I had it with the lemon dhania rice and it was heavenly. I tweeked the recipe a bit as I did not have all the ingredients that were requested. The sauce was just the right balance of sweet and spicy. But all in all it was a good meal, one of those that you smile as you eat, hope you’ll like it. HAPPY COOKING!
Ingredients
- 2-2 1/2 lb. raw prawns
- 4 Tbsp. minced or pressed garlic
- ¼ cup minced fresh ginger
- 1/4 cup hot chili paste ( you can get this at Nakumatt if not mix/process some red chilies with oil and a bit of salt)
- 1/2 cup sweet chili sauce
- 1 cup honey
- 1 cup fresh-squeezed lemon juice
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. freshly-ground black pepper
Instructions
Rinse prawns in cold water and place in a large Ziploc bag or container. Combine garlic, ginger, both chili pastes, honey, lemon juice, salt, pepper, and oil in a large bowl. Whisk thoroughly. Set aside 1 cup of the marinade. Pour remaining mixture over prawns and refrigerate for at least 24 hours and up to 48 hours.
if you using bamboo skewers make sure you soak them in water for at least 30minutes before using them, this prevents them from burning.
Thread the prawns into the skewers
Heat a grill ( I used a griddle pan as I do not have an outdoor grill although this is better done outside due to the smoke) once its hot reduce the heat then place the skewers. Brush the opposite side with some marinade and cook for 1-2minutes, then flip.
once you have flipped the skewer again brush the cooked side with the reserved marinade and cook for another 1-2 minutes until pinkish
Remove from the grill, then remove the prawns from the skewers and place in a bowl then drizzle with remaining marinade
Serve HOT. HAPPY EATING
https://www.themothershipvillage.com/sweet-and-spicy-honey-grilled-prawns/LEMON DHANIA RICE
LEMON DHANIA RICE
I love quick fixes. Especially on days when I am DEAD BIT tired. I love it when I can get home from work and just put rice in the microwave let it cook, remove it and just a put a thing here and there and in a few seconds the rice is transformed. By now I am sure you all know of my love for all things dhania (coriander/cilantro) I think I could add dhania to tea if I could 🙂 I learned this recipe a couple of years back from a magazine. I do not remember the name of the magazine so I honestly do not know who to give credit to.
This is an easy way to spruce up rice for a sweet and spicy dish or just to eat. It is important to make this dish as soon as the rice cooks because of the melting of the butter and also if the rice stays the lemon tends to be soaked up by the rice so the flavour is not the same. HAPPY COOKING!
Ingredients
- 1 cup of cooked white rice
- 3 tablespoons of unsalted butter
- Juice of 1 large lemon
- small yellow bell pepper diced
- About 1 teaspoon of black pepper
- Salt to taste
Instructions
Cook rice as you normally would.
As soon as it’s cooked put in the butter and stir to melt ensuring it is completely melted well distributed.
Add the lemon juice, bell pepper and dhania. Stir to combine
Add salt and pepper to taste.
Serve immediately.
How easy is that!!!!
HAPPY EATING!!
https://www.themothershipvillage.com/lemon-dhania-rice/
ROSEMARY and GARLIC BAKED FRIES
I love fries. Did I say I love them??? NO, I am IN LOVE with fries. When I was in high school I think I ate them every weekday for 3 years and maybe still on the weekend and I NEVER once got tired of them. When I was growing up my mother always said that I will one day grow up and stop eating them with so much vigor but either I am yet to grow up or she was wrong. Unfortunately though, as you grow up you begin to notice that fries (or chips as we like to call them) are really not that healthy!!! And after high school you realize that you can not eat the same way you did in high school and not add on some weight. Anyway a few years after high school and a couple of kilos up I decided to join a gym and get a trainer. This trainer decided that he will cut short my love affair with potatoes and I was so heart broken, a few months into training and I was allowed to eat some potatoes but still no fries, but he told me how to bake fries, I honestly did not even think that this was possible. I went home VERY skeptical about baked fries but at the end it was not that bad, with time I experimented with different spices and LOVED this one best so most nights when I feel like a steak and fries, I throw them both in the oven and save on a shit load of unwanted fats. HAPPY COOKING!!!
Ingredients
- 3 potatoes (sliced into chips)
- 1/2 tsp garlic (or regular) salt
- 3 cloves garlic, minced or sliced
- 2 teaspoon dried rosemary
- 1 Tbsp vegetable oil
- 1/2 tsp pepper
Instructions
Preheat oven to 230 degrees Celsius.
In a large bowl, mix oil, garlic, rosemary, salt, pepper and potatoes together.
Spread the potatoes onto a greased baking sheet in a single layer.
Bake about 40 minutes, or until golden brown (turn after about 20 mins to bake both sides). HAPPY EATING!!
If you want you could bake the fries with out the garlic then fry the garlic in about 1table spoon of olive oil then toss the baked fries in the oil. This gives a bit of a different intensity of the garlic flavor.
