Mushroom Fillet Steak and Fries
Two weekends ago I woke up feeling like I could really use some Java food. Well unfortunately being in the bush the closest Java is at least 1000kms away 🙂 . So I decided to try and recreate my favourite Java dish, mushroom fillet steak with spicy fries. I looked around for spicy fries recipe and I was too lazy to try them out as they required a bit more effort and I did not want to deal with the disappointment, just in case they backfired so I stuck with my own “spicy fries”. Truth be told I LOVED IT!! It even smelled like Java in my house for a minute there. HAPPY COOKING!
Ingredients
- Ingredients
- Fresh pumpkin leaves
- Baking soda or magadi
- Onions, chopped
- Garlic, crushed
- Tomatoes, chopped
- chillies
- Dhania (coriander), chopped
- Cream/ milk (sour cream is the best)
Instructions
Instructions
Wash the pumpkin leaves then remove the rough part of the stalk by pulling it out all the way into the leaf.
Roughly chop the leaves and the stalk, place them in water, pour some baking soda and boil for about 20-40 mins depending on how old the leaves are. If its young leaves 20minutes is plenty. Once the leaves are soft. Remove and discard the water.
Put the onions in a pot with a little oil. Fry the onions till they are soft, add the garlic and cook for a further 2 mins. Add in the tomatoes, salt, pepper and chillies. Stir well. Reduce the heat and cover the pot. Let the tomatoes cook for about 5 minutes. Add the dhania and mix well.
Once the dhania has cooked for about 1 minute add the boiled pumpkin leaves, mix well and cover. Let this cook for 3-5mins then add the cream/milk. Bring to a boil and serve hot with Ugali or rice.
HAPPY EATING!!
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Mama Cici’s Fried Rice
My mum has this way of taking old food and making it seem so exotic. So the other day, when I was still in Nairobi on leave, my little brothers had just left for school and the other one wasn’t home, mum decided she would “make” me old rice for dinner. I was not very amused and did not like the idea much. She kind of used everything that was in the fridge. Old sausages, bacon, ham, peas, okra, carrots etc etc. Lets just say when I had my first bite I had to call my brother and tell him how mum made me special rice because I was the “only child”. So I tried making the same rice my self the other day. Obviously it was not as tasty as mums. Maybe it was because I made my sausages and bacon fresh or maybe its because I’m just not her ( I think it’s the later) it was still pretty good. I think my friend Mona enjoyed it. Let me know how you do. HAPPY COOKING!!
Ingredients
- Old rice (about 2 cups)
- Onions
- Garlic
- Sausages chopped (cooked)
- Bacon chopped (cooked)
- Ham
- Carrots
- Red pepper
- Yellow pepper
- Mushrooms
- Sweet corn
- chillies
- Dhania
- Oil for frying
Instructions
Fry the onions till they turn slightly transparent
Add in the garlic and cook till its aromatic and its started to brown
Add in the mushrooms, cook till they start to brown
Add in the sausages and bacon stir in well
Add the red and yellow pepper cook for about 2 mins
Add in the carrots cook for a minute
Add the sweet corn, chillies and dhania. Mix very well.
Add salt and pepper to taste
Add a little water
Add the rice, a little at a time mixing well after each addition.
If at any point you fill your rice is too dry, add just a little water.
Let the rice warm through.
Serve immediately
HAPPY EATING!
You can use ANY vegetable or left over meat you have in the fridge. You can also leave out the meats to make it vegetarian.
Feel free too add an egg and stir through on after adding in all the rice.
PENNE with GARLIC, OLIVE OIL and MUSHROOMS
I tend to have a love hate relationship with pasta. I never liked it much but with time I have come to realize that I did not like it because of how it was prepared. I saw this recipe a few years ago in a cookbook called “the best ever 20 minute cookbook”. I thought the title was interesting because hey, who doesn’t want a tasty meal in less than 20 minutes? The original recipe did not have mushrooms and used parsley instead of coriander (dhania) but I can’t really stand the taste of parsley, dhania is my favorite herb and at the time I was just discovering mushrooms. This dish takes about a max of 12 minutes to prepare. It looks great if you use red dried chilli which I did not have. I used oyster mushrooms but I’m sure it can work with any mushroom. HAPPY COOKING!!
Ingredients
- 400g penne (you can use any type of pasta that you prefer)
- 90ml extra virgin olive oil
- 4 cloves of garlic crushed (use more or less depending on your taste)
- 2 chillies (preferably dried red)
- A small handful of dhania (coriander) roughly chopped.
- Handful of mushrooms, sliced
Instructions
Cook pasta in a large pan of salted boiling water (this should take about 10-12 minutes.
Meanwhile, heat the oil very gently in a frying pan.
Add the crushed garlic and whole dried chilli and stir until the garlic is aromatic, add the mushrooms.
When the garlic is just beginning to brown remove and discard the chilli.
Darin the pasta and place it in a bowl
Pour on the oil and garlic mixture, add the dhania and toss vigorously till it all mixes up.
Serve immediately
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