Chicken Wantons

Stir fry chicken  with hoisin sauce and vegetables makes a delicious first course or a snack and it does not take much time to prepare.

Ingredients

1 skinless ,boneless chicken breast
1/2 of an onion sliced
1 small red green bell pepper cut into strips
1 tablespoon finely chopped green onions
2 tablespoon hoisin sauce
1 tablespoon finely minced garlic
1 inch of ginger minced
1 tablespoon cayenne pepper
salt to taste
                                         1 tablespoon black pepper
                                         wanton wraps
                                         oil for frying
Method
1. Finely sliced chicken into strips and marinate it with hoisin sauce,cayenne ,and salt for 30 minutes.
2. Heat skillet on medium high heat and stir-fry chicken  for about 2 minutes or until cooked.Remove from the heat and put it in a bowl.Then stir fry bell peppers onions with garlic ,black pepper and salt for about couple of minutes of until the veggies softens and then add the chicken to the vegetables.Mix and remove from heat.
3.Take the wanton ,place the chicken mixture in the middle and then fold it with the edges.Prick it with a fork.
4.Heat oil in a pan and fry these wanton until brown.drain it on a paper towel.
5.Serve it with any dip or sauce of your choice.
 

Pan fried Salmon

Salmon is  full of nutrition and is very tasty and flavorful.   Growing up on an island my mom used to cook fresh fish with coconut milk ,make soup or just pan fry it.

Ingredients

4 salmon steak
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1teaspoon ground black mustard seeds
1 tablespoon chilli powder
2 cloves of minced garlic
1 tablespoon grated ginger
11/2 teaspoon lemon juice
salt to taste
 oil for shallow frying
Method
 1.In a bowl mix cumin,mustard  seeds,chilli powder ,garlic,ginger,lemon juice,and salt.Then rub the mixture on the salmon and let it  rest for 10 minutes.
2.Heat oil in a pan and then fry the salmon for 3 minutes each side or until brown and cooked through.
3.Drain it on kitchen paper and serve.

Falafel

Falafel  is a very healthy vegetarian dish which is very common in middle eastern families.This can be eaten as a wrap with cucumbers,carrots  in a tortilla or placed inside a pita bread with any veggies of your choice. Falafel  can also be served as an appetizer.I like this because it is like a go to healthy meal which is very easy to prepare. 

Ingredients

1 cup drained and rinsed chick peas
1/4 of an onion roughly chopped
1 Serrano pepper chopped
                                          2 garlic cloves roughly chopped
                                          1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
                                          1/4 teaspoon tumeric
                                          2 tablespoon flour
                                         2 tablespoon finely chopped cilantro
                                         Black pepper and salt to taste
                                         oil for frying

Method
1. In a food processor place in chick peas,Serrano pepper ,onions ,garlic and blend it .
Place it the roughly blended mixture into a bowl and add in tumeric,cumin,flour,cilantro ,and salt and pepper to taste.
2.Mix everything together and form into balls.Heat oil into a saucepan and fry the balls on low heat until golden brown or until cooked.
3.Serve and enjoy.

Note Don't cooked on a very high heat otherwise the inside of the falafel will not be cooked.

Onion Rings

There are so many different varieties of onions such as red,yellow,and white.Onions is being used in all households for cooking  or for salads.Onions can also be eaten raw with just lemon juice and salt and pepper.  There is many different ways of cooking onion rings and this is my method.

Ingredients

1 onions peeled and sliced in rings
1/2 cup besan (chick pea flour)
1/2 cup brown rice flour
                                         1/4 teaspoon baking powder
                                         1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
                                         salt to taste
                                         black pepper to taste
                                        1 cup water
                                        oil for frying

Method

1Mix chick pea flour and rice flour in a bowl.Add in baking powder,cayenne,salt and pepper and Mix it together.Then slowly add in water to form a batter.
2.Add in the onion rings in to the batter and gently stir in .
3.Heat oil in a saucepan.Slowly drop in the battered rings into the oil.Let it cook for couple of minutes or until lightly brown.
4.Drain it on a paper towel and serve.
Onions rings can also used on sandwiches and in salad.