Thai cabbage and zucchini stir fry

I like to  stir fry vegetables because it is faster and a lot easier than slow cooking. After a long day at work I normally bake chicken wings (recipe I give a little bit earlier) and  stir fry vegetables.Healthy and nutritious dinner on the table for the whole family.Any vegetables can be stir fried and is also good for people with diabetes,high blood pressure or just for people who are trying to watch their waist like. Today I decided to clean up my refrigerator so my veggies are cabbage and zucchini .
Ingredients
1 zucchini  finely sliced
1/2 of a cabbage finely sliced
1/2 of on onion sliced
1 tablespoon minced  garlic
1 tablespoon grated ginger
1 teaspoon Thai red curry paste
salt to taste
2 tablespoon soy sauce
3 dried red chillies  
oil


Method
1.Heat oil in a skillet, add in red dried chillies ,let to cook for 2 minutes, and then remove the chillies
2.Add in garlic and saute it for couple of seconds and then add in onions and curry paste.Saute it for a minute.
3.Add in zucchini ,ginger and stir it together and cook it for about 3 minutes and then add in cabbage and salt.Stir everything together.Add in soy sauce and stir fry it until the vegetables gets tender .
4.Serve and enjoy

Okra with Potatoes

Okra is a vegetable that is very slimy so many people does not like to cook.Okra is low in calories and is good for people who prefer to watch their waist line. In Fiji it is available year round and people grow okra in their home garden or on their farms.Okra is rich in vitamin c and very good for pregnant women because it is also rich in folic acid .Okra and potatoes when saute together makes a very tasty dish which can be served with roti, naan,  rice and tortilla. Today I have used frozen okra.

Ingredients 
1 cup defrosted okra
1 small potatoes cut in small pieces
3 green chillies finely chopped
1/2 of an onion finely chopped
1 teaspoon minced garlic
salt to taste
2 tablespoon oil

 Method
1.Heat oil in a pan,add in onion and chillies ,cook it for a minute.Add in garlic and let it saute for a couple of minutes.
2. Add in okra, let it cook for 2 minutes on medium-high heat. Add in potatoes and salt. Stir well, then lower the heat. Let it cook for roughly 10 minutes or until tender.
DO NOT STIR TOO MUCH.
3Serve and enjoy.

Note Add in more oil if it looks too dry to give it some color and it will not be slimy.

Semolina Idli

Idli  is a dish from south India which my mom used to cook for breakfast on Sundays in Fiji. I think she loved to cook idli because it was one her favorite .Since mothers day just here I prepared this in honor of my mom who is no longer with our family any more.I really miss you mom.







Ingredients
1 cup semolina (suji)
1 finely chopped green chilli
1 teaspoon grated ginger
1 tablespoon finely chopped cilantro
1/2 cup yogurt
1/2 cup water
1 teaspoon ENO
salt to taste
 1 tablespoon black mustard seeds
1 tablespoon oil

Method
1. In a bowl mix semolina,chilli,ginger,cilantro,yogurt.Add water little at a time to make a batter which should look like pancake batter.Let it rest for 20 minutes.
2. In a skillet heat oil ,add in mustard seeds and let it pop.Then add it to the semolina mixture and mix it together.
3.Add 1/2 cup water to a pot and bring it to a boil.Then grease the idli plate with oil or just spray non stick cooking spray .Now add ENO to the mixture ,mix it and then pour it in the idli plate.Then carefully place it in boiling water in the pot ,cover and cook it for 12 minutes on medium heat.
4.Check with a toothpick and if it comes out clear then remove it from the pot and let it cool
5 Serve with coconut chutney.


In Fiji my mom did not havea idli stand so she used to a small  bowls ,grease it with oil and steam  cook it.

Mixed Vegetable Dip

Vegetable is very good for our health and is helps if we are 

watching out waistline.I just used the frozen mixed veggies.added 

some spices and blended in food processor.I served this with whole 

wheat flour tortilla chips.

Ingredients
1/2 cup defrosted mixed vegetable
1 teaspoon ground cumin
3 Thai green peppers
1/2 of chopped onion
3 grated garlic
1 teaspoon oil
 2 tablespoon vegetable stock

Method
1. Heat oil in a pan ,add in onion ,peppers and  statue for a minute and then add in the vegetables stir it together.
2.Add in  cumin and garlic and stir it ,cook it for couple of minutes.
3.Add this mixture to a food processor , add in stock  and blend it  together.
4. Serve it with whole it tortilla chips.

Chips
2 whole wheat tortilla
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin

Method
1.Cut tortilla in triangles and spray it with non stick cooking spray.
2. Mix salt,paprika, cumin and sprinkle  it  on tortilla .Place cooling rack on the cookie sheet and then place this chips on top , single layer. 
3.Preheat  the oven at 350 degrees and bake it for 5 to 7 minutes.
4. Serve it with the veggie dip.

Note: Keep  watching the chips otherwise it burns very quickly.


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