This one's for Fe
and of course, anyone else who hapens to be around. Fe totally shamed me by cooking those haloumi burgers i posted about back in ... April! And asked about other recipes. ahem.
Well, for various reasons (which i will try and post about straight after this) the cooking fairy has abandoned me - quite frankly we're lucky if anything happens beyond the eggs 'n' beans 'n' toast variety at the moment.
There has however been much cooking of the best ever soup recipe. Had it at a friends house and demanded they copy the recipe for me. I've played with it a bit, but bascially totally gacked from some vege recipe book that I don't own, so no attribution possible. What blew me away was how simple this recipe was, for something that tasted so good!
ahhhh - dumpings! how have I lived without you for so long?!
this relies heavily on canned stuff, but if you were good you could do with dried chickpeas and your own passata / lots of fesh tomatoes. i don't have time to be good at the moment, so cans all the way!
chop and gently fry one onion for about 5 mins; add 1 tspn ground coriander, 2 tspns ground cumin; 1 tspn chilli powder or 2 fresh chillis. cook till it smells good. Add 2 cans of tomatoes, 1 can of chickpeas (recipe said 2, but that can be too much) and 3-4 cups of vege stock. ( i start with 3.5 but usually end up adding more). Bring to boil then simmer for about 20 mins. Throw in a load of chopped fresh coriander.
meantime, get those dumplings ready! in bowl, put 1 cup SR flour, add 25gm butter and rub in. (yes - tiny amount of butter - seems wrong, but trust me, this is right!). add grated parmesan (they said 2 tbspns, i say whatever feels good) then a heap of mixed chopped herbs - parsley, corainder and garlic chives a good combo (around 1/4-1/2 cup). mix then add 1/4 cup of milk. bind together with knife as much as you can then get stuck in with the hands and bring together into a ball. Roll mix into 12 small balls. yes 12 - they will be little - rum ball size. there is a reason!
drop dumplings into soup and simmer for 20 mins with lid on. serve! and marvel at how big those dumplings have gotten! seves around 6? tastes good for lunch the next day too.
Well, for various reasons (which i will try and post about straight after this) the cooking fairy has abandoned me - quite frankly we're lucky if anything happens beyond the eggs 'n' beans 'n' toast variety at the moment.
There has however been much cooking of the best ever soup recipe. Had it at a friends house and demanded they copy the recipe for me. I've played with it a bit, but bascially totally gacked from some vege recipe book that I don't own, so no attribution possible. What blew me away was how simple this recipe was, for something that tasted so good!
ahhhh - dumpings! how have I lived without you for so long?!
this relies heavily on canned stuff, but if you were good you could do with dried chickpeas and your own passata / lots of fesh tomatoes. i don't have time to be good at the moment, so cans all the way!
chop and gently fry one onion for about 5 mins; add 1 tspn ground coriander, 2 tspns ground cumin; 1 tspn chilli powder or 2 fresh chillis. cook till it smells good. Add 2 cans of tomatoes, 1 can of chickpeas (recipe said 2, but that can be too much) and 3-4 cups of vege stock. ( i start with 3.5 but usually end up adding more). Bring to boil then simmer for about 20 mins. Throw in a load of chopped fresh coriander.
meantime, get those dumplings ready! in bowl, put 1 cup SR flour, add 25gm butter and rub in. (yes - tiny amount of butter - seems wrong, but trust me, this is right!). add grated parmesan (they said 2 tbspns, i say whatever feels good) then a heap of mixed chopped herbs - parsley, corainder and garlic chives a good combo (around 1/4-1/2 cup). mix then add 1/4 cup of milk. bind together with knife as much as you can then get stuck in with the hands and bring together into a ball. Roll mix into 12 small balls. yes 12 - they will be little - rum ball size. there is a reason!
drop dumplings into soup and simmer for 20 mins with lid on. serve! and marvel at how big those dumplings have gotten! seves around 6? tastes good for lunch the next day too.