Recipe #30 Samosas with Red Cabbage Salad

Shopping list

• 1/4 of a red cabbage
• 1 big carrot (or 2 small ones)
• 1 onion
• 1 Lime
• Soy sauce
• Olive Oil
• Balsamic Vinegar
• Sea Salt
• Pepper
• Parsley
• 1 cup basmati rice
• 7 cardamom seeds

Method

For the salad:
Use a food processor with the grater blade. Throw in the cabbage, carrot, onion. Put the mixture into a bowl and season with salt, pepper, the juice of one lime, 1/2 tablespoon soy sauce, 1 tablespoon of olive oil and 1 tablespoon of balsamic vinegar. Add parsley (dry or fresh, which is even better).

For the rice:
Add a tablespoon of olive oil into a saucepan together with 6-7 cardamoon seeds. Turn on the heat and let them fry a bit. Add the cup of rice and let the dry rice fry a bit. Then add 2 cups of water and a pinch of salt. When all the water is absorbed/evaporated you better turn off the heat and cover the pan. 'Fish' the cardamom seeds out before serving the rice.

Samosas:
Ok... I cheated, I bought them at evergreen (http://www.evergreen.ie/) in the fresh section. You just throw them into a pan for some minutes and let them get golden.

This is how it looks like. Enjoy :)

Recipe #26 Balsamic Side Salad

Shopping list

• 1 cucumber
• 3 tomatos
• 1 onion
• 1 garlic clove
• handful of coriander leaves
• 2 bell peppers
• olive oil
• balsamic vinegar
• salt & pepper
• juice of 1 lemon
• sprinkle of soy sauce
• sprinkle of sugar

Method

You can roast the peppers or leave them raw.
To roast place them on a oven tray with olive oil drizzled and leave them around 25 min on 200oC.
Let them cool.

Chop the peppers, tomatoes, onion and coriander.
Peel the cucumber and with a peeler start cutting the cucumber with the peeler. You will have very fine slices of cucumber (don't use the interior of the cucumber, its too juicy)
Add the lemon and mash the garlic glove.
Add 3 tablespoons of olive oil and 3 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar. Salt and freshly grounded pepper. To finish sprinkle sugar and a bit of dark soy sauce if you like it.
mix well and serve as a side dish.

Goes very well with falafel. You can add black olives (chopped) or some cold couscous, as below.